[Q] From 0x1 to 0x0 !! - Samsung Galaxy Alpha

Hi,
Just want to understand 0x1.
Rooted my Alpha (SM-G850F) some months ago, flashed custom recovery, no custom rom. This led to 0x1.
Last month the Alpha failed to register with my providers network, tried almost everthing without luck.
(Wifi and BT were still fine, just could not call, SMS)
I offered the Alpha for repair, got it back yesterday.
Service center reported : "Electronic curcuit replaced, IMEI unchanged"
To my surprise knox counter now shows 0x0.
How can this be explained ?
Txs for any reply.

Maxxie2 said:
Hi,
Just want to understand 0x1.
Rooted my Alpha (SM-G850F) some months ago, flashed custom recovery, no custom rom. This led to 0x1.
Last month the Alpha failed to register with my providers network, tried almost everthing without luck.
(Wifi and BT were still fine, just could not call, SMS)
I offered the Alpha for repair, got it back yesterday.
Service center reported : "Electronic curcuit replaced, IMEI unchanged"
To my surprise knox counter now shows 0x0.
How can this be explained ?
Txs for any reply.
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Hi,
its still impossible .
Tomas

Maxxie2 said:
Hi,
Just want to understand 0x1.
Rooted my Alpha (SM-G850F) some months ago, flashed custom recovery, no custom rom. This led to 0x1.
Last month the Alpha failed to register with my providers network, tried almost everthing without luck.
(Wifi and BT were still fine, just could not call, SMS)
I offered the Alpha for repair, got it back yesterday.
Service center reported : "Electronic curcuit replaced, IMEI unchanged"
To my surprise knox counter now shows 0x0.
How can this be explained ?
Txs for any reply.
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They replaced motherboard and flashed your old imei

bonuzzz said:
They replaced motherboard and flashed your old imei
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Hi Bonuzzz,
I did not know IMEI can be flashed onto a certain board, but I do know now
Thanks for your reply.

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[Q] dose rooting voids warranty?

hi
i have a new GSII from expansys which started to malfunction lately and they told me i have to send it back for a replacement ...
the problem is i rooted my device many times custom binary counter reads 5
i have reflashed the original firmweare back
so my question is will they accepted now?
and if i mange to reset the custom binary to 0 will they accepted then ?
em4all said:
hi
i have a new GSII from expansys which started to malfunction lately and they told me i have to send it back for a replacement ...
the problem is i rooted my device many times custom binary counter reads 5
i have reflashed the original firmweare back
so my question is will they accepted now?
and if i mange to reset the custom binary to 0 will they accepted then ?
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They possibly won't accept it if the firmware counter is up. You can buy a USB jig on Ebay that will set the counter for you before you send it back.
Does rooting void warranty well Samsung say it does see the letter .
http://www.samfirmware.com/apps/blog/show/5267754-newsletter-by-samsung-electronics-
Technically any change of firmware may be a problem if not matching the sellers update O2 for instance sell a branded O2 phone and may turn down warranty on a Samsung debranded stock rom though Samsung would not .
Custom rom most definably warranty refused .
Enough reject posts for SGS 1 to prove the point .
Custom rom counter have to guess that it has no other reason to be on the phone but for warranty .
Point is you have to be prepared to a remove root b remove rom counter and c flash original branded firmware if required .
jje

[Q] Missing Imei & Warranty! [SHV-E210K]

Hi everyone,
As i wrote before on xda (my topic), i disrupted my device's touchscreen while doing TriangleAway process. Then i tried many ways to recover but i convinced that it's not possible to fix it without changing the touchscreen parts. I left my device to warranty and they fixed in 15 mins. and it works great as before.
But now, i have another issue. While i was trying to recover my touchscreen i flashed official firmwares (downladed from sammobile) and rooted several times. And i disturpted device's imei somehow. I tried all methods which r given on xda but they didn't work unfortunately. I I have a last option, gonna leave my device to warranty again but don't know they gonna fix it under warranty or not. What do u suggest me to tell them? I mean, they gonna ask me how that happened but i don't wanna say i flashed firmware with odin cos i guess it ruins my device's warranty.
I need to learn, is that possible to lost imei while doing update with Kies or OTA? Or is it possible to happen with any legal application on an unrooted device? I need an acceptable reason to fix my device under warranty. Does anybody have any suggesion?
Thanks in advance.
I think you better not getting official firmware on other websites. You should use the "Firmware Upgrade And Initialization" in the "Tools" of Samsung KIES 2.5. It is totally original and it will download the latest firmware according to your model and serial number.
I tried using this function on my SHV-E210S and the IMEI was not lost but I don't know if there will be any problem on SHV-E210K.
At the same time, do you know how to make SIP registrations on SHV-E210S/SHV-E210K/SHV-E210L? I need that for putting the phone on LTE network and able to receive calls
evantkh said:
I think you better not getting official firmware on other websites. You should use the "Firmware Upgrade And Initialization" in the "Tools" of Samsung KIES 2.5. It is totally original and it will download the latest firmware according to your model and serial number.
I tried using this function on my SHV-E210S and the IMEI was not lost but I don't know if there will be any problem on SHV-E210K.
At the same time, do you know how to make SIP registrations on SHV-E210S/SHV-E210K/SHV-E210L? I need that for putting the phone on LTE network and able to receive calls
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Thx Evan but that's not i'm asking.. and i don't have any information about SIP, never tried before..
egolgeli said:
Thx Evan but that's not i'm asking.. and i don't have any information about SIP, never tried before..
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It seems that it is a must for you to lose the warranty because the IMEI cannot be lost if the phone is unrooted or coneect to the computer with USB debugging mode. However, how come you receive the warranty as I see your location is not Korea?
evantkh said:
It seems that it is a must for you to lose the warranty because the IMEI cannot be lost if the phone is unrooted or coneect to the computer with USB debugging mode. However, how come you receive the warranty as I see your location is not Korea?
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my brother lives in Seoul, i'm not.. i sent it to him n samsung fix it.. in Turkey, they look for a slightest reason to not fix it.. my regards thru to Korea, homeland of Samsung

[Q] No network - Samsung Galaxy S3 i9300

Hello guys,
I`ve been watching all this topics for a while cuz I have some problems with my Galaxy S3. I`ll tell you what i did.
All worked fine, had the 4.1.1 official rom + root, then i wanted to go to 4.1.2 so i flashed an UK stock ROM. After that i kept getting the "Sim has been removed" error need restart bla bla.. so i search all around for a fix.. i changed 2 SIM cards and nothing. Then I flashed a Poland version 4.1.2 Stock. That version was better but I encountered the "Call ended" error.. calls would end after 3-4mins or i could not call at all. Then i flashed (and this is when the problem started) Stock Vodafone Spain and got "No network". I must say my IMEI/ SN all are intact.
Then I patched only radio modem from the UK ROM with Odin, but with "PHONE" option (i know i did wrong).. i wanted to change only the modem and it worked cuz i checked with *#1234#.. but from that moment not even one ROM has worked in showing me the network. On About phone says "Network: Unknown". Sometimes it connects to Vodafone but when I try to call says "No network service".
Now my phone is in second service and they can`t make it get a network on. They tryed the neverlock thing but i think was already unblocked.
I tryed rooting and using this Ariza. and were 2 versions there.. I tryed v5 only and didnt worked.
I tried the ##72786# and I get the following message: Connection Problem or invalid MMI code (found somewhere that for this code i need to have Wifi on to work?)
Now i`m thinking to get my phone back and dunno reflash with a good .pit file ? or just reRoot and try v4 Ariza.. I`m really sad, it`s been 5 days and I can`t think on nothing else to do.. I even called Samsung official service and they said to send it to them.
If you have any idea, pls need help. tnx
Check your IMEI is the same as under the battery .
Samsung will reject warranty .
jje
JJEgan said:
Check your IMEI is the same as under the battery .
Samsung will reject warranty .
jje
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you are right.. IMEI and SN are not the same.. pff what to do now?
Restore your backed up EFS folder.
jje
But i think i backed up the EFS folder with the modified IMEI. What can i do now?
nothing. replace the motherboard
SOLVED!
Ok so tnx to JJEgan i checked all the IMEI numbers and only 2 of them were modified. Thing is before I pached the v5 Ariza, I did a EFS backup with that program. That backup img saved my phone.
Firstly I got my phone back from service with 4.2.1 official ROM (thats nice, cost me 0 $ ). I rooted with CF-Auto and used Ariza patch (v4). But my imei was still wrong so after that I used EFS_Backup_Restore_new_ADB.rar to restore my IMEI/SN with the old EFS backup then I used another programEFS Professional v2.0. I checked the option to repair No network and clicked Restore. After that I restarted my phone and I got the messages from provider with APN settings and so on.
Thank you for the help :good:
worked till first restart... now No network again, I`m not a samsung/android fan anymore..

[Q] Is my phone software unlocked(versus factory) Please helpp?

Hello,
I will have to give background info on this before anyone can help so bear with me please :.
I live in Pakistan and I bought a i9300 directly from samsung. In the beginning of the six months i owned the phone, I never rooted or put custom ROMs on it. Then unfortunately I got SDS. I gave my phone to a local repair shop (non samsung, but highly reliable, I bought the phone from there) who switched the motherboard on the phone. After I got it, I rooted it and started installing custom ROMs on it. First it was cyanogenMod, then Paranoid Android and Supernexus +AOKP and others. Everything worked fine. Then I installed Omega ROM (Samsung based ROM which changes the modem). Everything went fine, but I was unable to connect to my network (No texts, calls, data connectivity). It detected my network(Ufone) but was unable to register on it when I manually tried to. I mega-wiped my phone, cleared cache and factory reset and did everything. Alternatively, the following steps I also tried.
1)Checked if my IMEI is intact. It was. (I have EFS backups too)
2)Checked if my serial # is different. It is still the same (No need for Ariza Patch)
3)Checked if my SIM works. It does on different phones.
4)Checked my APN settings. They were fine. I even manually changed them to match the carriers
5)Changed my CSC settings (using the playstore app). Still doesnt work.
6)Checked different modems from the appropiate thread (I have tried Europe Unbranded, Middle East, Egypt and many others)
7)Restored nandroid backup of original stock 4.1.2 Sammy ROM, still not connectivity.
8)Flashed using ODIN, the stock 4.1.2 ROM for my country (Using SAM mobile). Still no connectivity.
9) Matched my RIL with my baseband (using the GetRIL app), still didnt work.
Stock Samsung 4.1.2 ROM details before OMEGA flash in which everything worked:
AP: I9300XXEMA2
CP: I9300XXELLA
CSC: I9300OJVEMA1
This has happened to me the 5th time now (Phone is currently at the repair shop) and I have sequentially tried every one of the steps I have mentioned. I called up the repair shop and they said that I can come tomorrow and pick it up, all they have left to do is "SIM UNLOCK "the phone. That confused me a lot. I will go tomorrow and ask them details as to what they meant by that. So my question is basically this:
1) Is it possible that the motherboard they put into my phone is from a software-unlocked phone not a hardware unlocked? (Is the 'unlock' on the motherboard of the phone)
2) Is there a way to find out if my phone is software or factory unlocked?
P.S. Every single time I hand in my phone, I obviously unroot it and install stock on it (regardless of the fact that it doesnt connect to the network). But every single time I get my phone back, its ALWAYS ROOTED.. I even asked the technical team guy and he had no idea what I was talking about (repairmen here dont have that much of knowledge, they tend to follow guides online, thats it). So could it be that my connectivity issue is just because its software unlocked and not hardware?
Thank you!
Anyone?
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P.S. Every single time I hand in my phone, I obviously unroot it and install stock on it (regardless of the fact that it doesnt connect to the network). But every single time I get my phone back, its ALWAYS ROOTED.
Not a genuine service centre then .
IMEI
MODEM
CSC
all correct for network suggests a hardware fault .
jje
JJEgan said:
P.S. Every single time I hand in my phone, I obviously unroot it and install stock on it (regardless of the fact that it doesnt connect to the network). But every single time I get my phone back, its ALWAYS ROOTED.
Not a genuine service centre then .
IMEI
MODEM
CSC
all correct for network suggests a hardware fault .
jje
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But it's not a hardware fault? I mean whatever they do, they have to root the phone to be able to do it. Any idea what settings or configuration they might have changed using root for it to connect which I haven't already tried?
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app

[SOLVED] No network detected ????

Hey Guys;
A month ago my phone died on me. After a 1 month hassle of the company trying to dodge doing repair the phone on the warranty, they finally gave up.
They replaced the motherboard and when I got it, it gave me zero bars and no network. I took it back and they returned back with a different rom but it was working. The first was some samsung s3 in arabic version rom. The second was a chinese samsung s3 rom. Since I couldn't get arabic keyboard I decided to flash super nexus rom but now I have zero bars and no network showing.
The hardware specs are in the attachments.
Any idea how to fix it?
Stock reply
IMEI correct
Modem correct
CSC correct ??
See multiple identical posts .
jje
Imei: unknown
Imei sv: unknown
Baseband: unknown
Can't find PDA, CSC and modem?
Looking at different posts. Tried Ariza patch didn't work. Am assuming I only need to set the imei to get a network. But what am I to set it to?
sub-80 said:
Imei: unknown
Imei sv: unknown
Baseband: unknown
Can't find PDA, CSC and modem?
Looking at different posts. Tried Ariza patch didn't work. Am assuming I only need to set the imei to get a network. But what am I to set it to?
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You cannot set an IMEI .
You either have a backed up EFS folder you can restore or its a service center repair .
Can't find PDA, CSC and modem? either you are clueless or its more than just IMEI is a problem .
Suggest you flash a stock rom for your area via odin from sammobile.com .
Fails then its a service centre .
jje
JJEgan said:
You cannot set an IMEI .
You either have a backed up EFS folder you can restore or its a service center repair .
Can't find PDA, CSC and modem? either you are clueless or its more than just IMEI is a problem .
Suggest you flash a stock rom for your area via odin from sammobile.com .
Fails then its a service centre .
jje
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I am a bit clueless, nut when I had the S3 before it died and had its motherboard replaced. I would press *#1234# to get the pda and modem and csc or you can get them in the about area. But now with the super nexus rom if i press the code it gives " no mobile network" and it does not show in the about area.
I didn't back up the EFS. This problem was present as I said before when I got it back from the in the service center they had a rooted middle east stock rom and it showed no service, they took it back, I thought the reason was loose wiring. And when I got it back it had a rooted Chinese stock rom which was able to connect to the network. The previous Original motherboard had an unrooted African stock rom, they also cheated me by giving me a 16gb motherboard instead of 32gb.
Tried to flash chinese stock rom via odin and got fail. now it will only go to download mode anything less it gives a yellow triangle.
You need a service centre but you have no warranty .
jje
Got it fixed. :laugh:
First Flashed Samsung i9300 stock rom 4.0.4 from http://samsung-s3.com/restoring-sto...ware-build-xxalf2-samsung-galaxy-s3-gt-i9300/ (I had 4.0.4 when I bought the phone.)
root the device via Framaroot 1.4.1. apk (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2130276)
Installed busybox via busyboxinstaller.apk in google play and installed busybox
last installed ARIZAPatch.apk can be found in xda developers forum and make sure you are connected to the wifi and press the V[0,5] button. Your device will reboot and there will be light.

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