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Hi Guys,
My Galaxy Note i717 is not showing IMEI when using the function *#06# and its not connecting with any gsm carrier as well. I do not have any backup for efs and i have tried flashing every possible rate available for i717 note... i have tried stock roms from At&t to Saurom and still no result... I am not sure what to do at this point... plzz help...
Thanks,
Mobiletechvideos.com well fix you up for $30 u.s. plus shipping to get it there, it ships back to you for free.
Josh, connexion2005 here in xda, does great work. Should have it turned around in a week or so.
ysr84 said:
Hi Guys,
My Galaxy Note i717 is not showing IMEI when using the function *#06# and its not connecting with any gsm carrier as well. I do not have any backup for efs and i have tried flashing every possible rate available for i717 note... i have tried stock roms from At&t to Saurom and still no result... I am not sure what to do at this point... plzz help...
Thanks,
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First thing first, was it working before? Where did you buy it from. Carriers have start blocking phones that are reported stolen or have balance in the account.
What does it say in settings/about phone/status?
Does that number match the one on the back of the phone under the battery?
Could you please explain what you did to get to this point?
Flashed bad modem?
Deleted /efs folder or contents?
Remote unlock error?
Elpidio said:
First thing first, was it working before? Where did you buy it from. Carriers have start blocking phones that are reported stolen or have balance in the account.
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It was working before and its not a carrier block as it does not recognize the sim at all to begin with....
studacris said:
What does it say in settings/about phone/status?
Does that number match the one on the back of the phone under the battery?
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In the about phone
Android version - 4..0.4
Baseband - unknown
Build - imm76d.ucle2
In Satuts... network and IMEI both are unknown
rangercaptain said:
Could you please explain what you did to get to this point?
Flashed bad modem?
Deleted /efs folder or contents?
Remote unlock error?
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I am not too sure.. i got the phone from a friend who has messed it up...
He said he flashed the bell upgrade from Gb to ICS and this happened.....
I doubt it .... anyhow... couple of other things
the function *#06# shows a null/nunll
*#9090# - shows nothing
*#2263# - shows nothing in service menu
Also, *2767*3855# system format doesnt work either....
Rom is working fine... wireless and internet are all functional....
If i go to adb... i can see the efs folder and other partitions...
Well yeah, the efs folder will be there, is just generated a new one, with a generic imei.
As i said earlier, mobiletechvidoes can fix it, but since everything is working perfectly, and you live in Canada, might wanna just not worry about it?
I read the ota Canada ics update had a bad install script. Just get the zip file and flash that.
too late for that, the "damage" has been done, and he is already running it, flashing the zip won't help now.
studacris said:
too late for that, the "damage" has been done, and he is already running it, flashing the zip won't help now.
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So any way i can revive the phone back to life?
Had this happen to me a few times on my sgs1.
Only thing that fixed it was flashing older stock rom through Odin. You can try samfirmware to get it or there is a complete set of stock files here in the forum as well.
Good luck.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using Tapatalk 2
So this happened to me on another Galaxy Note.. I flashed a GB T989 modem on a ICS rom... i717R - Rogers phone. After that i realized that i have screwed up then i flashed the ics modem compatible with aws 1700... and guess what NO IMEI... NULL NULL.... I was scared ****less.... Immediately i odin flashed the At&T rom and flashed the T989 modem and thank God i got the imei back and everything is working... however i still have a note with NO IMEI
ysr84 said:
So this happened to me on another Galaxy Note.. I flashed a GB T989 modem on a ICS rom... i717R - Rogers phone. After that i realized that i have screwed up then i flashed the ics modem compatible with aws 1700... and guess what NO IMEI... NULL NULL.... I was scared ****less.... Immediately i odin flashed the At&T rom and flashed the T989 modem and thank God i got the imei back and everything is working... however i still have a note with NO IMEI
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Donate it to science? lol
PM Sent...
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ysr84 said:
Hi Guys,
My Galaxy Note i717 is not showing IMEI when using the function *#06# and its not connecting with any gsm carrier as well. I do not have any backup for efs and i have tried flashing every possible rate available for i717 note... i have tried stock roms from At&t to Saurom and still no result... I am not sure what to do at this point... plzz help...
Thanks,
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Hi there,
I got the same problem. I am wondering that did you get it fixed? If you did fix it, could you share me how to fix it, please :crying:
It used to be working fine with telus. But I did try to enable AWS to be able to use with mobilicity sim by follow this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1547114
But my phone stuck on bootloop after pre-rooted.
