Misreporting phone number bug? Any idea? - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi folks,
I got a branded T-Mobile handset Monday this week. I have unbranded and changed to the newest stock rom / changed CSC to BTU.
Just connected to Kies and another update was performed which updated the modem to LH1 but I have noticed a strange issue.
Under status it is reporting my phone number as all zeros.
Attached a screenshot so you can see what I mean.
Not noticed anything wrong yet, but it does worry me in the sense if the phone is reporting the incorrect phone number then I may have some service / billing issues somewhere along the line.

It is only information menu. It reads phone number from SIM card. If you have any old phone just put your sim there and set 'my number' in settings. New phones didn't have option to programm numer on sim card.
Don't worry about it if you can't change it.
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So strange. So how does my phone even function without the sim reporting the correct number? lol
Weird problem.
Re installed the firmware and will do a factory reset, see if it makes any difference

Arthur Hucksake said:
So strange. So how does my phone even function without the sim reporting the correct number? lol
Weird problem.
Re installed the firmware and will do a factory reset, see if it makes any difference
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It won't. Like the guy answering your question already said: "the number is on your SIM card" so doing factory reset won't make any difference.
The number you see is called MSISDN-number and it's only being used by a very small group of apps like walkie-talkie apps. I wouldn't worry about it. If it worries you, try this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.lytsing.myphonenumber
Didn't work on my phone though, but you can give it a shot. Mine's wrong too. I just don't think the problem is big enough for the hassle of having to fiddle with a microsim to regular SIM adapter, let alone find where it actually is.

Actually, the MSISDN number is the one stored on the SIM card. The last digits of the MSISDN may, or may not be related in any way to your actual phone number. The only entity that translates the MSISDN to your phone number is the carrier. In any case, you have nothing to worry about.

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Wrong number

Did have a search but could not see this anywhere so;
Not so much dual booting as dual personality
I recently gave my number to a friend and looked in about phone/status to get it as I can never remember. Mt friend could not call me and I have just realised that the telephone number the phone thinks it is, is not the correct one. Can this be fixed? How did it happen as I am sure it was the correct one originally.
try to turn off your phone, remove your sim card, re-insert your sim card then reboot.
I have this too, also can't fix it. But I think it is carrier related.
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Yes did try this but still the same. Left the sim out for a good ten minutes as well.
Plenty of threads on the subject. Stick SIM in an old dumb phone and change the number there, it'll then show the correct number when put back in your smartphone.

My telephone number not showing in device setttings

>>settings
>> about device
>>status
M Phone number is showing as 000000000000
any ideas how to change this?
I think it's carrier dependant, can u tell us on what network you are? I'm not 100% sure though
all the s3's I've seen don't show it in Lebanon
I'm on t-mobile uk which is now showing as ee, (everything everywhere)
its a SIM card thing I put my SIM in wife's old iPhone and now on gs3 shows number
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Yes it's written on SIM card, some roms can't write it down on the card, the solution if you absolutely want this is to put your card in an old/another phone.
With my previous phone the number wasn't readable, now I have it.
Thanks for the replies, its not that important, but i may swap the sim over sometime .....
thanks
Hi
I have the same problem, I did put my sim in a different phone and edited the number but it still shows the wrong one in my phone. Any solutions?
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[Q] "Can't connect right now. Try again later." or equivalent in stock, CM9 and CM10

