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[Q] My note 3 is bricked,losted IMEI :|

I bought an note 3 on 2nd June from hand,i'm verified the phone with big attention,everethyng is ok with the phone.But this phone is a rooted phone with a custom rom,i want to install to phone an original samsung firmware,but when i installed the rom the phone is bricked,i don't have IMEI (write Unkown ),and many errors,camera isnt work,speaker isnt work,....I dont know what can i do with the phone.Please help me.
Sorry for my wrong writed text,but i dont speak English very well :|

barcsajani said:
I bought an note 3 on 2nd June from hand,i'm verified the phone with big attention,everethyng is ok with the phone.But this phone is a rooted phone with a custom rom,i want to install to phone an original samsung firmware,but when i installed the rom the phone is bricked,i don't have IMEI (write Unkown ),and many errors,camera isnt work,speaker isnt work,....I dont know what can i do with the phone.Please help me.
Sorry for my wrong writed text,but i dont speak English very well :|
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What precise model is your Note 3? Are you 100% it is not a fake? Does the phone have "download mode"? Can you still enter "download mode"? What does it say there? Have you tried to write the latest stock ROM for your precise model? (and by model I understand platform and type, for instance on N9005 there are slightly different stock images for the 32GB EU models and the 16GB Asia models).

xclub_101 said:
What precise model is your Note 3? Are you 100% it is not a fake? Does the phone have "download mode"? Can you still enter "download mode"? What does it say there? Have you tried to write the latest stock ROM for your precise model? (and by model I understand platform and type, for instance on N9005 there are slightly different stock images for the 32GB EU models and the 16GB Asia models).
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Yes I'm 100% it is not a fake phone,and yes the pohne have download mode and yes i can enter to the d.m.
My model is SM-N9005 32GB. I'm tried over 10 roms for the phone but nothing,please help me,send me a new rom or i don't know what can i do ?

barcsajani said:
Yes I'm 100% it is not a fake phone,and yes the pohne have download mode and yes i can enter to the d.m.
My model is SM-N9005 32GB. I'm tried over 10 roms for the phone but nothing,please help me,send me a new rom or i don't know what can i do ?
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What i've heard if you lost your efs, many things on the phone will note work and eventually you will encounter FC messages. The only way was to restore the EFS. But you can find any other alternative like Flashing the 4 part firmware and see how it goes. If it doesnt fix your phone, keep finding.

IzArsha said:
What i've heard if you lost your efs, many things on the phone will note work and eventually you will encounter FC messages. The only way was to restore the EFS. But you can find any other alternative like Flashing the 4 part firmware and see how it goes. If it doesnt fix your phone, keep finding.
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I've tried the 4 part firmware flash but nothing... Now I'm downloading a firmware for Poland,this is the newest on samfirmware.com

[Q]are csc and pda are essentiel to update

hello,
i want to return to stock rom from cyanogen 11 on s4 but i can't get my csc and pda version from *#1234# and in sammobile there are so many choices and i dont want to brick my phone so i want to now if i can update to any software as i am not locked to any carrier bcz i hate cyanogen on s4
thank you

No, you can just put the file downloaded from Sammobile into the "PHONE" (or "PDA") area.

the firmware version of your phone should be on the original box with the IMEI , if you have the box go for it

hadikh1 said:
hello,
i want to return to stock rom from cyanogen 11 on s4 but i can't get my csc and pda version from *#1234# and in sammobile there are so many choices and i dont want to brick my phone so i want to now if i can update to any software as i am not locked to any carrier bcz i hate cyanogen on s4
thank you
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Hi Mate
CSC stands for Customer Service Country , it gives you country/carrier specific configuration like language , carrier network settings ( like fastdormacy)
Is good to have but you can live without it.

Does that mean i can download any software from sammobile and install it without any problem??

hadikh1 said:
Does that mean i can download any software from sammobile and install it without any problem??
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Hi ,
In most cases yes , you may not have your language available or miss a network specific configuration but it should work ...

hadikh1 said:
Does that mean i can download any software from sammobile and install it without any problem??
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Yes.
But do not try network specific roms or firmwares of some different model.
Example: i9500 stock firmware wont work with i9505. You will brick your device.
Rest any i9500 rom will work with i9500.
I'm using a russian i9500 firmware on my Indian i9500, and it works better than the rest
Press Thanks if I helped
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4 via XDA app.

