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Galaxy S4 I9506 2g network problem

Hi,
I Have a galaxy i9506 (orange france android 4.3),
Phone was unlocked now but I have no network on 2G , 3G finds network just fine.
Any way to fix this? Can I rewrite modem file and then try to unlock with *#0011# method?
If this is posible can someone direct me to a good modem file?
Thank you.

If i write modem is posible to unlock by nck code i supose. I realy need 2g network.

How can I bring the phone to it's original state (locked orange france) so I can the use a NCK code to unlock it?

Flash the france orange firmware from sammobile's firmware database. Instructions are on the same page as the download. I can't link, sorry.

I did that , It kept all my programs and settings intact , root was left intact too. I used odin 3.09 . so nothing happedend after flashing original firmware from sammobile.

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nightmarepro said:
I did that , It kept all my programs and settings intact , root was left intact too. I used odin 3.09 . so nothing happedend after flashing original firmware from sammobile.
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If you have rooted than its very good, wipe everything from recovery and flash complete firmware from odin. Its impossible that root is there, because system,kernel and recovery partitions are overwritten. However su binary app will be there but will not work because data partition remains intact.
Now back to your original problem, i don't know how you unlocked your phone? I am afraid phone's efs is not corrupted, because if everything is good means imei and modem and when phone try to register on network of locked phone then it simply ask code. Check imei, modem and network status, if your phone is registered on network and showing carrier name?
Backup efs partition before playing more because if efs is corrupted than you are finished ! I9506 is qualcomm version so QPST tool can also help in modem related issue, press thanks if it helps

Indeed after reflash i lost root. But the phone is still unlocked and no 2g signal. How can i relock it? The phone was unlocked with direct unlock option from some unlock software... dunno witch one(I bought it already unlocked and rooted )

I searched some gsm forums and found something that is said to work for I9506 too:
SPT BOX forum :
4.4.2 kitkat net probleme after supper imei unlock
connect your N9005 to the Box using USB in ( dm+modem+adb ) mode by dialing *#0808# in Samsung's Dialer ..
1st - Choose N900w8 from the list then click Repair 3G Network this will Fix the 2G network
2 - choose N9005 again and press repair 3G network again this will Fix the 3G network with 2G working too
Unfortunately I don't think anyone in my city has SPT BOX ( .... i will search some gsm services

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nightmarepro said:
I searched some gsm forums and found something that is said to work for I9506 too:
SPT BOX forum :
4.4.2 kitkat net probleme after supper imei unlock
connect your N9005 to the Box using USB in ( dm+modem+adb ) mode by dialing *#0808# in Samsung's Dialer ..
1st - Choose N900w8 from the list then click Repair 3G Network this will Fix the 2G network
2 - choose N9005 again and press repair 3G network again this will Fix the 3G network with 2G working too
Unfortunately I don't think anyone in my city has SPT BOX ( .... i will search some gsm services
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I told u some points, please follow it and find out what is the root cause of your problem then try to ask or fix. You can use qualcomm nv tools and qpst for imei but first find out what is the cause then ask for help.
EFS professional also has nv tools and other fixes, use this download link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...ol-updated-09-06-14-efs-professional-t1308546

galliard said:
I told u some points, please follow it and find out what is the root cause of your problem then try to ask or fix. You can use qualcomm nv tools and qpst for imei but first find out what is the cause then ask for help.
EFS professional also has nv tools and other fixes, use this download link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...ol-updated-09-06-14-efs-professional-t1308546
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Hi , thank U for the info. I must now learn how to use the program to rebuild NV of the phone ( atleast i think that i must do) . never had to do such fixes of any phone. The i9506 was unlocked by direct unlock in z3x box. After that no more 2g connectivity , the phone finds network if I manualy search but cannot connect to it. Sais emergency calls only.
Anyway I think your sugestion will fix my problem .... just have to learn how to use program
Thanks again.

