it was previously on 4.1.2.
I flashed Omni 2.4 on s3.
It was not showing signals of network (In Pakistan)
went to sammobiles.com for new firmware.
it is international version so i took for south africa (as phone came from south africa) flashed that rom and it is stucked on BOOTLOOP.
i want to go on official 4.3/4.4.
tries searching on google but failed
if someone can help to make it run back
prefered 4.4 or 4.3 with network signals in Pakistan.
Forums says goto recovery . Volup+Home+Power is not working for me
i just can enter into download mode
Regards
Get a stock .tar.md5 package from www.sammobile.com and flash it using Odin. Then boot into recovery, restore to factory defaults, and clear cache then reboot. Everything should be working properly. If you lost network flash the latest NA8 modem file.
Saad_ said:
Get a stock .tar.md5 package from www.sammobile.com and flash it using Odin. Then boot into recovery, restore to factory defaults, and clear cache then reboot. Everything should be working properly. If you lost network flash the latest NA8 modem file.
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there are so many roms for different countries for pakistan is not present when i write i9300 in firmware search.
which one should i install??
saadtariq73 said:
there are so many roms for different countries for pakistan is not present when i write i9300 in firmware search.
which one should i install??
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Any country it doesn't matter as long as not a one for a specific carrier.
solved this problem now i m not able to receive calls it says that NOT REGISTERED ON NETWORK,IMEI IS OK.
any solution to that
saadtariq73 said:
solved this problem now i m not able to receive calls it says that NOT REGISTERED ON NETWORK,IMEI IS OK.
any solution to that
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Do you have a modem (baseband) compatible with your region?
If yes, is your phone unlocked (to be used with any carrier)?
Think about this last question carefully. Unlocking through software (like the galaxy sim unlock app) can be lost when flashing latest firmwares because of the efs format change. That might be why you get not registered on network.
If your phone was unlocked through imei (with a code provided by the carrier) or if it was factory unlocked (never locked in the first place) then I don't know whats wrong with it, sorry.
Related
I have an I9100 (international version) that I got from O2 in the UK. It was previously locked to O2 until I used the "Galaxy_S Unlock" app by Helroz. This seemed to unlock fine and could use it on Canadian networks with no problem.
I have flashed loads of other custom roms since with no problem, however I tried flashing the official sammy JB firmware (Nordic version, XWLSD) via Odin and found that my phone now asks for the carrier unlock code again. It seems to have re-locked itself to a carrier.
Any ideas? Is this a CSC issue? I thought firmware updates didn't affect the /efs files.
liabilityman said:
I have an I9100 (international version) that I got from O2 in the UK. It was previously locked to O2 until I used the "Galaxy_S Unlock" app by Helroz. This seemed to unlock fine and could use it on Canadian networks with no problem.
I have flashed loads of other custom roms since with no problem, however I tried flashing the official sammy JB firmware (Nordic version, XWLSD) via Odin and found that my phone now asks for the carrier unlock code again. It seems to have re-locked itself to a carrier.
Any ideas? Is this a CSC issue? I thought firmware updates didn't affect the /efs files.
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Always back up EFS folder, ALWAYS.
Search was down earlier today but you still have google.
You could type something like "official jb carrier lock" and you get these results.
You could open a new tab for this and what do you know? problem solved.
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Always back up EFS folder, ALWAYS.
Search was down earlier today but you still have google.
You could type something like "official jb carrier lock" and you get these results.
You could open a new tab for this and what do you know? problem solved.
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Yeah I did search, though nothing really relevant would come up as most results talked about the "leaked" firmware rather than the official releases, or would talk about "SIM" locks rather than a "carrier/network" locks.
I have backed up my EFS using ktool and have now used the GalaxSim Unlock apk linked above to remove the carrier lock. I had previously tried Helroz's app on the official JB firmware but it ended up corrupting my efs somehow and i lost my IMEI, managed to restore it though.
I was just suprised that flashing a new firmware would affect the carrier lock of a phone at all, it was my understanding that flashing firmware doesn't affect the efs directory. Anyway, problem solved and my phone is now usable abroad. Thanks!
Glad you solved it.