[Q] [PROB] my i9500 shows up as i337 in download mode

this is driving me bunkers. so i buy an unlocked i9500 in eBay from hongkong and everywhere on the box and on the phone itself it says i9500
but in download mode it shows up as SGH-i337 and also upon using the phone (stock) it randomly asks me to sync my AT&T contacts.
the SIM card that i used is not even AT&T. and also my attempt to install CWM via odin failed.

Dadbeh said:
this is driving me bunkers. so i buy an unlocked i9500 in eBay from hongkong and everywhere on the box and on the phone itself it says i9500
but in download mode it shows up as SGH-i337 and also upon using the phone (stock) it randomly asks me to sync my AT&T contacts.
the SIM card that i used is not even AT&T. and also my attempt to install CWM via odin failed.
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the baseband version is I9500XXUEMJ9
i really dont understand this. why odin fails then?

Dadbeh said:
the baseband version is I9500XXUEMJ9
i really dont understand this. why odin fails then?
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I guess your phone is not genuine.
it might have been packed in different package.
maybe.

@SidDev said:
I guess your phone is not genuine.
it might have been packed in different package.
maybe.
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you mean its not samsung made? as in its a chinese fake? lol i dont think so. it just looks too normal for that

You have an i337. It's simple as that. You have probably a rom installed that's based on a i9500 rom. So nothing to worry, you just need to look in the i337 section.

Dadbeh said:
you mean its not samsung made? as in its a chinese fake? lol i dont think so. it just looks too normal for that
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Best to be sure get PHONE INFO for Samsung phone apk from playstore and get true infos about your model from it!

lolo9393 said:
Best to be sure get PHONE INFO for Samsung phone apk from playstore and get true infos about your model from it!
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i did just now, it says its a i9500

ok this is just bizzare. so installing PHONE INFO SAMSUNG i get these:
phone model: i9500
device type: jflteatt
product name: jflteuc
boot loader version: i337ucuemk2
pda version: i9500xxuemj9

Dadbeh said:
i did just now, it says its a i9500
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once you are sure (check also what FW version you have) you can flash I9500 cwm with odin.
Odin has nothing to do with what is already installed. (expected your drivers are well installed). CWM can be pushed in.

If download mode says that you have an i337 then you have an i337.

Dadbeh said:
ok this is just bizzare. so installing PHONE INFO SAMSUNG i get these:
phone model: i9500
device type: jflteatt
product name: jflteuc
boot loader version: i337ucuemk2
pda version: i9500xxuemj9
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It seems you have a true I337 because of the bootloader infos but all the rest is messed up with tricks done by former owners.
So you must reflash a stock I337 fw to refresh everything. get it from sammobile site.
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ro.product.model=SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
ro.product.brand=samsung
ro.product.name=jflteuc
ro.product.device=jflteatt
These are correct infos telling that your phone is a good I337 model.
see this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2768192

Same problem
Dadbeh said:
this is driving me bunkers. so i buy an unlocked i9500 in eBay from hongkong and everywhere on the box and on the phone itself it says i9500
but in download mode it shows up as SGH-i337 and also upon using the phone (stock) it randomly asks me to sync my AT&T contacts.
the SIM card that i used is not even AT&T. and also my attempt to install CWM via odin failed.
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I too face the same issue...did you find any solution. Can you please share it ?

hi same problem
hi i have same poblem here and i can't use download mode to instal lolipop official or any ohter rom any solution u get there

As mentioned upthread, if the model number posted in Download Mode is SGH-I337, you have an AT&T Galaxy S4. Because of this, you will want to look in the AT&T Galaxy S4 forums for ROMs regarding your device. Unless you have no other alternative, I do not recommend installing AT&T firmware on the phone. If you do install AT&T firmware, it will work, but it will also update the bootloader to a version that disallows rooting and custom ROMs.
Ideally, you want to get your money back from whomever sold you the phone. Frankenphones are nothing but trouble.

lolo9393 said:
It seems you have a true I337 because of the bootloader infos but all the rest is messed up with tricks done by former owners.
So you must reflash a stock I337 fw to refresh everything. get it from sammobile site.
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ro.product.model=SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
ro.product.brand=samsung
ro.product.name=jflteuc
ro.product.device=jflteatt
These are correct infos telling that your phone is a good I337 model.
see this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2768192
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that actually wont work. you cant flash a stock rom on these . i tried the appropriate hong kong firmware and an i337 firmware. they just fail.