I rooted phone , backed up all that I could find to backup in EFS Professional 2.1.73 and after that I tried option "repair NV Data file permisions" "Option to repair NV data file ownership to fix 'Unknown baseband' and 'No signal' issues." .... then big dissapointment .... popup "This option cannot be used with your device! " . Damn I was realy hopeing that the option will repair my 2G signal problem. Seems that I must find another solution .... maybe some other sugestions?
Thank you.

When u run efs professional u have 4 options, try 2nd option 'Qualcomm nv tools' . Check information on diagnostic tab and if u see any thing wrong try secure ops tab for ESN / MEID / IMEI repair, also first check that your phone is showing correct IMEI by *#06# which is on behind the battery.

galliard said:
When u run efs professional u have 4 options, try 2nd option 'Qualcomm nv tools' . Check information on diagnostic tab and if u see any thing wrong try secure ops tab for ESN / MEID / IMEI repair, also first check that your phone is showing correct IMEI by *#06# which is on behind the battery.
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The phone is showing corect imei. I browsed through tabs , backed-up nvdata(took more than 30 min).I will look at diagnostics tab to see if anything shows "RED" .
Thank U.

I made some screenshots with the info shown in NV TOOLS . I don't know what to look for to see is not ok.

Plz post snaps of lockscreen, imei check window (*#06#) and phone about device. also tell me which firmware u have?

Screenshots , Firmware is Official 4.3 Orange France from Sammobile

From snaps, it seems your phone is registered on network and modem is working fine that's why showing correct IMEI. Normally when your phone is not registered on network, shows emergency call and null IMEI then you are unable to call or sms but i can't understand your case. If you are not able to call or sms then try changing different carrier sim or upgarde to latest kitkat 4.4.2, follow this link
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-I9506
P.S. At last post snap of complete status window(in two snaps) from about device.

galliard said:
From snaps, it seems your phone is registered on network and modem is working fine that's why showing correct IMEI. Normally when your phone is not registered on network, shows emergency call and null IMEI then you are unable to call or sms but i can't understand your case. If you are not able to call or sms then try changing different carrier sim or upgarde to latest kitkat 4.4.2, follow this link
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-I9506
P.S. At last post snap of complete status window(in two snaps) from about device.
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Those snaps were from 3g Connection..... whitch works just fine.... I upload screenshots with 2G only network..... if I manualy search networks while in 2G it finds all of them.... but does not register on sim carrier network. If I try the other networks that it finds it sais network not alowed by sim...

i have the same problem. will look foward to this . to fix it
my carrier is orange spain and im on kitkat 4.4.2 data works.3g and 4g but 2g no.
imei is same as back also imei is not blacklisted
thanks in advance

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nightmarepro said:
Those snaps were from 3g Connection..... whitch works just fine.... I upload screenshots with 2G only network..... if I manualy search networks while in 2G it finds all of them.... but does not register on sim carrier network. If I try the other networks that it finds it sais network not alowed by sim...
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At last i can say your phone efs is corrupt, try manually writing IMEI again from Qualcomm nv tools and flashing kitkat 4.4.2. If don't work then samsung tool (Z3X) or other hardware box can fix efs like u unlock from Z3X box.
This is free tool which offer imei repair, ChimeraTool
https://chimeratool.com/downloads

[Q] service menue (+#0011#) Service : Limited ?

Hi,
I have this problem, after the mobile was rootet in a bad way. (Knox - 0x1)
1. My Note 3 -SM- N9005 has the problem -> IMEI 00/00
2. In the service menue (*#0011#) Line 13 IMEI CERTI : FAIL
3. in the service menue Line 11 Service: Limited
Well, the first and second problem I solved, but I still have no network.
I think Line 11 -> Service : Limited, is the problem.
Do anybody has a idea how can I fix this problem?
Thank you,
PS : Sorry for my poor english

prometheus23 said:
Hi,
I have this problem, after the mobile was rootet in a bad way. (Knox - 0x1)
1. My Note 3 -SM- N9005 has the problem -> IMEI 00/00
2. In the service menue (*#0011#) Line 13 IMEI CERTI : FAIL
3. in the service menue Line 11 Service: Limited
Well, the first and second problem I solved, but I still have no network.
I think Line 11 -> Service : Limited, is the problem.
Do anybody has a idea how can I fix this problem?
Thank you,
PS : Sorry for my poor english
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Your problem is IMEI 0/0 - most networks will not let a device with IMEI 0 join the network.
Your only hope that will not cost you is to try to restore a "golden backup" - also POSSIBLY present there inside service menu or if you have a backup of the partitions MODEMST1(12)/MODEMST2(13)/FSG(18).
Other than that you will need to contact a very competent shop (but as far as I know very few boxes can write back the IMEI on N9005) or Samsung directly.

