[Q] Galaxy SIII Imei changed after flash - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey people i need help from you and i am really sorry about my english but im portuguese
I bought a SIII three weeks ago and yesterday i flashed with the HD revolution version 4.1.2 and after complete boot i installed yank555 kernel. Suddently the phone its only in emergency calls only and the ime has been changed to 004999.... After that i try by odin like 10 original roms and nothing happen. I heard that a member called spocky12 solve another member problem and i have already sent him a message but anyway i ask from you guys if i can do something. I have warranty for 2 years, it was a girlfriend gift, i love the phone and now im completely stuck. If you guys can do something please tell me. Thank you

If you backed up EFS, restore it. If you did not backup EFS, send for repair. No other fix.
Did you use search as per forum rules? Millions of topics on this.

rootSU said:
If you backed up EFS, restore it. If you did not backup EFS, send for repair. No other fix.
Did you use search as per forum rules? Millions of topics on this.
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No backup done.... can i say something in repair centre to have a free repair? Because the phone just have a couple days....

ShadowPT said:
No backup done.... can i say something in repair centre to have a free repair? Because the phone just have a couple days....
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No as it has custom rom and root warranty is void .
jje

JJEgan said:
No as it has custom rom and root warranty is void .
jje
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It have original 4.2.1 rom on it. Original for my country from samfirmware

ShadowPT said:
It have original 4.2.1 rom on it. Original for my country from samfirmware
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If all custom rom and status signs are as normal then you may get warranty repair .
jje

JJEgan said:
If all custom rom and status signs are as normal then you may get warranty repair .
jje
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My SGS3 have no IMEI, no SIGNAL and baseband is unknown!

Hello!
I think you already know about my problem!
So, I tried to flash it with the original firmware, I tried to root the phone, I tried to installed custom rom ...
Also I tried this - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1308546
Everything else is Ок with the phone but after being flashed with а wrong firmware, now can not be used for its main purpose.
Any ideas?
Choices .
Send for a paid for repair if it is repairable .
Use phone as not a phone .
Sell it as not a phone .
jje
JJEgan said:
Choices .
Send for a paid for repair if it is repairable .
Use phone as not a phone .
Sell it as not a phone .
jje
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I sent it in service, but they said that could not fix it!
I do not want to sell it.
I think Hellcatdroid is the only user in here that can fix your phone.
Find him and ask for his help. Make sure you give any information available from what you did in case he accepts to help you. Good luck buddy.
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[Q] IMEI away without flashing

Hey all,
I have a big problem at the moment.
I plugged my phone into charge.
At the next day i i tried to start it but it was stucked on the first Bootlogo with the i9300 text.
So i entered Recovery Mode i didnt had Root or flashed anything.
It say failed to mount /efs.
So i flashed a 4.0 firmware (i had 4.1.2) then it worked again the phone booted.
But my IMEI away
I rooted my phone and looked at EFS folder but its empty lol and i enabled "show hidden files which begins with a dot."
Any solution?
I cant bring my phone to repair cuz my screen is brocken and its to expensive to repair it i dotn have money now for it
but Samsung disable Warranty without repairing the Screen lolz
Pls can someone help me if someone needs my Original IMEI which is under Battery and my Empty EFS folder PM me pls
no solution. why didn't you make a backup like all the guides day?
Glebun said:
no solution. why didn't you make a backup like all the guides day?
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please can you explain to us how we can do efc backup
said_abush3leh said:
please can you explain to us how we can do efc backup
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use app from market HC-kTool it will do everything you need. but once is lost you are pretty much ****ed
As you have a habit of breaking stuff and no warranty .
You would be best finding a non samsung phone repair shop .
But first just try a factory reset.
jje
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Hey,
I tried everything my EFS was already away before i flashed and rooted.
So i wasnt able to do a backup.
And if i flash JB (Stock,CM everything tried) it stuck on BootLogo Factory reset did already but didnt worked.
Any solution?
Take it to repair shop. No other solution for you m8.
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Yea I know I'm 14 and the phone was a gift from my parents and I don't have money to repair it
But Big Thanks to all who tried to Help me!
Q Stuck
Does someone of u know why 4.1 roms are stuckin on bootlogo?
because your efs is gone
rajat155 said:
Does someone of u know why 4.1 roms are stuckin on bootlogo?
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They are not stuck on logo its not a common problem .
By its very nature this forum gets p[osts on such topics from users that have broken phones and that's on all firmware releases not just 4.1 .
Bootloop a common noob user problem from SGS1 onwards .
jje
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JJEgan said:
They are not stuck on logo its not a common problem .
By its very nature this forum gets p[osts on such topics from users that have broken phones and that's on all firmware releases not just 4.1 .
Bootloop a common noob user problem from SGS1 onwards .
jje
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But the problem is i have no bootloop it stuck on this screen http://fs02.androidpit.info/userfiles/1587174/image/I9300_bootlogo.jpg its not only 4.1 firmware 4.2 isnt working too i tried everything Cyanogenmod, Stock, omega...
all 4.0 firmware are working perfect.
Problem is as already posted you have no EFS folder and no IMEI .
4.1.1 roms do not stuck on bootlogo unless broken .
You asked why 4.1.1 stick on bootlogo they dont any broken firmware can stick on bootlogo
jje
Sv: [Q] IMEI away without flashing
Your phone needs motherboard replacement and rebuilded EFS folder, leave it in for warranty.
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It works
Yeah !
It works the problem was that my efs wasnt mounted now i mounted it flashed 4.1 and it works
But still Fake IMEI and Serial 000000000
Kies say that my phone dont support Firmware upgrading.
Is this cuz i have a fake IMEI ?
rajat155 said:
Yeah !
It works the problem was that my efs wasnt mounted now i mounted it flashed 4.1 and it works
But still Fake IMEI and Serial 000000000
Kies say that my phone dont support Firmware upgrading.
Is this cuz i have a fake IMEI ?
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YES and fake serial .
jje
Sv: [Q] IMEI away without flashing
rajat155 said:
Yeah !
It works the problem was that my efs wasnt mounted now i mounted it flashed 4.1 and it works
But still Fake IMEI and Serial 000000000
Kies say that my phone dont support Firmware upgrading.
Is this cuz i have a fake IMEI ?
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Warranty next perhaps before you mess anything else up?
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Destroyedbeauty said:
Warranty next perhaps before you mess anything else up?
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The problem is i have no warranty :/
You cannot use Kies or OTA to update and will have to flash updates via Odin .
You may have no network connection with no IMEI but phone should work as Not A Phone .
jje
jje
send it to samsung and replace the board for $350, or use your s3 as a media player

