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[Q] Flashed stock rom, now no network?

Hi there, new to the forums posting but I read here constantly. I have an sm-900w8 note from Telus in Canada. I was running a custom rom before and decided I wanted to go back to stock before the Kitkat release. Anyway, I flashed the rom from sammobile.com that was for my phone (the link said it was for telus and the file even ends in TLS). So I flash it using odin and everything is perfect, the phone reboots and odin is finished. After that I decided I wanted to clear all my data and apps off the phone as well so I did a factory reset. The next time I turn the phone on everything is working (wifi gps ect) but I can't get on the network and it says I don't have a valid SIM. Also I notice the app packages from telus are not the correct ones and one of them is labelled Bell. So I am guessing the site has the bell firmware for telus as well? This doesn't matter to me but I do need my network running. Do you think it would just be a modem problem? Any information would be GREATLY appreciated guys!

Kevind_444 said:
Hi there, new to the forums posting but I read here constantly. I have an sm-900w8 note from Telus in Canada. I was running a custom rom before and decided I wanted to go back to stock before the Kitkat release. Anyway, I flashed the rom from sammobile.com that was for my phone (the link said it was for telus and the file even ends in TLS). So I flash it using odin and everything is perfect, the phone reboots and odin is finished. After that I decided I wanted to clear all my data and apps off the phone as well so I did a factory reset. The next time I turn the phone on everything is working (wifi gps ect) but I can't get on the network and it says I don't have a valid SIM. Also I notice the app packages from telus are not the correct ones and one of them is labelled Bell. So I am guessing the site has the bell firmware for telus as well? This doesn't matter to me but I do need my network running. Do you think it would just be a modem problem? Any information would be GREATLY appreciated guys!
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The first and most important question: Do you have a backup of your EFS folder?
If so, you'll be happy. If not, prepare for the worst case scenario.

Kevind_444 said:
Hi there, new to the forums posting but I read here constantly. I have an sm-900w8 note from Telus in Canada. I was running a custom rom before and decided I wanted to go back to stock before the Kitkat release. Anyway, I flashed the rom from sammobile.com that was for my phone (the link said it was for telus and the file even ends in TLS). So I flash it using odin and everything is perfect, the phone reboots and odin is finished. After that I decided I wanted to clear all my data and apps off the phone as well so I did a factory reset. The next time I turn the phone on everything is working (wifi gps ect) but I can't get on the network and it says I don't have a valid SIM. Also I notice the app packages from telus are not the correct ones and one of them is labelled Bell. So I am guessing the site has the bell firmware for telus as well? This doesn't matter to me but I do need my network running. Do you think it would just be a modem problem? Any information would be GREATLY appreciated guys!
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Seems you have installed a carrier FW on your device and it has SIM LOCKED it. try flashing another.
EDIT: @donalgodon - it's only really EFS when it boot loops and shows Android process not responding etc :good:

radicalisto said:
Seems you have installed a carrier FW on your device and it has SIM LOCKED it. try flashing another.
EDIT: @donalgodon - it's only really EFS when it boot loops and shows Android process not responding etc :good:
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Well, that's not exactly accurate. The phone can boot with a corrupted EFS, but you will get no network access (and no IMEI number.)
It's happened to me, so I know it's possible. It's a common symptom of the OP's issues on Samsung devices.

radicalisto said:
Seems you have installed a carrier FW on your device and it has SIM LOCKED it. try flashing another.
EDIT: @donalgodon - it's only really EFS when it boot loops and shows Android process not responding etc :good:
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Yeah I am sure I'm not in dire straights yet and lucily I have my backup phone to use for now. I am wondering though, sammobile is the most legit source for stock firmware around, do you guys have any suggestions? Or can I possibly even try just flashing a new modem through odin? (I have never done this but seems easy enough)

donalgodon said:
Well, that's not exactly accurate. The phone can boot with a corrupted EFS, but you will get no network access (and no IMEI number.)
It's happened to me, so I know it's possible. It's a common symptom of the OP's issues on Samsung devices.
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True, however, OP states that it was Telus FW that was downloaded and flashed...but it's showing BELL.settings, So the probability of it being EFS is low, it's sim locked the device via the BELL firmware more than likely. Reflashing the correct or unbranded firmware will indeed fix it
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Kevind_444 said:
Yeah I am sure I'm not in dire straights yet and lucily I have my backup phone to use for now. I am wondering though, sammobile is the most legit source for stock firmware around, do you guys have any suggestions? Or can I possibly even try just flashing a new modem through odin? (I have never done this but seems easy enough)
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Well Sammobile isn't immune to mistakes, but it's rare it happens, they're genuine enough.. You could try the modem, first thing I'd do is test the back up and see if it's the downloaded ROM that has cause the issue.
And yes, you can flash the modem via Odin.

