Hello guys.
My brother has S4 i9500 and he recently updated his phone via ota (official samsung update). But the update could not be done successfully and he removed the battery after waiting for 45 mins.
The result, the phone lost its BASEBAND version and IMEI.
1. The phone is not rooted. Therefore no efs Backup.
2. It's out of warranty.
3. The Samsung service centre said the motherboard need to be replaced which will cost $100-120.
4. I did factory reset already. No help. Now the phone is back to the 4.4.2 android.
Pls help me guys. How can I get the IMEI and BASEBAND version back. And I want to spend $100 on this.
Flash the original modem for the device and both IMEI and baseband should return. However, humor me. Pull your SIM card first and then see if you have IMEI and baseband. If you do get both after pulling the SIM, your SIM tray may be toast. If that's the case, Amazon sells them for about $10, and they're easy to install.
Closed as a duplicate. Please see the continued discussion here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4/help/lost-imei-baseband-unrooted-s4-i9500-t3103330
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Hi guys,
Unfortunately my gnote abandoned me after less than a week. The first 2-3 days later I had no problems then this happened:
I bought a new sim which I promptly inserted into the terminal, when I did not even realize that I had asked for the pin but the next day when I ricceso the phone and the situation was the same as I'm concerned. Without going into detail I will explain what tests I did.
Reboot, factory reset, and downgrade the firmware to the original kka kj4 stocks by odin. It worked but only until the next reboot.
Today this practice is not good and that is the case, no line, no baseband, no imei.
Will I still have the warranty? Do you have tips?
Kindly check for EFS folder
also try a stock firmware and it should be fine I hope
Model number: I9500
Baseband Version: i9500XXUAMDE
Build Number: JDQ39.i9500XXUAMDE
AP: I9500XXUAMDE
CP: i9500XXUAMDE
CSC: i9500JVAMDC
i bought s4 today from a local market, it was rooted and has super su icon there, i unrooted my phone from there and then i thought i would flash my phone to stock rom myself,
Now i downloaded firmware for pakistan i-e I9500XXUAMDE_I9500OJVAMDC_I9500XXUAMDE_HOME.tar
and used odin 3.85 and pressed the pda button and then it was passed, the phone restarted but unfortunately i lost the signals n there was a cross mark and in the settings about menu it says mobile network state disconnected and it says out of service and still it says device status CUSTOM, Software update through wifi says the same too
Please help, is it a genuine s4 or not, please help urgent...................
How to restore my s4 to flash rom and the way it is like it came out of box????
rameez.ahmed said:
How to restore my s4 to flash rom and the way it is like it came out of box????
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Most likely, there are 2 options here:
a) while flashing, you messed with the EFS partition => your IMEI number is demo one (plenty of zeroes, ending with 49).
b) the phone, you have bought, was stolen and claimed. Then, the operator blocked the original IMEI, so it was forced
well, option a - got o service centre or try to restore IMEI.
option b) buy not stolen, legitimate device from legitimate seller, not from a thief.
[Q] Nexus 4 has stuck on this message "Android is upgrading...........starting apps"
i have Google nexus 4 , i download and install the android official stock rom 4.4 Kitakat from google developer and after flashing complete then my phone start but this will stuck on this message "android is upgrading...........starting apps".
i also download and install the android 4.2.2 official stock rom. Everything fine, but it did not display the baseband version .... Imei number and imei sv not found.........My sim card does not work
If your phone can boot 4.2.2 but not 4.3 or 4.4 and has no imei on 4.2.2, your phone will probably have to be sent for repair. There is no way that I could find to inject the imei back into the phone like a Samsung.
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If your phone can boot 4.2.2 but not 4.3 or 4.4 and has no imei on 4.2.2, your phone will probably have to be sent for repair. There is no way that I could find to inject the imei back into the phone like a Samsung.
