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Yesterday I did restart my phone and suddenly its not recognizing my Sim-card anymore and it restarts after 1min. I checked my settings and saw that "baseband" is unknown.
I read in another threat that my efs partition could be corrupted. I made a backup of it while ago but I dont know how to restore it.
Tried many things like full wipe, reflashed stock, rooted, flashed some custom firmware. but no luck so far. Sim-card is working in another phone!
Any help would be appreciated!
Have nice weekend to all of you! :good:
Harryb80 said:
Yesterday I did restart my phone and suddenly its not recognizing my Sim-card anymore and it restarts after 1min. I checked my settings and saw that "baseband" is unknown.
I read in another threat that my efs partition could be corrupted. I made a backup of it while ago but I dont know how to restore it.
Tried many things like full wipe, reflashed stock, rooted, flashed some custom firmware. but no luck so far. Sim-card is working in another phone!
Any help would be appreciated!
Have nice weekend to all of you! :good:
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Hi
My note 3 crashed during boot and restored my Phone twrp, i didnt know twrp nuked my efs folder.
I also got baseband unknown
I did fix my Phone look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47728472#post47728472
cazrack said:
Hi
My note 3 crashed during boot and restored my Phone twrp, i didnt know twrp nuked my efs folder.
I also got baseband unknown
I did fix my Phone look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47728472#post47728472
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YES!! SUCCESS!! Thank you!!!! :laugh::good:
Fixed
I had the same problem with my Note 3 SM-N900. Installing Viper OS fixed it for me.
Follow install instructions here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...droid-development/rom-viperos-v3-1-1-t3756511
ROM Download link here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hYOHtzZWdRN_-xxt__WaLaUaAl4ZSMAC/view
Sup guys. I have a problem with my S4. I doubt anyone will be able to help me find a fix but its worth a try. I hope someone will help.
Anyway, I flashed my GT-i9500 (Galaxy S4) from 4.2.2 to 4.3. Now it doesnt boot, It just gets stuck at the 2nd boot screen. Its not even a bootloop. It just hangs there. The S4 sound that plays gets cut like halfway.
I tried flashing a lot of different ROMS, and it still does the same thing. When I rooted it, I noticed the boot welcome sound plays full, but it still hangs after that.
I used Philz Recovery and mounted all the folders etc, but efs says invalid. So that means the EFS folder is messed. I get that, but I cannot repair the EFS if I cant boot the phone, I need the Samsung MTP **** for Samsung Tool to work. I have an N7100 (Note 2) Where I repaired the EFS with Samsung Tool, I was able to boot the phone.
I looked ALL over the net including this forum and found nothing. Right now the phone is just worth nothing. This is my last option, to ask here myself. If it cant be fixed I just cut my losses and get another phone.
I also flashed a PIT file, CSC file, Modem file during the period I was trying to get this fixed. If anybody knows this problem, It'll be very helpful.
Thanks.
you could try upgrading to 4.4, i have all the files for omega v21
heres the link for all the stuff from my google drive.
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B_trhAurRvdmb0RkNGpoTkVNU0k&usp=sharing
instal the bootloader and phone file via odin, bl = bootloader cp = goes into the phone part of odin
then fash the rom via philz recovery, worth a try !!
good luck
That wouldn't work, thats for the Snapdragon variant I think. The i9505. I have the i9500. I'll download the Omega ROM for i9500 and try it anyway.
Thanks.
Still doesnt work.
StickyBomb said:
Still doesnt work.
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Did you tried complete of phone, than power and vol up, at the buzz lose vol up and at loge lose power button.
and then flash with odin bl. and modem
etc.
I've flashed with Odin & Recovery.
I flashed another bootloader, XXUEMK8 & Odexed Knox Free Stock ROM XXEUMK8 & it still does the same. I dont know whats wrong with it.
Another thing I forgot to mention is if I root it using Odin, the welcome sound plays full and it hangs, and if I reboot it, the welcome sound goes back to cutting off again.
