I just bought a used s10+ and i got scammed.
The IMEI is of G975U1 but the model number displayed in the settings is G975F and somehow the phone is 6gb ram.
I just want to understand what exactly is done to this phone? the motherboard is changed to a G975U1? but even if, why does it display 6gb ram?
Also when i flashed G975F firmware through odin, now it always says emergency calls only. What firmware should i flash?
Any help on how to get the sim card working again like i first bought it?
Switch the phone to download mode you will see the true model of the phone alternatively you can use phone info (samsung) from the play store to get additional information about your device
HIS YB said:
Switch the phone to download mode you will see the true model of the phone alternatively you can use phone info (samsung) from the play store to get additional information about your device
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Turns out it is a live demo unit
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So my wife bought this unlocked sph-L720. Checked the IMEI online and it said the device was clear with Sprint, and was not blacklisted. So after we leave she factory resets the device, which royally f's it. When it restarted, the baseband version, imei, meid, all the information aside from the model number and android version were unavailable in the setting menu. no wifi would work. had no sim card for the device. After looking online for a solution I just flashed the sprint stock firmware for the model number and andriod version with Odin to restore the phone back to normal. Now sprint says they wont unlock the phone because a past balance owed on the phone. I just want to be able to use the thing on verizon. Is there anything I can do?
I had been looking at this phone for a while on ebay and despite well... ebay... I had temporary lapse of good judgement and maybe a bit of alcohol and pulled the trigger.
I got the phone thinking it was a SM-N910F, everything I'd read said it would work on US AT&T sans some bands for LTE.
The phone came and it was in good condition. The box and the serial label behind the battery all say SM-N910F.
I turned the phone on, it has a beautiful screen, everything seems to work fine, works with wifi no problems, so far so good.
I turned it off, popped in my ATT SIM and turned back on and, uh oh, got an invalid SIM error.
Ok so next step, I go to the ATT store, they check the IMEI and confirm that yes it will work on their network and they give me a new SIM for good measure. Their new SIM still shows invalid in the phone and the sales guy is confused but then I tell him I got the phone off ebay and he gives me a look of pity. No problem though I wanted the international phone so I could learn about flashing ROMs and such without leaving me with a non-working brick and no communications device.
So I read through XDA posts and various tutorials over the web and try to find out why it's not accepting my SIM.
I flash TWRP, and root the phone, that worked fine.
Then I decide that maybe upgrading the firmware to Lollipop and flashing a new ROM might fix the problem. I go to Sammobile, download N910FXXU1BOB4_N910FOXA1BOB4_DBT because that seemed like a good one that would work. Then try flashing it via ODIN.
ODIN Fails, SECURE_CHECK_FAIL : aboot. Some more reading later I find out that usually happens because you're trying to flash the wrong thing.
So I dig further. I can still get into the stock kitkat software on the phone so I download *Samsung* Phone Info and check out what I've currently got on the phone, but now I'm totally confused because I don't know what to make of it and this is where I need some help.
I've got screenshots but due to being new I can't post a link, I can email them if they'll help.
Settings > Device Info shows SM-N910F with baseband of N910FXXU1ANK4... that looks right
but then I fire up Phone Info and it shows a phone model of SM-N910P which would be a Sprint CDMA phone? and a country CSC of CHN?
so this phone is truly international
European phone, Chinese CSC, with USA Sprint firmware?
Where do I even begin, can anyone suggest what I can do to untangle the mess?
Have you check the box "OEM unlocking" in the developer options menu? This allowed me to use Odin the first time on my tmobile note 4.
If you don't have a developer options menu in your settings, go to about device and press build number 7 times until it tells you you are now a developer.
try a European version BTU from sam i have the same model SM-N910F root is an issue i'm looking at.
as the SM-N910F is Euro i would use that firmware.
Hope it helps.
I have a big issue where my phone will not boot and it will only go to recovery and download mode so I need to do a stock recovery using smart switch but I don't have a Serial Number any Ideas or does anyone have a serial number I could use to be able to recover the phone back to a complete stock or the files to use ODIN?
Why don't you connect with Odin and flash the stock firmware if you have download mode? Easy and all here to read
As I have found both s6 and s7 CDMA versions does not have SN. Maybe you can try to call to your provider or Samsung us, and check it with them? I was not success with them, maybe you more lucky.
i have the same issue, i cant find the SN tryed with samsung and sprint with no success
Same here, I called Samsung and the rep not able to find any info on this Samsung Serial Number. She told me that they don't even use that anymore. She said that they don't even ask for your SN if you need some warranty job done. All you need is the IMEI for all of the newer model phones such as the S7. With that said, I think there seems to be some disconnection between the Smart Switch software and Samsung's new phone identification.
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Same here, I called Samsung and the rep not able to find any info on this Samsung Serial Number. She told me that they don't even use that anymore. She said that they don't even ask for your SN if you need some warranty job done. All you need is the IMEI for all of the newer model phones such as the S7. With that said, I think there seems to be some disconnection between the Smart Switch software and Samsung's new phone identification.
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The RS number from the box worked for me.
I have a problem, when i intall Nougat, my cellphone says that is dual sim, and its single sim, and in product model in settigs, the model is G935FD, and the imei is the incorrect from the back of the phone, and when i enter the code *#06# nothing happen, help me how to fix this problem.
