Hello people, I will try to simplify and be concise on the problem/doubt I'm having:
Last week I decided to spice things up a little installing a custom ROM (was in 4.2.2, rooted) and gave a 4.3 custom ROM a try.
First flash was successful but didn't get any network. Went back to stock and all was fine (of course I had made previous nandroid and EFS backup). Second flash, during installation in AROMA installer, I ticked an option to update to latest modem. After that, I could only get emergency calls :S, even if I flashed back to stock. IMEI was right, S/N was right (I think), but no signal. It was suggested it could be a modem problem, but I still didn't grasp all the EFS v1/v2 format thing, was growing desperate and didn't want to screw things up more than already did, so, lastly, took the phone to repair service where they used BOX and my phone is all operational now on 4.3 stock build: XXUGMK6.
I want to learn from my "noobness" and am tempted to flash a custom ROM. As you would imagine, I'm still quite traumatized with the past problem and afraid I might screw things up AGAIN.
Now, I've noticed that, while my IMEI is still correct, the S/N is incorrect (not the same as written on the back), yet, my phone is fully functional.
could that cause problem, be it with EFS folder or modem, if I decide to flash a custom ROM again? Aren't IMEI and S/N suppose to coincide with what's written on the back of the phone?
I hope I explained clearly and wasn't boring! My apologies if my english isn't perfect.
Many thanks in advance!
Take it back to repair service, get them to put the right serial number back on it. Also make sure they didn't used the patched kernel and modem, to test flash the latest stock firmware or OTA update, if network is lost you'll know they didn't fix it properly.
Don't flash things you don't fully understand, read all the stickies before to do anything.
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Take it back to repair service, get them to put the right serial number back on it. Also make sure they didn't used the patched kernel and modem, to test flash the latest stock firmware or OTA update, if network is lost you'll know they didn't fix it properly.
Don't flash things you don't fully understand, read all the stickies before to do anything.
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Many thanks boomboomer for your reply. Before any flashing happened, I thoroughly read and understood at least an 80% of stickies, read all details about the custom rom and familiriazed myself with all main reference and guides threads. I've flashed custom roms on previous phones I've owned. The loss of network connectivity caught off guard and was looking for a definite solution.
So, I should flash latest stock rom before taking it again to service? what really happens if phone shows different S/N? again, thanks.
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Hey everyone. The other day, I was installing a custom ROM and was also trying to unlock my Galaxy SIII. After both, Airplane mode somehow locked on... I did a factory reset - didn't help. I also reinstalled the stock image - didn't help. I tried several tar recovery files - didn't work or help. I tried everything! I can disable airplane mode in settings but my device simply displays a circle with a cross through it instead of the signal meter in the notification bar. It also doesn't detect SIM cards now... I don't know what is wrong. Help would be GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!!!
Thanks for your answers in advance!
My first thought is the Unlock process stuffed things for you. What did you try for the Unlock? Did you get it right? I've never had a locked phone so I don't know the process but try asking around on threads where they talk about unlocking phones.
What ROM did you try? Can you still get into the phone for menus etc?
And the biggie - did you try Restoring your Nandroid backup? (you DID do a Nandroid at some point, didn't you? )
If you've only done a factory reset from the phone I'd try getting MegaWipe and flash it in Recovery. Then try a ROM you know to be working for others.
Another thing to look at might be your Modem - I use Purelook HD ROM - one of the updates had a modem that screwed with my wifi and phone connection so I flashed the previous one that had worked well and all was right again.
You might also need to try a megawipe and then flash a stock ROM via Odin - get the phone back to a working state and then start ROM'ing again.
Yeah, I can get into menus alright. The MegaWipe didn't seem to work though Or the Purelook HD ROM. I've flashed the stock ROM about 100 times, restored Nandroid and did a full stock restore however nothing worked. Thanks anyway!!!
Do you have an EFS backup?
Is your modem correct? if not, restore your EFS backup
Another thing, dial *#06# on your phone and look at your IMEI. Do you see a bunch of zeros?
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Another thing, dial *#06# on your phone and look at your IMEI. Do you see a bunch of zeros?
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When I dial *#06#, a box pops up and simple says "IMEI". There is no actual IMEI number displayed... That must be bad..??