Now, read spocky's galaxysim thread, you'll see why your device relocked.
Sent from the little guy
Hello all,
I'm net about mobiles editing stuff, well I'm from Kuwait (don't have a specific firmware) I bought my mobile from Kuwait but as I remember it was have the firmware of South Africa and the latest update till 2 days before was 4.1.2.
I decided to upgrade it to 4.3 and downloaded a firmware (I9300XXUGNB6_I9300OJVGNB3_XSG) and it work But I didn't like that version, so I tried to downgrade to 4.1.2 again so I used Firmware of South Africa which I downloaded online But I faced a problem that there is signal But I get a message that Network is not recognized.
I tried to use these below firmwares But they all not working
I9300XXELLB_I9300OJVELL3_LYS
I9300XXEMD3_I9300OJVEMC1_XFE
I9300XXEMF6_I9300OJVEMF1_KSA
I9300XXEMF6_I9300OJVEMF1_XFE
so I again used this one (I9300XXUGNB6_I9300OJVGNB3_XSG) which is now also showing a problem that :
1- when make a call it start with speaker on
2- call disconnect by itself
3- if received a call on waiting, it turn the speaker again on for the current call
4- it used a ringtone song by itself.
so is there any way to get it work again by the old version 4.1.2 without any problems ?!
I used to format cache partition and make reset to factory after every time i make a firmware
No, you have to use 4.3 as the efs changed format from EMG4 onward.
boomboomer said:
No, you have to use 4.3 as the efs changed format from EMG4 onward.
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thank you, but is it possible to backup EFS files from another mobile same model and restore it to mine ?
what about the problems which I mentioned that I still face ?
No it isn't possible. The rest of your problems sound like corrupt framework, reflash with only the latest firmware version and factory reset.
boomboomer said:
No it isn't possible. The rest of your problems sound like corrupt framework, reflash with only the latest firmware version and factory reset.
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thank you, may you send me a link of where I can find a trusted official unbranded Firmware, sorry but I'm forum view messing me up
do a factory reset from recovery and install firmware from odin but dont open old OS after factory reset
Good day to everyone reading this
I spend long time reading this forum before posting, tried a number of ROM, modem updates, but it seems that I cannot make 100% work my Lenovo without your help.
I have brand new Lenovo P780 with problems after flashing ROMs. On battery there are Chineese letters, so I assume I have China version, 4GB.
I've tried around 10 different ROMs. Stock versions, custom ones from getrom webpage, in desparation I tried some russian with the same result.
When I flash to 4.2.X android phone works just fine, I can make calls, GPS works. But I cannot use my camera. Supercamera app stops, flash also is not working. On some ROM I was able to use frontcam, still flash and backcam were not working. Installing different camera apps is not helping.
When I flash to 4.4.X android camera works great, but I don't have network coverage (in most of the ROM ver.). On some of the ROMs in 4.4.X ver. after the reboot SIM cards are active, but after making 2-3 calls they don't have coverage. After next reboot result is the same. Interestingly network are crashing after I use second SIM, if I use only SIM 1 (the one with Internet) coverage works for longer time. After the network crash I cannot use Internet or make calls from any of the SIM until next reboot. There are some frequency issues in Europe, I will be using it in Poland, but I don't get how the phone can work normally on 4.2.X and on 4.4.X frequencies don't match?
I've spend most of my efforts updating (flashing) new ROMs and checking if network problems will be fixed on 4.4.X. When that didn't help I was applying different radios/modems through recovery tools TWRP and CWM but none of the radios I've tried worked (and I tried lots of them). Strangely I discovered that even when I get to install new modem (I got confirmation that all is OK in recovery, install from zip file) broadband version in system information is not changing.
What I will need fro you guys (or girls ) is to advise on the ROM on which I can both make calls and photos from back camera. I really don't care what version of Android will it be, as long as it will work as a phone...
Other solution would be how to update camera firmware on 4.2.X or how to properly update modem on 4.4.X (and what version).
I went already through all the stages of the device - soft brick, hard brick, hard brick not recognized by the PC, so I', not afraid of trying something new.
One thing that may be not 100% clear for me is different versions of the phone, I needed to switch to 2014 bootloader in order to flash some of the ROMs, maybe that's why ROMs were not working for me.
