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Hi all,
Apologies but I am real new to this and not sure if I am doing it right.
My Galaxy S I9000 on day stopped receiving and making calls. To cut a long story short after a million calls to my network found that my IMEI was not the same as the one on the back of my phone and told me I have tried to Jailbreak it (whatever this means) and nobody will take responsibility for it. After much heartache I had to purchase a new phone as I really need it.
Now my Galaxy S I9000 is a pc. Works perfectly on the net, games, videos etc but cant make calls or receive them. All I can think is that my 3 year old did something to it while playing games.
I wonder if the IMEI number can be restore, this should be legal as the phone is mine and I just want to repair it.
I am absolutely useless at all the jargon so I will pretty please ask for plain plain english.
Thanks for your help in advance.
I`ts illegal to modify the IMEI.So noone can help you here.Even if that means restoring it to the original.
Flash a new stock rom. This will usually solve your problem.
If something has overwritten your IMEI details, I.e "jailbreaking" or updating firmware. Then flashing a stock ROM will not help. It's near to impossible to change the IMEI data as it is encrypted information.
What may be a possibilty is restoring the backup file located in your /efs filesystem. I have done this before and worked flawlessly
How much experience do you have within linux/android?
EDIT: Backup your /efs filesystem first.
What you will have to do first is move the nv_data.md5 to say.....nv_data.md5.old. Reboot the phone, if it is recreated, then you should be good to go to attempt a recovery to your IMEI.
You must have root access. Do not flash a new level of firmware yet. Type in to *#1234# and reply with what it says :-D
I'm going to try and find my old post on another forum which should help you.
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How is this even possible to change the IMEI number ???
zamiurratul said:
How is this even possible to change the IMEI number ???
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Same question here. If it's possible, than the existence and purpose of the IMEI would be pointless.
Some googling brought up similar threads here on xda and other forums. One guy posted something like this, hopefully it will work:
Hey guys, I flashed back to JPY (single file - no 512 pit) and on reboot it came up with a load of errors. On recovery screen, I formatted everything, wiped the partition and formatted the internal sd. Rebooted the phone and everything was fine.
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I cannot post link to the original topic because of my post number.
I hope this helps, I didn't test it myself (because I didn't have this kind of trouble).
Well the question is will it help if I back up the EFS(or how ever that folder that holds the IMEI and the network settings called) can I use it later to fix any issues of that sort if I ever encounter those?
The reason I am asking this question is due to the fact I f***ed my GT-I9300 up. I wanted to install a custom rom, installed PhilZ Touch Recovery. The recovery failed to wipe the data properly 3 times(*DERP* probably is the cause to the issue). After installing the rom(tried several roms!) every thing seemed to work properly except the cellular network, the phone recognized the SIM and found the network but didn't connect and showed Network: Unknown. I tried using a APN, didn't help, tried a friends SIM to check if it was the SIM same result. Reverted to full factory stock and still the same, after the revert to full stock I sent the phone to warranty repair.
P.S.
Has anyone had an issue like this or something similar with their GT-I9300?
All this and more answered in the sticky thread of this forum, efs backup is the most important step -as you will find if you read the guides.
Network unknown is asked several times a day, hence why this thread will probably be locked.
boomboomer said:
All this and more answered in the sticky thread of this forum, efs backup is the most important step -as you will find if you read the guides.
Network unknown is asked several times a day, hence why this thread will probably be locked.
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I asked if backing the EFS folder helps, not about "Network: Unknown" issue I just explained what I got.
Anyway thanks for the answer
UD3R said:
I asked if backing the EFS folder helps, not about "Network: Unknown" issue I just explained what I got.
Anyway thanks for the answer
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He told u backing up the efs folder is the most important part before flashing anything.
