I have not moved or changed locations or anything but after updating the newest samsung firmware (on friday) my phone is now 100% of the time roaming. I've checked the network settings and it says Tmobile in there as it should (i'm on Tmobile in america with the i9300).
Is there something i did wrong? I updated it with Kies, what can i do to downgrade back to the old firmware if i get tired of this roaming business?
try changing your modem
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Electricview said:
I have not moved or changed locations or anything but after updating the newest samsung firmware (on friday) my phone is now 100% of the time roaming. I've checked the network settings and it says Tmobile in there as it should (i'm on Tmobile in america with the i9300).
Is there something i did wrong? I updated it with Kies, what can i do to downgrade back to the old firmware if i get tired of this roaming business?
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How did you be able to update your i9300 cause i am using i9300 and t-mobile as well. But no update for me at all.
I am located in NY btw so do you think I have to wait or not gonna get the update at all
Edit, Just updated mine via odin and working good
Red Wolf said:
How did you be able to update your i9300 cause i am using i9300 and t-mobile as well. But no update for me at all.
I am located in NY btw so do you think I have to wait or not gonna get the update at all
Edit, Just updated mine via odin and working good
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I am not sure, but its funny my friend has the BLUE i9300 bought 3 weeks after mine, and he was not getting a notification of the update via kies either, but it did give it to me and my phone the exact day it was out (uk firmware).
about changing the modem, will I need to root for that? i prefer to run stock for now..
that's bizarre but it probably has something to do with the phone being an internation model with a uk csc, but i've used my S1 from the uk several times in the u.s. with t-mobile and never had that problem .....can only assume it is a bug
tmzbeme said:
that's bizarre but it probably has something to do with the phone being an internation model with a uk csc, but i've used my S1 from the uk several times in the u.s. with t-mobile and never had that problem .....can only assume it is a bug
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Yea becuase when the phone arrived it worked great (even had a minor firmware upgrade the day i opened which was like june 15th ish or a few days later) and still worked great, no Roaming at all, then with last weeks update now it roams
It's worth pointing out that changing the modem will not work as a valid solution in this case. If one uses a non-LFB modem with the LFB ROM, the mic doesn't get used. One would have to also go to an older rom in addition to a different modem.
I'm having the same exact issue.
Need a solution.
Tried a factory reset. No dice.
Hi guys,
Didn`t find answer for my questions, so decided to link myself to similar topic.
Since the SW update I have done today my phone doesn`t lock to a network
When I go to settings to find a carrier manually, It takes about 2 minutes to find 4-5 networks available around, I am picking o2 UK (as I have a contract with them) and it says : Registering to o2 UK which takes about 4 minutes. After this it says : Emergency calls only and there is no status bars at all.
Master reset didn`t help.
What steps should I take ?
For you reference :
- Phone took from CPW in UK as sim free
- SIM Card used is from o2 UK (contract)
- I don`t want to flash anything, I would like to stay to stock ROM (if possible)
UPDATE : Chosen `Select Automaticly` allowed the phone to find signal, could make a call etc, but after 30 minutes lost signal again....
Kris
on AT&T / same firmware, no roaming issues.
Any fixes for this issue?
Hey guys,
any solution?
my phone is suffering from the same problem!
phone got from India,
however when i contacted T-mobile they said am not on roaming!
achalasawa said:
Hey guys,
any solution?
my phone is suffering from the same problem!
phone got from India,
however when i contacted T-mobile they said am not on roaming!
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U Using it in india? Which network u using?
Any updates?
I did find out that the CSC that was applied by default was KOR. I went in and changed this to BTU using *#272*imei#, but still did not solve the issue.
Wondering if a repartition would help?
chri55tof said:
Hi guys,
Didn`t find answer for my questions, so decided to link myself to similar topic.
Since the SW update I have done today my phone doesn`t lock to a network
When I go to settings to find a carrier manually, It takes about 2 minutes to find 4-5 networks available around, I am picking o2 UK (as I have a contract with them) and it says : Registering to o2 UK which takes about 4 minutes. After this it says : Emergency calls only and there is no status bars at all.
Master reset didn`t help.
