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Help needed asap please...URGENT

Apologies if this is in wrong thread, my phone is more important.
Silly me...I tried to flash the chainfire repack using PC ODIN but...instead of slecting the file for 'PDA' I selected it for 'Phone' without realising until the FAIL message came up, now I can't flash the chainfire repack from 'PDA', my phone is still in download mode so please help me if I have done something wrong...which I know I have, thank you.
Btw...the repack is not working now using 'PDA' from PC Odin

I decided to reboot my phone...silly I know and guess what it booted, i've just gone into ODIN and tried again and now everything is working fine
Not sure what happened before.

SealsNavie said:
I decided to reboot my phone...silly I know and guess what it booted, i've just gone into ODIN and tried again and now everything is working fine
Not sure what happened before.
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Glad that you resolved your issue!! Well wanted to help but its already resolved .
Well on the other hand please edit the first post and change the Title with a prefix "SOLVED"....

[Q] Sim card not read. Imei and other stuff set to unkown

Hi guys.
I've rooted my phone then updated the room too crash.
After the room settled down, I manually reboot it after then persistent boot loops happened and the imei was also gone(I've tried to go to sretings as quick as possible). I tried re flashing the ROM but no avail.
Is there a workaround for this?
Thanks in advance guys.
Edit: I'm now on KitKat

cired02 said:
Hi guys.
I've rooted my phone then updated the room too crash.
After the room settled down, I manually reboot it after then persistent boot loops happened and the imei was also gone(I've tried to go to sretings as quick as possible). I tried re flashing the ROM but no avail.
Is there a workaround for this?
Thanks in advance guys.
Edit: I'm now on KitKat
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507403
Try this don't know if it works on kitkat but won't hurt
If not flash stock and try again

jaythenut said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507403
Try this don't know if it works on kitkat but won't hurt
If not flash stock and try again
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it won't resolve the no IMEI part AFAIK.

Hi again
Sorry for the confusion. My phone crashed during office hours and can't think elaborate more.
The situation.
1. I came from Omega Rom v6. Decided to manually reboot because battery was draining like hell.
2. The samsung intro (samsung galaxy note 3 sm-9005 screen with the system message on the upper left) didn't show up with the said message.
3. Bootloop comenced.
4. Reflashed Omega hoping things would turn out ok. But no. My sim was not read and my interface buttons are not responding.
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5. Then decided to flash new android os. Naming kitkat.
6. Bootloops are gone. And so is my IMEI and every other stuff found in that page.

cired02 said:
Hi again
Sorry for the confusion. My phone crashed during office hours and can't think elaborate more.
The situation.
1. I came from Omega Rom v6. Decided to manually reboot because battery was draining like hell.
2. The samsung intro (samsung galaxy note 3 sm-9005 screen with the system message on the upper left) didn't show up with the said message.
3. Bootloop comenced.
4. Reflashed Omega hoping things would turn out ok. But no. My sim was not read and my interface buttons are not responding.
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Try the fix that jaythenut posted and see, I'm not 100% sure it'll fix it. However it may work. -- download it to your PC place on SD card and flash it via your custom recovery
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cired02 said:
Hi again
EDIT:
5. Then decided to flash new android os. Naming kitkat.
6. Bootloops are gone. And so is my IMEI and every other stuff found in that page.
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Ah OK, so flash the EFS fix zip, then install Kitkat via Odin and you should be set.

radicalisto said:
Try the fix that jaythenut posted and see, I'm not 100% sure it'll fix it. However it may work. -- download it to your PC place on SD card and flash it via your custom recovery
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Ah OK, so flash the EFS fix zip, then install Kitkat via Odin and you should be set.
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Yep. That did it guys. Thank you for your help. I am eternally grateful
OT: Hi mods/admins. Sorry for asking a question in the general section of note 3 forum. Was really panicking earlier at the office I didn't notice the sticky. Thanks for the cooperation

cired02 said:
Yep. That did it guys. Thank you for your help. I am eternally grateful
OT: Hi mods/admins. Sorry for asking a question in the general section of note 3 forum. Was really panicking earlier at the office I didn't notice the sticky. Thanks for the cooperation
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Keep that EFS fix script on your SD card for just incase reasons in the future, it'll save you again one day... EFS on the Note is really hit and miss. Glad you got sorted

radicalisto said:
Keep that EFS fix script on your SD card for just incase reasons in the future, it'll save you again one day... EFS on the Note is really hit and miss. Glad you got sorted
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I was about to break down during office hours. Was thinking I am already carrying a $720 brick.
Thanks a lot guys.
Side note: I read this script a few days back even before trying to root my phone. @[email protected] never occurred to me that this script would save me.

