Hello, friends.
I do need your help.
I wanted to tell you that I had some problems with my phone's performance, so, after almost a year, I decided to upate its firmware.
* I've to mention that my SM-G530M was already SIM unlocked from seller/provider (Movistar Colombia).
* Also, all this time I've been using a SIM from Claro Argentina without any problem on that device.
I installed this firmware, using Odin (most of all, because I live now in Argentina):
--> G530MUBS1APE4_UUB1AOI1_ARO_Argentina_4.4.4.zip
When the process ended, it booted up normally, but after a reboot it started to ask me to put SIM network code.
* I've tried to flash different firmwares (Colombia, Argentina, Chile, etc.). With/without SIM card inserted.
* Also I've tried Factory Reset and Wipe cache (from software and recovery too).
* I even have tried to use "NAND erase all" in Odin, all in order to clean the most from the device to get prepared for a clean Firmware installation.
Unfortunately nothing worked.
I'm in ruins.
Please, friends, is there anyone who could guide me in order to unlock my phone again?
If you need more info, just tell me.
Thanks in advance!:
I know it's too old to reply, but at least I'll report that problem is solved forcefully, bands to other carriers had to be reopened. Unfortunately I don't know if the culprit of this SIM locking was the Claro's provider ROM I used, taking in mind it is the one I use in Argentina, but device was from another country. However this wasn't a case of international carrier restriction, since device was already unlocked, but this update broke it all.
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someone save me please... I've been struggle for two weeks...
I'm using S5-G900F, its a Hongkong version, and I'm currently in UK with giffgaff. last month I tried few new rom and then I can't use voice service any more. However I still have internet. Some detail below:
APN
1. I 100% sure its not an APN problem
IMEI
1. IMEI seems ok, start 4 digit 3524****
SIM card related
1. At first I assume it's a SIM card related problem, I tried 2 SIM with different ISP, neither work.
2. Also, I put those 2 SIM on my iphone4 to verify that the SIM is good, and both card work.
3. I also checked the SIM card cable, I put one piece of paper above the SIM to tight the contact, still doesn't work.
Phone related
1. Before I brought the phone, I had check the bands it supports, and it is capable to used here. And the phone work perfect (well, with stock firmware its really slow) before everything happen.
2. Since I brought this phone in HK and now I'm in UK, I tried to flash both latest UK and HK firmware (lollipop), neither work.
3. I also tried only flash baseband from that two firmware plus one old-version baseband. none work.
4. For those flash mentioned above, I do full wipe.
Rom
The rom I tried list below (in time sequence)
1. XtreStoLite (the BL/baseband is extract from Brazil stock firmware. After that problem occur, but I didn't realize)
2. CM12 (this two are all from this forum)
3. TGY-G900FZHU1BOA1-20150120092320 (HK stock firmware, 5.0. Try to recovery the voice)
4. BTU-G900FXXU1BOB7-20150223084756 (UK stock firmware, 5.0. Still trying)
5. Also 2 baseband/BL from XtreStoLite thread (Another is an old-version. Still).
So now for everyday, I had to carry two phone... one just to make sure I don miss any call.... I have tried and still no clue... really need some help here.... Help please...
Tian02 said:
someone save me please... I've been struggle for two weeks...
I'm using S5-G900F, its a Hongkong version, and I'm currently in UK with giffgaff. last month I tried few new rom and then I can't use voice service any more. However I still have internet. Some detail below:
APN
1. I 100% sure its not an APN problem
IMEI
1. IMEI seems ok, start 4 digit 3524****
SIM card related
1. At first I assume it's a SIM card related problem, I tried 2 SIM with different ISP, neither work.
2. Also, I put those 2 SIM on my iphone4 to verify that the SIM is good, and both card work.
3. I also checked the SIM card cable, I put one piece of paper above the SIM to tight the contact, still doesn't work.
Phone related
1. Before I brought the phone, I had check the bands it supports, and it is capable to used here. And the phone work perfect (well, with stock firmware its really slow) before everything happen.