[Q] no network after update!!!

So I believe I was on the 4.0.4 when I started. I rooted my phone after only having the phome for a week. I wanted to update my phone so I downloaded an app which would allow me to keep my root and update at the same time (blue android figure as the icon of the app) everything seemed to have worked then I noticed it said emergency calls only and my network was gone. Currently I am on 4.1.2 and my serial number and imei are still the same. I have tried everything, including flashing stock rom on to it ... resetting to factory settings.. EVERYTHING. And it is really bugging me because I only got this phone a week ago
It is a samsung galaxy s3... please can some one help me. I heard people in the other forums talking about modem or efs or something along them lines and I am wondering it might be something to do with that?
Restore your original firmware you saved including original modem and CSC .
Check your phone model is I9300 .
jje
JJEgan said:
Restore your original firmware you saved including original modem and CSC .
Check your phone model is I9300 .
jje
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I have no back ups whatsoever. I only got this phone a week ago. My model is i9300. How do I go about doing this?
Also thank you for your quick reply. I am new to android and I dont get everything still
Mubaraakkk said:
I have no back ups whatsoever. I only got this phone a week ago. My model is i9300. How do I go about doing this?
Also thank you for your quick reply. I am new to android and I dont get everything still
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Just find your original firmware details or ask a user with the same phone as you or just restore via
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1978840
or just guess at sammobile firmware based upon your location and network ..
jje
JJEgan said:
Just find your original firmware details or ask a user with the same phone as you or just restore via
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1978840
or just guess at sammobile firmware based upon your location and network ..
jje
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Ive tried to flash to a stock firmware from sammobile.. I put it back its orignal firmware but still I was faced with the same problem.
Then I tried upgrading it with a stock firmware off sammobile again and still no service and its prompting me that I have no service.
I dont care about any files on my phone. I just want my signal back and I am willing to do anything to have solved.
Should contact Samsung? As I believe I still am under warranty
Many thanks
Should contact Samsung? As I believe I still am under warranty
I rooted my phone
Voids warranty see the restore to warranty guide .
Then i would return the phone to the vendor .
jje
JJEgan said:
Should contact Samsung? As I believe I still am under warranty
I rooted my phone
Voids warranty see the restore to warranty guide .
Then i would return the phone to the vendor .
jje
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Is that where I have to do triangle away?
If yes ive already done that and my device status is normal. Is it safe to send back to samsung?
Mubaraakkk said:
Is that where I have to do triangle away?
If yes ive already done that and my device status is normal. Is it safe to send back to samsung?
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Has someone got anymore suggestions?
bumping more than once every 24 hours is against the rules.

