Hello,
As per the thread title, I would appreciate someone sending me a copy of an IMEI-removed NV items backup from a Note 2 N7105. (Ideally both .qcn and text formats.)
Long story short I'm spending a month somewhere where LTE is on bands 3, 7 and 20 instead of my usual 4, 7 and 17. So, maybe (just a teeny tiny maybe, mind you) there's the possibility that feeding my franken-Note 2 (see the T889V LTE guide) some N7105 NV items would make it work on LTE here instead of just DC-HSPA. I'm thinking along the lines of the AWS mod.
And, along this strenuous path of uncertainties, I just might have the time to give this a shot. Of course, I do have an acceptable backup device on hand or I wouldn't be trying this.
Posting the files here could also help others who have had issues that can be solved by flashing NV items again.
(If you have the files but are unsure how to anonymize them, you could always send them privately if you don't mind me seeing your IMEI.)
Please specify the modem in use at the time the backup was taken, just in case.
Thanks in advance,
Darkshado
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N7105 NV items backup, Device Specific App for the Samsung Galaxy Note II
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Darkshado said:
Hello,
As per the thread title, I would appreciate someone sending me a copy of an IMEI-removed NV items backup from a Note 2 N7105. (Ideally both .qcn and text formats.)
Long story short I'm spending a month somewhere where LTE is on bands 3, 7 and 20 instead of my usual 4, 7 and 17. So, maybe (just a teeny tiny maybe, mind you) there's the possibility that feeding my franken-Note 2 (see the T889V LTE guide) some N7105 NV items would make it work on LTE here instead of just DC-HSPA. I'm thinking along the lines of the AWS mod.
And, along this strenuous path of uncertainties, I just might have the time to give this a shot. Of course, I do have an acceptable backup device on hand or I wouldn't be trying this.
Posting the files here could also help others who have had issues that can be solved by flashing NV items again.
(If you have the files but are unsure how to anonymize them, you could always send them privately if you don't mind me seeing your IMEI.)
Please specify the modem in use at the time the backup was taken, just in case.
Thanks in advance,
Darkshado
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Hi Darkshado,
Did you happen to get your hands on a backup? If yes, would you be kind enough to share it here. My GPS has stopped working and I think I need a copy of the NV data backup.
Thanks in advance.
Unfortunately no, good luck with your GPS.
Ah okay. Thanks for your reply.
sidxda said:
Ah okay. Thanks for your reply.
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have you re-partitioned by chance?
bootloader 4.3?
did you ever flash 2014-05-01 Nordic countries 4.4.2 N7105XXUFND3 by chance?
random questions I know. just trying to pinpoint / eliminate issues I have along the timeline of events.
Hi Rob,
I just replied to your PM. But yes I did try flashing with a PIT file. I am on 4.3 bootloader. I've flashed custom Nordic ROMs, not stock from sammobile.
I believe something happened to the GPS when I flashed mr.nth.na.vn's RR CM12.1
At the moment it seems GPS is not working on any other ROM except mr.nth.na.vn's RR CM12.1
R0B3RTF1SH3R said:
have you re-partitioned by chance?
bootloader 4.3?
did you ever flash 2014-05-01 Nordic countries 4.4.2 N7105XXUFND3 by chance?
random questions I know. just trying to pinpoint / eliminate issues I have along the timeline of events.
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Hi Rob,
I just replied to your PM. But yes I did try flashing with a PIT file. I am on 4.3 bootloader. I've flashed custom Nordic ROMs, not stock from sammobile.
I believe something happened to the GPS when I flashed mr.nth.na.vn's RR CM12.1
At the moment it seems GPS is not working on any other ROM except mr.nth.na.vn's RR CM12.1
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I am in the same situation with u. Did all that u mentioned. Actually for some reason all the 5.1.1 Rom works for me.
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yeah , i figured it would be something along those lines.
mine was borked well and before any of remix. i use daily in my sig and have done for a long time, and now im testing out RR, different cook but yeah. its not remix cm11 or 12. that borked gps.
After talking with you in pm, I have a new theory.
that is;
we probably need to go back and flash a 4.1.2 or what ever your phone was shipped with.
because i have a feeling that any thing later 4.3 / 4.4 all the tw roms. never did anything to the gps anyway. so its remained the same since factory release.
along the way it got broken during bootloader or specific rom flash's that tried to take into account peoples GPS problems. which was a bandaid on a gaping wound..
and the ones that did work, probably picked up on some specifics that would still work with modified gps data... ?
what u think?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but we cannot downgrade the bootloader, can we?
I really have no clue what changed and broke the GPS, but I'm just glad GPS is working again, and RR CM12.1 is good enough as a daily driver with ShiftLP kernel.
@leanhtai was kind enough to provide the backup file of his N7105's NV data. I will give it a go again when I get a bit more time. I have spent a ridiculous amount of time just trying to get GPS working, I will give it a go over the weekend.
Here is the link if any of you want to try it out.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByCI3hH8BBJyX0xlM1hJbl9rZlU/view
I believe you will need to use this method - http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...warning-guide-backup-restore-imei-nv-t1946915
Good luck and please be sure to report what you find. I hope we can figure this out once and for all.
kohmax said:
I am in the same situation with u. Did all that u mentioned. Actually for some reason all the 5.1.1 Rom works for me.
---== N7105 ==---
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R0B3RTF1SH3R said:
yeah , i figured it would be something along those lines.
mine was borked well and before any of remix. i use daily in my sig and have done for a long time, and now im testing out RR, different cook but yeah. its not remix cm11 or 12. that borked gps.
After talking with you in pm, I have a new theory.
that is;
we probably need to go back and flash a 4.1.2 or what ever your phone was shipped with.
because i have a feeling that any thing later 4.3 / 4.4 all the tw roms. never did anything to the gps anyway. so its remained the same since factory release.
along the way it got broken during bootloader or specific rom flash's that tried to take into account peoples GPS problems. which was a bandaid on a gaping wound..
and the ones that did work, probably picked up on some specifics that would still work with modified gps data... ?
what u think?
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Progress
Okay so I flashed Jedi X20 (4.1.2), GPS didn't work as expected. Then I restored the NV Data from leanhtai's back. GPS locked on straight away in 9 seconds with 3 meters of accuracy! So that's great and thanks leanhtai for your files. But another problem has come up now, my 4G has stopped working and I'm stuck on Edge (E). I guess I need the NV data from someone in Australia for the 4G to work?
sidxda said:
Okay so I flashed Jedi X20 (4.1.2), GPS didn't work as expected. Then I restored the NV Data from leanhtai's back. GPS locked on straight away in 9 seconds with 3 meters of accuracy! So that's great and thanks leanhtai for your files. But another problem has come up now, my 4G has stopped working and I'm stuck on Edge (E). I guess I need the NV data from someone in Australia for the 4G to work?
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[emoji29] any idea which part of the world is leanhtai in?
kohmax said:
[emoji29] any idea which part of the world is leanhtai in?
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He lives in Vietnam. So currently I can only use Edge on my Note 2 but GPS is working perfectly. I don't understand why someone with an Australian Note 2 can't just provide us with a copy of their backed up QCN file. It would solve all the issues.
Silly suggestion: buy an used Note 2, pull the data, resell.
Also, converted thread into a "project" so we don't have an auto split Q&A thread.
sidxda said:
He lives in Vietnam. So currently I can only use Edge on my Note 2 but GPS is working perfectly. I don't understand why someone with an Australian Note 2 can't just provide us with a copy of their backed up QCN file. It would solve all the issues.
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Guess the vn baseband is not compatible with yours...
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Cant you just get your LTE back some other way.
tried the USSD codes?
Rob, I've tried a lot of other things but it seems NV data is independent of everything else. Flashing stock ROMs etc does nothing. I tried the USSD codes as well but I just lose signal completely. Given that you are in NZ, any chance I could try restore your NV Data onto my phone?
