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Hi everyone,
I ran into some trouble by upgrading Cyanogenmod 7.1.0 to the latest ICS 4.0.3
Alpha Relase from codeworkx (Build 02122012; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410400).
After upgrading, I noticed the menu and back button are not receiptive to
touch any more and dont work. The background light of the two buttons still
shines. But when I hit either of them nothing happens. The home butten works
though.
While upgrading to ICS 4.0.3 I also upgraded the modem version to XXLPB
Modem (just in case, it matters).
To fix the issue, I tried to go back to Cyanogenmod 7 again, but strangely, here
the buttons dont work now anymore either. I am lost.
Does anyone have a clue, what happend? Its really hard to use Android without
any menu and back button (I installed the virtual button app to have at least
on screen buttons).
Robert
Try to make a clean install of a custom rom through recovery(no AOSP)... If this doesn't help, try to flash an official gingerbread firmware using ODIN....
Sent from my Galaxy S II powered by CheckROM
If your home button doesn't work after ICS ugrade..
If your home button doesn't work after ICS ugrade..
please do it.
1) You must do rooting.
2) install "Root Explorer" application.
3) run "Root Explorer"
4) go to "/efs/imei".
5) you have to make "keystr" file
6) just write down it "ON"
- please use capital "ON" ... not "on"
7) save and rebooting
8) enjoy
I installed several official Firmware ROMs via Odin. Since I got my phone from Vodafone, I used the official Vodafone ROMs. Unforunately without success. The update process went fine (although some ROMs produced bootloops after update), the menu and back button still dont work.
It kind of seems they are physically broken. But how, I cannot explain. Or could it still be a software issue?
eogns119 said:
If your home button doesn't work after ICS ugrade..
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Well, the home button does work. Its the menu and back button who dont.
I had a look at the keystr file anyway. Its there and it already contains "ON". Still no function...
Try to root and install a custom rom after a full wipe..
Sent from my Galaxy S II powered by CheckROM
hughfollett said:
Try to root and install a custom rom after a full wipe..
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Shouldn't full wipe and installation of an official rom be sufficient? How would rooting and installing a custom rom again be of additional use to make the buttons work?
l05443 said:
Shouldn't full wipe and installation of an official rom be sufficient? How would rooting and installing a custom rom again be of additional use to make the buttons work?
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Your basic problem is you have installed Alpha and Beta roms and have lost buttons .
Probability is its software not hardware .Custom roms are of no use .
You need to wipe the lot and determine if its hardware or firmware .
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Clean Slate for those that balls up the firmware .Or need to return to service or decide if its hardware/firmware problem .
Backup data first if phone is working .
Boot CWM recovery
Mounts and Storage
Format cache data system sd card .
Remove battery
Boot to download mode
Open Odin
Install correct stock firmware .
Still problems use usb jig to set rom counter to zero .
Return to service centre .
jje
If nothing is left to do yet with the possibility of Odin rootet firmware.
Of course, the best 3 piece set ...
I guess I am out of luck and have to send the phone to repair.
All the phone wipes and re-flashes with various custom and official roms (tried 1 part and 3 part roms; also with re-partitioning in odin) didnt fix the buttons.
I guess the phone really is broken.
Thanks for your replies.
i have the similiar problem but my home button works but my back button doesnt. it has actually switched and my home button has been doing the functions of the back button and the back button does nothing. it lights up to touch but no haptic feedback or functions. i tried the steps listed above with writing the script to ON and rebooted and still same issue. worked fine until i flashed the rootbox aokp ics rom. only thing i havent done to try to fix it is to factory reset and re-install rom. any suggestions on another alternative?
any updates on this issue?
Did you fix this problem?
Thanks
InfantryMarc said:
i have the similiar problem but my home button works but my back button doesnt. it has actually switched and my home button has been doing the functions of the back button and the back button does nothing. it lights up to touch but no haptic feedback or functions. i tried the steps listed above with writing the script to ON and rebooted and still same issue. worked fine until i flashed the rootbox aokp ics rom. only thing i havent done to try to fix it is to factory reset and re-install rom. any suggestions on another alternative?
