Hello
I have a galaxy s3 purchased in Norway, which I took with me when I moved to Singapore. I managed to drop the phone and thereby crush the screen, so I handed the phone in to Samsung Service Center here in Singapore to have the LCD replaced.
They replaced it, but now I have a new problem: They flushed my OS, and updated with an asian version of the OS. All the functions on the phone works, except for this:
I can not connect to either wifi or cellular networks. I can see both, but the phone is unable to connect.
I checked my IMEI number, which is now a 0049***
Android version 4.1.2
Baseband version I9300DXEMB1
AP: I9300XXEMF6
CP: I9300DXEMB1
CSC: I9300OLBEMF3
I talked to Samsung in Norway, and they said that this problem is probably due to not having installed the NEE version of the Android OS.
Samsung in Singapore say that I have to change the motherboard aswell, saying that they had to flush the phone in order to replace the screen (I am not an expert, but I believe screens run independently from the software installed?). Did they really have to flush the phone to replace the LCD? They also say that it is impossible for them here in Singapore to install european software due to Samsung rules?
My problem is that I want my phone to be able to connect to networks and wifis again. Is there any way I can do this, preferably without breaking my norwegian warranty? Or anything I can try to reset my phone back to original software?
All answers are welcome and thanked for!
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Dear all,
I am trying to flash my GT-i9300 from stock Hong Kong firmware to stock Chinese Firmware because Hong Kong version has traditional chinese input whereas I need simplified Chinese Input which may be available in Chinese version. When I bought the mobile in China, it already had Chinese firmware but I installed Cyanogenmod and other things but now I want to revert back. The problem is every firmware I tried works when I flash using Odin 3 except the CHU firmware. While flashing as soon as the process comes to Modem, Odin displays Fail and I have no option but to flash back to other firmware which installs without a problem. Any clues why the phone doesn't accept CHU firmware? I have tried all the four firmwares available on Sammobile website for CHU (China) but non of them installs (all fails at the Modem step). I also downloaded from other sites but the same problem. By the way, my mobile is not Chinese, it was made for the European market, I am not sure but I think it was Croatia or something, dont recognize the language on the packaging.
Another tiny problem: My mobile doesn't responds smoothly when it is plugged for charging, the touch seems not to work. I have to touch an icon two or three times to open it. Don't know why.
Thanks all.
Could it maybe have something to do with different network used in China? I mean doesn't the Chinese networks use different technology from Europe? That would maybe explain the European version not accepting Chinese modem?
Dear Juahan,
May be... I think I should give it a try but installing a few firmwares from around the world and let you know. However, when I bought this mobile, it was European model having a chinese firmware, I think they shop sellers in China had already installed a chinese firmware on it, so how come they could do it while I can't. Well to be honest I don't exactly remember the firmware which came installed but I know that it had Simplified Chinese, which is used not available in Hong Kong version. Anyhow, I have to get certain so I will try some new firmwares on it. May be you are right. Thanks any way.
Have you tried Kies initialization procedure? It should help you to determine your phone's factory firmware and even flash it if you wish.
Don't remember exactly location of this option in menu (don't have my laptop turned on now) but it was something about initialization and restoring in Kies menu. All you need is to enter your phone's serial number (located under battery or in setting menu) and model number (GT-i9300). Kies will check those data in Samsung database and ask what to do next, flash or not.
I don't know why but, sadly, it sometimes doesn't work with some models.
Problems with touchscreen while charging is due to unstable power source or faulty AC charger. Try charging with USB port in your computer and check if problem persists.
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I have an S3 that I rooted a few ago, using CF-Auto-Root-m0-m0xx-gti9300.tar.md5 and Odin. The main reason was to use ClockWorkMod to backup an image of the phone.
Last week it started to play up. It regularly freezes and the WIFI will not connect. As I had it rooted, I tried the cyanogenmod 9.1 ROM. I still had issues with the WIFI on this, which led me to think that it was a hardware problem. I have gone back to my original backup (after rooting the phone), and it seems fairly stable as long as I keep the WIFI off.
