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Samsung note 3 n9005 ( european model ) IMEI and software problem

Hello,
I'm from Egypt I bought a note 3 n9005 european sim model
-from settings my phone reads different IMEI than the one written on the phone under the battery.
-The network goes down to emergency call only but never asked me for unlock PIN
-someone installed for me android 4.4.2 that deleted all options like air gestures and all other Samsung stuffs
- In settings menu the phone model n9000 ( -_- )
- I wanted to return the phone to stock settings, firmware and unlock it.
- I think knox already tripped ( how to check it ? )
- I downloaded a file with extensionBTU- N9005XXUDMJ7 (mar.tdr5) 1.36GB + Odin 3.07 + usb driver.
Do I need anything else because it's my first time flash an android phone.
Thanks in advance

Switch on the phone by pressing power+home+volume down. This will take you to download mode. Knox status will be displayed there.
If you are on 4.4.2, you can't downgrade to MJ7.
I have no idea how you managed to get a new with a new ROM.
But you can always try flashing the ROM you downloaded. You don't need anything else. Just read a couple of guides on Odin flashing.

Khaled24 said:
Hello,
I'm from Egypt I bought a note 3 n9005 european sim model
-from settings my phone reads different IMEI than the one written on the phone under the battery.
-The network goes down to emergency call only but never asked me for unlock PIN
-someone installed for me android 4.4.2 that deleted all options like air gestures and all other Samsung stuffs
- In settings menu the phone model n9000 ( -_- )
- I wanted to return the phone to stock settings, firmware and unlock it.
- I think knox already tripped ( how to check it ? )
- I downloaded a file with extensionBTU- N9005XXUDMJ7 (mar.tdr5) 1.36GB + Odin 3.07 + usb driver.
Do I need anything else because it's my first time flash an android phone.
Thanks in advance
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Sounds like someone flashed CM for you --- Settings > about device and tell us what OS it is and what version

radicalisto said:
Sounds like someone flashed CM for you --- Settings > about device and tell us what OS it is and what version
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dial *#06# into the dial pad and it will give you the correct imei of the phone

-I havent the phone now>>>>it is cyanogenmod software version 4.4.2 ( i have very bad knowledge about these things )
-what about the imei issue
-I want to install any official software so the phone returns stock

sexystephy said:
dial *#06# into the dial pad and it will give you the correct imei of the phone
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Just don't post your IMEI number here
If your model is showing N9000 it's from a CM build being installed, especially if you lost Samsung features.. as for the IMEI issue we'll investigate that soon as we know what we are actually dealing with :good:
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Khaled24 said:
-I havent the phone now>>>>it is cyanogenmod software version 4.4.2 ( i have very bad knowledge about these things )
-what about the imei issue
-I want to install any official software so the phone returns stock
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Yup just as I suspected... OK
Follow this
Open ODIN, put your phone into download mode connect your phone, load the .md5 file into the PDA option on ODIN and press start. It will reflash your stock Samsung back to normal.

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sexystephy said:
dial *#06# into the dial pad and it will give you the correct imei of the phone
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_these command leads to an error ( sometimes it works and the imei is also different than under the battrey )
-I think that's coz of the region lock

Khaled24 said:
_these command leads to an error ( sometimes it works and the imei is also different than under the battrey )
-I think that's coz of the region lock
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Once you flash back to normal Stock Samsung it'll be better to grasp the IMEI errors, when dialling *#06# into the keypad it adds an extra number with a / mine is /01 iirc. for now, how about we get you back to Stock then sort the rest as we are unsure what is what. :good:

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radicalisto said:
Just don't post your IMEI number here
If your model is showing N9000 it's from a CM build being installed, especially if you lost Samsung features.. as for the IMEI issue we'll investigate that soon as we know what we are actually dealing with :good:
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Yup just as I suspected... OK
Follow this
Open ODIN, put your phone into download mode connect your phone, load the .md5 file into the PDA option on ODIN and press start. It will reflash your stock Samsung back to normal.
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-I downloaded the right firmware...Right ?!
-any other tips before starting ....coz it's the first time for me

Khaled24 said:
_these command leads to an error ( sometimes it works and the imei is also different than under the battrey )
-I think that's coz of the region lock
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so you have 3 IMEIs in total? That's messed up..