xclub_101 said:
Your problem is IMEI 0/0 - most networks will not let a device with IMEI 0 join the network.
Your only hope that will not cost you is to try to restore a "golden backup" - also POSSIBLY present there inside service menu or if you have a backup of the partitions MODEMST1(12)/MODEMST2(13)/FSG(18).
Other than that you will need to contact a very competent shop (but as far as I know very few boxes can write back the IMEI on N9005) or Samsung directly.
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The Imei I allready write back, its showing the right IMEI if I type *#06#.
Also my Imei certi is on PASS again.
But if I type *#0011# on line 11 shows -> Service: limited
Maybe thats why I don't have a net.

prometheus23 said:
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The Imei I allready write back, its showing the right IMEI if I type *#06#.
Also my Imei certi is on PASS again.
But if I type *#0011# on line 11 shows -> Service: limited
Maybe thats why I don't have a net.
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Does it show the same IMEI that is written under the battery? Since it is almost certain that somebody wrote you one of the 5 or so special IMEI numbers with certificates that have been circulating around with some boxes and which have been already blacklisted in most of the world.

No network coneted
xclub_101 said:
Does it show the same IMEI that is written under the battery? Since it is almost certain that somebody wrote you one of the 5 or so special IMEI numbers with certificates that have been circulating around with some boxes and which have been already blacklisted in most of the world.
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Ok, the story is like that.
My son in law visit me here in Austria, and just befor he fly home again to the philippines, he buy him a Note 3 (SM-N9005) from here in Austria.
But he don't read the sticker on the box, " Europe Model" it has to be used with a europian SIM CARD before it can be used with a asian SIM.
So he just went to a mobile store in the Philippines and tell them to open the SIM lock.
After this the phone not work anymore right, it operate very slow. So finaly he send it back to me, by Fedex.
I take it to the "Mobile Store" here in Austria, but the told me the can't fix it becouse the " IMEI is lost 00/00" and in the Service menu ( *#0011#) it shows IMEI CERTI: FAIL.
So I bring it back home and try to fix it.
The Status now is:
1.) I write the IMEI back with this tool: EFS_Professional_2.1.73 ---> it works great my Imei is back
2.) I flash many moden.bin's until I'm sucsessful, and now my " IMEI Certi is : PASS
3.) If I try to use the phone, everything looks fine baseband is there the phone is fast, the only thing, if I try to use it as a phone, it say's " Not registerd to a Network" Emergency call only"
So I don't know waht the to in the Philippines, when the try to unlook it.
If I look in the Service Mode, it shows Service Limited.
Any Idea ?

prometheus23 said:
Ok, the story is like that.
My son in law visit me here in Austria, and just befor he fly home again to the philippines, he buy him a Note 3 (SM-N9005) from here in Austria.
But he don't read the sticker on the box, " Europe Model" it has to be used with a europian SIM CARD before it can be used with a asian SIM.
So he just went to a mobile store in the Philippines and tell them to open the SIM lock.
After this the phone not work anymore right, it operate very slow. So finaly he send it back to me, by Fedex.
I take it to the "Mobile Store" here in Austria, but the told me the can't fix it becouse the " IMEI is lost 00/00" and in the Service menu ( *#0011#) it shows IMEI CERTI: FAIL.
So I bring it back home and try to fix it.
The Status now is:
1.) I write the IMEI back with this tool: EFS_Professional_2.1.73 ---> it works great my Imei is back
2.) I flash many moden.bin's until I'm sucsessful, and now my " IMEI Certi is : PASS
3.) If I try to use the phone, everything looks fine baseband is there the phone is fast, the only thing, if I try to use it as a phone, it say's " Not registerd to a Network" Emergency call only"
So I don't know waht the to in the Philippines, when the try to unlook it.
If I look in the Service Mode, it shows Service Limited.
Any Idea ?
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i have the same problem before but already solved. your IMEI is on the blacklist. to fix that problem try to put other IMEI on your phone so that it will fix your network problem, but careful some country changing IMEI is illegal... in Philippines its ok. goodluck.
your

