Hello. It has probably been asked many times, but I failed to find a solution on any of the topics, so I ask again.
After flashing some ROMs, I found out that even though my Sim card is recognised, my phone fails to connect to the netowrk, it instead shows EMERGENCY CALLS ONLY.
My IMEI number is OK, the rom that I am using is stock T-Mobile Poland one I9300XXUGML2, with the modem version I9300BOUGMK3.
Any help? If you could answer fast, that would be great as I am leaving to Italy tommorow, and I need the phone working by this time
Use modem patch ?
marciopol said:
Hello. It has probably been asked many times, but I failed to find a solution on any of the topics, so I ask again.
After flashing some ROMs, I found out that even though my Sim card is recognised, my phone fails to connect to the netowrk, it instead shows EMERGENCY CALLS ONLY.
My IMEI number is OK, the rom that I am using is stock T-Mobile Poland one I9300XXUGML2, with the modem version I9300BOUGMK3.
Any help? If you could answer fast, that would be great as I am leaving to Italy tommorow, and I need the phone working by this time
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Use patched kernel and patched modem to bring your network back.
I suggest you to go to development section and download Boeffla kernel 5.3 (it is patched and it reads patched modems), and for modem, download this 《 https://mega.co.nz/#!48UHCaZD!3c2sSuzqhNWJvy2D1IqGIif-ISrgANsUA2aPptLdm_U 》, first flash kernel then modem, all via CWM.
Oh yeah to mention, you got in the position of patched world, it means everytime you flash a new rom you have to use patched kernel and modem.
In the future, please use search, because this really is answered multiple times with all the precise instructions and steps in thread [SOLVED] S/N 0000...
Cheers.
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Hello everyone, first of all I should post this to Android Development section but since system tells me I do not have 10 posts, I thought I can post this here.
Well basically I was using Disaster ROM for my SGS2 (International) (I'm in Turkey), and I wanted to use Biftor Rom which was actually KitKat and I didn't know that I should install CM 10.2 or newer first to install other KitKat Roms. So I actually softbricked my phone I was only able to go into download mode. So I flashed my phone with stock 4.0.3 using Odin. But I realised that my mobile network was actually slow as hell. Sometime it can't even connect. But I was like "Oh anyways, it will go away if I flash custom rom". But it didn't. I checked my IMEI and it was there, valid. I flashed my phone 4 or 5 times more with different ROMs. But no luck.
Then I heard an app called GetRIL, because someone told me that my baseband/modem thing might be corrupted. When I opened the app I saw that it says "Unknown RIL". So what should I do? I tried setting APN manually, then automatically by my Vodafone Service. Nothing happened, still same. I do NOT want to send this phone to Samsung Service, what should I do about this situation?
Some Details : My WiFi works very well, I can call other phones, I can send messages, I can recieve calls and messages, Only thing is Mobile Data So Slow and sometimes when I turned data on it says no signal for a while. Help Please !
EDIT: Stock 4.0.3 was only PDA file. It wasn't like 3-4 files to set into Phone section, Pit section... It was only PDA. At the moment I am using BeantStalk Rom 4.4.2 KitKat XXLPS Baseband.
Thanks in advance.
Regards.
If you'd posted this in a development thread, you likely would have copped a slap (and quite rightly). Dev threads are for development stuff, not for n00bs having
problems with connectivity.
It may not even be a phone side issue, it could easily be carrier-side. Having said that, you need to try different modems. Plenty of CWM flashable modem packages on XDA you can try. Start with the modems bundled with stock roms released by your carrier (you can check these at Samfirmware, if you click to download a stock rom, it will tell you the baseband, you can then find CWM versions of these modems on XDA), test, if no better--->>> then try modems bundled with stock roms released by other carriers in your country, test, if no better--->>>then try other modems bundled with stock roms released by other carrier in other countries.
Thanks for the suggestion, today something strange happened and the signal "thing" started working somehow and i can use mobile network, but after phone calls it just disconnects for a while then reconnects again. It doesn't look so annoying so I will deal with it for a while. If it gets so annoying or goes into some crashes and other stuff I can apply what you have suggested.
