Today I got my phone back from service, they have fixed my IMEI, and everything was working fine, I've also backed up my efs at the beginning. But I wanted to mess a bit again with my fav roms and kernels. After flashing both of them, my Imei was fine, I still have signal bars, but I have an errors: "Only emegrency calls", and "not registered on network". I've tried to flash stock 4.3 again, with no results. Any suggestions?
Maczuga said:
Today I got my phone back from service, they have fixed my IMEI, and everything was working fine, I've also backed up my efs at the beginning. But I wanted to mess a bit again with my fav roms and kernels. After flashing both of them, my Imei was fine, I still have signal bars, but I have an errors: "Only emegrency calls", and "not registered on network". I've tried to flash stock 4.3 again, with no results. Any suggestions?
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use zuluman hacked kernels and modems
melgashop said:
use zuluman hacked kernels and modems
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You mean this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=45038238&postcount=466
It works, but only with stock rom (fully stock, not custom ones stock), and it's null/null at the beggining, but after some secs it goes right.
With other custom stock roms I have null/null with it.
With normal ones I have right imei, right sn, but only emegrency.
Restoring efs doesn't do anything.
CM 11 works fine with modded modem.
Zuluman's modem patcher v2 is also giving the same results. Tried with MK6 modem.
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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Was using CM10 Nightlys, when the infamous RIL Crash plagued my device
Reverted to CM9 Stable, No respite, Flashed Stock now
Tried Various modems DDLPA, XXLPS, XXLQ6, XXKI4
I get network outdoors, but there is no/ very very low network indoors
also even outdoors it randomly drops network (ril crash?), and says not registered on network sometimes
Searched various threads over here no solution seem to have worked, so far
What should I do? please help me save my device from becoming an expensive mp3 player.
Being a bit hysterical aren't we ?
nighh said:
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please help me save my device from becoming an expensive mp3 player.
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nighh said:
Was using CM10 Nightlys, when the infamous RIL Crash plagued my device
Reverted to CM9 Stable, No respite, Flashed Stock now
Tried Various modems DDLPA, XXLPS, XXLQ6, XXKI4
I get network outdoors, but there is no/ very very low network indoors
also even outdoors it randomly drops network (ril crash?), and says not registered on network sometimes
Searched various threads over here no solution seem to have worked, so far
What should I do? please help me save my device from becoming an expensive mp3 player.
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Have you only flashed the modem(.bin) file, or the corresponding RIL files too?
Have a look here => http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1881304
If flashing modem and RIL files does not help, check your IMEI (and EFS folder), maybe it is corrupted.
If you have a backup of your EFS folder, try to restore it.
If that does not help either, try to flash the whole ROM again.
Maybe you have to wipe data/do a factory reset in recovery.
Good luck !
MistahBungle said:
Being a bit hysterical aren't we ?
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I have tried everything, been spending whole last week trying different modems, I have tried everything I came across on ril crashes
Last thing to do is Visit the local customer care (which I would like to Avoid till I have no hopes left, they are pathetic)
It_ler said:
Have you only flashed the modem(.bin) file, or the corresponding RIL files too?
Have a look here => http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1881304
If flashing modem and RIL files does not help, check your IMEI (and EFS folder), maybe it is corrupted.
If you have a backup of your EFS folder, try to restore it.
If that does not help either, try to flash the whole ROM again.
Maybe you have to wipe data/do a factory reset in recovery.
Good luck !
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Thanks for the help
wipe data/do a factory reset is already done
I have flashed the .zip file, I guess it contains the ril too, also checked weather the modem and ril match after flashing by using GetRil
IMEI seems intact, I can see it, Will try to restore it, I have an old efs backup as well
It_ler said:
Have you only flashed the modem(.bin) file, or the corresponding RIL files too?
Have a look here => http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1881304
If flashing modem and RIL files does not help, check your IMEI (and EFS folder), maybe it is corrupted.
If you have a backup of your EFS folder, try to restore it.
If that does not help either, try to flash the whole ROM again.
Maybe you have to wipe data/do a factory reset in recovery.
Good luck !
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Restored EFS too, IMEI was ok and after restore IS ok, still no respite.
Any other solutions i might try?
Im in a very similar situation. Something went terribly wrong with one of the cm10 nightly's and my phone got HW bricked. Since that ive swapped out the motherboard and am know encountering this problem too. My efs is probably not as unadulterated as it could be but my IMEI is correct.
However with the sim in, About phone shows mobile network is disconnected, signal strength is 0, does not even know my own phone number. Cant find any networks when i search for them.
Any advice? OP what methods had you tried?
Gajselva said:
Im in a very similar situation. Something went terribly wrong with one of the cm10 nightly's and my phone got HW bricked. Since that ive swapped out the motherboard and am know encountering this problem too. My efs is probably not as unadulterated as it could be but my IMEI is correct.
