Develop Bugs

AT&T Galaxy SIII Downgrade from CM11?

I'm trying to downgrade my i747 from CM11 back to stock AT&T firmware but I'm unable to. I've done hours of searching and reading posts, coming up with dead ends.. I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction.
I can't seem to find an official original AT&T image, I did find a "rooted leaked" image.. but when I try to flash it with Oden it fails and the phone says "SW New Check Fail: Fused 2 > binary 0"
I ran the triangle away, tried a few different roms... I can re-image CM but not anything older. Is there a thread that explains where I can find the proper AT&T stock rom and roll back from CM11?

If you have the stock 4.3 bootloader, you cannot use Odin to flash a stock AT&T 4.3 ROM because AT&T never made a flashable 4.3 ROM available. AT&T only made 4.3 available as an OTA update to an existing ROM.

Thanks, so what are my options if any? I installed the CM11 through their http://get.cm site so I'm not sure what exactly they're doing but the end result is I have CM11, ODIN for the updater, and CWM. Can I downgrade to an older version then and just perform carrier updates to 4.3? If not is it safe to flash some other third party ROM? Or am I stuck on CM11?
-Keith

Boot into download mode and let us know what it says on the screen. This will help us determine if you have the 4.3 bootloader on your phone.

Download mode says:
ODIN MODE
Product Name: SGH-I747
Custom Binary Download: Yes (1 Counts)
Current Binary: Custom
System Status: Official
Qualcom Secureboot: Enable
Warranty Bit: 1
Bootloader AP SWREV: 2

audit13 said:
Boot into download mode and let us know what it says on the screen. This will help us determine if you have the 4.3 bootloader on your phone.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm thinking of trying the approach that I found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2658486
Unless any reason's why I shouldn't, it seems people have been successful with that pseudo 'stock' build.

Based on your download info screen, you have the 4.3 bootloader and the link you provided would be a good choice.
If you didn't have the 4.3 bootloader, you could have flashed a stock 4.1.1 ROM via Odin. With a 4.3 bootloader, you cannot use Odin.

I tried that link but the flash failed..
format() expects 3 args, got 5
E:Error in /external_sd/ATT_i747_UCUEMJB_StockRestore_CWM_2282014.zip
(Status 7)
Installation Aborted.
Ugh..

Status 7 errors can be caused by using an outdated recovery.

I have 6.0.4.7 installed and downloaded the ZIP that says it's for that version but I keep getting the same error.

Maybe the ROM download is corrupt?

kelkin said:
I have 6.0.4.7 installed and downloaded the ZIP that says it's for that version but I keep getting the same error.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Did you verify the MD5 of the zip you downloaded? I haven't seen any other report of this not working as it is the definitive solution for returning to stock 4.3.It's possible your download wasn't complete or, as Audit suggested, the zip was corrupted in some way.

I downloaded a different recovery as suggested and was able to flash that way. I'm finally back on the pseudo-stock AT&T firmware and aside from one strange popup everything seems to be working great. Thanks for the help everyone,
-Keith

Larry2999 said:
Did you verify the MD5 of the zip you downloaded? I haven't seen any other report of this not working as it is the definitive solution for returning to stock 4.3.It's possible your download wasn't complete or, as Audit suggested, the zip was corrupted in some way.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
kelkin said:
I downloaded a different recovery as suggested and was able to flash that way. I'm finally back on the pseudo-stock AT&T firmware and aside from one strange popup everything seems to be working great. Thanks for the help everyone,
-Keith
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hey guys I am in pretty the same situation but I can't any other recovery to stick. I can flash and get the pass but it always boots back into cwm 6.0.3.6. Any ideas?
Sent from my SM-N900T using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

donutkidd said:
Hey guys I am in pretty the same situation but I can't any other recovery to stick. I can flash and get the pass but it always boots back into cwm 6.0.3.6. Any ideas?
Sent from my SM-N900T using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Are you flashing via Odin or from CWM? Philz Touch can be flashed from either (i.e. the zip for flashing from an SD card and tar for Odin).

