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Bricked Your Phone, Post Here !

This Thread Is For Them Who Bricked There Phones​
Don't start a new thread for your bricked phone & post here.
We will help you with every possible solutions.
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Here are some quick tips :
(Here I'll use the terms like Download-Mode & Recovery-Mode, If you dont know what are they please click here. There "BOOT to RECOVERY" & "BOOT to BOOTLOADER" means how to enter into Recovery-Mode & Download-Mode respectively.)
A Bricked Phone May Have One or More (Below Problems) :
1. Booting to the ROM(Android) not possible.
2. Booting to the Recovery-Mode not possible.
3. Black screen or Bootloop(Repeated Restarting of Phone at Boot Animation or Samsung Galaxy Y Logo).
Possible Solutions :
(Remember there'll be data loss using these solutions so always try to keep a backup)
1. If you can still enter into Recovery-Mode
(a). Try to clear Data & Cache then check.
(b). Try Installing a Custom ROM using CWM(ClockWorkMod Recovery) & check.
(For Custom ROM & CWM Visit here.)
2. If Recovery-Mode didn't helped Enter into Download-Mode & flash an odin supported stock rom(using ODIN 1.84 or 1.85) from Doky73's Thread(Flashing Guide in 2nd post).
*You can inform me, if anything left out.
Note :
1. I'll be not held responsible for anything that happens to your phone.
2. Before posting try to search for similar type problems out there & try the solution, if that doesn't solve your problem then post here.

Make this a sticky.. there are many users who say that their phone is bricked

help! bricked SGY
galaxy y bricked
i bricked my sgy last 3 weeks.
here's what i did.
-installed creedsix rom.
-installed UOT kitchen Themes.
-wipe data
problem
-stuck in bootlogo
-softbricked.
-cant go to recovery mode
-flashed too many times, still stuck in bootloop
i flashed at least 20 times, with different firmwares.
but still no luck, still boot lop.
my professor said something about secondary bootloader that might help. but i had definitely no idea what it is.
i asked some techies on the mall, and they said that this phone must undergo the JTAG process. but it cost $20.
help me. thanks.

jmpotter said:
galaxy y bricked
i bricked my sgy last 3 weeks.
here's what i did.
-installed creedsix rom.
-installed UOT kitchen Themes.
-wipe data
problem
-stuck in bootlogo
-softbricked.
-cant go to recovery mode
-flashed too many times, still stuck in bootloop
i flashed at least 20 times, with different firmwares.
but still no luck, still boot lop.
my professor said something about secondary bootloader that might help. but i had definitely no idea what it is.
i asked some techies on the mall, and they said that this phone must undergo the JTAG process. but it cost $20.
help me. thanks.
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can you go to download mode??
(try pressing volume down+ home button + power button all at the same time)
if it still can, then your SGY is still good
go to this ---> thread
and just flash your country's firmware

From where you got the firmwares.... How you flashed...
Ever tried re partitioning.... Ever flashed boot loader....
For info... Jtag or boundary-scan is used for testing & servicing high technology electronic boards...
Sent from my GT-S5360 using Tapatalk 2

Millan.SIS said:
From where you got the firmwares.... How you flashed...
Ever tried re partitioning.... Ever flashed boot loader....
For info... Jtag or boundary-scan is used for testing & servicing high technology electronic boards...
Sent from my GT-S5360 using Tapatalk 2
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just for info, jtag will not fix the problem. IT IS SCANNING.. like trouble shooting.
that only means that those technicians are pretending to be well educated but the truth is that they only wanted to get some cash out of your pocket.

static28 said:
just for info, jtag will not fix the problem. IT IS SCANNING.. like trouble shooting.
that only means that those technicians are pretending to be well educated but the truth is that they only wanted to get some cash out of your pocket.
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ya, that's what those wannabees really do..
Sent from my GT-S5360 using Tapatalk 2

this one will a little bit off topic...what is creedsix?is it a rom for SGY?
if the phone still can boot that means everything is fine. pull out the battery, wait 10 seconds, reinsert the battery, do three magic combo button, you'll enter recovery mode. don't worry about our bootloader. our bootloader is stored in different partition thus installing any custom rom won't affect our bootloader. as far as i know, there is only one person who have messed up with bootloader and got an ultimate hard brick.

