I have no IMEI and my baseband is unknown.
I use win7 32bit and I can't speak EN. well.
can you help me? what should Ido?
what firmware version were you using at the time it went or was it when flashing new firmware?
have you tried flashing anything since?
yes,I did.
there is a answer in here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17563354
but I don't understand what is it because that answer is for Mac OS and I use Win7.
plz help.
i would try a factory reset 1st. if that fails flash the latest working firmware you used. DO NOT USE PIT OR RE-PARTITION!
I had done all of that ways.
I used a rom and I used a pit file.
what should I do?
I would try the search button multiple i lost my IMEI posts you might find an answer .
jje
try to flash official firmware. you can find it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
help me please.
Never use partition file!!! When you flash phone using ODIN, make sure Re-Partition is OFF!!!
It will delete existing partitions and create new. One of partitions (/efs) contains IMEI code and other unique stuff related to phone. If you didnt backup /efs before flash there is no help, and you should go to Samsung service center.
Agree Samsung service centre as you cannot follow the given instructions .
Tell them it broke after Kies update .
jje
but someone fixed it. go here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17563354
You can either follow the instructions on the restore EFS threads and Fix IMEI threads to see if any work or take the phone to a service centre .
Thats your choice .
Link above says restore your backed up EFS >> HAVE YOU>>
or try flashing original firmware .Have YOU
Or even via the link given in that link .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780509
Even one posted in the general thread .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264021
Their is not a definitive method of restoring IMEI if you have not backed up your EFS some methods work for some but not for others .
jje
Hello community,
First of all, please don't kill me, start saying I didn't read or search, etc etc etc.
Yes, there are several threads about this, but still nothing has worked as yet. My phone is still on Factory Mode with a Generic IMEI
The history:
1) Phone was under KOR CSC, so I changed it to BTU. Then, I updated to the most recent ROM (4.1.2) from a past 4.0.X
2) Although factory unlocked, it started asking for sim unlock.
3) I went back to a previous ROM (4.0.X) without reading the EFS problem and without making EFS backup.
4) Phone started showing the generic IMEI and factory mode.
5) Flashed again the most recent ROM. Still same IMEI and factory mode.
6) Tried all the fixes I could find around here and other websites and nothing (Copying and replacing EFS contents via different methods, modifying factorymode file via different methods, flashing and re-flashing, rooting and re-rooting, etc). No luck at all!!!
In summary, I ran out of threads to read and still nothing works. I'm tired and desperate. Could you please help a noob, step by step, and see what am I doing wrong?
Thanks in advance!
Flash the latest BTU official rom using odin then factory reset. If that doesn't enable your efs to be read then you will have to pay for a repair, there is no software fix for a corrupt efs.
Reset flash counter flash stock firmware and visit service center
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cjsegninir said:
Hello community,
First of all, please don't kill me, start saying I didn't read or search, etc etc etc.
Yes, there are several threads about this, but still nothing has worked as yet. My phone is still on Factory Mode with a Generic IMEI
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My thread in general > sticky roll-up thread has all the steps you need to follow, including sending it for repair. I wrote the thread to prevent all these millions of duplicate threads. Sorry, but there was really no need for this thread. Always read the sticky guides first
rootSU said:
My thread in general > sticky roll-up thread has all the steps you need to follow, including sending it for repair. I wrote the thread to prevent all these millions of duplicate threads. Sorry, but there was really no need for this thread. Always read the sticky guides first
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Thanks, for your answer and your useful sticky thread, I have always gone there first. BUT as I said in my original post, I did read and try all of that.
I was just wondering if there was something else to do by myself, before sending to a service repair center (I'm in Trinidad and Tobago and didn't buy the device here, so the chance of getting a reliable service center is slim)
Anyway, thanks everyone for replying!
Cheers,
C.S.
Not really anything else to try really
Hi guys i have a backup for my s3 gt-i9300 mobile that i copied from my phone to my pc(just in case) I can't get the backup working eg it wont instal and it says no files found-but the folder is mos def not empty
The backup was made in recovery mode with clockwork mod but when i paste the folder from my pc to the external micro sd card and try to access through cw mod nothing happens and it says no files found. there are definitely files in the folder.