This phone probably cant be fixed. I dont know wtf's wrong with this phone. This is WORSE than hard bricked.
oh & as I mentioned before, I have a Galaxy Note 2 & had an EFS problem with it. I fixed it, the difference was this Note 2 actually booted properly with any ROM installed. I used a Z3X Box & Samsung Tool to fix up the EFS. Maybe this problem is only with i9500 or with i9500 & newer models.
Eeeer don't mean to point out the obvious here but you did do a factory reset in stock recovery after flashing stock 4.3 in Odin? That's all you needed to do at the start.
When I went from 4.2 to 4.3 I couldn't get it to boot at all unless I performed factory reset after flash.
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I came from a rooted Samsung org. rom 4.3 to omega v21.1 Android 4.4.2
After this i tried slimkat, and had from first start the same issue, no booting.
Nothing works
only starting with power and vol. up as descried above, I could flash XXUFNA5 bootloader & modems.
After this twrp.
And at last I flashed S4 Google Edition - 4.4.2, a ROM for the Samsung Galaxy S 4
Thanks for the help people.
I gave up on trying. I tried everything even factory reset after flashing, different ROMS, different Android versions. 4.1.2, 4.2.2 & 4.3. Today I ended up selling the phone's LCD. Atleast I didnt everything. lol. Wouldn't be buying another Samsung EVER. I was thinking I need another box and stuff, like NSPRO but I dont have that.
Here's the story
1. this phone wouldn't boot up after the OTA update, the screen read "firmware upgrade encountered an issue.
please use software repair assistant & try again."
2. used odin 3.09 to reflash pit and the latest nc4 official firmware (I know it can't be rooted, but that's the only choice I have).
3. phone came back alive, worked for t-mobile and verizon sim cards.
Problem:
after a few hours or maybe a day, or maybe a restart, phone won't detect sim card, baseband version shows unkwown, hardware
version is empty, imei, network, MIN, PRL version, ERI version, imeisv, iccid are all "unknown".
What I have done:
phone will be back to normal if I flash the firmware again, I've use odin 3.09 and kies 3 many times.
I also tried flashing different modems, for ex, MI9, MJE, NC2 even NC4. But phone will keep restarting, sometimes the phone is working after
a few restarts. But eventually I will have the same problem again.
I was wondering if someone could point me to the right direction?
nicedog said:
Here's the story
1. this phone wouldn't boot up after the OTA update, the screen read "firmware upgrade encountered an issue.
please use software repair assistant & try again."
2. used odin 3.09 to reflash pit and the latest nc4 official firmware (I know it can't be rooted, but that's the only choice I have).
3. phone came back alive, worked for t-mobile and verizon sim cards.
Problem:
after a few hours or maybe a day, or maybe a restart, phone won't detect sim card, baseband version shows unkwown, hardware
version is empty, imei, network, MIN, PRL version, ERI version, imeisv, iccid are all "unknown".
What I have done:
phone will be back to normal if I flash the firmware again, I've use odin 3.09 and kies 3 many times.
I also tried flashing different modems, for ex, MI9, MJE, NC2 even NC4. But phone will keep restarting, sometimes the phone is working after
a few restarts. But eventually I will have the same problem again.
I was wondering if someone could point me to the right direction?
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When you flashed the different modems, did you check settings/about the phone to verify that the modem flash " took"? Recommend entering Odin from power off, especially when flashing modems. FWIW, I'm not at all sure this will fix your problem, but it's worth a shot.
cam30era said:
When you flashed the different modems, did you check settings/about the phone to verify that the modem flash " took"? Recommend entering Odin from power off, especially when flashing modems. FWIW, I'm not at all sure this will fix your problem, but it's worth a shot.
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Yes I did. The baseband version showed MI9 when my phone was still working properly.
nicedog said:
Yes I did. The baseband version showed MI9 when my phone was still working properly.
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OK. Hopefully someone else will chime in with some suggestions.
one more thing I've done many times so far is, sometimes a full reset will bring it back to normal too.
settings -> backup and reset -> factory data reset.