[Q] "Can't connect right now. Try again later." or equivalent in stock, CM9 and CM10
Hi folks! Needing some help, please.
I've googled my problem a lot but couldn't find any working solution. Below is the detailed history.
I have recently bought a Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-i9300, cut my previous SIM, and used it for about four weeks with no problems. During this time, I rooted my phone, backed up the stock ROM, installed CM9 and afterwards CM10.
About a week ago, while using CM10, I switched off airplane mode after about nine hours and the signal power meter was empty. All the services related to my carrier (SMS, 3G, calls) were inoperative. I rebooted the phone, tried removing and reinserting the SIM, with no success.
I tried flashing the previous backups, also with no success, but noticed that while using the stock rom, the signal meter was full. This prompted me to access "Settings > Wireless (...) > More... > Mobile Networks > Network Operators", where to my surprise all the available carriers were listed. I did the same check in the rural area of my town, where I know my carrier does not work, and the cellphone correctly detected only the other three carriers.
These symptoms led me to believe that my cut sim could be the problem. I got a microsim from my carrier, but the problem persisted.
After this, I assumed the problem was software related, googled it and found some recommendations:
Complete wipe and backup restoration: this was not successful with stock, CM9 and CM10.
Complete wipe and stock ROM re-installation with Odin: also not successful.
Modem flashing with Odin: also not successful.
Firmware flashing with KIES: I put the cellphone in download mode and made the firmware recovery procedure from KIES. Also not successful.
Restoration of efs folder and IMEI related issues: I did not have backup of this folder, but the symptoms related to the problem in the posts I found always included the absence of IMEI. When I type *#06# in my phone, I can correctly see my IMEI, so I discarded this possibility. My carrier also informed me that my IMEI is not blacklisted.
I thought of getting a new microsim to rule out any SIM related issues, but still haven't done it.
Information regarding my phone:
Phone model: GT-i9300
Baseband version: I9300UBLG2
Firmware vesion when on stock (from KIES): PDA:LJ1 / PHONE:LI2 / CSC:LJ2 (ZTO)
Could someone please help me? I still have not tried the EFS folder troubleshooting, but the procedures I found were related to problems that did not show the same symptoms as mine. Do anyone have any suggestion? Please tell me if any more information is needed.
Thanks!
Why not just get a micro Sim to begin with....they don't cost anything and it saves a whole lot of hassle. My guess is the sim reader is damaged....IF and WHEN you decide to get a new micro sim, if it doesn't work then that could be the only cause and the service centre your only option. Seriously dude, next time to save yourself hassle....go an get a micro sim from your carrier, I wouldn't even think about hacking away at an old sim because I can't be bothered to walk to a Vodafone shop.
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speedyjay said:
Why not just get a micro Sim to begin with....they don't cost anything and it saves a whole lot of hassle. My guess is the sim reader is damaged....IF and WHEN you decide to get a new micro sim, if it doesn't work then that could be the only cause and the service centre your only option. Seriously dude, next time to save yourself hassle....go an get a micro sim from your carrier, I wouldn't even think about hacking away at an old sim because I can't be bothered to walk to a Vodafone shop.
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I have just come back from the carrier store, where I got a new SIM, and the issue persists. I also double-checked any IMEI blocking or problems with my services, and everything is ok.
Coincidentally, a Samsung consultant was around. He checked my phone and talked to Samsung tech support describing the issue.
They do not think it is related to the cutting of the SIM card for two reasons, the first being the ability to locate the carriers, the second being the fact that a visual inspection of the slot and the scratch marks on the SIM card do not indicate a broken or bent contact.
Obviously, he recommended that I send my phone to an authorized Samsung service center for maintenance.
I am still inclined to think it is a software related issue. I will, of course, send my phone to Samsung if it is case, but in the meantime I would like to try new procedures to bring back my phone's ability to connect to my carrier.
Suggestions?
Thanks in advance!
An additional information:
I tried checking my sim through some apps, to confirm there is no damage in the contacts. GalaxSim Unlock is able to detect my sim and correctly show my phone status as unlocked.
Any suggestions on tests?
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Hello!
I'm having the same identical issue with my Lenovo S939. Could you, please tell me if and how you managed to resolve the issue?
Thank you very much!
change to gsm only ? full signal hehe
Cgbspender more info (what you do ect.)
exe98123q said:
change to gsm only ? full signal hehe
Cgbspender more info (what you do ect.)
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Hi!
I bought S939(not completely new), which from what I understand is not a device that's created for the European market. In order to make it function, I believe that the device was rooted\modified. Now, I can perfectly use it to go on the internet, make photos ecc, but when I put my SIM , I'm unable to "catch" the network of my provider. A message "Can't connect right now. Try again later." appears. I can save numbers on the SIM, for example, but unable to register on the network.
Also on the main screen, I can see writter "Invalid IMEI".
Thanks!
no backup imei ? try flash stock, should repare imei (i think) - but i have phone with mediatek and cant flash (get error)
Was the issue ever resolved, I'm having same problem with my i9300 on virgin mobile. My phone works fine on giffgaff.
ldyte1 said:
Was the issue ever resolved, I'm having same problem with my i9300 on virgin mobile. My phone works fine on giffgaff.
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Inactive sim?
Beamed in by telepathy.

[Q] SIM card not working

First of all, I'm in the US. I bought the Samsung Galaxy S II GT-I9100 (I'm in the right forum, yes?) off of ebay.
From what I remember, when I received it, it had some weird ROM that I had never heard of and can't remember the name of, along with clockworkmod recovery already installed.
I put cyanogenmod 9.1.0 on it via: [cyanogenmod's site, model galaxys2 cm9.1.0] (I can't post links yet, so I had to remove all of them).
I was using it mainly for development for a while, so I never tried to activate it on a network using a sim card, but recently I tried to do that with StraightTalk (using an AT&T sim). Nothing happened. I rebooted my phone multiple times, took the battery out, reseated the sim card multiple times, etc. Nothing is any different than before I put the sim card in (except the messages about "No sim card installed" have gone away). And in the settings, it shows that it can read the phone number from the sim. I actually talked to their support for a while and they couldn't figure out what was wrong. I tried the sim in 2 other phones and it works fine on those.
I thought maybe the problem was cyanogenmod 9, so I tried installing cyanogenmod 10 nightlies made specifically for this model from: [cyanogen's site, model i9100 cm 10 nightlies] . Same thing with that. No network connection, emergency call only, etc. I've gone through the settings, trying to change things throughout. I've tried to force-connect to AT&T's network via the Mobile network settings -> Network operators menu, but it just says it can't connect to that network. When I tried to connect to TMobile's network, it said this sim card did not allow a connection to that network.
I wanted to double check to make sure the sim was actually unlocked, but none of the magic codes ( [cduu wordpress galaxy s2 secret codes] ) work except to display the IMEI. I've checked a couple online databases to make sure my IMEI is not blacklisted, and both said it was not blacklisted.
Getting pretty much nowhere, I wanted to return it to stock, but when I read up on it, I could not figure out what to do in order to do that. I'm not very experienced with the GS II; my personal phone is the galaxy nexus. After reading up on it, there's about 100 different versions of "stock" for this phone, depending upon what country/language. I don't know where this phone is from, but the only booklet it came with was in French.
I did find the sammobile released firmware versions for jelly bean and ice cream sandwich (I9100XXLSJ_I9100OXXLS1_OXX.zip and I9100XXLPH.zip) from [sammobile's site] . I don't even know if these are technically stock though. The only one I tried to flash was the ice cream sandwich one; the jelly bean one is still downloading. When I tried to flash the ice cream sandwich one using Odin3 v1.85, it just failed. Didn't harm any of the software that was on there, so I'm guessing it found that it wasn't the right version for my hardware?
So after all this work, I'm coming up empty.
Is there anything else I can do to try to troubleshoot why I have no cell network connection at all?
Should I try to flash back to stock and if so, can anyone tell me what english-language version of firmware/software I have to flash/install to my phone to get it back to stock?
Can I provide any more information to help?
Thanks for the time.
Since you have verified that the sim card is working properly.
Then the issue is with the phone,did you check with the provider if the imei of the phone is valid or not. It maybe a blocked device because it was reported lost or stolen previously.
Cosmic Blue said:
Since you have verified that the sim card is working properly.
Then the issue is with the phone,did you check with the provider if the imei of the phone is valid or not. It maybe a blocked device because it was reported lost or stolen previously.
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I only checked in a couple online databases and they both said it was not blacklisted. I found the IMEI issuer at imei-number .com though, and it says it was issued by BABT (British Approvals Board of Telecommunications). Is that who I would contact? I don't know how I would contact them and get a response. Other than that I don't know what carrier the phone was used under before.
If it is not blacklisted
It maybe a hardware issue in that one pins for the sim card is not making contact properly. You may need to take the phone apart to see if there is an issue with sim connection.
Would it be able to read its phone number from the sim if a pin wasn't making connection?
Under About Phone -> Status, Network is Unknown, Signal strength is -111 dBm 1 asu, Mobile network type is HSDPA:9, and the phone number is listed correctly.
Oh, one thing I didn't mention is that the device ID from "adb devices" shows up as 0123456789ABCDEF.
And I just noticed in the About Phone -> Status menu, the Serial number is "unknown." Is there something in my ROM or something that is blocking or has erased the serial number or device ID?
Any ideas?
I'm probably going to have to buy a new phone for development today, so if anyone had something to try before then, it'd be really appreciated.

Mobile network not available

Hi folks,
This is my first post so if I've done anything wrong please let me know. I think I'm experiencing quite a unique issue.
I have a Samsung Galaxy Nexus (Maguro) phone on O2-UK.
I'll try and summarise my issue
Currently I cannot make calls or send messages but can use 3g on the device.
When I put my girlfriends EE sim into the phone I can make calls and send texts
When I went to France with my O2 sim I could make calls and send texts
When I put my O2 sim into another device I can make calls and send texts
Whenever I try to make a call it states 'mobile network is unavailable' and when I try to connect to O2-UK in settings it states 'cannot connect at this time. please try again later'. The phone states emergency calls only but on the status bar it looks like it has a network connection and 3g can be used.
I've tried phoning O2 to setup the APN settings
It all started when I upgraded to CM12.1 from CM11. Although I have tried downgrading to the previous version and I am still having the same issue. I've tried wiping everything on the phone numerous times.
Is there anything else I can try, something I can wipe or a setting I can change?
Any help would be much appreciated!
If I can't sort it I'll grudgingly have to buy a new phone which is annoying because it only seems to have an issue with O2 in the UK
I had this when I upgraded from cm11 to cm13, all I did was turn on airplane mode for 10 seconds and switch it back on.
I wish it was that easy for me!
It seems that my phone has been blocked on my network (O2) since updating. Is there any way that an IMEI number can be involuntary changed during a root and installation of ROMs/radios?
I know this may be a very stupid question but my provider seems to think the IMEI number is strange, even though I purchased the phone from them in November 2011.
When I phone O2 their system says my IMEI number is different from when I type in *#06#.
Has anyone experienced this?
wattereus said:
I wish it was that easy for me!
It seems that my phone has been blocked on my network (O2) since updating. Is there any way that an IMEI number can be involuntary changed during a root and installation of ROMs/radios?
I know this may be a very stupid question but my provider seems to think the IMEI number is strange, even though I purchased the phone from them in November 2011.
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Hmmm, you stated that the card worked in other phones right? I am pretty sure you stated that other cards also worked so to be honest, this is something you have to phone them up seriously about.
Yes when I put my girlfriends EE sim into the phone it works fone. Also when I was in France my sim card worked fine, I'm guessing because it was using other networks.
It gets even stranger, when I type *#06# into my phone I get an IMEI number. I used an online website to check the status of the IMEI number and it stated that my Samsung Galaxy Nexus (which I've owned from new) is actually an iPhone....
wattereus said:
It gets even stranger, when I type *#06# into my phone I get an IMEI number. I used an online website to check the status of the IMEI number and it stated that my Samsung Galaxy Nexus (which I've owned from new) is actually an iPhone....
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I think we just found the source of our (well technically, your problem) problem. Now, do you have a nandroid backup or something that you are willing to restore to? I will look online for how to restore the imei.

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