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Yes it looks like your already have, but go to the AT&T Galaxy S II (SGH-I777) forum to get ROMs and such. This is the forum for the GT-I9100. A different model phone.
The two phones are very close, but there are differences, such as the i777 having 4 capacitive buttons, and the i9100 having only 2 with 1 hardware button.
numediaweb said:
any updates on this issue?
Did you fix this problem?
Thanks
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Who are you asking?
Hey there!
Before anyone asks, I have done the following.
Searched on google/XDA for solutions
Flashed different ROM's
Changed Kernels
Wiped all cache
Did factory Reset
I am currently having bad network problems with my phone.
I am running JellyBam 6.7.0 with default kernel.
Baseband: XXLQ6
Problem
I constently get No Service or "Emergency Calls only" in areas that I've never had emergency calls in. I am not aware of my old modem or RIL, and so am completely lost of what to go from here as I haven't found posts that could help my issue.
When I reboot my phone, turn airplane mode on, or just randomly it will go into the stage above, to where it will stay without signal for 10 minutes up to days (I've had it go for 2 days with no signal). When I try to search for networks (In places where there is 100% a network) it will say "error searching for network".
I have no idea what to do, and am rather scared. There have been 2 emergency situations to where I needed a phone, and yet mine had no signal.
My second question, is if I manage to get it back to stock ICS (4.0.4) and do all the updates through KIES, will I get the original modem + RIL back as well as the ROM? Or will I still need to flash that myself.
TLDR: If I reset it back completely to stock ICS, will everything that I have done (root, flash modems, flash kernels etc...) be erased.
Thanks so much for reading, I've got so much stress rigt now.
Are you getting no service all the time or only intermittently ? Also, check your IMEI in settings/about phone to see if it's the generic one (0049.....), whatever you do tho don't post your actual IMEI here. Just a yes/know answer to the 'is it the generic one' question will do.
If it's a constant thing, call your carrier to check if it's been IMEI blocked. If it's intermittent, flash a stock ICS rom as you'd suggested. You'll end up with whatever modem/baseband is attached to the rom you flash, and yes, you'll lose root & the kernel you're currently running will be replaced by the stock kernel in the rom you flash.
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Are you getting no service all the time or only intermittently ? Also, check your IMEI in settings/about phone to see if it's the generic one (0049.....), whatever you do tho don't post your actual IMEI here. Just a yes/know answer to the 'is it the generic one' question will do.
If it's a constant thing, call your carrier to check if it's been IMEI blocked. If it's intermittent, flash a stock ICS rom as you'd suggested. You'll end up with whatever modem/baseband is attached to the rom you flash, and yes, you'll lose root & the kernel you're currently running will be replaced by the stock kernel in the rom you flash.
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Yes it's only intermittent, so not a problem with the IMEI.
So if I find, and download stock ICS to bring it to factory it should be fine? If I were to, let's say, flash the ICS onto the phone, is there any way to keep the RIL+ Baseband and flash back JB? Or when flashing JB, will it replace whatever RIL+Baseband is attached with the ROM.
Also, thanks for the quick reply. I was expecting days for a response.
Forget about JB/custom roms/anything else until or unless you get your phone working normally again. Flash an ICS stock rom for your region.
And forget about the current RIL/baseband. It sounds like it may well be the cause of the problems you're having; quite possible if you've been mucking around with different RIL's in particular. Pretty sure I said in my PP that you'll end up with whatever baseband is lumped in with the stock rom you flash.
Actually, you might want to stick with a stock rom specific to your carrier if there is one, at least that way you know the modem/baseband will more than likely have been tested by your carrier & is likely to work well with it unless there are other issues (carrier side connectivity issues or other problems with your phone).
As to whether doing this will fix your issues, no idea. At the moment, and in the absence of any clue as to what's causing your issues, it's the best option you've got. If it doesn't fix the problems, then it's probably a carrier-side issue (possible given it only happens at certain times/in certain locations) or a physical problem with the phone (less likely).
xxshabsxx said:
Yes it's only intermittent, so not a problem with the IMEI.
So if I find, and download stock ICS to bring it to factory it should be fine? If I were to, let's say, flash the ICS onto the phone, is there any way to keep the RIL+ Baseband and flash back JB? Or when flashing JB, will it replace whatever RIL+Baseband is attached with the ROM.