kurotsugi said:
this one will a little bit off topic...what is creedsix?is it a rom for SGY?
if the phone still can boot that means everything is fine. pull out the battery, wait 10 seconds, reinsert the battery, do three magic combo button, you'll enter recovery mode. don't worry about our bootloader. our bootloader is stored in different partition thus installing any custom rom won't affect our bootloader. as far as i know, there is only one person who have messed up with bootloader and got an ultimate hard brick.
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Really its great thread ........ Many many thanks for helping ppl ......
is it possible repair hard brick ..... what is hard brick... if device hard brick device gos life time dead ??
Sent from my GT-S6102 using xda premium

a hard brick is when our device doesn't respond to power button.
the guy that I've mentioned above is doky73. he accidentally flash a bootloader for sgs2 into his sgy. last time he said that he send his sgy to samsung service center and buy a new one. I'm not sure if samsung has revived his sgy.
edit: I didn't to offend him but I think I've mispelled doky's username. edited.

manoranjan2050 said:
Really its great thread ........ Many many thanks for helping ppl ......
is it possible repair hard brick ..... what is hard brick... if device hard brick device gos life time dead ??
Sent from my GT-S6102 using xda premium
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whatever It may be... You should never mess up with bootloaders, if you don't actually know what's there significance...
Brief description on android starting process :
pbl(primary boot loader "boot.bin") executes first and then it executes sbl ...
Sbl(secondary boot loader "sbl.bin") is responsible for responding to combos...download mode.. Intercepting odin commands..... booting system...booting kernel.... Charging your battery while switch off... Etc etc
Harm anyone of them... And Your phone goes into lifetime hibernation, Hard-bricked.
Sent from my GT-S5360 using Tapatalk 2

thanks for the big info friend...... so hard bricl is mot repairble ......
Sent from my GT-S6102 using xda premium

my device might be bricked, can you please help me out
Hi to all, it's only my second post but i have a major problem with my samsung s-5360. it's won't boot anymore, but it can enter cmw and recovery. This is what i did wrong i believe. At first i installed morocs 1.8 kernel on creed fusion version 3.1 and it wouldn't boot anymore, so i ended up using a back-up i made before with cmw. And it worked well and phone was booting again and was on stock again. ( because back-up was made with stock-version obviously )
Then i thought: well let's try repensis noob version. And installed it and there was also an update 2 and installed it over it as well before booting the os, maybe this is what i did wrong dunno .. But afterwards it didn't boot anymore and whatever i tried, restoring one of the 3 images i made, or using one of the roms posted here like Creed fusion 3.1 rom or Aurora 2 nor Chobits didn't work.
I also tried reverting to stock with odin 1.85 but when i connected my phone via usb to the pc, odin didn't see my phone. ( after selecting the 3 tar files in odin ) Maybe i'm doing wrong something there.
What i also have to add is that when doing factory wipe in recovery it says formatted E: but unable to format E:\dev10 and dev11. clearing cache is no problem and also cleared dalvik cache. Can you please help me out ? I know, it sounds very noobish but well, i have to face it because can't do it myself without help anymore it seems ... Thanx a lot in advance.

please make sure that you've installed the driver and plug the usb to computer only on download mode when flash with odin. dev10 and dev11 are the partition for data and cache. that error means something was wrong with your recovery mode. you'll need to install a fresh stock rom with odin.

kurotsugi said:
please make sure that you've installed the driver and plug the usb to computer only on download mode when flash with odin. dev10 and dev11 are the partition for data and cache. that error means something was wrong with your recovery mode. you'll need to install a fresh stock rom with odin.
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Thanx a lot for responding ! I only used kies for connecting my phone because i couldn't find a driver for it, and had to disconnect it, but i will search for it again now and hopefully it will work now. i have to go now and return back in three hours. i'm very curious ! i'll come back in a couple of hours and gonna tell if it worked out of course

kurotsugi said:
a hard brick is when our device doesn't respond to power button.
the guy that I've mentioned above is doky77. he accidentally flash a bootloader for sgs2 into his sgy. last time he said that he send his sgy to samsung service center and buy a new one. I'm not sure if samsung has revived his sgy.
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to be precise: the guy was Doky73...
I was playing with different revisions of SBLs because on SGS2 some old SBL gives the possibility to reset custom bin counter via JIG. At a given point accidentally browsed SGS2 bootloader instead of SGY one...
But I did perfect job, the service center wasn't able to detect the cause of bricking, but they recovered my phone under warranty. (I think they're not reading this forum )