I don't mind bricking my phone, but maybe someone knows other possible way, say, flashing EFS? I don't even know what that is.
I've been searching for the right solution but I haven't found one yet.
Never ever give up!
I'm the OP and I finally got it working. I simply ran EFS Professional v2.1.73, did a backup and restore of the EFS. That's it!
Did you figure out what efs is?
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It didn't last long, and using EFS profession for EFS backup/restore never worked again.
I then saw this page the other day,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2610757
So I used odin to flash
pit
official kitkat rom
I also checked these two,
erase nand
erase EFS
the phone booted up fine, I then turned it off and entered recovery mode, did a data and cache wipe, then booted up the phone again, that brought back my imei, my sim card worked again.
Unfortunately I'll lose it again once I flash a custom rom, or perhaps even a reboot.
I'm still searching for a permanent solution. But at least now I can use my sim card with a stock rom
Rom based on which region?
nicedog said:
It didn't last long, and using EFS profession for EFS backup/restore never worked again.
I then saw this page the other day,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2610757
So I used odin to flash
pit
official kitkat rom
I also checked these two,
erase nand
erase EFS
the phone booted up fine, I then turned it off and entered recovery mode, did a data and cache wipe, then booted up the phone again, that brought back my imei, my sim card worked again.
Unfortunately I'll lose it again once I flash a custom rom, or perhaps even a reboot.
I'm still searching for a permanent solution. But at least now I can use my sim card with a stock rom
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Can you please tell the stock rom based on which CSC ? or country ?
I'm having the same issue. Lost baseband and imei, but never got it recovered. even with stock.
I use this one,
ALL_VZW_N900VVRUCNC4_N900VVZWCNC4_1487472_REV03_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5
http://www.trueandroid.com/2014/05/n900vvrucnc4-android-442-kitkat.html
Same boat brother, this is what I've posted. So far I'm a week in this situation, battery pull brings it back, any mod like Xposed with module where you have to reboot looses the baseband, IMEI etc. I have backup of the EFS and restored it multiple time with no joy.
Need some advice guys for Verizon my Note 3, I'm currently stock NC4 ready to. flash this bad boy ROM, after root access with TowelRoot, installation of BusyBox and Supersu no SafeTrap yet. Once I reboot in this state, I have the Baseband unknown under Settings-About Phone status all unknown info on IME etc etc. Off course I loose 4G signal all together. I may reboot again and it comes back. I know about EFS partition corruption and have multiple backup of My note 3 EFs partition. Even with restore it would still happen. I have exhausted all my knowledge learned throughout the years from you guys. But, I'm asking some help again. I am very familiar with all the terms about flashing/rooting so please feel free to throw some genius on how I can fix this thing.
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Hi all,
I have the worst issue I ever had.
One day after buying my note 3, I bricked my precious by trying to upgrade via odin.
Now, In have imei null, there is no nv_data files in EFS, I have bad S/N.
I bought my Note via Ebay, so no warranty is possible
I tried all of things I could find, always no solution
I wish to find factory restore files (PDA,PHONE,CSC+pit) or any method that can help.
I'm desperate, please help me
Phone : SM-N9005
BASEBAND : NULL
ROM:N9005XXUFNG2
KNOX 0x1
HELP ME
kadoge said:
Hi all,
I have the worst issue I ever had.
One day after buying my note 3, I bricked my precious by trying to upgrade via odin.
Now, In have imei null, there is no nv_data files in EFS, I have bad S/N.
I bought my Note via Ebay, so no warranty is possible
I tried all of things I could find, always no solution
I wish to find factory restore files (PDA,PHONE,CSC+pit) or any method that can help.
I'm desperate, please help me
Phone : SM-N9005
BASEBAND : NULL
ROM:N9005XXUFNG2
KNOX 0x1
HELP ME
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What firmware and what CSC was the phone before the upgrade? Was it a 32GB EU version or a 16GB HK version?
Hi,
xclub_101 said:
What firmware and what CSC was the phone before the upgrade? Was it a 32GB EU version or a 16GB HK version?