audit13 said:
Are you flashing via Odin or from CWM? Philz Touch can be flashed from either (i.e. the zip for flashing from an SD card and tar for Odin).
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2824065
This is currently where im at and what I've tried.
Sent from my SM-N900T using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

donutkidd said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2824065
This is currently where im at and what I've tried.
Sent from my SM-N900T using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I assume you can boot into download mode so use the latest tar version of Philz to flash recovery. Philz is based off the latest CWM.
https://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/d2lte/
Place the file in the PDA box, don't check anything except F.reset. Flash the file, once you see reset in the status window, remove USB cable, remove battery, replace battery, boot into recovery.

audit13 said:
I assume you can boot into download mode so use the latest tar version of Philz to flash recovery. Philz is based off the latest CWM.
https://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/d2lte/
Place the file in the PDA box, don't check anything except F.reset. Flash the file, once you see reset in the status window, remove USB cable, remove battery, replace battery, boot into recovery.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I tried this as well.
Sent from my SM-N900T using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

donutkidd said:
I tried this as well.
Sent from my SM-N900T using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You're able to flash and you still don't have the right recovery? What do you see in the recovery screen? Is it the stock recovery?

audit13 said:
You're able to flash and you still don't have the right recovery? What do you see in the recovery screen? Is it the stock recovery?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No it's cwm 6.0.3.6, I tried every possible way, I think, of flashing a new recovery but it keeps loading back to this.

[Solved] 4.4.2 emergency call only

https://www.dropbox.com/s/kgffgmzej3shhr7/nb4_N7100_Patched Modem_CWM.zip
Patched modem nb4 for emergency call only
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda app-developers app

wada7o said:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/kgffgmzej3shhr7/nb4_N7100_Patched Modem_CWM.zip
Patched modem nb4 for emergency call only
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i will give it a tryyyyyyyyyyyyyy
thax333

thanks for the pachedmodem

Ty, really, this solve the problem!!

do you patch with odin? or in recovery?

chailee said:
do you patch with odin? or in recovery?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
even i tried same method but not working as sometime new modem not detecting the radio singal. better you can try with dr.ketan customer rom V6 and their is option to fix it if IMEI is correct.

update...
i need patch for s2 and s4.. @zuluman pls help me..

Sent from my GT-N7100
chailee said:
do you patch with odin? or in recovery?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Patch it thru odin 3.07 or latest , it will solve your prolem

help for emergency call
Can you help me in installation of this patched modem

didn't work
This modem didn't work for me
I have IMEI intact, and product code shows up fine on check fus.
Can't register to network.
Tried this modem and the 4.3 one, none of these worked...

Great work
I worked for me. Great work man

Thank for saving me
Hello I´m happy because I had the same problem, no signal at all and searching I got here the answer for my problem! Thank you guys

wada7o said:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/kgffgmzej3shhr7/nb4_N7100_Patched Modem_CWM.zip
Patched modem nb4 for emergency call only
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
FAIL !! Flashed with TWRP,phone got stuck on Glowing Samsung with blue LED on.
Second,factory restore,wipe cache,flashed again,this time got stuck on first screen (Samsung Galaxy Note 2 GT-N7100)
Big Fail.... (I am running Android Revolution HD 4.4.2)

