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[Q] Unknown Baseband / IMEI - no warranty :(

Greetings,
My phone was working fine until a few days ago, when suddenly it starts to show the icon for no service.
I've already tried to reset to factory defaults, and also reflashed the stock rom, after this I found out that my baseband and imei where null (not sure if this was the main reason for not having service, but at least looks like)
What is the correct way of fixing unknown baseband/imei? reflashing the modem?
My phone was bought in south africa last year, and now I'm living in brazil.
Model: (Note3) SM-N900
South Africa - XFE
PDA: N900XXUDND1
CSC: N900OJVDND1
MODEM: N900XXUDND1
Where to download the correct modem firmware? any other ideas/suggestions that I should try?
Thanks

Same problem
bro i hav a note three from Roman because i check the phone sticker behind the battery the imei and serial says its (ROM) {Romania} and its on kitkat i can run sim but i cant use 3g or 4g on the phone its always on E not switching i tried my sim on other phone 3g works but not on my Note3 so i m searching for the phone imei repair everyone is sayin EFS and i down want a complicated method i want easy and clean way there is a wbsite for the imei checker(http://sndeep.info/en) check ur phone imei the one on the back wht dose it say and also the serial it will tell u where use unit belongs to if sim not running then i suggest to consult with the android experts local shops here u wont get answers..... and they wont help out....

As far as I know, my rom should be: South Africa - XFE
When I checked my serial on the website that you linked, I could see Vietnam.
I'm in the very south of brazil, not many android experts around here

eduardogsilva said:
Greetings,
My phone was working fine until a few days ago, when suddenly it starts to show the icon for no service.
I've already tried to reset to factory defaults, and also reflashed the stock rom, after this I found out that my baseband and imei where null (not sure if this was the main reason for not having service, but at least looks like)
What is the correct way of fixing unknown baseband/imei? reflashing the modem?
My phone was bought in south africa last year, and now I'm living in brazil.
Model: (Note3) SM-N900
South Africa - XFE
PDA: N900XXUDND1
CSC: N900OJVDND1
MODEM: N900XXUDND1
Where to download the correct modem firmware? any other ideas/suggestions that I should try?
Thanks
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- Install Phone INFO ★Samsung★ app > Menu > 'Firmware Browser'.
- Select firmware for your device/CSC to download. You can flash full firmware via Odin, or extract and get 2 files: modem.bin + NON-HLOS.bin.
- To flash the modem, make sure to enter download mode by completely switch off the phone, and boot to download mode by hardware key combination. Flash modem.bin first, reboot, then flash NON-HLOS.bin.

Hello vndnguyen,
I've checked my phone info/firmware with Phone Info Samsung app, and it also pointed to the South Africa, XFE rom.
I did uncompressed the tar.md5 file but did not found the file NON-HLOS.bin. I've just found modem.bin file.
Should I proceed flashing just modem.bin with odin? Flashing only modem.bin would give me a chance to restore baseband version information and imei?
In the past days, I've flashed this rom (the complete md5 rom file), would also the modem .bin be applied while stock rom flashing?
Thank you

Today I called Samsung customer service asking for support, I know that since I bought my phone on another country, they would not give warranty, so I was ready to pay for support and have my phone fixed.
Samsung denied any kind of service on my phone, saying that they only support phones bought in brazil.
They also told me that I should look for any other 3rd party support.
I started a complain at 'reclameaqui', but anyway, I'm quite sure that this is going nowhere.
http://www.reclameaqui.com.br/10344...cs/galaxy-note-3-suporte-negado-pela-samsung/
Please let me know if you have any suggestions or things that I should try.
Thank you

Rom 442 pologne... boot download mod CP GNG1 in ap case odin and reboot recovery reset all data. Good luck

Thanks for the advice, but looks that I got lucky....
After registering my complain at "reclameaqui", Samsung changed their position and called me offering an option for repairing my phone.
Tomorrow I will be shipping my phone to their support center.
I will come for an update when the phone comes back.
Thank you

Today I received my phone from Samsung.
They didn't fixed the phone and they also informed me that they where unable to fix it since the required parts for fixing aren't available in Brazil.
So I guess that now I have a big useless phone that can be used only to hold some papers in place.
Any ideas or suggestions would be highly appreciated.
Thanks.