I have no idea what ive done wrong please help me
Please read sticky threads in general
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where to copy my backup folder (on pc) in order to restore
Hi all could someone please have a look at the pic i posted and tell me where i should copy it (on the phone location) in order to restore my phone to factory default and working order..
I have taken the fone to two mall repair shops and they cant or cant be bothered fixing it
I have wiped all areas of my s3 gt-i9300 thinking it was good housekeeping,at that stage the mobile worked: when i say all areas i mean all areas not just the easily accessible areas the hidden files etc. i've unmounted all the files partitions i could access in recovery mode and deleted it all-now my phones is stuffed.
i have only made one backup with the original firmware and it doesn't restore (clockwork mod) when i paste the folder from my pc to the external sd card and access it in clockwork mod- im thinking i should paste it inside the phones memory and then flash(one of the partitions hidden or otherwise). Any ideas on the matter guys?
Please help me im getting desperate and the phone wont register to my network any longer have tried so many flashesof official roms with out any luck and scoured the forums for an answer and i cant find a link to an australian version of official firmware download perhaps i have the wrong firmware on the phone eg wrong country but i dont know the country of origin for the mobile i only know it works in Australia and has
If you deleted your EFS you have no choice but to send it in for service (to samsung), depends on where you are from but this is the truth in most countries.
What you have is a nandroid backup, this does not back up the EFS partition. You should listen to what rootSU said and read the relevant threads.
I hate to be the one to tell you this . Clockworkmod recovery does NOT backup efs folder which contains IMEI. Even nandroid cant help you now. My suggestion is flash either an mg2 or mg4 modem. or a stock firmware which uses an mg4 or mg2 modem these stockroms can be found on sammobile.com Rootsu asked that you read the stickies in general section. had you done so you would learn how to repair your phone on your own. you would learn how to properly back up and restore efs folder. you would have learned to probably avoid this problem altogether. please read
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https://hotfile.com/dl/236807628/ba37dc7/GT-I9300XXEMG4_KOR_MULTI_FACTORY.zip.html you can try to flash this rescue firmware AS A LAST RESORT but before you do read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30087735&postcount=6 good luck
reset flash counter without triangle away?
Just want to say thanks for all the help so far guys i have decided am going to take phone to samsung to be repaired at my own cost no waranty...My problem is i cant reset the flash counter because i cant get my wifi to work perhaps wrong modem installed but i doubt it as i have installed the correct australian version of official firmware.
Can anyone help me with the reseting of flash counter if i cant use triangle away-when i used that program it wanted to download an add-on which i cant because wifi not working nor is it registering on network any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
I did find a few modem links that i could flash to my phone but have no idea which one to flash because none of them are for Australian s3 fones.
I have a no network GT-i9300 international i think. Can i verifiy this via the serial no or any other way? cant just check settings as i have flashed many roms and now what i believe to be the correct stock rom have also rooted and done other stuff-please help with identifying correct stock version to flash also.
BRO I need some help last day I rooted my mobile phone for installing acid audio after installing I didnt liked it so I decided to come back I had cwm recovery for a clean install I formatted system and flashed with odin but after flashing my phones imei got curropted it was 0049****** so gave it to repair that man said I have repaired the imei and the phone was now working but now the phone has root idont want root I want to go back stock but I am afraid if I flash again with odin so may the imei not curropt again......
I saw logcat to seee that may he have flashed a zip but no zip record was found.......
If I use efs backup then root will be required to restore it same problem again......
So please help me%
i also saw the imei that was not same as the back sticker one he has not repaired imei he has changed the imei wtf?
learn some manners when asking for help..
your header is a disgrace.. and your follow post is the same.
if you need help, ask in a polite manner.. then you might get an answer..
otherwise I would say this thread should be shut down for being such a "Punk" post..
We have EFS/ IMEI thread in faqs and guides where its all answered .
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Hello People
Again, I'm with problems with my S3 since the one time decided to test a custom ROM which turned out to screw my IMEI and got to it back working with BOX in repair service.