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I have a problem, when i intall Nougat, my cellphone says that is dual sim, and its single sim, and in product model in settigs, the model is G935FD, and the imei is the incorrect from the back of the phone, and when i enter the code *#06# nothing happen, help me how to fix this problem.
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With what you will install nougat? Odin or ota?
There are 2 possibilities:
1. Smartphone already installed csc not your region, this sometimes causes the code to malfunction
2. You have supercopy (hopefully not).
Try to use odin, will be caught later results
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With what you will install nougat? Odin or ota?
There are 2 possibilities:
1. Smartphone already installed csc not your region, this sometimes causes the code to malfunction
2. You have supercopy (hopefully not).
Try to use odin, will be caught later results
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I use odin for the install of Nougat, when it was on 6.0.1 I saw the phone model and it was G935FD, but only detect one sim and had signal, now detect 2 sim the other is no signal, is there a way to fix it?
ferrn23 said:
I use odin for the install of Nougat, when it was on 6.0.1 I saw the phone model and it was G935FD, but only detect one sim and had signal, now detect 2 sim the other is no signal, is there a way to fix it?
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Try again to flash nougat firmware for your country.
In the meantime, take a look at the imei information via setting. There is 1 or 2. more importantly see physically, have how many card slot sim
mashardpro said:
Try again to flash nougat firmware for your country.
In the meantime, take a look at the imei information via setting. There is 1 or 2. more importantly see physically, have how many card slot sim
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I already do that like 3 times and its still the same, the imei from settings is different from the back, and there is two imei, one has numbers and the other one is 0000000000, phisically only one sim and sd card, the no sign of second sim
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I already do that like 3 times and its still the same, the imei from settings is different from the back, and there is two imei, one has numbers and the other one is 0000000000, phisically only one sim and sd card, the no sign of second sim
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Sometimes using SmartSwitch emergency recovery can solve the problem. Try it that way. If that does not work, maybe someone else knows better who can help you
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Sometimes using SmartSwitch emergency recovery can solve the problem. Try it that way. If that does not work, maybe someone else knows better who can help you
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Where can i find the emergency recovery?, i dont know how to do that.
ferrn23 said:
Where can i find the emergency recovery?, i dont know how to do that.
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Type samsung smart switch in google. Then find one installer for pc. Download and install.
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Type samsung smart switch in google. Then find one installer for pc. Download and install.
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I already do that, and its instal but the only option i see is restore, backup and another one, so in which part of smart switch i can find the option that you tell me
Hello guys. I am not quite new here, but I never registered (or I did but I couldn't find with which email or username).
However, I am having some trouble with Samsung S7 phone.
First of all, the IMEI on the About page is not the same as the IMEI on the back of the phone.
When I enter the IMEI from the back of the phone in IMEI checker, I get the right phone (Samsung S7).
When I enter the IMEI from the About page in IMEI checker, I get some old BLU phone.
Second problem is that I think this phone is not duos, however, whichever firmware I try to flash, I see the SIM card manager in the Settings. Which is weird to me.
Third problem is that the phone won't connect to network. I've tried 3 SIM cards (all 3 of those works on other phones), but this one just won't connect.
It shows full strength of signal, it also shows the phone number of the SIM, however, when I try to make a call, it says "Not registered on network".
The phone should not be locked as my brother said that he used it for some time, then he updated it to the latest OS and then did a factory reset. After that, the phone just stopped working.
Does anyone know what could be the issue? Why the IMEIs are different?
I am quite sure that the phone model is SM-G930F, however, the model number in Settings shows SM-G930FD. Which is again weird to me.
I've looked on the Google to see a picture of the SIM card slot of Samsung S7 duos and mine SIM card slot does not like that. Also, on one slot, it says only "microSD" and on another "SIM". So, I guess it is not a duos phone.
Any advices?
Thank you in advance!
All the best,
Dale
It sounds like somebody has changed the IMEI of the phone and patched the certificate for the IMEI to work.
Once you reset the phone or update the firmware on it, it will remove the patched certificate allowing the changed IMEI.
You will need to look for someone that does IMEI repair / change to get it working for you again I know there is a guy on the forums here that does them for free. Look through the s7 edge sub forums for them.
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It sounds like somebody has changed the IMEI of the phone and patched the certificate for the IMEI to work.
Once you reset the phone or update the firmware on it, it will remove the patched certificate allowing the changed IMEI.
You will need to look for someone that does IMEI repair / change to get it working for you again I know there is a guy on the forums here that does them for free. Look through the s7 edge sub forums for them.
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Well, I already flashed the firmware multiple times with different basebands and versions of the firmware as I thought that the firmware is wrong. Also tried to flash the firmware with Phone EFS Clear option checked in Odin.
Everything else on the phone works.
Sorry that this isnt help but you not alone, I unbricked a Samsung S7 (SM-G930F) after it suddenly just bricked (hard brick/soft brick - same thing). Eventually when I installed nougat on it, and finally wanted to use the phone, i tried a simcard and noticed how it would load all saved contacts but whatever I dailed, it responded "Not registered to network". Checking the model number it is now SM-G930FD but i am unable to verify the imei becuase of missing box. I tried many firmwares (even those that specify its for SM-G930F) but the model number remains SM-G930FD.
could any help plz be posted...
It can be done by repair IMEI, i would like to help you if you'r interested
instrumentaly said:
It can be done by repair IMEI, i would like to help you if you'r interested
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can u help me please i have the exact same problem
thank...