I wanted to try reverting to the stock ROM, and if that doesn't help, I was hoping to try and get it sorted under warranty.
I was following the excellent guide on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1710613 but I cam a bit stuck on selecting the stock ROM to revert to.
I'm on the Orange network but I got the phone from dial-a-phone, so I didn't know if I should use the unbranded ROM or the Orange ROM. Orange has also merged with T-Mobile, so there is a third possibility, EE.
Using the keyboard shortcut, my phone reports:
AP: I9300XXEMC2
CP: I9300XXEMC2
CSC: I9300OXAEMC2
Do these refer to the original software or the firmware I flashed to get root permissions?
Any advice welcomed!
Thanks
It will be unbranded BTU.
Dial-a-phone is owned by phones 4 u. All these companies (CPW etc) supply unbranded handsets so they can be sold on all the networks they resell for. That way they're never left with a surplus of O2 phones etc, because they have 1 stock.
If you connect your phone to Kies it will tell you your version, unbranded BTU will be like the screen clip attached, if you don't have that download it from Sammobile and install via Odin
Hello,
I will have to give background info on this before anyone can help so bear with me please :.
I live in Pakistan and I bought a i9300 directly from samsung. In the beginning of the six months i owned the phone, I never rooted or put custom ROMs on it. Then unfortunately I got SDS. I gave my phone to a local repair shop (non samsung, but highly reliable, I bought the phone from there) who switched the motherboard on the phone. After I got it, I rooted it and started installing custom ROMs on it. First it was cyanogenMod, then Paranoid Android and Supernexus +AOKP and others. Everything worked fine. Then I installed Omega ROM (Samsung based ROM which changes the modem). Everything went fine, but I was unable to connect to my network (No texts, calls, data connectivity). It detected my network(Ufone) but was unable to register on it when I manually tried to. I mega-wiped my phone, cleared cache and factory reset and did everything. Alternatively, the following steps I also tried.
1)Checked if my IMEI is intact. It was. (I have EFS backups too)
2)Checked if my serial # is different. It is still the same (No need for Ariza Patch)
3)Checked if my SIM works. It does on different phones.
4)Checked my APN settings. They were fine. I even manually changed them to match the carriers
5)Changed my CSC settings (using the playstore app). Still doesnt work.
6)Checked different modems from the appropiate thread (I have tried Europe Unbranded, Middle East, Egypt and many others)
7)Restored nandroid backup of original stock 4.1.2 Sammy ROM, still not connectivity.
8)Flashed using ODIN, the stock 4.1.2 ROM for my country (Using SAM mobile). Still no connectivity.
9) Matched my RIL with my baseband (using the GetRIL app), still didnt work.
Stock Samsung 4.1.2 ROM details before OMEGA flash in which everything worked:
AP: I9300XXEMA2
CP: I9300XXELLA
CSC: I9300OJVEMA1
This has happened to me the 5th time now (Phone is currently at the repair shop) and I have sequentially tried every one of the steps I have mentioned. I called up the repair shop and they said that I can come tomorrow and pick it up, all they have left to do is "SIM UNLOCK "the phone. That confused me a lot. I will go tomorrow and ask them details as to what they meant by that. So my question is basically this:
1) Is it possible that the motherboard they put into my phone is from a software-unlocked phone not a hardware unlocked? (Is the 'unlock' on the motherboard of the phone)
2) Is there a way to find out if my phone is software or factory unlocked?
P.S. Every single time I hand in my phone, I obviously unroot it and install stock on it (regardless of the fact that it doesnt connect to the network). But every single time I get my phone back, its ALWAYS ROOTED.. I even asked the technical team guy and he had no idea what I was talking about (repairmen here dont have that much of knowledge, they tend to follow guides online, thats it). So could it be that my connectivity issue is just because its software unlocked and not hardware?
Thank you!
Anyone?
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P.S. Every single time I hand in my phone, I obviously unroot it and install stock on it (regardless of the fact that it doesnt connect to the network). But every single time I get my phone back, its ALWAYS ROOTED.
Not a genuine service centre then .