However with the sim in, About phone shows mobile network is disconnected, signal strength is 0, does not even know my own phone number. Cant find any networks when i search for them.
Any advice? OP what methods had you tried?
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My EFS was clean, never touched it, still restored a backup, nothing happened
Things I have tried are:
go to CM9 Stable (Wipe/Factory Reset from recovery)
Go to Stock
Try Various modems (try which go with your country and firmeare(tough they can be mix matched))
GSII Repair
Check for matching ril and modem using GetRil
fix permissions
I would suggest you to try GetRil first to check weather the modem and ril match
Give some time for modem to get adjusted to your network.
be extra careful with the efs.
Any Solutions Anyone?
Hey guys, I have a rather weird problem.
After flashing UltimaRom with the thought that I backed my EFS as I usually do, I installed the MGM4 modem.
Turns out my EFS backup was removed the previous day and the new MGM4 modem isnt working for me at all.
My IMEI got changed to 00499010640000 which afaik is a fake IMEI that other people get too.
I tried reverting to my previous modem - XELLA - doesn't work - same IMEI.
I tried http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2437839 ; I tried flashing a MGM4 VVT 4.1.2 Samsung stock rom and it also failed.
I'm open to your ideas.
P.S is there a way something similar like this (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=881162) would exist? I searched everywhere to find a similar thread but the method explained there isn't viable for i9300 it seems.
syndbg said:
Hey guys, I have a rather weird problem.
After flashing UltimaRom with the thought that I backed my EFS as I usually do, I installed the MGM4 modem.
Turns out my EFS backup was removed the previous day and the new MGM4 modem isnt working for me at all.
My IMEI got changed to 00499010640000 which afaik is a fake IMEI that other people get too.
I tried reverting to my previous modem - XELLA - doesn't work - same IMEI.
I tried http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2437839 ; I tried flashing a MGM4 VVT 4.1.2 Samsung stock rom and it also failed.
I'm open to your ideas.
P.S is there a way something similar like this (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=881162) would exist? I searched everywhere to find a similar thread but the method explained there isn't viable for i9300 it seems.
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the 0049 IMEI isn't fake. It's a generic code given to such devices with either changed or corrupt efs.
See this thread for more info http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2393289 there are some methods there that should help you to restore your IMEI.
Take your phone to a service centre paid for repair is the easy way .
jje
syndbg said:
Hey guys, I have a rather weird problem.
After flashing UltimaRom with the thought that I backed my EFS as I usually do, I installed the MGM4 modem.
Turns out my EFS backup was removed the previous day and the new MGM4 modem isnt working for me at all.
My IMEI got changed to 00499010640000 which afaik is a fake IMEI that other people get too.
I tried reverting to my previous modem - XELLA - doesn't work - same IMEI.
I tried http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2437839 ; I tried flashing a MGM4 VVT 4.1.2 Samsung stock rom and it also failed.
I'm open to your ideas.
P.S is there a way something similar like this (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=881162) would exist? I searched everywhere to find a similar thread but the method explained there isn't viable for i9300 it seems.
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If you done have EFS Backup before you upgrade to MG4, you must flash modem to lower release and then restore your previous EFS backup.
As I said, I didn't have my previous EFS backup saved. It got deleted.
And sending it to repair is not an option since the closest repair center is 300km away.
Stick with the mg4 modem.
Reflash ultima, choosing the non-stock kernel option.
Failing that, flash back to full stock mg4.
Failing that, pay for 300km postage
I'm assuming with the above, you've not used "ariza patch". If my assumption is wrong, let me know
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Hi,
My S3's baseband is XXELL4. Recently I have tried Echoe Rom (4.3), which had a note that it wont alter modems, and if I lose network, I should flash MG4 modem to restore network. But after flashing, my IMEI was intact and I was able to get signals but when try to make calls, it shows "Not registered on network" error. Tried restoring my backup but again the same error for my previously working backups.
Since all the workarounds mentioned here did not workout for me (Including flashing stock 4.1.2 XXELL4 firmware and EFS restoration), I did a master wipe, restored XXELL4 modem first, then restored my EFS backup and flashed Fusion 4.4. Now everything was back to normal again.
So my question is how do I convert my EFS v1 modem to EFS v2 without losing network communications. I am interested to try modified stock 4.3 ROMs, as my primary requirements are fluidity with more juice for the day. So I need to flash a 4.3 stock based ROM and how do I do it without facing the same issue agian.
Any help from experts will be very much appreciated.
