Hi,
I flashed a new rom,and now my imei number is showing as unkown and i can take and put back sim as many times as i like it doesnt pick up at all,doesnt even ask too restart.
Please anybody help me,iv tried everything, nothing is working.
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I'm speaking entirely from ignorance but did you flash the right variant? E.g did you flash 925F firmware on a 925F device? If I were to hazard a guess (and that's all this is, a guess) I'd say your radio firmware seems messed up (with baseband also being unknown).
What happens when you revert to your original firmware?
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Did you flash the 5.1.1 version and then the 5.0.2? Flash the 5.1.1 again.
Ok so i flashed official firmware,i now have signal but my imei number isnt right it reads as follows 350000000000006 it ses i am not registered on network. Imei sv is 01
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I did flash wrong variant, i flashed g925p over my g925f,stupid mistake
Is there a way i can fix it
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Flash the correct one
I have i flashed official Samsung firmware 5.0.2 and it gave me that funny imei seen above
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I will be externally grateful for any suggestions
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I will be externally grateful for any suggestions
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I have the same problem. ..but anything I tried any way and mod but the problem is 5.1.1 firmware I can't downgrade on 5.0.2 to get full root access and to flash new imei on 5.1.1 not have root access with stock kernel. ...
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ebusuhejbi said:
I have the same problem. ..but anything I tried any way and mod but the problem is 5.1.1 firmware I can't downgrade on 5.0.2 to get full root access and to flash new imei on 5.1.1 not have root access with stock kernel. ...
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You have bricked imei number. ..the imei you have is the same imei of my phone. ..get the imei and flash it or contact any custom service. ..
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How do i flash imei,could you point me in the right direction,im on 5.0.2
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Only way to flash it back would be if you made a backup of the EFS partition when you first rooted/installed recovery. The EFS partition contains all the IMEI data which is unique to your phone and flashed at the factory. Since you corrupted it, the only way to restore it would be to flash the EFS backup if you made it or send it back to Samsung for service. AFAIK there isn't a way to recover lost IMEI's if the EFS partition has been corrupted/wiped.
That's ducks really badly
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That's ducks really badly
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Yeah. I suggest sending it back for repairs and when you receive the new one, root and do a backup of the EFS partition after root. There are several guides online on how to do a backup of EFS using adb/terminal emulator. Keep this backup in a safe location and don't lose it.
You can flash what you want now, nothing will help you. Your EFS partition is gone and without this specific backup you cannot restore the IMEI number. Send the phone to Samsung, they can generate the IMEI number and restore the entire phone.
new trwp recovery have a option to backup.. will post the thread here as little warning in the twrp thread..
Yep I always backup my efs/imei folder as soon as I root phone.
ernell said:
Hi.
I did the same stupid thing a while ago with the same result (without efs backup). Forget about reflashing. The phone is now a mediaplayer.
I asked our local Samsung repair shop, but they wanted to exchange the entire motherboard. Thats how they fix these things in Sweden.
BUT there is an easy way to fix it.
If you have been flashing 5.11, then I dont know, but if you havent, then you can contact an IMEI fix website, and they will help you
by remote service. It works perfectly well. You will get a new IMEI and new serial number. Send me a PM for a link. There is not so many
people doing this, and it took me a while to find the right guy, but guess if I was happy when it was fixed
It will cost you some dollars (60 in my case), and you cannot upgrade to 5.11 later (I dont know why), but thats better than brick.
Hope this helps.
/rob
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Is that actually legal? I'd send it to Sammy and get it properly fixed, rather than putting up with some dubious services. What if you want to sell the phone later? Have fun explaining why updating to 5.1.1 won't work. I wouldn't ever buy a phone if I heard that someone changed the IMEI. Changing the IMEI is usually associated with a stolen device.
I had the same problem (but IMEI dissapeared), when I flashed 5.0.2 didn't work. But Then flashed 5.1.1 and it worked. Try this. You will loose root.
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Hey guys my s3 randomly lost service today after I flashed the latest aosp camera (2.1), when I search for networks they show up but I get no service. Tried wiping cache and dalvik and fix permissions, don't know what else to try
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Try download a modem and flash it
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Went back to xxdlid and same problem
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Re flashing rom didn't help. My girlfriends s1 is on the same carrier and has service. I'm kinda worried
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Network type is "EDGE", I don't think ive seen that before, Australia uses GSM.
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Network type is "EDGE", I don't think ive seen that before, Australia uses GSM.
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Might not be a bad idea to hide parts of the IMEI and phone number next time.
Flash a full stock rom and see.
xSpeced said:
Might not be a bad idea to hide parts of the IMEI and phone number next time.
Flash a full stock rom and see.
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Good point, ill try that now.
xSpeced said:
Might not be a bad idea to hide parts of the IMEI and phone number next time.
Flash a full stock rom and see.
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Im trying to odin to xxle8 which is what i had originally. but odin is saying the parameter is invalid. which firmware should i flash
Managed to flash by removing the .md5 of I9300XXALE8_I9300XSAALE6_XSA. Went into a bootloop so I did a factory reset and cache wipe, booted into the OS, still no service.
Then its not a software issue..
Maybe hardware
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Then its not a software issue..
Maybe hardware
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My serial number and imei have been changed thats the problem .have an efs backup tho
Then it is software/ firmware standard issue multiple posts on the subject .
Restore EFS .Flash ICS firmware may help if problems
jje
JJEgan said:
Then it is software/ firmware standard issue multiple posts on the subject .
Restore EFS .Flash ICS firmware may help if problems
jje
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I know, didn't notice that the IMEI number and SN had been changed tho that's why I was running around in circles trying everything, next time I'll look at that first. I heard it was a common problem for the S3 so I made sure to do weekly FULL backups including an EFS backup (Thanks TWRP). Bit ****ty that I spent 3 days trying to fix something that ended up being fixed with a 4kb file and 5 seconds of work in recovery, eh, hope this thread may help someone one day, BACK UP YOUR FREAKING EFS RIGHT NOW. Everything is resolved and fixed, back to running Slim Bean like nothing ever happened, phew, thanks everyone for your help and I apologize for spamming the thread.
Hi there. Today I updated my i9300 from 4.1.2 to 4.3 via odin. I don't know why but I have a known "no register data" problem. And my IMEI DIDN'T CHANGE. In the settings there is a signal strenght -87dBm 13asu. So, what can I do? I want to call my mom..
PS: I checked, my SIM card works, in my other phone.
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Questions go in the q&a forum, report your own post and ask a moderator to move it.
Your handset was probably unlocked using the old patch system, or patched for serial number corrupt. None of those patches work with the latest firmware.
If you try to downgrade you will probably lose imei as well, as your efs folder was changed during the update.
If you followed the xda guides you should have backed up your efs folder before you flashed, without a backup you are stuck.
Try reading the sticky thread efs 'know this stuff' for more information.
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Well, I had root on 4.1.2 . Yesterday I just flashed 4.3 via odin, but I didn't do any backup -.- what can I do now ?
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You now require a service centre repair .
But first read the faqs and guides .
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I need to retore my IMEI as i do not have a backup of my EFS folder. I have a CWM backup, can I get the EFS from this? I would also appreciate if you could tell me of other ways to restore my IMEI
mtanti95 said:
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I need to retore my IMEI as i do not have a backup of my EFS folder. I have a CWM backup, can I get the EFS from this? I would also appreciate if you could tell me of other ways to restore my IMEI
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is it safe to flash the boot.img using odin? (packaging it as tar.md5)
Pay for a repair, default CWM backup doesn't include efs partition.
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mtanti95 said:
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I need to retore my IMEI as i do not have a backup of my EFS folder. I have a CWM backup, can I get the EFS from this? I would also appreciate if you could tell me of other ways to restore my IMEI
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Which firmware you are running with?
Check MG4 modem in net, that should solve your problem if you are using Android 4.3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43946365
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Which firmware you are running with?
Check MG4 modem in net, that should solve your problem if you are using Android 4.3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43946365
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How would I flash that file though? Ill get back to you with the firmware
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How would I flash that file though? Ill get back to you with the firmware
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Im guessing not through odin
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Im guessing not through odin
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didnt work :/ guess I'l need to get a new phone
Which ROM did you flash exactly that destroyed the IMEI? Happened to me awhile ago, dont remember what i flashed. What i did was, just find a ROM (4.3) which has Aroma with modem selection. I just reinstalled till i found the right one.
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didnt work :/ guess I'l need to get a new phone
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No man thru recovery. Search for MG4 modem. There is modem collection in this forum.
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No man thru recovery. Search for MG4 modem. There is modem collection in this forum.
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I installed the MG4 Modem, still have an invalid IMEI... 0049.... I'll try search through the collection
Using IMEI of another phone
I have a s5360, which i dont need anymore.. Is it possible to use the IMEI in efs folder of this phone and use it in my i9300, as i have a corrupted/overitten efs?
Thanks!
Malcolm Tanti
download your country firmware from sammobile and flash thru odin.
mtanti95 said:
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I need to retore my IMEI as i do not have a backup of my EFS folder. I have a CWM backup, can I get the EFS from this? I would also appreciate if you could tell me of other ways to restore my IMEI
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Hi, what baseband u use before u flash to 4.3 @ 4.4 @ 4.4.2?
U just to flash ur last baseband.. I also had a same problem.. More sadly my sgs3 don't have network coverage. So the solution I take is I flash the last baseband I use & it's work fine
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I installed the MG4 Modem, still have an invalid IMEI... 0049.... I'll try search through the collection
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Network coverage working or not?
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wanerza77 said:
Hi, what baseband u use before u flash to 4.3 @ 4.4 @ 4.4.2?
U just to flash ur last baseband.. I also had a same problem.. More sadly my sgs3 don't have network coverage. So the solution I take is I flash the last baseband I use & it's work fine
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Network coverage working or not?
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Unfortunately still no Network Coverage. I purchased a nexus 5 now, so I'm not trying to fix it. I will take it to the Samsung retailer and try to get it fixed for selling in the future though
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Unfortunately still no Network Coverage. I purchased a nexus 5 now, so I'm not trying to fix it. I will take it to the Samsung retailer and try to get it fixed for selling in the future though
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Yeah, if u think that was a good one, I'm agree with u brother
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Hey hello all, my phome has lost meid, iemi, cert fail unknown baseband... Does anybody know the solution i will be greatful to him. Thanks
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Hey hello all, my phome has lost meid, iemi, cert fail unknown baseband... Does anybody know the solution i will be greatful to him. Thanks
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From your post history, you seem to have been trying to flash your device over to another carrier... It seems like something went wrong with that.
Have you tried using ODIN to flash the NC5 or NH7 basebands?
Yeah i did something like that, i have nh7 modem tried many modem, i can't get it back actuality this is the problem with octupos unlocking device, is there any way to get it back???
i just buy a galaxy note 3 sprint version and when i put its imei number here " imei.info" i found that it is for a galaxy s4
please tell me what does it mean
is it a refurbished phone or a fake phone or just probleme with software
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Sounds like you may have bought a phone that was flashed with the wrong rom. Or it was a refurb, Can you get into recovery? If you can then flash a n900p rom or better yet get a tar file of a stock n900p and flash through Odin. Once that is done contact sprint so they can give you the correct imei through the hands free activation.
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Sounds more like someone had issues with their efs folder and used a backup from an S4. If it boots to android, it doesn't have an S4 rom flashed.
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Sounds like you may have bought a phone that was flashed with the wrong rom. Or it was a refurb, Can you get into recovery? If you can then flash a n900p rom or better yet get a tar file of a stock n900p and flash through Odin. Once that is done contact sprint so they can give you the correct imei through the hands free activation.
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Recently i downgraded into android 4.4 but with sprint firmware and after that i installed norma roms v29 easily
In recovery mode i have a sprint version write with
Blue color
????????????????
I don't know what i will do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?
Please help me
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Sounds more like someone had issues with their efs folder and used a backup from an S4. If it boots to android, it doesn't have an S4 rom flashed.
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I didn't buy my note 3 from official samsung store so I don't know if he did a beckup from an s4 but it seems like that it impossible to do this manipulation (i am not sure)
Can you flash a stock rom, using Odin?
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Can you flash a stock rom, using Odin?
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Yes i can
belfort_tech said:
Yes i can
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Get a hold of a stock n900p rom and flash that. Then root your phone again and flash your new rom
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Get a hold of a stock n900p rom and flash that. Then root your phone again and flash your new rom
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i did what you said but without any result.
so i take my phone to a repairer and when i take it back i find that my IMEI number is \00
any one can help me plz?
belfort_tech said:
i did what you said but without any result.
so i take my phone to a repairer and when i take it back i find that my IMEI number is \00
any one can help me plz?
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If you flashed the stock bootloader and modem for the n900p, through Odin. All you have to do is call or chat online, with the service provider for your phone. Tell them your imei number is corrupted or changed and you would need it corrected. I have sprint and told them this, they asked for the sim card number. Afterwards my phone did a factory reset and went through the hands free activation. This corrected my imei and I had to reroot my phone
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If you flashed the stock bootloader and modem for the n900p, through Odin. All you have to do is call or chat online, with the service provider for your phone. Tell them your imei number is corrupted or changed and you would need it corrected. I have sprint and told them this, they asked for the sim card number. Afterwards my phone did a factory reset and went through the hands free activation. This corrected my imei and I had to reroot my phone
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i live in algeria so i haven't a sprint sim card number
what can i do ?