2. Since I brought this phone in HK and now I'm in UK, I tried to flash both latest UK and HK firmware (lollipop), neither work.
3. I also tried only flash baseband from that two firmware plus one old-version baseband. none work.
4. For those flash mentioned above, I do full wipe.
Rom
The rom I tried list below (in time sequence)
1. XtreStoLite (the BL/baseband is extract from Brazil stock firmware. After that problem occur, but I didn't realize)
2. CM12 (this two are all from this forum)
3. TGY-G900FZHU1BOA1-20150120092320 (HK stock firmware, 5.0. Try to recovery the voice)
4. BTU-G900FXXU1BOB7-20150223084756 (UK stock firmware, 5.0. Still trying)
5. Also 2 baseband/BL from XtreStoLite thread (Another is an old-version. Still).
So now for everyday, I had to carry two phone... one just to make sure I don miss any call.... I have tried and still no clue... really need some help here.... Help please...
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Can anyone help me please....
Was the phone service working for you before you tried a new ROM?
I have the same issue. Can't make or recieve calls. Internet is working though.
When you try to call someone, do you get 'call ended' message almost immediately after dialing out?
Also, when you go to phone / settings / additional settings (or more settings) - does the 'network or sim card error' pop up?
Can't figure this out... Hopefully someone would be able to point us to right direction, other than to replace it
And of course I did a factory reset, new roms, modems, everything there is to try. nothing helped
could it be because of Region Locking? Maybe it's locked again after flashing?. I want to buy this phone but I am not sure if it will get region locked again after it gets updated or custom flashed.
Kamco said:
Was the phone service working for you before you tried a new ROM?
I have the same issue. Can't make or recieve calls. Internet is working though.
When you try to call someone, do you get 'call ended' message almost immediately after dialing out?
Also, when you go to phone / settings / additional settings (or more settings) - does the 'network or sim card error' pop up?
Can't figure this out... Hopefully someone would be able to point us to right direction, other than to replace it
And of course I did a factory reset, new roms, modems, everything there is to try. nothing helped
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Yes, before I flash those ROM everything goes well. I'm currently using CM12 so I don't have the setting you mention. But anyway I never seen that pop message before. I guess the SIM card work good as the phone can connect to the internet (not wifi, cellular internet).
After trying to install few custom ROMS namely DR. Ketans and SimplRom I experience SIM removed error problem.
The flashing goes fine with full factory reset (only internal SD is not wiped), I enter the PIN when I'm asked for it. The SIM is unlock but when the phone registers on the network it gives SIM removed error and forces a reboot.
I also upgraded the bootloader and the modem to the latest versions BL_N910FXXU1BOD2 and CP_N910FXXU1BOC4 but the problem remains the same.
When I restore back to the original ROM (backed up by TWRP) everything works fine. If dirty flash custom ROM over it again there are no problems with the SIM card.
The only conclusion is that T-Mobile has some additional software installed.
The phone is SM-N910F bought from T-Mobile. It has T-Mobile branding on boot and shutdown.
Does anyone now anything about this ?
To update it with my own research.
Apparently the SIM card is lock to Macedonia region. MBM CSC. When installing custom ROM the CSC gets changed and the phone rejects the SIM.
In an effort to resolve this I've flashed DE DBT CSC ROM and the phone won't accept my SIM card.
Currently I'm downloading the original T-Mobile MKD firmware and I hope by restoring it that I will be able to use the phone again.
Also since I paid for the phone in full I intend to contact T-Mobile tomorrow and ask them to unlock my phone.
Will write what comes out of this. Don't want someone else to lose their nerves as I did today
Definitely the issue was in wrong CSC. I've downloaded the original firmware and everything worked again.
But I couldn't stay put and wanted to flash a custom ROM so I went with http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/snapdragon-dev/rom-bob4-devbase-multi-csc-safe-bloat-t3033881.
It's a great base ROM stripped of Knox and de-bloated. Most importantly it keeps your current CSC intact.
