I have S2 from orange, I can't decide whether my phone is Sim locked or not!
I was running the Sim normally before and then my phone got some problem, I flashed the latest ICS 4.0.4 (Rooted with Siyah Kernel). Now when I insert the sim it gives No Service! I have tried to insert other Sim but all give the same No service problem.
At the time of inserting sim it doesn't ask for unlock code and I can't determine the state of unlock from *#Simlock#
Thanks for helping
Check your IMEI. If its one particular Imei number, then your Efs is corrupted.
What do you mean by particular IMEI?
MY IMEI is 35884XXXXXXXXXX
And its 15 digit ... what does it mean?
pakistanish said:
What do you mean by particular IMEI?
MY IMEI is 35884XXXXXXXXXX
And its 15 digit ... what does it mean?
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Particular IMEI means the IMEI has repeating numbers. At least that's what I think.
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Nop it doesn't have any repeating numbers in it
If its from Orange then it will be locked to them. In about phone in settings are you showing a baseband version?
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The baseband is I9100XXLQ6
Before ICS I was running Gingerbread and the Sim was running in it normally
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By 'particular' Imei I meant one particular Imei number which you get when efs gets corrupted. Unfortunately I dont know which number exactly that is... :/
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Thanks a lot for your help
The problem got solved ... I gave my cell to repair because it wasnt charging ... during the repair they forgot to place the antenna wire therefore I was getting no service when I inserted the sim ... thank you all
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boki9999 said:
By 'particular' Imei I meant one particular Imei number which you get when efs gets corrupted. Unfortunately I dont know which number exactly that is... :/
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Would it start with 0404 or 0044? I read somewhere that's the corrupt IMEI number
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I have a galaxy s3 new with no service and a circle in the network i flashed with multi roms but still the same eror in network setting i have number of phone and all of this but the network has just a circle and no service whats the problem Nb: the phone is unlocked
Check setting-about device-status-imei number. Make sure imei number is there and matched the number printed inside back cover.
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check setting-about device-status-imei number. Make sure imei number is there and matched the number printed inside back cover.
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thanks for ur replay the imei its not the same in thee phone the first nu?bers 0094 and in the cover 353
Did you back up your efs? I'm going to take a wild guess that you didn't. If not and you have flashed different stock roms and modems then it's service center time.
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What about the serial number?
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No EFS backup then its worth a factory reset and flash a stock rom before service centre .
But as you have flashed multiple roms its probably to late to help .
jje
Thanks for replayy for the serial nu?ber is 0000000 we dont hava center in morocco
How about flash full rom with re partition it will change anything .???
rida007 said:
How about flash full rom with re partition it will change anything .???
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NO
There are multiple help IMEI/EFS posts on XDA you can read .
EFS IMEI
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1857054
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1308546
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264021
My friend just rooted his international version model GS3 and his 3G reception is . It was bought unlocked to any carrier (T-Mobile sim in it) and it came with SuperSu and CWM installed, but none of the root functions would work so he ran it through odin yesterday and re rooted it and all the root functions now work, but his 3G isn't working right. It also says "Emergency Calls Only" in the notification menu when it would normally say T Mobile. Stock ROM.
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Seems like the efs destroyed. check if the imei number in phone properties is same as on the sticker below the batt
Second user phone???
Flash stock rom with correct modem and csc for location if IMEI ok.
jje
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JJEgan said:
Second user phone???
Flash stock rom with correct modem and csc for location if IMEI ok.
jje
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Seems like the efs destroyed. check if the imei number in phone properties is same as on the sticker below the batt
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How would he go about restoring the IMEI?
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If no backup present, poor chances.
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hi guys
need help ,
i have a problem imei-null/null ,after researching a bit ,i found that it can be repaired using a working efs backup using
"EFS Pro v1.12.6 - Advanced '/efs' Backup, "
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1308546i need someone please backup his efs and mail it to me if its possible ,thanks
another phone's EFS info won't work for you.
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another phone's EFS info won't work for you.
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can you elaborate?
what will help?
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can you elaborate?
what will help?
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Backing up someone elses folder will only give you their IMEI. by doing so you will void the imei as it cant be on 2 devices. Not to mention no one is gonna give you access to their IMEI number. My suggestion would be to start over from scratch.
Try GSII Repair by helroz. If that doesn't work you will need a professional restore. Mobiletechvideos can do it for a small fee.
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What about an imei stick?
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thanks for help
zelendel said:
Backing up someone elses folder will only give you their IMEI. by doing so you will void the imei as it cant be on 2 devices. Not to mention no one is gonna give you access to their IMEI number. My suggestion would be to start over from scratch.
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what do you mean by start from scratch?
i also tried to reflash the entire EFS using odin on bootloader section
i used "I9100_EFS_I9100XXKP9_CL45181_REV02_user_low_ship.tar.md5"
but without any luck ,imei still null/null
and i also noticed that the service menu is blank
phone : unknown
baseband :unknown
maybe its hardware related issue ?
RatusNatus said:
What about an imei stick?
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whats an imei stick?
.....you have an i777 or an i9100 international version of this phone?
Hi everyone,
My S3 motherboard has died and i can buy i new one for only €109.
The only problem is that it is completely blank, no IMEI or anything.