I n order to see if the BOX fix did actually solve my signal problem, it was suggested to me in a previous post that I flash the same stock rom via ODIN. Before that, I backed up current EFS as well.
Unfortunately, it seems the problem wasn't entirely solved. Same as before: both my IMEI and S/N are untouched (S/N does not coincide with S/N in the back of phone) and though it says I have a full signal, I'm not registered in network and i can't make or receive calls, sms, etc. Even though I restored the EFS folder, nothing happens.
I really wish not to go back to repair service again. What else can I do about this? Many thanks and excuse my rant. Hope I was thorough and clear on the problem. I also have a EFSv2_basebands_opt4.zip file I downloaded somewhere in xda . Would that help?
Many thanks.
rhrs1987 said:
Hello People
Again, I'm with problems with my S3 since the one time decided to test a custom ROM which turned out to screw my IMEI and got to it back working with BOX in repair service.
I n order to see if the BOX fix did actually solve my signal problem, it was suggested to me in a previous post that I flash the same stock rom via ODIN. Before that, I backed up current EFS as well.
Unfortunately, it seems the problem wasn't entirely solved. Same as before: both my IMEI and S/N are untouched (S/N does not coincide with S/N in the back of phone) and though it says I have a full signal, I'm not registered in network and i can't make or receive calls, sms, etc. Even though I restored the EFS folder, nothing happens.
I really wish not to go back to repair service again. What else can I do about this? Many thanks and excuse my rant. Hope I was thorough and clear on the problem. I also have a EFSv2_basebands_opt4.zip file I downloaded somewhere in xda . Would that help?
Many thanks.
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Flash a patched modem and kernel from here >> https://drive.google.com/folderview...sharing&tid=0B6MIUd7HJudAbU5YaGkzOUowMG8#list << see if that works if it doesyou will always need to use the patched files.
Thanks tallman43! I'll try that. Also, I noticed now that the EFS folder is EMPTY :/. and the backup .tar I made with CWM says it's 0 bytes? wtf?
still, in phone info, imei and s/n are there. weird?
THANK YOU
Flash a patched modem and kernel from here >> https://drive.google.com/folderview?...kzOUowMG8#list << see if that works if it doesyou will always need to use the patched files.
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Your recommendation worked like a charm. My signal is up and running normally. MANY THANKS tallman43.
Lastly, even if I sometime I decide to try out a custom ROM (unlikely at the moment, but who knows?), I still have to flash patched kernel&modem? or in case of factory reset (I will be selling the phone soon) ?That custom really messed up my phone...
rhrs1987 said:
Your recommendation worked like a charm. My signal is up and running normally. MANY THANKS tallman43.
Lastly, even if I sometime I decide to try out a custom ROM (unlikely at the moment, but who knows?), I still have to flash patched kernel&modem? or in case of factory reset (I will be selling the phone soon) ?That custom really messed up my phone...
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Yes you will always need them.
tallman43 said:
Flash a patched modem and kernel from here >> https://drive.google.com/folderview...sharing&tid=0B6MIUd7HJudAbU5YaGkzOUowMG8#list << see if that works if it doesyou will always need to use the patched files.
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tallman43 said:
Yes you will always need them.
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I would still like to solve the problem at its roots: to fix the "not registered in network" problem whenever factory reset or stock ROM flash via odin is done. That is simply not normal. I might be selling the phone soon and the new user won't most probably know he/she would have to apply a patched kernel or etc.. ( let alone about rooting the phone).
Basically, bring the phone back to it's original sound state before I tried out the custom ROM. What can I do about that?
Hope I'm not being annoying.. just trying to get to the bottom of things
rhrs1987 said:
I would still like to solve the problem at its roots: to fix the "not registered in network" problem whenever factory reset or stock ROM flash via odin is done. That is simply not normal. I might be selling the phone soon and the new user won't most probably know he/she would have to apply a patched kernel or etc.. ( let alone about rooting the phone).
Basically, bring the phone back to it's original sound state before I tried out the custom ROM. What can I do about that?