I read some articles that saying XXLPS Basebands are actually not that well, If I try any other modem/baseband "thing", will it brick or something ? Or can i use 4.1.2 or 4.2.2 modem on KitKat ?
Hi guys,
I've ordered a new, unlocked i9300 from eBay, and I had some adventures with it:
I've unpacked it, inserted my SIM, powered it on, and found out that the phone always thinks that I'm roaming. Instead of trying to understand what's going on, I though: "I'll just install CyanogenMod and everything will be good".
I've installed CyanogenMod 10.2 (latest stable build), only to find out that my SIM is not being detected at all. It says that Baseband is unknown, IMEI and related are unknown as well.
After trying lots of stuff, I gave up and decided to return to stock ROM (4.3). While trying to do that, I bricked my phone, and the only thing I could do is enter Odin mode.
After reading dozens of tutorials and trying lots of stuff, I ended up flushing GT-I9300_mx_20120329.pit, and that unbricked my phone.
I successfully flashed Android 4.3. This version detected my SIM, displayed the Baseband/IMEI, but it didn't connect to the cellular network. I could scan for available networks, but when I chose my network manually, it said "Selected network not available ".
I tried to flush alternative modems, but all it did is making things worse. Usually it made the phone behave like with CyanogenMod, i.e. Baseband/IMEI are unknown.
Again, after trying lots of stuff, I tried to flush Android 4.1.2. That made no change until I've stumbled on this thread. Flushing Patched_Modem_I9300XXEMG4.zip made my networking work again, and restored it to behave exactly like it did initially. Again, the phone thinks that I'm roaming all the time, but at least it works.
So currently, I have two issues:
My phone always thinks I'm roaming. Is there a fix for it?
And more important: currently, I cannot install anything other than Android 4.1.2!
Could you please shed some light on the situation? What happens with my phone? Why does it think I'm roaming? Why does the SIM work only with Patched_Modem_I9300XXEMG4? How can I make other ROMs (e.g. CyanogenMod) work?
Thanks, any help is much appreciated!
9999 :) said:
Hi guys,
I've ordered a new, unlocked i9300 from eBay, and I had some adventures with it:
I've unpacked it, inserted my SIM, powered it on, and found out that the phone always thinks that I'm roaming. Instead of trying to understand what's going on, I though: "I'll just install CyanogenMod and everything will be good".
I've installed CyanogenMod 10.2 (latest stable build), only to find out that my SIM is not being detected at all. It says that Baseband is unknown, IMEI and related are unknown as well.
After trying lots of stuff, I gave up and decided to return to stock ROM (4.3). While trying to do that, I bricked my phone, and the only thing I could do is enter Odin mode.
After reading dozens of tutorials and trying lots of stuff, I ended up flushing GT-I9300_mx_20120329.pit, and that unbricked my phone.
I successfully flashed Android 4.3. This version detected my SIM, displayed the Baseband/IMEI, but it didn't connect to the cellular network. I could scan for available networks, but when I chose my network manually, it said "Selected network not available ".
I tried to flush alternative modems, but all it did is making things worse. Usually it made the phone behave like with CyanogenMod, i.e. Baseband/IMEI are unknown.
Again, after trying lots of stuff, I tried to flush Android 4.1.2. That made no change until I've stumbled on this thread. Flushing Patched_Modem_I9300XXEMG4.zip made my networking work again, and restored it to behave exactly like it did initially. Again, the phone thinks that I'm roaming all the time, but at least it works.
So currently, I have two issues:
My phone always thinks I'm roaming. Is there a fix for it?
And more important: currently, I cannot install anything other than Android 4.1.2!
Could you please shed some light on the situation? What happens with my phone? Why does it think I'm roaming? Why does the SIM work only with Patched_Modem_I9300XXEMG4? How can I make other ROMs (e.g. CyanogenMod) work?
Thanks, any help is much appreciated!
