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[Q] No Service - Insert SIM card. Does not recognize SIM after Root with custom ROM

Rooted my AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note ii (SGH-I317)
Installed custom ROM and now get no service.
Upon checking Settings -> Mobile Network
It says: INSERT SIM card Insert SIM card to access network services
About Devices has all the correct information except:
Baseband version says: UNKNOWN
How do I fix this?
Did my SIM card somehow and need to get a new SIM and call AT&T to reactivate another SIM?
My guess is that I would need stock ROM image to fix this but cannot find it.
I did find Stock Rooted I317UCALJ2 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1986556)
image but still no Service.
Any help would be appreciated as my phone is a BRICK now and useless.
thanks

i have the exact same problem and can't seem to find an answer...
restore stock rom and still nothing...

did you flash a ROM & Radio for the international Note II (N7100 or N7105)? check your phone for an IMEI number; if it's not there, then you'll have to fix that first. you aren't the first to have this problem and i've read other posts where users were able to correct the problem.

I like how no one responded for 2 months.
Worst case scenario flash stock and triangle away to 0 flash counter amd take it back. Lol. Say it stopped working.
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Your comment makes a lot of sense... I'm running root on stock and didn't have a problem. I've recently installed CMW thru Odin which I'm pretty sure I did right but then...I installed a kernel to be able to overclock... could the kernel have mess up my radio? I'm not able to pull up my imei... Can you point me to the right directions in order to restore my stock Rogers kernel?
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That is indeed my worst case scenario but I would really wish to avoid that as I really want to could fix this on my own... I know it's possible with the help of people like you guys, I'm new to android and I still went ahead and bought the premium version of this app to support this community
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I have been here. Installed the CrashRom which was probably not meant for 1317s. Though I loved the ROM, my model number was displayed as 7100, IMEI was null and mobile network would display insert sim message.
If you watched the installation of the rom.. you would have noticed that at the end it rewrites your modem/radio files. Thankfully even after a wipe, the all important NV folder was there.
I was able to find the original AT&T rom at stockroms and also the original modem files for the 1317. I did a full wipe and installed this rom back..and thankfully the radio was back online. Didn't have to flash the modem. Now with a working phone, I wanna read well before I flash my rom again.
Hope this helps. Though I am a newbie.. If you need any further information.. feel free to send me a message.

iZack187 said:
Your comment makes a lot of sense... I'm running root on stock and didn't have a problem. I've recently installed CMW thru Odin which I'm pretty sure I did right but then...I installed a kernel to be able to overclock... could the kernel have mess up my radio? I'm not able to pull up my imei... Can you point me to the right directions in order to restore my stock Rogers kernel?
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That is indeed my worst case scenario but I would really wish to avoid that as I really want to could fix this on my own... I know it's possible with the help of people like you guys, I'm new to android and I still went ahead and bought the premium version of this app to support this community
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If you look in the development section in the All in One forum link, there is a link to the stock rogers ROM and radio.
I don't know if you have done this but it hasn't been mentioned in the post so I thought I would mention it.

I had the same happen to me. The radio just quit. I had a circle with a slash through it. I Odin flashed the stock tar and no luck in fact it got worse and I had to get phone replaced. I have a ton of flashing experience and this was a first for me. I think like someone mentioned above it was a mix match ROM with some pieces from the international version although it was posted as an AT&T ROM. I still have to send it back but after seeing that someone above fixed theirs I am sending a PM
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Yeah that's exactly what happened to me, lol, installed the CrashRom. But thanks to this failure of epic proportions, I've learnt so much and I've succeeded in restoring my Rogers modem files
Now I got my nandroid backup, and if I mess up again, I got my Rogers stock ROM, radios, and kernel with me at all times
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I know from past experience using ODIN for the Droid Charge, we had to pull the SIM before flashing. People were getting their SIMs fried sometimes. The remedy was to remove until the flash was complete. Avoid touching the contacts though.
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I wanted to bump this as I am having the same issue. I tried using Odin to reinstate the stock rom and radio and still nothing.