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But why , i mean which part is damaged in the phone to repair and yes my phone can boot in 4.2.2 but imei number not find......
i am goes to service center, he said that motherboard problem to replace but my warranty has expired........and repairing cost of motherbard to high around 10000 rs (indian currency)..........but how could be said that motherboard problem, my phone in 4.2.2 works and i do almost everthing in my phone but sim card not working,imei not found.....
is there any solution to recover imei njumber and baseband version...
thanks
Deep
There is no current solution to flash IMEI on a NEXUS 4. Only way to get the phone working is to replace the board. You can trying buying a cracked screen nexus 4 with a working IMEI from ebay and replace the board your self.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZDAIgwbXk4
some people claim that there is a box which can be used to flash the IMEI, i am not sure if this works.
Deep Kamal Singh said:
But why , i mean which part is damaged in the phone to repair and yes my phone can boot in 4.2.2 but imei number not find......
i am goes to service center, he said that motherboard problem to replace but my warranty has expired........and repairing cost of motherbard to high around 10000 rs (indian currency)..........but how could be said that motherboard problem, my phone in 4.2.2 works and i do almost everthing in my phone but sim card not working,imei not found.....
is there any solution to recover imei njumber and baseband version...
thanks
Deep
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End users do not have access to the imei folder on the phone which is why is needs to be send back to LG for repair.
In Samsung phones, the imei can be injected back into the phone since end users have access to the EFS folder.
I have got the same problem. I know that is possible to repari with octopus/octoplus software..
Never heard of it Octopus before. Have you tried it?
Edit: I found the LG Octopus tools but the program stops because it is looking for some kind of card. I guess additional hardware is required to fixed the imei on the N4.
The Octo Box software will only work with an Octo Box, which cost 160- 200 USD (same price as a used nexus 4 on ebay ). Or you can go to a shop and see if they have the box.
Just out of curiosity, did you purchase you nexus 4 from the Google play store or the carrier?
I was having the dreaded "Sim card not detected" message and decided to try replacing the mainboard of my Koodo/Telus S4 SGH-i337m with another from the exact same model but different company.
I rooted the phone (etc) and used the tool at http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...ool-antaresone-s-imei-backup-restore-t2975136 to do a complete backup of the EFS and stuff
I was able to swap out the boards with no trouble and confirmed the newly repaired phone had an IMEI before doing a restore using the above tool as well, but after doing so, the IMEI says Unknown.
I put the phone into DM mode and enabled cp logging in recovery so the phone could be recognized by Windows (otherwise it was saying USB Device Not Recognized)
I tried Octoplus and it can get the software and firmware info from the phone, but does nothing else. NV Items reader writer gives an "Unknown Command" error for even just reading the full phone.
Not sure what I need to do to fix this. Thinking about contacting an unlocking guy here in Canada who says he can repair the IMEI remotely, but I don't want to do that if it's something simple I'm overlooking. Unfortunately most of the documents talking about IMEI repair refer to options that don't exist in my service menu (for example #6 Common and turning off FTM mode). Would appreciate any help.
The backup method is for the i9505 and I understand that, hardware-wise, the i337m has the same hardware but the major difference is support for LTE frequencies in Canada.
You tried to restore the imei from the original motherboard to the replacement motherboard? Do you have a back up of the replacement motherboard's imei information?
With the s4, I don't think all of the imei information is in the efs folder. Nvdata may be written in a hidden partition.
Yup I took a backup of both before doing anything
The tool I linked to says it supports the i337m and it detected it and did not complain at all.
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The backup method is for the i9505 and I understand that, hardware-wise, the i337m has the same hardware but the major difference is support for LTE frequencies in Canada.
You tried to restore the imei from the original motherboard to the replacement motherboard? Do you have a back up of the replacement motherboard's imei information?
With the s4, I don't think all of the imei information is in the efs folder. Nvdata may be written in a hidden partition.
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The tool backed up several partitions it seems, not just the efs.