Thanks,
Sid
R0B3RTF1SH3R said:
Cant you just get your LTE back some other way.
tried the USSD codes?
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sidxda said:
Rob, I've tried a lot of other things but it seems NV data is independent of everything else. Flashing stock ROMs etc does nothing. I tried the USSD codes as well but I just lose signal completely. Given that you are in NZ, any chance I could try restore your NV Data onto my phone?
Thanks,
Sid
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if your NV data is the same data that is related to broken GPS. then im afraid i have broken GPS also.
on device only. it takes up to 3 minutes to lock. even then. its probably just a google network or something TAG sync because its a grey and not a blue dot in maps.
I have an old backup of the phone i made ages ago but even that would not suffice. its seperate.
how do I know if its do-able ?
Yeah had a feeling it wont fix anything. I have some more bad news, I made a stupid move and flashed this on recommendation of someone else on this forum - http://galaxynote2root.com/galaxy-n...3g4g-aws-bands-on-att-galaxy-note-2-sgh-i317/
now my phone's SPC has somehow changed and I have no idea what it is or how to get it. I have tried all the conventional ways after reading for hours on the net but they are all for Sprint/ATT Note 2 and none of them will get me my SPC.
So I'm pretty much stuck now. Can't restore any other QCN backups or anything till I enter the right SPC in QPST
R0B3RTF1SH3R said:
if your NV data is the same data that is related to broken GPS. then im afraid i have broken GPS also.
on device only. it takes up to 3 minutes to lock. even then. its probably just a google network or something TAG sync because its a grey and not a blue dot in maps.
I have an old backup of the phone i made ages ago but even that would not suffice. its seperate.
how do I know if its do-able ?
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sidxda said:
Yeah had a feeling it wont fix anything. I have some more bad news, I made a stupid move and flashed this on recommendation of someone else on this forum - http://galaxynote2root.com/galaxy-n...3g4g-aws-bands-on-att-galaxy-note-2-sgh-i317/
now my phone's SPC has somehow changed and I have no idea what it is or how to get it. I have tried all the conventional ways after reading for hours on the net but they are all for Sprint/ATT Note 2 and none of them will get me my SPC.
So I'm pretty much stuck now. Can't restore any other QCN backups or anything till I enter the right SPC in QPST
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what do you need?
Actually I lost my EFS partition couple months ago. I was upgrading bootloader and modem to latest versions and after that i lost my IMEI, MACadresses and other things. I did EFS backup, but that time i didn't know it's not possible to make a valid EFS backup on N7105.
After 6days of fighting with EFS partition on my N7105 (i tried every possible solution), I discovered, that on Exynos devices there are 3 EFS partitions. One is used as normal /efs mount. Second is used as a migration temp during Samsung OTA update and third is something called gold backup. On this third hidden partition there is an original EFS partition from original stock rom. I tried making image of this partition and restoring it on /efs, but it didn't work. Then i read somewhere, that efs partition are in mulitple formats depending on rom version (actually modem version to be specific). So I did one thing i didn't tried during these 6 long days - i flashed ROM I had on my phone originally (it was some early JB release from my operator -tried 2 or 3 of them, cause i didn't remember what version it was).
I flashed original ROM using Odin with enabled options AutoReboot, Re-Partition, F. Reset Time and Phone EFS Clear. When phone booted up and i saw 3G icon - i almost jizzed my pants ;P
Finally I slowly upgraded my phone through couple versions of JB and 2 versions of KK to be completely sure that my EFS partition has migrated successfully to the newest version of modem (XXUFNI2).
I think this is important solution, which can help a lot of people with Exynos-based Note2 problems.
Related
UPDATE: So I just finished finals and drinking and have gotten around to my phone. I downloaded Galaxy S Unlock, but a beta version (it has a 'Signal Fix Problem' tab) that I was (and still am) and bit worried about. Well, my fears were quelled and I used it with an internet connection while on Bionix 1.3.1 and it didn't work on the initial reboot. Said the phone wasn't registering on the network. Didn't work on the second reboot. Didn't say anything, but data didn't work. I rebooted again and OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG it worked.
Glad to be back! Time for the latest CM7 nightly!
OLD:
The quoted posts fully explain my issue.
UPDATE:
Hung0702 said:
So I can confirm that the phone works for T-Mobile SIMs and gets 3g to boot. I relocked and unlocked my phone (both by manually changing the nv_data.bin and then with 'Galaxy_S Unlock'). Neither helped. In fact, Galaxy_S Unlock returned FFFFF as the SIM unlock code.
This leads me to believe that this is definitely not a hardware issue and definitely an issue with the EFS. I'm assuming that a proper EFS would not return a SIM unlock of 'FFFFF'.
If anyone has an intimate knowledge of our phones' EFS, please tell them that I need help in that regard. Or RIL, although I think RIL is in the EFS partition.
I'm on JFD via Odin and checked EFS Clear.
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SUMMARY: I am currently bone-stock. JFD with root and nothing else. I usually get 3G (I live in the city) and excellent reception and speeds. Right now, I get good reception, but absolutely no data, nor can I call or text. It's stuck on GPRS and occasionally switches to EDGE for some reason, but it doesn't make a difference because I still can't call or text on either. IMEI shown in the settings matches that which is labeled behind the battery. My two fears are that the radio itself is somehow physically broken or that AT&T blocked my IMEI (tried other AT&T SIM cards and none of them would work). My SIM worked in other phones). Talked with an AT&T rep, he assured me that it is not AT&T's policy to ban IMEIs. Also, it may have to do with the EFS, but I'm not sure how to access it. Can't download ROM Manager right now because there's no WIFI around.
Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm pretty desperate right now. I'm borrowing a dumbphone and it's absolute torture to text on a 10-key num pad.
Hung0702 said:
MAJOR PROBLEM:
So right after I left such a sterling recommendation of this kernel last night, I started listening to some music, hit pause, left the ear buds plugged in, and went to sleep.
I awoke this morning to no missed calls, no texts, no emails. I was confused and looked at the signal meter and saw a small 'x' next to the bars. I installed the new CM7 (from scratch), and my signal problems persisted.
I just used Odin to get back to JK2 (Froyo) and still I have NO SIGNAL!!! I normally have full bars.
Does anyone have any recommendations? I don't know if everything I wrote is significant, but hopefully the extraneous details could help someone give better insight into this issue.
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Hung0702 said:
Definitely not the SIM card. It works in other phones. I just wiped everything on the phone using CWM and the problem still persists. My fear is that the radio may have been in full-use all night without my knowledge and burned itself out. Although I'm not even sure if that's possible.
Strangely, I received 1 text message not too long ago. Couldn't reply, however; and still can't make/receive phone calls or access the internet.
Anyone aware of a way to do a complete reset of my phone? I don't think CWM and Odin are doing the trick. It needs to be absolutely bone-stock.
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Hung0702 said:
nickmcminn60 said:
A simpler way is to:
1) odin to JFD with Repartition and efs clear checked and auto reboot UNCHECKED
2) unplug and replug usb then load ''Eugenes Froyo'' in PDA
3) Load same 512 file you used for JFD
4) Uncheck...auto reboot, repartition, and EFS clear
5) Hit start
6) when complete unplug the usb and plug it back in
7) load JFD and 512 pit into ODIN
8) Check repartition,efs clear and auto reboot
9) Hit start
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Ok, you got me there. It doesn't do anything. Auto reboot has to be checked. Otherwise it just hangs at SetupConnection...
Thanks for the advice, but it didn't help.
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Have you tried to flash another modem? or a factory reset? Have you toggled airplane mode and data connection? I had a very similar problem not too long ago. I flashed 4 or 5 roms and they all had the same problem. Flashed a few modems and nothing. Then I flashed one of Eugene's roms and it wiped my phone and it seemed to work after that. It could have been a coincidence, I'm not sure. I spent a whole day working on and it seemed to fix itself when it wanted to. Just keep flashing roms and tinkering and see what happens.