Also, thanks for the quick reply. I was expecting days for a response.
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Forget about JB/custom roms/anything else until or unless you get your phone working normally again. Flash an ICS stock rom for your region.
And forget about the current RIL/baseband. It sounds like it may well be the cause of the problems you're having; quite possible if you've been mucking around with different RIL's in particular. Pretty sure I said in my PP that you'll end up with whatever baseband is lumped in with the stock rom you flash.
Actually, you might want to stick with a stock rom specific to your carrier if there is one, at least that way you know the modem/baseband will more than likely have been tested by your carrier & is likely to work well with it unless there are other issues (carrier side connectivity issues or other problems with your phone).
As to whether doing this will fix your issues, no idea. At the moment, and in the absence of any clue as to what's causing your issues, it's the best option you've got. If it doesn't fix the problems, then it's probably a carrier-side issue (possible given it only happens at certain times/in certain locations) or a physical problem with the phone (less likely).
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Thanks.
I'm having problems to what official ROM to use from the list.
The only one on the list is Optus, but my phone is with virgin (on the optus network) should that be fine?
The rom is I9100XWLP8
Once again many thanks! I'll update you with the progress.
Yep. Flash the Optus rom given you're effectively using their network & see what happens.
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Yep. Flash the Optus rom given you're effectively using their network & see what happens.
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Thanks mate, you're a champion!
No probs Post here again if you have any dramas.
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No probs Post here again if you have any dramas.
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Just downloaded it (Hotfile takes forever) and flashed through odin.
Worked fine after a factory reset. However, Kies won't update my phone.
Network seems to running smooth, so we'll see how it goes. The more things I do, I guess the more things I can rule out.
EDIT:
I updated the phone, and I get the message "Unfortunately, Application installer has stopped". What am I supposed to do?
Factory reset
Sent from the little guy
gastonw said:
Factory reset
Sent from the little guy
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That didn't work.
Anyhow, I managed to track down a 4.0.4 variant of the ROM I was using, and made sure the CSC, PDA and Baseband all matched up with what Kies wanted, and flashed it. I think the error occured I was trying to update a ROM with the wrong CSC and Baseband to one with the correct ones and Kies didn't like that.
Hello, I am using Lewa Rom v13.06.07 on my Jiayu G3 android phone and am very happy with it. The best thing I have seen. However, there is one thing that needs fixing. When I use Viber and exit from it by pressing home button everything still works but if I close it by "sliding" it as you normally close all non running apps it stops and you get no calls or notifications. This is also true for some other apps like HD Widgets (the clock stops updating) and so on.
I believe these issues are caused by built-in task killer which stops all "unnecessary" processes.
So, I wonder if there is some way to set the rules which process will still run in the background or solve this issue in some other way.
I know I'll get advice, use some other ROM, but this one is the one I like and would like to get a fix for it.
Thank you.
May be a bug in the $ROM$, or kernel, have you tried flashing a replacement kernel "for your specific device". Also , if you like it, and you want to keep it on the phone, try to revert to a nandroid, then reflash the $ROM$. Or search for an update to the $ROM$.
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May be a bug in the $ROM$, or kernel, have you tried flashing a replacement kernel "for your specific device". Also , if you like it, and you want to keep it on the phone, try to revert to a nandroid, then reflash the $ROM$. Or search for an update to the $ROM$.
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I really do like it. Don't know where to find and how to flash replacement kernel. I do hope that there will be un update soon. I would even write to "Leva team" about the problem if I knew whom to address. :crying:
Thank you.
Well what I would do is find out from the settings area on my phone the model, model number of my phone. then i would , go to "google" (my best friend). and I type something like. <device name><model #> custom kernel <name of rom>, then if that dont work, go with same search topic and use it at github. Everything you need is laying dormant on the internet.. If you really like the rom, check out a good kernel tutorial and build one ..
Hi,
Firstly Sorry to sound incompetent, I have realized i am out of my depth, just need some help to get my Samsung Galaxy s2 back to original condition.