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When the phone gets upgraded from 4.1 to 4.3 your efs changes from efs v1 to efs v2 sometimes this upgrade does not go smoothly (as in your case) so then you need to always use a patched modem from version mg4 onwards (not a normal one) if you flash a rom which changes the baseband to anything less than 4.3 then it will not work.You need to keep on mg4 or later to keep signal and because your efs is not fully upgraded properly you need to always use a patched modem and preferably kernel as well.
I am not sure about the roaming issue but if you try patched modem and patched kernel together that might help.Take a look here for some patched modems and kernels and remember you always need to use them >> https://drive.google.com/folderview...sharing&tid=0B6MIUd7HJudAbU5YaGkzOUowMG8#list << You should also be able to use 4.3 roms as long as you use the patched files above ie baseband and kernel.
In general, It would be great if I could use CyanogenMod 10.2.
Should I proceed in the following order? Flush CM -> flush patched kernel -> flush patched modem.
Which of the patched versions should I choose?
Also, what do these versions change? What functionality was patched in these files? Can I read about it somewhere?
Thanks for the help.
9999 :) said:
In general, It would be great if I could use CyanogenMod 10.2.
Should I proceed in the following order? Flush CM -> flush patched kernel -> flush patched modem.
Which of the patched versions should I choose?
Also, what do these versions change? What functionality was patched in these files? Can I read about it somewhere?
Thanks for the help.
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No the kernel will only work for 4.3 roms not CyanogenMod roms but the patched modems will work.You can try flashing CyanogenMod then the patched modem but CyanogenMod does not include a modem so whatever modem you where on when you flashed CyanogenMod you will keep.
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No the kernel will only work for 4.3 roms not CyanogenMod roms but the patched modems will work.You can try flashing CyanogenMod then the patched modem but CyanogenMod does not include a modem so whatever modem you where on when you flashed CyanogenMod you will keep.
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I tried installing CyanogenMod, then flushing some of the patched modems you've linked. Unfortunately, nothing changes - Baseband/IMEI are always unknown.
9999 :) said:
I tried installing CyanogenMod, then flushing some of the patched modems you've linked. Unfortunately, nothing changes - Baseband/IMEI are always unknown.
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You mean flash not flush.
Also you should be careful to by things like this off ebay, There is a very high chance you brought the phone broken like this but did not notice straight away.
Don't hang around on 4.1.2 as you might get SDS.
Upgrade to 4.3 stock of higher using custom roms with a patched modem of mg4 or higher as stated by tallman43.
Read here for what you or the previous owner has done. Also on stock make sure your csc is correct.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/ref-imei-efs-stuff-i9300-including-t2393289
If you cannot get it to work you need to take it in for repair. Make sure it works on 4.3 before paying.
Hello everyone,
First of all i want to thank you for all this guides that i was trying to use here
So here's my story.
I got Samsung Galaxy S3 I9300 with bootloop issue so i decide to fix this by myself.
I was trying to install fimware using KIES but i doesn't fix my issue.
Then i was trying to search for right rom on several websites.
The right one and only working one was 4.0.4 with orange brand logo.
So i was excited that its finally working
Then i realize that my imei is null and my sim card is not working.
So i was trying to restore EFS using several tools and methods.
Finally i got it default IMEI 0049 but it was still not working.
My phone is not qualcomm based model so i cannot use nv item reader writer as it's required to edit IMEI
Even after applying phonutil patch my device is not being recognize as Qualcomm one.(because it's not)
So i was still looking for another way to change my imei manually as i have my original one on the box and under battery.
Finally I realized that i cannot make even Emergency calls it comes with message Out of service area.
So i was trying to apply few modem and radio updates to my phone but none of them are helping.
Anyone have similiar issue?
I have another Galaxy S3 that is working can i copy imei or whole system to my not working phone?
I know that after that i cannot use other device, but thats ok if its possible.
Rockafella71 said:
Hello everyone,
First of all i want to thank you for all this guides that i was trying to use here
So here's my story.
I got Samsung Galaxy S3 I9300 with bootloop issue so i decide to fix this by myself.
I was trying to install fimware using KIES but i doesn't fix my issue.
Then i was trying to search for right rom on several websites.
The right one and only working one was 4.0.4 with orange brand logo.
