Hi guys, this is a difficult one.
I have a buddy who really shouldnt be playing around with his phone. He has a samsung galaxy S8 on EE. He decided to root it because he wanted to recover some deleted files from it. Obviously its voided the warranty.
The trouble is a few weeks after he rooted it its now showing no service. Just to make matters difficult hes now played around trying to fix it. It is no longer rooted and it has the samsung official firmware on it. Theres no files on the internal storage to give clues to what he actually did and to make matters worse he has no idea what he actually did to root it. He seems very unclear on what he did or why he needed to root it.. Not a good start.
I have put a sim in it and it does ask what network the sim is on but says no service.
The trouble here is I am not sure where is best to start and I want to review my options before fiddling too much.
So far
I have flashed the stock firmware from Sam knows.
Also factory reset before and after.
Checked Knox status. Showing warranty void.
Currently not rooted and was not when I first got it
IMEI number is still present.
Tried multiple sim cards. 2 on EE and one on giffgaff
Phone storage is blank as if phone is new.
Phones owner mentioned twrp but bootloader is currently stock
Have you checked to see if the phone still has an imei number. He may have messed that up. If he has. Unless he's backed up his efs partition, ( think that's what it's called ) then he may have an expensive small tablet Instead of a phone...
Yes it still has an IMEI
download stock firmware from Sammobile and flash stock, then see, could also be problem with sim card...
I have tried flashing a sock ROM this morning. Also tried more than one sun card. Same result.
Maybe the phone has been locked by carrier ? some carriers do that if a customer is not paying subscribtion. Where did he get his s8 ?
Have you heard of that happening in the UK. As far as I was aware these days in the UK the phone is considered your property.
If it has been blocked like that could I get it unblocked?
Are you sure, the IMEI displayed is correct? Because it sounds like an IMEI brick, my old Galaxy S3 had the same issue.
It's IMEI became a generic one, that didn't match the original one on the box.
Ok I'll check with the owner. See if he still has the box. Is there anywhere else I could find the IMEI if he has thrown the box
You can try checking the bill of his S8. I bought my S8 on contract in a local retail store and got a bill, that included the IMEI.
EDIT: I just checked, the IMEI can also be found imprinted on the rear glass on the bottom.
bigmonmulgrew said:
Ok I'll check with the owner. See if he still has the box. Is there anywhere else I could find the IMEI if he has thrown the box
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You can check the status of an imei number online, there's a few websites that do it, it will tell you if it's been blacklisted or not.
I'm from the UK and I didn't pay my bill for 3 months once and they never blocked my phone, just deactivated my aim service until I eventually paid. So there's something dodgy going on tbh, how did this person purchase this phone?
sofir786 said:
You can check the status of an imei number online, there's a few websites that do it, it will tell you if it's been blacklisted or not.
I'm from the UK and I didn't pay my bill for 3 months once and they never blocked my phone, just deactivated my aim service until I eventually paid. So there's something dodgy going on tbh, how did this person purchase this phone?
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I have just checked it on imeipro.info.
It is showing as clean and the IMEI number is correct.
bigmonmulgrew said:
I have just checked it on imeipro.info.
It is showing as clean and the IMEI number is correct.
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I actually have no idea what else to suggest, if you've factory reset it, flashed firmware via odin and checked imei and all is okay then I'm unsure what else you can try. Usually issues with service is down to efs which leaves you win a corrupt imei but this is all okay for you. Can you ding out what software build was flashed? The build number.
subscription ended???
lambik333 said:
subscription ended???
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not sure what you mean by that?
sofir786 said:
I actually have no idea what else to suggest, if you've factory reset it, flashed firmware via odin and checked imei and all is okay then I'm unsure what else you can try. Usually issues with service is down to efs which leaves you win a corrupt imei but this is all okay for you. Can you ding out what software build was flashed? The build number.
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Sadly not. Browser history has been cleared and files have been deleted. He said it had been running fine for about a month so not sure from memory which one he used. He knows he used TWRP to root it but thats about it. Does not sound like he really understands the process, just used google and skipped through without reading.
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Sadly not. Browser history has been cleared and files have been deleted. He said it had been running fine for about a month so not sure from memory which one he used. He knows he used TWRP to root it but thats about it. Does not sound like he really understands the process, just used google and skipped through without reading.