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When I dial *#06#, a box pops up and simple says "IMEI". There is no actual IMEI number displayed... That must be bad..??
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Yep, it says EMEI: null / null
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Yep, it says EMEI: null / null
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Your EFS is corrupted. If you have a backup please restore it. If not Flash a fresh stock ROM and start over.
If I'm right, you turned your phone to a Wi-Fi tablet. There is not a real at-home solution other than searching your whole computer and your phone's internal memory and all SD cards you used on your phone for files that have "efs" in their names and hope you find some kind of EFS backup you took before. (About that, can you post a list of the ROMs you installed before? I know Sotmax takes[or used to take, don't know the new versions] automatic EFS backups, maybe other Samsung ROMs do too)
If you can't find any, you should contact with your carrier and ask if they can repair it. It won't be covered by warranty, and you would probably be asked to bring evidence(receipt and such) to prove the phone is not stolen.
Make sure you tell them the whole story, and don't try to cover up the fact that you rooted your phone, or you may end up being questioned by the police.
If they accept, they will restore your IMEI using advanced debugging hardware and software. If they reject, then you may want to start looking for a new phone.
(Procedures may vary)
actually, it will be covered by warranty if you restore it to complete stock
They may still look at the binary counter and tell Odin has been used.
Other than that, lying in such conditions may result in big trouble, so if they ask if you have rooted your device, you should say yes. Not worth risking much bigger trouble for a paid repair.
There is triangle away.
Triangle away+flash stock rom = full stock no binary counter.
Why do you say there might be problems with the police? Since the gs2 there have been lots of cases of lost/corrupted efs without doing anything. Are all those people in jail?
If there's proof of ownership, then there's nothing to it. I really don't know how much is the standard rate for lost/corruped efs fixing outside of warranty, if it involves motherboard replacing, its gonna be as expensive as a new phone.
I'm talking from looking at my country's regulations, so they might be different in other countries. Hence the "procedures may vary" in my reply.
Hi guys,
Ok so I have managed to get my GT-I9300 (inter) network free stuck in a boot loop, after trying to put it back to stock I somehow lost my EFS folder and now get an error "E: Faild to mount EFS (invalid argument)"........yes everyone face palm as Im another one of them. However I have got a copy of my EFS folder that I made with Ktool, but its at this point im stuck.
Im really sorry to be posting another about this issue but after spending hours searching I can't find an answer, lots about people not having a back up but nothing for those that have.
What i need to know is how do I get the back up onto my phone?
I have the stock firmware and the back up EFS folder, but Im stuck as to what to do to "mount" the EFS and replace all this. I have downloaded EFS prof but the phone won't connect to it, it also won't connect to the Kies package either.
I admit I am a noob and should of stuck with the crayons rather than messing with things that i didn't really know, but its done now and i would really love to get your help (in simple talk if possible).
Rather than someone typing out the instructions again why not follow the guide in general stickies on how to return to stock?
Once the phone boots again you can root and copy the efs backup onto the phoen again.
Cheer, will look there. Hadn't found that section in my search, will give it a go and keep my fingers crossed
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Rather than someone typing out the instructions again why not follow the guide in general stickies on how to return to stock?
Once the phone boots again you can root and copy the efs backup onto the phoen again.
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Gone through the stickies, and followed the steps to return to stock. But due to the EFS issue its still stuck in bootloop, I flashed the stock recovery tar and then the stock rom.
Mmmmm I need to get the efs off the pc onto the phone again without having to have the phone boot
Obvious question, did you do a factory reset in recovery? Also, did you go from an EMG rom back to an earlier version when flashing stock?
You shouldn't need to flash a recovery, a stock rom downloaded from sammobile includes everything you need.
The only way to restore the efs folder in recovery would be to flash a custom recovery, like Philz, and then use AromaFM to copy the files to the phone.
Hi, yes tried the reset but it did nothing still stuck on bootloop. Erm EMG?? I had just put "I9300_Omega_v46.1_XXUFME7_md5_1C591CA15E556884E4B6AFC89E5A682F" on and then went back to stock.
Odd, a full stock flashed using odin should solve the efs mounting problem.