HluscuAndrei said:
FAIL !! Flashed with TWRP,phone got stuck on Glowing Samsung with blue LED on.
Second,factory restore,wipe cache,flashed again,this time got stuck on first screen (Samsung Galaxy Note 2 GT-N7100)
Big Fail.... (I am running Android Revolution HD 4.4.2)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Try flashing it with cwm, philz or other cwm
Sent from my GT-N7100

vagsvag said:
Try flashing it with cwm, philz or other cwm
Sent from my GT-N7100
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I did but the thing is i installed Philz,then flashed Phoenix ROM,stuck bootloop`ing,then flashed Zoot's-Wipe-Scripts_SGS_N-II and did a HARD WIPE (full one) and then installed again via philz_touch_6.46.3-n7100 the ROM and still got stuck right after Samsung (As soon as it does the blue circle,mine only makes half and then reboots,then half a circle again then reboots).
By the way,do you know how to check my IMEI ? Maybe is something wrong with my IMEI beacouse before , i had TWRP with Android Revolution HD and i got Emergency Calls Only but i coudnt fix it,no matter what. My IMEI seems good,i mean i have normal numbers but since i remember it is ending in four zeros.

HluscuAndrei said:
I did but the thing is i installed Philz,then flashed Phoenix ROM,stuck bootloop`ing,then flashed Zoot's-Wipe-Scripts_SGS_N-II and did a HARD WIPE (full one) and then installed again via philz_touch_6.46.3-n7100 the ROM and still got stuck right after Samsung (As soon as it does the blue circle,mine only makes half and then reboots,then half a circle again then reboots).
By the way,do you know how to check my IMEI ? Maybe is something wrong with my IMEI beacouse before , i had TWRP with Android Revolution HD and i got Emergency Calls Only but i coudnt fix it,no matter what. My IMEI seems good,i mean i have normal numbers but since i remember it is ending in four zeros.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Your imei is written down of battery, but for checking it your phone must boot.
You tried to flash original firmware via odin?
Sent from my GT-N7100

vagsvag said:
Your imei is written down of battery, but for checking it your phone must boot.
You tried to flash original firmware via odin?
Sent from my GT-N7100
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ok so the only option to get it back working was to install TWRP back and flash Android Revolution HD so i can check the imei in the system,and it shows like this:
004999010640000/01
On the back of the phone and on the original box is another IMEI as follows:
355xxxxxxx4671/1
So clearly my IMEI has been changed/damaged somewhere on the way. Don`t know when,and i don`t have an EFS Backup.
Thing is like follows: If i install TWRP (twrp-2.5.0.1-n7100) and then flash Android Revolution HD the phone works fine,the only problem that i have is the stupid Emergency Calls Only that i can`t fix beacouse everything that i patch or every fix that i try doing it,the phone restarts itself and goes into Samsung Bootloop.
If i flash CWM Philz (philz_touch_6.46.3-n7100) and try to flash Phoenix Rom it doesnt even get pass the blue Samsung Circle,same stupid bootloop.
So my problem is in fact the IMEI ? What do you think ? This is why all of my ROMS bootloops ? And this is why i always get Emergency Calls Only ?
Please help me out Vagsvag beacouse i am loosing my hope here.... This is my only phone and i`ve been trying to fix it since 2 weeks now...

HluscuAndrei said:
Ok so the only option to get it back working was to install TWRP back and flash Android Revolution HD so i can check the imei in the system,and it shows like this:
004999010640000/01
On the back of the phone and on the original box is another IMEI as follows:........
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
When you say you tried to flash everything you include and original firmware unrooted etc via odin also and you have the same result?
If it is doing the same with original fw sorry but I don't know what you can do in this situation my friend, efs is a big sh1t if is corrupted and you haven't a backup. I had heard that Samsung service center can rewrite it but I don't have experience .
Please edit your message and delete the number of your imei, it is unique and personal.
Sent from my GT-N7100
---------- Post added at 10:51 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:23 PM ----------
I don't know if you try to flash the modem only over revolution HD via chainfire's mobile odin what will be happened.
For doing this install mobile odin lite http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1347899 download from end of the page the add-on for n7100 (it's kernel for n7100) also download latest firmware from Sammy or better fne1 (the same version with revolution HD rom), unzip it, copy to your phone and mount the firmware at mobile odin at the place which is saying modem and flash it. Other way to do this is to extract with 7zip the Samsung fw (unzip first and after extract the unzipped .tar.md5 file with 7zip) and take the modem.bin file, copy to phone mount it at mobile odin and flash it. If is difficult to do this post to search at my pc and upload the modem. I have it somewhere.
Sent from my GT-N7100