Then I try this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1584250
It fix bootloop problem.
But right now it doesn't show IMEI and can't connect with any carrier. Please help..
Thank you for reading
Wasinee said:
Hi there,
I got the same problem. I am wondering that did you get it fixed? If you did fix it, could you share me how to fix it, please :crying:
It used to be working fine with telus. But I did try to enable AWS to be able to use with mobilicity sim by follow this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1547114
But my phone stuck on bootloop after pre-rooted.
Then I try this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1584250
It fix bootloop problem.
But right now it doesn't show IMEI and can't connect with any carrier. Please help..
Thank you for reading
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I suggest that you Private Message the user.
I'm sure he will provide the answer ...
And I hope he posts here as well, as it would help others like yourself ....g
I'm not sure if this would help at all but it might be worth a shot.It creates TEST IMEI's and other stuff through ADB .Maybe it can even retrieve your actual IMEI somehow? Post back in this thread if anything comes of it so other people with problems can follow .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1436486
Here's my fix
I had the same problem with IMEI showing null/null....this happened after I flashed new radio band to get 4g on Tmobile for my AT&T Galaxy note. It appears that I had flashed a zip file for new radio that messes up the IMEI number. I have heard that others have just simply re-flashed their Note using other custom roms that has it's own radio band and IMEI number reappears. I simply used Samsung Kies to force most current factory rom into my Note (search how to do that) and it added factory setting to my Note...including all the AT&T stuff but it did unroot my phone....but it fixed the problem and I got my IMEI back....PM me if you have any questions.
To get to download mode when hooked up to Kies: hold down volume down and power at the same time until download mode comes up. And push volume up button once download screen comes up. Hook the phone up to Samsung Kies and click "Tools" and click "Firmware upgrade and initialization".....enter model using caps "SGH-I717" and enter ok....and enter serial number...using caps....and sit tight and wait...
IMEI NULL
Chase60now said:
I had the same problem with IMEI showing null/null....this happened after I flashed new radio band to get 4g on Tmobile for my AT&T Galaxy note. It appears that I had flashed a zip file for new radio that messes up the IMEI number. I have heard that others have just simply re-flashed their Note using other custom roms that has it's own radio band and IMEI number reappears. I simply used Samsung Kies to force most current factory rom into my Note (search how to do that) and it added factory setting to my Note...including all the AT&T stuff but it did unroot my phone....but it fixed the problem and I got my IMEI back....PM me if you have any questions.
To get to download mode when hooked up to Kies: hold down volume down and power at the same time until download mode comes up. And push volume up button once download screen comes up. Hook the phone up to Samsung Kies and click "Tools" and click "Firmware upgrade and initialization".....enter model using caps "SGH-I717" and enter ok....and enter serial number...using caps....and sit tight and wait...
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It didn't lock the pohne after it went back to stock did it .?
Hello I have a big problem, after I installed a new and updated ROM my phone won't work on any carrier, so here's what happened:
1.I had the ROM FoxHound_Sniper_Wolf_LPD_ICS_GSII_By_SnakeS and it worked great until the GPS started failing so I decided it was time for a change (until now the phone was working flawlessly with carriers and such)
2.I first tried to install the ROM ParanoidAndroid 3+ ROM Galaxy S2 but I forgot to do a wipe first and then I wiped the phone and re-installed the ROM and it still didn't work.
3.I installed WanamLite Clean & Fast JB 4.1.2 v14.3 without errors until I tried to turn on data networking (I had my APN setup by then) and it didn't turn on so I tried calling and this would pop up:"Not registered on network".
4.I try to fix the problem by going to network providers and selecting my network provider and it said: "Unable to connect, try later", so I try selecting the automatic setting and it gave me the same error, so I kept pressing the select automatically setting until it said: "Registered on network" so I try to call again and still gives me the same error "Not registered on network".
5.I try to go back to my old ROM (FoxHound_Sniper_Wolf_LPD_ICS_GSII_By_SnakeS) and it still gave me the error "Not registered on network".
6.I also tried some other ROMs: RR_JB_V3.1.3_AOKP_4.2.1_I9100 and RootBox-JB-i9100-V4.1 and the phone still won't work.
