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Network Barred????

Hi there guys,
I'm a newbie to Xda and have just bought the XDA1 from a friend.
Everything works fine but i cant make any calls. Tried all types of sims.
I asked the guy i bought it from and he goes that it is "network barred".....what does that mean??
Can i un-bar it?
So far, its only good as a pda.
Anyone know what to do??
Cheers

ok, here some details i've managed to find on the phone.
ROM version: 3.14.13 ENG
ROM date: 10/09/02
Radio version: 4.08
Protocol version: 32s54
As you can see, i have no idea what they mean and have read other posts and they info on them have flown past me.
I dont have a serial cable and the phone is asking for a SID code.
HELP!!
Thanks

If you have tried all types of sim and all networks are barred then a sid code wont help you, it may unlock the phone but you still cant access the networks with a barred phone. There are 2 types of barring, the first is when a service provider locks the phone so you can use it on their network only, the second is when a phone is reported stolen, then it is barred from all networks, the phone transmits a number when switched on, even without a sim inserted, it is this number that is barred in the second scenario, the network sees the number and then closes the door so to speak.

if this is so, can the network track down the phone? or my phone number from the sim. This is cos i've had my sim in the phone and dont really fancy being nicked for doing nothing.

Check your mail box, I have sent you a pm.

If it's asking for a SID code it is just SIMlock. Which means you install the Special Edition ROM and presto.

I think he said he has tried every different sim and still gets nowhere which suggests to me it locked to a provider and also blocked from all networks, surely the phone would be open to at least one of the networks regardless of the sid lock issue.

cruisin-thru said:
I think he said he has tried every different sim and still gets nowhere which suggests to me it locked to a provider and also blocked from all networks, surely the phone would be open to at least one of the networks regardless of the sid lock issue.
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Maybe, but if it asks for a SID code it may be locked to some obsure network or something. I'd say Special Edition ROM -> unlock first, and then figure out what's going on if that doesn't do it.

Ther you go psychy, click on the link in the previous text, "special edition rom" then click download, then run the program from your pc.

Ok guys,
downloaded the Special Edition ROM....guess what?? IT WORKS!!
thanks for the help guys....much appreciated!
Thing is, the guy i bought it from said it was "network barred"....does it mean my XDA is stolen?? If so, can i get traced? Sholud i carry on using my registered sim on it?

Psychy, if it unlocked ok and is working on a network there is no problem, what confused me is when you said you had tried all types of sim. Enjoy your phone, you can even add a cheap gps system to it and have it talk to you giving directions right to any door in uk, you can watch films, play mp3, surf the web and much more.

"Not registered on network" "No Service"

Ok got this phone but it wont ring or recive calls ! .
After putting in my SIM card, entering my PIN code it still says no service. When you try and make a call it says "Not registered on network".
It was on T Mobile which I have had it unlocked via eBay. I got past the Google registration page by entering APN settings for my SIM card (O2).
Now I can user the browser and market etc but no calls.
I have done everything in THIS thread and think I have flashed it with
JFv1.43 RC9. (When I say think it seemed to flash but I cant see any difference so not sure if it worked).
Does anyone know how I can get the phone to work?
Thanks for your time

i have been in this same situation for about 3 weeks and after spending countless hours on phone and at store with tmobile 3 replacement phone 5 sim cards and a new number they close my account and reopened it this was just tonight so i am testing it out so far i have lost servie twice within 3 hours restarted my phone both times and regained service so im not sure if it is completely fixd just yet

Its really annoying such a simple thing. When I try to manually select teh operator in settings it says "Your SIM dosnt allow connections to this network".
I tried an orange SIM card and for some reason it puts the phone in airoplane mode and wont come out :s
Any ideas would be appreciated.