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i think there's a real problem with the N9005XXUFNG2 update, there are now (including me) at least five guys who blew their IMEI/Baseband with this version :crying:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/help/nv-data-imei-help-please-t2843826
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/help/n9005-baseband-unknown-update-to-4-4-2-t2842654
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/help/imei-null-baseband-unknown-sim-detected-t2843624
I've updated my swiss 32GB (CSC AUT) Note3 from N9005XXUENB4_N9005AUTENB1_N9005XXUENB1 to N9005XXUFNG2_N9005AUTFNG1_N9005XXUFNG2 using Odin. All went (seemingly) fine, after reboot, no more baseband, Android shows no CSC, but stock recovery now shows CSC DBT (Germany)?!?!
Of course, no efs-backup available (i did one months ago right after rooting/knox-tripping, but it got lost during flashing/wiping/sd-formating) :crying:
/efs has a file in /efs/imei, but i cannot find a nv_data.bin, should the note3 really have one? Would someon be willing to share an imei-scrubbed /efs-backup? I know it will not work this way, but at least we would have a starting point...
As far as i understand it, there is some sort of a certificate for the imei on /efs, maybe it could be fixed by entering the devices *original* imei into nv_data.bin if that certificate is still there...?
So far, i think every one had knox 0x1, another push from Sam to discourage moding ?
galium123 said:
Hi,
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I've updated my swiss 32GB (CSC AUT) Note3 from N9005XXUENB4_N9005AUTENB1_N9005XXUENB1 to N9005XXUFNG2_N9005AUTFNG1_N9005XXUFNG2 using Odin. All went (seemingly) fine, after reboot, no more baseband, Android shows no CSC, but stock recovery now shows CSC DBT (Germany)?!?!
Of course, no efs-backup available (i did one months ago right after rooting/knox-tripping, but it got lost during flashing/wiping/sd-formating) :crying:
/efs has a file in /efs/imei, but i cannot find a nv_data.bin, should the note3 really have one? Would someon be willing to share an imei-scrubbed /efs-backup? I know it will not work this way, but at least we would have a starting point...
As far as i understand it, there is some sort of a certificate for the imei on /efs, maybe it could be fixed by entering the devices *original* imei into nv_data.bin if that certificate is still there...?
So far, i think every one had knox 0x1, another push from Sam to discourage moding ?
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You seem to have used the correct image but indeed it seems something wrong happened during the upgrade
On N9005 the IMEI is not in the EFS partition, it is in a separate partition (with a backup), it don't remember right now so you will have to search around a little, something like partitions 11 to 13 and 17 to 19. I doubt that those partitions from one phone can be of much use on other phone.
EDIT:
have you tried to write back the previous ROM?
I wondering if my N9005 wasn't a fake.
After analysis :
S/N is fake, not recognize by Kies
RAM => 1.72 GB
I got Odin files separated, but, no way again.
It's curious because everything else seems fine, even sensors.
If I try to uses imei changing solution, will my phone back ?
Help
Hi,
xclub_101 said:
You seem to have used the correct image but indeed it seems something wrong happened during the upgrade
On N9005 the IMEI is not in the EFS partition, it is in a separate partition (with a backup), it don't remember right now so you will have to search around a little, something like partitions 11 to 13 and 17 to 19. I doubt that those partitions from one phone can be of much use on other phone.
EDIT:
have you tried to write back the previous ROM?
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Yes, that the first thing i tried, didnt change anything, but i stayed on NB1. After i read your posting (that the IMEI isn't on the EFS partition) and snooping around Android, it really looked more like a broken baseband instead of "just" a missing IMEI. I did a lot of things (like EFS-Clear and NAND-Erase in odin), but at some point i remembered that i region-unlocked my note3 with Chainfire's tool, so i region-re-locked it, upgraded to NG2 with odin, and preso, working note3 :laugh:
So i can't be sure, but if the other people with broken phones also have used region-unlock, this could point in the right direction :good:
Thanks a lot for your help!
galium123 said:
Hi,
Yes, that the first thing i tried, didnt change anything, but i stayed on NB1. After i read your posting (that the IMEI isn't on the EFS partition) and snooping around Android, it really looked more like a broken baseband instead of "just" a missing IMEI. I did a lot of things (like EFS-Clear and NAND-Erase in odin), but at some point i remembered that i region-unlocked my note3 with Chainfire's tool, so i region-re-locked it, upgraded to NG2 with odin, and preso, working note3 :laugh:
So i can't be sure, but if the other people with broken phones also have used region-unlock, this could point in the right direction :good:
Thanks a lot for your help!