Huge thanks Vagsvag,i will try it now.
vagsvag said:
When you say you tried to flash everything you include and original firmware unrooted etc via odin also and you have the same result?
If it is doing the same with original fw sorry but I don't know what you can do in this situation my friend, efs is a big sh1t if is corrupted and you haven't a backup. I had heard that Samsung service center can rewrite it but I don't have experience .
***Edited IMEI No#,thanks for pointing it out***
Sent from my GT-N7100
---------- Post added at 10:51 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:23 PM ----------
I don't know if you try to flash the modem only over revolution HD via chainfire's mobile odin what will be happened.
For doing this install mobile odin lite http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1347899 download from end of the page the add-on for n7100 (it's kernel for n7100) also download latest firmware from Sammy or better fne1 (the same version with revolution HD rom), unzip it, copy to your phone and mount the firmware at mobile odin at the place which is saying modem and flash it. Other way to do this is to extract with 7zip the Samsung fw (unzip first and after extract the unzipped .tar.md5 file with 7zip) and take the modem.bin file, copy to phone mount it at mobile odin and flash it. If is difficult to do this post to search at my pc and upload the modem. I have it somewhere.
Sent from my GT-N7100
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks very much for your help Vagsvag,i will try and do exactly what you told me to,step by step right now,and if it works out man.... you are going to have a big donation from me. Hopefully i am going to bring my phone back to life.
Forgot to mention,here is a list of ROMs i flashed with ODIN but with no succes.
Odin ver.3.09 (Run in administrator mode)
Stock ROMs as follows:
- GT-N7100_BTU_1_20121003084149_ (This is a 4.1.1 but still bad imei) after i flashed it with ODIN
- ROM-N7100XXUFNL1-20150116192411 (This one was 4.2 i guess) Still bad imei
- XEF-N7100XXUFND3-20140425111035 (This one`s the latest 4.2.2) And still bad IMEI
And all of them (i think) are stock ROM`s (Or at least that i what i tried downloading) From different locations. NONE of them worked thow...
Then i tried Phoenix ROM,no luck there,then i tried Android Revolution HD and still no luck. BUT it seems that everytime i install Android Rev.HD and i press reboot system , TWRP keeps telling me `FIX ROOT etc....` Everytime i install the ROM...hm.... Guess it`s just stupid permissions but it doesnt matter for me. As i had no problems,everytime i installed it,it had supersu in it,and busybox,and rootacces. So it`s ok.
Now i will try what you told me to do,and we will see how that goes. I will reply soon. Thanks again man,you have one beer from me. Your patience is gold for me.

HluscuAndrei said:
Thanks very .......
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This is the modem of fne1. I don't remember if revolution HD working correct with mobile odin. Some roms don't restart to make the flash. When you mount the modem and you click flash now mobile odin will do restart to flash it, if you see to don't restart is necessary to manual restart to recovery push the power button and select reboot to recovery, this is important, don't do normal restart if it fails to restart do only to recovery to avoid corruption of your installed recovery, after this your phone will restart at mobile odin recovery and will flash the modem. Also check wipe dalvik cache at mobile odin, not really necessary but check it.
https://mega.nz/#F!eR8BCbCD!ga982JMkmdbthMtsBnVeKg
Check md5 before flash, md5 is
708445b2ed18671da2fc8b334a170f95
Also this is a good server to download original sammy fw
http://live.samsung-updates.com/index.php?device=GT-N7100
Now about donations etc thanks but are not necessary and also are not acceptable , the good feeling is enough

[Q] bricked -i747.