Go to this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2475714
Try and download the XXUBMI2 modem and flash it through Odin. Make sure you have auto restart off and when it's flashed, pull the battery from your phone and reboot back into download mode. Then flash the modem again, this time with auto reboot on. That should make sure it's flashed. Restart your phone and then see if all is working. I've had issues like this before, and it turned out to be modem related, but my phone is the N9005. It's worth a try though

Brownie2k said:
Go to this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2475714
Try and download the XXUBMI2 modem and flash it through Odin. Make sure you have auto restart off and when it's flashed, pull the battery from your phone and reboot back into download mode. Then flash the modem again, this time with auto reboot on. That should make sure it's flashed. Restart your phone and then see if all is working. I've had issues like this before, and it turned out to be modem related, but my phone is the N9005. It's worth a try though
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Hello Brownie2k,
I've followed your advice and flashed the modem using Odin (first time removing the battery, and second time with auto reboot), still with imei/baseband unknown .
Also tried to flash the stock rom again (XFE), and repeated the modem flash... same issue
Is XXUBMI2 the correct modem file for my phone? Should I also try the other modems? I've tried to follow the link to samsung firmware checker but the page seens to be broken
Thank you!!

eduardogsilva said:
Hello Brownie2k,
I've followed your advice and flashed the modem using Odin (first time removing the battery, and second time with auto reboot), still with imei/baseband unknown .
Also tried to flash the stock rom again (XFE), and repeated the modem flash... same issue
Is XXUBMI2 the correct modem file for my phone? Should I also try the other modems? I've tried to follow the link to samsung firmware checker but the page seens to be broken
Thank you!!
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Any Solution you find? tried above suggestions no luck

Your imei and baseband is there but doesnt recognize by your rom. Pls download firmware has baseband in it like *****NG1 and flash though ODIN. Your imei and baseband will be back. You can download firmware here
For 9005
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SM-N9005
And 900
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SM-N900

i had same issue and flashed different modems and one worked.
for me nothing was working correctly untill i unticked F.reset time and Auto reboot,
i just manually rebooted my phone when odin job was finished.

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 SM-N9109W (China) Bootloop - No Access to Recovery

Hello everyone, I'd like to start off by saying I am a complete newcomer to all this so please explain literally all of the terminology/jargon you intend to use and correct me when I use it wrong.
I have a Chinese version of the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 SM-N9109W and up until yesterday it was running out of the box on android 4.4.4. I care not for any of the data on the phone nor the warranty as there was none to begin with when it was gifted to me.
I attempted to "root" it as I didn't want any of the Chinese apps/restrictions on it but have failed miserably and now my phone is stuck in a bootloop.
I was following this guide if it helps: http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/general/root-note-4-sm-n910c-t2977948 and downloaded the appropriate Snapdragon version (SM-N9109W).
I cannot enter recovery mode by holding down *power+vol up+home* as it just keeps on rebooting. I can, however, get into the downloader by holding down *power+vol down+home*.
I have tried for the entirety of today to find a specific guide for the Chinese note 4 on xda, youtube and google but to no avail - nothing that I can find is identical to my situation and I am hesitant to do anything further to it by following a similar guide in case I make it worse.
I have repeatedly seen suggestions to "flash" stock rom and as I can get into the downloader I believe this would be a great starting point, but once again I am afraid to do anything without a specific guide for the N9109W.
A few people have referred to SamMobile to download stock rom, but a search for SM-N9109W lists 8 files for 4.4.4 and I believe I have no way of working out my PDA or CSC, yet again I don't know what these even are and they might not be relevant?
Any assistance in getting my phone's software back to "out of the box" conditions would be GREATLY appreciated.
Thank you for your time and patience,
Ryan

