Hi guys,
I have a quick question. I'm fairly new to Android and I am starting to discover the possibilities offered by rooting my device. Since I'm new at this I'm a bit afraid that something bad will happen and my phone will go kaput. My big concern is voiding my warranty on the phone. I read somewhere that on some phone its almost impossible to know the phone was rooted, whereas on some you couldn't ''close the door.'' My question is: in which category does the Rogers Galaxy Note falls into?
thank you.
You can unroot all android phones. Just restore to the stock firmware.
Its like iPhone jailbreaking and restoring to factory default.
Hi All,
I flashed the Samsung newest 4.1.2 and when I did it I noticed I could not call anyone as no network etc. Since then I have done some digging and found that my imei on the phone under status is different from the one in the back of the phone under the battery. I have read about an app called gsII - repair to try and get it back to normal as it has done some damage to the efs backup file (I think).
I have been flashing for well over a year but have not got a clue how to get my phone working again, can anyone help please??
I have read loads on here but as I am a noob with code etc it looks extremely difficult, so any advice would be great as I have a phone that does not phone at the moment and my wife is doing her nut in as I am away on business and she can't get hold of me...
Thanks in advance, Phil
pump-22 said:
Hi All,
I flashed the Samsung newest 4.1.2 and when I did it I noticed I could not call anyone as no network etc. Since then I have done some digging and found that my imei on the phone under status is different from the one in the back of the phone under the battery. I have read about an app called gsII - repair to try and get it back to normal as it has done some damage to the efs backup file (I think).
I have been flashing for well over a year but have not got a clue how to get my phone working again, can anyone help please??
I have read loads on here but as I am a noob with code etc it looks extremely difficult, so any advice would be great as I have a phone that does not phone at the moment and my wife is doing her nut in as I am away on business and she can't get hold of me...
Thanks in advance, Phil
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There are plenty of topics on this for you to read or reply to, no need for creating another one just to get same answers you could have got from the others.
hi all,
this is my first post here, the noob video did cheer me up alot after the day ive had...
around a month ago, my phone started to have problems connecting to wifi, the problem occurs when making a connection to ANY ROUTER USING ANY KIND OF SECURITY,the phone comes back stating "authentication error", yet when i connect it to my motorola xoom tablet (set to mobile hotspot) the phone connects and functions great!?
now for my question,
samsung have voided my warranty as i flashed the software on the phone (as some asshole at the samsung call centre asked me to do,said the warranty would be ok as long as its the genuine software....what a load of rubbish that turned out to be) i have not rooted it,and they are quoting me in the vacinity of $250 us to fix it (w##kers) ,its a longshot but,can any of tell if this is a firmware problem rather than a hardware problem? it seems to me like its along the lines of firmware, as it works in only the one instance connected to my tablet..i know i did get an update from my phone company and it stopped working shortly after then...theoretically if it is just a firmware issue i could pick up on how to do the jtag trick and try and reload the firmware myself? instead of pay the same jerk who screwed me to fix it in the first place?
have any of you had your phone into samsung for the same problem? though a good search turns up many stories on power save mode etc, no one seems to have the same problem i do...HELP!!!
the other way is i guess to do a pcb swap, but i dont know how many of these are available...
i know nothing about what you all do, i am an electrical engineer with a big background in industrial electronics and computers and the last thing i want to do is spend what little free time i have modding my phone, i dont have anything against anyone who does, its just that valve amps and vinyl do alot more for me than the new stuff does...BUT if i need to do something out of nessecity, then id love to learn a few tricks you gurus could teach me to save my skin, who knows, i might be able to offer you some advice one day!!
after 4 weeks searching and reading this site amoung others,i have tried EVERYTHING software wise to rectify the problem,
samsung are not telling me what exactly the fault is and are using my flashing of the standard software as a scapegoat to say ive tamered with it.
samsung nz are a bunch of scam artists who ill never again trust with a dime of my hard earned cash and thats all i have to say about that....will be taking them to court (new zealand has a consumer rights guarantee system so their warranty does not mean jack but they still refuse to repair it)
thank you in advance for any help you can offer, i am at my wits end and regret stepping into the "smartphone" world!!!
mike
preludefan said:
hi all,
now for my question,
samsung have voided my warranty as i flashed the software on the phone (as some asshole at the samsung call centre asked me to do,said the warranty would be ok as long as its the genuine software....what a load of rubbish that turned out to be)
No root and stock firmware flashed does not void warranty .