A while ago i installed a different Kernel 3.12.0-rc6-Dorimanx-V8.43-JB-SGII-PWR-CORE
Something has gone wrong and I can't make or receive calls or texts, Still have data though!
Can someone please help me and find me a kernel that will work or get my phone back to original factory state PLEASE??
lord1984 said:
Hi,
Firstly Sorry to sound incompetent, I have realized i am out of my depth, just need some help to get my Samsung Galaxy s2 back to orignal condition.
A while ago i installed a different Kernel 3.12.0-rc6-Dorimanx-V8.43-JB-SGII-PWR-CORE
Something has gone wrong and I can't make or receive calls or txts, Still have data though!
Can someone please help me and find me a kernel that will work or get my phone back to original factory state PLEASE??
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flash stock rom download it from sammobile
Back to 'original condition' ? Get a stock rom for country/carrier from Samfirmware, flash with Odin following instructions in thread stickied near top of Q&A titled 'Flash Stock firmware'. Problems with getting a successful flash ? Hopper8's 'Odin troubleshooting' thread stickied in General has all the info you need in order to get a successful flash if you do get stuck.
I did admit I dont really know what i am doing, I am sorry for that!
Im looking on sammobile, but cant find a matching pda?
My Baseband version is I9100XXMS2
Forget basebands & forget 'matching' anything; irrelevant/unnecessary. Download any stock rom for your carrier (not 4.0.4 if you intend to root your phone again at any stage though), flash it as per my PP.
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Forget basebands & forget 'matching' anything; irrelevant/unnecessary. Download any stock rom for your carrier (not 4.0.4 if you intend to root your phone again at any stage though), flash it as per my PP.
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Thank you! managed to flash a stock ROM no problem
But I'm still having the same issue which made me want to go back to a stock ROM. Problem is I can't make or receive calls or send or receive texts, but i can still use the internet which is really odd, I've tried everything, had my Sim card replaced with a new 1, factory reset, gone through all the settings but cant figure this out, any ideas please?
If you mean you've gone back to stock & are still having connectivity issues - try flashing different modems ? Plenty can be found by searching, maybe specifically look for threads where people using the same carrier as you have mentioned particular modems which have given them good connectivity. You're going to find this easiest if your phone is rooted given most of the easily found modems are CWM flashable, so if you haven't re-rooted your phone already, you should do that first to make life easy for yourself (I hope you didn't flash a 4.0.4 stock rom as per my warning ?).
You could also try flashing other stock roms for your carrier/country which will have different modems bundled which may give you better connectivity. If after trying a bunch (and I mean a bunch - 20 or more, not 5 or 6) of modems, I'd then try flashing the 3 part stock firmware in Hopper8's 'Odin troubleshooting' thread stickied in General (which will wipe your phone), then reflashing a stock rom for your carrier again after & see if that helps. If you're still having problems after all that, it's either a hardware problem or a carrier-side issue.
If you mean you went back to stock, had no problems, then re-flashed whatever rom/kernel you were using & the problems persisted, I'd be asking in the rom/kernel thread given it's obviously a rom/kernel issue.
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If you mean you've gone back to stock & are still having connectivity issues - try flashing different modems ? Plenty can be found by searching, maybe specifically look for threads where people using the same carrier as you have mentioned particular modems which have given them good connectivity. You're going to find this easiest if your phone is rooted given most of the easily found modems are CWM flashable, so if you haven't re-rooted your phone already, you should do that first to make life easy for yourself (I hope you didn't flash a 4.0.4 stock rom as per my warning ?).
You could also try flashing other stock roms for your carrier/country which will have different modems bundled which may give you better connectivity. If after trying a bunch (and I mean a bunch - 20 or more, not 5 or 6) of modems, I'd then try flashing the 3 part stock firmware in Hopper8's 'Odin troubleshooting' thread stickied in General (which will wipe your phone), then reflashing a stock rom for your carrier again after & see if that helps. If you're still having problems after all that, it's either a hardware problem or a carrier-side issue.
If you mean you went back to stock, had no problems, then re-flashed whatever rom/kernel you were using & the problems persisted, I'd be asking in the rom/kernel thread given it's obviously a rom/kernel issue.