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I was flashing ROMs and had DLed a bunch from a site exclusively for RAZR M phones and some guy had put a bunch of stuff for the XT910 and I accidentally flashed a AOKP GSM zip and now I can't flash anything or RSDLite back to stock, which was always my failsafe out of a soft brick. I still have TWRP and I was able to restore my backup but boot and system files only, data wouldn't restore. Now my phone will boot to the custom splash screen but it just loops. And I first get the red Moto M circle and do NOT get the unlocked boot loader warning. So any help? I will post the RSDLite results when I get home.
ok heres the site I got the file from, this guy should be hung...surdu_petru...http://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=developers&did=70
noone? help is needed please! OK well I restored to a TWRP recovery i had and it worked partially, as long as i unchecked the data partition, the boot and system partitions stuck, so now my unlocked bootloader warning is back as is my custom ROM splash screen, but in a bootloop. I tried RSDLite flashing it again and the 4.1.1 firmware seemed to work but still loops. 4.1.2 and 4.0.4 wont flash because of the "get var, OEM" issue. I had this happen once before aswhile back but was using CWM recovery and juyst switched to TWRP, which fixed it, but not so lucky this time around. So I am wondering if i flash some other partitions like the persist forthe radio, esp since i flashed a xt910 GSM file which is why my phone now thinks its a xt910. Any ideas? please!!!
ok PROBLEM SOLVED. aFTER LOSING THE CUSTOM RECOVERY BY TRYING TO FASTBOOT WITH RSDLITE I DID THE "delete the Getvar and OEM LINES FROM THE FACTORY FIRMWARE OF 4.1.2 (THE .78 VERSION) AND SINCE THE xt910 ROM WAS 4.2.2 AND MY RADIO HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN UPDATED TO .78, I FIGURED THE .78 4.1.2 WOULD BE MY BEST SHOT, AND SO IT WAS. THAT "GETVAR" ISSUE IS DEFINATE PROBLEM THAT SHOULD BE RESOLVED ANYWAY. wELL ANOTHER TRAGEDY AVERTED, AND IM GETTING PRETTY GOOD AT THIS, LOL, AVOIDING MISTAKES WOULD BE BEST THO. sO BEWARE OF THE "ANDROIDFILEHOST" SITE, THEY HAVE A GUY POSTING XT910 ROMS UNDER XT907 FOLDER! almost cost me a phone Close this thread
Edit does not work on either of my razr m phones
one last note, I thought i was unable to get the radio/modem working again as a resullt of flashing a GSM ROM for the XT910, but that issue was fixed with a Firmware flash, or FXZ file, through RSDLite. The issue is actually the RAZR Ms US GSM unlock (NV edit using RadioComm) that is still not working. As with my other RAZR M (LOCKED, rooted, and SS installed) I can not seem to get it working by using RC or DFS, and I am really starting to think the .78 or .94 update killed this edit just as it did the bootloader unlock, even though everyone says it doesnt and that this edit can be performed on locked, unrooted and completely updated devices. If so then....
CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN WHY BOTH MY LOCKED AND UNLOCKED RAZR M DEVICES WILL NOT ACCEPT THE US GSM EDIT???? PLEASE?
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rocketrazr99 said:
one last note, I thought i was unable to get the radio/modem working again as a resullt of flashing a GSM ROM for the XT910, but that issue was fixed with a Firmware flash, or FXZ file, through RSDLite. The issue is actually the RAZR Ms US GSM unlock (NV edit using RadioComm) that is still not working. As with my other RAZR M (LOCKED, rooted, and SS installed) I can not seem to get it working by using RC or DFS, and I am really starting to think the .78 or .94 update killed this edit just as it did the bootloader unlock, even though everyone says it doesnt and that this edit can be performed on locked, unrooted and completely updated devices. If so then....
CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN WHY BOTH MY LOCKED AND UNLOCKED RAZR M DEVICES WILL NOT ACCEPT THE US GSM EDIT???? PLEASE?
