Hi Everyone,
I know there are a few thread around with the same purpose, but nothing helped me. I even did ping few members who claimed to have known the problem, to my bad, they are busy to reply me. So i thought i would start a new thread explaining my problem.
I got a new Galaxy GT I9300 Before 3months in Singapore, The shop is famous for selling smuggled phones, so i am not sure to which country mine belongs to. There was no network initially, so the shopkeeper offered his help, He gave the mobile to a nearby service centre and got it ready,
I am not sure what he did, but d phone had CWM and Super User. I already own a Galaxy S2 and i have done a lot of flashing Custom MOD's, So i wanted my Galaxy S3 to be original for a while. So i tried to restore by flashing a official firmware, To my surprise the phone didnt have any network in it after the ODIN flash. I tried an INDIAN firmware, then Singapore.
I tried CWM (which i am not a pro) but couldn get back the network. I went back to the service centre and he told some files are corrupted since i flashed the phone with official firmware.
He again flashed it, now the network works, voila ! I couldn figure out and he wouldn tel me. ****ing $40 !!! The phone had CWM and SuperUser installed in it again.
The phone had the following information after wat ever he did.
IMEI - 3531*********99 it is same in d board and in the phone information.
MODEL NUMBER - GTI9300
ANDROID VERSION - 4.0.4
BASEBAND VERSION - I9300DXLE9
KERNEL VERSION - 3.0.15-611327-USER SE [email protected] -71 #1SMP PREEMPT TUE MAY 22 21:54:17KST 2012
BUILD NUMBER - IMM76D.I9300XXALEF
NETWORK - SINGTEL
SERVICE STATE - IN SERVICE
MOBILE NETWORK STATE - DISCONNECTED
MY PHONE NUMBER - UNKNOWN
ERI VERSION - N/A
IMEI SV - 01
SERIAL NUMBER - 000000000000
DEVICE STATUS - MODIFIED
Can anyone please infer on what the service guy had done. so that i can update my phone to JB. I am sick and bored of the same firmware for over 4 months and i wanna change it. But i dont want to get struck in the same issue. Please help and advance thanks !
I am afraid you had bad luck
1. You should NEVER pay for stuff that does not work (and is not with original firmware).
2. You should also read this - it is almost certainly the same story (in your case SN 00000000 should also give a strong clue things are not what they should):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34226179
3. Since whoever f***ed those things the first time on your phone did not make an efs image-backup you can never return to factory state!
4. You are basically stuck with a phone where you will have to apply a patched modem after each ROM upgrade.
when you say patched modem what do you mean.?
Patched modem ???
When u say patched modem, can u explain tat ? Is it possible to create one by ourself ?
xclub_101 said:
1. You should NEVER pay for stuff that does not work (and is not with original firmware).
2. You should also read this - it is almost certainly the same story (in your case SN 00000000 should also give a strong clue things are not what they should):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34226179
3. Since whoever f***ed those things the first time on your phone did not make an efs image-backup you can never return to factory state!
4. You are basically stuck with a phone where you will have to apply a patched modem after each ROM upgrade.
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Well ...
santhoshkcsk said:
When u say patched modem, can u explain tat ? Is it possible to create one by ourself ?
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A patched modem apparently is modem code that does not check all the stuff in the efs partition (for instance when SN is 00..00) - I am currently using the one posted by ariza somewhere around. Patching one might be quite complex and for the moment I did not have the time to research that. The only problem that I see is that certain providers are said to be using very unusual modem code (since they have unusual settings in their own network) - and in that case you need to use a patched version of that specific modem version - but so far I have not seen that happening in a very repeatable way in posts from european networks.
The other problem is that when you install any full ROM (for instance 4.1.2) that will overwrite your modem - so you will have to re-install the old patched modem (so far ariza_v04.zip seems to work OK with 4.1.2 on my operator's network).
Serial no 000000...
Thousands of Thanks man, I have been facing the same problem from last few days after flashing cwm6 and UltraRom. hi can you please suggest me an modem for Samsung Galaxy s3 I9300 Indian version.
AP: I9300XXALE8
CP: I9300XXLE8
CSC: I9300DBTALE5
Hi guys!
I recently bought my first andoid phone, which is the GS3, so i have little knowledge about android OS. So, i bought it in a mall which basically sells all electronic devices, but most of them are unofficial, which means they snuck up the devices to the country (china) from other countries.