Thank you in advance for any hints!
Piotrek
Rojtel said:
Good day to everyone reading this
I spend long time reading this forum before posting, tried a number of ROM, modem updates, but it seems that I cannot make 100% work my Lenovo without your help.
I have brand new Lenovo P780 with problems after flashing ROMs. On battery there are Chineese letters, so I assume I have China version, 4GB.
I've tried around 10 different ROMs. Stock versions, custom ones from getrom webpage, in desparation I tried some russian with the same result.
When I flash to 4.2.X android phone works just fine, I can make calls, GPS works. But I cannot use my camera. Supercamera app stops, flash also is not working. On some ROM I was able to use frontcam, still flash and backcam were not working. Installing different camera apps is not helping.
When I flash to 4.4.X android camera works great, but I don't have network coverage (in most of the ROM ver.). On some of the ROMs in 4.4.X ver. after the reboot SIM cards are active, but after making 2-3 calls they don't have coverage. After next reboot result is the same. Interestingly network are crashing after I use second SIM, if I use only SIM 1 (the one with Internet) coverage works for longer time. After the network crash I cannot use Internet or make calls from any of the SIM until next reboot. There are some frequency issues in Europe, I will be using it in Poland, but I don't get how the phone can work normally on 4.2.X and on 4.4.X frequencies don't match?
I've spend most of my efforts updating (flashing) new ROMs and checking if network problems will be fixed on 4.4.X. When that didn't help I was applying different radios/modems through recovery tools TWRP and CWM but none of the radios I've tried worked (and I tried lots of them). Strangely I discovered that even when I get to install new modem (I got confirmation that all is OK in recovery, install from zip file) broadband version in system information is not changing.
What I will need fro you guys (or girls ) is to advise on the ROM on which I can both make calls and photos from back camera. I really don't care what version of Android will it be, as long as it will work as a phone...
Other solution would be how to update camera firmware on 4.2.X or how to properly update modem on 4.4.X (and what version).
I went already through all the stages of the device - soft brick, hard brick, hard brick not recognized by the PC, so I', not afraid of trying something new.
One thing that may be not 100% clear for me is different versions of the phone, I needed to switch to 2014 bootloader in order to flash some of the ROMs, maybe that's why ROMs were not working for me.
Thank you in advance for any hints!
Piotrek
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Did you tried all the modem software from here ?
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Did you tried all the modem software from here ?
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Hi Stympy,
I saw your post already and tried some of the modems that you uploaded there, surely not all tho..
Before going blindly into the dark let me clarify couple of things:
1) I have China version of my p780 if I have Chinese letters on my battery, yes?
2) I should use China modem or Europa modem for China version of p780 that is to be used in Europe?
3) When I update new modem should the "Baseband Version" change? (in System Settings ↦ Software Information ↦ About Phone at section Baseband Version )
4) If the "Baseband Version" didn't change does it mean that modem was not updated? I'm asking because I got confirmations that zip file were processed normally, but Baseband Version didn't change. Phone also didn't have range afterwards.
Rojtel said:
Hi Stympy,
I saw your post already and tried some of the modems that you uploaded there, surely not all tho..
Before going blindly into the dark let me clarify couple of things:
1) I have China version of my p780 if I have Chinese letters on my battery, yes?
2) I should use China modem or Europa modem for China version of p780 that is to be used in Europe?
3) When I update new modem should the "Baseband Version" change? (in System Settings ↦ Software Information ↦ About Phone at section Baseband Version )
4) If the "Baseband Version" didn't change does it mean that modem was not updated? I'm asking because I got confirmations that zip file were processed normally, but Baseband Version didn't change. Phone also didn't have range afterwards.
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1. Lets be clear for the beginning! ALL this phones are made in china!
2. You could install any modem you wish! It depends on your GSM provider. It is true that this modem software is modifyng baseband on your phone! You could see that with MobileUncle Tool if your phone is rooted!
3. Yes.
4. No. The modem software is not installed properly. You probably installed the wrong version of android modem software. Example: JellyBean modem over KitKat firmware.
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1. Lets be clear for the beginning! ALL this phones are made in china!