Just an FYI. Both motherboards are for Canadian models. My original was with Koodo and the new one is from Bell. Both are identical. It shouldn't have a problem with that.
You tried to restore your old imei to the replacement board? Any particular reason this was necessary? Both motherboards were running the same ROM although I'm not sure this makes a difference.
I wanted to keep it as close to the original as possible (guess I'm a bit OCD like that lol) and I'm pretty sure the seller I bought it from on eBay set the imei on it to a fake number, as I checked it online and nobody had any information on it (whereas my original Imei was recognized as coming from an s4).
Did you try flashing a stock rom on the replacement motherboard? If that doesn't restore the imei and you don't have the replacement's original imei, you may be out of luck.
You confirmed that the replacement is an i337m in download mode?
I am trying a stock Bell firmware using odin now and will then restore the imei backup I took of the new motherboard to see what happens.
Trying to restore the imei backup from the Koodo phone may make it worse.
After flashing a stock rom, check to see if wifi and Bluetooth works before trying to restore the imei.
audit13 said:
Trying to restore the imei backup from the Koodo phone may make it worse.
After flashing a stock rom, check to see if wifi and Bluetooth works before trying to restore the imei.
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Still working on it, but previous attempts have had absolutely no other issues. Wifi, camera, et al have worked fine.
Okay so I flashed back the Bell stock firmware and my backup of the new motherboard, and the IMEI is back, but I am almost 100% sure it's a fake one. None of the sim unlock methods work and online tools cannot identify it. It's not the old 0049 or any other known fake/invalid one, which is quite weird.
Which method are you using to sim unlock?
I just purchased an unlock code for my original imei and am stuck at this point unless I can figure out why it doesn't work on the new motherboard.
Unlock codes are tied to the imei. Since you can't get your imei into the replacement board, you can't use the unlock code.
Also, some carriers can detect an altered imei and will not activate the phone on their network. Not sure if this is always the case.
We dont support nor allow discussion of imei changing, thread closed.
How can I recover "UNKNOWN" and "NULL/NULL" Base Band & IMEI on Note3 SM-N900A
I sold a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 SM-N900A to someone online. The LCD was bad so I did a hard reset of the phone but forgot to remove my google account. The person who bought the phone installed a new LCD but was locked out. So instead of contacting me to help, they decided to try and root the phone. but they did not back up any files and erased the EFS file and lost the IMEI number and Base Band. This person then returned the phone back to me claiming it doesn't work and they removed the LCD possibly so I couldn't see what they did. I purchased a new LCD so I could refurbish it but once I turned it on it powered up and showed me a pad lock unlocked logo underneath it said custom. after it loaded in the settings under about device I noticed base band saying UNKNOWN, IMEI was also saying UNKNOWN so I dialed *#06# and that said "null/null" I used Odin and the 4.4.2 stock rom to flash the firmware everything went smooth and no more padlock saying custom.... however the imei and base band are still saying UNKNOWN. any help to get this back on track so I can use it would be great. I am not a noob but I am also no expert so please provide instruction if you can assist me. thank you in advance...!!!
Google search ? Xda search ?
Step one restore your backed up EFS folder.
Baseband flash via Odin. See multiple identical posts .
Sent from my SM-N930F using XDA-Developers Legacy app
there are no EFS files to restore from. I don't think the phone was rooted I think it was just a custom ROM installed but they didn't back anything up. I have never rooted or jailbroken a phone I used Odin twice. once to flash a G-s2 and to install the OEM firmware for this phone. I need to know the process on how to restore the lost IMEI and baseband These steps I don't know where to start. I see people fixing this problem but do not see clear instructions to follow. I am good at fixing computer hardware and software but phone repair I am new to.
Lost IMEI service center repair .
Baseband see thread in General section .
Sent from my SM-N930F using XDA-Developers Legacy app
Where did you get 4.4.2 since AT&T never released a full Odin firmware flash.
The AT&T note 3 forum is here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/note-3-att