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Hmm I mean no offense to your friend there, but the root process is so simple not sure how he managed messed it up tbh, but it is what it is. If you're able to contact him get him to go to settings-about phone-software information. In this section it will show what firmware build he has, there has to be more to this.
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Hmm I mean no offense to your friend there, but the root process is so simple not sure how he managed messed it up tbh, but it is what it is. If you're able to contact him get him to go to settings-about phone-software information. In this section it will show what firmware build he has, there has to be more to this.
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Its not so much a matter of whats on it now. Its more a matter of what was on it when it died.
Currently
Baseband version G950FXXU1AQ17
Build Number NRD90M.G950FXXU1AQ17
Anything else on there that might be useful
The one I have on it now is the one I flashed via ODIN
bigmonmulgrew said:
Its not so much a matter of whats on it now. Its more a matter of what was on it when it died.
Currently
Baseband version G950FXXU1AQ17
Build Number NRD90M.G950FXXU1AQ17
Anything else on there that might be useful
The one I have on it now is the one I flashed via ODIN
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That's the latest firmware available, the only last thing I could suggest is to use Samsung smart switch software and do a firmware recovery. If after that it doesn't work then I am all out if ideas.
sofir786 said:
Hmm I mean no offense to your friend there, but the root process is so simple not sure how he managed messed it up tbh, but it is what it is. If you're able to contact him get him to go to settings-about phone-software information. In this section it will show what firmware build he has, there has to be more to this.
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Oh and lets face it offence is deserved right now.
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Can anyone Help me out here or try and lead me in the correct direction? So I tried to flash my Galaxy S4 i337M on BELL back to factory in odin. I used the I337MVLUAMDJ_I337MOYAAMDJ_I337MVLUAMDJ_HOME.tar.md5 But after flashing and booting up the phone Wi-Fi no longer works along with the phone either says "emergency calls only" or different SIM errors. I'm 100% sure the SIM works perfect I tested it in both or my other phones my Blackberry 9300 and my galaxy S3 and no problems. I have also downloaded that same bell rom from 3 different locations to see if rom downloaded incorrectly. The Phone is also rooted and has the philz_touch_5.18.2-jfltecan.tar.md5 recovery. Any help would be much appreciated.
vipergeis said:
Can anyone Help me out here or try and lead me in the correct direction? So I tried to flash my Galaxy S4 i337M on BELL back to factory in odin. I used the I337MVLUAMDJ_I337MOYAAMDJ_I337MVLUAMDJ_HOME.tar.md5 But after flashing and booting up the phone Wi-Fi no longer works along with the phone either says "emergency calls only" or different SIM errors. I'm 100% sure the SIM works perfect I tested it in both or my other phones my Blackberry 9300 and my galaxy S3 and no problems. I have also downloaded that same bell rom from 3 different locations to see if rom downloaded incorrectly. The Phone is also rooted and has the philz_touch_5.18.2-jfltecan.tar.md5 recovery. Any help would be much appreciated.
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cant say about the wifi issue, im having my own issues too..but download and flash the correct or compatible kernel for that rom .. that usually fixes sim errors or no signal
Do you have Knox issued in download mode? If so, you need to install 4.3 firmware only
SaHiLzZ said:
Do you have Knox issued in download mode? If so, you need to install 4.3 firmware only
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How can I tell if Knox is issued?
vipergeis said:
How can I tell if Knox is issued?
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I found this....
knox kernal lock: 0x0
knox warranty void : 0x1
does this mean it is issued?
vipergeis said:
I found this....
knox kernal lock: 0x0
knox warranty void : 0x1
does this mean it is issued?
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Means you tripped knox. Warranty is now void, and knox itself cannot be used, which has some corporate implications, but if you dont use active sync then it doesn't matter. Now that youve done that, enjoy flashing whatever you want. Cf auto root will give you root, then id install clockworkmod myself via rom manager, and look for a rom to flash. If you wanna keep stock can use xposed to tweak.
Sent from my SGH-I337M
lojak29 said:
cant say about the WiFi issue, I'm having my own issues too..but download and flash the correct or compatible kernel for that ROM .. that usually fixes Sim errors or no signal
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so last night i flashed the bell 4.3 ROM and WiFi did start working. I do have signal however I'm still getting a unregistered Sim error. is there any kernel you would recommend? I'm willing to try anything at this point. I bought this phone and not more then a few days after getting it I screw my self out of using it.