Did you remove kies before using odin? Did odin give any errors?
If in any doubt use this guidance to flash your stock rom, read it carefully and follow each step exactly:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671969
Which stock rom are you trying to flash?
Im using this one BTU-I9300XXEMG4-20130724164355, I didnt remove Kies didn't know that could cause a problem. Thanks for the link will check that over, I'm just a bit gutted that I backed up as always and I'm still getting the issue ahhhhhhh.
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Odd, a full stock flashed using odin should solve the efs mounting problem.
Did you remove kies before using odin? Did odin give any errors?
If in any doubt use this guidance to flash your stock rom, read it carefully and follow each step exactly:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671969
Which stock rom are you trying to flash?
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You my friend are my hero (also the guy that wrote the guide)................followed the steps and the phone has booted no problem......I can not add my imei back with ktool once rooted again!!!!!
Glad to hear it worked, flashing a full stock rom often fixes the imei problem but if not then you have your backup to restore.
Easiest way to root is CF Auto Root, make sure you follow the guide exactly.
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Glad to hear it worked, flashing a full stock rom often fixes the imei problem but if not then you have your backup to restore.
Easiest way to root is CF Auto Root, make sure you follow the guide exactly.
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I might just take a break from messing, the misses gives me the dead eye every time I pick the ohone up now :crying:
One last question to you sir, the firmware of the guide has put me on 4.0.4, and its not letting me update off Kies. Is this because the build is old or not official. If I download the most upto date firmware off sammobile will I have to up date the kernal again too??
model number - GT-I9300
Android version - 4.0.4
baseband - I9300xxle8
Kernel version - 3.0.15-554452-user
build number - IMM76D.I9300XXALE8
cheersagain
Kernel is included
Ideally you should have used the guide to flash the EMG4 rom you'd already downloaded. Don't leave it long on that old firmware as it doesn't protect against SDS.
Oh, don't use kies as it's a waste of time.
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Ideally you should have used the guide to flash the EMG4 rom you'd already downloaded. Don't leave it long on that old firmware as it doesn't protect against SDS.
Oh, don't use kies as it's a waste of time.
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Well its all gone a bit strange to be honest, after getting the phone to boot finally I went ahead and flashed the newer firmware I9300XXEMG6_I9300PHNEMG2_I9300CEEMG2_HOME.tar.md5 . The phone went straight back to bootloop!!!
So currently re doing what i did to get it running in the first place, problem is that leaves the phone in factory mode and the ktool says it is restoring my efs but it doesnt seem to do anything!
so after more grief off her im stuck again.
I have writen down PDA:ME7 PHONE:ME7 CSC:ME7 (eur) which i think is off the last working firmware but not sure which one it is!
Now you can get the phone to boot the problem is mostly done. You should find several threads in this forum on restoring the efs and factory mode (the two are related) also about bootloops with corrupt efs partition.
Well tried all of what i can and understand, still nothing! Stuck with the 004999010640000/01 imei, its out of factory mode and everything works bar the network connection. Managed to restock and set counter to No, all official and ready for warrenty fix....that is unless anyone has any ideas.
This thread answers all the efs questions, if you have now flashed an EMG stock then the efs partition is probably corrupt. As you have a backup this shouldn't stop you from getting it working.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2393289
In particular, this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44734012&postcount=99
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This thread answers all the efs questions, if you have now flashed an EMG stock then the efs partition is probably corrupt. As you have a backup this shouldn't stop you from getting it working.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2393289
In particular, this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44734012&postcount=99
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Thanks again for all your help, I had followed these as best i could but no joy. I think I've 100% killed it. Like I say managed t get it back to stock and use the fantastic triangle away package....thus phone is as untouched......so swallowed the I told you so pill off her and took it to the service centre (which happens to only be 3miles from my house bonus). They did all the checks and accepted it under warrenty, down side i just have to wait up to two weeks its return!!!
Lots of lessons learnt, I origionally just wanted to delete the bloat ware and got carried away, thinking I was not a noob and some sort of phone god the roming followed.
Thanks again for all your help, I will read so much more about what to do if I do go down this line again.
