hello people i have gti9500 i have flashed 4.3 stuck rom then i couldn't get supe su app installed correctly even with twrp or cwm
my imei changed after flashing 4.2 back and it isnt start u so i did factory rest i got new imei and no network line on sim
i have fixed imei problem in my note 2 with modem that came with a frimware i need some help please.
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i didn't have an imei on my i9500 for some reason so i flashed a leaked 5.0.1 rom on my i9500 which fixed my imei issue. everything was working (calls etc). since you can't flash gapps on this rom for some reason i switched back to a stock rom and saw that my imei and baseband version were gone again. after some digging i found out that this was an efs file issue, so after (literally) 16 hours i finally fixed it by flashing the 5.0.1 leak with philz touch, backing up my efs file, and flashing a custom rom (hassan rom v7) and my imei appeared again. i wanted to go back to stock 4.4.2 touchwiz so i tried to flash it again but it gave me a fail. and when i tried again it succeeded but my imei was gone again after some more digging a found out that the 5.0.1 was a chinese rom and changed my model name to i9500chn, and they imei worked only when that was my model name.
so now i'm kinda stuck on hassan rom and my phones model is i9500chn. even though i backup my efs folder successfully, if i flash another rom that changes my phone to i9500 it removes my imei and the efs backups won't help (restore is successful but doesn't work).
what can i do in this situation??
PLEASE XDA PEOPLE HELP ME.
anyone???????
please?!
Wasn't there a tool to backup IMEI number? I remember there was something similar for the Galaxy Ace.
GDReaper said:
Wasn't there a tool to backup IMEI number? I remember there was something similar for the Galaxy Ace.
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i do backup my imei but restore doesn't work.
maximusprimus said:
i didn't have an imei on my i9500 for some reason so i flashed a leaked 5.0.1 rom on my i9500 which fixed my imei issue. everything was working (calls etc). since you can't flash gapps on this rom for some reason i switched back to a stock rom and saw that my imei and baseband version were gone again. after some digging i found out that this was an efs file issue, so after (literally) 16 hours i finally fixed it by flashing the 5.0.1 leak with philz touch, backing up my efs file, and flashing a custom rom (hassan rom v7) and my imei appeared again. i wanted to go back to stock 4.4.2 touchwiz so i tried to flash it again but it gave me a fail. and when i tried again it succeeded but my imei was gone again after some more digging a found out that the 5.0.1 was a chinese rom and changed my model name to i9500chn, and they imei worked only when that was my model name.
so now i'm kinda stuck on hassan rom and my phones model is i9500chn. even though i backup my efs folder successfully, if i flash another rom that changes my phone to i9500 it removes my imei and the efs backups won't help (restore is successful but doesn't work).
what can i do in this situation??
PLEASE XDA PEOPLE HELP ME.
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hi mate
Is hard to tell what went wrong ... what i would first of all is trying to go back a a normal stock (not leaked) but not sure if there will be any problem from going back to 4.4.2 from 5.0.1
Check here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265477
First thing i would do is trying to get rid of the chinese PIT from the leaked rom , what is the size of your internal SDm non chinese are around 8-9 gb , try to flash a stock rom (4.4.2) with a PIT file shown in thread , the second one
File Type: zip I9500_pit file.zip - [Click for QR Code] (1.0 KB, 22777 views)
READ FIRST, BACKUP and then proceed
Once you are back in stock ...you can start over
i downloaded and flashed the lollipop 5.0.1 firmware and i didnt like it
the i tried to downgrade to 4.4.2
i lost my IMEI about 3 days of searching cant find a solution
no one will help !
Because no one can help. Without a backup of the IMEI partitions to restore your only recourse is to have Samsung fix the device.
HI Devs,
I have flashed leaked lollipop build on my Samsung Galaxy S4 I9500, evrything was working fine, later I decided to go back to stock 4.4.2 rom.
When I flashed stock rom, my phones' efs folder got corrupt, now my phones baseband is unknown, Serial no. is something different, Imei no. is something different.
I tried flashing back that leaked build, again everything started working fine. So I backed up efs folder from there and again flashed stock rom via odin.
After flashing stock 4.4.2, again same issue was there, so i restored the Efs folder and restarted my S4.
But nothing changed.
Can anyone help me in restoring efs back to back.
I want to restore my phone to stock build and with original imei and serial no.
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HI Devs,
I have flashed leaked lollipop build on my Samsung Galaxy S4 I9500, evrything was working fine, later I decided to go back to stock 4.4.2 rom.
When I flashed stock rom, my phones' efs folder got corrupt, now my phones baseband is unknown, Serial no. is something different, Imei no. is something different.
I tried flashing back that leaked build, again everything started working fine. So I backed up efs folder from there and again flashed stock rom via odin.
After flashing stock 4.4.2, again same issue was there, so i restored the Efs folder and restarted my S4.
But nothing changed.
Can anyone help me in restoring efs back to back.
I want to restore my phone to stock build and with original imei and serial no.