2. You could install any modem you wish! It depends on your GSM provider. It is true that this modem software is modifyng baseband on your phone! You could see that with MobileUncle Tool if your phone is rooted!
3. Yes.
4. No. The modem software is not installed properly. You probably installed the wrong version of android modem software. Example: JellyBean modem over KitKat firmware.
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Hey!
I've managed to force my phone to make calls! I couldn't change my modem due to wrong recovery.
I couldn't change modem before. The problem was with my recovery. When I swapped to recovery_cwm_kk_mod_P780 modem was changed and my phone started to ring, I used kitkat modem europa V52.
Thanks for great work on the forum! Issue is solved so quickly that I'm really amazed!
Rojtel said:
Hey!
I've managed to force my phone to make calls! I couldn't change my modem due to wrong recovery.
I couldn't change modem before. The problem was with my recovery. When I swapped to recovery_cwm_kk_mod_P780 modem was changed and my phone started to ring, I used kitkat modem europa V52.
Thanks for great work on the forum! Issue is solved so quickly that I'm really amazed!
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can u explain what was wrong with the recovery. i am unable to update my modem. it goes into recovery then asks " update zip from sdcard /sdcard2" after selecting sdcard/sdcard2 it boots and nothing happens. ie modem remains the same.
secondly that kitkat modem europa v52 where did u download it from. i am from india. will it work here. europe and asia follows different frequency bands i guess. i am not getting 2G services presently only 3g. thats y i want to change my modem.
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can u explain what was wrong with the recovery. i am unable to update my modem. it goes into recovery then asks " update zip from sdcard /sdcard2" after selecting sdcard/sdcard2 it boots and nothing happens. ie modem remains the same.
secondly that kitkat modem europa v52 where did u download it from. i am from india. will it work here. europe and asia follows different frequency bands i guess. i am not getting 2G services presently only 3g. thats y i want to change my modem.
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What firmware and what recovery you have now?
Sent from my Lenovo P780
stympy said:
What firmware and what recovery you have now?
Sent from my Lenovo P780
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my lenovo p780 make- jan14, bought in mar 14 bricked last week. used the following softwares to unbrick
MT6577 USB VCOM drivers (W7VistaXP)
MT_6589_SP_Flash_Tool_v3.1304.0.119
P780_4.4.2 - VibeUI_V2.0_1503_7.141.1_ST_P780 (MultiLang_Gapps_Root_baralajbi)
then used unclemobile app to update IMEI
used kingroot_4.1.0.703.apk to root again
now i have only 3g services available 2g is not available
baseband version is P780.V102,2014/11/11
in GSM mode i have enabled all, however in UTMS mode i have only one option available ie WCDMA-IMT-2000. rest are greyed
using unclemobile to get into recovery. but unable to change my modem
mobin79 said:
my lenovo p780 make- jan14, bought in mar 14 bricked last week. used the following softwares to unbrick
MT6577 USB VCOM drivers (W7VistaXP)
MT_6589_SP_Flash_Tool_v3.1304.0.119
P780_4.4.2 - VibeUI_V2.0_1503_7.141.1_ST_P780 (MultiLang_Gapps_Root_baralajbi)
then used unclemobile app to update IMEI
used kingroot_4.1.0.703.apk to root again
now i have only 3g services available 2g is not available
baseband version is P780.V102,2014/11/11
in GSM mode i have enabled all, however in UTMS mode i have only one option available ie WCDMA-IMT-2000. rest are greyed
using unclemobile to get into recovery. but unable to change my modem
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Sooo... You dont have any custom trecovery installed.
Go to my post Rooting tutorial for KitKat, read the tutorial, download recovery for Baralajbi firmware and install custom recovery.
Or install MobileUncle Tool, give app root rights download the recovery from my post unzip, put it on the root internal partition, , start MobileUncle Tool, go to recovery option and install the first recovery that appears there.
Good luck.
Sent from my Lenovo P780
stympy said:
Sooo... You dont have any custom trecovery installed.
Go to my post Rooting tutorial for KitKat, read the tutorial, download recovery for Baralajbi firmware and install custom recovery.