I received my GS3 on 4.0.4 and i have no idea whether it was a custom ROM or not, all i know is that when i check for an update on the settings page, it failed to process with the message "Processing failed". From then on i assume it is a custom ROM that the sellers had installed previously (or not? i don't know). The phone was also not rooted as i checked with several apps from the play store.
So i wanted to restore a stock ROM 4.0.4 to the device using Odin but i keep getting an error message of "unsupport dev_type" whenever i wanted to flash it. So i thought i need a root access to the device to flash it (not sure). I downloaded a CF root 6.3 and went on flashing it (USB Debug was turned on) but it failed and when i reboot the phone im stuck with the error message.
Now, somehow i dont know how, i managed to get out of this brick and went back to my default OS, but since i'm an idiot i tried to root it again and im stuck on this message again and can't get back to being unbrick.
So can you guys help me:
1. unbrick the phone from this state?
2. Flash a stock ROM.
Device: Galaxy S3 International - I9300
Suggest you read the faqs and guides first .
Post here current phone firmware from settings about phone .
jje
JJEgan said:
Suggest you read the faqs and guides first .
Post here current phone firmware from settings about phone .
jje
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Hi there! could you link me up to guides you're talking about? I have been just looking for guides for the past days.
Also, I managed to get the phone back out of the "encountered problem" message thing, but again i dont know how, i just waited it out and keep restarting the phone.
Phone infromation:
Model Number: GTI9300
Android version: 4.0.4
baseband version: unknown
Kernel version: [email protected] # 1 SMP PREEMPT Tue May 22 02:16:30 KST 2012
Build Number: IMM76D.LXKJ.F2A238.2JIA68
Hope this can help!
General
Stickys how to helps videos all the other guides .
First you need to find if this is a fake or a clone not I9300 .
Download mode and recovery mode check .
What does it say under the battery .
jje
JJEgan said:
General
Stickys how to helps videos all the other guides .
First you need to find if this is a fake or a clone not I9300 .
Download mode and recovery mode check .
What does it say under the battery .
jje
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Okay, I will read the stickies threads.
If you mean by under the battery is the sticker with the model numbers and things:
Model: GT-I9300
FCC ID: A3LGTI9300A
SSN= -I9300GSMH
Do you want me to post my IMEI and S/N number as well?
Btw i checked my IMEI at IMEI.info and it shows up as a galaxy s3 so i guess its not a clone?
Two things i found interesting, it says in IMEI.info as a 32GB model while the one i have is 16GB model. Also, on the box it says Marble White :laugh:
I'm guessing its like a refurbished version or something.
Do you want me to post my IMEI and S/N number as well?
Never unless you want it stolen .
Btw i checked my IMEI at IMEI.info and it shows up as a galaxy s3 so i guess its not a clone
Means nothing .
TRY
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1978840
JJEgan said:
Do you want me to post my IMEI and S/N number as well?
Never unless you want it stolen .
Btw i checked my IMEI at IMEI.info and it shows up as a galaxy s3 so i guess its not a clone
Means nothing .
TRY
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1978840
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I checked the guide and on my Kies it shows "Your device's current firmware version is not supported to update firmware via KIES" and in the Tools dropdown menu, I only see "Emergency Firmware Recovery" and "Firmware Upgrade Settings" as well as "Install Driver"
You can try flashing stock from here via Odin.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25922341&postcount=2
jje
JJEgan said:
You can try flashing stock from here via Odin.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25922341&postcount=2
jje
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Do you know whether I could flash stock with different regions ROM? Since i could not find my region ones from that post.
Edit: Also i downloaded a stock ROM before but before it starts flashing, Odin crashed in my windows 8 machine, and in my windows 7 machine i get "Unsupport dev_type".
you can also google the latest rom for your country.
sent from my GT-I9300 running CM10.1 RC4 by Temasek
sriram231092 said:
you can also google the latest rom for your country.
sent from my GT-I9300 running CM10.1 RC4 by Temasek
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I will if i can find one, but do you know what's the "unsupports dev_type" message mean?
DeaniusPro said:
I will if i can find one, but do you know what's the "unsupports dev_type" message mean?