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The Reason why it doesn't accept the Us GSM edit Is because the Motorola Droid Razr M is not a gsm phone it is a CDMA phone with LTE. Thus it will not work on any GSM providers unless that provider is like straight talk with multiple networks supported otherwise the phone is stuck on verizon wireless or any other carrier you bought it from. Have A Good Day. By the way my two old accounts got banned for no reason. if you want to know what experience i have look at my devices on the accounts Droidxpert and Droidxpert1. Thanks
rocketrazr99 said:
one last note, I thought i was unable to get the radio/modem working again as a resullt of flashing a GSM ROM for the XT910, but that issue was fixed with a Firmware flash, or FXZ file, through RSDLite. The issue is actually the RAZR Ms US GSM unlock (NV edit using RadioComm) that is still not working. As with my other RAZR M (LOCKED, rooted, and SS installed) I can not seem to get it working by using RC or DFS, and I am really starting to think the .78 or .94 update killed this edit just as it did the bootloader unlock, even though everyone says it doesnt and that this edit can be performed on locked, unrooted and completely updated devices. If so then....
CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN WHY BOTH MY LOCKED AND UNLOCKED RAZR M DEVICES WILL NOT ACCEPT THE US GSM EDIT???? PLEASE?
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The phones will accept the edit and will work on GSM if you unlock with RadioComm. He ran into issues because he didn't unlock with RadioComm.
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The Reason why it doesn't accept the Us GSM edit Is because the Motorola Droid Razr M is not a gsm phone it is a CDMA phone with LTE. Thus it will not work on any GSM providers unless that provider is like straight talk with multiple networks supported otherwise the phone is stuck on verizon wireless or any other carrier you bought it from. Have A Good Day. By the way my two old accounts got banned for no reason. if you want to know what experience i have look at my devices on the accounts Droidxpert and Droidxpert1. Thanks
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Sorry but they both unlocked. The issue was (I think) that I was typing "01" but only needed to actually type "1" and then the window shows "01". It was something like that anyway.
soft bricked now
Now my problem is I wiped the whole phone by mistake and cant restore since i lost CWM and cant RSDLite any firmware since the latest was already on it and some error message showed that i had flashed an earlier version or somthing, IDK. But I read that to fix it i need a newer firmware to run on RSDLite, of which none exists. So my phone is soft bricked until Kitkat gets released for the M, which is never, lol
rocketrazr99 said:
Now my problem is I wiped the whole phone by mistake and cant restore since i lost CWM and cant RSDLite any firmware since the latest was already on it and some error message showed that i had flashed an earlier version or somthing, IDK. But I read that to fix it i need a newer firmware to run on RSDLite, of which none exists. So my phone is soft bricked until Kitkat gets released for the M, which is never, lol
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You don't need to run a newer firmware, you just need to run one that's equivalent to what you have now. You got the TZ fail because you tried to flash an older FW.
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You don't need to run a newer firmware, you just need to run one that's equivalent to what you have now. You got the TZ fail because you tried to flash an older FW.
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It was actually more than just that. I cant remember but saw a thread about it saying that it had an old firmware and a present firmware and it needs a newer firmware, but I am onm the newest one already so I have to wait for one to get pushed out, idk. Now i can get as far as flashing process 17/21, which is the system flash, when te phone returns a fail. i will try a few tricks i learned from prior luck
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It was actually more than just that. I cant remember but saw a thread about it saying that it had an old firmware and a present firmware and it needs a newer firmware, but I am onm the newest one already so I have to wait for one to get pushed out, idk. Now i can get as far as flashing process 17/21, which is the system flash, when te phone returns a fail. i will try a few tricks i learned from prior luck
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OK, Rik was right, I didnt have to wait for a new firmware release. I kept trying to flash the most recent version of 4.1.2 and kept hitting a wall at 17/21, which is the flashing of the system image. Occasionally it would fail before that at 16/21, which is CDROM files. That always happened the first attempt after I unhooked the phone and restarted everything, so I started thinking, what is causing the flash to fail for no apparent reason. Then it finally hit me....it was as if my phone was running out of storage space. But that just isnt possible when you are flashing with RSDLite since it wipes out everything first. So I then remembered that my PC has very little room left on its hard drive. Could it be that RSDLite needed more space to work? Hmmmmm, so I deleted a few videos and moved the firmware file to that area (it may or may not help) of the drive and tried again. After the initial fail at 16/21 I was met with a successful flash, although it took a very long time to flash the system image, which I attribute to low disk space. So there you have it.... of course I had to modify the XML file and remove the "getvar" line, and realized I had forgot a golden rule.... all programs and apps need a certain amount of disk drive space in order to operate, and RSDLite is no exception! So now my locked phone will get the carrier unlock edit and Safestrap installed with an extra ROM in slot 1, then it goes on eBay, lol. I have my other RAZR M in semi retirement, it has the BL unlocked as well as the carrier, but I couldnt pass up a new Nexus 5 for $250, but I will surely be swapping the SIM card back and forth because I really miss my RAZR M already. Wish they would make a RAZR M with the processing power of the Nexus 5. Anyhow, PLEASE CLOSE THIS THREAD, TY.