The procedure was:
Flash original firmware with Odin,
Root with CF-Auto root
Flash TWRP recovery with Odin
Reset data so that it completely goes stock because flashing the original firmware doesn't reset data
At this point I made full nandroid backup
Flash ALEXAND ROM
Uninstall additional bloatware
So far it's working fine.
I hope that this will help someone.
Hey guys, i was wondering if i can flash firmware from other carrier without bricking?
I bought my phone last year locked to carrier, and I unlocked it using doctorSIM service. Phone itself works fine, and as I'm not living in country that i bought my phone from originally, phone gives a message "No SIM card installed" sometimes once a week, sometimes several times a day and i need to remove SIM card or to restart phone to make SIM card work again.
Please note:
- SIM Card from my original carrier (from one that I bought my phone from) works PERFECTLY fine
- My other SIM card (that my phone constantly rejects) works in other phones just fine
- I have tried to reset the phone, and carrier bloatware constantly keeps installing
- EDIT: Wi-Fi and 4G are working PERFECTLY fine
What to do? Any ideas?
Thanks in advance and sorry for gramar mistakes
Bump, flashed other carrier firmware, still same problem.
R u rooted? Have you considered flashing a CSC packet for your location?
I have a 930S, and works fine with the Korean ROM/Chinese language here in the US, on ATT service.
I have flashed the ATT, XAA and TMB CSC sets, and though the phone worked, and loaded the correct USA carrier info, I lost the phone code ability, which I could not solve.
In the end I went back to the original Korean ROM and it's CSC packet. Interestingly, though it works perfectly here in the U.S., and I can use/input phone codes, it still shows Chinese cities for my 'Region", none of which I have selected. When I do a search for local towers, it locates and correctly identifies AT&T, T-Mobile, etc. I select ATT. The Chinese cities remain in the region selection, none selected.
Wait and see if someone knows if CSC (Exynos or US based CPU) are interchangeable. I used CSC packets from a universal ROM setup (non-USA).
JeffDC said:
R u rooted? Have you considered flashing a CSC packet for your location?
I have a 930S, and works fine with the Korean ROM/Chinese language here in the US, on ATT service.
I have flashed the ATT, XAA and TMB CSC sets, and though the phone worked, and loaded the correct USA carrier info, I lost the phone code ability, which I could not solve.
In the end I went back to the original Korean ROM and it's CSC packet. Interestingly, though it works perfectly here in the U.S., and I can use/input phone codes, it still shows Chinese cities for my 'Region", none of which I have selected. When I do a search for local towers, it locates and correctly identifies AT&T, T-Mobile, etc. I select ATT. The Chinese cities remain in the region selection, none selected.
Wait and see if someone knows if CSC (Exynos or US based CPU) are interchangeable. I used CSC packets from a universal ROM setup (non-USA).
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I'm not rooted, as I use Samsung Pay and have more than one year of warranty left. I will try flashing CSC of the current country I'm in (Austria). Thanks for taking time and writing all this, this problem is unbearable
Hello!
My s7 edge is in trouble, it freezes sometimes, and sometimes it gets a full screen of pixel color flaws, with that problem my root smartphone works two weeks. Sometimes this error occurs in the ROM installation process, I insist on the installation until I can. I tried to install superman rom and due to this problem, the smartphone in the screen of death "exception of bootloader" (But it's already been resolved)...
When searching the internet, I saw that this could have a problem in flash memory.
After all history, I ask;
I could use a twrp file system repair function to try to solve this problem? And how to proceed?
(sorry for the use of google translate)
sekrilhus said:
Hello!
My s7 edge is in trouble, it freezes sometimes, and sometimes it gets a full screen of pixel color flaws, with that problem my root smartphone works two weeks. Sometimes this error occurs in the ROM installation process, I insist on the installation until I can. I tried to install superman rom and due to this problem, the smartphone in the screen of death "exception of bootloader" (But it's already been resolved)...
When searching the internet, I saw that this could have a problem in flash memory.