7.I go back to the WanamLite Clean & Fast JB 4.1.2 but this time it's v14.6
PS:it says "emergency calls only" in the drop down menu
info:
county: Israel
carrier: Golan Telecom
phone status: I got it unlocked from the company Cellcom
Network mode: GSM/CDMA (Auto mode)
ROM: WanamLite Clean & Fast JB 4.1.2
Galaxy sII GT-1900T
SSN:-I900TGSMH
Can anyone help me with this please?
Is your imei ok. Is it there ? Or is it 0000000. Is imei blocked? Have you flashed another modem to see if its that? Most important question atm is do you have a working bk up of your efs just in case its that? Dont post imei btw. Dose data work but not calls?
andrewwright said:
Is your imei ok. Is it there ? Or is it 0000000. Is imei blocked? Have you flashed another modem to see if its that? Most important question atm is do you have a working bk up of your efs just in case its that? Dont post imei btw. Dose data work but not calls?
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I tried flashing another modem and the problem is still happening, I don't know what imei or efs mean and also nothing works on the phone not the data nor the sms or the calling
it says emergency calls only
Go to phone settings and then about phone then phone status look down that bit you will see imei. Is it 0000000? Galaxynoob lol what a name.
andrewwright said:
Go to phone settings and then about phone then phone status look down that bit you will see imei. Is it 0000000? Galaxynoob lol what a name.
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It's not 0000000 it's a whole bunch of numbers should I send them to you?
No thank you. Is it second hand phone? How long have you had it? Seems like imei is ok unless its blocked. So you have flashed modem it had before you flashed roms yes? Have you tried going bk to stock firmware?
andrewwright said:
No thank you. Is it second hand phone? How long have you had it? Seems like imei is ok unless its blocked. So you have flashed modem it had before you flashed roms yes? Have you tried going bk to stock firmware?
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how do I unblock the imei?
O dear. Is it second hand? How long you had it?
andrewwright said:
O dear. Is it second hand? How long you had it?
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since the beginning of 2012 but it used to work fine and I've been installing a lot of roms on it
Go to google and check imei isn't blocked mate. Also delete apn and restore them first.
andrewwright said:
Go to google and check imei isn't blocked mate. Also delete apn and restore them first.
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Hey man I tried this fix: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17587351
and when I did step 3 it was fixed but now I have the generic imei (004999010640000)
all you had to do was checking your IMEI online to see if it was blocked listed.
You now ended up with a generic IMEI.
You followed the first 3 steps right?
Please tell me you backed up the EFS folder.
Sent from the little guy
gastonw said:
all you had to do was checking your IMEI online to see if it was blocked listed.
You now ended up with a generic IMEI.
You followed the first 3 steps right?
Sent from the little guy
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But the phone works again, what's wrong?
EDIT: yeah I backed it up
Alright then, restore that back up.
Write down those numbers and check them out here:
http://www.imei.info/
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gastonw said:
Alright then, restore that back up.
Write down those numbers and check them out here:
http://www.imei.info/
Sent from the little guy
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How do I restore the efs do I just copy and replace it and then do a factory reset?
How did you back it up?
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gastonw said:
How did you back it up?
Sent from the little guy
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I copied the efs to my pc and another one in my sdcard on the phone
Had to go then. Daughter had to go to bed Lol. Did you check if its blocked? Does your county do that block imei thing? Prob not if that imei is working. Does it all work Tex,calls,data? Follow what @gastonw has said mate. If it don't work after go Bk to that imei and think yourself lucky it works
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Had to go then. Daughter had to go to bed Lol. Did you check if its blocked? Does your county do that block imei thing? Prob not if that imei is working. Does it all work Tex,calls,data? Follow what @gastonw has said mate. If it don't work after go Bk to that imei and think yourself lucky it works
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So I don't have to restore it?, and yes everything works mms, sms, calling, data.
Thanks for everything friends!
If it works it works,leave it
HI guys, I bought SHW-250S from Korea.
flashed it with 4.1.2 rom following this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1595225
with success , with few issues
then it turned out some of the simcards are not accepted. Funny part is one simcard from say Orange will work, other Orange simcard wont .