IMEI
MODEM
CSC
all correct for network suggests a hardware fault .
jje
JJEgan said:
P.S. Every single time I hand in my phone, I obviously unroot it and install stock on it (regardless of the fact that it doesnt connect to the network). But every single time I get my phone back, its ALWAYS ROOTED.
Not a genuine service centre then .
IMEI
MODEM
CSC
all correct for network suggests a hardware fault .
jje
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But it's not a hardware fault? I mean whatever they do, they have to root the phone to be able to do it. Any idea what settings or configuration they might have changed using root for it to connect which I haven't already tried?
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I have been at this issue since Saturday and gone through a lot of possible solutions but to no avail. So first of all i am in Ghana. A friend came to me with his s6 edge that he had some issues with his phone going off when he unplugs the charger and getting stuck in a bootloop when turning it on unless he plugs a charger in before it boots up fully(even with full charge)
So first of all he wanted to do a factory reset(phone was not rooted). Factory reset completed successfully but issue still persisted.
Specs of the phone was:
android 5.0.2
model number = SM-G925F
original csc (i wasnt able to note that down because downloading stock firmware was going to be the last ultimate weapon. first i was going to try some custom roms to see if it fixed the issue. Besides it was working fine here in Ghana.)
So that's when i flashed a twrp and i dont exactly remember but i think i might have tried to flash a lineage OS or something. But long story short, when u try booting up, the samsung galaxy edge screen with powered by android came on and stayed there. and it did not go on to boot up.
After trying through the night i then decided to use the ultimate tool and flash a stock firmware. Try as i might none of them got past the "Repartition Operation Failed" portion of flashing it. The Pit File was becoming an issue. Tried firmwares for my country, countries nearer to us, contries in africa and finally even european firmwares. And since from reading from here and other forums that the F variant was an international version the international pit files should work but they werent.
All this while whenever i go to Odin Download mode on the phone, the product name there was SM-G925D. This started the confusion because at that point i had looked through alot of firmware and that was not an option. When i searched google for that, the search results mostly correlated it to SC-04G, which looking at it was a Japanese firmware. I didnt want to use a japanese Firmware for obvious reasons. At least i wanted a firmware that was by default in English. But after about 2 days and seeing a lot of answers saying stuff about going to settings and checking stuff there plus me wanting to see an interface and work my way from there i succumbed.
And lo and behold, it flashed on the first try(i used the 4-part files firmware. It was android 7.0). But when it came to booting up, the splash screen had changed from samsung bla bla bla powered by android to NTT DOCOMO powered by android. But it booted up and i skipped through the setup. i had to change the language to english but there were a lot of japanese bloatware that came with it. But as i expected when i popped a sim card into it, and restarted the phone, there was the not available symbol(circle with a bar across) where the network bars were supposed to be.
Seeing that this was not going to do, i went to the settings this time to check on any important details and this were the new details
android version 7.0(January, 2018)
model number=SC-04G
build number was now SC0.....(cant write the full code as im currently in odin mode)
But obviously it was the japanese network. After this i have downloaded more firmwares and they all fail at "Setting PIT...Re-Partition failed". Somtimes i try to mix the 4 files up using maybe the CSC portion of the Japanese firmware but BL, CP, and AP of firmware from my region. This time the error is "sboot.bin failed".
And that has been my grind till now. Downloading likely firmwares and all failing to doing extremes like the mix and match. When the mix and match with BL, CP, and CSC of Japanese with AP of my region works and eventually boots up, there is no touch input. The touch does not work. When that happens i just have to start all over with the SC-04G, which never fails to work.
I have even seen some things about changing csc files in the file explorer with root so i flashed the Japanese FW and rooted it. Went through the processes but to no avail.
PS:
The first part of the Odin screen where you choose to continue or reboot is now completely in Japanese whiles it was formerly in English.
And there is no indication on the phone itself that it was from Japan. The back says Samsung and below it says Galaxy s6 edge. Friend bought it from a shop in Ghana here brand new.(not from a carrier)
****So here lies my confusion. How come a phone with an original model number of SM-G925F have a Product name of SM-G925D in Odin and hence only Flash Japanese Firmware SC-04G(CSC code = DCM) but would not flash any of the international variants. Even if i can eventually get the Japanese firmware to read the sim card we can manage it that way. But thats for when there are no options left.