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so last night i flashed the bell 4.3 ROM and WiFi did start working. I do have signal however I'm still getting a unregistered Sim error. is there any kernel you would recommend? I'm willing to try anything at this point. I bought this phone and not more then a few days after getting it I screw my self out of using it.
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If you flashed the stock rom, you'll already have the stock kernel. Did you perform factory resets after you flashed stock? You'll want to, i find it help. If you flashed back to odin with stock, and didn't unlock at some point, should auto assign apn, etc.
Can you confirm eimi and apn are correct? Did you clean flash? Wiping davlik, cache, and factory reset?
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So guys i figured out my problem..... Which really sucks... so I bought this phone off of kijiji. the reason why my phone shows up as unrecognized sim is because apparently the phone is stolen.... after just getting off the phone with bell I found this out. so I'm out $450 bucks... I don't know if its possible but is there maybe anyway for me to revive this phone still? change the imei # maybe? idk...
You could unlock it i suppose and use on another carrier, you'd need to purchase a new sim or get one on a plan from a new carrier, unless it gets listed somehow. Not much experience with stolen handset. Maybe go back thru kijiji support and push for a refund.
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azuziel said:
You could unlock it i suppose and use on another carrier, you'd need to purchase a new sim or get one on a plan from a new carrier, unless it gets listed somehow. Not much experience with stolen handset. Maybe go back thru kijiji support and push for a refund.
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I don't really wanna put anymore money into this phone if unlocking it doesn't work. and I tried to get a hold of the guy that sold the galaxy to me but no such luck. I think I just have a mini tablet on my hands? either that or a paper weight.
Sim card is like 50 bucks at most. Id unlock it (understand you'll lose LTE) and use a sim from another carrier. Can get them for travel or even online.
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azuziel said:
Sim card is like 50 bucks at most. Id unlock it (understand you'll lose LTE) and use a sim from another carrier. Can get them for travel or even online.
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Ill get it unlocked later today just phoned around someone will unlock it for $40. so ill give it a try. I will message back later with the results.
vipergeis said:
Ill get it unlocked later today just phoned around someone will unlock it for $40. so ill give it a try. I will message back later with the results.
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. I would unlock, and see if you can borrow a friends sim on a different carrier to make a few calls. If it works, try and get the new carrier to sell you a SIM. they may or may not, depends if the device comes back stolen for them too.
there are guides here you can use to unlock. Usually just a code and combination of presses to unlock. Don't need to pay for it. Search out a few guides. Isn't all that hard, and theres a few apps that do it too.
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. I would unlock, and see if you can borrow a friends sim on a different carrier to make a few calls. If it works, try and get the new carrier to sell you a SIM. they may or may not, depends if the device comes back stolen for them too.
there are guides here you can use to unlock. Usually just a code and combination of presses to unlock. Don't need to pay for it. Search out a few guides. Isn't all that hard, and theres a few apps that do it too.
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so just as you recommended I went on you tube and found a free way to unlock my phone. but even after unlocking it and using both a valid Koodo and Fido sims from my friends neither of them worked. both left with the same problem "unregistered sim / emergency calls only" So is there any real way to get my phone fixed? I dont think its possible to change the IMEI? not to imagine that its probably not legal... Any idea if I was to get a smashed s4 even if it was the i337M and say it was the US i337main motherboard would swapping it work?
hi there.
first of all couple weeks ago my phone went into a boot loop. went to phone shop and the guy fobbed me off because i didnt have insurance. so i went online to look for some help. discovered odin and used bootloader to get it out of loop. which wiped my imei number! now phone is useless, i have stalked forums and net for a while trying to get over this flashing new firm ware on my phone and trying to root it etc, but to be honest i try to follow guides but never seems to happen with me as something in the process is missing or not happening for me even with flashing the counter so i could send it to samsung( discovered i voided warranty not long after trying to DIY fix) wish i never botherd and stood my ground in phones 4 u to get them to send it away in first place!
i have gave up on me trying to do this as i dont think i have the know how to do this properly and i was wondering if theres anyone with the right knowhow here that i could send my phone to for recover the imei number so i can use it or atleast get it back to warranty worthiness as i desperately just want it working now
more than happy to cover the beer token fee ofcourse!
forgot to add i am uk based (cumbria at the moment tho i am from glasgow)
phone is a samsung s3 gt i9300
This is better suited for the Q/A section.