Khaled24 said:
-I downloaded the right firmware...Right ?!
-any other tips before starting ....coz it's the first time for me
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Put the phone in download mode, and do what I said, you'll be fine, don't worry!

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sexystephy said:
so you have 3 IMEIs in total? That's messed up..
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- No. only two imei
-*#06# imei is the same one in settings menu
-the one under the battery is different

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-before installing stock firmware n9005xxudmj7 europe version >>>
i wanted to know if I flashed a middle eastern firmware SM-N9005ZKEXSI .....does the sim registration problem disappears ???

SM-N9005ZKEXSI is your product code. It signifies that your phone is from the gulf.
Just flash the firmware as directed by radicalisto. You'll be fine.

FeralFire said:
SM-N9005ZKEXSI is your product code. It signifies that your phone is from the gulf.
Just flash the firmware as directed by radicalisto. You'll be fine.
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-I know N9005ZKEXSI for gulf region but I have an european model n9005xxudmj7
-I'm asking for 2 in 1 solution for region lock and stock firmware

Khaled24 said:
-I know N9005ZKEXSI for gulf region but I have an european model n9005xxudmj7
-I'm asking for 2 in 1 solution for region lock and stock firmware
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To my knowledge once the region lock is activated that's it, you can't undo it. < Ignore that, take a look at this
The region lock isn't to one country though, it's to continents. There may be some ways around it if you are rooted (which you are) but I'm not the best person to speak to regarding that. Odin being tripped means nothing apart from if your phone stops working tomorrow, Samsung won't be interested.
In terms of the Samsung Stock Software that you are installing, it doesn't really matter what software you install providing it isn't the Exynos version. Because you have the 4.4 boot loader though you MUST flash the leaked polish build. If you install the version that was mentioned above by one of the other posters, later on we can focus on getting you the correct software for your device region if we need to.

I can't tell you much about region lock. Mine came without it.
n9005xxudmj7 is a ROM version. Not a product number.
Since your knox is already tripped, you can easily root your device using Chainfire's autoroot and install the regionlock-away.
But before we get there, we need to get you up and running on atleast some version of TouchWiz.
Did you try flashing that file yet?

Hey peopele finally back to original Firmware thnx all
now the IMEI different than under the battery ..... it connects to the networks then goes to emergency call only

Khaled24 said:
Hey peopele finally back to original Firmware thnx all
now the IMEI different than under the battery ..... it connects to the networks then goes to emergency call only
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have the same problem, but i flashed kitkat from sammobile, then my original imei and serial number have changed and cant get them back, tried twrp recovery but not working with kitkat firmware. tried to downgrade to stock firmware but error.
gsm only network dont register on network, mine is European sim card too.
how can get my original serial and imei

mamattar1 said:
have the same problem, but i flashed kitkat from sammobile, then my original imei and serial number have changed and cant get them back, tried twrp recovery but not working with kitkat firmware. tried to downgrade to stock firmware but error.
gsm only network dont register on network, mine is European sim card too.
how can get my original serial and imei
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-Same problem here.....any suggestions ??

gt-i9500

Ok, so a few days ago i bought samsung galaxy s4 gt-i9500. Everything is fine except when i change launguage to my naitive. After that some of the apps stay in english and others change their language into chinese( i'm not sure if its chinese but it looks like it). phone runs on android 4.4.2. i tried to uptade it to android 5.0.1 with odin but everytime i try it fails either in re-partition or nand write start. Enyone can help? I tried using differnt cables, usb ports and even diferent computers, always switch off antivirus and kill kies, and start odin as administrator.

Enter download mode and tell us the model number displayed there. That way we can rule out a Frankenstein phone and help you better.

Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
Enter download mode and tell us the model number displayed there. That way we can rule out a Frankenstein phone and help you better.
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Number displayed is: SHV-E330S

Valhaller said:
Number displayed is: SHV-E330S
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it's not a S4 I9500 , it's a SHV-E330S with diffrent hardware processor 2.3GHz LTE advanced , dont try to upgrade with I9500 Firmware you gonne brick your phone , take look here and try one of this firmwares http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SHV-E330S/

I didnt know that. I only checked in settings and model number displayed there is gt-i9500 but im pretty new to samsungs so i'll try with that. Thankfully nothing bad happened.
One more question, can i use only firmware for shv-e330s witch is for south korea or can i also use firmware for gt-i9506 witch has csc dedicated for my country. As i checked it shv-e330s and gt-i9506 are the same.