i tried to upgrade my s3 i accidentally falshed with correpted file('i renamed the file .mb5 to .tar) it stuck and showing that needed to connect kies
.. and kies not detecting my device and it wont boot into recovery mode but after search i rooted again through cf auto root and then it can enter into recovery mode is it bricked/not what happend to my device currently it can enter into both recovery &download mode ......
pls help me with this

ghjsdf9 said:
i tried to upgrade my s3 i accidentally falshed with correpted file('i renamed the file .mb5 to .tar) it stuck and showing that needed to connect kies
.. and kies not detecting my device and it wont boot into recovery mode but after search i rooted again through cf auto root and then it can enter into recovery mode is it bricked/not what happend to my device currently it can enter into both recovery &download mode ......
pls help me with this
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Welcome to the forum! Your phone's hardly bricked if you can get to download and recovery modes. Flashing the correct (stock) firmware should get you back to working conditions. What Android version were you on prior to it being stuck and what were you trying to upgrade to?

Larry2999 said:
Welcome to the forum! Your phone's hardly bricked if you can get to download and recovery modes. Flashing the correct (stock) firmware should get you back to working conditions. What Android version were you on prior to it being stuck and what were you trying to upgrade to?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
THANKS FOR WELCOME PARTY:
and for the rly tooo.
i can get into both download mode as well as recovery mode ..... i'm not clear with my phones model-in odin mode it showing "PRODUCT NAME:-SGH-I747M" on starting it is running 4.1.2 (zsemc1) version i am not clear with baseband etc.
and i'm not clear with supported varient versions when i flashed with different version in odin mode it showing differnt causes for different version
ex: "unsupported dev type","secure check fail sb12",securechech fail aboot" for three different versions

ghjsdf9 said:
THANKS FOR WELCOME PARTY:
and for the rly tooo.
i can get into both download mode as well as recovery mode ..... i'm not clear with my phones model-in odin mode it showing "PRODUCT NAME:-SGH-I747M" on starting it is running 4.1.2 (zsemc1) version i am not clear with baseband etc.
and i'm not clear with supported varient versions when i flashed with different version in odin mode it showing differnt causes for different version
ex: "unsupported dev type","secure check fail sb12",securechech fail aboot" for three different versions
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i747M is for the Canadian and Mexican variants. If you were on stock 4.1.2, you should be able to Odin back to stock 4.1.1 or upgrade to 4.3 via custom recovery. You can go to the thread below to check the correct stock image for your phone based on carrier. Make sure you use the correct image as flashing the wrong version could hard brick your phone. Download to your PC and then flash. If you select the 4.3 version, you would need to flash custom recovery to your phone via Odin, save the file to a (micro) SD card and then flash via custom recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426
Let me know if this works for you.

Larry2999 said:
i747M is for the Canadian and Mexican variants. If you were on stock 4.1.2, you should be able to Odin back to stock 4.1.1 or upgrade to 4.3 via custom recovery. You can go to the thread below to check the correct stock image for your phone based on carrier. Make sure you use the correct image as flashing the wrong version could hard brick your phone. Download to your PC and then flash. If you select the 4.3 version, you would need to flash custom recovery to your phone via Odin, save the file to a (micro) SD card and then flash via custom recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426
Let me know if this works for you.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i'm Asian it worked for local networks before bricked so i'm not clear with choosing in versions... ["help me with it"]

ghjsdf9 said:
i'm Asian it worked for local networks before bricked so i'm not clear with choosing in versions... ["help me with it"]
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If we are going to flash a stock ROM, we would need to flash the correct version as there is risk of a worse brick if we flash the wrong one. When the phone was working normally, the old network would probably be showing during booting. If you got it from abroad, please check if you can get the information from the previous owner. If there is no way of telling the correct firmware, then you can flash custom recovery to the phone and try flashing a custom ROM via recovery. It's always tidier flashing a custom ROM to a device functioning normally but, unless we can be sure of the correct stock firmware to flash, your options may be limited.