^ exactly
my friend had a phone like this. bootloader was t mobile, but wouldnt install rom using odin
I flashed cm11 for GPE and and baseband modem from m919 using cwm and it finally worked
I think these phones are made using working parts from different phones

difference between flashing ... ?

hello people
i have this samsung s4 i9505 which i think is not genuine , i think it's koren. its stuck on boot screen and i want to flash it . so i want to ask what is the difference between flashing a genuine android phone and koren android phone . any kind of help is appreciated

Try entering download mode by pressing volume down, home, and power at the same time. If unable to enter download mode your phone is a counterfeit. If you can enter download mode you'll have a model number, which we can use to point you to the correct stock ROM to flash. Flashing the ROM will stop the bootloop.

Fake phones use other parts than the original phone. And since roms are made based on the phone's parts, they won't work on the fake ones.

Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
Try entering download mode by pressing volume down, home, and power at the same time. If unable to enter download mode your phone is a counterfeit. If you can enter download mode you'll have a model number, which we can use to point you to the correct stock ROM to flash. Flashing the ROM will stop the bootloop.
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Thank you very much for your guidance. Yes I can enter into the download mode by pressing the mentioned buttons. It says the following :
Odin mode
Product name : GT-i9505
Current binary : custom
System status : official
Knox kernel lock : 0*0
Knox warranty void : 0*1
CSVCONFIG-LSV : o*30
Write protection : enabled
Emmc burst mode : enabled
Dues this mean my phone is original ? Thanks again for your guidance

I would say it looks valid.
Try to plug it to USB with Odin running on computer and get it detected.
Check samfirmware for i9505 official ROM and flash it.
Sent from my GT-I9505 using XDA Free mobile app

As mentioned in PM, the phone is real. Now tell us what carrier you're using and we can direct you to the correct ROM for your phone.

Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
As mentioned in PM, the phone is real. Now tell us what carrier you're using and we can direct you to the correct ROM for your phone.
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thanks again for your help . looks like my mobile is genuine after all .i've checked sammobile as mentioned above but the thing is i am from pakistan . and there is no official firmware for pakistan . can you still help me ?. which rom should i flash ?

Any one you wish. Your phone is unlocked, so you're not limited to a specific ROM. I recommend using one of the ROMs not tied to a carrier, such as ones with the CSC code of BTU.

Samsung is actually a Korean company. So, if your phone is made in Korea, it's probably genuine.
Sent from my GT-I9500 using XDA Forums Pro.

Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
Any one you wish. Your phone is unlocked, so you're not limited to a specific ROM. I recommend using one of the ROMs not tied to a carrier, such as ones with the CSC code of BTU.
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thanks Again for your help . sorry i lost you there "the CSC code of BTU" . after googling i think you are saying that a rom of uk maybe ? if that's the case can i go ahead and flash a uk version of rom ?
and again which carrier should i choose ? i have found a rom but i can't post url so i am going to pm you

*laughs at myself for losing you*
Yeah, that's what I meant. The BTU ROM is an unbranded ROM for the UK I9505. It's carrier agnostic, meaning no carrier mods of any kind and will function in any country, so long as the phone isn't tied to its carrier. Your phone isn't tied to a carrier, so the ROM is fine.

Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
*laughs at myself for losing you*
Yeah, that's what I meant. The BTU ROM is an unbranded ROM for the UK I9505. It's carrier agnostic, meaning no carrier mods of any kind and will function in any country, so long as the phone isn't tied to its carrier. Your phone isn't tied to a carrier, so the ROM is fine.
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you're a lifesaver

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