Further investigation lead me to conclusion that nv_data.bin / efs folder is corrupted and IMEI is wrong and changed to generic... so i tried to restore IMEI following this post : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=881162
unfortunately that didnt help on shw-250S ,
Does anyone know solution specific for shw-250S? Does anyone have enough skills to hack these hexes and fix IMEI on shw-250S or K models? I can pay
Diseasex said:
HI guys, I bought SHW-250S from Korea.
flashed it with 4.1.2 rom following this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1595225
with success , with few issues
then it turned out some of the simcards are not accepted. Funny part is one simcard from say Orange will work, other Orange simcard wont .
Further investigation lead me to conclusion that nv_data.bin / efs folder is corrupted and IMEI is wrong and changed to generic... so i tried to restore IMEI following this post : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=881162
unfortunately that didnt help on shw-250S ,
Does anyone know solution specific for shw-250S? Does anyone have enough skills to hack these hexes and fix IMEI on shw-250S or K models? I can pay
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Do you have a working Bk up of your efs? Bk it up if it works on one Sim use ktool of playstore to Bk it up when working then put in bad Sim in then restore. If it don't work after that its Sim problem. Your phone is unlocked to any network?
Use root browser of playstore as its free
andrewwright said:
Do you have a working Bk up of your efs? Bk it up if it works on one Sim use ktool of playstore to Bk it up when working then put in bad Sim in then restore. If it don't work after that its Sim problem. Your phone is unlocked to any network?
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phone is unlocked to every network, but the IMEI is corrupted. i need a way to fix IMEI permamently
I tried modifying hexes in nv_data with 0 success, i probably could investigate that myself but i dont know what to look for or where to start.
im swapping simcards and simcard1 network1 will work, simcard2 network1 wont.
Simcards are fine.
So on same network two cards one will work one won't?
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So on same network two cards one will work one won't?
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yes, funny?
i have couple of these phones and the issue is the same - IMEI corrupted, and semi-unreliable-unlock
Silly question but does that Sim that don't work work in another s2? Are you looking to sell the phone. Cuz if one Sim works fine use that Sim.
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Silly question but does that Sim that don't work work in another s2? Are you looking to sell the phone. Cuz if one Sim works fine use that Sim.
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thanks adrewwright for working on this with me
Ill test that later but the problem remains - with some sims these s2 work , with some dont. And IMEI is corrupted. If that was just single network that wasnt working, or even few, then i could sell it as "Orange" . but thats not the case because its unreliable and might get returned regardless of network. You understand the problem?
Some networks block imei from working and some don't if its bin reported as stolen or not paid bill. Is it blocked? Ring your network and ask this question. But you say its the same network just different Sim card.? Not sure Atm best bet ring network and see then we will know for sure.
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Some networks block imei from working and some don't if its bin reported as stolen or not paid bill. Is it blocked? Ring your network and ask this question. But you say its the same network just different Sim card.? Not sure Atm best bet ring network and see then we will know for sure.
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Sorry IMEI isnt blocked - on korean ROM it works, on european it works partially and IMEI gets corrupted.
Have you tried a different Rom to see if its the Rom
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Have you tried a different Rom to see if its the Rom
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ill try that today, i will also copy modem from korean system to see if that helps.
Thanks
Check if there is a difference with modems first mate. To be safe. Also have you bked up your working efs folder many time also to be safe. :thumbup: I would leave ril out and see, if no difference then flash modem/ril combo
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Check if there is a difference with modems first mate. To be safe. Also have you bked up your working efs folder many time also to be safe. :thumbup: I would leave ril out and see, if no difference then flash modem/ril combo
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any other ideas?
Did you try to Bk up efs on good Sim card signal then restore it when its gone bad? If you have a good efs save it with ktool then go to bad Sim card and restore it.
i was making phone call with my phone last night all of the sudden the phone fall from my hand after that i cant receive network on my phone,the network bar display only round,when i go to option network and wireless then mobile network,is asking me to put sim on the phone,i did everything flash stock,custom rom,repair with Gsii but nothing work,this is the screenshot of the phone
jamil1982 said:
i was making phone call with my phone last night all of the sudden the phone fall from my hand after that i cant receive network on my phone
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If you've tried everything else, I suggest you take it to Service Centre near you. Looks like that fall is to be blamed.
P.S. Please post device related issues in their specific forums. That way you will get faster and better answers! :good:
immortalneo said:
If you've tried everything else, I suggest you take it to Service Centre near you. Looks like that fall is to be blamed.
P.S. Please post device related issues in their specific forums. That way you will get faster and better answers! :good:
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Thanks for quick reply and sorry for the wrong post,i will take it to service center though i live in island where there is no good service center i need to travel by sea to get to good service center by nextweek thanks once again Regard:good:
I think you've lost your IMEI! here is a guide for recovering it. If you didn't root your phone to void your warranty, it's better to take it to a service center then.
This thread might help. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264021
ercxar said:
I think you've lost your IMEI! here is a guide for recovering it. If you didn't root your phone to void your warranty, it's better to take it to a service center then.
This thread might help. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264021
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im out of warranty and i took it to service center but they tried without success Due to baseband and imei unknown problem,the guy told me that it is software he flashed it several times but it didn't work,so i have to take it back,i will try the link and give u feed back,thanks for your help
i tried that link but unfortunately it didnt work may be is because i didnt have backup of esf files i missed some of the files like .nv_data i only have nv_data.bak,
So, your SIM card lost contact when the phone hit the floor and then instead of trying to remove the SIM card and put it back in you went and flashed the phone to solve the problem and that resulted in loosing IMEI number?
The Custom Rom you installed didn't make backup of your EFS folder?
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dcavni said:
So, your SIM card lost contact when the phone hit the floor and then instead of trying to remove the SIM card and put it back in you went and flashed the phone to solve the problem and that resulted in loosing IMEI number?
The Custom Rom you installed didn't make backup of your EFS folder?
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yes exactly when the phone hit the floor and then instead of trying to remove the SIM card and put it back in i went and flashed the phone to solve the problem and that resulted in loosing IMEI number, but before i flashed it i made a backup of my rom using twrp but after this crash i restore my rom using the same twrp but my phone hang on booting,i was using ApoloJb_4.8_Extremev2_twrp kernel
the phone is acting very strength now,i found out even when i installed stock rom, my files are still on the phone,i used odin flashed it,please can any one provide link for me on how to fresh install stock rom and clear everything on the phone
How to install stock rom ? Search. This has been covered here thousands of times over the past two years, I'm not about to regurgitate it because you can't be bothered searching. Get a stock rom for your carrier/country from Samfirmware, then read the guides/tutorials stickied near the top of the General section.
If you want this fixed it's going to take a bit off effort on your part, we can't do everything for you.
Have you
1) Try another SIM card?
2) Look at the mobile network setting? Look for any abnormal setting? can search the mobile provider etc?
3) Try to flash another modem driver?
MistahBungle said:
How to install stock rom ? Search. This has been covered here thousands of times over the past two years, I'm not about to regurgitate it because you can't be bothered searching. Get a stock rom for your carrier/country from Samfirmware, then read the guides/tutorials stickied near the top of the General section.
If you want this fixed it's going to take a bit off effort on your part, we can't do everything for you.
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i finally installed the stock and then factory reset the phone everything clear then i installed Siyah-s2-v6.0b4 kernel then install apolo rom with twrp kernel then restored my backup back everything is back except the baseband and the imei showed unknown,tried all i can to get network on the phone but without success
xuweisheng said:
Have you
1) Try another SIM card?
2) Look at the mobile network setting? Look for any abnormal setting? can search the mobile provider etc?
3) Try to flash another modem driver?
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i tried more than 5 difference sims and also i flashed difference stocks customs roms also,
See if u can find a backup of the EFS folder in ur twrp backup.
Also, have u tried this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27415227
"To err is human, to forgive is divine."
Sent from my SGS II
immortalneo said:
See if u can find a backup of the EFS folder in ur twrp backup.
Also, have u tried this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27415227
"To err is human, to forgive is divine."
Sent from my SGS II
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i cant find the efs folder in my backup,i used twrp backup my Os and I tried that link also but it didnt work for me:crying:
jamil1982 said:
i tried more than 5 difference sims and also i flashed difference stocks customs roms also,
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Hi, to add on, maybe you should tried again flashing with different modem/radio. The different ROM that you flashed may be using the same modem/radio and they may not work on your phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1131950
This link seems to have mentioned various modem/radio for S2. You may want to try it. You may want to refer to another working S2 and check out what is the working modem/radio working well in your area. Then you flash in the same radio/modem.
If this still does work, it may be really the dropping of your phone has kill some physical part of your phone?
xuweisheng said:
Hi, to add on, maybe you should tried again flashing with different modem/radio. The different ROM that you flashed may be using the same modem/radio and they may not work on your phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1131950
This link seems to have mentioned various modem/radio for S2. You may want to try it. You may want to refer to another working S2 and check out what is the working modem/radio working well in your area. Then you flash in the same radio/modem.
If this still does work, it may be really the dropping of your phone has kill some physical part of your phone?
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after trying the link it didnt work so i took it to another service center,but if they cannot fix it i have to give up,for now im thinking of getting another phone LG Optimus 4X HD P880,What do u guys think of the phone?
jamil1982 said:
after trying the link it didnt work so i took it to another service center,but if they cannot fix it i have to give up,for now im thinking of getting another phone LG Optimus 4X HD P880,What do u guys think of the phone?
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still don't work? strange!
just now i experienced the similar issue like yours, no signal bar. this happen after my phone become no respond to any key press. i have to hard power up through long press. when it power up i then see that there is no signal.
so i quickly go to recovery and flash a Modem/radio that i downloaded earlier.
after flash and it booted with good signal.
but my cause of issue i believe is kernel related as i just flash a dorimanx kernel yesterday.
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xuweisheng said:
still don't work? strange!
just now i experienced the similar issue like yours, no signal bar. this happen after my phone become no respond to any key press. i have to hard power up through long press. when it power up i then see that there is no signal.
so i quickly go to recovery and flash a Modem/radio that i downloaded earlier.
after flash and it booted with good signal.
but my cause of issue i believe is kernel related as i just flash a dorimanx kernel yesterday.
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i tried all i could but the phone doesnt work,i took it to another service center in another state but the man told me is to buy another panel,so i bought the panel and he has fix it then i decided not to use the phone again so i sold the phone and bought Galaxy S3, im with s2 now i will first backup my efs before doing anything on the new phone,Thanks every one for the help
So I have gone from stock 4.2.2 to stock 4.1.2 flashing with Odin. Got stuck in a boot loop so had to go to android recovery and factory reset. Then I tried using titanium backup to restore my apps but that didn't work fully and it got stuck in a boot loop on the reboot. Factory reset again and seems to be working fine now. Phone is rooted using Kingo Android Root and used Titanium Backup again for just one app and it worked fine.
Installed BusyBox and GalaxSim Unlock to unlock the phone and an error message saying that it's unable to read nv data shows up. Restored an efs backup and that did nothing. Also tried using the 8#197 code to no avail. Got that the menu didn't exist and command is 186 after a few clicks.
Any advice? Flash it again?
roseguy64 said:
So I have gone from stock 4.2.2 to stock 4.1.2 flashing with Odin. Got stuck in a boot loop so had to go to android recovery and factory reset. Then I tried using titanium backup to restore my apps but that didn't work fully and it got stuck in a boot loop on the reboot. Factory reset again and seems to be working fine now. Phone is rooted using Kingo Android Root and used Titanium Backup again for just one app and it worked fine.
Installed BusyBox and GalaxSim Unlock to unlock the phone and an error message saying that it's unable to read nv data shows up. Restored an efs backup and that did nothing. Also tried using the 8#197 code to no avail. Got that the menu didn't exist and command is 186 after a few clicks.
Any advice? Flash it again?
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what's the exact problem here buddy? sim unlock? efs?
sriram231092 said:
what's the exact problem here buddy? sim unlock? efs?
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Sim unlock. Most of that was just background info. GalaxSim Unlock gives me an "Unable to read NV data" message. So the sim card isn't being read. Just gives me emergency calls.
roseguy64 said:
Sim unlock. Most of that was just background info. GalaxSim Unlock gives me an "Unable to read NV data" message. So the sim card isn't being read. Just gives me emergency calls.
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so you should have probably lost imei? check it under the battery. is it the same?
sriram231092 said:
so you should have probably lost imei? check it under the battery. is it the same?
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Same IMEI
roseguy64 said:
Same IMEI
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Hi,
I suppose your rom is too recent (baseband MG4 or higher). Samsung changed the EFS format on recent roms. As of now, GalaxSim Unlock is not able to read it. I'm working on it.
spocky12 said:
Hi,
I suppose your rom is too recent (baseband MG4 or higher). Samsung changed the EFS format on recent roms. As of now, GalaxSim Unlock is not able to read it. I'm working on it.
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I see. Already sent it to phone repair to see what can be done. If that doesn't work I guess I'll go back to Ice Cream Sandwich and see if it can be read then.
Needed some rewriting of info in the phone but fixed for the most past anyway. Oh well.