Uh, if your IMEI's gone then I don't think there's anything you can do to fix it... IMEI's are personal, not universal and if it's gone and you have no backup, well..... then you're SOL I'm afraid..
ahhh ok if an admin could move it to the right thread then sorry?
what does SOL mean? am sure i seen a thread where someone could change it tho?
as i said i dont know and i wish i never attempted this now.
turbonuts said:
ahhh ok if an admin could move it to the right thread then sorry?
what does SOL mean? am sure i seen a thread where someone could change it tho?
as i said i dont know and i wish i never attempted this now.
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SOL = Sh*t Out of Luck
Yeah just report it and a mod will move it buddy :good:
turbonuts said:
hi there.
first of all couple weeks ago my phone went into a boot loop. went to phone shop and the guy fobbed me off because i didnt have insurance. so i went online to look for some help. discovered odin and used bootloader to get it out of loop. which wiped my imei number! now phone is useless, i have stalked forums and net for a while trying to get over this flashing new firm ware on my phone and trying to root it etc, but to be honest i try to follow guides but never seems to happen with me as something in the process is missing or not happening for me even with flashing the counter so i could send it to samsung( discovered i voided warranty not long after trying to DIY fix) wish i never botherd and stood my ground in phones 4 u to get them to send it away in first place!
i have gave up on me trying to do this as i dont think i have the know how to do this properly and i was wondering if theres anyone with the right knowhow here that i could send my phone to for recover the imei number so i can use it or atleast get it back to warranty worthiness as i desperately just want it working now
more than happy to cover the beer token fee ofcourse!
forgot to add i am uk based (cumbria at the moment tho i am from glasgow)
phone is a samsung s3 gt i9300
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Which version of Android were you on when bootloop occurred and which version did you flash which led to corrupted IMEI?
What IMEI do you see now?
i have no idea mate i got the phone on contract from phones 4 u (orange) 13 months ago and i am not sure what i bootloaded it with but then flashed it with the orange firm ware from sammoblie imei number was a generic iirc one cant remember what it was but i gave it to someone local to try sort the other day and now it is 355829058952634/01 when i type *#06# but on back it should be 355829/05/895263/4 as on the back. it still comes up with the screen on front with lots of yellow text(details)
Load the correct firmware with Kies. Sometimes when you load the incorrect firmware, the IMEI goes missing. It happened to me once too. Kies can revive the IMEI if it was an incorrect firmware flash.
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You want to find out the firmware version that was recently flashed and your phone model number which is indicated underneath the battery.
This is really ridiculous that counter boy refused to have the phone back. Though you may get solution to your phone. But you should have gone to the consumer forum for such kind of thing or share this thing on social media sites as well as the issue get highlighted and this won't happen to someone else as well.
So i was running everything fine until i was prompted to update on my phone via OTS.
It updated me to 4.4.2 and now i have no service, unknown baseband, and when i go to check the imei it tells me null/null.
Its not an issue with the sim because ive already tried the sim on a different phone and it works.
EFS...
ryanrools said:
So i was running everything fine until i was prompted to update on my phone via OTS.
It updated me to 4.4.2 and now i have no service, unknown baseband, and when i go to check the imei it tells me null/null.
Its not an issue with the sim because ive already tried the sim on a different phone and it works.
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have backup of your efs folder?
Pika71 said:
have backup of your efs folder?
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No i didn't. At the time being i was totally new to the scene.
After doing ALOT of hmwk on the issue, i figured it might be something to do with the efs.
So no i didn't back it up.
It's pretty annoying since all i did was let the phone update as it asked me to, and now i have these problems with it...
if you have no luck and are in the USA bring it to the nearest Best Buy Store and the Samsung Experience Consultant will fix it for you with our "Smart Tool"
QUOTE=ryanrools;51274487]No i didn't. At the time being i was totally new to the scene.
After doing ALOT of hmwk on the issue, i figured it might be something to do with the efs.
So no i didn't back it up.
It's pretty annoying since all i did was let the phone update as it asked me to, and now i have these problems with it...[/QUOTE]
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ryanrools said:
No i didn't. At the time being i was totally new to the scene.
After doing ALOT of hmwk on the issue, i figured it might be something to do with the efs.
So no i didn't back it up.
