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galaxy note 3 model SM-n9005 no backup efs null/null IMEI

hello everyone i just want to ask if any way can i retrive my efs.? i bought the note 3
(sm-n9005) international version from uae (qatar) and went back at the phillines by the way i'm filipino, last june 2,2017 i did upgrade my software to 5.0 from 4.4.2 and finish download the firmware then install.. while installing my note 3 didnt finish the installing got empty battery.. and try to swith on everything work but the IMEI unknown and no network i've try to change my sim card didnt work.. so went to samsung service center they said they cant repair this EFS issue... anyone can help me with this issue please.. thanks a lot in advance..

Samsung said not repairable and you have no backed up EFS folder .
You can search the forum for thousands of identical post see if you can work out a fix .

Rohychie said:
hello everyone i just want to ask if any way can i retrive my efs.? i bought the note 3
(sm-n9005) international version from uae (qatar) and went back at the phillines by the way i'm filipino, last june 2,2017 i did upgrade my software to 5.0 from 4.4.2 and finish download the firmware then install.. while installing my note 3 didnt finish the installing got empty battery.. and try to swith on everything work but the IMEI unknown and no network i've try to change my sim card didnt work.. so went to samsung service center they said they cant repair this EFS issue... anyone can help me with this issue please.. thanks a lot in advance..
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Well first of all, WHY DID YOU TRY TO UPDATE WITH LOW BATTERY?!?! I'm pretty sure you get warned EVERYWHERE to have AT LEAST 70-80% in every update ever to avoid problems like this. I'd honestly take it to a non-official repair center. I once had this problem on a Note 1, tried searching everywhere on the net but no luck. Just took it to this one person that specialized on repairing phones and he did it for about $5 dollars. Every fix I found on the web involved having a backup of you /EFS which I didn't have. Mistakes are for you to learn, hopefully you know better in the future.

okey.. thank you for respond

JJEgan said:
Samsung said not repairable and you have no backed up EFS folder .
You can search the forum for thousands of identical post see if you can work out a fix .
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samsung technician suggest that easy way to repair about my issue for note 3 is to changing the board.. but its to expensive to replace new board for note 3

ShaDisNX255 said:
Well first of all, WHY DID YOU TRY TO UPDATE WITH LOW BATTERY?!?! I'm pretty sure you get warned EVERYWHERE to have AT LEAST 70-80% in every update ever to avoid problems like this. I'd honestly take it to a non-official repair center. I once had this problem on a Note 1, tried searching everywhere on the net but no luck. Just took it to this one person that specialized on repairing phones and he did it for about $5 dollars. Every fix I found on the web involved having a backup of you /EFS which I didn't have. Mistakes are for you to learn, hopefully you know better in the future.
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okey.. thank you for respond

Phone not fully working ( No mobile data ) , Xiaomi Recommend a Re-flash

Hello Techies
On Christmas Day My Redmi 3S Prime gave up the ghost , the Mobile radio refuses to latch onto a 4G Network and can only reliably make a call when a GSM network is selected . This seems a pretty common bug , though I have scoured the solutions ( which seem to work for others ) ; swapping to multiple sims/providers , manually setting APM and Factory Reset , though the phone barely connects to 2G/ Edge Technology . This is a huge inconvenience as I use the phone for both business and personal life - not being able to use it is a royal pain in the ass .
I have contacted Xiaomi who recommend flashing to the official developer ROM Version: 7.12.21 (MIUI9) . I currently have latest MUI Global ROM (8.5) I have tried updating (downgrading ) to an earlier build (8.1) - using the 'upgrade' app on the phone , however this would not work , the device said it could not update to an earlier build . However I will try the developer ROM next , which I guess should work ?
The other option was the fastboot upgrade , which allegedly allows the phone to downgrade to a previous version ( I wanted a stable ROM , I dont really need Dev ROM ) . However the instructions are extremely vague and were written in a different environment (for earlier MUI builds and WIndows 7 ) . When following the official 'Fastboot' flash guide , it transpired that 'download mode' did not work with MUI 8.5 - so it seems the guide is irrelevant
Bottom line currently I am lost on what to do next . I will try the DEV ROM and see how that goes I guess .

After some reading , I am of the understanding that my Bootloader is locked ? I had purchased the phone with the official Global MUI rom installed and have only updated it with OTA official updates previously . I did not want to unlock the bootloader as my banking app (Barclays ) will not install on unlocked devices. I understand unlocking the bootloader also roots the phone .