So this happened to me and after I unrooted and factory reset I had no luck, called Att and got a new one. But I don't know why it stopped reading my sim, it. Worked in my iPhone 5. Strange
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I flashed the Bell Root66 file to my Bell Note II and now I have NO Modem, NO IMEI Number and cant figure out how to get it back. I have flashed the Bell CSC after installing to try and remedy the issue with no luck. I have tried to return my phone to stock for 2 days now (the install counter shows 21 times!). I NEED HELP with this please guys!
I am in Toronto and am on Bell Mobility. After 2 days and 21 flashes I am no further ahead and could use some guidance please!
iZack187 said:
Yeah that's exactly what happened to me, lol, installed the CrashRom. But thanks to this failure of epic proportions, I've learnt so much and I've succeeded in restoring my Rogers modem files
Now I got my nandroid backup, and if I mess up again, I got my Rogers stock ROM, radios, and kernel with me at all times
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cortez.i said:
did you flash a ROM & Radio for the international Note II (N7100 or N7105)? check your phone for an IMEI number; if it's not there, then you'll have to fix that first. you aren't the first to have this problem and i've read other posts where users were able to correct the problem.
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can u give any links to these forums, yes i install n7100 rom on my i317 and yes i don't have a imei.

Well my friend ...I've got to tell you up front ...that the likelihood of getting your device repaired on your own is remote at best...
You have damaged the device partitions ...and likely do not have a usable backup of the EFS folder..
The EFS contains the IMEI number used for restoration purposes...
I'm not going to tell you that a repair cannot be done..as a select few users were able to fix a bricked device...but I will suggest your best solution ...IMHO
Contact the good folks at :
mobiletechvideos.com
And let them know what you did..
They offer a complete restoration service to repair your device correctly ...and can likely do the job in about a week...
They are located in Texas, USA I believe ...and they have an excellent reputation for quality service...
Your choice of course...but if I were in your situation...I'd send the device to them in a second...
Time is money...at least for me...and although I could probably fix it...I don't have a RIFF BOX...or a JTAG ...
Others will post up with links to help you...and after you have a chance to look them over ...you can decide..
Very sorry for the damaged phone....g
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t989D problem
I have a similar problem. I installed Superandroid 4.3 on a telus/koodo s2 t989D. I had to update the radio to flash the rom. I used CWM for that.
Now the info I have on the phone is
model sgh t989
android version 4.3
baseband t989uvmc6 .
The phone is not reading my SIM at all. It shows my carrier but no signal strength at all. I have read the above post. My IMIE number is still there.
Any help

[Q] flashed wrong rom on my note2 now radio wont work (I KNOW, I'M AN IDIOT)

I flashed a rom on to my TMobile Galaxy note2 .... it was not a Tmobile rom .... now I get no signal on my phone. I tried the sim card my wife's note, so i know its not the sim card.... I'M WELL AWARE THAT I'M A STUPID IDIOT FOR DOING THIS... I blame nobody but myself.... I beg of this community for help. What do I do ?

Get a stock rom and framework for your phone and flash it with odin
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or try flashing a tmobile radio. as far as ive read u can pretty much flash any rom for the note 2, doesnt matter what carrier its for. the difference would be with the radio thats included with the rom. in other words... an At&t rom will work on the tmobile note 2 but you will have to flash a tmobile radio to get service. same for other carrier roms.... no harm done

How doez different radios cause problems
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Because the tmobile version is lte locked
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Lte?
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Our Note II currently utilizes HSPA+ instead of LTE which is just different types of wireless technology used by other carriers. When you flashed the incorrect rom, it probably also included the modem for that particular carrier (not tmobile) which caused the no signal. Try flashing a tmobile radio which will be through your selected recovery (TWR or CWM). Below is a link where you can download the tmobile radio.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957380

THANK YOU to all who replied
I tried flashing the Modem and it did the trick !! ... but its good to know that other carrier roms may work on the note as well (of course, try at your own risk) .. Probably some more trouble I can get myself into after work
Thanks again ya'll ... you probably saved me $800 and a good yelling from my wife!