Hi all. I rooted my phone couple of weeks ago and I didn't like the rom that I flashed and I decided the unroot my phone. So today I tried to unroot my phone and applied triangle away solution. Everything went perfect. I flashed a stock rom, I unrooted my phone successfully. Since this I have no connection at all. No 2g, no 3g. I've done some research on the Internet but couldn't find a proper answer. The phone shows the imei number but it doesn't match with the number under the battery. What should I do?
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Hi all. I rooted my phone couple of weeks ago and I didn't like the rom that I flashed and I decided the unroot my phone. So today I tried to unroot my phone and applied triangle away solution. Everything went perfect. I flashed a stock rom, I unrooted my phone successfully. Since this I have no connection at all. No 2g, no 3g. I've done some research on the Internet but couldn't find a proper answer. The phone shows the imei number but it doesn't match with the number under the battery. What should I do?
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go through this post and find a solution:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2344125
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Hi all. I rooted my phone couple of weeks ago and I didn't like the rom that I flashed and I decided the unroot my phone. So today I tried to unroot my phone and applied triangle away solution. Everything went perfect. I flashed a stock rom, I unrooted my phone successfully. Since this I have no connection at all. No 2g, no 3g. I've done some research on the Internet but couldn't find a proper answer. The phone shows the imei number but it doesn't match with the number under the battery. What should I do?
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As per the faqs and guides restore your backed up EFS folder .
Not read the basics and no EFS backup then its a paid for service repair.
jje
I have no efs back up. I rooted my other phone million times but I've never backed it up. So jje you basically mean there is no exact solution for the issue. I need to send my phone to the service?
If you flashed a custom rom it may have a EFS backup look for EFSbackup.tar on your phone .
Looked for it but there is nothing. I've sent a PM one of the XDA users who is an expert with IMEI. I'm waiting for his answer. If he can't fix it I'll visit a Samsung repair centre. The phone is now out of warranty, isn't it? How much they are gonna charge me roughly?
did you try to flash an emg2 or emg4 baseband? some have reported that this can restore network connection
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did you try to flash an emg2 or emg4 baseband? some have reported that this can restore network connection
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You are amazing mate. Your suggestion fixed the problem. I now have 2G, 3G connection on my phone. Thank you so much.
make sure that going forward if you flash any other baseband or rom that includes a baseband as all stock roms do and also some custom roms as well, that you flash one that is newer than what you have now. the older basebands can no longer read the efs folder because beginning with emg4 the efs folder is modified so older radios will not work properly. back up your efs folder because it may get corrupted. if that happens than only a backup can restore your network connection, this time you got lucky it was not corrupted yet. the format changed but the info was intact. please read the stickies all the answers are there.
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make sure that going forward if you flash any other baseband or rom that includes a baseband as all stock roms do and also some custom roms as well, that you flash one that is newer than what you have now. the older basebands can no longer read the efs folder because beginning with emg4 the efs folder is modified so older radios will not work properly. back up your efs folder because it may get corrupted. if that happens than only a backup can restore your network connection, this time you got lucky it was not corrupted yet. the format changed but the info was intact. please read the stickies all the answers are there.
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Dear Ashraf sharif,
My sgs3 gt i9300 currently has baseband version I9300 DDEMG2 and bulid number JZ054K.I9300XXEMG5.
I had flashed resurrection remix rom and i got my IMEI changed and baseband version unknown then i restored everything back with a lot of help form rootsu,now my issues are:-
which all baseband i can flash or which roms are suited for this ie what should i look for in a rom while flashing as far as baseband and not ****ing up my imei is concerned?
and does that means in addition to flashing a custom rom i need to flash a baseband also as you mentioned that few custom roms have baseband ie all doesn't have basebands???
thanks in advance.......
I am no expert on this issue as I have not experienced it myself. With that being said , it is my understanding that once a g series modem or baseband is used reverting to an older baseband will result in no network. Read the thread in general called " attention 19300xxemg4 changes efs folder". some firmwares do not touch the baseband only affecting system+ kernel+ recovery.
Since you are on mg2 baseband it is probably safest for you to stick with it because it works . If you do decide to change it make sure you flash a baseband that is either the same or newer. Also make sure csc code is correct for your region.