Wifi is generally a kernel problem you can try flashing a stock firmware from here or sammobile.com.
As you mention dimes and dollars do you actually have a I9300 ??? as flash I9300 firmware on a non I9300 will brick your phone.
jje
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thanks for your reply,
yes it is definetly a gt19300, i was blown away by the number of variants out there!
so any pointers on how to deal with samsung if they refuse to fix it?
thanks
mike
JJEgan said:
preludefan said:
hi all,
now for my question,
samsung have voided my warranty as i flashed the software on the phone (as some asshole at the samsung call centre asked me to do,said the warranty would be ok as long as its the genuine software....what a load of rubbish that turned out to be)
No root and stock firmware flashed does not void warranty .
Wifi is generally a kernel problem you can try flashing a stock firmware from here or sammobile.com.
As you mention dimes and dollars do you actually have a I9300 ??? as flash I9300 firmware on a non I9300 will brick your phone.
jje
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preludefan said:
thanks for your reply,
yes it is definetly a gt19300, i was blown away by the number of variants out there!
so any pointers on how to deal with samsung if they refuse to fix it?
thanks
mike
You need to argue the case that the Samsung call centre told you to carry out steps xyz .
Alternative paid for repair then complain to Samsung re call centre .
You can try arguing the EU regulations as referred to on XDA by Adam Outler .
However does any EU legislation have similar in new Zealand .
What firmware and root is on your phone that Samsung said to flash .
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they arent saying anything of the details of the rom, but i flashed a genuine 2 degrees (phone company) software, but they could have changed it themselfs?
i have argued with them to my wits end about the law etc but they are not taking it on board, so im asking for the phone to be returned to me, then ill take them to court...paying to get it done then complaining wont work in a legal sense, as by paying,they see it as though im agreeing to it all...
i do know this however, if i do fix it myself ill post a fix incase it happens to any one else...
Hello firstly appolgies if this has been asked before, You can see i am not a noob to XDA and have spent countless hours trying to find the answer howerver no luck on everything i tried, And that includes like 20 different modems, ROMs and firmwares.
So not really sure what the issue is but a friend got a phone off another friend it was running jellybean 4.3 and has clearly had the EFS updated to v2. So any way the problem was he bought it with the "Not registered on network" error thinking he could fix it.
OK so basically sometimes it works and lets us ring out/recieve calls but other times it doesn't and just says "Not registered on network" we have tried EE, GiffGaff and Three and all sometimes work and sometimes don't (we have had it work atleast once on all sims).
So basically any ideas on what to do? Currently it's on 4.3 i tried downgrading to ICS and back to JB but no luck so reverted back to JB.
Additionally it still has the correct IMEI and Serial and according to GalaxSim (whatever it's called) is running the EFSv2.
Hope you guys can help.
Thanks
- Fma965.
EDIT: appoligies i just posted this in the wrong section, genuine mistake hehe requesting move,
Your question has been posted multiple times . Forum rules require you to search before posting .
Google <<< I9300 your search terms > xda
STICKYS
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2344125
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
Yeah dude if you can actually spend your time and read my question and then see how many posts i have and how many thanks i have and my XDA Status do you really think i didn't search (ok yeah maybe not as many as you but thats not relevant and im not comparing just stating), I have tried all them allready no luck!.
Thanks anyway.
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STICKYS
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2344125 <--- read it already - didn't help!
UNDERSTAND FIRST
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2362743 <--- read it already - didn't help!
Network IMEI EFS
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2393289 <--- tried it already - didn't work!
Downgrade and network problems .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2531221 <--- tried it already - didn't work!
Those are your basic answers to this question that i posted the bit at the top well as 99.99% refuse to search or read the faqs i am not going to make a special link just for you sorry .
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Those are your basic answers to this question that i posted the bit at the top well as 99.99% refuse to search or read the faqs i am not going to make a special link just for you sorry .