Hey guys... update :
Used #*272 and changed csc from bell to Telus. Fixed instantly!
Thanks for your help guys.
Sent from my SM-N900W8 using xda app-developers app

Kevind_444 said:
Hey guys... update :
Used #*272 and changed csc from bell to Telus. Fixed instantly!
Thanks for your help guys.
Sent from my SM-N900W8 using xda app-developers app
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I thought this doesn't work in changing csc code. What's the full numbers you have to input, is it #*272*IMEI# ?

[Q] Samsung Galaxy S4 L720 shows Unknown Baseband, IMEI, Software Version and MEID

Hello,
I have a sprint Samsung galaxy s4 L720, unrooted on stock 4.3 baseband version L720VPUAMDC, the problem is that now it shows baseband, software version and IMEI as unknown and also it has an X up in the coverage bars so im unable to make or receive calls. I've never tried to root it or to change it's software. also on few occasions the info about IMEI and baseband comes back and I can make calls again but it just goes back to unknown after a while. also I've tried to reinstall the software and made several factory resets. I just don't know what can I do anymore.
help will be appreciated
thanks.

mariodelacruz1214 said:
Hello,
I have a sprint Samsung galaxy s4 L720, unrooted on stock 4.3 baseband version L720VPUAMDC, the problem is that now it shows baseband, software version and IMEI as unknown and also it has an X up in the coverage bars so im unable to make or receive calls. I've never tried to root it or to change it's software. also on few occasions the info about IMEI and baseband comes back and I can make calls again but it just goes back to unknown after a while. also I've tried to reinstall the software and made several factory resets. I just don't know what can I do anymore.
help will be appreciated
thanks.
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Really an unrooted MDC firmware?!
You haven't been getting update notices for months and months?
How long have you had the phone?
Was/is it flashed to another carrier?
How did you 're-install' the software? PC Odin? What version of Odin?

mariodelacruz1214 said:
Hello,
I have a sprint Samsung galaxy s4 L720, unrooted on stock 4.3 baseband version L720VPUAMDC, the problem is that now it shows baseband, software version and IMEI as unknown and also it has an X up in the coverage bars so im unable to make or receive calls. I've never tried to root it or to change it's software. also on few occasions the info about IMEI and baseband comes back and I can make calls again but it just goes back to unknown after a while. also I've tried to reinstall the software and made several factory resets. I just don't know what can I do anymore.
help will be appreciated
thanks.
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I had the same problem. To fix it I just reflash the original rom that it has with Odin. Ex.: Mine is NAE 4.4.2, so I flashed that with Odin PC.
Remember: IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG I'M NOT RESPONSABLE

leaderbuilder said:
Really an unrooted MDC firmware?!
You haven't been getting update notices for months and months?
How long have you had the phone?
Was/is it flashed to another carrier?
How did you 're-install' the software? PC Odin? What version of Odin?
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*The only update I got was the 4.3 one.
*I have like 4 months with the phone.
*Yeah it is flashed to another carrier, I'm in a foreign country. it worked smoothly the first 2 months and a half.
*it wasn't me who re-installed the software. I had some cellphone repair shop do it.
hope this helps.