Make several backups of your efs and save to external sd and computer and flashdrive. Read the stickies .
wait and see before flashing . Read reviews for newly released firmwares. This is how I avoided this relatively new issue with efs imei . I simply read the thread "attention 1900xxemg4 changes efs folder.
Hello!
Today I decided to go back to the stock ROM of Samsung S3 (international).
So, I downloaded the original from sammobile :
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=16458
Went into the Download mode of my phone:
With Odin3 (v3.07) I loaded the .tar.md5 file which I just downloaded. (by the PDA ofcourse).
Then my phone restarted and just follow the steps as you just get your new Samsung S3, like account configuration etc etc etc.
Did the tutorial to reset the flash/binary counter, just worked.
After this, I was planning to install Whatsapp again,
THEN noticed I had no network signal , except WiFi .
Probably there was no signal when the phone already got started.
I checked *#06# for the IMEI, and there it is.. the 004999xxxxxxxxxx / 08 .
So, I've checked some topics and tried a thing that should repair the IMEI.
But no success!
When I installed CyanogenMod, they didn't told me to backup the EFS folder (or I just didn't see that at all!)
So, I followed this topic:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264021
Didn't worked.
I'm root again btw on the stock ROM.
Then I noticed I've a backup of my phone BEFORE CM. Made it with the CWM itself, which I moved later to my computer.
So, I moved that one back to my phone. and when I go to CWM Recovery and select Restore
It says:
Couldn't open directory.
No files found.
So, checking for that error, someone came up with moving the backup files to
/data/media/Clockworkmod/backups/
Did not work!
What to do?
I'm questioning myself now, even if the restore is going to work, will the IMEI be restored too?
EDIT: Monday it will be shipped to Samsung.
- Back to stock
- Reset flash/binary counter
- Unroot
- Wipe cache and back to factory
Couldn't get rid of the 0049 IMEI and 0000000 S/N
I'll keep this post up to date when I hear something.
No CWM does not backup efs....I suggest you go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2393289 because they will close this thread soon due to this question being asked many times before
I've seen that topic indeed, then I will put it back with flash/binary count to No , and the status to Normal.
Hope Samsung will fix it then when it just doesn't work.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/23869279/Temp/xxemg4.zip
Flash via CWM. If you don't want to flash it via CWM you can also extract "modem.bin" file and flash as MODEM through your Odin.
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https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/23869279/Temp/xxemg4.zip
Flash via CWM. If you don't want to flash it via CWM you can also extract "modem.bin" file and flash as MODEM through your Odin.
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Thanks for your reply!
I've set everything back to stock and reset the counter/binary to No , and the rest Samsung official again.
Today I went to the shop where I bought my phone, and they're going to sent it to Samsung.
Forgot to mention here that my S/N is also 0000000.
Let's hope that they will repair it.
I've red a news article, that Samsung has a new policy.
They now also repair rooted devices and even when a custom ROM was installed.
I'll find out when I got a message from the service centre.
When I know something, I'll post it here.
Thanks again anyway!
Should have tried your modem.bin
I've red a news article, that Samsung has a new policy.
They now also repair rooted devices and even when a custom ROM was installed.
Doubt that but just in case do let us know if Samsung reject warranty .
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I've red a news article, that Samsung has a new policy.
They now also repair rooted devices and even when a custom ROM was installed.
Doubt that but just in case do let us know if Samsung reject warranty .
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Will do :good:
Did you read the IMEI / EFS post on the general forum?
I had a similar problem... to make the story short before CM 10.1.3 I was on stock MG4, after CM I decided to go back to my carrier's stock ROM (needed to send my phone for repair, USB port was faulty) and I noticed the IMEI problem. What happened is that Samsung decided to change the efs format with MG4 (July 13th) so any rom prior to that won't be able to read the efs.
If your rom is prior to that then you need to flash a newer modem (MG4 or later) so it can work properly.
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Did you read the IMEI / EFS post on the general forum?
I had a similar problem... to make the story short before CM 10.1.3 I was on stock MG4, after CM I decided to go back to my carrier's stock ROM (needed to send my phone for repair, USB port was faulty) and I noticed the IMEI problem. What happened is that Samsung decided to change the efs format with MG4 (July 13th) so any rom prior to that won't be able to read the efs.