Hope I'm not being annoying.. just trying to get to the bottom of things
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There is nothing you can do without your original efs backup.Only a service repair can fix it.
tallman43 said:
There is nothing you can do without your original efs backup.Only a service repair can fix it.
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Understood. I think I have the original EFS in my SD, though I tried replacing it once and it didn't work out... I suppose I'll have to make do. Thanks for everything man
Flashing modem with Ariza patch was bad idea. Your efs folder is screwed up now and you are addicted to constantly flash this dirty workaround.
If anyone have problems with registering in network please check your device serial number first. It must be the same as on the sticker under battery. If it's not then type *#0011# and check info under IMEI CERT. If there is FAIL info then you should use any box ie Z3X to correct phone's serial number. It takes only few minutes and is cheap. It's better long-term way than patching and permanently destroying your efs informations.
If you have backup then you should flash normal modem and restore original efs partition. Then find any GSM service center with box and tell them to fix serial number. It shouldn't cost more then 5-10 dollars.
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SirKunon said:
Flashing modem with Ariza patch was bad idea. Your efs folder is screwed up now and you are addicted to constantly flash this dirty workaround.
If anyone have problems with registering in network please check your device serial number first. It must be the same as on the sticker under battery. If it's not then type *#0011# and check info under IMEI CERT. If there is FAIL info then you should use any box ie Z3X to correct phone's serial number. It takes only few minutes and is cheap. It's better long-term way than patching and permanently destroying your efs informations.
If you have backup then you should flash normal modem and restore original efs partition. Then find any GSM service center with box and tell them to fix serial number. It shouldn't cost more then 5-10 dollars.
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I have never flashed the Ariza patch nor have I even mentioned it on my previous posts explaining the problem. Fixing the s/n issue is indeed adviseable, but paying to correct s/n using box here where I live is ASTRONOMICALLY expensive. They should answer for never having fixed it, but they won't. Here is a hell of a lot more than 5-10 dollars, unfortunately.
Believe me , I'm no happier in applying this sorry fix every time I want to factory reset or upgrade, etc; it's the only option I have left at the moment.
Those files you have flashed, I mean kernel and modem are patched with Ariza's method. It is called Ariza patch and it is latest solution you should take to resurrect your phone because it is a destructive one.
Sorry to hear that you can't repair it as it should be especially if you want to sell this device.
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SirKunon said:
Flashing modem with Ariza patch was bad idea. Your efs folder is screwed up now and you are addicted to constantly flash this dirty workaround.
If anyone have problems with registering in network please check your device serial number first. It must be the same as on the sticker under battery. If it's not then type *#0011# and check info under IMEI CERT. If there is FAIL info then you should use any box ie Z3X to correct phone's serial number. It takes only few minutes and is cheap. It's better long-term way than patching and permanently destroying your efs informations.
If you have backup then you should flash normal modem and restore original efs partition. Then find any GSM service center with box and tell them to fix serial number. It shouldn't cost more then 5-10 dollars.
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SirKunon said:
Those files you have flashed, I mean kernel and modem are patched with Ariza's method. It is called Ariza patch and it is latest solution you should take to resurrect your phone because it is a destructive one.
Sorry to hear that you can't repair it as it should be especially if you want to sell this device.
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oh... well, that I didn't know :$ SirKunon. I understand and totally agree with you on everything. I'll see maybe if I can find some place cheaper for getting it repaired... Many thanks
hi i was wondering if you guys can help me,i have your problem but i have an efs backup,but i cant seem to be able to restore my imei,i tried Ktool,efs professional,nothing seems to work,i should mention that the efs backup was from a Samsung 4.1.2 stock now my phone is on CM11
thanks
rhrs1987 said:
Hello People
Again, I'm with problems with my S3 since the one time decided to test a custom ROM which turned out to screw my IMEI and got to it back working with BOX in repair service.
I n order to see if the BOX fix did actually solve my signal problem, it was suggested to me in a previous post that I flash the same stock rom via ODIN. Before that, I backed up current EFS as well.