Take it back to them to fix it.

w7excursion said:
Take it back to them to fix it.
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^DO THAT^ It is their responsibility. Well technically your responsibility, but have them do what ever you need them to do.

leaderbuilder said:
^DO THAT^ It is their responsibility. Well technically your responsibility, but have them do what ever you need them to do.
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The problem is that it had the issue before they reinstalled the software they just couldn't fix it and they didn't even charge me, so I don't believe it's their fault. also I noticed that I have baseband version L720PUAMDC and Build number JSS.15.L720VPUEMK2. shouldn't these 2 be the same?

mariodelacruz1214 said:
The problem is that it had the issue before they reinstalled the software they just couldn't fix it and they didn't even charge me, so I don't believe it's their fault. also I noticed that I have baseband version L720PUAMDC and Build number JSS.15.L720VPUEMK2. shouldn't these 2 be the same?
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No they don't have to.
What they probably did is keep the baseband at MDC because that (or MDL) is needed for doing SIM/Carrier unlock and flashing. And they updated the ROM to a MK2 build.
Obviously they screwed the pooch somewhere.
Your best bet is reading through the few SIM unlock posts here in the forum (there are already a few and have dozens if not hundres of posts!). And using google to maybe look into your specific country/region/carrier flashing options.

Uh oh...
mariodelacruz1214 said:
The problem is that it had the issue before they reinstalled the software they just couldn't fix it and they didn't even charge me, so I don't believe it's their fault. also I noticed that I have baseband version L720PUAMDC and Build number JSS.15.L720VPUEMK2. shouldn't these 2 be the same?
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If you update everything via MK2 you'll get everything back...except I'm pretty sure you'll lose the unlock, unless you know how to bring your baseband back to MDC...pretty straight forward, just Odin the modem.
So basically:
1) Odin MK2 full
2) Odin MDC modem
You should have your baseband back and thus everything restored.
This will not affect your 0011 menu edits.
In worst case scenario I will do this pro bono...you just take care of the shipping fees, but you should honestly try, at the very least, the above 2 steps.

before you do anything extreme, go to mobile network settings and set your cdma subscription to nv.

hi
you can repair via z3x box with samsung 16.7
its working very good i already repair alot of samsung l720
(1) flash the phone with original firmware
(2) root your phone with cft auto root file
(3) repair your imei with z3x 16.7
thanks

Firmware Cross-compatibility

was just wondering... since G900I and G900F have the same specs would it work if i flash the G900I firmware onto a G900F handset? just asking because i live in australia and i have the european handset G900F

p2nv said:
was just wondering... since G900I and G900F have the same specs would it work if i flash the G900I firmware onto a G900F handset? just asking because i live in australia and i have the european handset G900F
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I think you have to take the lead, bro. Try it and share us with your result as it seems to me noone has done this before.

babygau said:
I think you have to take the lead, bro. Try it and share us with your result as it seems to me noone has done this before.
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im just a little worried if anything could go wrong. i mean i have backed up everything... EFS, nandroid backup etc.
So worst case scenario it just wont boot yeh? i can install a G900F stock rom back on through odin and everything will be ok?

You will never know mate. The worst case is your device will be bricked ? it all depends on your nerve mate. There are still chances you could restore your bricked phone to normal by using odin, make sure you have a back up of your stock rom
My advice is to use custom rom

babygau said:
You will never know mate. The worst case is your device will be bricked ? it all depends on your nerve mate. There are still chances you could restore your bricked phone to normal by using odin, make sure you have a back up of your stock rom
My advice is to use custom rom
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I tried it tonight. wouldnt allow the installation. must detect a different variant through odin. I did restore my backup.
Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

p2nv said:
I tried it tonight. wouldnt allow the installation. must detect a different variant through odin. I did restore my backup.
Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk
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only thing that is pissing me off is that I think my handset got shipped with a faulty gps module and now that my knox counter is 1 my warranty is void. so basically everything on my phone works except for gps
Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

That sucks. I feel for you bro. But just to make sure it is defective. Flash the original region of your phone brand to test before jumping to that unfortunate conclusion

I live in australia and I bought a g900f which I believe is for uk or europe. For australia its g900i and I cannot install the firmware onto g900f. But when I installed gps toolbox it didn't even give me anything. I can understand its one thing to take a long time to get a lock but not seeing any satellites at all is another thing. Ive tried around 10 different gps.conf files designed for australia satellites
Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