Anyone got any ideas on what could be causing this ?
Thanks

same boat
man I'm telling you that's been happening to me. except I upgrade to ION and then reverted back to haykuro's 6.0r1. everythig that;s happened to this guy has been affecting me

No service
I also have a problem with my G1. Bought it from my local polish netwerk (Era) and the phone works OK however, from time to time it looses the connection to network and it needs a reset in order to login to network again. Don't remember if it happened before they released the software which supported polish language. So what do you recon is it a hardware problem or did those useless local IT guys screwed sth up while translating android??

hi i have he same problem stuck in airoplane mode and no service has anyone found a fix yet????

I´m yet another user with the same problem. For a few hours yesterday I suddenly had service, but it stopped working in the evening again.
Any solution?

A similar problem. Tell me what to do. Thank you.

hey guys not sure if this helps but if your device is rooted did you try un rooting it? maybe get it back to stock firmware...? or do you think its your sim card?

hi im from chicago and im having the same issue i put my sim in it say not registered on network then after i search 4 network it say sim card not alow on connection i sent my phone 2 samsung repair n they see nothing wrong..been like this since day one its very annoying

ldrifta said:
hey guys not sure if this helps but if your device is rooted did you try un rooting it? maybe get it back to stock firmware...? or do you think its your sim card?
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what do you mena rooting it?
I just bought a fido sim card and I get the msg: "cannot register on this network. choose another network, or disconnect your data connection and try again" when i try to manually connect to the network. I have using this phone with at least two sim cards back in my outcry and i bought it independently from my previous network from an eshop in Ireland..
Any thoughts? Could be the ROM and radio installed?
edit: I now saw that this isnt a thread for HTC Touch HD

Same Boat
Hi,
I am also having the same problem with my Galaxy s 4g. Its an unlocked phone ( and I am sure it's unlocked) but when i put some other Carrier SIM it says "No Device" or "not register to this network"
Can some one help?

Still struck there
Hi,
Has anyone able to sort this issue?..Need help badly

Hello, any one figure his problem? I am getting full bars and same message "not registered on network". Thx

the same on tattoo 1.6 android
i have the same problem on my tattoo its work with etesalat Egypt net work
but its didn't work with mobinil and Vodafone
any one can help us

not registerd on network
i have the same problem i have done different roms surly some one must no a fix .is it because we used a custom ROM wish i hadent have ...£400 paper weight now :crying:

[Q] Not Registered On Network

Hi! My note 3 was given to me by a family friend and when I put my sim card in and try to make a call, it says "Not registered on network". I know this issue has popped up before but it doesn't seem to be resolved for many. For my case, I tried "Region Lock Away" to unlock the device but it still does not work.
I am rooted of course, but my question is, how can I solve this issue? Would flashing a custom rom solve this problem?

If you have network coverage in your area and still not getting signal. I am quite confirmed you have to take it to a shop. They will fix the problem with SPT box or something. i got my one fixed.

[Q] Need Help Network not registered

i brought up refurbished Samsung S4 I9505 from china for my wife. i just make 1 call .after that i try to call it says "network not registered" . I TRY ALMOST tips and tricks that available on net but no progress. i update my phone Lollipop 5.0.1 but still got "network not registered". please anybody help me what can i do. i already try to flash MODEM but nothing change. i try service mode it shows "GSM900: Limited". but i see one thing sometimes its change to "GSM1800: Available" my phone make a call successfully. please friends tell me what can i do.

picky93 said:
i brought up refurbished Samsung S4 I9505 from china for my wife. i just make 1 call .after that i try to call it says "network not registered" . I TRY ALMOST tips and tricks that available on net but no progress. i update my phone Lollipop 5.0.1 but still got "network not registered". please anybody help me what can i do. i already try to flash MODEM but nothing change. i try service mode it shows "GSM900: Limited". but i see one thing sometimes its change to "GSM1800: Available" my phone make a call successfully. please friends tell me what can i do.
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Refurbished and China seems Frankestein.

If it's a Frankenstein as Joku1981 suggests, run, don't walk, and get your money back.