After all history, I ask;
I could use a twrp file system repair function to try to solve this problem? And how to proceed?
(sorry for the use of google translate)
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I am, by far, not educated up on TWRP, so I'm not sure what you mean by "repair", other than making sure your data partition is formatted so it does not cause the issues you are talking about.
Here is an interesting read:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/go...o-repairing-corrupted-data-partition-t2577447
Hey guys, update on the problem, i replaced sim card and it works just fine, i will post updates as time goes on
Thanks for the help!
At some point after an update I noticed I couldn't use region specific apps like Galaxy Apps, Bixby Voice etc. (SM-G950U1 unlocked phone purchased and used in USA) I have been trying to find a solution for a long time now to no avail. However, I believe I managed to narrow down the problem to my csc code being gcf instead of xaa. I have been trying to revert my csc code to XAA several times now (recovery reset, Odin, using a Sprint sim etc.) Any tips?
Changing CSC code to the original one
UPDATE: I managed to solve the problem on my own despite being on call with Sprint support for hours on end to no avail. Basically, my problem was the following: I was using FreedomPop (VoIP number on a sim card). When I did a software update, my phone's CSC changed to GCF (which stands as unknown). I got a new sim card eventually (one from Sprint). However, I couldn't get it to activate and work on my phone. For others, the phone was rebooting after inserting the sim card and switching to SPR CSC whereas mine wasn't doing anything. I ended up using the Carrier Switch for Snapdragon guide (do a lot of reading beforehand). It ended up working out beautifully. I inserted the sim card, phone got activated and I was able to use all the apps I mentioned in the OP and get updates.
Berchtwald said:
At some point after an update I noticed I couldn't use region specific apps like Galaxy Apps, Bixby Voice etc. (SM-G950U1 unlocked phone purchased and used in USA) I have been trying to find a solution for a long time now to no avail. However, I believe I managed to narrow down the problem to my csc code being gcf instead of xaa. I have been trying to revert my csc code to XAA several times now (recovery reset, Odin, using a Sprint sim etc.) Any tips?
Changing CSC code to the original one
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I need urgent help with this exact problem also...
maxi1773 said:
I need urgent help with this exact problem also...
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I managed to solve the problem on my own despite being on call with Sprint support for hours on end to no avail. Basically, my problem was the following: I was using FreedomPop (VoIP number on a sim card). When I did a software update, my phone's CSC changed to GCF (which stands as unknown). I got a new sim card eventually (one from Sprint). However, I couldn't get it to activate and work on my phone. For others, the phone was rebooting after inserting the sim card and switching to SPR CSC whereas mine wasn't doing anything. I ended up using the Carrier Switch for Snapdragon guide (do a lot of reading beforehand). It ended up working out beautifully. I inserted the sim card, phone got activated and I was able to use all the apps I mentioned in the OP and get updates.
Hey peeps,
I myself am a newbie on Samsung but i found this on the web, use google translate. Hope it works
http://forum.android.com.pl/topic/317974-debranding-samsung-galaxy-s8/
I have the same problem and i've been looking all around for a way to make my phone update via OTA, but no chance, the last updat was from april 2017!
No i believe it's the same problem : region locking.
Is there a was to resolve this ?
The closest thing i found is that polonais link you published but it is a little outdated by now
Berchtwald said:
I managed to solve the problem on my own despite being on call with Sprint support for hours on end to no avail. Basically, my problem was the following: I was using FreedomPop (VoIP number on a sim card). When I did a software update, my phone's CSC changed to GCF (which stands as unknown). I got a new sim card eventually (one from Sprint). However, I couldn't get it to activate and work on my phone. For others, the phone was rebooting after inserting the sim card and switching to SPR CSC whereas mine wasn't doing anything. I ended up using the Carrier Switch for Snapdragon guide (do a lot of reading beforehand). It ended up working out beautifully. I inserted the sim card, phone got activated and I was able to use all the apps I mentioned in the OP and get updates.