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Well thanks, TBH why are you even on XDA then? I have helped many people on both Xperia Play and LG G2 sections hence why i am a RC glad to see your so welcoming. All i am trying to do is fix a phone for a friend i have tried those links already don't give me some BS saying i don't search when you don't know whether i have or haven't, to be clear I HAVE TRIED ALL THAT INCLUDING FLASHING TO 4.0.4 AND 4.X AND CUSTOM MODEMS.
I Also know my way around flashing CWM zips and Odin Tar.gz files. So don't assume i am a noob and don't know what im doing and just need a answer quick (infact this is the exact reason why i never ask for help on XDA regardless to me always helping others, People give you to much **** for no reason)
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Well thanks, TBH why are you even on XDA then? I have helped many people on both Xperia Play and LG G2 sections hence why i am a RC glad to see your so welcoming. All i am trying to do is fix a phone for a friend i have tried those links already don't give me some BS saying i don't search when you don't know whether i have or haven't, to be clear I HAVE TRIED ALL THAT INCLUDING FLASHING TO 4.0.4 AND 4.X AND CUSTOM MODEMS.
I Also know my way around flashing CWM zips and Odin Tar.gz files. So don't assume i am a noob and don't know what im doing and just need a answer quick (infact this is the exact reason why i never ask for help on XDA regardless to me always helping others, People give you to much **** for no reason)
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Ok so used rescue FW and now back on 4.1.2 and EE is working fine but still O2/GiffGaff isn't. Seriously whats up with this? is it locked? if so how come we were able to use GiffGaff before and made atleast one phone call to my phone from it.
I seriously don't know where he got that 99.9% statistic from.
If your imei is not blacklisted then your phone is probably locked, either that or some hardware failure, but i couldn't be certain, I'm not 99.9% sure. Best of luck mate..
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Those are your basic answers to this question that i posted the bit at the top well as 99.99% refuse to search or read the faqs i am not going to make a special link just for you sorry .
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No one asked you to make a special link have some respect fma965 is a respected member of XDA and as his own stickies and threads in many forums and I remember him well from my Xperia Play days:good:The only thing you seem to contribute is links to stickies and to put everybody off posting any questions at all.
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I seriously don't know where he got that 99.9% statistic from.
If your imei is not blacklisted then your phone is probably locked, either that or some hardware failure, but i couldn't be certain, I'm not 99.9% sure. Best of luck mate..
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Yeah i dunno, Never seen him before but started looking at his posts and they are all the same stuff. My IMEI can't be blacklisted although it is a Ex-Contract phone but it has rang my phone atleast twice and i have rung it atleast once (When a giffgaff sim was inserted) and yet now i can't get GiffGaff working at all (before it was working some times) EE still always works though. Any ideas? Yeah it could be a HW Fault.
Basically my friend bought the phone for £70 from a friend, It was stolen ages ago and he reported it to the police he was then contacted by the police saying they found the phone, The owner got it back but no longer needed it so sold it to my friend. (DONT READ THIS AS THE PHONE BEING STOLEN AS THATS NOT WHAT IT SAYS )
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No one asked you to make a special link have some respect fma965 is a respected member of XDA and as his own stickies and threads in many forums and I remember him well from my Xperia Play days:good:The only thing you seem to contribute is links to stickies and to put everybody off posting any questions at all.
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Thanks, I'm glad i helped Now all i need is some help in return obviously if people don't know the answer then they can't help and thats fine. But if you do know the answers or have ideas then please let me know.
UPDATE: Just to make sure i haven't missed anything i went through essentially every page of those threads, Guess what... Didn't help.
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Yeah i dunno, Never seen him before but started looking at his posts and they are all the same stuff. My IMEI can't be blacklisted although it is a Ex-Contract phone but it has rang my phone atleast twice and i have rung it atleast once (When a giffgaff sim was inserted) and yet now i can't get GiffGaff working at all (before it was working some times) EE still always works though. Any ideas? Yeah it could be a HW Fault.
Basically my friend bought the phone for £70 from a friend, It was stolen ages ago and he reported it to the police he was then contacted by the police saying they found the phone, The owner got it back but no longer needed it so sold it to my friend. (DONT READ THIS AS THE PHONE BEING STOLEN AS THATS NOT WHAT IT SAYS )
Thanks, I'm glad i helped Now all i need is some help in return obviously if people don't know the answer then they can't help and thats fine. But if you do know the answers or have ideas then please let me know.