What steps should I take ?
For you reference :
- Phone took from CPW in UK as sim free
- SIM Card used is from o2 UK (contract)
- I don`t want to flash anything, I would like to stay to stock ROM (if possible)
UPDATE : Chosen `Select Automaticly` allowed the phone to find signal, could make a call etc, but after 30 minutes lost signal again....
Kris
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If u do not wish to root then your only option is to take it back to the store, so they can fix, u bought the best smart phone available on the market and u can't make phone calls or browse internet(without wifi).
To my understanding, still no resolution on this..
My friends phone after being updated (he just got his first update after having the phone a month) is now roaming as well.. So this is definately something either with our network (t-mobile) or the recent updates.
I've just started living with it, but it sucks becuase it does silly things like makes me click 'download image' when someone sends me a picture message in text...
with the few bugs could be ironed out of this phone kinda frustrating.
I do have similar problems since I installed an update 2 weeks ago. at home the phone says it is roaming at work approx 6 miles away and with a different station I am connecting to it is fine.
t-mobile USA
Marshal said:
I do have similar problems since I installed an update 2 weeks ago. at home the phone says it is roaming at work approx 6 miles away and with a different station I am connecting to it is fine.
t-mobile USA
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Thats interesting, no matter where I go i get roaming. Though a few times I have gotten the 'roaming' warning popped up, so maybe i went out of roaming and didnt know it? I'll keep a closer eye on it.
It is very frustrating and annoying. I've called T-Mobile and they said they would open a case with Samsung. If you guys could call too, we might get a fix.
I really suspect it is something in the CSC. Maybe if we could get the T Mobile SIII CSC and apply it?
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javacody said:
It is very frustrating and annoying. I've called T-Mobile and they said they would open a case with Samsung. If you guys could call too, we might get a fix.
I really suspect it is something in the CSC. Maybe if we could get the T Mobile SIII CSC and apply it?
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My suspicion is wrong. I pulled the TMB CSC from a T999 ROM and manually copied it to /system/csc/TMB, then used the CSC Selector App to change to TMB.
No dice. Still in Roaming.
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Hi I am currently a T - Mobile customer and when I originally bought my Samsung Galaxy S2 with the company, I thought I could take advantage of using both the T - Mobile network and 2G services of the T - Mobile Orange Network.
However after successfully using it for the first 2 weeks, after my KE7 firmware update, I have an unbranded phone, it did not connect to the network anymore, stating, even if I manually select T - Mobile Orange in GSM mode only, Cannot registor with network, Unable to connect, then it states it is registered and yet I have emergency calls only stated and not either T - Mobile or even T - Mobile Orange. Then it will not connect to either network manually until I restart the phone.
I have since flashed my phone with various other firmwares, am currently on cognition s2 1.13, it's a great Rom, and still the same thing occurs.
I have contacted T - Mobile, they can't fix it, I have took the phone to a Samsung Repairer and they couldn't see anything wrong, stating it was a fault with Orange, as the guy in the shop's T - Mobile branded Galaxy s2 did the same.
Anyone solved the mystery, or is able to explain the issue to me?
It's doing my nut in, I have had phones like these for years, flashed them and enjoyed them, and usually work things out for myself, my last phone was an Samsung I8910, which was great with custom firmware support and I must say the Galaxy s2 is by far my favourite ever phone, but even my Samsung Omnia I8910 works properly on T - Mobile and Orange, and the latest and greatest phone won't!!
Have you tried flashing a different modem? Seeing as the cognition rom is based on I9100XXKG1, I know of a couple of forum members that have had trouble with the KG1 modem, and had to revert to the KF2 modem.
Worth a try? It won't wipe you phone of anything daft either.
List of official modems: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1131950
Before you do anything, can you dial*#1234# and just check what phone software is installed?
Thanks for the option Unfortunately I have tried the KE2, KE7, KF2 and KG1 Modems now, none of them have worked. It is really bizaar as the bloody thing works really well on T - Mobile, when there is coverage, plus the 3 and H is great speeds when they are in coverage, it just won't switch to Orange
mattisfaction said:
Thanks for the option Unfortunately I have tried the KE2, KE7, KF2 and KG1 Modems now, none of them have worked. It is really bizaar as the bloody thing works really well on T - Mobile, when there is coverage, plus the 3 and H is great speeds when they are in coverage, it just won't switch to Orange
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one moment, I'm on t-mobile aswell.
text YES to 2121.