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ok I'm ready to try this but my concern is that (G950U1UE1AQDC_XAA). Where the "UE1" on my phone is UES2 which means i am on bootloader ver-2 . Is Any way i can find a download containing bootloader ver-2 files?
Berchtwald said:
At some point after an update I noticed I couldn't use region specific apps like Galaxy Apps, Bixby Voice etc. (SM-G950U1 unlocked phone purchased and used in USA) I have been trying to find a solution for a long time now to no avail. However, I believe I managed to narrow down the problem to my csc code being gcf instead of xaa. I have been trying to revert my csc code to XAA several times now (recovery reset, Odin, using a Sprint sim etc.) Any tips?
Changing CSC code to the original one
UPDATE: I managed to solve the problem on my own despite being on call with Sprint support for hours on end to no avail. Basically, my problem was the following: I was using FreedomPop (VoIP number on a sim card). When I did a software update, my phone's CSC changed to GCF (which stands as unknown). I got a new sim card eventually (one from Sprint). However, I couldn't get it to activate and work on my phone. For others, the phone was rebooting after inserting the sim card and switching to SPR CSC whereas mine wasn't doing anything. I ended up using the Carrier Switch for Snapdragon guide (do a lot of reading beforehand). It ended up working out beautifully. I inserted the sim card, phone got activated and I was able to use all the apps I mentioned in the OP and get updates.
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So i finally got through. What i did was root my phone then use the Samsung phone info app to change the csc (must be rooted to do this). after changing the csc i flashed back to stock rom and all is well.
maxi1773 said:
So i finally got through. What i did was root my phone then use the Samsung phone info app to change the csc (must be rooted to do this). after changing the csc i flashed back to stock rom and all is well.
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Sorry, been super busy this week. I was also on bootloader ver. 2. I'm glad you solved it though!
Hi guys!
I'm from Venezuela, I recently acquired a Nexus 6p (h1511), so yes, I'm a noob. When the cell phone arrived in Venezuela, I connected it to the Wi-Fi network without placing a SIM card, and there was an update notification, I executed it, anyway it already came with Oreo 8.1, the update was December, the one that had It was November. After updating the SIM of the operator Movistar, recognizes it since it says "Without service - Movistar", when trying to call it shows the error "Mobile network not available", when trying to do a network search, it gives error, sometimes to one side of the signal bar, appears an R (Roaming I guess) ... I've been doing a lot of research, believe me I would not be creating this post if I was not so desperate, I have many doubts
I took it to a technician, he looked at it and said it was CDMA that there was nothing to do, he wanted to sell me a GSM motherboard, I told him I would think about it, it was strange for me to be just CDMA, I investigate more and I realize that it's dual, and it changes from MEID to IMEI when I put the SIM card ... I did a factory reset and it did not work. I used the options in *#*#4636#*#* the default is LTE/CDMA/UMTS Auto (PRL) ... I tried to put GSM Only or Auto or any option that included GSM. Without apparent results, I think that it did not even change the default option, the radio bands are few, all from the USA (logical being the USA version of the cell phone) ...
Investigating further, I understood that the problem persists in Android Oreo ... Under the official firmware of Google 7.1.2, I follow the steps, I do the unlocking bootloader, flash vendor / radio, flashing system, in the end there is an error , something about user, I really do not remember, something like that could not erase the user partition or had no permissions ... The issue is that I turn on the cell phone, start to do an erasure, then start asking for google account, etc. ... I configure it, but I see everything the same, I enter the configuration and details of the team, it keeps dialing android 8.1.0, but I see that the base band has changed, some apps have changed, like the application of calls ...
Does anyone know what happened? (And no, the SIM problem was not fixed) :crying:
I want to install this ROM
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/development/rom-chroma-11-08-2015-lockscreen-navbar-t3244444
According to many sites and here in XDA comment that it solves the problem, but this is 6.0.1 ... It means that I must flash 6.0 stock? To install the custom? Or can I install on 8.1?
Any other more updated custom rom that solves this problem?
Thank you! :fingers-crossed: