Dodgy Phone - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Right details. Phone doesn't make calls it just ends straight away and it doesn't receive texts. Data works on Orange SIM card I believe the phone was used on orange. IMEI matches that under battery. I don't think it's blocked as data works? It says Orange TMobile in notification area.
I tried other sims Three and GiffGaff and it doesn't prompt for unlock code however only says emergency calls only. Any ideas people?

It's either partially unlocked or you need to flash another modem.
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gastonw said:
It's either partially unlocked or you need to flash another modem.
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I'll try another modem but KH3 reported working on O2/giffgaff. How can it be partially unlocked? What does that even mean?

That it may look unlocked to all networks but it actually is unlock to some carriers, or something.
Get galaxysim unlock and check it out.
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Oh I already tried that app and it says unlocked everything says unlocked! Starting to think it is blocked now...

Try another modem.
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Thanks for the help but four modems and an update to jellybean later it's still emergency calls only. Got to be blocked.

Call your carrier & find out.

Im on giffgaff uk, using the UHLPH modem.
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celderic said:
Im on giffgaff uk, using the UHLPH modem.
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Do i need to use GetRIL too or should that be enough on its own?

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[Q]Galaxy S3 Not Reading Sim Card?

I have the international GS3 and got it unlocked with a code and it worked fine on Orange network, while the phone is on Three, so then i flashed Omega 7 and rooted and it will no longer detect the Orange network, its just a circle with a line through on the status bar.
I thought maybe it wiped the unlocked but checked and it still says the phone is unlocked so i thought i would test and put back in the Three sim and it worked fine and then i had a old pay as you go o2 network sim and put that it and it gets a signal and the option to top up.
So i thought maybe the sim is faulty, and put it into my iPhone 4S and it gets signal and reads it, i followed the instructions and revered back to Stock to see if that fixed it but still the same problem.
Anyone have any ideas why or how to fix this?
Check your IMEI number
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How would that help?
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If your phone lost it's IMEI number, it will revert back to a default-number.
Some networks still accept the phone with that number but most don't.
Just checked with the three card in usig *#06# and a imei comes up so it can't be that or should I t do it with the not working orange card in?
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IMEI is your device ID. Does it match the IMEI-number on the box or under the battery of your phone?
If not, you're on a generic one.
Yep its the same as the one on the box. I hm
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Try another Sim and also check the Sim is locked into the receptacle properly.
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I've tried two other network Sims and both work as well as the orange Sim works in my I phone.
Weird thing is when the orange sim. Is in the phone it shows the apn correct for orange but I just get the circle with line through where the signal should be.
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CSC includes Orange ????
Network settings entered manually if not .
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Your SIM might be locked to your iPhone's IMEI or does it work in other devices?
I've only heard a few reports of such practices and none so far with Orange (regardless of country)
As above....check apn settings
I checked apn under three and the orange wasn't there. I put in orange sim and three apn is gone and orange are there and the correct settings but still the same stop sign looking symbol where network signal should be.
Not sure what csc is.
It worked before in the g3 before I flashed to the omega rom so don't think it could be locked to a phone
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phone's imei doesnt match true imei
hello,
what does it mean that the imei given by the phone doesnt match the original imei written on the back of the phone?
If for some reason the rom you put on your phone screws up the IMEI and replaces it with a generic IMEI you now have a different IMEI than before. This was happening with the SGS2's a while back when flashing certain roms... Was fixed pretty fast and haven't heard about it happening again BUT there's always a chance and no guarantees...
Is there anyway to fix it back without any backups?
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It's actually happening quite a lot with the S3, especially the US-versions
Some people have claimed it to have been fixed when flashing a Stock ROM through Odin, but should it not be fixed then you'll need to have it repaired by Samsung.
darlidar said:
Is there anyway to fix it back without any backups?
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There have been a few users claiming to have fixed it without Efs backups in the sgs2 forum (from fading memory). Have a search there, as any method will /should be similar
Worth a search/try, or as posted above, will need to return to Samsung
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Use "k-tool" to backup your imei and keep it in a safe place(upload to dropbox and PC) and use APN manager to backup apn settings. Btw is a brilliant app to have when traveling
Edit:u can recover your missing imei nr. But be sure to have the original efs folder,especially NV-data.bin most not have tampered with
d4fseeker said:
It's actually happening quite a lot with the S3, especially the US-versions
Some people have claimed it to have been fixed when flashing a Stock ROM through Odin, but should it not be fixed then you'll need to have it repaired by Samsung.
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i have the same problem
brand new phone
don't recognized the sim card , try few
euro model , factory unlocked
how can i flashing a stock rom ?
thanks