It's pretty annoying since all i did was let the phone update as it asked me to, and now i have these problems with it...
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downgrade the firmware...
Pika71 said:
downgrade the firmware...
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I did.
Tried 4.2.2 MDJ and MG1 and still the same problem except now wifi doesnt turn on
4.3 MK6 fails on Odin
4.4.2 (which im on right now)
Update:
i went to the samsung store and they wanted to flash the firmware, but the tech guy at the store couldn't get kies to recognize the phone.
i bought the phone second hand off someone through craigslist and she claimed it was unlocked.
the model of the phone was SGH-I337M.
the samsung technician told me that if it were to be factory unlocked, it would be an international model, not a canadian.
being that it is canadian, he told me that my S4 was probably unlocked by being tampered with.
i asked the lady whom i bought the phone from (luckily she still responded), if she has ever tampered with the phone and she told me no.
she said she bought it from the store as unlocked.
so he printed me an official paper notice verifying that the phone has indeed been tampered with, to bring with me to where the phone was originally sold.
i have yet to go to the store and ask the people there if they can do anything to fix it, and if they DO happen to tell me to check with samsung, thats what the paper is for.
mind you the store isnt any official carrier store or anything. its a store in a chinese mall called "SK Mobile".
Canadian Firmware...
ryanrools said:
I did.
Tried 4.2.2 MDJ and MG1 and still the same problem except now wifi doesnt turn on
4.3 MK6 fails on Odin
4.4.2 (which im on right now)
Update:
i went to the samsung store and they wanted to flash the firmware, but the tech guy at the store couldn't get kies to recognize the phone.
i bought the phone second hand off someone through craigslist and she claimed it was unlocked.
the model of the phone was SGH-I337M.
the samsung technician told me that if it were to be factory unlocked, it would be an international model, not a canadian.
being that it is canadian, he told me that my S4 was probably unlocked by being tampered with.
i asked the lady whom i bought the phone from (luckily she still responded), if she has ever tampered with the phone and she told me no.
she said she bought it from the store as unlocked.
so he printed me an official paper notice verifying that the phone has indeed been tampered with, to bring with me to where the phone was originally sold.
i have yet to go to the store and ask the people there if they can do anything to fix it, and if they DO happen to tell me to check with samsung, thats what the paper is for.
mind you the store isnt any official carrier store or anything. its a store in a chinese mall called "SK Mobile".
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Of this post, luck :fingers-crossed:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2678124
Pika71 said:
Of this post, luck :fingers-crossed:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2678124
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Do i have to be rooted in order to flash that package?
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Of this post, luck :fingers-crossed:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2678124
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Flash that package successfully and still no luck with the baseband or imei
only...
ryanrools said:
Flash that package successfully and still no luck with the baseband or imei
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only repair samsung technics
Hi,
Does anyone know where I can find the stock firmware for the SM-G530T1? I've looked and have not been able to find it.
Edit: It would be possible to get the firmware using the IMEI number in SmartSwitch. Unfortunately I and another are unable to access our IMEI number from the settings in the phone since our phones are bricked. We'll need someone else with the phone to take care of that. It would be tremendously appreciated!
Yu-san said:
Hi,
Does anyone know where I can find the stock firmware for the SM-G530T1? I've looked and have not been able to find it.
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EDIT: Good News!!
For anyone coming here to search for a unbrick method and you don't want to read the full thread, here you go!
[ODIN] 5.1.1 SM-G530T/SM-G530T1 T-Mobile/MetroPCS firmware
Newyork! said:
Same here, i tried using smartswitch to get the full firmware but i don't have any serial number on my phone.
Do you see any serial number on your phone??
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No, I don't see a serial number anywhere on the phone
same boat
the imei serves as the serial number i believe but smartswitch wont have any of it lol. ill play the waiting game for some stock firmware now. trying to flash g530t firmware bricked the device.
@Yu_San @silentgumm
If we have a working SM-G530T1 we can get the IMEI from the phone and then use the Smartswitch to get the firmware....
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the imei serves as the serial number i believe but smartswitch wont have any of it lol. ill play the waiting game for some stock firmware now. trying to flash g530t firmware bricked the device.
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Same here. A silly mistake XD
Newyork! said:
@Yu_San @silentgumm
If we have a working SM-G530T1 we can get the IMEI from the phone and then use the Smartswitch to get the firmware....