kojcookies said:
I tried flashing the Modem and it did the trick !! ... but its good to know that other carrier roms may work on the note as well (of course, try at your own risk) .. Probably some more trouble I can get myself into after work
Thanks again ya'll ... you probably saved me $800 and a good yelling from my wife!
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Your welcome. Glad I could help!
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kojcookies said:
I tried flashing the Modem and it did the trick !! ... but its good to know that other carrier roms may work on the note as well (of course, try at your own risk) .. Probably some more trouble I can get myself into after work
Thanks again ya'll ... you probably saved me $800 and a good yelling from my wife!
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If you flash, use this guide,
T-Mobile. Just flash ROM
AT&T w/radio. Flash T-Mobile radio
AT&T w/o radio. Just flash ROM
Sprint. Flash radio and kernel, put apn management tool in /system/app
I assume Verizon would be like Sprint but I have not personally tried.
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db4d1988 said:
Our Note II currently utilizes HSPA+ instead of LTE which is just different types of wireless technology used by other carriers. When you flashed the incorrect rom, it probably also included the modem for that particular carrier (not tmobile) which caused the no signal. Try flashing a tmobile radio which will be through your selected recovery (TWR or CWM). Below is a link where you can download the tmobile radio.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957380
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Yea I don't know why but devs seem to be including modems in their roms more and more. It used to be standard practice to not include the modem. There is no real reason to do so. But that's what has been going on so my advice is to check the ROM thread to see if it includes a ROM. They usually say so because like I said it is not standard procedure to do so. So they usually let people know. But if you do flash a non tmo ROM make sure you have a flash able modem just in case.

sgh-i317 flashing question

Hey everyone need a question answered. I just purchased a used sgh i317 and am planning on unlocking it to use on the tmobile network. I have read and understand the process of using the aws hack to enable att modem to use the tmobile 3g/4g network. I was just wondering if it was possible to flash the factory image ( SGH-T889_TMB_T889UVBMD1_teshxx.zip) for the tmobile note II with odin from this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2102380 . If I did this would this completely put my sgh-i317 as basically a tmobile note 2 with full data and wifi calling.
I have read in the forums that I should always keep the att modem. Is this also true of the kernal too. Or is my plan to completely turn the sgh-i317 in to an t889 possible as stated above. I really appreciate any imput you would have. thanks!

Most people flash tmobile image so they can use the native wifi calling app.
If that's not a concern for you, I would put in the tmobile sim, unlock it, then add the tmobile 4G APN and reboot. If you live in a refarmed region, you will get 4G data with no further steps.

rangercaptain said:
Most people flash tmobile image so they can use the native wifi calling app.
If that's not a concern for you, I would put in the tmobile sim, unlock it, then add the tmobile 4G APN and reboot. If you live in a refarmed region, you will get 4G data with no further steps.
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Does the TMobile stock image include the Tmobile modem? Or our the modems usually seperate? I really appreciate you helping me out.

apazrjon said:
Does the TMobile stock image include the Tmobile modem? Or our the modems usually seperate? I really appreciate you helping me out.
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Can't mix modem's. You end up with a bootloop. But most of the time the modem's are separate from most Rom's. But ya might want to do a double check just to make sure. So you don't run into any problems..
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I think I got it now
Bajanman said:
Can't mix modem's. You end up with a bootloop. But most of the time the modem's are separate from most Rom's. But ya might want to do a double check just to make sure. So you don't run into any problems..
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I appreciate it! I think I got it. The stock factory image would include the radio (I guess most custom roms do not), kernal, and OS. Since the sgh-i317 is so similar to the t889, I could technically flash the tmobile factory ROM onto the sgh-i317. I would just have to flash the att modem in place of the tmobile modem. Think I am just Going to flash a custom rom with wifi calling and just flash the newest att modem too. After I unlock the AWS and set my APN to Tmobile, I should be good to go! I appreciate your help guys! If I missed something here, please let me know.

Sounds about right. You're essentially good to go with any ROM or kernel from the I317, T889 and N7105. You should be fine as long as you don't mix modems (check the backgrounder in my T889V LTE guide if you feel like it) or flash N7100 stuff (see multiple reports of messed up IMEIs and such).

[Q] T mobile SG3 locked to AT&T

I recently flashed my 1st Rom (CM10) on my samsung galaxy s3 t999) and thought everything was fine till I tried switching from At&t back to t mobile and noticed the sim wouldn't work so tried 2 other companies straight talk and simple mobile and they didn't work either but they work in my unlocked iphone.So what could be the problem I tried different roms and even checked my imei and its clean.