You can only use firmware for the E330S. Odin will reject attempts to install the I9506 firmware on the device. If there are custom ROMs available for your device, I would use one of them.

Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
You can only use firmware for the E330S. Odin will reject attempts to install the I9506 firmware on the device. If there are custom ROMs available for your device, I would use one of them.
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Thank you, dear sir. I'll certainly do this.

What model do I have?

Hello everyone,
When I bout my phone, I know for a fact that my model number was I9000. I noticed that now, after flashing a rom , it is written in my settings the my model number is I9500. so , is my phone considered i9500 and I should now flash roms that fit for I9500?
And one more question - I downloaded GT-I9500-CWM-6.0.4.7.rar file from one comment from this forum. is it save to flash and should I do factory reset and cache wipe before flashing it?

shachar911 said:
Hello everyone,
When I bout my phone, I know for a fact that my model number was I9000. I noticed that now, after flashing a rom , it is written in my settings the my model number is I9500. so , is my phone considered i9500 and I should now flash roms that fit for I9500?
And one more question - I downloaded GT-I9500-CWM-6.0.4.7.rar file from one comment from this forum. is it save to flash and should I do factory reset and cache wipe before flashing it?
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Your phone doesn't change hardware after flashing a rom. The only way you know what phone you have is by looking what's written in download mode. The rest can be altered.

Was I9000 not the S1?
Boot into download mode (vol down + power button) and see what it says that your model is.

Thanks guys, in download mode it says It's 9500 so I gusse it's 9500 now. I know it doesn't make sense but I'm sure it was I9000 before.

shachar911 said:
Thanks guys, in download mode it says It's 9500 so I gusse it's 9500 now. I know it doesn't make sense but I'm sure it was I9000 before.
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No that's impossible. If download mode says it's an i9500 then it always has been a i9500.

shachar911 said:
Thanks guys, in download mode it says It's 9500 so I gusse it's 9500 now. I know it doesn't make sense but I'm sure it was I9000 before.
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I9000 is the original Samsung Galaxy S.
Unless you bought a Galaxy S, then there no way it was I9000.
Besides, you could make the phone model show even as an iPhone. The phone model display can be edited easily with root. Download mode is the only one that will tell you the true model.

From the hospital: SIM not working. Also, it it really i9500?

Hi
Background: I am usually very thorough when buying a new phone. This time I Wasn't well for many days and in the hospital. Urgently needed a new phone and ordered 1 online from a used shop. I specially wanted i9500.. no other variant..
I got one, it said i9500 on the back cover (echted in the plastics and well as the paper... which said made in india.. also the paper/sticker wasn't samsung quality but maybe since it was used, and indian made, i thought ok..
Now I inserted my sim and turned it on... Some chinese s***t! then samsung logo then the TouchWiz.. But there were many chinese apps as well. AND IT DID NOT DETECT MY SIM. Settings say its an i9500.. it felt like a samsung but something was off... In camera, as soon as I took a pic, phone got shut off! Had to take out battery... (btw, it says android 4.42 and when I go to Update.. .Samsung says it cant as device has been modified)
reformatted phone... more chinese sh*t, then Android loads up and there is no play store!
So I downoad a Darky ROM for i9500 and try flashing.. viola!! success.. Android 5.0.1
It said Sim not registered... then that message dissappears and now it shows me FULL SIGNALS but when I try to dial anything, it says Not registered on network! - WHen I went to settings... in device it is now saying:SM-903F (is that a ROM thing or is that the real phone model I have..?)
Can someone please help me.. the phone is very important here in my hosp.. cant type/read a lot of my laptop, it is very energy comsuming
Regards
P.S My location is Pakistan

See if you can enter download mode (Volume down and Power). If you can get into download mode, read off the model number displayed on screen. If you can't, the S4 is counterfeit.

The phone could also be a combination of various parts from different hardware versions of the s4.
Also, check to see if the imei is okay.

Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
See if you can enter download mode (Volume down and Power). If you can get into download mode, read off the model number displayed on screen. If you can't, the S4 is counterfeit.
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Download mode says GT-I9500CHN
hmm
audit13 said:
The phone could also be a combination of various parts from different hardware versions of the s4.
Also, check to see if the imei is okay.
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Yes bro, I can see the IMEI..
I tried flashing another ROM (TouchWiz) - Still sim is not recognized (but signal bars goes to full.. even if I take out the SIM.. guess thats a ROM issue)
Anyways, still stuck.. Which modem should I try flashing... :|

I was going to suggest a stock 9500 rom from sammobile.com but there are only ROMs for the 9500, not 9500chn.
Googling the model 9500chn links to other people that have the same problem when trying to flash another rom.

audit13 said:
I was going to suggest a stock 9500 rom from sammobile.com but there are only ROMs for the 9500, not 9500chn.
Googling the model 9500chn links to other people that have the same problem when trying to flash another rom.
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The phone model become GT-I9500CHN because of Chinese bootloader that unfortunately very hard to get rid of this stuff.
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Your phone might be trying to connect to China Mobile or China Unicom that uses TD-SCDMA instead of WCDMA for most regions.
Also, after you install DarkLord S6 port on your device, you'll get phone model on About device as SM-G903F (Galaxy S5 Neo) instead of the normal one for more compatibility (according to the developer).
I would try to check the IMEI online to see if this is original or not (ilegally tampered from other device).
Sent from my GT-I9500

krasCGQ said:
The phone model become GT-I9500CHN because of Chinese bootloader that unfortunately very hard to get rid of this stuff.
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Your phone might be trying to connect to China Mobile or China Unicom that uses TD-SCDMA instead of WCDMA for most regions.
Also, after you install DarkLord S6 port on your device, you'll get phone model on About device as SM-G903F (Galaxy S5 Neo) instead of the normal one for more compatibility (according to the developer).
I would try to check the IMEI online to see if this is original or not (ilegally tampered from other device).
Sent from my GT-I9500
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What to do then? I tried installing Omega ROM v 28... after installtion, screen goes blank... tried it twice!
Any solution

hdaackda said:
What to do then? I tried installing Omega ROM v 28... after installtion, screen goes blank... tried it twice!
Any solution
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Cheap chinese fake replicas. All ib one line.
Do nothing about it. Ordering online was the worst decision.
Now there are threads here on how to manage these clones. Read one of them

DeepankarS said:
Cheap chinese fake replicas. All ib one line.
Do nothing about it. Ordering online was the worst decision.
Now there are threads here on how to manage these clones. Read one of them
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I hate chinese like u do... but this is not cheap
and it is actually a REAL Samsung Galaxy
problem is its GT-i9500CHN - aargghhhhhh - pain doubling... due to me being in hospital. cant go outside to kill someone

If you flashed custom ROMs and them boot, it's not a clone. I9500 performs an Exynos CPU, Chinese clones a Mediatek one, so just for this ROMs couldn't even boot.
All you can do is try to flash a stock firmware from SamMobile, an I9500 firmware coming from China, and see what happens.
By the way, I think this guy bought a Chinese (Genuine) I9500, then rooted it for install Google Apps, that would probably be the reason of the GApps disappearing after formatting (as far as I know, Chinese phones have a backup partition where an emergency copy of the stock firmware is located, I don't know if Samsung does this as well).
For the SIM problem, it's probably simlock, and it probably works only with a determined Chinese operator (or, again, it probably doesn't supports Pakistan's signal bands).
All you can do is check your IMEI on some dedicated site and see if it's simlock, then if it's not, check if the bands that your phone supports are compatible with Pakistan ones.
Sorry for my bad english.
Nexus⁴ on Tapatalk.