Or install MobileUncle Tool, give app root rights download the recovery from my post unzip, put it on the root internal partition, , start MobileUncle Tool, go to recovery option and install the first recovery that appears there.
Good luck.
Sent from my Lenovo P780
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thanx stympy.
my mobile had bicked again today. so this time i flashed it with the original 4.2 version. ie P780_ROW_S123_131231_rooted_twrp_gapps by baralajbi
now 2g is also available.
in this i checked the band mode. here in UTMS mode WCDMA-IMT-2000 and WCDMA-GSM-900 both are enabled. so i guess there lies the catch.
if it bricks once more then i will try out ur recommendation also and thanx for educating me
Hey guys,
Sorry in advance for what is no doubt something that's came up a few times in the past (as is clearly evident by the posts). I've spent a long time trying to get around the issues with this thing so hopefully I can explain what I've done so far which might help.
So, basically -
My brother had an S3. The screen broke (glass only) and he asked me to repair it. This was a few months ago. Inbetween he moved to using a Windows phone and had the S3 sitting around until he eventually decided to hand me it to repair a couple of days ago.
Now, the phone was working flawlessly prior to him turning it off and switching over to the Windows phone. The S3 sat dormant for a few months, battery out.
When I went to turn it on to test the screen and buttons to ensure that's the only fault, it wouldn't get past the boot screen.
No huge deal there.
Upon checking in recovery it was unable to mount the EFS partition. I managed to get round that.
It still wouldn't boot, so I flashed a new ROM and it booted up fine however was in "Factory mode" with IMEI starting 0049.
I've done a fair amount of searching and came to a few conclusions but essentially :
How I don't know but his EFS folder was competely corrupt and essentially contained few files, none of which were IMEI related. I have no clue how this has happened but it has.
I've managed to get the phone working ALMOST flawlessly by restoring a stock EFS backup IMG using kTool, I HAVE the phone's IMEI and serial which are printed on the phone itself. Only issue now is that the phone can't connect to any networks - because the IMEI is a default.
So, I've dug around in the stock EFS backup IMG that I was able to find (which has got the phone working great, minus mobile networks) and found that the IMEI folder contained a file "mps_code.dat". Upon opening this file it's basically empty. I assume this is because it's a stock EFS I located.
Does anyone have any clue how I can input the IMEI into this file? I tried to decompile the IMG, type it into the file and save, then recompile the IMG however kTool doesn't recognise the newly created IMG file and crashes, then restores the phone. Is there a specific tool I should be using to make the IMG and can someone root into their "mpd_code.dat" and tell me the format that it needs to be in? (I don't need or want any IMEI numbers, just the format that the file is. Just open it in a text editor through Root Explorer (root\efs\imei) and star out the IMEI if you can).
Just to clarify before anyone jumps on it - I'm NOT looking for the file(s) OR the IMEI numbers on anyones phone with that request. Simply the format in which it should be in. I'm simply trying to put the IMEI for the phone ONTO the phone so it'll recognise networks and work as it should. Everything else is absolutely fine now.
So just to clarify the options I've boiled down to :
Recompile the efs.img with the correct IMEI within - if someone can tell me how that'd be great - then restore it on kTool.
OR
Edit the on-phone mps_code.dat with the correct IMEI but I need the format (if someone could peek at theirs that'd be great).
Thank you in advance all and sorry for the story! If I manage to get this to work I'll upload a tutorial with all the relevent files required which I know will help a lot of people.
Cheers
Mine mps_code.dat have 3 letters in it i-e 'TNL' which is csc i think. And imei is in efs1 and efs2 partition you can see in pit analysis thread google it if you don't know anout this thread.
Only thing which you can do is give phone to repair shop they have boxes and tools which can write imei. Or take backup of efs1 efs2 and efs of other phone and restore it in your phone.you do backup/restore using partition backup app in playstore by wanam.
Thanks for your reply. I will try to locate someone else I know with an S3 and pull their EFS - hopefully something will happen that's of benefit.
In the meantime, I'll focus on this as hard as I can to get it sorted. I've managed to go from having the IMEI reading as a random 0049 one, to "Null/Null" which means it HAS been written to (or does in my mind), just with nothing rather than the correct number.