UPDATE: Just to make sure i haven't missed anything i went through essentially every page of those threads, Guess what... Didn't help.
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Good to see you on here fma965:good: I'm not going to ask you the noob questions about apn etc etc..But I will though keep my eyes open if I see anything regarding your problem I noticed you said you had problems with O2/GiffGaff you probably know this already but GiffGaff piggy backs on O2 network so if it is working with other networks then I would start looking at the O2/GiffGaff connection or not as the case might be .. I don't think this sounds like a efs problem could it be a problem with O2/GiffGaff blocking it (none paid bill etc can put a block on it) not from you but who ever had the phone before.But then you had it working partially on GiffGaff strange.. Will keep a look out for you anyway good luck hope you solve it.
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Good to see you on here fma965:good: I'm not going to ask you the noob questions about apn etc etc..But I will though keep my eyes open if I see anything regarding your problem I noticed you said you had problems with O2/GiffGaff you probably know this already but GiffGaff piggy backs on O2 network so if it is working with other networks then I would start looking at the O2/GiffGaff connection or not as the case might be .. I don't think this sounds like a efs problem could it be a problem with O2/GiffGaff blocking it (none paid bill etc can put a block on it) not from you but who ever had the phone before.But then you had it working partially on GiffGaff strange.. Will keep a look out for you anyway good luck hope you solve it.
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Hi thanks, Yeah just to clarify i don't own this phone its for a friend so doubt i will be in this section much, Yeah i am aware GiffGaff and O2 are both on O2 masts. Yeah it does seem like a weird issue doesn't it. Also you mentioned APN's etc, Well my friend seemed to have internet on this phone without even registered on a network.
I have also tried the sim from my LG G2 which is on Three and same issue, Only EE works which makes me think its locked still (especially considering it was on EE before my friend got it)
Thanks any way.
Now i understand this is a grey legal area so i am not expecting detailed information just a yes/no, If i was to use the EFS backup from another friends S3 i9300 which is on v1 still and then restore it to this phone and patch the correct IMEI back in would it work?
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Hi thanks, Yeah just to clarify i don't own this phone its for a friend so doubt i will be in this section much, Yeah i am aware GiffGaff and O2 are both on O2 masts. Yeah it does seem like a weird issue doesn't it. Also you mentioned APN's etc, Well my friend seemed to have internet on this phone without even registered on a network.
I have also tried the sim from my LG G2 which is on Three and same issue, Only EE works which makes me think its locked still (especially considering it was on EE before my friend got it)
Thanks any way.
Now i understand this is a grey legal area so i am not expecting detailed information just a yes/no, If i was to use the EFS backup from another friends S3 i9300 which is on v1 still and then restore it to this phone and patch the correct IMEI back in would it work?
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Just a couple of things before I leave you alone You mention internet while not registered on network yep that's true I bought a S3 off ebay hoping to repair it and I did a imei check on it and it was blocked but still had internet (I got my money back from seller he forgot to mention he had not paid the bill when he owned it )
Now your second point about not working on other sims apart from EE apparently if you upgrade to 4.3 roms and unlocked your phone without a paid code ie through Galaxy Sim unlock or similar programs then the sim unlock stops working! Now the only problem with that is I have a S3 which I unlocked with Galaxy Sim Unlock last year(on a 4.1 stock rom) and now switch between 4.3 roms 4.4 roms etc with no problems (lucky me) so that bit still confuses me...
So in conclusion I think you may be right about being locked in to EE and perhaps it needs to be unlocked seems to make sense I may be totally wrong
Also your last question no comment
I have a exact same problem with my s4 19505.
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Hi thanks, Yeah just to clarify i don't own this phone its for a friend so doubt i will be in this section much, Yeah i am aware GiffGaff and O2 are both on O2 masts. Yeah it does seem like a weird issue doesn't it. Also you mentioned APN's etc, Well my friend seemed to have internet on this phone without even registered on a network.
I have also tried the sim from my LG G2 which is on Three and same issue, Only EE works which makes me think its locked still (especially considering it was on EE before my friend got it)
Thanks any way.
Now i understand this is a grey legal area so i am not expecting detailed information just a yes/no, If i was to use the EFS backup from another friends S3 i9300 which is on v1 still and then restore it to this phone and patch the correct IMEI back in would it work?