SM-G900V unknown baseband and restart

Hi,
Phone restarts automatically with no imei and unknown baseband, I download stock firmware 4.4.2 and install on it but same situation,
any suggestion or help pls,
thanks
br

Isn't IMEI used for phone identification along with MEID? If thats blank, would it be an issue on Verizons side?

Elite49 said:
Isn't IMEI used for phone identification along with MEID? If thats blank, would it be an issue on Verizons side?
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imei is unknow

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nsnobel2 said:
imei is unknow
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Hi
I don't know if you've fixed your issue with your g900v or not, but i have the same problem and the same phone and obviously the same symptoms ...
As far as I've tried, nothing worked not ODIN flashing ROMs, or QPST to write IMEI or EFS professtiona ADB .... etc.
What I've come to know is this :
1- keep the phone in a safe place till next months reveal a solution through developers here or elsewhere.
2- Flash the Original Samsung Verizon Rom ( Full Package with efs and bootloader mounts and all partitions " Clean Flash" ) which costs about 100$ .
3- Change the board for a (200$) new one .
So, I would try to pay the 100$ and flash the original ROM, and comeback to tell if it solved the Problem.
I wish if you share any different approach or feedback . I would love to hear it .
Bye

It could possibly be that your EFS folder is damaged. This is where your IMEI and Baseband info is stored. If that's the case for your device, these steps should work. I've done this on two phones (one being an S5) and it fixed this problem.
I'm assuming that you're rooted. If not then you'll need to root your device first. And you need to have debugging enabled. What this does is backups the files from the EFS folder, repairs the partition tables, then restores the files to the repaired folder.
1. Connect the phone to your computer. (Windows)
2. Download this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/v2h5dzisjd0rgj5/EFS_Professional_2.1.73_Release.zip?dl=0
3. Extract and run the program
4. Click EFS Professional... It will open a window showing that it found your phone
5. Click on the Backup Tab and make sure all of the partitions are checked, and your Device Filter is recognized
6. Hit the Backup button to backup the EFS folder
7. After that's done, click the Restore button and it will restore your files to the EFS folder.
I hope this helps you.

There used to be a tool for the Note 2 I believe, maybe S4, that would let you re-write your EFS if it accidentally got erased. Not a backup/restore deal, but a tool to key in your IMEI and it would write it to the phone. Maybe research that tool for a fix?

joshw0000 said:
There used to be a tool for the Note 2 I believe, maybe S4, that would let you re-write your EFS if it accidentally got erased. Not a backup/restore deal, but a tool to key in your IMEI and it would write it to the phone. Maybe research that tool for a fix?
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Was it a tool specifically for the Note 2, or multiple Samsung devices, or maybe a universal program like CDMA Workshop? I love that program. It's what I use when it comes to actually entirely rewriting files like this. Most of the time a full rewrite isn't needed though if the EFS folder has just been damaged. Which "damaged" is totally the wrong word here, but that's what it's called for some reason. I really don't even know how it happens, but I do know when it does, it usually just jumbles and/or fragments the info in the folder and needs to be put back in it's correct order. Kind of like defragging in Windows. Just a tool like you're talking about would definitely be cool for me to have though. I shall start my quest to find it. Lol

Please some help
Any luck yet ???
Got the same issue here, and none of the threads here worked .

Same problem
Hello,
I have the exact same problem. I bought the phone here in Mexico, and the phone came with erased EFS folder. Phone restarts automatically when screen turns off. When I'm using the phone, it works just fine, but some seconds after screen goes off, phone restarts automatically. EFS folder is messed up, I've tried out a lot EFS restoring tools with no luck.
I tried QPST but it does not detect the phone, only appears "?" and "No phone" blinking. The same happens with DFS Tool.
I will try to look for that tool joshw0000 talks about.
I hope we can find out a solution for this excellent phone.
Bye.