So please i would like to know your ideas as to how this is happening and any possible solutions that might be different from what my batallion of open tabs are telling me. You can also let me know if you want any more details i might not have included. Looking forward to hearing from you guys.
Update On Issue
I ended up using the japanese firmware in the end because it wasnt picking anything else.
This time after the setup process, it picked up the sim card and the imei is available. So since network is now available i just rooted it with cf autoroot and removed the japanese bloatware and everything looks normal now.
Except the original issue of going off randomly whn power cable is pulled out even when having full charge.
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Long post here sorry people,now guys I would really appreciate your input as I'm new to unlocking phones and flashing fw etc
I recently ordered a brand new handset that was sold to me as sim free unlocked uk version as I'm from the uk ,when I recieved the phone yesterday all seemed good and new and unused,so I went into software information in the phone to check if it was really a uk handset i expected to see XEU/XEU/XEU OR BTU/BTU/BTU like my other uk phones,but the service provider sw ver had weird csc codes I've never seen on a uk handset,its was
AUT/AUT/O2U now after doing some research the code on the right O2U is the original csc and cant be changed and O2U is o2 uk so the phone was a locked and branded o2 uk phone I guess?so I'm assuming the csc was originally O2U/O2U/O2U or maybe XEU/XEU/O2U? I may be wrong here ,but AUT/AUT from my small bit of research is a Switzerland unlocked firmware,so what has the seller sold me?
IS my phone a uk locked branded O2 handset,that the seller had unlocked so the phone would work with any sim card ,and did he flash swiss unlocked firmware?if so why?and how can I be sure what the original csc was for the first 2 codes?i know the 3rd code is O2U so if I wanted to get the phone back to the original state if I needed to send it in for warranty?or would a phone like this still be in warranty?
Now I did say this was going to be a long post I apologise guys.so anyway at this point the CSC codes are AUT/AUT/O2U then I put my uk ee sim card into the handset for the first time to check if the phone really is unlocked,after inserting the sim card a message came up saying please factory reset to make the sim work or something along those lines, but before I did that I went back into software information to see if the csc had changed and it had changed to AUT/XEU/O2U so this was weird,then I factory reset the phone, after the factory reset it prompted another factory reset so I clicked ok
Then after the reset was done I went back into software information and the csc had changed again for the 3rd time, this time to XEU/XEU/O2U and it's been on this ever since,do uk o2 phones have this csc?with XEU/XEU/O2U or would they be O2U/O2U/O2U? again I apologise for the long post but if you guys could tell me what my phone is and what has been done to it would be helpful,and is my warranty still intact if the csc has changed automatically by me inserting my sim card?and if I wanted to revert the phone back to how it was before it was unlocked what would the csc be and how easy is it to revert it back to the 3 original csc what ever they may have been,
Ok guys I probably should have just called samung before making this thread,but I just called them and gave them the imei number and they said it's a uk 02 locked phone that is unlocked now for any sim as I'm using my ee sim.so I dont know why the csc said AUT/AUT/O2U .them changed to AUT/XEU/O2U then changed to XEU/XEU/O2U
But if I wanted to turn my phone back into a locked o2 phone again not that I would probbly need to do this but would the phone have been branded or non branded o2 phone.and what would the csc be and would that change automatically from XEU/XEU/O2U to something else if I were to flash android 10 firmware for a uk o2 phone using Odin would that change the csc back to what it was originally before I recieved the phone?or would I have to do something else to get the original csc back?
I think the O2 carrier firmware was changed to unlocked/unbranded
If I wanted to take it back to o2 like it was originally how would I do that? Could I just flash this 02 android 10 fimwhere using odin and that will change the csc back to whatever it was originally will this O2 file make my phone 02and locked o2 again?and would I need an o2 sim card to make the csc change back to the original csc .or will it auto change after flashing the o2 firmware?
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