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How do you region-lock it?
Did you update from 4.3 to 4.4.2 ??
I did update on n9005 from 4.3 to 4.4 and same problem as yours, I didn't have efs backup or anything.
Flashed all the roms and modems on 4.4 but no avail. Then I found 4.3 modems from xda and flashed 4.3 modem on CP in ODIN and baseband came to.
n9005 4.3 modems: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2475714
Your first priority now is to RECOVER BASEBAND. Everything else will be done after that. No baseband, no repair.
Mine is fixed now btw, did it yesterday!
ddogishere said:
How do you region-lock it?
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With the same tool from chainfire, it has an option to reinstate the lock. It's probably a good idea to do this on the same firmware as you unlocked it (if that's an option, if you're come from 4.3, it's not, in my case i did it on 4.2.2 and the new firmware is also based on 4.2.2)...
Regards
This script saved my ass http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47014662
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kadoge said:
I wondering if my N9005 wasn't a fake.
After analysis :
S/N is fake, not recognize by Kies
RAM => 1.72 GB
I got Odin files separated, but, no way again.
It's curious because everything else seems fine, even sensors.
If I try to uses imei changing solution, will my phone back ?
Help
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Install Phone INFO ★Samsung★ app, open 'Refurbishment Check' menu. It will tell you if your phone is fake or not.
Hey guys. I know for sure there is another thread about a similar problem but the biggest problem I'm having is figuring out what to do next, or better yet, what did I even mess up?
I made a thread a couple days ago here asking about the LTE option on my phone and how there was none. It's an Intl' phone and therefore I guess doesn't work on Canadian LTE networks.
Before we start, I'm using TWRP 2.7.0.0 . My phone is the UAE version of the D802, which is the D80220C. My current custom rom is Liquidsmooth MS3.2 .
So I found a list of modems and flashed the one for Bell. It was for the D803, but the thread I was looking at said it was cross-compatible so I assumed that meant it's okay for me to flash it on my phone.
Even so, I backed up my EFS partitions just to be 100% sure. I even used the .zip file that automatically backs up the current modem files. So I thought there was definitely a way out if it didn't work.
I will give you the full story of what was done and maybe I can get some guidance on maybe something I did wrong.
1) I flashed the D803 Bell modem.
2) Reboot to system, LS3.2 hangs on start up. Tried a hard restart to see if it wasn't a fluke. Nothing. Still hanging.
3) Figured the EFS files were toast, so I ran the restore .zip for my EFS. Reboot, and still hanging.
4) Said WTF? and restored my first stable rooted stock rom. It booted into the rom fine, but when it got to the lock screen I saw the "Service Disabled" and the phone quickly crashed.
5) Didn't even attempt to restart on that rom. So I tried a couple terminal commands to copy the modems1.img and modemst2.img files to corresponding partitions. Copied both just fine, but no change. Still screwing up.
So, this is where I am so far. I am in the process of downloading the D80220C UAE .kdz file so I can try to flash that one first. If that doesn't work, I'm really at a loss.
When I read into this some more, all I see is people who have totally wiped their EFS files and having to spend a whole bunch of time using a bunch of different programs to get in an recover the IMEI number.
What do you guys think?
Some good news right off the bat. I found a KK baseband for D802 and flashed it. So now I was able to restore my LS3.2 rom and boot into it fine. I see my IMEI and MAC address and can get WiFi at last!
Mods, you can delete this thread if you wish.