My imei is messed up

my imei is messed up the guy i got it from unlocked it from the galaxy unlock app which finds my unlock code and so when i try to call up samsung and give them my imei they say they cant find the phone and so do any of you guys know how to fix that
Your imei is located under your battery on a sticker on the phone. Call your carrier and give them the correct imei to enter into their system. No need to call Samsung.
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jpoirier587 said:
Your imei is located under your battery on a sticker on the phone. Call your carrier and give them the correct imei to enter into their system. No need to call Samsung.
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its a AT&T phone and i have tmobile idk if they will
Call at&t and tell then u don't have your number right now but your going over seas and need your phone unlocked and they will unlock I have T-Mobile also
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I was messing around with Rogers GS2 LTE i727R to use it Mobilicity (AWS). I had to flash a T989 ROM (T-mobile) and radio, and somewhere along the way, I messed up and IMEI disappeared.
I just started from scratch (factory reset/flash rom/flash radio) and IMEI returned and the phone is working.
You may want to completely wipe the phone and flash your rom/kernel/radio carefully.
Oh, and make sure your phone is unlocked as well.

[Q] Question

So i bought a samsung galaxy note off a guy on craigslist about 3-4 weeks ago and today i noticed i didnt recieve any calls or texts from anyone, so i checked my phone and could get a signal at all, so i reset the phone to factory using kies and now it says, Phone Not Allowed MM#6 and i cant connect to any network
someone please help and tell me what i can possibly do to solve this issue
I did a little research and it could be a few things... Either you've gave the carrier the wrong IME number or the phone was reported lost or stolen by the original customer... I would call the carrier the phone is for and ask them. Also if the original owner hasn't paid his phone bill the carrier can lock the ime from being used... I've heard a lot of people buying phones on Craigslist like that...
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civicgsr19 said:
I did a little research and it could be a few things... Either you've gave the carrier the wrong IME number or the phone was reported lost or stolen by the original customer... I would call the carrier the phone is for and ask them. Also if the original owner hasn't paid his phone bill the carrier can lock the ime from being used... I've heard a lot of people buying phones on Craigslist like that...
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thank you sooo much for your reply but i called AT&T and T-Mobile and they sent me to the stolen phone dept and they say the phone is not blacklisted or blocked in any manor so now i gotta find out what to do because this doesn't make sense
I have reset the phone to factory state = no fix
tried a different tmobile sim = no fix
tried calling att to see if blocked = not blacklisted so no fix
called T-Mobile to see if blocked = not blacklisted so no fix
tried to install custom rom = no fix
tried to restore phone thru kies = no fix
tried my sim in my GF's phone = my sim works perfect
im out of ideas and idk what to do!
srkrono said:
thank you sooo much for your reply but i called AT&T and T-Mobile and they sent me to the stolen phone dept and they say the phone is not blacklisted or blocked in any manor so now i gotta find out what to do because this doesn't make sense
I have reset the phone to factory state = no fix
tried a different tmobile sim = no fix
tried calling att to see if blocked = not blacklisted so no fix
called T-Mobile to see if blocked = not blacklisted so no fix
tried to install custom rom = no fix
tried to restore phone thru kies = no fix
tried my sim in my GF's phone = my sim works perfect
im out of ideas and idk what to do!
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so it's an AT&T note and you're using it on Tmobile right? have you tried an AT&T sim? If you don't have one available to you, I think you can go into an AT&T store and ask them if they can do a quick check for you. Be sweet, apologetic for using their time, maybe send your gf in to flirt with them a little they'll more than likely give you a hand.
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so it's an AT&T note and you're using it on Tmobile right? have you tried an AT&T sim? If you don't have one available to you, I think you can go into an AT&T store and ask them if they can do a quick check for you. Be sweet, apologetic for using their time, maybe send your gf in to flirt with them a little they'll more than likely give you a hand.
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Yea i know its a dumb question but is the phone unlocked?
civicgsr19 said:
Yea i know its a dumb question but is the phone unlocked?
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I wouldn't say it's a dumb questoin, I've forgotten simple things like that myself so it's easy to overlook. Good call.
Theoriginalgiga said:
so it's an AT&T note and you're using it on Tmobile right? have you tried an AT&T sim? If you don't have one available to you, I think you can go into an AT&T store and ask them if they can do a quick check for you. Be sweet, apologetic for using their time, maybe send your gf in to flirt with them a little they'll more than likely give you a hand.
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me and my GF are gonna try that after she gets out of school, but im just so lost right now and cant understand why this is happening, i paid $275 for this phone and it worked for over a month now
civicgsr19 said:
Yea i know its a dumb question but is the phone unlocked?
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not a stupid question, i did not say if it was unlocked or not
but yes it is, i received the unlock code directly from ATT so im not sure on how to fix this, if the ATT sim works then i will just sell it as an att phone
What modem is showing in the phone ? (needs blaze modem for TMO, if it's an ATT device)
And are your APN settings correct ? (needs the TMO apn's)
Two nails in the coffin for service if not correct.....
just brainstorming....g
And sometimes the network around you has a brain-fart. Sometimes those problems go away within a day.
Everything seems fine I restored it to stock thru kies, but I went to att and tried a live sim and it worked like I should its for some reason only T-Mobile Sims that don't work ugh!
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srkrono said:
Everything seems fine I restored it to stock thru kies, but I went to att and tried a live sim and it worked like I should its for some reason only T-Mobile Sims that don't work ugh!
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Try to unlock it again. I'm using my At&t branded unlocked Note on T-Mobile with no issues.
Sent from my HuGe Note while tucking your mom in bed!
When I have a T-Mobile sim in it doesn't give an option to unlock again
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srkrono said:
When I have a T-Mobile sim in it doesn't give an option to unlock again
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Maybe try this....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2124544
Or This:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2109977
mahgninnuc93 said:
Maybe try this....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2124544
Or This:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2109977
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thank you for your reply but i have tried these steps and nothing worked, i just cant understand why tmobile would block the phone if AT&T (which is what service the phone is purchased from) and other GSM carriers have not blocked it at all, just very fustrating!
mahgninnuc93 said:
Maybe try this....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2124544
Or This:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2109977
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isn't that second link one of the OPs threads?
Unlock is permanent. Getting t- mobile to work on the at&t version is hit-or-miss.
Its just weird that I had this phone working for over a month now and no problems what so ever till now, and its only T-Mobile Sims that are locked out
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Have you tried a newer t mobile sim card. Some phones don't play well with the old tmobile sim cards.
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charlieb620 said:
Have you tried a newer t mobile sim card. Some phones don't play well with the old tmobile sim cards.
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i have an updated sim card (that i know of) but your right i can try and make sure i have the latest sim, thanks for the advice

[Q] International sim-card on I717?