Again, China's bands are TD-SCDMA, not WCDMA as we use mostly over the world.
Sent from my GT-I9500

in and out of hospital. operation botched. going again. thanks for all your help guys, 1 last issue
baseband changed. signals working!! finally
one problem, as soon as I take picture, phone shuts down instantaneouly. have to take out battery and restart. ANY english i9500chn ROM pls??

hdaackda said:
in and out of hospital. operation botched. going again. thanks for all your help guys, 1 last issue
baseband changed. signals working!! finally
one problem, as soon as I take picture, phone shuts down instantaneouly. have to take out battery and restart. ANY english i9500chn ROM pls??
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Once again, GT-I9500CHN is just from the bootloader. Installing any GT-I9500 firmware should work.
Sent from my GT-I9500

Help please

I bought a second hand note 4 which came from abroad... dont know where but the device shows Sprint . The device shows SM N910F in 'about device'. How ever entering recovery the device info shown is SM N910P. I wanted to check for updates but doesnt work. Later i found the IMEI no. is fake ( shows a galaxy tab in imei info). Kies doesnt connect. 'dm- verity verification failed' in recovery mode. The phone is working properly but want to install complete stock. Have downloaded UK based firmware 6.1. via odin but doesnt install. 'About device' shows ' N910FVPU4COG5' (with FVPU) , the nearest i could find on sammobile is N910PVPU4COG5 ( PVPU which shows CDMA)
Please help me get into complete stock with proper IMEI. I dont even know where to start.

I'd recommend getting a refund if you can as there is a high probablity the device you've purchased has been stolen.

Thank you so much for your response. But refund now is not an option now, as I bought second hand from a friend who came from abroad. I need to find a way to repair it myself. Any ideas?

sharad81 said:
Thank you so much for your response. But refund now is not an option now, as I bought second hand from a friend who came from abroad. I need to find a way to repair it myself. Any ideas?
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If you take off the battery, the label underneath should have the original IMEI? Is that there? Then you could put that back using the engineering menu.
See if you have the original label under battery.

the label also has fake imei. its the same number that appears in the device.

I checked few sites. What I think is someone is masking SM N910P with SM N910F ( read somewhere F is better than P and is easier to sell). I think my device has gone through same. I tried installing SM N910F original stock but the device didnt accept. I have downloaded SM N910P also but too scared to try as I have come to know that SM N910P is a CDMA. Any suggestions?

There are apps in the Play Store that do imei changing. Read those app descriptions and do some research. DO NOT PAY ANYONE YET TO DO ANYTHING. I am also looking, so i can get back to you what i find. So for it looks that imei changing can be done easily for free. But you just need to know a proper imei - this is the hard part.
Do you think you can peel of the label to see if another is under there? That may have the true imei.....
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sharad81 said:
I checked few sites. What I think is someone is masking SM N910P with SM N910F ( read somewhere F is better than P and is easier to sell). I think my device has gone through same. I tried installing SM N910F original stock but the device didnt accept. I have downloaded SM N910P also but too scared to try as I have come to know that SM N910P is a CDMA. Any suggestions?
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Looking at your previous posts it looks like you definitrly have a CDMA device, and from Sprint. This is being faked as n910f, which is an international version BUT GSM. The other possibility is described below...
In Verizon note 4, which is CDMA, there are two sim slots. This is required now by law. One is CDMA and other slot is GSM or actually meant for sim when abroad I think Sprint also is the same. I have Vefizon. Verizon phones are also facgory unlocked. If you are using GSM maybe try switching sim slots. In this case yiur phone has been flashed with international version firmware so it can be recognised on gsm networks. If you have a GSM sim try both sim slots.
EDIT: I checked this and I think Slrint does not have two sims.
Go to this site and post the problem. You will def grt an answer
http://www.technobezz.com/restore-galaxy-null-imei-and-fix-not-registered-on-network/
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You are not alone, I got that kind of device too, with same build number as yours. My goal is to put a sprint custom rom and I use miui, but as soon as I install twrp the device got bootloop, I back-up the rom and install miui, now it works perfect, even 99000 imei (maybe the original imei) appears.

bangeko said:
You are not alone, I got that kind of device too, with same build number as yours. My goal is to put a sprint custom rom and I use miui, but as soon as I install twrp the device got bootloop, I back-up the rom and install miui, now it works perfect, even 99000 imei (maybe the original imei) appears.
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please put a link to that rom my note 4 wich have the same problem stuck in bootlop for ever

Gents, have you tried this - Phone INFO ★Samsung★ from gplay? It's telling what you have in your hands. After that you can check IMEI changing and other things.