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Nope and that's why i suspect fake .
jje
JJEgan said:
Nope and that's why i suspect fake .
jje
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Oh, do you know whether there is like an online checker for serial number from samsung or something? just to make sure whether it is or it isnt? I was searching for one like Apple's warranty coverage thing, but couldnt find similar thing for samsung.
Alright, I've found more weird info.
I know it says GT-I9300 on the back of the phone behind the battery and on the settings page on the OS it self. But when i connect it to Kies, it shows up as a SGH-I747M, which i belive is the North American Model.
Then I download some spec identifying software to find that i have a dual core processor and 2Gb of ram, instead of the Quad core processor and 1Gb of ram (GT-I9300).
Would that explain the "unsupport dev_type"?
EDIT: On Android System Info app i just downloaded, under "Buildinfos-> Fingerprint" I identified it as I747MMVLALE8 model, but under "Model" it says GT-I9300, is this normal?? I want to get to the bottom of this.
EDIT: Alright, i've managed to gain Root Access by using CF root for the version SGH-I747M. So its confirmed that its not the international version, but the North America verison.
All reads as something wrong .
One a fake
Two a phone flashed with wrong firmware and damaged or just wrong firmware .
Suggest you flash correct stock for SGH-I747M via sticky top of the page .
Or return the phone to the vendor .
jje
JJEgan said:
All reads as something wrong .
One a fake
Two a phone flashed with wrong firmware and damaged or just wrong firmware .
Suggest you flash correct stock for SGH-I747M via sticky top of the page .
Or return the phone to the vendor .
jje
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Hah, the last thing I wanna do is to talk to the seller, cuz they are very non understanding here in China.
If I flash the stock rom for SGH-1747M, would it be SIM locked? Because it is a Canadian version, don't know which one since there are 3with the same model.
DeaniusPro said:
Hah, the last thing I wanna do is to talk to the seller, cuz they are very non understanding here in China.
If I flash the stock rom for SGH-1747M, would it be SIM locked? Because it is a Canadian version, don't know which one since there are 3with the same model.
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Not a clue i know nothing about that model .
jje
DeaniusPro said:
Hah, the last thing I wanna do is to talk to the seller, cuz they are very non understanding here in China.
If I flash the stock rom for SGH-1747M, would it be SIM locked? Because it is a Canadian version, don't know which one since there are 3with the same model.
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Did you end up flashing the North American rom? If so, did it work for you? I'm curious to find out, because I'm in the exact same situation right now...
do this, BEFORE CONNECTING PHONE TO PC start kies go to upgrade and initialisation. enter your phone model number and serial number. put phone in download mode, vol down +home+power NOW CONNECT PHONE TO PC. this should force kies to upgrade your firmware even if it previously said it was not supported.good luck.
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cpuz in play store will is a utility that can properly id your phone specs
Hi Everyone,
I am typing this query under severe worry about my galaxy s3.I am dying for any help experts would be able to provide please.
I had 4.2.1 stock ROM installed on my s3 and im a very frequest visitor to xda for custom roms.
I downloaded the Android revolution 40 ROM for S3 and installed it after taking a backup of my stock ROM using recovery
When i booted into the new 4.3 revolution i was getting the error " not registered on network".
I searched the threads here in xda and did everything like ariza patch and flashing mg4 modem but even now the phone was not able to register to network Airtel
the most strange part is i get full signal,I have baseband and also IMEI still it doesnt connect to network
now the most strange part.If anyone calls me they are able to get the ring but im not getting any notification and the phone is idle.
I tried to search for network from mobile networks but it gave msg as "error when searching for network"
I took the phone to Samsung service centre and they told me they will reinstall 4.1.2 and it will work
I waited for 2 hrs and they told me its done.I put the simcard in and again i have same "not registered on network error"
Im sure they dont know how to sort this issue and the only thing they did was reinstall firmware which did not help
Im very afraid now that my mobile is permanently gone and i feel very bad for this
I hence request the experts to help me and bring my device back to normalcy which will releive me of stress mentally.
Please help ASAP.
Thanks in Advance
VJ
YOU need to read the faqs and guides your question is asked multiple times .
UNDERSTAND FIRST
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2362743
Network IMEI EFS
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2393289
Downgrade and network problems .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2531221
JJEgan said:
YOU need to read the faqs and guides your question is asked multiple times .