Hung0702 said:
The quoted posts fully explain my issue.
SUMMARY: I am currently bone-stock. JFD with root and nothing else. I usually get 3G (I live in the city) and excellent reception and speeds. Right now, I get good reception, but absolutely no data, nor can I call or text. It's stuck on GPRS and occasionally switches to EDGE for some reason, but it doesn't make a difference because I still can't call or text on either. IMEI shown in the settings matches that which is labeled behind the battery. My two fears are that the radio itself is somehow physically broken or that AT&T blocked my IMEI (tried other AT&T SIM cards and none of them would work. My SIM worked in other phones). Also, it may have to do with the EFS, but I'm not sure how to access it. Can't download ROM Manager right now because there's no WIFI around.
Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm pretty desperate right now. I'm borrowing a dumbphone and it's absolute torture to text on a 10-key num pad.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1045713&page=4
Refer to my post #33
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
deadpass said:
Have you tried to flash another modem? or a factory reset? Have you toggled airplane mode and data connection? I had a very similar problem not too long ago. I flashed 4 or 5 roms and they all had the same problem. Flashed a few modems and nothing. Then I flashed one of Eugene's roms and it wiped my phone and it seemed to work after that. It could have been a coincidence, I'm not sure. I spent a whole day working on and it seemed to fix itself when it wanted to. Just keep flashing roms and tinkering and see what happens.
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rubbamade said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1045713&page=4
Refer to my post #33
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
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Thanks for the directions, but it didn't help
I've flashed many different modems. Tried KA7 and stock for 2.3; JK2 for 2.2; and JI5 for 2.1. Nothing helps. Does anyone know how I would go about checking my EFS partition if I had a root explorer? How would I know that it was normal? What symptoms would suggest a problem? I wouldn't be able to browse it right now, but I may be able to tomorrow.
@deadpass
Could you try a tad harder to recall which of Eugene's ROMs you used? I tried his JK2 base to no avail. Do you know if his 'Froyo that doesn't brick' is any different?
Hung0702 said:
@deadpass
Could you try a tad harder to recall which of Eugene's ROMs you used? I tried his JK2 base to no avail. Do you know if his 'Froyo that doesn't brick' is any different?
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It was Eugene's 2.2.1 rom, GCR3.
Bumping. I hope everyone understands. Going from Android to a dumbphone (DURING FINALS, TOO) is terribly inconvenient and disheartening.
Looks like I'm giving up. I'm really busy with Finals and don't have time to learn everything required to figure out how to fix my phone. No one is informed enough about EFS or RIL to point me in the right direction. I've really enjoyed having this phone since August, and I'm definitely going to miss the ROMs and enthusiastic community. Not sure what to do now. I planned on keeping the Vibrant and selling whatever I upgrade to in August. Still going to have to sell, but I don't get to keep the Vibrant
Good luck with your Vibrants!
Before you give up, do you mind trying my Back to stock guide verbatim... it's in my signature. Would like some feedback. It certainly would not hurt. No reason I can see why we can't fix your phone.
Shoot, send it to me and I'll send it back if you can't find time.
Wait, so this will get you to stock JFD on the Vibrant... but you said you are on AT&T... are you unlocking it again after you go back to stock?
I do not do this, but first google result:
s15274n said:
Before you give up, do you mind trying my Back to stock guide verbatim... it's in my signature. Would like some feedback. It certainly would not hurt. No reason I can see why we can't fix your phone.
Shoot, send it to me and I'll send it back if you can't find time.
Wait, so this will get you to stock JFD on the Vibrant... but you said you are on AT&T... are you unlocking it again after you go back to stock?
I do not do this, but first google result:
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Hey! Kind of in awe to see you in my thread! Followed your guide ~10-15 time I had to flash. I've actually flashed via Odin probably 25-30 times since Saturday. Played with ALL the settings and your guide is good. No room for improvement!
Anyway, I've been using essentially the same procedure. Used Repartition and EFS clear on a few runs, but nothing different that I didn't intend to have a purpose. I used the files posted here; the MD5 sums check out.
People have been telling me it's a hardware problem (i.e. my modem is dead). While fully possible, I find it unlikely since I haven't seen a single dead modem post in any part of the Q&A, nor have I heard any suspicions of possibly failing modems. I could just be the lucky one, but again, that sounds unlikely.
Took my phone apart just to make sure all the connections are solid. SIM card board is securely connected to the antennae. Need to get an ammeter to ensure an electrical connection, though.
So I can confirm that the phone works for T-Mobile SIMs and gets 3g to boot. I relocked and unlocked my phone (both by manually changing the nv_data.bin and then with 'Galaxy_S Unlock'). Neither helped. In fact, Galaxy_S Unlock returned FFFFF as the SIM unlock code.
This leads me to believe that this is definitely not a hardware issue and definitely an issue with the EFS. I'm assuming that a proper EFS would not return a SIM unlock of 'FFFFF'.
If anyone has an intimate knowledge of our phones' EFS, please tell them that I need help in that regard. Or RIL, although I think RIL is in the EFS partition.
I'm on JFD via Odin and checked EFS Clear.
if you did the efs backup to flash cm7 shouldn't you be able to put that back on your phone??
Nothing will work until you follow this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=761045
It helped me when I cleared my EFS
EFS contain network information like network lock, etc...
Good luck.
Exactly what I was getting at, odin and then unlock.
neobuddy89 said:
Nothing will work until you follow this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=761045
It helped me when I cleared my EFS
EFS contain network information like network lock, etc...
Good luck.
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Thanks for replying. That's actually the thread I followed in order to pull the nv_data.bin and use Galaxy_S Unlock. But like I was saying, it's as though the EFS is not working properly. I pulled the nv_data.bin and it looked like the phone was already unlocked (I'm assuming it is, because it never asked me for the SIM unlock code). I changed the nv_data.bin to locked (by changing the hex value at 181469 from '00' to '01', after which it did begin asking for the SIM unlock code), then used Galaxy_S Unlock to unlock. I also tried to retrieve the unlock code using Galaxy_S Unlock and all I got were a bunch of F's, not what I was expecting.
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Exactly what I was getting at, odin and then unlock.
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Please read above.
^ really unknown territory for me. Did you restore your EFS, I assume you can since you backed it up.
I saw this great thread from BT... maybe someone has an answer in there.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000962
I'll keep checking in to try and learn... EFS/unlocking is really not common to me, hopefully someone can chime in and well all learn something.
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Thanks for replying. That's actually the thread I followed in order to pull the nv_data.bin and use Galaxy_S Unlock. But like I was saying, it's as though the EFS is not working properly. I pulled the nv_data.bin and it looked like the phone was already unlocked (I'm assuming it is, because it never asked me for the SIM unlock code). I changed the nv_data.bin to locked (by changing the hex value at 181469 from '00' to '01', after which it did begin asking for the SIM unlock code), then used Galaxy_S Unlock to unlock. I also tried to retrieve the unlock code using Galaxy_S Unlock and all I got were a bunch of F's, not what I was expecting.
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Dont use Galaxy_S unlock app. It gave me same bunch of F's.
Try unlocking again changing 01 to 00 and adb push.
Look up a youtube video on unlocking your device!
exchange it
neobuddy89 said:
Dont use Galaxy_S unlock app. It gave me same bunch of F's.
Try unlocking again changing 01 to 00 and adb push.
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Yeah, I did unlock it again but there's still an issue with AT&T SIMs. T-Mobile works fine, but AT&T SIMs don't work and it doesn't ask for an unlock code.
This might help someone having these no service/ no sim card no GPS fix issues with the galaxy SGSIII i9300, that might have to do with efs folder change and IMEI corruption.
Okay so i solved these no service issues and ill share my experience so maybe someone will find it helpful.
So the issue has to do with the famous efs folder conundrum, though tbh im not a developer so i cant say exactly what was the issue or even be a 100% sure it was the efs folder.