Use this I used it when I bricked mine
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2249773
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I'm having a similar problem with my xt907. The phone will boot and loop on the boot loader. I have tried to restore with rsd lite bit haven't had any luck. Any suggestions, I know it may not be enough information. If you ask I might be able to give you more details.
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Also I can't get into recovery.
ImDroidxpert said:
The Reason why it doesn't accept the Us GSM edit Is because the Motorola Droid Razr M is not a gsm phone it is a CDMA phone with LTE. Thus it will not work on any GSM providers unless that provider is like straight talk with multiple networks supported otherwise the phone is stuck on verizon wireless or any other carrier you bought it from. Have A Good Day. By the way my two old accounts got banned for no reason. if you want to know what experience i have look at my devices on the accounts Droidxpert and Droidxpert1. Thanks
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I am sorry to say that you are uninformed and the XT907 CAN have van NV edit which allows it to be used on GSM networks. The phone is already setup to be comparable with GSN since Verizon made it a "global" handset, but....they also blocked any GSM capabilities in the U.S., until of course you do the NV edit. So please remove your post.
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Still trying to get service
So, I have posted on this in here on another persons thread with no response. Much like my other post here. Zero response. Figure Ill try one more time.
Samsung i9500 on official 4.2.2 rooted, busybox, philz recovery. IMEI is right, SN is right but still not registering on network.
I have read and read. tried a million different methods and even replaced the sim/sd card holder in the phone physically. No change. Still not registered.
This isssue started before I flashed the official 4.2.2 rom. Phone worked, then suddenly nothing. So I flashed official 4.2.2, went back to official recovery to no avail. Thats when I changed the physical sim/sd holder itself. Nothing changed. Almost every tut ive found have to do with a null or 0049 IMEI number or a bad SN. This is not the case with my phone.
Please, any help would be appreciated.
As a side note, at the same time as the not registered error my phone stopped reading the sd card that has been in it from the day it came out of the box.
TIA
Please help!
Please, anyone with insight into this please help. I'm not looking for someone to do the footwork for me. I've been at this quite sometime, I'm not a noob, I've been at it for almost 10 hours straight just today. I've done every possible thing I can think of and that I've read. I'm on a junky Alcatel one touch that I can barely make calls on. This s4 is my business and I'm losing tons of business not being able to use my phone. Thanks
56 views and no responses. What am I doing wrong here?
76 views. Starting to wonder what the deal is here. I see tons of people's questions being answered over the last couple days and I can't even get a FU. Someone, show me some love.
Due to all the no help I got here and the fact I have done absolutely everyrhing I could to fix this issue, I went out and bought an s5. So I guess ill continue to plug away at the s4 hoping to fix it and hopefully recoup a few of the hundreds the s5 cost me.
Ill post any results I get here to hopefully help someone else that wont get any answers here.
102 views now. Amazing. Still not a single response.
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102 views now. Amazing. Still not a single response.
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You should create a own thread. Your issues have nothing to do with these tools. I don't think these thread are read by people with experience on these issues.