Hey ...
I did a factory reset and cache wipe, and now the phone stopped restarting when the screen goes off, but still got the "Unknown" issues.
But at least I got rid of the annoying restarts.
570 ppl read this and still no answer, I got to admit ... it's tough.
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[Q] insert sim card to access network services

I got this message after updating to android 4.4.4.
What could be causing this?

term44 said:
I got this message after updating to android 4.4.4.
What could be causing this?
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Hi check your IMEI see if it is correct...
Could be the wrong modem or a bad EFS do you have an EFS folder back up

MAX 404 said:
Hi check your IMEI see if it is correct...
Could be the wrong modem or a bad EFS do you have an EFS folder back up
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Checked the IMEI, it is ok.

term44 said:
Checked the IMEI, it is ok.
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If is not hardware, chances are that the efs folder is corrupted.
Try a different kernel
Try a different modem
Flash full wipe custom rom again..
Last flash stock rom...
If all fails the problem most like it is in the efs folder, if you have a backup restore it

MAX 404 said:
If is not hardware, chances are that the efs folder is corrupted.
Try a different kernel
Try a different modem
Flash full wipe custom rom again..
Last flash stock rom...
If all fails the problem most like it is in the efs folder, if you have a backup restore it
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would try that all, but the phone refuses to connect to pc now, so i can not transfer the files... any suggestions?
it says that device driver did not install properly. i have installed kies in order to push drivers to my pc, but still same.

term44 said:
would try that all, but the phone refuses to connect to pc now, so i can not transfer the files... any suggestions?
it says that device driver did not install properly. i have installed kies in order to push drivers to my pc, but still same.
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De install drivers and install them again , try another usb port , make sure kies is not activated

MAX 404 said:
De install drivers and install them again , try another usb port , make sure kies is not activated
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just done that and still cant connect. however odin detects the phone, which is good :=) so i will install stock rom.
hopefully that will solve the problem with the sim card..

term44 said:
just done that and still cant connect. however odin detects the phone, which is good :=) so i will install stock rom.
hopefully that will solve the problem with the sim card..
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restoring to stock rom solved the problem

term44 said:
restoring to stock rom solved the problem
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Glad is working mate
Back up before you do anything else do not forget to backup the efs folder
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same issue.
I have the same issue as described by the op.
I flashed back to official 4.4.2 and the problem persist.
IMEI number is correct.
IMEISV is 01
Ive been trying to fix this for over a week to no avail. Losing my mind. Is there anything else you can suggest to fix this issue?
Phone is an i9500.

Was really hoping for some help by now. This will be the second time ive posted to this site in the 2 years ive been here with zero responses.
As a side note. I wanted to add that at the same time i started having the "not registered on network" error my sd card stopped being read by the phone also. I replaced the sim/sd holder in the phone itself hoping this would fix both issues but it has obviously not. Still not reading the sd. Says its blank or unrecognized file system. When i try to format it it doesn nothing. This is the sd I had in the phone before having issues. It worked fine then.
The phone just suddenly stopped working one morning. I used it to send a couple text and make a call, next time i picked it up "not registered" issue began. No changes to the phone in between those times.
I figured I would add this info in hopes of gaining a response.
Thanks.

[Q] Urgent Help (Samsung Galaxy Note 4)

So i recently got the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 (SM-N910F). And i rooted it as i always do with my other phones they´ve worked fine every single time. But this time something happened to it when i rooted it. I used ChainFires Auto-Root. Worked perfectly fine untill reboot then my phone got stuck at the samsung logo and stayed there for ages and ages.
Then i let the phone be off for a while and i come back to something im not used to. And the error was That my firmware upgrade encountered an issue and that i should go into recovery and try again. I´ve tried flashing my note with the Stock Rom from sammobile but just at the end i got an error. Volume size is too big 12880 < 204800
odin : Invalid ext4 image
I have no clue what to do anymore so i came to this site and wondering if anyone does know what my problem is.

If someone could delete this post id be grateful found a way that worked for me.

CShart said:
If someone could delete this post id be grateful found a way that worked for me.
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And why do you wish to keep the solution a secret ?

CShart said:
If someone could delete this post id be grateful found a way that worked for me.
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Please share your solution...

Yes,please share.

Oh damn sorry for not posting it totaly forgot. But what i did was I downloaded a recovery that was said to work on all Samsung Mobiles (4shared. com/get/bIYubEevba/All_samsung_recovery.html) And then i just used Odin3 V3.09 and just waited a couple minutes and then the phone booted up just as normal. And working like a charm right now.