So i was excited that its finally working
Then i realize that my imei is null and my sim card is not working.
So i was trying to restore EFS using several tools and methods.
Finally i got it default IMEI 0049 but it was still not working.
My phone is not qualcomm based model so i cannot use nv item reader writer as it's required to edit IMEI
Even after applying phonutil patch my device is not being recognize as Qualcomm one.(because it's not)
So i was still looking for another way to change my imei manually as i have my original one on the box and under battery.
Finally I realized that i cannot make even Emergency calls it comes with message Out of service area.
So i was trying to apply few modem and radio updates to my phone but none of them are helping.
Anyone have similiar issue?
I have another Galaxy S3 that is working can i copy imei or whole system to my not working phone?
I know that after that i cannot use other device, but thats ok if its possible.
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Have you tried patched modem and kernel? Did you read the guides on xda >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/ref-imei-efs-stuff-i9300-including-t2393289 << and no you cannot copy imei from another phone.
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Have you tried patched modem and kernel? Did you read the guides on xda >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/ref-imei-efs-stuff-i9300-including-t2393289 << and no you cannot copy imei from another phone.
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I tried everything from this guide.
Regarding patch:
4.0.4-I9300BVALE4 firmware is the only one working on my Samsung
Patched modem and kernel that i found and try it are XXUGMK6.
Maybe they are different one or dedicated to my firmware
Rockafella71 said:
I tried everything from this guide.
Regarding patch:
4.0.4-I9300BVALE4 firmware is the only one working on my Samsung
Patched modem and kernel that i found and try it are XXUGMK6.
Maybe they are different one or dedicated to my firmware
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The reason you can't make calls is because at some point your phone software was on 4.3 this means your efs as changed to efs v2. Now because your current firmware is at 4.0.4 then your efs can't read this because 4.0.4 is efs v1. So you need to get a 4.3 stock rom onto your phone (I know you said only 4.0.4 works) but what are you using install firmware are you using Odin? If so what errors are you getting installing with Odin.
The patched modems and kernels are for 4.3 so they won't work on 4.0.4 or any other apart from 4.3
I was trying so many of them but its always ends with samsung logo loop it doesn' matter if i'm
do things like wipe cache, factory settings etc everytime its not working.
Even on 4.0.4 only this one rom is working.
Im always using ODIN, with KIES its always ends with samsung logo loop.
Rockafella71 said:
I was trying so many of them but its always ends with samsung logo loop it doesn' matter if i'm
do things like wipe cache, factory settings etc everytime its not working.
Even on 4.0.4 only this one rom is working.
Im always using ODIN, with KIES its always ends with samsung logo loop.
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Ok a couple of things you could try (if you haven't already) I presume you have a custom recovery? Try flashing a custom stock 4.3 with recovery I suggest this >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/rom-sammys-stock-deodexed-rooted-t2585670 << This is as close to stock as possible but can be flashed with a custom recovery like Cwm,PhilZ,Twrp etc. You will also need to flash a 4.3 modem for this which is included in the thread. If the modem in the thread does not give you a signal (presuming the rom boots ) then keep the same custom rom but flash a patched modem and kernel on top with your custom recovery.
Don't forget to factory reset after flashing!
If none of that works you can always try the rescue firmware here >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30087735&postcount=6 << obviously flash the 4.3 one. Hope that helps
Thank you very much for your help i will try this and let know here if it's working
Rockafella71 said:
Thank you very much for your help i will try this and let know here if it's working
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So it's me again.
I have good news and bad news.
So i was able to install both of firmware with success.
After applying patched modem everything was still working.
But when im calling 112 for example im still having "out of service area" and my imei is still 004999...
So issue is still exist.
I can discover any network when i choose network its even says"registred on network" but then if im trying to choose some number im having error message that im not registred or if emergency call "out of service area".
Any ideas what still can i try ?
hey guys!
I have samsung galaxy s2 gt-I9100. Whenever I install a custom rom, everythings works fine but i am not able to use mobile network and i received "Error while searching for networks" when I go to settings>>Mobile networks>>network operators. The IMIE number is fine.