Joku1981 said:
Refurbished and China seems Frankestein.
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what can i do now please help me. i upload pic about samsung info.

It's clearly not a Frankenstein, so that's good news. What carrier are you using?

In the first pic at the last line you can read imei cert:NA that mean that your phone has loose its imei certificat.
so you can return it and have your money back or give it to a sepecialized shop to push a new certificat with a box
PS: i have an i9500 and mine show : Imei cert: fail

@sentinelle20: "IMEI Certi: NA" is normal on the S4. I can confirm this because my S4 has the same readout and yet it works perfectly. On the S5 it may make a difference. See here for details.

Ok ggod to know...
in my working i9500 the last line says imei cert : pass

Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
It's clearly not a Frankenstein, so that's good news. What carrier are you using?
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i am using Mobilink but i tried all MM that available in Pakistan but mobile give same behavior. i am unable to understand why some time mobile registered on network and works fine? do you think its a hardware problem? give me any idea what can i do

Refresh my memory. The SIM works properly in another phone?

Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
Refresh my memory. The SIM works properly in another phone?
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yes my sim work,s fine in any phone , i tried many sim in my phone but result is same. please tell me why some time phone work properly ? do you think its a hardware problem? because i upgrade its room many time but same result.

If you've tried multiple SIM cards in the S4 and all of them aren't working, then you definitely have a hardware issue. Either the SIM card tray has died or the fault lies in the motherboard. From experience, replacing the SIM card tray is both the least expensive route and the easiest, being something that you can do yourself. Replacement trays cost about US$10, a small phillips screwdriver, a half hour of your time, and the foam pad that sits on top of the connector of the original tray.
You purchased this as a refurb unit however, so you should have a warranty of some sort. Take it back to where you got it from and have them look at it.

S8 G950F wont get signal - not blacklisted IMEI: NG

hi all
i have a uk model s8 on the o2 network which was originally locked to o2.
so i took it the local market to get it unlocked which the market trader did and it accepted another uk sim
but wont connect to any network now. states emergency calls only, even with my original o2 sim.
i cant even search for any networks. when you try to search for networks by choosing the phone option, nothing happens, just states not available at this time. same thing when you try to choose manual or automatic search.
it accepts any sim now but wont connect to any network.
i thought it may have been barred even though i bought it 2nd hand and had it over 8 months so i checked imei on the net and it comes up clean. so not barred.
he couldnt also understand why you cannot search network, why this option cannot be selected.
so i come on this forum for some help, and a member did help me and got it working by flashing something to it via remote team viewer but after a few hours it stopped catching a signal because i downloaded an app onto it to hide root which worked but caused the phone to loose the signal again. and then when i contacted the member, he refused to do it again.
i pleaded with him to flash again or do whatever he did but after days of waiting without a phone he was not available to help. so please can anyone help and tell me what he did so i can fix my phone.
i know from users on here, you can have root hiding apps running on an s8 and still be able to perfom the fix to the problem on my phone.
i know it has something to do with imei not being registered on phone and it showing a NG next to imei.
any help or guidance would be appreciated
regards,
Margaret acey

Anyone?

ace.1 said:
Anyone?
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don't O2 unlock phones for you free of charge? That is how it used to be when I was last in UK.
I really wouldn't trust anyone to remotely download/fix phone, they could do all sorts, hopefully you got a good guy but the fact they won't do it again seems suss to me.
Have you done this,
https://www.technobezz.com/fix-samsung-galaxymobile-network-available/
I suggest you flash stock o2 rom and take it to O2 to unlock phone, this will" clean" your phone so if the helpull member installed anything he shouldn't have it'll be wiped. Also check white o2 if your data etc has being used by someone else ie cloned your phone. (but there may be some other issue as the trader couldn't search for a network)

Thsnks for the response.
Its not locked anymore. As it accepts all sims which it didn't anymore.
This has something to do with the imei not been registered.
The imei status is NG when it should be OK.