Larry2999 said:
If we are going to flash a stock ROM, we would need to flash the correct version as there is risk of a worse brick if we flash the wrong one. When the phone was working normally, the old network would probably be showing during booting. If you got it from abroad, please check if you can get the information from the previous owner. If there is no way of telling the correct firmware, then you can flash custom recovery to the phone and try flashing a custom ROM via recovery. It's always tidier flashing a custom ROM to a device functioning normally but, unless we can be sure of the correct stock firmware to flash, your options may be limited.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
and finally i found the correct version and when tried to flash through odin i came across this problem
it stuck at "initialization..." [more than hour..] help pls......

ghjsdf9 said:
and finally i found the correct version and when tried to flash through odin i came across this problem
it stuck at "initialization..." [more than hour..] help pls......
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sounds like a partition problem. Please let me know the firmware version you are trying to flash.

Larry2999 said:
Sounds like a partition problem. Please let me know the firmware version you are trying to flash.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
it's version 4.3(I747MVLUEND2_I747MOYBEND2_SPC) at sammobiles.com............
and once "i tried with pit file by marking re partition" will this effect ??????????????

ghjsdf9 said:
it's version 4.3(I747MVLUEND2_I747MOYBEND2_SPC) at sammobiles.com............
and once "i tried with pit file by marking re partition" will this effect ??????????????
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I've seen this particular problem reported several times and it's always been a problem with the pit file. Flashing a complete stock system should fix all partition problems though. If the stock file you are using is an Odin flashable file, you may try using Odin 3.09. Otherwise, I'd suggest you find a recovery flashable image and flash via (custom) recovery.

[Q] Samsung Note 2 N7100 Soft-Bricked (Solutions not working)

My Samsung note 2 won't move from the boot screen. It does boot into recovery when I press the buttons but it won't mount any files. Sideloading works through ADB but then that's just about it as it gives me errors. Tried to use Odin to unbrick it but it keeps giving me errors. What do I do? How do I unbrick my phone? I have posted a screenshot of the errors I am getting. Can someone please advise on what I should do?

boshez said:
My Samsung note 2 won't move from the boot screen. It does boot into recovery when I press the buttons but it won't mount any files. Sideloading works through ADB but then that's just about it as it gives me errors. Tried to use Odin to unbrick it but it keeps giving me errors. What do I do? How do I unbrick my phone? I have posted a screenshot of the errors I am getting. Can someone please advise on what I should do?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have almost a same situation here with my brothers phone. I don't know why, but every time he manages to brick it like that. When booting into recovery from rom (power menu), it crashes the phone and it gets in a bootloop trying to get into the recovery.
What I did:
- Reflash recovery through odin (odin succes, phone fail)
- Reflash recovery through odin and erase nand (same...)
The only fix I found was to flash the stock rom and nand erase through odin, then flash the recovery (twrp 2.8.6.0), erase almost everything (sys, data, cache) and flash custom rom.
Looking at your pic, after nand write it fails, it could be that your nand chip is dead, and if it is like that, move to an other phone, it isn't worth to get a new mobo for your phone, those things cost more than 100 euro and a great new phone would get about 250 from you (like that asus zenfone, I think that is the one you should aim for if you want mid class to high class phones)

boshez said:
My Samsung note 2 won't move from the boot screen. It does boot into recovery when I press the buttons but it won't mount any files. Sideloading works through ADB but then that's just about it as it gives me errors. Tried to use Odin to unbrick it but it keeps giving me errors. What do I do? How do I unbrick my phone? I have posted a screenshot of the errors I am getting. Can someone please advise on what I should do?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The firmware you trying to flash xxalj3 (saw at screenshot) is very old 4.1.1 with sds bug also. Probably your phone has newer bootloader and 4 this you can't flash it, download latest firmware from Sammy and try again.
Sent from my GT-N7100

So I found out that my phone went through SDS. Had to get a new eMMC chip. the imei number got screwed up as well.