If you can enter Download mode then you can flash that firmware you found matching your device's exact model no. via Odin. Just put the ROM in AP/PDA tab (PDA for older Odin versions, AP for new) and hit start.

ithehappy said:
If you can enter Download mode then you can flash that firmware you found matching your device's exact model no. via Odin. Just put the ROM in AP/PDA tab (PDA for older Odin versions, AP for new) and hit start.
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Thank you ithehappy for the reply,
When I search for the stock firmware on SamMobile, I type in my exact model number (SM-N9109W). This search returns with a list of multiple different versions for my phone, of which 8 are 4.4.4 (my initial version).
Does it matter which version I download and install?
To my knowledge, I have no way of finding my CSC or PDA unless you know of a database I can use to search the information that is physically on my phone? Once again, does it matter that I know what these are or can I simply download, for example, version 5.1.1 and flash that on instead of my original 4.4.4? Or, will this just cause further possibly unfixable problems?
Thank you for your help

Anyone?

No, you can download any one you want.

Thank you for the help, ithehappy. I now have a working phone!
For future readers, I downloaded the latest version of 4.4.4 that SamMobile had (2015-03-27) for my model (SM-N9109W):
PDA: N9109WKEU1ANL3
CSC: N9109WCTC1ANL3
It failed the first time I tried flashing with Odin 3.10.7, but whilst I was hastily taking screenshots of my problem to post here I accidentally started the transfer again and it successfully installed that time.
I followed the instructions on SamMobile for the installation.
This version of the firmware I installed does not have any google services (thank China for that), so keep that in mind.
Thank you

Recovering from FRP Lock, did I brick my phone?

Hi all,
New user here, not much experience rooting or messing with firmware for phones. I was following the guide on how to flash the SM-935U firmware to the verizon model of the Galaxy S7 Edge, and may have bricked my phone. Here's what I did.
Followed the guide to the letter.
Powered off phone, booted to Download mode
Fired up Odin, selected the SM-935U firmware files, and clicked start.
It gave me an Auth error, which research revealed means that I forgot to turn off Reactivation Lock. I figured, "Fine, I'll just disable it. However, I can't get the phone to boot again. Every time I leave download mode, it boots into Android Recovery, where, no matter what I do, it just reboots into Android Recovery. I can't Wipe anything because it can't mount /system - probably due to Reactivation Lock?
I've been research and researching ways around this, and everything I find just points back to flashing it with the stock firmware. But then I read that you can't even do that if Reactivation lock is on, because Odin will still fail with the Auth error. So, I can only get it to boot to recovery mode, and I can't flash it with anything?
I did read somewhere that if I choose to wipe the phone's EFS with Odin that it should override activation lock, but then it clears the phones IMEI, which is an even bigger mess, isn't it?
I feel like I have to be missing something... since it never did the wipe, why is it that I can't get past the recovery mode. Shouldn't I still be able to get into the system somehow?
Does Anyone have any thoughts or suggestions for me? I'd really like to not be stuck with a permanently bricked S7 edge if at all possible....

Solved
Just wanted to post this to help anyone else who might have this issue. Turns out that you can flash the stock firmware, as long as you're flashing at least the same version or newer of the stock firmware as what the phone was running prior to getting stuck in recovery mode. It shows you what version it was running in the recovery mode at the top.
So for me, I googled the exact firmware version that recovery mode said the phone was running, downloaded it, flashed it with ODIN, and it worked just fine. Had to choose to wipe with the recovery mode after I flashed it, but then it booted like normal. - Then I enabled OEM unlocking under the developer menu, and tried flashing the U firmware again with ODIN, and it still failed with the auth error. Huh.
Turns out (maybe I wasn't doing it right or something) that you can't flash older versions of the firmware to the phone. But, as long as OEM unlocking is enabled, you can flash the U (unlocked) version of the current firmware to the phone and it will take just fine. Hint: I was able to determine the "version" number by looking at the last 4-5 characters of the build number... the verizon version I was running for my SM-935V was: VZW-G935VVRU4API3 - So I googled the API3 firmware and found the U (unlocked) version for my carrier (I happen to be using T-Mobile) on this site: https://samsung-firmware.org/model/SM-G935U/ and found the zip file name which was TMB-G935UUEU4API3-20161011161050.zip, googled that, got the rapidgator link, downloaded it, and that flashed just fine to the phone, and now my T-Mobile SIM works perfectly in what was previously the SM-935V, which now identifies as an SM-935U in settings. It's beautiful.
Also, you need the PIT file, but I was able to use the PIT file for the phone model number (again, found at the top of the android recovery menu), which for my phone was: HERO2QLTE_USA_VZW.pit (googled that and got it off androidfilehost) - I was able to use that PIT file for the T-Mobile U version of the firmware and it worked just fine.
Hope this helps someone.