Doky73 said:
to be precise: the guy was Doky73...
I was playing with different revisions of SBLs because on SGS2 some old SBL gives the possibility to reset custom bin counter via JIG. At a given point accidentally browsed SGS2 bootloader instead of SGY one...
But I did perfect job, the service center wasn't able to detect the cause of bricking, but they recovered my phone under warranty. (I think they're not reading this forum )
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Thanks friend.............
if i install some custom rom custom kernel via odin or CWN its gos to hard brick ???
in odin re-partition option for why ............ its disbl by default if i enable it wats problem........
dear friend if u have any odin full tutorial /guide /ref please provide me for learn syep by step one by one option or problem......

ops...my mistake. I guess I'm too sleepy when was typing your name. I'll edit it. sorry.

manoranjan2050 said:
Thanks friend.............
if i install some custom rom custom kernel via odin or CWN its gos to hard brick ???
in odin re-partition option for why ............ its disbl by default if i enable it wats problem........
dear friend if u have any odin full tutorial /guide /ref please provide me for learn syep by step one by one option or problem......
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if u flash something through odin or cwm then you wouldnt hard brick ur phone.. it would be just a temporary brick which can be easily revived... i dont know abt that partioning thing
Sent from my GT-S5360 using XDA

kurotsugi said:
please make sure that you've installed the driver and plug the usb to computer only on download mode when flash with odin. dev10 and dev11 are the partition for data and cache. that error means something was wrong with your recovery mode. you'll need to install a fresh stock rom with odin.
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Hi, there i am and sry for disturbing you again or someone else but i managed to install a non kies usb driver and i'm flashing thru odin 1.85 right now but i'm stuck at BcmCP.img for over an hour . Is it because i forgot to remove the sd card ? I only removed the sim and is it safe to stop the process and start over again or should i wait ?
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mickeyindahouse said:
Hi, there i am and sry for disturbing you again or someone else but i managed to install a non kies usb driver and i'm flashing thru odin 1.85 right now but i'm stuck at BcmCP.img for over an hour . Is it because i forgot to remove the sd card ? I only removed the sim and is it safe to stop the process and start over again or should i wait ?
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Well after trying this proces for the 5th time i finally managed to go to stock rom and it only lasted a couple of minutes Of course thanx to doky73 who made all this possible ! So i unbricked it for the second time i guess

Please !urgent help mobile system deleted!!:( pls

I AM A NOOB IN THIS STUFF . DONT KNOW ANYTHING ELSE EXCEPT ONLY ROOTING.
Im Done .. my Life Ends...
I had A Samsung Galaxy S4 ,
Samsung Galaxy s4
Model = GT-19500
4.3
badband = I9500XXUEMJ8
Kernel ,
3.4.5-1938685
Oct 21 Monday 2013
Build Number
JSS15J.I9500XXUEMJ8
SELINUX STATUs
Enforcing
SEPF_GT-I9500_4.3_0024
It was rooted. recently I tried Adding A ROM for the first time .. Using CWM .. I Followed the steps Mentioned On A Perticular Website ... I dont know whether i can share links here or something....But I guess It Wont help.. Unless I post the link.. Or wait Let me Copy the Rom file mentioned Their To Download and yea I Tried to Update my Andriod 4.3 With Kitkat. . .Rom Of S5. [ Or thats What i wanted to do ]
Rom Link
"CANT ADD URL"
I used Recovery Of Clockward Mod.
Added that Exe File in My Phone. Use Recovery mod [Home+vol up + Lock ] Went their
First noidbackuped and then added Custom Rom. Now Everything was done . I Reeboted . My devide got Bootlooped.. And The Things Went worse when I tried to Finish The bootloop [Stuck at Samsung] by
Perform a full clean-up of the device (This will delete all apps and their settings and game progress). For this:
Select Wipe data/Factory reset, then select Yes on the next screen to confirm factory reset (screenshot).
Select Wipe Cache Partition, then select Yes on the next screen to confirm wiping cache.
it Didnt work .. So I Tried to Restore my Rom .. .Just Went In Back up restore and selected the backed up .rom and Stilll device Softbricked.
Then What i did was Completly ****. I just Was In like Blank Mind . So I FORMATTED MY WHOLE PHONE INCLUDING SYSTEM AND SDCARD0 .. And there , Now I have Nothing but just A CWN RECOVERY MOD ACCES+ ODIN DOESENT RECOGANIZE MY DEVICE IN DOWNLOADING MOD OR ANY .. And when i Try To turn on It just Do Nothing .. And after giving First Samsung GT-I9500 Screen it Just Goes black.. Obv without any System.. So the Problem here is ..
I tried To download my Firmware and Added it in ext Card. And Tried to Install it using Cwm but it was a Odin File..
Please help me How to Restore My Rom .. Or just tell me where to download a suitible custom rom for my Phone .. ? What Number [Model] to check...
All i can Access is to add a Rom in My Sd card and Use Cwm To Install it ..Please Help me . I will really Appreciate it . PLEASE. My Phone.....
I know xda developers Can only Help me .. This Is my last resort...
I KNOW I SUCK IM A NOOB I SHOULDNT TRY THIS STUFF .. But Now i did it. .