If I get anywhere I'll update this thread, and if im successful in the repair I'll create a How-To based on what I did.
Cheers
I can repair your device. Had the same problem with my mothers phone.
The problem is that samsung changed the style of the efs format years ago and the S3 was falling in this time.
So if you need help, i can help.
konsolen said:
I can repair your device. Had the same problem with my mothers phone.
The problem is that samsung changed the style of the efs format years ago and the S3 was falling in this time.
So if you need help, i can help.
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Hey mate,
Want me to PM you?
Thanks
I had the same problem days ago and I couldn't connect to sim network.
What I did was flash stock rom using odin and then a custom modem and a custom kernel I found in the internet. At the end it gave me a normal imei number (not the [email protected]%) but it wasn't my original imei... nevertheless it can connect now without any issues .
jairolas said:
I had the same problem days ago and I couldn't connect to sim network.
What I did was flash stock rom using odin and then a custom modem and a custom kernel I found in the internet. At the end it gave me a normal imei number (not the [email protected]%) but it wasn't my original imei... nevertheless it can connect now without any issues .
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Hey bro,
Do you remember specifically what ROM, kernel and modem you flashed? Ive tried this with no luck so interested in trying your combination.
Cheers
Ok guys this is exactly what I did:
1- backup all your data.
2- download a stock 4.3 jellybean rom from sammobile (I used the Trinidad and Tobago version because I live in Mexico but that shouldn't matter), autoroot cf for i9300 4.3 from their website and twrp 2.8 recovery, again from their website.
3- download this especial kernel and this modem:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4cawyqzg8zo1vot/Patched_XXUGMK6_kernel.zip.zip?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/tky93zds14kt1hz/Patched_XXUGMK6_modem.zip.zip?dl=0
4- Proceed to flash stock 4.3 rom using odin 3.07.
5- After stock rom is installed flash the root cf file and recovery tar using odin.
6- Now that you have a rooted stock rom with custom recovery proceed to flash both the especial kernel zip and the modem zip using twrp recovery.
7- You should now be able to connect network.
Good luck.
jairolas said:
Ok guys this is exactly what I did:
1- backup all your data.
2- download a stock 4.3 jellybean rom from sammobile (I used the Trinidad and Tobago version because I live in Mexico but that shouldn't matter), autoroot cf for i9300 4.3 from their website and twrp 2.8 recovery, again from their website.
3- download this especial kernel and this modem:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4cawyqzg8zo1vot/Patched_XXUGMK6_kernel.zip.zip?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/tky93zds14kt1hz/Patched_XXUGMK6_modem.zip.zip?dl=0
4- Proceed to flash stock 4.3 rom using odin 3.07.
5- After stock rom is installed flash the root cf file and recovery tar using odin.
6- Now that you have a rooted stock rom with custom recovery proceed to flash both the especial kernel zip and the modem zip using twrp recovery.
7- You should now be able to connect network.
Good luck.
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Thanks bro, will try that in the morning!
Hey mate,
I started the process of this today, using a stock samsung FW that I updated to using Kies.
Unfortunately the end result is the same, 0049 IMEI number.
What I'll do is I'll download the T&T 4.3 from Sammobile and see if that makes any difference.
Thanks again,
jairolas said:
Ok guys this is exactly what I did:
1- backup all your data.
2- download a stock 4.3 jellybean rom from sammobile (I used the Trinidad and Tobago version because I live in Mexico but that shouldn't matter), autoroot cf for i9300 4.3 from their website and twrp 2.8 recovery, again from their website.
3- download this especial kernel and this modem:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4cawyqzg8zo1vot/Patched_XXUGMK6_kernel.zip.zip?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/tky93zds14kt1hz/Patched_XXUGMK6_modem.zip.zip?dl=0
4- Proceed to flash stock 4.3 rom using odin 3.07.
5- After stock rom is installed flash the root cf file and recovery tar using odin.
6- Now that you have a rooted stock rom with custom recovery proceed to flash both the especial kernel zip and the modem zip using twrp recovery.
7- You should now be able to connect network.
Good luck.
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yetep said:
Hey mate,
I started the process of this today, using a stock samsung FW that I updated to using Kies.