Homer moment: Doh, you cant text can you?
Just for reference, I'm with Orange and in my network list I have both "Orange" and "Orange and T-Mobile". I can connect to the Orange one fine, but not to the other one. It does switch to T-Mobile sometimes though. I've seen it do it.
Hi again, I have text yes to 2121, and it was working on my phone before. So yours has no issues then?
mattisfaction said:
Hi again, I have text yes to 2121, and it was working on my phone before. So yours has no issues then?
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No, but I remember I used to have an everythingeverywhere app in data/private, which is no longer there.
I just texted yes to 2121 and now it lets me register on orange aswell as t-mobile.
stoney73 said:
No, but I remember I used to have an everythingeverywhere app in data/private, which is no longer there.
I just texted yes to 2121 and now it lets me register on orange aswell as t-mobile.
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I just looked in data/private and do not have an everythingeverywhere app, plus I have just again text 2121 and still cannot use the orange network
Cheers for your advice though mate
johncmolyneux said:
Just for reference, I'm with Orange and in my network list I have both "Orange" and "Orange and T-Mobile". I can connect to the Orange one fine, but not to the other one. It does switch to T-Mobile sometimes though. I've seen it do it.
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Cheers for the information
Unfortunately if I let mine automatically switch network, it switches to emergency calls only if I am out of a t mobile network range, not orange, and it used to switch to orange no problem
Then when it is in emergency calls only, I have to turn it on and off to get it to work at all, as it will not register back to T mobile
My last attempt......when you go into wireless/mobile network settings, is data roaming ticked?
stoney73 said:
My last attempt......when you go into wireless/mobile network settings, is data roaming ticked?
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Yes it is, cheers for all your help. It's very frustrating and I can't fathom it out, so cheers for trying yourself
You don't need data roaming ticked in order to use Orange. T-mobile and Orange are both considered 'home' networks.
I'm on T-Mobile without data roaming ticked and it switches automatically to Orange without any issues. Might be worth phoning t-mobile up and seeing if there's some sort of issue with your account.
I installed Lite'ning Rom and found that I couldn't connect to Orange on my unlocked tmobile sim. Turned out that I had the "com.orange.authentication.simcard.permission" apk missing.
Downloaded it here:- http://www.contentsd.nl/apk/SimServicePermission.apk
and installed it with titanium and registered ok on orange.
Hope this helps.
dirobeshploppy said:
I installed Lite'ning Rom and found that I couldn't connect to Orange on my unlocked tmobile sim. Turned out that I had the "com.orange.authentication.simcard.permission" apk missing.
Downloaded it here:- http://www.contentsd.nl/apk/SimServicePermission.apk
and installed it with titanium and registered ok on orange.
Hope this helps.
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I've just checked my simfree phone and it has the above apk installed. How on earth did you figure out you were missing this apk??
Joey2o11 said:
I've just checked my simfree phone and it has the above apk installed. How on earth did you figure out you were missing this apk??
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Was browsing the list of stock apk's here:-
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?hl=en_US&hl=en_US&key=0Ag43oj7rLQP4dENZcmhGN0ZUa3pHSENVeXlqUm5vV0E&single=true&gid=0&output=html
and noticed the "com.orange.authentication.simcard.permission" reference and when I checked via titanium it wasn't installed so I tried it and it sorted out my problem.
Hiya guys. Sorry to jump on this thread but I am having the same issue as OP. I'd just like to give you an update on what I know so far. It is a nightmare trying to speak to someone at T-Mobile who actually knows whats going on, but I was persistent and got through to an engineer who said that they are having transmitter problems in east anglia and surrounding areas...not sure if you are in that area or not. Unfortunately all the engineer said is that they are working hard to a. figure out what the problem is ang b. fix it! He also could not give me an ETA and said that the only way to get back onto the network is to reboot the phone a couple of times. Not ideal, but I though it was something to do with the VillainRom that I flashed...so here's stupid me flashing stock, bricking/unbricking the phone etc etc only to find out later that its not the phone...on the plus side I have amazing battery life now haha who would have thought ey!