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Well thanks for all your help, will continue to READ threads and try a bunch! of modems etc... and let you know how i get on, Sorry for startin a new thread about this issue.
The issue started one day out of the blue, after having flashed a dorimanx kernel all was well untill 1 day just couldnt make or recieve calls or texts, decided to go back to stock rom to see if it would fix problem but hasn't, so am on the case to find a solution
Yeah it's a pain in the arse when all of a sudden you get connectivity issues for no apparent reason. Used to happen to me when I used CM (not recently mind you, I'm talking CM9). Unfortunately, given what you've already tried, you're stuck with mucking around with modems & hopefully you hit upon one that gives you decent connectivity back.
Even though they'll probably tell you everything's fine, I'd be contacting my carrier (assuming I had a spare hour to sit on hold) as well & just check there's nothing carrier-side that may be causing it, which is probably unlikely, but still possible given the way this issue popped up 'all of a sudden'.
Re: starting a new thread, all good. You described exactly what problem you had from the get go & mentioned that you were using a custom kernel, which is a damn sight better than having to ask 20 questions to extract the info one needs out of people in order to start helping them
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Yeah it's a pain in the arse when all of a sudden you get connectivity issues for no apparent reason. Used to happen to me when I used CM (not recently mind you, I'm talking CM9). Unfortunately, given what you've already tried, you're stuck with mucking around with modems & hopefully you hit upon one that gives you decent connectivity back.
Even though they'll probably tell you everything's fine, I'd be contacting my carrier (assuming I had a spare hour to sit on hold) as well & just check there's nothing carrier-side that may be causing it, which is probably unlikely, but still possible given the way this issue popped up 'all of a sudden'.
Re: starting a new thread, all good. You described exactly what problem you had from the get go & mentioned that you were using a custom kernel, which is a damn sight better than having to ask 20 questions to extract the info one needs out of people in order to start helping them
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Well i have been trying different modems... but just the same issue, I get Data but cant make calls or texts or receive. The phone basically isn't recognizing my telephone number when i look in phone status says unknown.... Is there anything else that may be causing this?
Worked out the issue with the phone number not showing, thats sorted and not in relation to the issue. on 4.1.2 btw. Still no calls or txts coming through just beeps when trying to make a call and cust out. It dosnt seem as though anyone has any idea atall? I have been flashing different modems over and over (all different ones) all they seem to do is altar data connection soem are good some not so good ill post my opinions about modems later.
Just this connectivity issue I've basically just got a small samsung tablet! Not a phone....
This might help someone having these no service/ no sim card no GPS fix issues with the galaxy SGSIII i9300, that might have to do with efs folder change and IMEI corruption.
Okay so i solved these no service issues and ill share my experience so maybe someone will find it helpful.
So the issue has to do with the famous efs folder conundrum, though tbh im not a developer so i cant say exactly what was the issue or even be a 100% sure it was the efs folder.
So I got me a used malfunctioning i9300 which i then repaired at a lab and proceeded to install a new TW based ROM, my first mistake was not backing up efs folder and creating a nandroid, but i havnt realized that yet. After flashing, I noticed that i have no GPS, but i didnt know if the GPS was working with original firmware because i neglected to check that or back it up, so i decided to put a pin in it for the time being and went on to check out some ROMs.
At first, I flashed couple of JB tw based roms, all was well (except for the gps), then i started to check out some KK roms, those didnt play well with my device, I got no service in every single rom i tried, You name it ive tried it, none fixed the service issue. Moreover i also tried a few JB AOSP based ROMs, among them the 4.3 JB PAC-man ROM, those had the same no service/no sim issues. Meanwhile whenever i un-root and flash with odin back to stock or restore a nandroid i made while on 4.3 foxhound ROM (with service working and a supposedly good copy of the efs folder) service is restored. I would also mention that I had more backups of the efs from the working “foxhound” i made with different tools and when i restored these folders when on a ROM with no service it didnt fix the issue.
Here are the solutions ive encountered and tried that didnt work:
-restoring efs with efs pro, samsung tool, efs backup -restore cmd tool.