If it is still under warranty go to a Samsung service center and act dumb. Tell them something like "I was listening to music and it did that"
Its your last resort

michaels4 said:
If it is still under warranty go to a Samsung service center and act dumb. Tell them something like "I was listening to music and it did that"
Its your last resort
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isnt There a way ? To Just Install Rom ? I can still acess CWM And If Someone Can tell me A Appropriate Rom File .zip for my Cellphone Ill download it , Add it in Sd card and Then Use CWM To Install that rom ? Its quite Possible ? Please ? Anyone ? help ?

you can't use download mode but you can still enter recovery? that's pretty weird... are you sure you're trying correctly? are the drivers properly installed and stuff? if it still doesn't work, then go to this section of the forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4/i9500-develop there you will find plenty of roms you can flash with CWM recovery

-Ric- said:
you can't use download mode but you can still enter recovery? that's pretty weird... are you sure you're trying correctly? are the drivers properly installed and stuff? if it still doesn't work, then go to this section of the forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4/i9500-develop there you will find plenty of roms you can flash with CWM recovery
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I can enter Downloading Mod but The Problem is That There is No /0/System .. In my Mobile . So Computer Dosent Pics up .. I Deleted my sdcard/0/ .. Completely Using CWM so i can only access CWM ..

Hamza09 said:
I can enter Downloading Mod but The Problem is That There is No /0/System .. In my Mobile . So Computer Dosent Pics up .. I Deleted my sdcard/0/ .. Completely Using CWM so i can only access CWM ..
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Hi mate,
Lets go step by step.....
If you can get into recovery you can get into download...
1. Press and hold Volume Down, Home and Power buttons at the same time.
2. Release the buttons when you get the warning message.
3. Now press Volume Up button to confirm.
after you are in download mode lets flash a stock rom back in you can follow this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265477
or go to sammobile and get the latest one from your country
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
same one you had or newer ,
Another option would be ....
Take external sd out of your phone and use any posible adapter or device so you can use you pc to place a custom rom in....now place it back in your phone and from cwm instal the custom rom...

Stop panicing. This is basic rom flashing.
Just flash a custom rom from within cwm.
michaels4 said:
If it is still under warranty go to a Samsung service center and act dumb. Tell them something like "I was listening to music and it did that"
Its your last resort
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I can see that you are a new member, but why would you even give him this advice? There is nothing wrong with his phone. Stop giving these advices because it only scares people.

Lennyz1988 said:
Stop panicing. This is basic rom flashing.
Just flash a custom rom from within cwm.
I can see that you are a new member, but why would you even give him this advice? There is nothing wrong with his phone. Stop giving these advices because it only scares people.
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Allright my Phone Is Back .. But its only Lock Screen that works when i unlock it hangs and gives S voice Stopped working , xxxx stopped working this stopped working etc... ? Now how should i fix this problem ? please Im really thankfull For all of your advise.. i downloaded the Official Firmware From Sam Firmwares and used Odin and Did Intall everything. please ? Tell me what should i do ? now ..

Lennyz1988 said:
Stop panicing. This is basic rom flashing.
Just flash a custom rom from within cwm.
I can see that you are a new member, but why would you even give him this advice? There is nothing wrong with his phone. Stop giving these advices because it only scares people.
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It is better to go to Samsung he might get a new s4

[Q] No IMEI and Rom crash issues

Hi all, hope you can help.
I was using an S5 ROM until yestersay and it was perfect. I dont recall the name, but it was from here and it was the one on v4, not v23. So i needed to put the stock ROM back on, but when i did that i started getting problems. The 2 issues i have are;
1) no network, imei, baseband
2) rom got stuck on samsung boot logo, then freezes when eventually loaded
I flashed it the same as i have 100s of times on other phones, factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik. I reinstalled the rom that was working and its the same. I then installed an AOSP ROM and whike that loads and works perfectly, there is still no network/baseband/imei.
I did flash 2 modems last night, but the issues remains.
So, does anyone know how i can ideally get a stock TW ROM working without crashes and get the network back up?