Anyways, hope this information is useful to you all.
Steph
It is not a ROM issue - it is a T-Mobile/Orange fault
stephan.pieri said:
... I was persistent and got through to an engineer who said that they are having transmitter problems in east anglia and surrounding areas...not sure if you are in that area or not. Unfortunately all the engineer said is that they are working hard to a. figure out what the problem is ang b. fix it! He also could not give me an ETA and said that the only way to get back onto the network is to reboot the phone a couple of times. Not ideal, but I though it was something to do with the VillainRom that I flashed...so here's stupid me flashing stock, bricking/unbricking the phone etc etc only to find out later that its not the phone...on the plus side I have amazing battery life now haha who would have thought ey!
Anyways, hope this information is useful to you all.
Steph
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Absolutely right Steph, it is not ROM related.
T-Mobile have acknowledged that there is a problem with registering T-Mobile customers on T'Orange cell towers.
I've been having this issue for a couple of weeks now (also in East Anglia), and after a lot of perseverance I got transferred to Level 2 support (Technical Support - not Customer Support) last Monday. They said there was a 'rectifier problem' on a mast in Henny Street, near Sudbury, Suffolk at the end of June and it has had a knock-on effect on other masts in the area. It was/is a level 2 priority for fix.
I wasn't happy with that explanation as it happens all over Suffolk!
Still with the issue on Thursday, I called them again and got straight through to Level 2 as they had marked my account as an on-going problem which Customer Support (in the Philippines) couldn't handle.
While explaining in detail the 'Your SIM does not allow you to connect to this network' problem the Guy I was talking to received an internal notification that they were aware of issues registering on T'Orange cells, that they'd known about it for 72 hours, have no idea what is causing it, and no eta to fix.
I've been using a forced connection to T'Orange for the last couple of days (poor T-Mo signal in house which always caused it to hunt for T'Orange anyway). Downside of course is that it won't get a 3G signal when forced into T'Orange mode.
Still happening today so need to give them another prod...
Oh, and I found this thread searching for answers - I don't have a Galaxy S, I have a Desire. Further proof that it isn't ROM related.
I'll update when I find out more from them.
Aaron
Just spoken to them again, problem is still on-going, they are still investigating and looking for more samples of the problem to try and isolate the issue. In light of that I would suggest anyone else having this to phone them and ask for Technical Support and register the fault - the more samples they have, the better chance of getting it resolved.
In other words, they still don't know what's causing it or when they'll fix it.
Hi all sorry here to be a pain, anyhow I started KIES hooked up my Galaxy SII to the PC and when I started KIES I got the following message:
Current Firmware Version: PDA:KF3/PHONE:KE7/CSC:KE3 (XSA)
Latest Firmware Version: PDAKK2/PHONE:K14/CSCKK1 (XSA)
Just like to know if anyone knows much about this firmware update and what it has to offer etc, is it worth to update to?
Also my Galaxy SII is an unbranded this means no carrier bloatware etc.
Thanks
Where is your location?
Go ahead....
This is an update of your firmware 2.3.3 released in June 2011 to 2.3.6 released Nov 2011, are you in Netherlands?
Samsung don't release changelogs.
Sorry I am in Perth Australia.
Changelogs ??
I got this from samsung KIES and thats what exactly that came up when I opened up KIES and connected the phone
So its a update direct from Samsung.
Albinoni said:
Changelogs ??
I got this from samsung KIES and thats what exactly that came up when I opened up KIES and connected the phone
So its a update direct from Samsung.
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He means that samsung doesn't give a list on what has been changed or improved
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Ok bit weird isnt it, you would think they would.
Albinoni said:
Changelogs ??
I got this from samsung KIES and thats what exactly that came up when I opened up KIES and connected the phone
So its a update direct from Samsung.