Anybody?

Not sure what it could be....It is unlocked because you were using it on AT&T right?
Best I can say is to Odin flash the stock firmware and try it that way. Then if needed, try going through the steps laid out in the unlock thread in the General section. If it still isn't connecting, call T-Mobile as it sounds more like an account issue than a phone one....

Did you change APNs? That might cause it.

DJ_SpaRky said:
Did you change APNs? That might cause it.
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This. Or if the Rom came from the AT&T forum it may have come with the wrong ones too. Either change to a T-Mobile apn or flash one of the roms from here if this is the case.
Thanks DJ, didn't think about that!
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The rom is a Tmobile rom for sure (cm-10.1.2-d2tmo) I tried changing the apn that didn't work either. where would I find stock FW?

Link in my Sig.
Sticky in development.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Not sure what it could be....It is unlocked because you were using it on AT&T right?
Best I can say is to Odin flash the stock firmware and try it that way. Then if needed, try going through the steps laid out in the unlock thread in the General section. If it still isn't connecting, call T-Mobile as it sounds more like an account issue than a phone one....
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Doc he tried the Sim in an Iphone. So its prolly isn't Account but APN probably instead.

Help please...Corrupt IMEI, how to restore?

T889v, Wind Mobile. Flashed Wind Mobile 4.3 ROM+radio, then flashed TMobile radio again to try to improve reception since I am using TMobile here. Then the IMEI is corrupt(displays as Unknown) and no connection to service at all. Phone displays a floating yellow page with hardware information.
Flashed it again and again(4.3 or 4.1.2), it still like this. Bad part is, I have no backup of EFS folder at all, pretty desperate...
Anyway to get the IMEI back? Please help, thanks in advance!

cr2069 said:
T889v, Wind Mobile. Flashed Wind Mobile 4.3 ROM+radio, then flashed TMobile radio again to try to improve reception since I am using TMobile here. Then the IMEI is corrupt(displays as Unknown) and no connection to service at all. Phone displays a floating yellow page with hardware information.
Flashed it again and again(4.3 or 4.1.2), it still like this. Bad part is, I have no backup of EFS folder at all, pretty desperate...
Anyway to get the IMEI back? Please help, thanks in advance!
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You're in the same boat I'm in, you're basically stuck with a T-mobile note 2.
Flash a t-mobile modem and follow this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2145967.
Good luck.

This may be fixed via kies.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46231268
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haribalis said:
You're in the same boat I'm in, you're basically stuck with a T-mobile note 2.
Flash a t-mobile modem and follow this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2145967.
Good luck.
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I tried this, but NV reader / writer does not communicate with my phone....so I am still stuck...any suggestions? Thanks anyway.

ciphercodes said:
This may be fixed via kies.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46231268
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Thanks! Tried this also, it puts my phone on latest ROM(4.3), but still no IMEI...

Bellow is the link to a thread in the international n2 g that I found to be very informational. Please note that the thread is NOT located in the T-mobile n2 section, so files and downloads in this thread are not intended for our phone. With that said, it does make for done interesting reading on IMEI's and hopefully it will bring you closer to solving your problem.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2420881

Bruce lee roy said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2420881
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Bruce, this post is for the international, 3G N7100. It is not applicable to the LTE Note 2 variants.

Darkshado said:
Bruce, this post is for the international, 3G N7100. It is not applicable to the LTE Note 2 variants.
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I realize that. The link was intended to be informational, in hopes that it could lead the op in the right direction. But perhaps I should have prefaced link with some general info... ill make an edit. Sorry for the confusion. Do you have any suggestions for the op you'd like to share?

The OP needs to write an NV items backup with one of the couple of compatible tools to do so, including the one linked there http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804117 which is where you end up following the first reply's link.
Another one is EFS Professional: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1308546
Last but not least are QPST and QXDM.
I won't be much help if he can't get his phone to talk to either of those programs.

Thanks for everyone's reply and suggestions! I've tried all of them and none of them worked, just as someone indicated, T889v from Wind Mobile is kind of special, once it's been like that, it's really hard to get it back. I sent to a service and now it's back to normal.