Nico231995 said:
i have the same problem before but already solved. your IMEI is on the blacklist. to fix that problem try to put other IMEI on your phone so that it will fix your network problem, but careful some country changing IMEI is illegal... in Philippines its ok. goodluck.
your
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how it can be on the blacklist it was not report as stolen?
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prometheus23 said:
how it can be on the blacklist it was not report as stolen?
ty
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are you filipino? i will speak in tagalog.

Nico231995 said:
are you filipino? i will speak in tagalog.
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sorry my tagalog is very bad. I'm from Austria.
ty

prometheus23 said:
sorry my tagalog is very bad. I'm from Austria.
ty
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but you can understand tagalog? its very hard for me to explain in english. :silly:

my wife can translate for me.

N9005 .. Bb: Unknown .. Imei: Null .. !!

hello guys ..
how are you all ..
hope you fine ..
this note 3 (N9005) lost BB and IMEI after flashing KK FW ..
so, i tried to flash another FW but still same ..
also tried to flash latest Modem and BB fixed but IMEI still (/01) ..
so, i went to EFS_Professional app and wrote IMEI from the back to phone ..
now phone has IMEI but Emergency Calls Only ..
IMEI CERT: PASS
what should i do .. ??
also, i have SPT and Z3X boxes and i can write Super IMEI with SPT or write CERT file with Z3X ..
but i don't want to change the IMEI .. i want to restore it's original IMEI.
thx in advance.

1- Try re-flashing full stock firmware for your device via Odin. To obtain the correct firmware, use Phone INFO ★Samsung★ app > Menu > 'Firmware Browser'.
2- If that doesn't help, try this post.

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mirosaw2 said:
hello guys ..
how are you all ..
hope you fine ..
this note 3 (N9005) lost BB and IMEI after flashing KK FW ..
so, i tried to flash another FW but still same ..
also tried to flash latest Modem and BB fixed but IMEI still (/01) ..
so, i went to EFS_Professional app and wrote IMEI from the back to phone ..
now phone has IMEI but Emergency Calls Only ..
IMEI CERT: PASS
what should i do .. ??
also, i have SPT and Z3X boxes and i can write Super IMEI with SPT or write CERT file with Z3X ..
but i don't want to change the IMEI .. i want to restore it's original IMEI.
thx in advance.
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havent any backups? There is a back imei folder

vndnguyen said:
1- Try re-flashing full stock firmware for your device via Odin. To obtain the correct firmware, use Phone INFO ★Samsung★ app > Menu > 'Firmware Browser'.
2- If that doesn't help, try this post.
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Thx for trying help bro ..
also tried to flash factory rom but same problem.
also tried the solution from that thread but same.
Sent from my iPhone 4S using Tapatalk.

david_ita said:
havent any backups? There is a back imei folder
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unfortunately, no backups ..
but as i said, my problem now with the network not the IMEI .. !!
and i also tried to flash QCN backup from another working phone but still same problem.
Sent from my iPhone 4S using Tapatalk.

after many tries and wasting too much time .. i decided to use Super IMEI method using SPT box ..
so, now i have a fully working Note 3 with Super IMEI.
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mirosaw2 said:
after many tries and wasting too much time .. i decided to use Super IMEI method using SPT box ..
so, now i have a fully working Note 3 with Super IMEI.
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What the Super IMEI would be?
Can you show this IMEI?

vndnguyen said:
What the Super IMEI would be?
Can you show this IMEI?
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Super IMEI is an unlock method for new models which can't be unlocked by default methods cause it has a new security which boxes can't bypass ..
To unlock your phone ( ex: Note 3 ) you have to wipe EFS first then there is a list with a lot of IMEIs for every phone .. So, you can choose one of them to write to your phone .. Now it's unlocked.
But you can't write back your original IMEI.
So, i used this method for that phone and it fixed the problem.
Sent from my iPhone 4S using Tapatalk.