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U cant get changelog unless some developers put in their thread for for their custom ROM based on the same firmwares...
go to sammobile.com and make a study of the all sam released firmwares...date of relese PDA, CSC etc..
ok so this firmware update I mentioned above should be listed in sammobile.com as exactly the way I have listed it.
All i want to know is what it offers.
Albinoni said:
ok so this firmware update I mentioned above should be listed in sammobile.com as exactly the way I have listed it.
All i want to know is what it offers.
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It is exactly the same, check it in Ocaania, started release in Dec 2011,
for the changelog you have to google.....ofcourse there are much much improvements in the firmware from 2.3.3 to 2.3.6
Sorry whats Occania ?
Ok here is the reason I have ask and posted this thread.
My GSIi for the past 2 months has been nothing but probs and I am having no end of data disconnections from it, this means 3G data. For eg when I am on the internet on the top of the screen I will have a 3G and two small arrows (orange and green ) data in and out arrows, after 5 mins or so I would get cut off, wait for 1 minute or so and it will re connect, use it for another 3 mins and it will again cut off, wait again for say 5 mins and it will come back on. It fluctuates on and off.
At one time in a span of 15 mins I got cut off about 5 times just on and off.
this has become very annoying for me and I dont know if this is caused by the Vodafone network or there is a fault with my mobile, I just hope that my phone is not faulty at all.
Albinoni said:
Sorry whats Occania ?
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the region covers Australia I think...
http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&t=1&o=1&m=GT-I9100&r=4#regiona
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Albinoni said:
Ok here is the reason I have ask and posted this thread.
My GSIi for the past 2 months has been nothing but probs and I am having no end of data disconnections from it, this means 3G data. For eg when I am on the internet on the top of the screen I will have a 3G and two small arrows (orange and green ) data in and out arrows, after 5 mins or so I would get cut off, wait for 1 minute or so and it will re connect, use it for another 3 mins and it will again cut off, wait again for say 5 mins and it will come back on. It fluctuates on and off.
At one time in a span of 15 mins I got cut off about 5 times just on and off.
this has become very annoying for me and I dont know if this is caused by the Vodafone network or there is a fault with my mobile, I just hope that my phone is not faulty at all.
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Hopefully the firmware update should resolve your issue,
I dont know it might be a Hardware issue also....cos one of the best Modem is running in your current firmware KE7....which controlls the 3g and all, along with My latest firmware also running the same modem
Is your phone rooted?
No not rooted just normal.
dammm this is getting confusing, I looked at the sammmobile link you sent, on the top under Oceania one says Australia Optus and the other says Australia, I am now assuming mine is the Australia one as my phone is not a Optus one but juts a unbranded galaxy sII hasnt got any carrier stuff on it.
This one
I9100XWKK2 ## 2.3.6 2011 December I9100XSAKK1 Australia
But my model is under Baseband version is I9100XXKE7
Albinoni said:
No not rooted just normal.
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Just try changing the area of reception, in your town...may be the service providers problem...
Are you willing to root your phone and try custom roms?
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Albinoni said:
dammm this is getting confusing, I looked at the sammmobile link you sent, on the top under Oceania one says Australia Optus and the other says Australia, I am now assuming mine is the Australia one as my phone is not a Optus one but juts a unbranded galaxy sII hasnt got any carrier stuff on it.
This one
I9100XWKK2 ## 2.3.6 2011 December I9100XSAKK1 Australia
But my model is under Baseband version is I9100XXKE7
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Yes the Baseband KE7 is older which will be replaced by KI4 which also one of very nice basebands...
1. How do I change the area of reception ?
2. No not ready to root the phone as yet
But am very annoyed about this prob, I miight even call my service provider and discuss this with them.
Like I said I dont know if this is a fault with my phone or the network.
And also does the Firmware update fix this issue.
K14 nice as in what sense ?
Do you know what it offers etc
Albinoni said:
Ok here is the reason I have ask and posted this thread.
My GSIi for the past 2 months has been nothing but probs and I am having no end of data disconnections from it, this means 3G data. For eg when I am on the internet on the top of the screen I will have a 3G and two small arrows (orange and green ) data in and out arrows, after 5 mins or so I would get cut off, wait for 1 minute or so and it will re connect, use it for another 3 mins and it will again cut off, wait again for say 5 mins and it will come back on. It fluctuates on and off.
At one time in a span of 15 mins I got cut off about 5 times just on and off.
this has become very annoying for me and I dont know if this is caused by the Vodafone network or there is a fault with my mobile, I just hope that my phone is not faulty at all.
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That suggests a network problem .
That may be the network itself or a dodgy sim card or even the phone did not originate in the area of operation and is using a different areas modem or CSC .
Personal choice would be to first contact the network
Second to back up data and factory reset .
jje
Ok now my other Q here is, how easy is it to use KIES.
Do I just click the Update button and let it do the update firmware by itself and how will I know when the update is finished etc.
I just dont want to ruin my mobile thats all.
Now the other thing is will the screen time out affect this update or the update, this means after 1 minute the screen times out.
Hi All,
I searched but I couldn't find anything as specfic as mine so here we go
I recently restored my s3 (i9300) to stock DLJ4 4.1.1 from UltimaROM, it all works fine. The modem is DLID by the way. My phone is unlocked, and i'm on the Three network UK.
After a few days however, my phone suddenly switched to emergency calls only, however, the emergency calls never had signal and there was no way for me to recover this initially, so I left my phone overnight and by morning I had signal bars for emergency calls.
I also put my sim card in another smartphone to check that it was fine - it was.
So this morning I put the sim into the s3 and eventually, after searching for searching for networks, restoring default apns etc. I got the phone registered on 3 again. However this dropped out again after say 5 mins. So I repeated, and then after 5 mins it dropped out again. Which is strange...It is also worth noting that sometimes, when I scan for mobile networks to try connecting manually, upon completing the scan it will connect for this 5 mins period and then drop out again. Also sometimes it won't connect to the internet at all, no matter what i do, and this is where I'm at now.
Any suggestions. Could this be a modem issue - but I want to avoid this because I just made the effort of going back to stock..
Thanks in advance
Check for
Wrong IMEI
Wrong Modem
Wrong APN setting .
jje
JJEgan said:
Check for
Wrong IMEI
Wrong Modem
Wrong APN setting .
jje
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Thanks for the reply
First thing I did - they're all correct as far as I can tell
You should ensure that the firmware is available for your phone.
I know there are least three regions producing the GT-I9300 phone. They are China, South Korea and Vietnam. However, a large amount of product from Korea and Vietnam has the software problem so the phone bricks and they are most found from Taiwan and this also happens in some users in China. They need to change the components which is made in China in order to solve the problem. I don't know whether this happens in your country as well. Fortunately, I never heard this problem occurs in Korean version(SHV-E210S/K/L and SHW-M440S) although they are made in Korea.
Hi there.
I have Lumia 920 Black on EE in UK.
Last month when Amber (french one) got leaked, I installed it and tried straight away.
It wasn't big difference to me in fact it had a bug where if I create an all day calendar entry using google account (not tried with Live account),
it will save the even entry as day before?
It bugged me so much so I decided I will install EURO Dev version.
So I did and everything seem to work fine untill I go outside my house.
I kept on getting no signals. And when I had signal it was constantly on EDGE. Never on 3G.
I did reflash and restart and all it doesn't seem to help. When I restart the phone I get 3G briefly for seconds until it loses service totally then come back with full EDGE signal.
I have found a old firmware RM821_1232.2109.1242.1010_RETAIL_eu_euro1_342_10_97021 and flashed it. And did update through OTA.
Still no 3G. I called EE today for help. They told me it could be the sim.
So I tried on my old iPhone 4 and its all good. I get full 3G.
Anyone know what may be the problem? And if EE offers a repair, will they found out that I've playing with flashing the device and tell me its not covered by the warranty?
Thanks you all!
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langsalang said:
Hi there.
I have Lumia 920 Black on EE in UK.
Last month when Amber (french one) got leaked, I installed it and tried straight away.
It wasn't big difference to me in fact it had a bug where if I create an all day calendar entry using google account (not tried with Live account),
it will save the even entry as day before?
It bugged me so much so I decided I will install EURO Dev version.
So I did and everything seem to work fine untill I go outside my house.
I kept on getting no signals. And when I had signal it was constantly on EDGE. Never on 3G.
I did reflash and restart and all it doesn't seem to help. When I restart the phone I get 3G briefly for seconds until it loses service totally then come back with full EDGE signal.
I have found a old firmware RM821_1232.2109.1242.1010_RETAIL_eu_euro1_342_10_97021 and flashed it. And did update through OTA.
Still no 3G. I called EE today for help. They told me it could be the sim.
So I tried on my old iPhone 4 and its all good. I get full 3G.
Anyone know what may be the problem? And if EE offers a repair, will they found out that I've playing with flashing the device and tell me its not covered by the warranty?
Thanks you all!
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I know the issue exist on the ATT Dev Rom, you just have to go into the Access Point app in the settings and pick the correct APN, (the flash defaults it to the wrong one. ) but I don't know if that's the case for the EE version. I suppose is possible, it can, and is suppose to load, the APN from the Sim, so if it worked with the iphone sim then check those settings.
Thanks for you reply. Did what you said but it did not help at all. It's not like my data isn't working. It's just on EDGE all the time. Sometimes I don't even get calls through and later get message from EE saying I had a miss call. Called Orange (runs on EE) about it and they said maybe its my sim. So tried it on my iPhone and I get 3G straight away. Need to ring them again. But their call waiting time is ridiculous. Called them yesterday and call queue was 2 hours!!
The more I read the more confused I get. I have had a thread going on Sammobile that got quite long but did not lead to a solution.
History.
This phone is a replacement phone from an insurance company. The original phone was Tmobile UK contract and locked that way. It was replaced by the insurance company as the first one had sudden death.
This replacement phone stopped charging or being recognised on the USB and went back to Samsung, they declared "liquid ingress" and refused to do anything. It then went "somewhere" for god knows what and was returned and I was asked to have a look at it.
Originally it had 4.04 on and was never updated from that, on return it had 4.3 on and doesn't work (emergency calls only).
I ripped it to bits and mended the USB problems then started looking into why the phone doesn't work. Kies reports that the phone is SFR, not TMU. As this phone was Tmobile and locked to them I can only assume that the insurance company bought some cheap and put the Tmobile software on which meant that when the firmware was updated it locked to SFR. (brain fading about now)
I rolled back the software with Tmobile software but (of course) this leads to a knackered IMEI. I have tried the latest SFR software expecting that even if it is locked to SFR I should get an unlock request box when I stick another SIM in, I don't get that option and even if I did I couldn't get an unlock code from SFR as it isn't one of their phones. I have tried using Kies to update using the serial from a couple of phones that are identical to this one, one Tmobile (EE) and one Orange (EE) expecting that something should work but all to no avail, no matter what SIM I stick in or what image I put on I get the same result every time. The IMEI is correct if I have a 4.3 image on and in the network list it finds all the mobile providers fine and it does say connected to network if I select any of them, the display on the notification bar shows it with signal.
I can root it and stick CWM on though currently it isn't that way. I can get SSH once that's done though it does seem somewhat flaky on SSH.
So, in a nutshell the phone doesn't bleeding work and I'm getting close to launching it out of the window. The only thing stopping me is that I know that someone here knows how to get it going.
So let me know what needs to posted in terms of numbers or screenshots and I'll stick them up here.
Thanks for not dying of boredom reading that epic.
Check modem csc and APN setttings .
Network IMEI EFS
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2393289
Downgrade and network problems .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2531221
Check what on the CSC and APN and how?
I tried the second link in your post, I now have no IMEI at all.
OK did it again. Updated using Kies "Firmware upgrade and initialisation" to put SFR 4.3 on.
Used Kies to load I9300XXELLA Tmobile 4.12 from SamMobile.
Used the modded modem in your second link.
Happily connected to Orange and working.
Thanks for the input.
I am sure I have done all that before and the first time I tried it this evening it lost my IMEI but the second time it all worked fine. End of an epic. Back to normal life now and this phone is never getting an update of any sort ever again, month of my life down the pan never to return and at 58 years old there aren't that many months left.