Have you tried restoring your efs backup?
Edit:
Try flashing this -
http://www.mediafire.com/?k32kvbgb2dc9qde
Here is the thread for it -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507403

Thank you, I will try flashing that, but it does boot with the AOSP ROM.
Sadly i dont have a backup of the efs.

I have just installed another TouchWiz ROM and it also is freezing.
It boots in fine after install, but when the screen is locked, it freezes. From that point on the phone is unresponsive.
Oh, and no network/IMEI of course.
I think I have totally screwed this Note 3, which is mildly annoying.

barrygoddard said:
I have just installed another TouchWiz ROM and it also is freezing.
It boots in fine after install, but when the screen is locked, it freezes. From that point on the phone is unresponsive.
Oh, and no network/IMEI of course.
I think I have totally screwed this Note 3, which is mildly annoying.
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Hi, no you dont
Just find and flash the correct stock rom from samobile and flash it.
By correct rom i mean the Region version.
I had the same problem a few days ago.

Julian BgSkyTours said:
Hi, no you dont
Just find and flash the correct stock rom from samobile and flash it.
By correct rom i mean the Region version.
I had the same problem a few days ago.
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Thanks. I am downloading the BTU version, but I'm sure I tried this.
Did you have a freezing ROM or the no service/IMEI thing ... or both?!

barrygoddard said:
Thanks. I am downloading the BTU version, but I'm sure I tried this.
Did you have a freezing ROM or the no service/IMEI thing ... or both?!
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I had freezing rom and imei Null, and broadband unknown.

OK, that makes me feel quite hopeful!
The ROM has just finished, so I'll install now. Did you just flash with Odin? If so, was it 3.07 or 3.09?

barrygoddard said:
OK, that makes me feel quite hopeful!
The ROM has just finished, so I'll install now. Did you just flash with Odin? If so, was it 3.07 or 3.09?
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Yes, with ODIN but i dont remember the version. I dont think it is so important for flashing.

Sadly that has not done the trick.
The ROM installed, but when it gets through the set up, there is still no service.
Baseband: Unknown
Network: Unknown
Mobile Network State: Disconnected
Service State: Out of Service
IMEI: Unknown
When I lock the device it's fine, but as soon as I wake and try to unlock, it freezes.
I'm going to have to take it to Samsung, but I guess the first thing they will do is check the warranty
Fark.

I went to the Samsung Experience shop on Oxford Street - they were really helpful
...until they say that the knox had been tripped. Practically pushed me out the door and told me to f*** off.
So, I have a dead Note 3 that won't hold a TW ROM and has no service on any ROM.
Any suggestions would be welcome at this stage!

barrygoddard said:
I went to the Samsung Experience shop on Oxford Street - they were really helpful
...until they say that the knox had been tripped. Practically pushed me out the door and told me to f*** off.
So, I have a dead Note 3 that won't hold a TW ROM and has no service on any ROM.
Any suggestions would be welcome at this stage!
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One of the thing that will help is to flash as much roms you can. In my case 11 roms. And on the 12th the network comes back.
And there a lot in google and in samobile that you can try.
But flashing as much rom as you can is the best way.
Good Luck

If it's an N9005, it sounds like the issues i was having with my phone when i first installed the S5 Rom.
No matter what i did, or how many times i tried flashing back to stock, it wouldn't work at all, it just kept freezing, lagging, no sound, no baseband/IMEI etc. What fixed it for me was downloading the NH1 Modem and flashing it in ODIN. If when you restart your phone, there is still no baseband/IMEI then restart back into Download mode, flash modem with ODIN but make sure Restart is unticked. When it's flashed, pull the battery out of your phone, then put it back in again. Restart back into download and flash the modem again, but tick auto restart this time. Hopefully you'll be back sorted when the phone restarts.
Get the modem from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/general/ref-galaxy-note-3-sm-n9005-gsm-modems-t2842806