p2nv said:
I live in australia and I bought a g900f which I believe is for uk or europe. For australia its g900i and I cannot install the firmware onto g900f. But when I installed gps toolbox it didn't even give me anything. I can understand its one thing to take a long time to get a lock but not seeing any satellites at all is another thing. Ive tried around 10 different gps.conf files designed for australia satellites
Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk
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Ok, you can do it.
I intended to test it myself first coz I wanted to flash G900F on my G900I in reverse.
Now it's impossible for me coz unfortunately I have been ended up with downloading corrupted firmware due to unreliable internet connection (5 times 2day so far)
If you're desparate to flash G900I, you MUST back up your current firmware PIT file. In case you fail to flash G900I firmware, that PIT file will be used along with your stock firmware to recover your phone to its pristine state.
To do it, please follow this guide , if you're using G900I 16Gb, you could download the PIT file from the OP immediately.
Hope it could help you, please let me know with your attempt. I'd like to help you out in case any thing goes wrong with your phone

babygau said:
Ok, you can do it.
I intended to test it myself first coz I wanted to flash G900F on my G900I in reverse.
Now it's impossible for me coz unfortunately I have been ended up with downloading corrupted firmware due to unreliable internet connection (5 times 2day so far)
If you're desparate to flash G900I, you MUST back up your current firmware PIT file. In case you fail to flash G900I firmware, that PIT file will be used along with your stock firmware to recover your phone to its pristine state.
To do it, please follow this guide , if you're using G900I 16Gb, you could download the PIT file from the OP immediately.
Hope it could help you, please let me know with your attempt. I'd like to help you out in case any thing goes wrong with your phone
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ok, so here is the update. since installing G900I firmware failed through odin due to bootloader incompatibility i managed to install it through mobile odin. worked like a charm and even had the telstra bootanimation lol. wifi, bluetooth and everything seemed to be working fine. however my gps is still not working and the G900I seems to have the same gps.conf file as the euro version. i definately believe my gps module is either faulty or not connected to the board properly. is there any app that can tell if the gps module is even there or turned on as no one else is having this problem.

p2nv said:
ok, so here is the update. since installing G900I firmware failed through odin due to bootloader incompatibility i managed to install it through mobile odin. worked like a charm and even had the telstra bootanimation lol. wifi, bluetooth and everything seemed to be working fine. however my gps is still not working and the G900I seems to have the same gps.conf file as the euro version. i definately believe my gps module is either faulty or not connected to the board properly. is there any app that can tell if the gps module is even there or turned on as no one else is having this problem.
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I'm glad you could pull it off
I think you should send your phone to your carrier customer service, they will sort out your gps issue

babygau said:
I'm glad you could pull it off
I think you should send your phone to your carrier customer service, they will sort out your gps issue
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how? my knox counter is 0x1
i rang samsung service centre today and they said no because you have tripped knox. i even offered to pay for them to fix the gps module and they said no. i was like wtf?

p2nv said:
how? my knox counter is 0x1
i rang samsung service centre today and they said no because you have tripped knox. i even offered to pay for them to fix the gps module and they said no. i was like wtf?
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Call them again, said you don't know anything but GPS is faulty
Try this link as well: http://cybersvc2.samsungcsportal.com/cyberservice/csc/account/login01.jsp?locale_id=au_nz

babygau said:
Call them again, said you don't know anything but GPS is faulty
Try this link as well: http://cybersvc2.samsungcsportal.com/cyberservice/csc/account/login01.jsp?locale_id=au_nz
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they said i couldnt anyway because i bought phone from kogan. they said i have to go through kogan.
i can't remember if gps was working before i rooted phone. couldn't have been because everyone else running alliance rom said they havent got problems with gps so it must be a fault unit. im going to take it to a phone repair shop and see if they can fix the gps module.

S5 duos G900FD Where is the factory rom?

I have looked everywhere but can't seem to find it, I need to return my phone to stock but im having issues locationg the factory rom.
Any help? sorry if its the wrong forum ive been everywhere but cant find an eu or UK version even on sammobile which is strange.

vrsdroid said:
I have looked everywhere but can't seem to find it, I need to return my phone to stock but im having issues locationg the factory rom.
Any help? sorry if its the wrong forum ive been everywhere but cant find an eu or UK version even on sammobile which is strange.
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Have you also tried Samsung Kies? Because with this software you should be able to download the stock firmware for almost every samsung device.

vrsdroid said:
I have looked everywhere but can't seem to find it, I need to return my phone to stock but im having issues locationg the factory rom.
Any help? sorry if its the wrong forum ive been everywhere but cant find an eu or UK version even on sammobile which is strange.
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Maxtwax said:
Have you also tried Samsung Kies? Because with this software you should be able to download the stock firmware for almost every samsung device.
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Keis!! YUCK!!!
If youre not finding one for your country on sammobile.com/firmwares, then there wasnt one made for your country. There should be a multitude of languages available for the device on any stock firmware.
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G900FD/

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Keis!! YUCK!!!
If youre not finding one for your country on sammobile.com/firmwares, then there wasnt one made for your country. There should be a multitude of languages available for the device on any stock firmware.
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G900FD/
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That didnt sink in until i read this, i do remember selecting languages. I'l give it a try and post back thanks for the replys.