90Ninety9 said:
After some reading , I am of the understanding that my Bootloader is locked ? I had purchased the phone with the official Global MUI rom installed and have only updated it with OTA official updates previously . I did not want to unlock the bootloader as my banking app (Barclays ) will not install on unlocked devices. I understand unlocking the bootloader also roots the phone .
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Try flashing the phone in edl mode. I don't think it needs bootloader to be unlocked to do that.
For procedure you can refer Google

Update:
I did manage to update to MUI global 7.12.21 Beta using the Stock updater app . However this did not fix the issue , the phone still connects just with GSM and Edge Networks . I tried all of the existing configuration solutions after the update , which also did not resolve the issue .
I also contacted the Xiaomi Outlet on Aliexpress , they suggest that I unlock the bootloader , as per the email they had sent me
Thanks for telling us the troubles you met. Do not worry. We are here to help you.
Sorry to tell you, the phone you ordered has out of the 6 months free repair warranty.
Please try the suggestions below to try to fix the problem by yourself.
1. pls do Reset of the APN in Settings-Mobile Network-Choose the SIM card-Access Point Names-Reset to default
2. Reset the phone (Please copy your data before you doing this step)
3 download the Develop ROM of your cellphone from http://en.miui.com/download.html, and then transfer this ROM pack the folder ‘downloaded_rom’, then go to Updater APP click the button on the right top corner then choose option “Choose Update Package”, click the develop ROM you just download and wait for the system update succeed
4. If the 2 suggestions above can’t fix the problem,please unlock the phone and then flash it.
http://en.miui.com/unlock/
http://en.miui.com/a-232.html
Hope it is helpful for you.
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My gut feeling is that this is a hardware issue , it seems as though the radio reciever has burned out . I have already flashed with the native app . Is it worth trying to unlock the bootloader and reflash another rom ?
I dont want to waste any more time on this , any suggestions or thoughts on this are appreciated

So the reseller is asking me to unlock the phone though the Mii Unlock App , then flash it .
How can this make the 4G radio come to life ?

90Ninety9 said:
So the reseller is asking me to unlock the phone though the Mii Unlock App , then flash it .
How can this make the 4G radio come to life ?
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If you really feel it's a hardware issue, then it's recommended to claim the warranty or replace. I'd suggest you not to go with bootloader unlocking at this stage
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Also, ask the mods to move this thread to question and answers section.

Try *#*#4636#*#*
Than choose Telp Information1 >> choose type "LTE/WCDMA" or "LTE Only"

Hello
OK I made some progress , I changed the sim Card to an O2 Network Sim which works perfectly . I had tried exhausted all other practicable solution given including the above . This doesn't explain why the phone stopped working with all EE network providers ( tried Virgin , EE, Plusnet ) .
http://en.miui.com/thread-1429676-1-1.html

How can I find out which bands a sim card provider is using ( Live Information ) . I have tried to research this but bands have changed over the years , so not sure which provider is using which band . I wanted to determine which bands the phone will currently work on .

Can´t get OTA , unlocked US S8

Hi guys , I can´t get OTA
Its a unlocked US S8 , I live in Belgium (Europe)
Can somebody help me ?

IZIMO said:
Its a unlocked US S8
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First pic says its an international model 950f
Second pic says its a us model 950u
Third pic says its an international model 950f
Not sure what to tell you other than your phone might have a personality disorder.

Its a strange situation.
When I use phone info , I get different info.

IZIMO said:
Its a strange situation.
When I use phone info , I get different info.
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It seems as if you have flashed the wrong cscs or something as it is showing several different things I would find the stock firmware and start clean

Thank you for the answer, I get this phone from china.
So I didnt flash anything.
The strange thing is that the S/N on the back site is not the same when I search via *#06#.
On the back site is written like SM-G950F.

maybe is a fake one ....... as I Know the S8 series an others .... are built in Vietnam

IZIMO said:
Thank you for the answer, I get this phone from china.
So I didnt flash anything.
The strange thing is that the S/N on the back site is not the same when I search via *#06#.
On the back site is written like SM-G950F.
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gcarmagnani said:
maybe is a fake one ....... as I Know the S8 series an others .... are built in Vietnam
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This may also be true I have seen a lot of 'clones' in my day and can tell em apart sometimes
May be one of those cross flashed refurbs
We had this issue in lg g4s real bad claim to be one model with other firmwares....ended up being 1 model with other parts and other firmwares which made for a crap of a time
Heres the issue you have a exynos model according to some info and us snap model by others. So its real hard as you may need to find what true bootloader is on the device as you may brick trying to restore as snaps are bootloader locked
I would contact the seller and ask What is up that you know something isnt right. And you are not happy as you cannot upgrade as the device has much misleading info inside it

Thank you for the information , maybe its a refurbished phone.
I will have to contact the seller.