boshez said:
So I found out that my phone went through SDS. Had to get a new eMMC chip. the imei number got screwed up as well.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sorry to hear this.
Sent from my GT-N7100

vagsvag said:
Sorry to hear this.
Sent from my GT-N7100
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Got my phone to start working again after I installed a new eMMC. However when I updated it to a 4.4.2 Stock ROM, it won't register on to the network.

boshez said:
Got my phone to start working again after I installed a new eMMC. However when I updated it to a 4.4.2 Stock ROM, it won't register on to the network.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Your imei is normal or something 0004....? Corrupted general imei
Sent from my GT-N7100

vagsvag said:
Your imei is normal or something 0004....? Corrupted general imei
Sent from my GT-N7100
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
IMEI is the same as the one on the phone. I believe I must have installed the wrong ROM. I installed the N7100XXUFNL1 one which said Pakistan but then now that I checked it again, I found out it was for Nigeria, UAE, etc (which share the same CSC). Now I am downloading the N7100XXUFND4 one. Hope it makes a difference. I did backup my IMEI etc incase there is an issue.

boshez said:
IMEI is the same as the one on the phone. I believe I must have installed the wrong ROM. I installed the N7100XXUFNL1 one which said Pakistan but then now that I checked it again, I found out it was for Nigeria, UAE, etc (which share the same CSC). Now I am downloading the N7100XXUFND4 one. Hope it makes a difference. I did backup my IMEI etc incase there is an issue.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Samsung had made efs partition update when released 4.3 if I remember well. This update was making by the kernel when was flashing the fw was updating the efs too. If you haven't flash original firmware via odin 4.3 or later probably your efs is not updated. Try to flash original fw via odin, I think it will work.
Sent from my GT-N7100

S9 soft updates problem

Hi
I've problem with my sm-g960f. I live in UK, but my phone was bought in Switzerland and because of that I am not receiving any system updates. Samsung support told me to go to Switzerland to check if I'll receive update there, but it is not an option. I've got stuck at android 8.0. Is there any chance that I update it manually to newest one? If it is, please help me with it. Thanks!
I've never did anything with phones soft before, sorry if it is stupid question.

When I was like you I did a lot of research for what i needed to flash the software i wanted and what to do if any thing goes wrong.
First you need to unlock your bootloader and this can take 7 days to confirm and also wipes your data. Once unlocked you need to flash twrp through Odin on your pc also you will need a file to flash to stop a boot loop after flashing twrp. Then you need to download the latest firmware from Sam mobile, this can take hours on the free account. Then use Odin again to flash the firmware android 10. Then you will be updated

danlivesey said:
First you need to unlock your bootloader and this can take 7 days to confirm and also wipes your data. Once unlocked you need to flash twrp through Odin on your pc also you will need a file to flash to stop a boot loop after flashing twrp.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You don't need to flash TWRP, for this to work. You can do it normally using stock recovery.
Then you need to download the latest firmware from Sam mobile, this can take hours on the free account. Then use Odin again to flash the firmware android 10. Then you will be updated
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Start from this step. I highly recommend to download original firmware using the Frija tool (search here in XDA) because there you don't have any limiting download speed. Once downloaded, you can now just go to stock recovery, wipe data, cache and system, and reboot to download mode and flash the downloaded firmware from frija tool.

danlivesey said:
When I was like you I did a lot of research for what i needed to flash the software i wanted and what to do if any thing goes wrong.
First you need to unlock your bootloader and this can take 7 days to confirm and also wipes your data. Once unlocked you need to flash twrp through Odin on your pc also you will need a file to flash to stop a boot loop after flashing twrp. Then you need to download the latest firmware from Sam mobile, this can take hours on the free account. Then use Odin again to flash the firmware android 10. Then you will be updated
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I've followed your instruction and everything works great! Just instead of downloading from sam mobile I used frija tool. @kyooohei08, @danlivesey Thanks a lot guys!