If your issues started suddenly, then my guess would be that it's a hardware problem. It doesn't sound like a software problem.
You could try updating to the latest firmware though and perform a factory reset. You could also try a different sim card and see if that fixes anything.
I don't think it will work, but you could try. If it doesn't work, then it's probably a hardware failure.
I also think it sounds like a possible hardware failure
Maybe take it to a Samsung service centre?
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You should create a own thread. Your issues have nothing to do with these tools. I don't think these thread are read by people with experience on these issues.
If your issues started suddenly, then my guess would be that it's a hardware problem. It doesn't sound like a software problem.
You could try updating to the latest firmware though and perform a factory reset. You could also try a different sim card and see if that fixes anything.
I don't think it will work, but you could try. If it doesn't work, then it's probably a hardware failure.
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I thought this was a seperate thread. And I figured it must have something to do with this since it's a not registered on network issue.
What do you mean by hardware issue?
DrrtEgrrT said:
I thought this was a seperate thread. And I figured it must have something to do with this since it's a not registered on network issue.
What do you mean by hardware issue?
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That you might have some motherboard failure since you already replaced the sim/sd card part.
Gotcha. Wish there was a way I could be positive it was a hardare failure. Although all things do point to that. Also, just want to say I appreciate you responding to my questions.
backed up manually EFS folder with root browser
I manually backed up the efs folder using a root explorer. Do I just copy/paste the contents of the backup to the EFS folder?
I decided to try a custom rom and, logically, took every precaution possible. When flashing, the ROM (Archidroid) gave me the option to install a new modem (I9300XXUGNA8). After installation, phone cannot register to network even though it detects them. Flashed back to previous rom but the modem number is the same. Now can't register to any network. Is this a problem with the EFS folder? or maybe I should flash another modem? or a stock rom?
I appreaciate greatly any help on the matter. many thanks in advance!
Galaxy S3 Emergency calls only Issue
Hey have installed miui rom in my galaxy s 3 and i donot have efs backup and i am facing a problem of emergency calls only... please help me its very urgent
Hi. So I have the opportunity to change my S3 with a black G2 that has a problem. the seller tried to root it, it got stuck to the LG logo, and then after he fixed it it says that it has the IMEI lost, but it has signal on all carriers (is it posible) ? i've searched online, and it seems like it is possible to fix it, but in many places I see that you need to restore the already backed-up EFS. And in some other places with that LG Octoplus box. Like here: it seems really really is, but is it like that. If i find a written tutorial like this: http://www.droidviews.com/how-to-backup-and-restore-lost-imei-on-lg-g2/ it is a lot more complex.
So now want your verdict. Should I buy it, or not ? I ask you here because you owned the phone for a longer time, and you know what it should be done. thanks for your help !:good:
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Hi. So I have the opportunity to change my S3 with a black G2 that has a problem. the seller tried to root it, it got stuck to the LG logo, and then after he fixed it it says that it has the IMEI lost, but it has signal on all carriers (is it posible) ? i've searched online, and it seems like it is possible to fix it, but in many places I see that you need to restore the already backed-up EFS. And in some other places with that LG Octoplus box. Like here: it seems really really is, but is it like that. If i find a written tutorial like this: http://www.droidviews.com/how-to-backup-and-restore-lost-imei-on-lg-g2/ it is a lot more complex.
So now want your verdict. Should I buy it, or not ? I ask you here because you owned the phone for a longer time, and you know what it should be done. thanks for your help !:good:
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Well from my experience helping people in this forum, a G2 that has lost its IMEI and doesn't have a backup of its OWN EFS partition can pretty much only be used as a tablet. So no, that would be a bad idea. Also, how can it still get signal when its IMEI is erased? That's not possible
Ok. Thanks. I saw that tutorials with Octoplus that didn't seem to involve restoring something.
actually imei is recoverable
got my phone sent back from LG with new mother bored did a twrp restore including EMF like a nab
Blank imei
managed to restore it by manually writing it to device using the imei wrote on label
took some reading up