UNDERSTAND FIRST
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2362743
Network IMEI EFS
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2393289
Downgrade and network problems .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2531221
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Hi Sir,
Many thanks for youre reply.
Today i got a call from the Samsung Service Centre that they are unable to fix the "netowkr not found problem"
They told me that there is some problem with the motherboard and it will cost 9000INR which is approx 155 USD to change the motherboard
They told me that is the only way the phone can get the network back and there is no other option.
I read your reply and I will download stock 4.1.2 from sammobile and flash with odin at home and flash the patched MG4 modem today.
That is my last hope as i cannot afford 155 USD for the motherboard as it is 1/3rd the price of my mobile.
They din charge me anything and gave my phone back.they have installed 4.1.2 stock I9300DDEMG2 modem and build number I9300XXEMH4.
I will post tomorrow what is the stauts of my phone.
Many thanks anyways for your help,this is my only final attempt to save my S3.
I hope it works.
Many thanks anyways for all the help
VJ
Hi Everyone,
I would like to inform you all that finally I have revived my S3 and it recognizes the network now.
I flashed the patched modem on my stock Indian firmware and my IMEI became 0049....
I found out that my SGS3 was bought in UAE by my cousin and hence i downloaded the 4.1.2 stock UAE firmware and flashed it.
Again no signal and no network
Finally as a last step before giving up i again flashed the patched modem and restarted the phone and it connected to network
My baseband is back,IMEI is back to normal,able to connect to network and everything works now
The only glitch now is that the serial number is 000000
I dont think it affects the phone in anyway.
Aslo one more question,can i update from OTA software updates in Samsung or again my phone will have "no netowkr problem"
Kindly advise
Many thanks anyways for all the help
OTA updates only available to unmodified handsets, running unrooted stock rom, recovery etc. All this and more is in the general forum, sticky threads -go read them.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk
Hello
I Make A New firmware by Odin Its 4.3 Because my Samsung S3 ( GT-I9300 ) Is too slow after that I Got Not registered at network And i check my imei by *#06# i Got 0049******
Its not my original Imei i have the original one Under the battery I Download new firmware but the same
i try ariza patch and the same
i have been trying to fix it for week ago / i Try All Modems and kernels But same
Please Help Me fast
saamiir said:
Hello
I Make A New firmware by Odin Its 4.3 Because my Samsung S3 ( GT-I9300 ) Is too slow after that I Got Not registered at network And i check my imei by *#06# i Got 0049******
Its not my original Imei i have the original one Under the battery I Download new firmware but the same
i try ariza patch and the same
i have been trying to fix it for week ago / i Try All Modems and kernels But same
Please Help Me fast
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Read this thread: [REF] IMEI / EFS - Know this stuff (i9300) - including "no network"
If you don't have an EFS backup, and you already tried to odin stock 4.3, then you should take it to a phone repair shop.
You already got the correct answer in the last thread you started, don't start duplicates.
josephiskandar said:
Read this thread:
If you don't have an EFS backup, and you already tried to Odin stock 4.3, then you should take it to a phone repair shop.
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Alright Now I Have A Back up [ Before Install firmware 4.3 ] By Samsung kies 3 Can Samsung Kies back up help me to know what is the old software version or help me in this problem ??
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/help/imei-changed-help-0049-t3064131
Please do not open multiple threads for the same issue. Thanks.
Hello XDA community members,
I have a problem with my freind SIII device. :crying:
the problem is that the phone was suffering of a terrible virus, and he want me to fix it. :good:
i decided to ugrade his 4.1 SIII to android 4.3, and reset. All the things was great. -THE VIRUS WAS DELETED- until i decided to make a phone call, the phone was showing a message that the phone is not rigistered on network.
PLEASE HELP ME.
Go to sammobile and download 4.3 firmware for your country device and flash it using odin this should fix your imei problem
Does the Imei still show a valid number (preferably the original imei), if not you need to recover the efs.
If the imei is still there then the phone maybe recorded stolen and blacklisted.
If you have the btu variant i can provide the 4.3 stock rom and all the software.
Sent from my HTC One M9 using Tapatalk
cokesucker said:
Go to sammobile and download 4.3 firmware for your country device and flash it using odin this should fix your imei problem
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i will try . thanks a lot.