note 4 confused about my model number + some strange issues

Hii friends . i recently brought a note 4 exynos variant. but unfortunately when i checked on the model number of the note 4 by using "phone info" app it is showing sm910c . Its listed as sm910c also in the phone about device in settings . but when i entered download mode by pressing power+volume down +menu key.. there i can see korean language and in it my device is listed as sm910k as product name. i am confused what the model number of my note 4 is. the phone seems not rooted
other issues in my note 4---
issue 1- knox is tripped
issue 2 -cant update the software . the last security update i recieved is on june 2016. when i click on update phone shows it is updated already
issue 3- it shows dm verify failed in the recovery mode. i dont know what it means
issue 4- there is a strange problem with touch in my note 4, sometimes touch works , sometimes it wont. when this happens, if i lock the phone and unlock it again, the touch responds again. sometimes i have to restart the mobile by using pen(pen is working all times)
i want to recently updated flash stock rom on my note 4. please help me on this friends

NIYAZ89 said:
Hii friends . i recently brought a note 4 exynos variant. but unfortunately when i checked on the model number of the note 4 by using "phone info" app it is showing sm910c . Its listed as sm910c also in the phone about device in settings . but when i entered download mode by pressing power+volume down +menu key.. there i can see korean language and in it my device is listed as sm910k as product name. i am confused what the model number of my note 4 is. the phone seems not rooted
other issues in my note 4---
issue 1- knox is tripped
issue 2 -cant update the software . the last security update i recieved is on june 2016. when i click on update phone shows it is updated already
issue 3- it shows dm verify failed in the recovery mode. i dont know what it means
issue 4- there is a strange problem with touch in my note 4, sometimes touch works , sometimes it wont. when this happens, if i lock the phone and unlock it again, the touch responds again. sometimes i have to restart the mobile by using pen(pen is working all times)
i want to recently updated flash stock rom on my note 4. please help me on this friends
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Definitely it's an refurbished note 4 N910K SK telecom korean model and probably faked by N910C software on it and the sticker behind battery is fake too.
And i highly doubt the screen display is not original that's why it has issues and god knows what else is not original inside of phone so if you got any warranty return it as soon as possible because refurbished phones are made by chinese companies they buy damaged phones then replaced whatever damaged inside "definitely not original of course"
then they put a brand new body housing so its looks like new then same goes to box and other stuff.
When you are in download mode whatever model shows there that is correct motherboard model.

Trex888 said:
Definitely it's an refurbished note 4 N910K SK telecom korean model and probably faked by N910C software on it and the sticker behind battery is fake too.
And i highly doubt the screen display is not original that's why it has issues and god knows what else is not original inside of phone so if you got any warranty return it as soon as possible because refurbished phones are made by chinese companies they buy damaged phones then replaced whatever damaged inside "definitely not original of course"
then they put a brand new body housing so its looks like new then same goes to box and other stuff.
When you are in download mode whatever model shows there that is correct motherboard model.
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thank you trex for your reply. you are right it is sm910k model faked as smn910c. i found it from market of dubai. no warranty appliesto this. luckily i am able to flash sm910 firmware to the mobile. but the problem with the touch screen still exists. only spen is working. touch screen is not working at all.

NIYAZ89 said:
thank you trex for your reply. you are right it is sm910k model faked as smn910c. i found it from market of dubai. no warranty appliesto this. luckily i am able to flash sm910 firmware to the mobile. but the problem with the touch screen still exists. only spen is working. touch screen is not working at all.
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Hey try this
Open dialer and dial *#2663# then press on TSP FW UPDATE GENERAL
WAIT UNTIL FINISH THEN REBOOT
IF software issue this wil fix if not screen has hardware issues maybe fault in digitizer.

S10+ SM-G975U1 international phone

I purchased a S10+ SM-G975U1 of ebay, the phone functions great. The phone is unlocked and i use this on Rogers in Canada . The only thing is when i go to software update and get the update the phone saids "registering device" and just keeps on doing that . Am i going to get updates in the future or is there a way to find out if this phone can update or not . When i update why usually saids your phone is updated , no new updates but just keeps on registering the device. any ideas
i phoned samsung and they told me this is a international phone , i live in north america . thanks
Chris

I have the same device and no issues. I don't think this is an International phone though. That model number is USA/Canada to the best of my knowledge.
You may want to factory reset it and make sure the SIM is already in it when restarting.

thanks for you reply, i already reset the phone . I went through the setup steps to copy the information from my old android phone to the samsung s10 plus. The phone functions great but the only thing is when i try to update software i get the continuous message saying " registering device" . If there is update , would i get the update from air to wifi from the manufacturer. What firmware are you running now. In you opinion keeping the phone is ok. I know the us and canada s10's are SM-G975U and yous and mine is SM-G975U1 . When you go into your settings and try to update do you get same message. Usually when you try to get a update and your phone has the best update , the phone will tell you that " you have the latest update " not keep on trying to register my device. Any suggestions would be great. I just want to know i could update when there is a new one available . thanks

Try with samsung smart switch from connecting to Pc