Hi everyone, excuse my English.
I have at&t note I717 and I went back to my country for vacation, I tried to make the sim card work but I couldn't!
Is there anyway to make it work?
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You have to sim unlock the phone first. You could try to call ATT but being out of the country might make it difficult. Or you could follow the instructions in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2124544
Agoattamer said:
You have to sim unlock the phone first. You could try to call ATT but being out of the country might make it difficult. Or you could follow the instructions in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2124544
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Thanks for the link, I'll try it after 3 days when I get back to my country;currently in Malaysia
Will reply to you then, thanks again
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I have replied in the PO you gave me, but in case I'll post it here too.
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I turned the phone off then insert the sim card, after that booted to recovery and flashed the modem and then I turned the phone on and clicked DISMISS and went to the dailer and insert this code *#197328640#, but The screen didn't change to the hidden menu as it said in the PO!!
What did I make wrong?!
You can call them from another country. I called from a land line in Germany to get my Captivate's code.
What do they need? Because the box is in my apt in USA and I just have the phone; my friends lives in my apt btw.
Also, I bought the phone from ebay not from a store; Is it going to be any problem?!
I bought the phone IN Germany from a guy in my group. No problems getting the code, nor when I called back because the local mifi sim I tried didn't work.
Ok, gonna try and call them, but what should I do with the modem I installed?Because currently I'm facing some lag and I think it's because the modem!!
Install the original modem back if you are not going to sim unlock your phone this way.
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Install the original modem back if you are not going to sim unlock your phone this way.
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Which one is the original? That's my problem!
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You should not go off flashing and installing things if you really don't know what you are doing. You have an ATT Note so flash an ATT Radio. There is the UCLF6 that was included with the released ATT ICS 4.0.4 and the newer UCMB4 that was just released in an update. Both are available on the forum with a simple search.

S9+ signal issues

I recently picked up an unlocked verizon s9+. I have no service at all. I flashed the u1 firmware thinking that would fix the problem no luck. I put my sim in and it reset to configure for the sim still no service. My s7 edge has 2 bars and my wife's s8 has 3 so its not that I'm in a hole. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Anybody? All I get is a circle with a line through it where I should have bars.
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slayer450 said:
Anybody? All I get is a circle with a line through it where I should have bars.
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Are phone calls and texts working? Have you checked the IMEI of the device to see if the phone has been blacklisted? Verizon would probably tell you, or there are various websites on the internet.
Other than that, what carrier Sim are you using in the phone, and have you made sure that the APN got set up properly? Hope you get it working!
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Anybody? All I get is a circle with a line through it where I should have bars.
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Possibly a bad SIM card, or SIM card reader. Have you tried another SIM card that you know works?
guyd said:
Possibly a bad SIM card, or SIM card reader. Have you tried another SIM card that you know works?
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I know this sim works. It's back in my s7 edge now
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YrrchSebor said:
Are phone calls and texts working? Have you checked the IMEI of the device to see if the phone has been blacklisted? Verizon would probably tell you, or there are various websites on the internet.
Other than that, what carrier Sim are you using in the phone, and have you made sure that the APN got set up properly? Hope you get it working!
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No phone calls or text. Straight talk byop att sim card.
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slayer450 said:
No phone calls or text. Straight talk byop att sim card.
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Sounds like it could possibly be the IMEI or the Sim reader? Either way hopefully you can contact the seller, or if it's the sim reader hopefully it still has warranty with Samsung.
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No phone calls or text. Straight talk byop att sim card.
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When you go into settings/about phone/status/SIM card status, is anything showing as if the phone is reading the SIM card? And have you checked on the IMEI?
YrrchSebor said:
When you go into settings/about phone/status/SIM card status, is anything showing as if the phone is reading the SIM card? And have you checked on the IMEI?
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It shows the sim as "not in service". Haven't checked imei. Dropped it off at the repair place I bought it from.
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So far he doesn't know what's wrong with it. Gave me my money back.
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slayer450 said:
So far he doesn't know what's wrong with it. Gave me my money back.
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That's good you got your money back. Probably somebody reported the phone lost or stolen or defaulted on the payments and now the IMEI is blacklisted. That's my guess anyway.
YrrchSebor said:
That's good you got your money back. Probably somebody reported the phone lost or stolen or defaulted on the payments and now the IMEI is blacklisted. That's my guess anyway.
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I'm glad I got it back to but that was a really nice phone. Now back to the s7 edge till I can find another
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slayer450 said:
I'm glad I got it back to but that was a really nice phone. Now back to the s7 edge till I can find another
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There are some okay vendors on eBay, I got mine from a mostly accurate vendor, phone was new and unlocked but originally from Verizon even though it was advertised as factory unlocked. Luckily I was able to flash it over and turn it into a perfect deal for myself. Good luck, and pop your sim into the phone first if you buy in person.
Picked up another for a descent price. Getting better signal than the 7 edge. Took your advice and checked real good.
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