How do I know which version of G395F I need?

Hi everyone.
My apologies in advance if this has already been answered but I can't find it. I am not new to XDA and do know how to use the search feature. This is the first time I post requesting help with a problem as I always search and find what I need. I got an unlocked Galaxy S7 Edge and after carefully following instructions found on XDA, I used ODIN and flashed, what I thought was, the right Nougat firmware for it. The phone rebooted and went as far as the WiFi network selection screen when it frozen and then gave me the error message that's on the picture attached. So my quetio s are these:
1. What do I need to do to get it back to download mode
2. Out of all the different versions out there, how do I know which G395F firmware is the correct one for it?
Thanks in advance for your help.
****UPDATE****
Guys, I have an update on this. So the red letter went away; I guess because the battery died. I plugged it into the power jack - not the computer, and it started charging. When it reached 5% i tried to turn it on and, lo and behold, the device started and went through the rest of the initial setup process. It's been on for about 5 hours now and ho hickups (knock on wood 3 times). I booted into recovery and the flash counter is on 0 so it means that Knox didn't trip; this is mind boggling to say the least.

Which firmware did you flash?
The G935F is fairly generic. Most firmware can be flashed on any G935F.

I'm out at work now but will reply with the firmware once I get home tonight. Thanks.

1. Just hold down Power+Home+Volume Down. After a couple of seconds it should boot Download Mode.
2. sammobile.com, find your modell, and then search for your country (or whatever you want?)

the_scotsman said:
Which firmware did you flash?
The G935F is fairly generic. Most firmware can be flashed on any G935F.
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This is the firmware I flashed;
G935FXXU1DPLT_G935FOXA1DPLT_BTU
Would flashing this change the serial number on the device?
Thanks in advance.

Bjaped said:
1. Just hold down Power+Home+Volume Down. After a couple of seconds it should boot Download Mode.
2. sammobile.com, find your modell, and then search for your country (or whatever you want?)
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1. Tried to do that and it wouldn't work.
2. The problem is that for my model number, United States is not listed neither is the "Global" version, which is the phone I have.
Thanks tough.

Now what I would like to know is; which stock firmware should I install to get the device back to 6.0.1 since US is not on the region list on Sammobile neither is my Model number which is plain SM-G935F. There is a "UD" quite a few spaces to the right of the model number; does anyone know what that means? Unlocked perhaps?
Admin; please feel free to relocate this post if it doesn't belong here anymore and thank you.