Randomly turns off

Hi, I my s3 randomly turns off and I have no idea y, then it won't turn on for maybe an hour or so
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No details given no idea .
ICS JN KLP ??
JJEgan said:
No details given no idea .
ICS JN KLP ??
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What details you want?, my phone is working fine,then I put it away,come back later and it won't turn on, its not that the battery is dead because when I do get it to turn on it still has battery.
What firmware is the patient ???
Have you read the identical symptoms posts .
jje
JJEgan said:
What firmware is the patient ???
Have you read the identical symptoms posts .
jje
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It runs stock 4.1.2, rooted with the Siyah kernal
Test with a stock kernel.
jje
JJEgan said:
Test with a stock kernel.
jje
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I haven't been able to get it turned back on since it last went off
JJEgan said:
Test with a stock kernel.
jje
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I have tried charging it for a while but that didnt work, I also tried owning te battery out for a while
If you have no download mode to flash stock then its a service centre repair job .
jje
JJEgan said:
If you have no download mode to flash stock then its a service centre repair job .
jje
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Ok, thx anyidea if my warrenty is still valid? And any way to get my data off
No warranty no data off .
If phone does not boot to download mode the warranty rejection may never arise .
jje
JJEgan said:
No warranty no data off .
If phone does not boot to download mode the warranty rejection may never arise .
jje
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What about the thing the eu released that unless they prove that my flashing broke it, then the warrenty is still valid
Get somebody at the phone vendors to accept that if you can .
Samsung's separate 24 month limited warranty is as i understand it an extra above sale of the product .
It is not covered by EU law .
Some get non warranty phones repaired free others get rejected the majority where root or custom rom is visible get rejected .
Not only have you rooted the phone but also installed a non Samsung kernel .
Suck it and see they either repair free or reject and send you a quote .
jje
JJEgan said:
Get somebody at the phone vendors to accept that if you can .
Samsung's separate 24 month limited warranty is as i understand it an extra above sale of the product .
It is not covered by EU law .
Some get non warranty phones repaired free others get rejected the majority where root or custom rom is visible get rejected .
Not only have you rooted the phone but also installed a non Samsung kernel .
Suck it and see they either repair free or reject and send you a quote .
jje
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I will take it to 3 and see what they say
I got it to turn on now, I think it maybhave been the fake batteries that I had bought.
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[Solved]IMEI has changed, No Network, No Phone Calls (Any Suggestions?)

My IMEI was 353************** and changed to 0499901********. So I am not able to make any phone calls right now.
I have no idea how it happened. I am flashing ROMS for 8 months. I have no EFS backup because i didn't know how much important it was [I AM REALLY STUPID ]
I know 049999**** is a test imei. In every forum there is a solution for SGS / SGSII. There are things for SGS3 but threads are very old like 5-6 months ago and they don't work...
I've tried installing softwares called NsPro or Samsung Tools. But I know they need some special stuffs and they are not free..
I've tried stock roms, modified Roms,kernels,modems after this happened.(Yesterday i was on 4.2.2 now 4.0.4)
So i gave up
Is there any suggestions? Any help way ? Because if I can't find any solution until tomorrow, I'll give the phone to technical service and i don't like it.
Last time I gave my phone to the service it took 25 days and they changed the motherboard with new IMEI (Nokia C7)
And the most important question : Can I update my phone if technical service fixes it? Android 4.2.2 original firmware or 4.3 , 5.0 in the future?
Sorry for bad English.I live in Turkey,Istanbul if there is anyone who can contact me.
Thanks!
berkeesmer said:
My IMEI was 353************** and changed to 0499901********. So I am not able to make any phone calls right now.
I have no idea how it happened. I am flashing ROMS for 8 months. I have no EFS backup because i didn't know how much important it was [I AM REALLY STUPID ]
I know 049999**** is a test imei. In every forum there is a solution for SGS / SGSII. There are things for SGS3 but threads are very old like 5-6 months ago and they don't work...
I've tried installing softwares called NsPro or Samsung Tools. But I know they need some special stuffs and they are not free..
I've tried stock roms, modified Roms,kernels,modems after this happened.(Yesterday i was on 4.2.2 now 4.0.4)
So i gave up
Is there any suggestions? Any help way ? Because if I can't find any solution until tomorrow, I'll give the phone to technical service and i don't like it.
Last time I gave my phone to the service it took 25 days and they changed the motherboard with new IMEI (Nokia C7)
And the most important question : Can I update my phone if technical service fixes it? Android 4.2.2 original firmware or 4.3 , 5.0 in the future?
Sorry for bad English.I live in Turkey,Istanbul if there is anyone who can contact me.
Thanks!
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If you have no backup there is nothing you can do. Return to stock. If still an issue, needs sending for repair.
rootSU said:
If you have no backup there is nothing you can do. Return to stock. If still an issue, needs sending for repair.
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This was the answer i was afraid of I am going stock again. I will take the warranty back and i will send it tomorrow
Please see new post re new firmware and IMEI in General section .
No idea if its true or not .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2377731
jje
Get your phone's mother board replaced.
That's the only way out
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JJEgan said:
Please see new post re new firmware and IMEI in General section .
No idea if its true or not .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2377731
jje
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I've flashed this rom yesterday! I hope it works! Thanks!
It is solved!
I've flashed it and it is solved! Thanks man!
The topic can be closed...:fingers-crossed::good::fingers-crossed:
berkeesmer said:
I've flashed it and it is solved! Thanks man!
The topic can be closed...:fingers-crossed::good::fingers-crossed:
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Good your issue was resolved. It is always bettwe to keep a back up of efs folder. nv_data_bin would have corrupted which restored on another flash of ROM and you are lucky. Most of the time flashing an unsuitable kernel would lead to this problem.

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