Installation failed on 3 of them :/ this bites especially after waiting hours for them to download.

I found a program to restore it took about an hour but no issues!

vrsdroid said:
I found a program to restore it took about an hour but no issues!
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A program? What did you end up using?

S8+ LDU

Hello guys,
im working for a german operator and we got the s8 and the s8+ ldu's
im wondering cause the normal s8 have no imei number on the backside of the device.
the s8+ got a IMEI number so it seems to have a gsm module inside.
i just flashed a stock s8+ rom but its not recognizing my simcard.
do i need to flash a new modem also?
any tips?
on the back it says LIVE DEMO NOT FOR SALE, but there's a IMEI number directly over it.
regards

BurningRain said:
Hello guys,
im working for a german operator and we got the s8 and the s8+ ldu's
im wondering cause the normal s8 have no imei number on the backside of the device.
the s8+ got a IMEI number so it seems to have a gsm module inside.
i just flashed a stock s8+ rom but its not recognizing my simcard.
do i need to flash a new modem also?
any tips?
on the back it says LIVE DEMO NOT FOR SALE, but there's a IMEI number directly over it.
regards
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Are you trying to sell it or use it with a sim?
Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

Galaxy K Zoom said:
Are you trying to sell it or use it with a sim?
Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk
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im just trying to use it for myself since im not allow to sell it lmao.. its a device from our mobile shop here.. i just wanna use it for myself since we got 2 ldu's .. 1 is already installed as ldu and one is just hanging around here.. would be a waste if im not able to use it somehow.. as i said there's imei on the backside.. dunno how to fix that.. already flashed stock rom but it does not recognize the sim i plugin

BurningRain said:
im just trying to use it for myself since im not allow to sell it lmao.. its a device from our mobile shop here.. i just wanna use it for myself since we got 2 ldu's .. 1 is already installed as ldu and one is just hanging around here.. would be a waste if im not able to use it somehow.. as i said there's imei on the backside.. dunno how to fix that.. already flashed stock rom but it does not recognize the sim i plugin
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Hi there. I have an LDU of the regular S8. But mine cant even get into demo mode. It's recovery or Download mode only. What stock firmware did you flash to make it at least work?
My model # on the back is SM-G950XU
I've flashed like 6 different stock FW, it passes in odin and then as its loading up it stops, then says "erasing" and goes back to saying "Security error: an unauthorized firmware has been flashed and the device is locked"

same Issue 950XU
Hi nashville did u fix ur phone because i am facing the same issue with 950XU
cadorette said:
Hi there. I have an LDU of the regular S8. But mine cant even get into demo mode. It's recovery or Download mode only. What stock firmware did you flash to make it at least work?
My model # on the back is SM-G950XU
I've flashed like 6 different stock FW, it passes in odin and then as its loading up it stops, then says "erasing" and goes back to saying "Security error: an unauthorized firmware has been flashed and the device is locked"
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rajakhan85 said:
Hi nashville did u fix ur phone because i am facing the same issue with 950XU
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Hey there. Sorry for the delay. Yeah sorry I NEVER found any kind of workaround. I ended up selling the unit for $70 to someone who wanted it for parts. Nothing I tried worked!

S8 950XU
have a bricked 950XU, anyone have firmware to solve without paying some site?

cyanarnofsky said:
have a bricked 950XU, anyone have firmware to solve without paying some site?
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cadorette said:
Hey there. Sorry for the delay. Yeah sorry I NEVER found any kind of workaround. I ended up selling the unit for $70 to someone who wanted it for parts. Nothing I tried worked!
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If you guys still have the phone. Do not flash a newer ROM! You will never be able to go back to bootloader rev 1.
Find the XU firmware online and flash that.