-flashing latest firmware and flashing back to KK
-flashing all kinds of modems (those pre efs folder change (XXEMG4) and those after)
-flashing latest TWRP/CWM recovery
-flashing kernels
-trying to edit “nv_data.bin” with hex editor
-some more ways in trying to manipulate the efs folder.
-using samsung service codes on stock, which i found regarding this issue, except from the *#06# code, for imei, pretty much none worked for me.
Its important to mention that when on stock firmware or a JB TW based ROM i would see my baseband version in settings and when I tried the *#06# code for checking my imei it gave me a serial number with many digits that I assumed was indeed my correct IMEI number, and when i was on KK ROMs or non TW JB ROMs i would get the same popup with no numbers and in settings i would see “unknown baseband” .
To add to that, whenever i rooted and installed a KK ROM or a JB non TW ROM and tried to restore efs with efs professional i would get a message the device is not perm rooted (but thats neither here nor there).
This research took me about 5-6 days and the end of which i was ready to give up on having a KK rom or a non TW rom for that matter, NOTHING seemed to fix the problem. I just had some fight in me for one more hopeless attempt. I read somewhere that a flashing of cm 10.1 and then going to settings -> more and there change some network stuff from this to that would help -
(Originally Posted by Goose306 on s3forums.com)
"flash back to another AOSP 4.2 ROM (CM10.1, Liquid, etc.)
Got to Network settings. You need to change Roaming to automatic and CDMA settings to RUIM/SIM (I *think* that is the name of it, I'm actually on TW temporarily as I'm troubleshooting some SDcard issues of my own)
Reboot and you should be back in business. Touchwiz doesn't have a way of changing of those settings which is why ODIN/stock doesn't fix it"
I said what the heck thats simple enough. I flashed CM 10.1.3 for i9300 and went into the settings but the options i read about werent the same as the settings i saw in my case,
so i did move one settings around in the settings-> more section, cant remember what it was and im on a different ROM by now,
it was nothing i knew about anyway (but you should give it a go and have a look, there are few options to choose from so you can eliminate your way to what makes sense).
I then went on to recovery to flash carbon rom 4.4 and to my enormous surprise i had service and connection and to my astonishment i also got back the GPS as a bonus ! yay ! I bet you forgot about that too by now…
This ends on a weird note though, though everything is at working order now and the IMEI number i get is the same as the one i get when on stock rom,
it does not match the number on the back of the phone under the battery. well mehh.. as long is its working.
Hope this helps someone.
You didnt mention that exact step. Changing "something from this to that" doesn't really count as being helpful.
Thanks for the post anyways.
~ RazorMC
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You didnt mention that exact step. Changing "something from this to that" doesn't really count as being helpful.
Thanks for the post anyways.
~ RazorMC
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Youre right, i couldnt find the thread that had the suggestion to install the 10.1 cm but my point was it didnt even apply to my situation because the options in "Setting -> more" werent compatible with what was suggested in the thread so i had to improvise and I just changed some setting i cant remember in "Settings -> More" but I realise that it would be more helpfull to say what i changed there exactly, but im not on cm 10.1 anymore and cant see what in there now.. the good news is that there werent many options to change there.
But i did went out and looked for the original comment that made me try this an it says -
(Originally Posted by Goose306 on s3forums.com)
"flash back to another AOSP 4.2 ROM (CM10.1, Liquid, etc.)
Got to Network settings. You need to change Roaming to automatic and CDMA settings to RUIM/SIM (I *think* that is the name of it, I'm actually on TW temporarily as I'm troubleshooting some SDcard issues of my own)
Reboot and you should be back in business. Touchwiz doesn't have a way of changing of those settings which is why ODIN/stock doesn't fix it"
so in my case i didnt see these exact same options so i changed what seemed to me the most related to the issue at hand.
I dont think i had to touch the roaming, again i dont have CM 10.1 installed so i dont recall exactly what were my options.
is it a solution mostly for Qualcomm chipset based I9300 ? someone can say ? European providers use different frequencies I guess hence different chipsets and parameters.
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is it a solution mostly for Qualcomm chipset based I9300 ? someone can say ? European providers use different frequencies I guess hence different chipsets and parameters.