Unfortunately the end result is the same, 0049 IMEI number.
What I'll do is I'll download the T&T 4.3 from Sammobile and see if that makes any difference.
Thanks again,
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Hey hey,
Right unfortunately all of the above doesnt solve any issues im having with the IMEI.
What I'm ultimately trying to do is find out a way to fix this, without having to use third-party hardware or a samsung service station.
The real reason is that I don't think the average user should have to go that extent to fix this - it's ultimately Samsung's fault.
Android is designed to be customisable allowing users to go up/down versions as they please (provided it's compatible with the hardware of their phone).
Just a thought -
is there any possible way to "bake" the old style EFS into a newer rom?
yetep said:
Hey mate,
I started the process of this today, using a stock samsung FW that I updated to using Kies.
Unfortunately the end result is the same, 0049 IMEI number.
What I'll do is I'll download the T&T 4.3 from Sammobile and see if that makes any difference.
Thanks again,
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Hey All (that are viewing this).
The above procedure didn't work. I have managed to get the IMEI to change from 0049 to NULL/NULL and back again at will using a blank EFS restore file that I've got, however can't figure out what and how to change the files WITHIN the EFS restore to the correct IMEI etc.
I'll continue my search and if I come across anything, I'll let you all know on here and create a How-To.
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Hey all - just a quick question on this.
Does anyone know how to modify the server to which a program points to check for user credits etc? There's clear reason I'm asking for this, however for obvious reasons I won't elaborate further right now.
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Hello there! Is the problem fixed? Couple of days ago i fixed someones i9300 whos having this kind of error. Pm me ill help
lyxtian said:
Hello there! Is the problem fixed? Couple of days ago i fixed someones i9300 whos having this kind of error. Pm me ill help
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I have sent you a pm.
konsolen said:
I can repair your device. Had the same problem with my mothers phone.
The problem is that samsung changed the style of the efs format years ago and the S3 was falling in this time.
So if you need help, i can help.
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I have a samsung galaxy s7 sm-G930F which is bricked. no imei anymore and no efs backup. can u help me fix it?
Using TWRP, the service tech guy at a shopping mall near my place changed my phone (on one UI, pie) from KT variant to global firmware. Now, there is no OTA menu and i cannot connect to my 5.8GHz wifi router. While the 1st SIM IMEI showing OK, the 2nd SIM IMEI is showing all 0 values. Now what i'm wondering about-
1. can i download the official firmware for F variant and using ODIN can i reflash it to bone stock?
2. will i get OTA then?
3. all in all, what i want to know- is it possible to complete convert a 965N to 965F ( i don't need dual sim feature actually)
rizwan312 said:
Using TWRP, the service tech guy at a shopping mall near my place changed my phone (on one UI, pie) from KT variant to global firmware. Now, there is no OTA menu and i cannot connect to my 5.8GHz wifi router. While the 1st SIM IMEI showing OK, the 2nd SIM IMEI is showing all 0 values. Now what i'm wondering about-
1. can i download the official firmware for F variant and using ODIN can i reflash it to bone stock?
2. will i get OTA then?
3. all in all, what i want to know- is it possible to complete convert a 965N to 965F ( i don't need dual sim feature actually)
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if its running a F based firmware right now, then you should be able to flash the factory F firmware on it with a computer at home. no need for a dude in a shop. anyways, the no update thing is likely caused by a flash that wasnt 100% successful.
go get the firmware for whatever country youre using the phone in from here https://www.sammobile.com/samsung/galaxy-s9-plus/firmware/SM-G965F/ and flash it with the CSC not the HOME_CSC so that itll factory reset and likely fix the issue
i have tried that but something, somehow it didn't work. By the way, do you know if S9+ is able to connect to 5.8Ghz wifi signal? I only see 2.4Ghz signals.
I heard that using any custom rom won't allow you to see the OTA update menu.
when i tried ODIN, as you have mentioned, i saw re-partition fail error, connection delay timeouts etc. I am in Bangladesh and i had downloaded the latest global 965F file for Bangladesh using sammobile. It didn't work.
Hi,
Can my Samsung G965N support G965F Firmware?
Thanks for helping.