SM-J730G(M): No idea what I did to the OS

Hey! Newbie here in need of some help... (sorry for the poor formatting)
So about two years ago i got a J7 Pro (box says SM-J730G/DS, which is important for later) from my carrier (IUS) (MX), and I tried to root it. Apparently it didn't go well or something, I honestly have no recollection, and then because of external forces I had to change to iPhone.
The only thing I remeber before I stopped using it is that the settings app was kinda messed up (eg. there were two "Battery" settings, there was a new option called "Service provider" which had the options "KT twophone service", which apparently is Korean, and "My Wi-Fi home settings", etc.) Also, I got a "Processing failed" error message when wanting to check for updates.
Now yesterday I decided to unearth it again and of couse everything was the same, so I investigated how to return to stock firmware. The Smart Switch option isn't possible anymore; the only viable way (atm) for me is via Odin. The phone also somehow does not boot into recovery mode by Volume Down + Power.
I downloaded the firmware, and this is where everything gets messy. It seems the firmware I had flashed previously was SM-J730GM, which is still the only one I can find for my carrier and region. It is the firmware too that I flashed today (J730GMUBU2AQI3 and J730GMUBU2AQF3) through Odin, however I was not able to flash the BL, CP and CSC, because I would get a myriad of errors (one run I would get "repartition operation failed", on another, "cm.bin fail", or fail on the "set .pit file", and so on).
Remember when I said the box info was important? Yeah, the app Phone Info *Samsung* says both the bootloader and the broadband version are J730GUBU1AQF3, not J730GMUBU2AQF3. However, Sammobile says that for my region/carrier (MX/IUS), it is GM, not G. The back of my phone, however, says J730G/DS
I am at a loss. I read that one possibility is to use the Re-partition and NAND Erase options in Odin, but since I don't know whether my phone is J730G or J730GM, and I don't have a way to backup my EFS folder, I don't feel like doing that.
Could someone please explain to me what I can do to fix this?
Here is the settings screenshots link: https:// imgur . com/a/7k8jZcX
And of the Phone Info app: https:// imgur . com/a/YDDhaqd
Again, I'm really sorry for the formatting.

akathoristos said:
Hey! Newbie here in need of some help... (sorry for the poor formatting)
So about two years ago i got a J7 Pro (box says SM-J730G/DS, which is important for later) from my carrier (IUS) (MX), and I tried to root it. Apparently it didn't go well or something, I honestly have no recollection, and then because of external forces I had to change to iPhone.
The only thing I remeber before I stopped using it is that the settings app was kinda messed up (eg. there were two "Battery" settings, there was a new option called "Service provider" which had the options "KT twophone service", which apparently is Korean, and "My Wi-Fi home settings", etc.) Also, I got a "Processing failed" error message when wanting to check for updates.
Now yesterday I decided to unearth it again and of couse everything was the same, so I investigated how to return to stock firmware. The Smart Switch option isn't possible anymore; the only viable way (atm) for me is via Odin. The phone also somehow does not boot into recovery mode by Volume Down + Power.
I downloaded the firmware, and this is where everything gets messy. It seems the firmware I had flashed previously was SM-J730GM, which is still the only one I can find for my carrier and region. It is the firmware too that I flashed today (J730GMUBU2AQI3 and J730GMUBU2AQF3) through Odin, however I was not able to flash the BL, CP and CSC, because I would get a myriad of errors (one run I would get "repartition operation failed", on another, "cm.bin fail", or fail on the "set .pit file", and so on).
Remember when I said the box info was important? Yeah, the app Phone Info *Samsung* says both the bootloader and the broadband version are J730GUBU1AQF3, not J730GMUBU2AQF3. However, Sammobile says that for my region/carrier (MX/IUS), it is GM, not G. The back of my phone, however, says J730G/DS
I am at a loss. I read that one possibility is to use the Re-partition and NAND Erase options in Odin, but since I don't know whether my phone is J730G or J730GM, and I don't have a way to backup my EFS folder, I don't feel like doing that.
Could someone please explain to me what I can do to fix this?
Here is the settings screenshots link: https:// imgur . com/a/7k8jZcX
And of the Phone Info app: https:// imgur . com/a/YDDhaqd
Again, I'm really sorry for the formatting.
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1. Try heimdall instead of odin
2. Try with pc, adb fastboot wipe commands

akathoristos said:
Hey! Newbie here in need of some help... (sorry for the poor formatting)
.....
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Okay so,
1. What is the current state of your phone(is it bricked or working)?
2. What version of Android do you have( 7.0 Nougat ) or ?
If your phone is NOT bricked, I recommend first to go to developer settings and do OEM unlock
(you can enable developer settings by tapping the field Build Number fast multiple times in About phone information)
then, you can download stock firmware for J730G( not J730GM) and it doesn't have to be from your carrier or country.
After that, you can either use your stock rom or flash recovery and then flash custom ROM.