So I got me a used malfunctioning i9300 which i then repaired at a lab and proceeded to install a new TW based ROM, my first mistake was not backing up efs folder and creating a nandroid, but i havnt realized that yet. After flashing, I noticed that i have no GPS, but i didnt know if the GPS was working with original firmware because i neglected to check that or back it up, so i decided to put a pin in it for the time being and went on to check out some ROMs.
At first, I flashed couple of JB tw based roms, all was well (except for the gps), then i started to check out some KK roms, those didnt play well with my device, I got no service in every single rom i tried, You name it ive tried it, none fixed the service issue. Moreover i also tried a few JB AOSP based ROMs, among them the 4.3 JB PAC-man ROM, those had the same no service/no sim issues. Meanwhile whenever i un-root and flash with odin back to stock or restore a nandroid i made while on 4.3 foxhound ROM (with service working and a supposedly good copy of the efs folder) service is restored. I would also mention that I had more backups of the efs from the working “foxhound” i made with different tools and when i restored these folders when on a ROM with no service it didnt fix the issue.
Here are the solutions ive encountered and tried that didnt work:
-restoring efs with efs pro, samsung tool, efs backup -restore cmd tool.
-flashing latest firmware and flashing back to KK
-flashing all kinds of modems (those pre efs folder change (XXEMG4) and those after)
-flashing latest TWRP/CWM recovery
-flashing kernels
-trying to edit “nv_data.bin” with hex editor
-some more ways in trying to manipulate the efs folder.
-using samsung service codes on stock, which i found regarding this issue, except from the *#06# code, for imei, pretty much none worked for me.
Its important to mention that when on stock firmware or a JB TW based ROM i would see my baseband version in settings and when I tried the *#06# code for checking my imei it gave me a serial number with many digits that I assumed was indeed my correct IMEI number, and when i was on KK ROMs or non TW JB ROMs i would get the same popup with no numbers and in settings i would see “unknown baseband” .
To add to that, whenever i rooted and installed a KK ROM or a JB non TW ROM and tried to restore efs with efs professional i would get a message the device is not perm rooted (but thats neither here nor there).
This research took me about 5-6 days and the end of which i was ready to give up on having a KK rom or a non TW rom for that matter, NOTHING seemed to fix the problem. I just had some fight in me for one more hopeless attempt. I read somewhere that a flashing of cm 10.1 and then going to settings -> more and there change some network stuff from this to that would help -
(Originally Posted by Goose306 on s3forums.com)
"flash back to another AOSP 4.2 ROM (CM10.1, Liquid, etc.)
Got to Network settings. You need to change Roaming to automatic and CDMA settings to RUIM/SIM (I *think* that is the name of it, I'm actually on TW temporarily as I'm troubleshooting some SDcard issues of my own)
Reboot and you should be back in business. Touchwiz doesn't have a way of changing of those settings which is why ODIN/stock doesn't fix it"
I said what the heck thats simple enough. I flashed CM 10.1.3 for i9300 and went into the settings but the options i read about werent the same as the settings i saw in my case,
so i did move one settings around in the settings-> more section, cant remember what it was and im on a different ROM by now,
it was nothing i knew about anyway (but you should give it a go and have a look, there are few options to choose from so you can eliminate your way to what makes sense).
I then went on to recovery to flash carbon rom 4.4 and to my enormous surprise i had service and connection and to my astonishment i also got back the GPS as a bonus ! yay ! I bet you forgot about that too by now…
This ends on a weird note though, though everything is at working order now and the IMEI number i get is the same as the one i get when on stock rom,
it does not match the number on the back of the phone under the battery. well mehh.. as long is its working.
Hope this helps someone.
You didnt mention that exact step. Changing "something from this to that" doesn't really count as being helpful.
Thanks for the post anyways.
~ RazorMC
RazorMC said:
You didnt mention that exact step. Changing "something from this to that" doesn't really count as being helpful.
Thanks for the post anyways.
~ RazorMC
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Youre right, i couldnt find the thread that had the suggestion to install the 10.1 cm but my point was it didnt even apply to my situation because the options in "Setting -> more" werent compatible with what was suggested in the thread so i had to improvise and I just changed some setting i cant remember in "Settings -> More" but I realise that it would be more helpfull to say what i changed there exactly, but im not on cm 10.1 anymore and cant see what in there now.. the good news is that there werent many options to change there.
But i did went out and looked for the original comment that made me try this an it says -
(Originally Posted by Goose306 on s3forums.com)
"flash back to another AOSP 4.2 ROM (CM10.1, Liquid, etc.)
Got to Network settings. You need to change Roaming to automatic and CDMA settings to RUIM/SIM (I *think* that is the name of it, I'm actually on TW temporarily as I'm troubleshooting some SDcard issues of my own)
Reboot and you should be back in business. Touchwiz doesn't have a way of changing of those settings which is why ODIN/stock doesn't fix it"
so in my case i didnt see these exact same options so i changed what seemed to me the most related to the issue at hand.
I dont think i had to touch the roaming, again i dont have CM 10.1 installed so i dont recall exactly what were my options.
is it a solution mostly for Qualcomm chipset based I9300 ? someone can say ? European providers use different frequencies I guess hence different chipsets and parameters.
Olek94 said:
is it a solution mostly for Qualcomm chipset based I9300 ? someone can say ? European providers use different frequencies I guess hence different chipsets and parameters.
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mine is the international version but as i mentioned it didnt work like described but the end result was the same. I f you have the LTE version Im not sure which option youre going to get in CM 10.1 settings -> more , but if youre having trouble with service and GPS and stuff like that i do suggest you try flashing CM 10.1 (compatible with LTE - not sure how it goes with CM and LTE compatibility) and check if you got the same options to make the changes to, if not, try and improvise based on what makes even a little sense, thats what i did.
It might be that the flashing of CM 10.1 itself is what fixes the problem, so if you change nothing it might help still, anyway this is pretty simple and quick to do so better start here than starting with other messier solutions.
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hi i was on stock 4.1.2 then i rooted flashed twrp recovery using toolkit and flashed revolutionary 5 4.3 straight away i didn't backup efs i know it was dump thing to do but i was new to galaxy s3 flashing so basically i f***k up. then i flashed official 4.3 firmware using odin.now i have a network reception but can't make or attend calls.i was thinking to go back to 4.1.2 in hope of getting things to work. please help n reply asap!! thanks
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hi i was on stock 4.1.2 then i rooted flashed twrp recovery using toolkit and flashed revolutionary 5 4.3 straight away i didn't backup efs i know it was dump thing to do but i was new to galaxy s3 flashing so basically i f***k up. then i flashed official 4.3 firmware using odin.now i have a network reception but can't make or attend calls.i was thinking to go back to 4.1.2 in hope of getting things to work. please help n reply asap!! thanks
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I believe I shared every bit of helpful information i can share with you about this issue and my process of handling it in the main message of the thread, Read the entire thing and the comments followed, then follow my suggestion, if you wish to do so.
samuelaviv said:
mine is the international version but as i mentioned it didnt work like described but the end result was the same. I f you have the LTE version Im not sure which option youre going to get in CM 10.1 settings -> more , but if youre having trouble with service and GPS and stuff like that i do suggest you try flashing CM 10.1 (compatible with LTE - not sure how it goes with CM and LTE compatibility) and check if you got the same options to make the changes to, if not, try and improvise based on what makes even a little sense, thats what i did.
It might be that the flashing of CM 10.1 itself is what fixes the problem, so if you change nothing it might help still, anyway this is pretty simple and quick to do so better start here than starting with other messier solutions.
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Thank you, I was suspecting that you have a similar version than me. Well, in desperate cases anything can be tested (But some have told me not to mess with US versions as there is a risk of burning something )
Anyway the last version I could not flash , the CM 10.1 it was ejected with a file error soon despite 3 downlowd.
I will try with another more compatible version with Cyanogen.
Have a nice day
samuelaviv said:
This might help someone having these no service/ no sim card no gps fix issues with the galaxy s3 i9300, that might have to do with efs folder change and IMEI corruption.
Okay so i solved these no service issues and ill share my experience so maybe someone will find it helpful.
So the issue has to do with the famous efs folder conundrum, though tbh im not a developer so i cant say exactly what was the issue or even be a 100% sure it was the efs folder.
So I got me a used malfunctioning i9300 which i then repaired at a lab and proceeded to install a new TW based rom, my first mistake was not backing up efs folder and creating a nandroid, but i havnt realized that yet. After flashing, I noticed that i have no gps, but i didnt know if the gps was working with original firmware because i neglected to check that or back it up, so i decided to put a pin in it for the time being and went on to check out some roms.
At first, I flashed couple of JB tw based roms, all was well (except for the gps), then i started to check out some KK roms, those didnt play well with my device, I got no service in every single rom i tried, You name it ive tried it, none fixed the service issue. Moreover i also tried a few JB AOSP based roms, among them the 4.3 jb pac-man rom, those had the same no service/no sim issues. Meanwhile whenever i un-root and flash with odin back to stock or restore a nandroid i made while on 4.3 foxhound rom (with service working and a supposedly good copy of the efs folder) service is restored. I would also mention that I had more backups of the efs from the working “foxhound” i made with different tools and when i restored these folders when on a rom with no service it didnt fix the issue.
Here are the solutions ive encountered and tried that didnt work:
-restoring efs with efs pro, samsung tool, efs backup -restore cmd tool.
-flashing latest firmware and flashing back to kk
-flashing all kinds of modems (those pre efs folder change (xxemg4) and those after)
-flashing latest twrp/cwm recovery
-flashing kernels
-trying to edit “nv_data.bin” with hex editor
-some more ways in trying to manipulate the efs folder.
-using samsung service codes on stock, which i found regarding this issue, except from the *#06# code, for imei, pretty much none worked for me.
Its important to mention that when on stock firmware or a JB TW based rom i would see my baseband version in settings and when I tried the *#06# code for checking my imei it gave me a serial number with many digits that I assumed was indeed my correct IMEI number, and when i was on kk roms or non tw JB roms i would get the same popup with no numbers and in settings i would see “unknown baseband” .
To add to that, whenever i rooted and installed a kk rom or a jb non tw rom and tried to restore efs with efs professional i would get a message the device is not perm rooted (but thats neither here nor there).
This research took me about 5-6 days and the end of which i was ready to give up on having a KK rom or a non TW rom for that matter, NOTHING seemed to fix the problem. I just had some fight in me for one more hopeless attempt. I read somewhere that a flashing of cm 10.1 and then going to settings -> more and there change some network stuff from this to that would help -
(Originally Posted by Goose306 on s3forums.com)
"flash back to another AOSP 4.2 ROM (CM10.1, Liquid, etc.)
Got to Network settings. You need to change Roaming to automatic and CDMA settings to RUIM/SIM (I *think* that is the name of it, I'm actually on TW temporarily as I'm troubleshooting some SDcard issues of my own)
Reboot and you should be back in business. Touchwiz doesn't have a way of changing of those settings which is why ODIN/stock doesn't fix it"
I said what the heck thats simple enough. I flashed CM 10.1.3 for i9300 and went into the settings but the options i read about werent the same so i did move one settings around in the more section, cant remember what it was but it was nothing i knew about anyway, then went on to recovery to flash carbon rom 4.4 and to my enormous surprise i had service and connection and to my astonishment i also got back the GPS as a bonus ! yay ! I bet you forgot about that too by now…
This ends on a weird note though, though everything is at working order now and the IMEI number i get is the same as the one i get when on stock rom it does not match the number on the back of the phone under the battary.
Hope this helps someone.
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:crying: :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying: Dude!!!!! I understand!!!!
I had a similar experience only I also tried flashing CM 10.1 and it did not work. Although I have another imei, I have all my services running on the Stock 4.3. Now the only problem is that if I change to any other rom, does not connect to the wifi network.
I found something like this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=839367&page=4
But neither worked. Yesterday I tried to repartition the phone and almost killed. I spent two weeks looking for a solution, and tried them all, but did not work, I think I will draw on the last and the only thing I think work ... The box.
The octopus box (or similar).
KK roms are beautiful ... but no matter what, I have no wifi in another rom than the stock 4.3 lol.
Thank you for your contribution! as you say: I hope you serve someone else.
VIOShero said:
:crying: :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying: Dude!!!!! I understand!!!!
I had a similar experience only I also tried flashing CM 10.1 and it did not work. Although I have another imei, I have all my services running on the Stock 4.3. Now the only problem is that if I change to any other rom, does not connect to the wifi network.
I found something like this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=839367&page=4
But neither worked. Yesterday I tried to repartition the phone and almost killed. I spent two weeks looking for a solution, and tried them all, but did not work, I think I will draw on the last and the only thing I think work ... The box.
The octopus box (or similar).
KK roms are beautiful ... but no matter what, I have no wifi in another rom than the stock 4.3 lol.
Thank you for your contribution! as you say: I hope you serve someone else.
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yeah thats some BS those signal and issues on the i9300.. they really did a number on that one.
sorry my thing didnt help, i too tried everything and got nothing.
Maybe try flashing CM 10.1.3 and changing those options in settings-> more, Might be that just flashing CM 10.1 wont do it, I did change something ther but cant remember what it was, i wrote in my post what someone else had ther in the options but i had different ones but I still changed one option there ( what i thought might be connected to the issue ).
anyway dude i feel you its crying shame whole thing, and so many are posting about these issues all the time, im kinda hating on samsung cause they always seem to mess up like that.
Hope you solve this somehow..
Hello all,
My partner bought a Galaxy S3 (GT-i1900) International (I live in the UK) off a friend .
We noticed that the network connection periodically failed. I noticed that the software was some of the earliest on this phone, and so i thought I'd better update it, as it was suggested that sometimes if the phone is running some of it's earliest software it can cause problems with the network connection, and as it works 95% of the time, surely it can't be the antenna? I went to software update and tried to update it there, it's then I realised the phone had been rooted, and even Kies would not update it. I came to the conclusion that perhaps my friend had tried to mess with the phone some how, and may have caused this network problem, or perhaps was trying to cure it? Who knows
I decided to flash the latest stock rom (i9300XXUGMK6_I9300OXAGMK6_I9300XXUGMK6_HOME.tar.md5) I found on Sammobile. Everything went well, the phone booted up perfectly, the only minor worry being that the first screen was in Polish, quickly remedied by changing the language to English UK. All seemed fine, until we tried to make a call. it was then we realised that there was no network connection whatsoever. I tried other sim cards with other networks - still no connection. It only shows the signal bars.
I read the forums for a couple of days and tried:
Going in Network Settings and searching for my network, 3, which it found amongst all others. it said 'Registered on Network' but then immediately flashed up '3 network not connected' or similar. fail.
Installing CWM recovery, then flashing the 2 modem zips (DDEMG2 & XXDME4) all went fine, but the phone still says 'disconnected' under Device settings Mobile network state
Using the Ariza patch. I tried this, but on the last step where it says 'just click patch' mine gets stuck on a downloading state, possibly as I'm using a stock rom I read some kernel has to be changed first? - Beyond me.
It was then I decided to scrutinize every difference between my working S3, exactly same phone on same network, and my partners.
The IMEI number was correct, something I see people have problems with. The signal strength reading are the same, suggesting the antenna at least is fine.
The serial number - Now this is the ONLY thing I can see that seems to have been changed, from the correct format, to one starting with 4df1 ...... Is this the problem, that has made the phone not register with network? In the UK phones are not locked into a specific phone number /contract and so I don't see how the network would decline a differing serial number?
Anyway that's where I'm at a phone that has no network connection, with a differing serial number.
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.
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Screenshots of the device status in case that helps . SCREENSHOTS REMOVED DUE TO PRIVATE INFO
I've noticed after Googling the baseband version, it says 'New modem DDEMG2 (16/07/13) India,Sri Lanka,Bangladesh'
I live in the UK and have a network free unlocked unbranded International S3!
Surely the steps I followed to flash the modems as stated above are incorrect?!
Do I need to flash the UK one?
Anyone know which one for 4.3?
How do I do it and where would I find it?
Any help greatly appreciated!
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Screenshots of the device status in case that helps .
I've noticed after Googling the baseband version, it says 'New modem DDEMG2 (16/07/13) India,Sri Lanka,Bangladesh'
I live in the UK and have a network free unlocked unbranded International S3!
Surely the steps I followed to flash the modems as stated above are incorrect?!
Do I need to flash the UK one?
Anyone know which one for 4.3?
How do I do it and where would I find it?
Any help greatly appreciated!
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Go to Samsungmobile and download 4.3 BTU ( it's for Uk,simfree phones.) Flash via Odin,maybe that will help
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thanks so much for the response!
Im sure that romwas the btu one? Does it not seem correct? I will check again.
ricrea said:
thanks so much for the response!
Im sure that romwas the btu one? Does it not seem correct? I will check again.
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I don't think so since setup started in Polish
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Attached is the screenshot the latest 4.3 btu. It wants me to download. Ive just looked on the phone, and it is the same
name exactly, and this is where I got it from. What could have gone wrong?
many thanks
ricrea said:
Attached is the screenshot the latest 4.3 btu. It wants me to download. Ive just looked on the phone, and it is the same
name exactly, and this is where I got it from. What could have gone wrong?
many thanks
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You mean Pda,Csc and Modem are the same? Or md5 is the same?
Sent from my GT-I9300 using XDA Free mobile app
YOU ARE CORRRECT. Im downloading and the file name is different. No idea what i did.
Thanks for your help.
ricrea said:
YOU ARE CORRRECT. Im downloading and the file name is different. No idea what i did.
Thanks for your help.
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Report back if you get your network back:thumbup:
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ricrea said:
YOU ARE CORRRECT. Im downloading and the file name is different. No idea what i did.
Thanks for your help.
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Hi couple of things first you have posted screen shots with your mobile no and Imei no on I would delete them
I am pretty sure flashing another rom won't fix your issue you can easily use roms from a different region and still have full network connection but you can give it a try as suggested above.
First thing first because you have upgraded your phone your efs as changed from efs v1 to efs v2 (which you probably already know) flashing the (DDEMG2 & XXDME4) modems would not work because you need a modem later than mg4 for 4.3 roms.
What you need to try is flash a patched mk6 modem and kernel from here >> https://drive.google.com/folderview...sharing&tid=0B6MIUd7HJudAbU5YaGkzOUowMG8#list << flash then reboot if you get stuck in a bootloop factory reset and wipe cache in recovery.You could also try this >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...ii-network-problem-update-sn-t1918601/page199 << look at post 1984 this is basically the same thing with a rom included and as had some success.
If the patched modems do not work and you don't have a efs backup then I would suggest you need to send for repair.
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Hi couple of things first you have posted screen shots with your mobile no and Imei no on I would delete them
I am pretty sure flashing another rom won't fix your issue you can easily use roms from a different region and still have full network connection but you can give it a try as suggested above.
First thing first because you have upgraded your phone your efs as changed from efs v1 to efs v2 (which you probably already know) flashing the (DDEMG2 & XXDME4) modems would not work because you need a modem later than mg4 for 4.3 roms.
What you need to try is flash a patched mk6 modem and kernel from here >> https://drive.google.com/folderview...sharing&tid=0B6MIUd7HJudAbU5YaGkzOUowMG8#list << flash then reboot if you get stuck in a bootloop factory reset and wipe cache in recovery.You could also try this >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...ii-network-problem-update-sn-t1918601/page199 << look at post 1984 this is basically the same thing with a rom included and as had some success.
If the patched modems do not work and you don't have a efs backup then I would suggest you need to send for repair.
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Thanks. I have absolutely no idea what EFS is or how to back up. I would never have usually played with a phone like this it's just my partner was getting fed up of the connection disapearing every now and again, forcing her to reset. I have about 12 hours worth of knowledge on root access, flashing and modifying phones. I am worried I'm going to completely brick the phone. Is there anyway I can make a back of the phone as it is so that if I mess things up I can some how reset it, as at the moment I have Nothing as such. I am going to read up on EFS, I suspect due to the fact the phone was already rooted when I bought it, yet still stuck on the original software and and not updated in anyway, with a pre-exsisting network connection issue, that the phone was already un fixable. I hope not.
I will try all the steps suggested and post results.
Thanks a lot people
ps i hardly have any experience of using forums so sorry if i'm making a mess of this
ricrea said:
Thanks. I have absolutely no idea what EFS is or how to back up. I would never have usually played with a phone like this it's just my partner was getting fed up of the connection disapearing every now and again, forcing her to reset. I have about 12 hours worth of knowledge on root access, flashing and modifying phones. I am worried I'm going to completely brick the phone. Is there anyway I can make a back of the phone as it is so that if I mess things up I can some how reset it, as at the moment I have Nothing as such. I am going to read up on EFS, I suspect due to the fact the phone was already rooted when I bought it, yet still stuck on the original software and and not updated in anyway, with a pre-exsisting network connection issue, that the phone was already un fixable. I hope not.
I will try all the steps suggested and post results.
Thanks a lot people
ps i hardly have any experience of using forums so sorry if i'm making a mess of this
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Don't worry just take your time and read all the guides if you install a custom recovery you can do a nandroid backup which is basically a full backup of everything on your phone and will restore your phone to how it was before (if you do it right) I recommend using PhilZ recovery and flash it with Odin.
tallman43 said:
Don't worry just take your time and read all the guides if you install a custom recovery you can do a nandroid backup which is basically a full backup of everything on your phone and will restore your phone to how it was before (if you do it right) I recommend using PhilZ recovery and flash it with Odin.
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I have cwm recovery will this suffice?
I'm using Samsungtool as we speak to back up the EFS folder.
ricrea said:
I have cwm recovery will this suffice?
I'm using Samsungtool as we speak to back up the EFS folder.
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Yep that will do fine although you are backing up a partially corrupt efs that's the reason you are not getting a signal because the efs v2 can't read the modern correctly that's why you may need a patched modem & kernel to help read it.But back it up anyway in case the efs gets any worse and gets totally corrupt.
tallman43 said:
Yep that will do fine although you are backing up a partially corrupt efs that's the reason you are not getting a signal because the efs v2 can't read the modern correctly that's why you may need a patched modem & kernel to help read it.But back it up anyway in case the efs gets any worse and gets totally corrupt.
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That was my thinking, the IMEI isn't corrupt yet so I thought best to back up what I have. Ive also backed up using CWM.
Im now trying to flash the proper version of 4.3 for my unlocked uK S3, so im at least using the correct os.
Im flashin zip from cwm, but when i select it on my sd card, it says the following:
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Installing update...
Installation aborted.
Any ideas why it won't install? Iv'e been Googling it
for 2 hours.
cheers
update - I spent ten hours downloading the proper rom 4.3 btu uk unlocked one, finally flashed it using mobile odin.....
started in Polish again - with no network. I think that this is standard.
Next, I am going to try to flash the patched modem.
tallman43 - do you think my strange serial number needs to be corrected? Is this possible or necessary?
Many thanks - one very tired migraine creating finger-nail biter.
Update:
I finally got the phone to work by following the instructions on the page below;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/help/guide-fixing-gt-i9300-network-4-3-stock-t2609635
The patched kernel didn't work on it's own, but the kernel I installed from this thread, along with the other two files, seemed to work, and though the phone is now registered using a much better Android 4.3, it still disconnects every now and again forcing a restart. I really wish I could work out why it does this, I'm starting to believe it may be a hardware issue now.
Is there a program that I could use to test the part of the phone that malfunctions and loses signal completely, to try and work out what is happening when the phone suddenly loses all signal and shows only a circle with a line on it (no sign)
Many thanks to all the people who helped me with this I really appreciate it.
I want to close this thread now as what I require now is off topic from the original post so many thanks for your help people.
Please, i despet to your help.
I own a G3 from Sprint.
I use it out of u.s (the seller of the phone got msl code).
Today i flashed the cloudy G3 rom and since then NO celluar networks.
Cannot even accsess it from settings...it not "clickable".
I need this phoone ... I have a memory problem.
Pleasr help me, please!!!
shabydog said:
Please, i despet to your help.
I own a G3 from Sprint.
I use it out of u.s (the seller of the phone got msl code).
Today i flashed the cloudy G3 rom and since then NO celluar networks.
Cannot even accsess it from settings...it not "clickable".
I need this phoone ... I have a memory problem.
Pleasr help me, please!!!
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Cloudy g3 wasn't built to flash onto a sprint g3, nowhere in cloudy g3s post does it mention ls990 or sprint support.
Did you make a nandroid backup including the efs within it?
Hi.
I made just a backup from twrp.
But when i restore that i getting com.android popups...
This is the rom that i flashed:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/development/rom-cloudyg3-1-0-t2917467
shabydog said:
Hi.
I made just a backup from twrp.
But when i restore that i getting com.android popups...
This is the rom that i flashed:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/development/rom-cloudyg3-1-0-t2917467
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I see,
Looks like ls990 support was just added.
It's buggy from the support section I see for it. You need to restore your nandroid backup of your stock firmware. Did you include efs in your backup?
I wouldn't install this rom again until it is confirmed sprint variant is functional. It's very common for developers to add cdma variant support and have signal issues because there is a lot to account for sometimes.
That is so su*@s...
I made a backup from TWRP.
But when a restore i get a com.android poos'ups.
Is ther anything to do in iin order to unlock it again?
I'm not at the states!
I feels so bad...wannnna cry.
If its anything like how it was on the G2 you have to edit the buildprop and change the carrier option to spr or SPR
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If its anything like how it was on the G2 you have to edit the buildprop and change the carrier option to spr or SPR
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I experimented with this and after editing the build proper it still didn't let me do mobile data or voice. I followed the guide to the T and it still had a red x. Not sure what voodoo you have to perform to make it work but in my opinion the rom is hardly sprint compatible if I have to go through all that to be able to make phone calls and have data(it's a phone, I mean c'mon).
Try flashing different modems. I don't see how that would be the issue but was also something I had to do to get cloudy to work. But in my case i had to use KitKat modem with Jb base to run the g3 ROM on my g2. It was a mess. I like cloudys Roms but they are always a pain in the ass to get working on anything but gsm. Also for some Roms we had to use a modified modem for a lot of Roms. Maybe that's the case here. We just need someone to modify our g3 modem to work with other roms
The g3 has had like 2-3 updates since its release. See if you can extract the modem from the different releases and see if you have better luck
OK so I had the same issue yesterday took about 5 hours to fix but don't worry it's fixable. So download another ROM I used Barrens (still using it actually very nice ROM). Try getting to the carrier folder (its root directory) and yes you will be having phone force closing constantly but you can get there, once there go in to apps subfolder. There you should find 2 files they go something like "node.db" and node-journal.db can't recall exact names but copy them and back them up to your SD card. Now go into recovery, go into wipe menu, then format system, cache, dalvik cache, and data. Just to be safe, I like doing a factory reset wipe after in recovery but it isn't necessary more of a habit. Flash the Barrens ROM. Set it up and you may still not be getting signals and have a no Sim icon. If so, go to the 2 files that you backed up and replace them with the ones that were auto generated after flashing ROM. Make sure permissions are set correctly. Then reboot. You should have signal back. O I forgot to add I also restored the efs backup I had made with the whole nandroid not sure if that was needed but that in itself wasn't enough to get rid of the force closes hence the procedure mentioned above.
This whole process needs to be done after you have restored your nandroid though I think as that is the only way to confirm that the files in the carrier/app folder are the original ones and not some new auto regenerated files. So work past the constant force closes. I'm also using my phone internationally and had it officially unlocked by Sprint then took it off the account so while for others who are still on Sprint, all they have to do is update their profile/prl in settings and it's painless and fast for them. We don't have that luxury however, at least don't have to overpay for crappy slow service from such a joke of a company though.
I'll attach the files that I have just in case yours got corrupted, use mine as a plan B option, as I'm not sure if mine will work on your specific device.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B10a_HcQL642ZTFTT0RJWk1HVHc/edit?usp=docslist_api
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Just want to step in and say thanks to both you guys for helping this guy...I don't know him, but I do remember a time when the forums were flooded with this..this kind of heart. Not begging for thanks. Just the eagerness to help. Neither of you said anything negative. You just offered help. Your sig isnt begging a trade off for helping. For that I thank you. :thumbup::thumbup:
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This forum and other sites are blessed with people that blessed with a huge heart, pepole that see that as a mission - to HELP others without any willing to have someting from that, other than helping.
I also want to thank you for this goodness that we have here bc's of you.
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This forum and other sites are blessed with people that blessed with a huge heart, pepole that see that as a mission - to HELP others without any willing to have someting from that, other than helping.
I also want to thank you for this goodness that we have here bc's of you.
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Just glad your up and running brother. Enjoy your G3. When you see someone stuck. Wade through the non attempt of help. if it's a legit issue through your help. Indeed. Good.
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Restore your backup or flash a sprint rom. Cloudy rom did the same to me I just restored my backup I was all good.
There's already a fix for this noted in this thread.
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Hi,
I have the Verizon LG G3 on Android 6.0 and it frequently loses connection with the SIM card, saying "SIM Card not readable" or "No SIM found" in the notifications. A reboot can temporarily fix the problem, but the phone always encounters the problem while booted. I don't know if this is a hardware or software problem or what can be done to permanently fix it.
Thanks for any help or input!
Hi!
You've probably already thought of this, but have you tried taking the SIM card completely out and then re-inserting it, making sure it's in all the way?
Are you rooted or non-rooted? If rooted, try restoring to 100% stock unrooted. If you plan on rooting after confirming if that fixes it, stick with the 10B TOT and then confirm if the problem still occurs. You might want to try the 10B TOT anyway because flashing TOTs can fix weird problems that flashing KDZs or ROMs can't. TOTs flash more partitions than KDZs.
Lastly that I can think of, a few others on this phone have had the same trouble and found that when they took the phone/SIM card to Verizon and they replaced the SIM card with another one for them, the problem was fixed. So the trouble might be a flaky SIM card.
Good luck! Let us know how things work out.
I too have the same issue. Got a replacement sim card sent to me last week. That didn't fix the problem. LG sent me a replacement phone Monday June 27th 2016. Worked flawlessly those 2 days I had it. Now this morning in wake up to. "Sim card not found" a simple shutdown and remove the sim card and reinsert it worked. But this is exactly how this problem started before. Could get by with doing that for about a week. Then my old phone wouldn't even recognize there was a sim card installed. Help if anyone has any answers. Verizon can't seem to figure anything out.
I have the same problem as well. Exact same. Haven't got around to buying a new sim card and I am glad.
JTlane16 said:
I have the same problem as well. Exact same. Haven't got around to buying a new sim card and I am glad.
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From what I've read of others' experiences, Verizon users were able to exchange their faulty one for a good one at a store. Of course if you're not using a Verizon SIIM or you're out of the country...
I'm having the same issue. I have tried different modems/bootstacks and that hasn't worked. I guess I'm going to try the TOT and report back if that fixes it.
Also,I haven't tried a different sim. It actually hasn't recognised the sim in a long long time. I've used an LG V10 as my DD since January so haven't needed my G3 to work but I really want to get this thing working again.
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I'm having the same issue. I have tried different modems/bootstacks and that hasn't worked. I guess I'm going to try the TOT and report back if that fixes it.
Also,I haven't tried a different sim. It actually hasn't recognised the sim in a long long time. I've used an LG V10 as my DD since January so haven't needed my G3 to work but I really want to get this thing working again.
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Good luck! Keep us updated. If the TOT doesn't work are you going to try exchanging your SIM? If you're using the same SIM in a different device and it's fine, then in your case it might not make a difference unfortunately.
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Good luck! Keep us updated. If the TOT doesn't work are you going to try exchanging your SIM? If you're using the same SIM in a different device and it's fine, then in your case it might not make a difference unfortunately.
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Actually i just got it working again. I'm on the latest release of Bliss and started on the 35b modem. I flashed back to the 24b and the sim still wouldn't work. So then I flashed back to the 35b, wiped dalvik and cache, and now it's working. Not sure if it's going to stay working but I made some calls and everything seems in order so far.
My G3 started doing the same thing about a month ago. Tried flashing about 3 new roms to no avail, and the final ROM hard bricked my phone. Had to JTAG to get back to soft brick then TOT recovery to get back to system. IMEI is null (all zeros) and I still receive SIM error. It all started a few weeks after flashing a custom marshmallow rom (don't know if it was related directly). I had to get a replacement in the meantime but I would really like to get my G3 back in working condition. Any suggestions?
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My G3 started doing the same thing about a month ago. Tried flashing about 3 new roms to no avail, and the final ROM hard bricked my phone. Had to JTAG to get back to soft brick then TOT recovery to get back to system. IMEI is null (all zeros) and I still receive SIM error. It all started a few weeks after flashing a custom marshmallow rom (don't know if it was related directly). I had to get a replacement in the meantime but I would really like to get my G3 back in working condition. Any suggestions?
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If you don't have a TWRP backup of your EFS (which includes the IMEI) then you'll have to search XDA and/or the G3 sections for the directions, which involves proprietary software used on Windows, and you'll have to know what your IMEI was (on the original box, might be on some paper record, your carrier might know the old info).
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
If you don't have a TWRP backup of your EFS (which includes the IMEI) then you'll have to search XDA and/or the G3 sections for the directions, which involves proprietary software used on Windows, and you'll have to know what your IMEI was (on the original box, might be on some paper record, your carrier might know the old info).
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I do have a few TWRP backups, do full backups include EFS? I still have the IMEI (on sticker in phone) so I can do some searching for a tool to reset it. What I've seen seems fairly in-depth (hex editor) but if it'll work I'll have a go at it.
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I do have a few TWRP backups, do full backups include EFS? I still have the IMEI (on sticker in phone) so I can do some searching for a tool to reset it. What I've seen seems fairly in-depth (hex editor) but if it'll work I'll have a go at it.
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That's why TWRP is the easiest way to restore.
I don't know what you consider "Full". When you do backups and restores it lists all the partitions and defaults to whatever you backed up last, but you can select and deselect partitions as you wish.
I keep a backup of only the EFS for all three of our devices on Google Drive for just in case.
Just try a restore and see if it lists EFS as one of the partitions you can restore. If not, don't bother. If it does, deselect all other partitions and only select EFS to restore that.
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
That's why TWRP is the easiest way to restore.
I don't know what you consider "Full". When you do backups and restores it lists all the partitions and defaults to whatever you backed up last, but you can select and deselect partitions as you wish.
I keep a backup of only the EFS for all three of our devices on Google Drive for just in case.
Just try a restore and see if it lists EFS as one of the partitions you can restore. If not, don't bother. If it does, deselect all other partitions and only select EFS to restore that.
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Really beating myself up, I could have sworn that when I took backups I selected every single box. I had 3 TWRP backups and none had EFS partitions included. I guess I'll have to find another way.
mc1175 said:
Really beating myself up, I could have sworn that when I took backups I selected every single box. I had 3 TWRP backups and none had EFS partitions included. I guess I'll have to find another way.
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Oh, sorry to hear that! For what it's worth, you could take a look at the new thread posted in the General section with "DIAG" in the thread title. I've never had to restore my IMEI by any method, but the OP says that his findings might help with restoring the IMEI, although I know he mentions QPST which I believe is what others used to manually put their IMEI back in too, so I have no idea if there's a difference or improvement to it with what he reveals. I know there are other threads in either the Verizon G3 General and/or Q&A sections or the non-Verizon sections having to do with restoring IMEI using the Windows software. Good luck in your quest.
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
Oh, sorry to hear that! For what it's worth, you could take a look at the new thread posted in the General section with "DIAG" in the thread title. I've never had to restore my IMEI by any method, but the OP says that his findings might help with restoring the IMEI, although I know he mentions QPST which I believe is what others used to manually put their IMEI back in too, so I have no idea if there's a difference or improvement to it with what he reveals. I know there are other threads in either the Verizon G3 General and/or Q&A sections or the non-Verizon sections having to do with restoring IMEI using the Windows software. Good luck in your quest.
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That article worked like a charm! IMEI restored just like it said. Oddly enough the SIM card still seems to eject randomly (no sim error), but the phone can now make calls and when the error does occur a reboot usually fixes it. At this point it's seeming like a hardware problem, but the only method I have of testing that is sending it back to LG which is an idea I'm not particularly fond of. I've done a bit of looking around and it seems I'm not nearly the only one with this issue on the G3:
https://www.reddit.com/r/LGG3/comments/4edhs1/sim_not_readable_and_no_sim_found_vs985/
https://community.verizonwireless.com/thread/832587
Both of those were just for the VS985, let alone dozens of others for the T-mo and ATT variants. Not sure whether to be relieved or disappointed but I suppose I'm at the next step. Any other info would be helpful.
mc1175 said:
That article worked like a charm! IMEI restored just like it said. Oddly enough the SIM card still seems to eject randomly (no sim error), but the phone can now make calls and when the error does occur a reboot usually fixes it. Any other info would be helpful.
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A lot of people with this trouble solved it by exchanging their SIM card at a Verizon store. As far as I know it was free to do so. However, there have been others for whom this didn't solve anything.
It's funny, this thread was started by someone else and others besides you had commented with the same issue but only one of the four others has followed up after suggestions are made.
Make that EFS backup and store it securely!
well if someone solved the SIM problem i would love to hear it,i have been thru 4 SIM cards,2 brand new vs985 and all of them have the exact same problem,i was soo worried i screwed up my phone(was rooted) that i unrooted,stated all over again with 10b,in between rerooting i lost the SIM signal,long story short,im on my 4th phone and have the sdame problem again,,yes i am stock 48a,and verizon claims only the lg4 has been troubled with the SIM card....still got 1 more year of the vs985 so kinda searching for a solution.as i said i was worried it was my flashing too much or anything to do with that but since this phone is 4 days old,with a new SIM i am at a total loss...thanks...
same probblem here...started few days ago on my G3....wtf
bad news from lovely verizon, told me the update added security which conflicts with the SIM, so today i got my 5th phone in 10 days, honestly sick of the guess game from verizon, 5 SIM cards, 5th phone, dont even know who to trust, i spent 3 days wiping my phone from jasmine thinking i messed up, down graded to 10b,then took ota updates all the way to 48a,so verizon wouldnt bag me, and then they give me 4 more phones with the exact problem, now todays phone lasted 4 hrs and i list SIM again...
fropalace said:
Hi,
I have the Verizon LG G3 on Android 6.0 and it frequently loses connection with the SIM card, saying "SIM Card not readable" or "No SIM found" in the notifications. A reboot can temporarily fix the problem, but the phone always encounters the problem while booted. I don't know if this is a hardware or software problem or what can be done to permanently fix it.
Thanks for any help or input!
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I had same issue, but i could fix it by doing this