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mine is the international version but as i mentioned it didnt work like described but the end result was the same. I f you have the LTE version Im not sure which option youre going to get in CM 10.1 settings -> more , but if youre having trouble with service and GPS and stuff like that i do suggest you try flashing CM 10.1 (compatible with LTE - not sure how it goes with CM and LTE compatibility) and check if you got the same options to make the changes to, if not, try and improvise based on what makes even a little sense, thats what i did.
It might be that the flashing of CM 10.1 itself is what fixes the problem, so if you change nothing it might help still, anyway this is pretty simple and quick to do so better start here than starting with other messier solutions.
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hi i was on stock 4.1.2 then i rooted flashed twrp recovery using toolkit and flashed revolutionary 5 4.3 straight away i didn't backup efs i know it was dump thing to do but i was new to galaxy s3 flashing so basically i f***k up. then i flashed official 4.3 firmware using odin.now i have a network reception but can't make or attend calls.i was thinking to go back to 4.1.2 in hope of getting things to work. please help n reply asap!! thanks
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hi i was on stock 4.1.2 then i rooted flashed twrp recovery using toolkit and flashed revolutionary 5 4.3 straight away i didn't backup efs i know it was dump thing to do but i was new to galaxy s3 flashing so basically i f***k up. then i flashed official 4.3 firmware using odin.now i have a network reception but can't make or attend calls.i was thinking to go back to 4.1.2 in hope of getting things to work. please help n reply asap!! thanks
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I believe I shared every bit of helpful information i can share with you about this issue and my process of handling it in the main message of the thread, Read the entire thing and the comments followed, then follow my suggestion, if you wish to do so.
samuelaviv said:
mine is the international version but as i mentioned it didnt work like described but the end result was the same. I f you have the LTE version Im not sure which option youre going to get in CM 10.1 settings -> more , but if youre having trouble with service and GPS and stuff like that i do suggest you try flashing CM 10.1 (compatible with LTE - not sure how it goes with CM and LTE compatibility) and check if you got the same options to make the changes to, if not, try and improvise based on what makes even a little sense, thats what i did.
It might be that the flashing of CM 10.1 itself is what fixes the problem, so if you change nothing it might help still, anyway this is pretty simple and quick to do so better start here than starting with other messier solutions.
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Thank you, I was suspecting that you have a similar version than me. Well, in desperate cases anything can be tested (But some have told me not to mess with US versions as there is a risk of burning something )
Anyway the last version I could not flash , the CM 10.1 it was ejected with a file error soon despite 3 downlowd.
I will try with another more compatible version with Cyanogen.
Have a nice day
samuelaviv said:
This might help someone having these no service/ no sim card no gps fix issues with the galaxy s3 i9300, that might have to do with efs folder change and IMEI corruption.
Okay so i solved these no service issues and ill share my experience so maybe someone will find it helpful.
So the issue has to do with the famous efs folder conundrum, though tbh im not a developer so i cant say exactly what was the issue or even be a 100% sure it was the efs folder.
So I got me a used malfunctioning i9300 which i then repaired at a lab and proceeded to install a new TW based rom, my first mistake was not backing up efs folder and creating a nandroid, but i havnt realized that yet. After flashing, I noticed that i have no gps, but i didnt know if the gps was working with original firmware because i neglected to check that or back it up, so i decided to put a pin in it for the time being and went on to check out some roms.
At first, I flashed couple of JB tw based roms, all was well (except for the gps), then i started to check out some KK roms, those didnt play well with my device, I got no service in every single rom i tried, You name it ive tried it, none fixed the service issue. Moreover i also tried a few JB AOSP based roms, among them the 4.3 jb pac-man rom, those had the same no service/no sim issues. Meanwhile whenever i un-root and flash with odin back to stock or restore a nandroid i made while on 4.3 foxhound rom (with service working and a supposedly good copy of the efs folder) service is restored. I would also mention that I had more backups of the efs from the working “foxhound” i made with different tools and when i restored these folders when on a rom with no service it didnt fix the issue.
Here are the solutions ive encountered and tried that didnt work:
-restoring efs with efs pro, samsung tool, efs backup -restore cmd tool.