I have tried many roms including:
--cm-10.1.3-i9100
--cm-11-20140804-SNAPSHOT-M9-i9100
--pa_i9100-4.42-20140708
--pa_i9100-4.45-20140729
--Slim-i9100-4.4.4.build.9.0-OFFICIAL-8301
The last rom which worked fine was RootBox-JB-i9100-V4.0. All roms released after this rom have this issue.
I have searched for issue on google and tried various solutions but so far no success.
Please Help!
And can you guys suggest me any rom which is not based on CM?
Go to settings-->about phone and look for "Baseband version"
If it says "unknown" or similar you may need to reflash the modem before you flash the rom.
Or even worse you might need to do a reboot (it actually worked once).
Also do emergency calls work? If yes then it might be a problem with your sim card or you contract (or just bad luck).
ruleh said:
Go to settings-->about phone and look for "Baseband version"
If it says "unknown" or similar you may need to reflash the modem before you flash the rom.
Or even worse you might need to do a reboot (it actually worked once).
Also do emergency calls work? If yes then it might be a problem with your sim card or you contract (or just bad luck).
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The Baseband version is visible and a valid one. Also my sim works on stock rom or any other phone.
SInce I have no idea what the cause could be, here are some random things to try out, of which one might work:
-make sure you're not in airplane mode
-do a full complete wipe
-try a different sim (and see if it works)
-make sure the sim is not upside down
-fully shutdown the phone (e.g remove battery for a day [maybe not that long])
-clean contacts between sim and phone (how? no idea)
-try (even-) more roms (if there are any left)
-test a few kernels
-maybe look through the logcat (if it actaully outputs something worthwhile)
As you can see none of these "soloutions" are based on.....uhmm....anything(?). But at least....if none of them work, you know what not to do.
faizi97 said:
The Baseband version is visible and a valid one. Also my sim works on stock rom or any other phone.
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Perhaps you could flash back to stock rom then flash custom rom again, that way all modem files and network related files can be fixed/re-installed. By any chance have you tried changing modems? It might not help you but it's a suggestion.
Hi, i have about 1 month trying to get work a LS990 that i bought in ebay to sim unlocked and use it outside the US, i have followed every possible guide in this forum and still cannot make it work.
I am using the file replacement method with the modified files, and it works, the sim card is recognized and if i go to the network info appears the carrier network info. I get full signal but when i try to make a call, it ends immediately and appears the message "call ended".
I have tried over and over again, setting the RAT mode to automatic and Network mode to automatic, tried with ZVA,ZV8 and ZV4, same result, tried with different sim cards of different carriers also.
The bands are compatible with the carriers where i live, since i have acknowledgement of other people with this model working ok, what i am missing here?
Thanks in advance.
Just flash one of the GSM roms like Killaprime's. I recommend V4.7 as V5 and V6 have major problems/Ui glitches. And 4.7 is the closest to stock LG software
Those file replace methods never work
Edit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/?id=10304#downloads
Porcupineomg said:
Just flash one of the GSM roms like Killaprime's. I recommend V4.7 as V5 and V6 have major problems/Ui glitches. And 4.7 is the closest to stock LG software
Those file replace methods never work
Edit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/?id=10304#downloads
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Just flash it and pop in the sim card? I already tried the version 6.0 and it didn't work. Any other steps required to get it work?
andr_oid said:
Just flash it and pop in the sim card? I already tried the version 6.0 and it didn't work. Any other steps required to get it work?
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Try V4.7, and yes just clean flash it and you're good to go
Porcupineomg said:
Try V4.7, and yes just clean flash it and you're good to go
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Ok, i just flash the rom, same result, i got signal but cannot make or receive calls, when a try make a call after 1 or 2 seconds it ends automatically, one thing i notice is that now when i try to change the network mode to any of the GSM bands, it changes successfully, with other stock or customized roms it always fail.
Let me know if i am wrong, i notice that the IMEI number seems to not be a "normal" IMEI. Can that be what the problem is?
I just fix it, indeed the problem was that rare IMEI, luckily i had a full backup before the very first rom flash including the EFS folder, everything is working ok now.