If your rom is prior to that then you need to flash a newer modem (MG4 or later) so it can work properly.
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Yeah, I must have red over that... But I tried fixing it spending about 10-12 hours on it, cuz of searching and read it carefully.
I had no EFS backup, stupid that the CWM Recovery didn't backed that up , and of course, stupid of myself :silly:
I will now wait if Samsung is going to repair it under my warranty.
If not, they will probably call me about fixing it for a price.. (If the article isn't true about repairing rooted / flashed devices)
Update 15-11-'13
Phone is repaired under warranty!
They reprogrammed the phone and did a software update. I'm not sure if this is the 4.3.
Can pickup my phone monday, because the shop doesn't receive delivery on saturday -_- ..
But at least, it should be working fine now.
Hello,
I was able to root my SGSII GT-I9100T using Clockworkmod. I then proceeded to flash Android KitKat but during that procedure, my phone displayed an error with the emmc (or something like that) and the installation was aborted. I can get onto the Recovery screen but I can't get any further, i.e. I can't get to my apps, messages etc.
I do not have a backup of prior to the error in the flash. The top of the screen I am able to see says: CWM-based Recovery v6.0.1.2-Siyah. I have wiped my data and cache with no luck. Everytime I reboot, it goes back to the same screen.
Also, I am with Vodafone Australia, and they do not appear to have a downloadable stock ROM.
I want to get my phone back to prior to rooting, obviously with the default settings (but this doesn't matter).
What should I do? Am I able to repair it?
Yes, you're able to repair it easily. If you don't have any backup, doing a wipe from recovery (which can sometimes fix this) isn't an option for you because obviously you'll lose data if you wipe. I'm also thinking perhaps you've flashed the wrong version of Siyah; you could always re-read (or read) the Siyah threads on here to make doubly sure you've flashed the correct build for your Android version (I don't remember which is which, been ages since I've used Siyah), and if it is a case of you having flashed the wrong build, flashing the right build might well solve your problem & give you a rooted phone. You could also find the PhilZ thread on here, read it, and flash that which should also help you to achieve that aim.
But...if you really want to go back to where you were before you started...
Download a stock rom for Voda AU from Samfirmware (Doesn't matter which one, up to you. You'll need to sign up in order to do so), and flash it following the instructions in the thread titled 'Flash Stock firmware/ROM...' stickied near the top of Q&A.
If you're unable to get a successful Odin flash/or it fails for whatever reason, find Hopper8's 'Odin troubleshooting' guide stickied in the General section & try the stuff in that thread, which should enable you to get through any issues & get a successful Odin flash which will take your phone back to the state it was in before you attempted to root it.
Normally flashing a one part stock rom like this won't involve data loss, but there are never any water-tight guarantees.
Edit - For future reference, if you ever decide to mod your phone even slightly, always back everything up before you do anything. Don't be like the 95% of people on here who do this & then end up in the **** because they didn't back stuff up. The reality is, if you're going to mod, stuff goes wrong eventually for everyone (as you've just found out).
Thank you, I will attempt to flash a stock from that website.
Just to clarify, I first installed CWM (not the Siyah version), and that was working fine. I was able to boot and do whatever. I then proceeded to flash an Android KitKat ROM but this resulted in an error. I then flashed Siyah (which may have made it worse) because from what I read at the time, it could have fixed my problem. So it must have been from the ROM, whether it be my phone being not compatible with it etc., rather than the wrong version of Siyah (although, as I said before, it could have made it worse).
Yep, rom incompatibility. Siyah stopped being developed with ICS, so won't work with KK roms; kernels need to be compatible with the Android version of the rom in question.
Doing what you did is no drama usually, worst case result is normally what happened to you I.E bootloop which won't go away without going back to stock, unless you get a bad flash. It's actually a good learning experience, because now you'll know how to recover if you flash stuff in future
I managed to flash the stock version and thankfully, my phone is back to 'normal'. Luckily I always had intentions on resetting it to factory settings. Indeed it has been a good learning experience :good: Thanks for your help, MistahBungle.
No worries. Glad you got it sorted