-flashing latest firmware and flashing back to kk
-flashing all kinds of modems (those pre efs folder change (xxemg4) and those after)
-flashing latest twrp/cwm recovery
-flashing kernels
-trying to edit “nv_data.bin” with hex editor
-some more ways in trying to manipulate the efs folder.
-using samsung service codes on stock, which i found regarding this issue, except from the *#06# code, for imei, pretty much none worked for me.
Its important to mention that when on stock firmware or a JB TW based rom i would see my baseband version in settings and when I tried the *#06# code for checking my imei it gave me a serial number with many digits that I assumed was indeed my correct IMEI number, and when i was on kk roms or non tw JB roms i would get the same popup with no numbers and in settings i would see “unknown baseband” .
To add to that, whenever i rooted and installed a kk rom or a jb non tw rom and tried to restore efs with efs professional i would get a message the device is not perm rooted (but thats neither here nor there).
This research took me about 5-6 days and the end of which i was ready to give up on having a KK rom or a non TW rom for that matter, NOTHING seemed to fix the problem. I just had some fight in me for one more hopeless attempt. I read somewhere that a flashing of cm 10.1 and then going to settings -> more and there change some network stuff from this to that would help -
(Originally Posted by Goose306 on s3forums.com)
"flash back to another AOSP 4.2 ROM (CM10.1, Liquid, etc.)
Got to Network settings. You need to change Roaming to automatic and CDMA settings to RUIM/SIM (I *think* that is the name of it, I'm actually on TW temporarily as I'm troubleshooting some SDcard issues of my own)
Reboot and you should be back in business. Touchwiz doesn't have a way of changing of those settings which is why ODIN/stock doesn't fix it"
I said what the heck thats simple enough. I flashed CM 10.1.3 for i9300 and went into the settings but the options i read about werent the same so i did move one settings around in the more section, cant remember what it was but it was nothing i knew about anyway, then went on to recovery to flash carbon rom 4.4 and to my enormous surprise i had service and connection and to my astonishment i also got back the GPS as a bonus ! yay ! I bet you forgot about that too by now…
This ends on a weird note though, though everything is at working order now and the IMEI number i get is the same as the one i get when on stock rom it does not match the number on the back of the phone under the battary.
Hope this helps someone.
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:crying: :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying: Dude!!!!! I understand!!!!
I had a similar experience only I also tried flashing CM 10.1 and it did not work. Although I have another imei, I have all my services running on the Stock 4.3. Now the only problem is that if I change to any other rom, does not connect to the wifi network.
I found something like this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=839367&page=4
But neither worked. Yesterday I tried to repartition the phone and almost killed. I spent two weeks looking for a solution, and tried them all, but did not work, I think I will draw on the last and the only thing I think work ... The box.
The octopus box (or similar).
KK roms are beautiful ... but no matter what, I have no wifi in another rom than the stock 4.3 lol.
Thank you for your contribution! as you say: I hope you serve someone else.
VIOShero said:
:crying: :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying: Dude!!!!! I understand!!!!
I had a similar experience only I also tried flashing CM 10.1 and it did not work. Although I have another imei, I have all my services running on the Stock 4.3. Now the only problem is that if I change to any other rom, does not connect to the wifi network.
I found something like this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=839367&page=4
But neither worked. Yesterday I tried to repartition the phone and almost killed. I spent two weeks looking for a solution, and tried them all, but did not work, I think I will draw on the last and the only thing I think work ... The box.
The octopus box (or similar).
KK roms are beautiful ... but no matter what, I have no wifi in another rom than the stock 4.3 lol.
Thank you for your contribution! as you say: I hope you serve someone else.
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yeah thats some BS those signal and issues on the i9300.. they really did a number on that one.
sorry my thing didnt help, i too tried everything and got nothing.
Maybe try flashing CM 10.1.3 and changing those options in settings-> more, Might be that just flashing CM 10.1 wont do it, I did change something ther but cant remember what it was, i wrote in my post what someone else had ther in the options but i had different ones but I still changed one option there ( what i thought might be connected to the issue ).
anyway dude i feel you its crying shame whole thing, and so many are posting about these issues all the time, im kinda hating on samsung cause they always seem to mess up like that.
Hope you solve this somehow..