Brownie2k said:
If it's an N9005, it sounds like the issues i was having with my phone when i first installed the S5 Rom.
No matter what i did, or how many times i tried flashing back to stock, it wouldn't work at all, it just kept freezing, lagging, no sound, no baseband/IMEI etc. What fixed it for me was downloading the NH1 Modem and flashing it in ODIN. If when you restart your phone, there is still no baseband/IMEI then restart back into Download mode, flash modem with ODIN but make sure Restart is unticked. When it's flashed, pull the battery out of your phone, then put it back in again. Restart back into download and flash the modem again, but tick auto restart this time. Hopefully you'll be back sorted when the phone restarts.
Get the modem from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/general/ref-galaxy-note-3-sm-n9005-gsm-modems-t2842806
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Thanks dude, hopefully this will work.
What ROM did you use to get thimg going? Ive spent so many hours on this already, want to minimise more wasted time!!

barrygoddard said:
Thanks dude, hopefully this will work.
What ROM did you use to get thimg going? Ive spent so many hours on this already, want to minimise more wasted time!!
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I flashed the S5 Stock Rom Final 20 (At the time) and all seemed fine. After i'd flashed though, it just didn't seem to recognise my baseband, and no matter how many times i flashed to stock, it wouldn't change anything.
In the end, i flashed the N9005XXUENB7_N9005OXAENB1_BTU Stock Rom, then flashed the NH1 Modem. That kicked my Note 3 back into life and restored IMEI/Baseband. From there, i just flashed the S5 rom back and it was all working fine. I think the modem should kick it into gear no matter what rom you're using though.

Dude. You are a star.
I downloaded the ROM you said, flashed, then flashed the modem the way you said and it works.
Thank you so much.

barrygoddard said:
Dude. You are a star.
I downloaded the ROM you said, flashed, then flashed the modem the way you said and it works.
Thank you so much.
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You're very welcome pal, glad your Note 3 is back working properly!
You should be good to flash a different Rom and have no issues at all.

hi ..
i am facing problems with my imei..
actually i have done this:
1. rooted the MICROMAX A110Q phone for 1st time using Framaroot app. and installed superSU
2.installed CMW version 5 in phone.
3. performed a complete nandroid backup nd placed it in PC and Ext-Sd card both
4.then following some tutorials i tried to install few custom roms:-
>>1 'COLOUR OS v2' custom recovery..
RESULT= didnt worked (stuck at boot screen)
>>2 'Note 3 rom for canvas 2 plus A110q
RESULT= didnt worked (stuck at boot screen)
5. incresed ROM partition upto 1GB successfully.
6. retry installing 'Note 3 rom for canvas 2 plus A110q'
>>Result = successfully installed.
VALID IMEI
7. i took a Backup of IMEI in mobile uncle tools
saved imei.bak file in PC also.
8. note 3 rom for A110q had some bugs so i tried to install new one..
9. tried to install "ultimate galaxy v3" accidently..
the rom was meant for A110 instead of my A110Q.. nd as a result i found my phone dead or bricked.
10. i followed instructions for unbricking. flashed the phone by SP_TOOLS with micromax canvas 2 original stock rom nd finally found phone back into life..
11. i started my phone all as new nd working..
but.. found an error...
"INVALID IMEI"
12. then i smiled nd simply restored the complete nandroid backup..
still "INVALID IMEI"
13. then i rooted phone nd installed mobile uncle and restored IMEI.bak
still "INVALID IMEI"
14. download imei writer from post in XDA followed instructions but it gives error
"power ON" even if i removed battery..
15. i downloaded MTK tools nd tried to write imei..
but after successfully completing process
still "INVALID IMEI"
i really need immediate help wid that..
both of my sim are off phone became ipod..
nd unable to repair my phone..please tell me some solution
so much thanxx ...in advance ...
Sent from my Micromax A110Q using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Hey people
4poorv said:
hi ..
i am facing problems with my imei..
actually i have done this:
1. rooted the MICROMAX A110Q phone for 1st time using Framaroot app. and installed superSU
2.installed CMW version 5 in phone.
3. performed a complete nandroid backup nd placed it in PC and Ext-Sd card both
4.then following some tutorials i tried to install few custom roms:-
>>1 'COLOUR OS v2' custom recovery..
RESULT= didnt worked (stuck at boot screen)
>>2 'Note 3 rom for canvas 2 plus A110q
RESULT= didnt worked (stuck at boot screen)
5. incresed ROM partition upto 1GB successfully.
6. retry installing 'Note 3 rom for canvas 2 plus A110q'
>>Result = successfully installed.
VALID IMEI
7. i took a Backup of IMEI in mobile uncle tools
saved imei.bak file in PC also.
8. note 3 rom for A110q had some bugs so i tried to install new one..
9. tried to install "ultimate galaxy v3" accidently..
the rom was meant for A110 instead of my A110Q.. nd as a result i found my phone dead or bricked.
10. i followed instructions for unbricking. flashed the phone by SP_TOOLS with micromax canvas 2 original stock rom nd finally found phone back into life..
11. i started my phone all as new nd working..
but.. found an error...
"INVALID IMEI"
12. then i smiled nd simply restored the complete nandroid backup..
still "INVALID IMEI"
13. then i rooted phone nd installed mobile uncle and restored IMEI.bak
still "INVALID IMEI"
14. download imei writer from post in XDA followed instructions but it gives error
"power ON" even if i removed battery..
15. i downloaded MTK tools nd tried to write imei..
but after successfully completing process
still "INVALID IMEI"
i really need immediate help wid that..
both of my sim are off phone became ipod..
nd unable to repair my phone..please tell me some solution
so much thanxx ...in advance ...
Sent from my Micromax A110Q using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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Did you already found a solution? i am stuck on this thing too