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I wish mine did work. Hopefully someone who has a working one will come along and provide their IMEI so we can get the firmware.
What is the t1 version? You can get the t here: http://samsung-firmware.org/downloa...Mobile)/400h/TMB/G530TUVU1AOF8/G530TTMB1AOF8/
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DualSportDad said:
What is the t1 version? You can get the t here: http://samsung-firmware.org/downloa...Mobile)/400h/TMB/G530TUVU1AOF8/G530TTMB1AOF8/
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Thank you, we have the MetroPCS version.... which ends with G530T1 and flashinf the T-Mobile version bricks it...
Newyork! said:
Thank you, we have the MetroPCS version.... which ends with G530T1 and flashinf the T-Mobile version bricks it...
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Right you are, Newyork!
Yu-san said:
Right you are, Newyork!
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Still didn't find anything...
I can go to a Samsung service center to reflash it, but i would like to have the firmware...
Google settings- imei #
I looked up how to get your imei # without going into your phone & it says that all you have to do to get it is to go to google settings & go into your android devices and itll pop up all the android devices that are connected to your gmail & there should be a list & the imei #s should be there too.
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Still didn't find anything...
I can go to a Samsung service center to reflash it, but i would like to have the firmware...
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Same here.
Eker05 said:
I looked up how to get your imei # without going into your phone & it says that all you have to do to get it is to go to google settings & go into your android devices and itll pop up all the android devices that are connected to your gmail & there should be a list & the imei #s should be there too.
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I'll see if that works. Thank you for the info.
Edit: Okay, I've got some good news and some bad news.
The good news is that I found my IMEI number using the method described by Eker. Also, the IMEI number is on the sticker behind the battery but it doesn't say it's the IMEI number, so now we know that. It's the number above the long bar code with the slashes in it.
The bad news is that SmartSwitch says the device is unsupported and when picking "Emergency Software Recovery and Initialization" from the "MORE" menu at the top, nothing appears in the first tab and in the second tab, entering the phone model (SM-G530T1) brings up a new box asking for a serial number. I entered the IMEI number (with and without the slashes) but it says the serial number entered is not corrected. Same thing using Samsung Kies 2 & 3.
I don't know what to do
Yu-san said:
Same here.
I'll see if that works. Thank you for the info.
Edit: Okay, I've got some good news and some bad news.
The good news is that I found my IMEI number using the method described by Eker. Also, the IMEI number is on the sticker behind the battery but it doesn't say it's the IMEI number, so now we know that. It's the number above the long bar code with the slashes in it.
The bad news is that SmartSwitch says the device is unsupported and when picking "Emergency Software Recovery and Initialization" from the "MORE" menu at the top, nothing appears in the first tab and in the second tab, entering the phone model (SM-G530T1) brings up a new box asking for a serial number. I entered the IMEI number (with and without the slashes) but it says the serial number entered is not corrected. Same thing using Samsung Kies 2 & 3.
I don't know what to do
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Same here... when i spoke to the customer service they took me serial number and said i can go into any service center and they'll do it for free....
Newyork! said:
Same here... when i spoke to the customer service they took me serial number and said i can go into any service center and they'll do it for free....
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Damn, that sucks. I mean, that's not totally bad. It would just be better to get the firmware and do it ourselves. That way we can post the firmware here and other people who can't or don't want to go in to a service center can do it themselves. Hmmm...
Yu-san said:
Damn, that sucks. I mean, that's not totally bad. It would just be better to get the firmware and do it ourselves. That way we can post the firmware here and other people who can't or don't want to go in to a service center can do it themselves. Hmmm...
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Yup Yup Yup
Just chatted with someone from Samsung and they said the firmware will not be available online. I'm not sure if they ever officially provide firmware to begin with though, so that may or may not be news. I guess the only way to get it is if someone else unofficially provides it...
Yu-san said:
Just chatted with someone from Samsung and they said the firmware will not be available online. I'm not sure if they ever officially provide firmware to begin with though, so that may or may not be news. I guess the only way to get it is if someone else unofficially provides it...
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They never release it officially... it's usually extracted from kies or smart switch...
Newyork! said:
They never release it officially... it's usually extracted from kies or smart switch...