Ok thanks.

@mirosaw2 thanks for the INFO & tips mate really thanks
Sent from my SM-N910C using Tapatalk

register on network fails

hello iv been searching and searching 4 a solution on this i have a s4 gt-190505g android 5.1 and it just wont register on network

reflashing the firmware do u think it could solve this problem,,thanks

bygrave said:
hello iv been searching and searching 4 a solution on this i have a s4 gt-190505g android 5.1 and it just wont register on network
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Check if you have IMEI
Go to Settings > About > Status
If its null or empty that means your IMEI is lost and you cant use any SIM or network, IMEI can be only restored if you made a backup before.
If you are lucky enough reflashing the phone firmware maybe solve the problem

RubbaBand said:
Check if you have IMEI
Go to Settings > About > Status
If its null or empty that means your IMEI is lost and you cant use any SIM or network, IMEI can be only restored if you made a backup before.
If you are lucky enough reflashing the phone firmware maybe solve the problem
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thanks,,all imei is fine it registers vodaphone and o2 sims but nothing else

IMEI number messed up

Hi,
Let see if someone can help me.
Im trying to help out a friends cousin, he came here to sweden from the war and hes mobile dosent work, so he cant call back home to contact anyone there.
This is what i need help with.
He have a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 SM-N910C and he bought it in turky, to be avaible to use it in hes contry they had to root it in turky (this is what he said) and they rooted it for him.
But the dident seem to leave a backup of the orgininal efs map or anything, have checked the phone storage and even the SDCARD he bought at the same time that he have never formate.
So since the IMEI number is wrong he cant connect to any network here in sweden, the IMEI number goes to some Philips phone.
So i tryed to restore the IMEI to the one on the back of the Note 4 phone, i though i was succsessfull since *#06# shows the right IMEI number now, that match the one on the back.
But when i go into Settings->About Device->Status the IMEI number is still the Philips one, i tryed to recreate and remove the efs folder but ended up with NULL or 000000000 IMEI at Device status.
Can someone help me? me rly wanna be avaible to call home and do video calls with rest of hes family still at home in the war.
I even tryed upgrade firmware and downgrade i have tryed a custom firmware and official.
Tryed changing mode firmware and everthing, been trying to get it to work for 4 days now.
And he dont have any money to buy a box to fix the phone.
Thanks,

As far as I'm aware, transferring IMEI numbers etc is Illegal. This reeks of something illegal.

spikeis said:
Hi,
Let see if someone can help me.
Im trying to help out a friends cousin, he came here to sweden from the war and hes mobile dosent work, so he cant call back home to contact anyone there.
This is what i need help with.
He have a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 SM-N910C and he bought it in turky, to be avaible to use it in hes contry they had to root it in turky (this is what he said) and they rooted it for him.
But the dident seem to leave a backup of the orgininal efs map or anything, have checked the phone storage and even the SDCARD he bought at the same time that he have never formate.
So since the IMEI number is wrong he cant connect to any network here in sweden, the IMEI number goes to some Philips phone.
So i tryed to restore the IMEI to the one on the back of the Note 4 phone, i though i was succsessfull since *#06# shows the right IMEI number now, that match the one on the back.
But when i go into Settings->About Device->Status the IMEI number is still the Philips one, i tryed to recreate and remove the efs folder but ended up with NULL or 000000000 IMEI at Device status.
Can someone help me? me rly wanna be avaible to call home and do video calls with rest of hes family still at home in the war.
I even tryed upgrade firmware and downgrade i have tryed a custom firmware and official.
Tryed changing mode firmware and everthing, been trying to get it to work for 4 days now.
And he dont have any money to buy a box to fix the phone.
Thanks,
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Greetings,
Changing the IMEI is illegal in most countries and therefore discussing it on XDA is forbidden. I hope you understand.
Thread closed.