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I tried that method before it leads me to 0499 invalid imei.
tallman43 said:
Just a couple of things before I leave you alone You mention internet while not registered on network yep that's true I bought a S3 off ebay hoping to repair it and I did a imei check on it and it was blocked but still had internet (I got my money back from seller he forgot to mention he had not paid the bill when he owned it )
Now your second point about not working on other sims apart from EE apparently if you upgrade to 4.3 roms and unlocked your phone without a paid code ie through Galaxy Sim unlock or similar programs then the sim unlock stops working! Now the only problem with that is I have a S3 which I unlocked with Galaxy Sim Unlock last year(on a 4.1 stock rom) and now switch between 4.3 roms 4.4 roms etc with no problems (lucky me) so that bit still confuses me...
So in conclusion I think you may be right about being locked in to EE and perhaps it needs to be unlocked seems to make sense I may be totally wrong
Also your last question no comment
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Yeah i really have no idea whats going on.
Just a quick post to say this thread will remain open, I wish I could help you with this but I have no idea...
I hope you get it sorted :good:
Rixsta said:
Just a quick post to say this thread will remain open, I wish I could help you with this but I have no idea...
I hope you get it sorted :good:
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Thanks for checking in and also confirming that this wasn't the same old repeated problem as it clearly isn't
OK so i can't find the IMEI in the nv_data.bin file so im assuming its been encrypted (old samsung phones didn't do that)
OK after more hours messing i am pretty sure its due to the phone still being locked to EE and it must have been some weird glitch that got GiffGaff / Three working. So yeah can i unlock EFSv2 via a unlock code ? Can i do it for free at all?
Try reinstalling the modem files.... check at sammobile the version of your phone in the CHECK YOUR FIRMWARE link http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/2/
Then look for your modem files..... or try to unlock your phone in sammobime
Did you try any unlocking methods bro?
Maybe this: http://www.redmondpie.com/permanent...-and-galaxy-note-ii-for-free-how-to-tutorial/
Or this: (Paid though) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spocky.galaxsimunlock&hl=en
Hey guys,
I've been having a problem recently that i'm rather stumped about, i've been trying to fix it for the past few days, looking pretty much everywhere on the net for a fix but this is pretty much a last resort before i take it to a random shop and have them attempt to fix it.
So basically i had a galaxy S3, it broke and a close friend of mine had one sitting around gathering dust so he gave it to me to use. The problem is that for some reason this phone refuses to get any mobile signal. It connects to my WiFi without issue however it always has no service and says it can only perform emergency calls. At first i figured it may have just been my SIM card so i've tried it with 3 different SIM cards with 3 different network carriers (I've been informed that the phone is definitely network unlocked too) i've tried to manually connect to the network through the mobile network settings but that seems to bring me no luck either. The phone was rooted and whatnot but i've attempted to flash a stock ROM onto it to see if it was a ROM issue but that seems to have done nothing to help. Now i'd consider myself rather tech savvy but i'm a novice when it comes to tinkering with mobiles so any help or advice you guys could give to possibly resolve my issue would be greatly appreciated.
After writing this and performing one last search so that i don't make a complete fool of myself i've stumbled upon modem flashing so this may be something that i attempt but i'm currently trying to figure out how it all works. If you need any more information i'll happily get back to you as quickly as i can.
Quick things to close up to save time: It's running 4.3. It has an IMEI number matching that on the box. Everything else on the phone working 100% just not able to get mobile signal. Not currently rooted.
EFS folder corruption is the usual cause of network issues, baring hardware problems.
Hundreds of similar posts, sticky in general forum.
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EFS folder corruption is the usual cause of network issues, baring hardware problems.
Hundreds of similar posts, sticky in general forum.
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After looking into it the EFS folder seems more related to IMEI issues which i do not have. As for the hundreds of other posts i've looked through plenty but many of them are unresolved, the problem is unrelated to mine or i've tried the proposed solutions inside. I've been told the phone worked perfectly, he just switched it out because he had a note to use instead. So i'm not sure if it'd be a hardware issue and i'm not exactly sure of how to diagnose that either. However, if you know of a post that has a lot of proposed solutions i'd be more than happy to read through it.