Unfortunately, it seems the problem wasn't entirely solved. Same as before: both my IMEI and S/N are untouched (S/N does not coincide with S/N in the back of phone) and though it says I have a full signal, I'm not registered in network and i can't make or receive calls, sms, etc. Even though I restored the EFS folder, nothing happens.
I really wish not to go back to repair service again. What else can I do about this? Many thanks and excuse my rant. Hope I was thorough and clear on the problem. I also have a EFSv2_basebands_opt4.zip file I downloaded somewhere in xda . Would that help?
Many thanks.
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May i ask a few questions about your problem?
Which version were you using when you desided to use a custom rom?
Was your phone ever rooted before installing a custom rom (when you were on official)
Did you upgrade your phone before? (Official via ota or odin)
thewalekk said:
May i ask a few questions about your problem?
Which version were you using when you desided to use a custom rom?
Was your phone ever rooted before installing a custom rom (when you were on official)
Did you upgrade your phone before? (Official via ota or odin)
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I was on 4.2.2 leaked version ROM some guy installed at a repair service some time ago when the phone belonged to my mother. I was actually rooted using the CF AutoRoot method, with Philz CWM recovery. I decided to change to a custom 4.3 without having changed first to a stock 4.3.
The problem came when, within the custom ROM's aroma installer, I ticked an option to upgrade the modem to some build I can't remember now and my signal became screwed up. I informed this in the developer's custom rom discussion thread about the issue to which he replied that the problem was that the EFS folder tried to convert from v1 to v2 and failed (this was when I learned of the whole efs version folder change since build XXX (don't remember).
I download a stock unbranded 4.3 ROM and flashed it via ODIN, believing that would solve the issue; it didn't. Finally, I became desperate and took it to a repair service where they used box. Apparently, late did I notice s/n was not the same as the one in the back of phone. I'm guessing that would solve the problem? I don't know.
i am sorry for your loss . i wish you had all that info you learned before a try and fail. now that your imei number is a clon number, and once a box tempers with that you cant go back even if you have your orijinal efs folder or backup. you should always have that 2 patched modem and kernel files on your sd card just incase. you can use custom 4.3 with the patched files and get a signal but you will always have some lags after some time because of the kernel. and lucky you samsung stopped updating s3 officially because patched files are only for 4.3. if you dont have a desire to use custom 4.4.4 kitkat roms then you are good to go and when it comes to sell the device, the price will be much lower then an original s3.
thewalekk said:
May i ask a few questions about your problem?
Which version were you using when you desided to use a custom rom?
Was your phone ever rooted before installing a custom rom (when you were on official)
Did you upgrade your phone before? (Official via ota or odin)
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thewalekk said:
i am sorry for your loss . i wish you had all that info you learned before a try and fail. now that your imei number is a clon number, and once a box tempers with that you cant go back even if you have your orijinal efs folder or backup. you should always have that 2 patched modem and kernel files on your sd card just incase. you can use custom 4.3 with the patched files and get a signal but you will always have some lags after some time because of the kernel. and lucky you samsung stopped updating s3 officially because patched files are only for 4.3. if you dont have a desire to use custom 4.4.4 kitkat roms then you are good to go and when it comes to sell the device, the price will be much lower then an original s3.
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Well, actually, IMEI didn't get cloned; of that I'm certain. IMEI is just the same as it was before I took it for the first time to repair service. It was the S/N that got changed somehow. Should I get them to correct the S/N, and use the original EFS folder (I found it, i think), would that correct all problems?
S/N number is the same with imei number as when you dial *#06# . And as i said before you cant go back even if you have your original efs folder. Dial *#06# and check your imei number from an " imei check site " you can find on google search. That will tell you what i mean.
There are: IMEI, device serial number and Android serial number. First two numbers are on the sticker in battery Bay. They must be correct because are used to authorize IMEI certificate.
Samsung's IMEI begins from 35.....
Serial number usually from RF......
If you see serial number in HEX format in phone's info section, something like f1abcadef1.. than it is android not device serial number and this mean troubles with authorize SIM card in operator network, even if it shows proper signal power.
I don't know there is any secret code to display serial number but there is plenty of phone's info apps in playstore which displays this alphanumeric string.
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