i9500 : Losing EFS (No Service/Imei : Null) every time I flash a ROM

Every time I flash a Custom Rom on my i9500 I lose the IMEI no.
I am newly using this device so I might not know a lot of stuffs about this device but I have been modding my android devices since 2yrs and I never had this error previously.
Any assistance is highly appreciated :good:
I really want to mod this device but I am unable to do it for this error and i have to revert back to stock 5.0 Lollipop :crying:

Soureen said:
Every time I flash a Custom Rom on my i9500 I lose the IMEI no.
I am newly using this device so I might not know a lot of stuffs about this device but I have been modding my android devices since 2yrs and I never had this error previously.
Any assistance is highly appreciated :good:
I really want to mod this device but I am unable to do it for this error and i have to revert back to stock 5.0 Lollipop :crying:
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1. find zip modem file for your 5.0 firmware , :good:
2. copy on your sd card in phone in root ,
3. use philz_touch to install in device ,
4. reset S4
..... and your imei and network must be back , have a nice day
Z.

zoranbgd said:
1. find zip modem file for your 5.0 firmware , :good:
2. copy on your sd card in phone in root ,
3. use philz_touch to install in device ,
4. reset S4
..... and your imei and network must be back , have a nice day
Z.
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Thanks for the info.
I am having my IMEI my back right now because i flashed the Stock Lollipop back.
But the thing I want to know is how not lose or restore the EFS after flashing a Custom ROM

miui account locked my a6000

Hello gyz I'm on miui 7 KitKat version on my Lenovo a6000 when I done a factory reset and then booted up its showing device is locked and its using by miui accountxxxxxxx like that I can't login cause I forgot my paswrd so I done a system wipe and re flashed the ROM but when booted up the device is silll locked is there any solution I want to get this ROM back cause its the best KitKat ROM ever for a60000 plzzz give any solution
Sorry for my bad English.. .

Bro i already suffering this problem but now till no solution will accure...

Copy system app named " FindDevice.apk " to InternalStorage or something where (I mean backup it first). Then, delete the original from twrp.
Someone told me like this. If the others have another way, write that here. It would be helpful for them.

nikhilmulavana21 said:
Hello gyz I'm on miui 7 KitKat version on my Lenovo a6000 when I done a factory reset and then booted up its showing device is locked and its using by miui accountxxxxxxx like that I can't login cause I forgot my paswrd so I done a system wipe and re flashed the ROM but when booted up the device is silll locked is there any solution I want to get this ROM back cause its the best KitKat ROM ever for a60000 plzzz give any solution
Sorry for my bad English.. .
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remove u r sim card or turn off u r internet connection after flash or data reset...

soan0 said:
remove u r sim card or turn off u r internet connection after flash or data reset...
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Removing sim card seems work. But, people cant turnoff their data when they still on SetupWizard. Data reset would be the same. Because, miui recognized a build number and imei.

I do everything as mentioned above but results will same..

D TheThWr said:
I do everything as mentioned above but results will same..
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Hey, Reset your password from your PC. Click on 'Forgot password'.

I'm not understanding​ what u say..!

D TheThWr said:
I'm not understanding​ what u say..!
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Go to mi .com, go to the login page and click forgot password.