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Hi mate
Looks like the problem is the modem and not the efs , try flashing a 4.4.2 modem
There are several people who have the same issue. I don't know if there is a solution. I haven't seen one on this forum. Try google.
You can't downgrade. Once you are on 5.0 then you stay on 5.0
My S4 GT-I9500 was upgraded to lollipop 5.0.1 by the service centre guys and it's not supported by my official android policy.
So after googling a lot i found out a you tube vdo for downgrading lollipop 5.0 to kitkat 4.4.2 on S5 and as shown i did the exact steps i.e. downloaded firware from SAMFIRM & used ODIn to flash it and the entire process went fine, no errors.
But after booting up there is no mobile network connectivity and IMEI number is unknown , IMEI SV is unknown.
Is it possible to make the phone working again, any help would be greatly appreciated.
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My S4 GT-I9500 was upgraded to lollipop 5.0.1 by the service centre guys and it's not supported by my official android policy.
So after googling a lot i found out a you tube vdo for downgrading lollipop 5.0 to kitkat 4.4.2 on S5 and as shown i did the exact steps i.e. downloaded firware from SAMFIRM & used ODIn to flash it and the entire process went fine, no errors.
But after booting up there is no mobile network connectivity and IMEI number is unknown , IMEI SV is unknown.
Is it possible to make the phone working again, any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Hello sumanjit,
I faced this problem today! i was on Lollipop and then tried to downgrade it to Kitkat but that erased my IMEI number. To get it back I again flashed the stock 5.0.1 Firmware. And for downgrading it have a look at this - http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4/general/i9500-easy-to-downgrade-official-t3036258 . You need to be rooted on 5.0.1 with a custom recovery.
All the best!
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Hello sumanjit,
I faced this problem today! i was on Lollipop and then tried to downgrade it to Kitkat but that erased my IMEI number. To get it back I again flashed the stock 5.0.1 Firmware. And for downgrading it have a look at this - http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4/general/i9500-easy-to-downgrade-official-t3036258 . You need to be rooted on 5.0.1 with a custom recovery.
All the best!
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Hi,
Thanks for the suggestion , after flashing back to stock 5.0.1 firmware it works again. I went through the link which you have mentioned but not sure how do i clean wipe using CWM recovery, please help me with that. Also did you try it and is it working.
Many thanks for your time.
sumanjit said:
Hi,
Thanks for the suggestion , after flashing back to stock 5.0.1 firmware it works again. I went through the link which you have mentioned but not sure how do i clean wipe using CWM recovery, please help me with that. Also did you try it and is it working.
Many thanks for your time.
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I had Philz Touch recovery. In it select- Wipe data reset.
Then you will be asked to - 1) wipe data reset
2) wipe clean install (something like this).
So select the clean install option.
Boot to download and flash the firmware.
Note: I tried the same and got my IMEI nulled. And I was suggested to follow the same procedure as displayed in that post. I haven't tested the yet. I am still to restore the EFS partition and will report back with any probable solution.
If helped press thanks!
All the best!
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I had Philz Touch recovery. In it select- Wipe data reset.
Then you will be asked to - 1) wipe data reset
2) wipe clean install (something like this).
So select the clean install option.
Boot to download and flash the firmware.
Note: I tried the same and got my IMEI nulled. And I was suggested to follow the same procedure as displayed in that post. I haven't tested the yet. I am still to restore the EFS partition and will report back with any probable solution.
If helped press thanks!
All the best!
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Sorry, i got a little confused with the last paragraph. Did you face the IMEI nulled issue even after doing Philz Touch recovery?
sumanjit said:
Sorry, i got a little confused with the last paragraph. Did you face the IMEI nulled issue even after doing Philz Touch recovery?
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Yes my IMEI was nulled. The main problem is the new Lollipop bootloader. But many members claimed here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4/general/i9500-easy-to-downgrade-official-t3036258 that after following the exact steps they successfully downgraded to KitKat. Now I have XXUFN12 firmware so I am still downloading UUBGNJ1 to check whether it works.
All the best!
Hi
it's my dad's phone and has been dead for a while now...
I have an I9500 and after upgrading to a new version (stock on the air upgrade done by my dad) it shows IMEI null and no sim card detected.
I tried these steps:
1) root, philz recovery
2) install latest modem
3) restore EFS (dont have a working backup so didnt help)
4) back to stock rom as recommended here by some folks.
5) edited the efs file (a bad efs with null imei) using HexEditor and wrote my IMEI on 0x800000 address.
6) flashed cm
nothing works!
plz help!
Your phone IMEI is listed under the battery in the phone. But I'm not sure how you re-enter it.
I lost my IMEI when I was on a custom rom 5.1.0, got it back by flashing 4.4.4 stock via ODIN
My phone is an I9505
Take the phone to Samsung and have them fix it, as you've done everything you could to resolve the problem yourself. After all, if their OTA update did screw the phone up, they should be responsible for fixing it.