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Ah, okay. I didn't know that XD I never really thought about it. Knowing that now, I wonder how we're going to get it. I mean, if Kies or Smart Switch won't recognize the SM-G530T1... how will someone be able to get the firmware? Unless they update either one or both of them to be able to recognize our device. I guess that's the only way... Interesting. I guess we'll have to play the waiting game.
Yu-san said:
Ah, okay. I didn't know that XD I never really thought about it. Knowing that now, I wonder how we're going to get it. I mean, if Kies or Smart Switch won't recognize the SM-G530T1... how will someone be able to get the firmware? Unless they update either one or both of them to be able to recognize our device. I guess that's the only way... Interesting. I guess we'll have to play the waiting game.
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I guess there's other methods too...
SM-G530T1
Yu-san said:
Hi,
Does anyone know where I can find the stock firmware for the SM-G530T1? I've looked and have not been able to find it.
Edit: It would be possible to get the firmware using the IMEI number in SmartSwitch. Unfortunately I and another are unable to access our IMEI number from the settings in the phone since our phones are bricked. We'll need someone else with the phone to take care of that. It would be tremendously appreciated!
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Even with serial number it wont be possible, smart switch just closes with serial number. Looks like samsung doesn't support smart switch recovery for this device.
s/n : R58GA0KRSFF
Let me know if it works on your side
hello
I bought my s8 from amazon which said it was unlocked
tried my sim it doesnt work it said it network lock and need network puk
spoke to someone from my provider they gave my sim puk it didnt work
they said i need to unlock my phone so
i tried flashing using odin it didnt work this is the link i used https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y0ZZxcNVnE
i reset cashe then factory reset then used odin again still didnt work
I have read enough here to know i need to change my csc code
but *#272*imei# doesnt work on my phone
can anyone help?
this is really starting to suck
2hot4cheese said:
hello
I bought my s8 from amazon which said it was unlocked
tried my sim it doesnt work it said it network lock and need network puk
spoke to someone from my provider they gave my sim puk it didnt work
they said i need to unlock my phone so
i tried flashing using odin it didnt work this is the link i used https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y0ZZxcNVnE
i reset cashe then factory reset then used odin again still didnt work
I have read enough here to know i need to change my csc code
but *#272*imei# doesnt work on my phone
can anyone help?
this is really starting to suck
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If its sim card locked flashing won't help.
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Whats your model number? Go into the phone settings and check in there. The more details you provide the faster you will get an answer. Going through the Odin process you mentioned will not unlock your phone. It lets you change to different carrier firmware but you still need an unlocked device otherwise it will not work.
badboy47 said:
Whats your model number? Go into the phone settings and check in there. The more details you provide the faster you will get an answer. Going through the Odin process you mentioned will not unlock your phone. It lets you change to different carrier firmware but you still need an unlocked device otherwise it will not work.
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well i was under the impression it would have helped but it was made painfully obvious that it didnt sigh.
its GM950F
just ask me anything because i dont know exactly what im suppose tell you guys this is my first time doing this
2hot4cheese said:
well i was under the impression it would have helped but it was made painfully obvious that it didnt sigh.
its GM950F
just ask me anything because i dont know exactly what im suppose tell you guys this is my first time doing this
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Strangely I cannot find anything on that model # you posted. Are you sure; there is F after GM950? Can you go to Samsung official website > http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/phones/galaxy-s/s/_/n-10+11+hv1rp+zq1xa/ and find your model? Also, can you also share your baseband version as well?
Edit: Looks like you have the Exynos model which goes by different alias (SM-G950G, G950G, SM-G959FD, G950FD)? Is that correct? .
This happened to me earlier today also. I have the G955F since late May and all has been well. I wanted to Flash CarHDRom V.4.1.1 today coming from Renovate. First boot with new rom I get the unlock sim screen. (never seen this after almost 8 years of flashing) Also a standing message in notifications "network locked sim card".
The sim card works fine in my backup phone. Why would it all of a sudden do this and how do I find the unlock code? Phone is otherwise useless now.
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Strangely I cannot find anything on that model # you posted. Are you sure; there is F after GM950? Can you go to Samsung official website > http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/phones/galaxy-s/s/_/n-10+11+hv1rp+zq1xa/ and find your model? Also, can you also share your baseband version as well?
Edit: Looks like you have the Exynos model which goes by different alias (SM-G950G, G950G, SM-G959FD, G950FD)? Is that correct? .
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yes im sure lol its the international model and yes its an exynos model