Can i install a new rom with Odin or is it more complicated than that, and how do you program the IMEI number?
Thanks
galaxymarc said:
Hi everyone,
My S3 motherboard has died and i can buy i new one for only €109.
The only problem is that it is completely blank, no IMEI or anything.
Can i install a new rom with Odin or is it more complicated than that, and how do you program the IMEI number?
Thanks
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Wat is ur current and previous rom? Ur current baseband version?
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Wat is ur current and previous rom? Ur current baseband version?
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My dad bought it a few weeks ago and put an old simcard in it, when he wanted to replace the simcard he tried to pry with a screwdriver to get the card out and destroyed the mainbord.
I know how to flash a rom but my question is if its possible to flash a motherboard that has no software or anything on it.
You can't, take it to an authorised repair shop and they can.
I wouldn't advise discussing IMEI programming, it's illegal for you to attempt and will get your thread locked.
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You can't, take it to an authorised repair shop and they can.
I wouldn't advise discussing IMEI programming, it's illegal for you to attempt and will get your thread locked.
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Sorry, have nothing illigal in mind, its just that the new mobo is 0000000 i want to use the orig number.
Thanks
Yes, that's illegal in most countries and not possible for you to do.
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Yes, that's illegal in most countries and not possible for you to do.
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So he's doomed?
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So he's doomed?
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No, buy a motherboard from a reputable source and it will come with a new imei number all of it's own.
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Hi,
I flashed a new rom,and now my imei number is showing as unkown and i can take and put back sim as many times as i like it doesnt pick up at all,doesnt even ask too restart.
Please anybody help me,iv tried everything, nothing is working.
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I'm speaking entirely from ignorance but did you flash the right variant? E.g did you flash 925F firmware on a 925F device? If I were to hazard a guess (and that's all this is, a guess) I'd say your radio firmware seems messed up (with baseband also being unknown).
What happens when you revert to your original firmware?
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Did you flash the 5.1.1 version and then the 5.0.2? Flash the 5.1.1 again.
Ok so i flashed official firmware,i now have signal but my imei number isnt right it reads as follows 350000000000006 it ses i am not registered on network. Imei sv is 01
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I did flash wrong variant, i flashed g925p over my g925f,stupid mistake
Is there a way i can fix it
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Flash the correct one
I have i flashed official Samsung firmware 5.0.2 and it gave me that funny imei seen above
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I will be externally grateful for any suggestions
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I will be externally grateful for any suggestions
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I have the same problem. ..but anything I tried any way and mod but the problem is 5.1.1 firmware I can't downgrade on 5.0.2 to get full root access and to flash new imei on 5.1.1 not have root access with stock kernel. ...
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ebusuhejbi said:
I have the same problem. ..but anything I tried any way and mod but the problem is 5.1.1 firmware I can't downgrade on 5.0.2 to get full root access and to flash new imei on 5.1.1 not have root access with stock kernel. ...
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You have bricked imei number. ..the imei you have is the same imei of my phone. ..get the imei and flash it or contact any custom service. ..
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How do i flash imei,could you point me in the right direction,im on 5.0.2
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Only way to flash it back would be if you made a backup of the EFS partition when you first rooted/installed recovery. The EFS partition contains all the IMEI data which is unique to your phone and flashed at the factory. Since you corrupted it, the only way to restore it would be to flash the EFS backup if you made it or send it back to Samsung for service. AFAIK there isn't a way to recover lost IMEI's if the EFS partition has been corrupted/wiped.
That's ducks really badly
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That's ducks really badly
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Yeah. I suggest sending it back for repairs and when you receive the new one, root and do a backup of the EFS partition after root. There are several guides online on how to do a backup of EFS using adb/terminal emulator. Keep this backup in a safe location and don't lose it.
You can flash what you want now, nothing will help you. Your EFS partition is gone and without this specific backup you cannot restore the IMEI number. Send the phone to Samsung, they can generate the IMEI number and restore the entire phone.
new trwp recovery have a option to backup.. will post the thread here as little warning in the twrp thread..
Yep I always backup my efs/imei folder as soon as I root phone.
ernell said:
Hi.
I did the same stupid thing a while ago with the same result (without efs backup). Forget about reflashing. The phone is now a mediaplayer.
I asked our local Samsung repair shop, but they wanted to exchange the entire motherboard. Thats how they fix these things in Sweden.
BUT there is an easy way to fix it.
If you have been flashing 5.11, then I dont know, but if you havent, then you can contact an IMEI fix website, and they will help you
by remote service. It works perfectly well. You will get a new IMEI and new serial number. Send me a PM for a link. There is not so many
people doing this, and it took me a while to find the right guy, but guess if I was happy when it was fixed
It will cost you some dollars (60 in my case), and you cannot upgrade to 5.11 later (I dont know why), but thats better than brick.
Hope this helps.
/rob
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Is that actually legal? I'd send it to Sammy and get it properly fixed, rather than putting up with some dubious services. What if you want to sell the phone later? Have fun explaining why updating to 5.1.1 won't work. I wouldn't ever buy a phone if I heard that someone changed the IMEI. Changing the IMEI is usually associated with a stolen device.
I had the same problem (but IMEI dissapeared), when I flashed 5.0.2 didn't work. But Then flashed 5.1.1 and it worked. Try this. You will loose root.