Downgrade and network problems .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2531221
JJEgan said:
Downgrade and network problems .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2531221
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Thanks for the help. So if I flash this patched modem over XXELL4, will my network will still be working. Sorry for too many questions since my requirement would be hassle free switching between ROMs without losing network communications
My brother's SIII Was on android 4.0.4 i updated it to 4.3 with odin everything was fine, i could see the network bars but when i try calling it says "not registered on Network"! I searched the internet for hours and i realized people who had this issue had a problem with their efs partition and a wrong imei is observed; but when i type the imei code everything is fine i don't get a "0000" or "004". I even tried hundreds of roms countless modem files and still nothing! Please i need your help to fix this issue i cannot have this phone spoiled so soon please!!:crying:
wildechap said:
My brother's SIII Was on android 4.0.4 i updated it to 4.3 with odin everything was fine, i could see the network bars but when i try calling it says "not registered on Network"! I searched the internet for hours and i realized people who had this issue had a problem with their efs partition and a wrong imei is observed; but when i type the imei code everything is fine i don't get a "0000" or "004". I even tried hundreds of roms countless modem files and still nothing! Please i need your help to fix this issue i cannot have this phone spoiled so soon please!!:crying:
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Just restore your backup efs! (Or let me guess you did not back it up)
Seriously though have you used the patched modem mg4 that is floating about I presume you have?
Here is a couple of links to look at >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/help/solved-upgrade-to-4-3-network-fixed-t2547450 << >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43946365&postcount=15 <<
Also there is a efs thread I suggest posting your question in there.
Thank you but i had to downgrade back to 4.0.4 before applying the XEMG4. I also wish to know what causes this and if i am condemned to stay on 4.0.4?
Your efs folder is corrupted or incompatible with later firmwares that require efs v2. Only solution is restore a backup or a competent repair.
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Hello,
I have a big issue with my i9300. I flashed PDA: I9300UBUGNK1 Brasil version and I decided to root it using CF-Auto-Root-m0-m0xx-gti9300 .
After root the phone was perfectly working, but I uninstalled some pre-installed games which come with that Brasil version from sammobile and after I woke up after several hours I've noticed that there is no signal. In settings > phone info it says BASEBAND VERSION : unknown and IMEI : null.
I tried to flash again, I've flashed different version, nothing can help. The phone is fully functional WIFI works, only no signal, null imei and unknown baseband version. What the heck I can do before smashing it with a hammer?
And I'm talking about home fixes, as I don't have jig & other professional tools
There is no home fix for imei problems, unless you have an efs backup to restore. Take it to a repair centre and pay them to recode it for you, make sure it works on 4.3 before you accept it back.
boomboomer said:
There is no home fix for imei problems, unless you have an efs backup to restore. Take it to a repair centre and pay them to recode it for you, make sure it works on 4.3 before you accept it back.
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As long as the phone is not bricked there should be a home fix... Hopefully
Nobody??
Managed to make it working using an efs backup from a different phone. Now I have to figure out how to put my correct imei instead of that one
Imei now shows 0049
This thread should be closed, indeed a very friendly and helpful community over here ....
A mod, please close this thread
Stop whining, you got the right answer the same day you asked.
Cloning your phone by using the efs backup from another phone is illegal and won't fix the problem anyway.
boomboomer said:
Stop whining, you got the right answer the same day you asked.
Cloning your phone by using the efs backup from another phone is illegal and won't fix the problem anyway.
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I didn't wanted to clone another phone and hijack it, please let's remain serious. I just wanted to fix ny efs and that's why I used a backup made from a phone which was broken and was sold by parts.
Now everything was fixed at service
Just a question about k-tool backup
After doing a backup with it I have 2 files
efs.img - 20mb and
efs.tar.gz which has 0 bytes and appear to be damaged as I cannot open it.
Is that efs.img enough in case I lose my imei again after a flash or what?
Hello guys, I had this same problem 2 days ago after flashing the GlamourS4 ROM onto my friend's S3. The flashing failed as it was flashing the modem with an "Assert failed" error, however it still reported that the flashing was successful. On booting the phone it had a null/null IMEI and the baseband was also unknown. I even posted about it on xda.. Yesterday, I found a way to fix both the nul/null IMEI and the unknown baseband. I figured that if I flashed modems onto the phone that the baseband "unknown" message would be fixed, and in the process also fix the IMEI. I therefore searched for patched kernels and modems for it. I came across this page that had patched modems and kernels for the S3 running Android 4.3. I flashed the modems and kernels found on the page with CWM 6.0.4.7 one by one. I went through 6 zipped files before the seventh one fixed my IMEI null/null and baseband "unknown" errors. The one that fixed it was "Patched_XXEMC2_Modem.zip". The six I tried at first changed the IMEI from null to 0049XXXXXXXXXXXXX/XX. The seventh one fixed both problems well. IMEI is well now and the baseband is too. Try flashing the kernels and your phone shall be OK like mine.
Null or 0044....... imei, only repair on service with box and tools... In Serbia, cost 10 euro. Good luck
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