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[Q] N7105 No IMEI with 4.3 firmware

Dear all,
I have searched the web and flashed my phone for over 20 times in order to fix it after my serious mistake, I got no clue and decided to ask for help here. My phone is N7105 bought in Hong Kong. I would try to describe my issue using the fewest words...
- How things happen
1, I downloaded the latest 4.3 TGY firmware from sammobile, flashed it using mobile odin pro as I want to keep the root. After that I cannot connect wifi. Searching the web revealed that this is due to the old bootloader issue as BL did not update if flash by mobile odin.
2, Biggest mistake here. I know I should try to flash the firmware again by PC odin. However as I was not able to have a PC access yesterday I decided to see if some quick fix can help. I found a wifi fix in XDA (wifi_fix_for_MJ2.rar). I know it is for N7100 not N7105, but as It stated it is a fix I though nothing harm (very wrong!!!) and flashed it. After that my phone got the wifi back but have IMEI damaged. The phone is not able to reconize my sim after that.
3, I flashed the 4.3 TGY firmware by PC odin after I got back to home. (So the bootloader is 4.3 now). IMEI still cannot be fixed and SIM cannot be read.
- What resolution I have tried
Now I fully understand what's going wrong and I tried the following fix, but they all not working.
A, Using PC odin to flash the latest 4.1.2 firmware. This not working as odin refuse to flash, should be the 4.3 bootloader prevented this.
B, Using PC odin to get root and CWM <- OK. And then got a 4.1.2 firmware in CWM update zip format, put it in ext sd card and flash it in CWM <- OK. My phone seems to downgrad to 4.1.2. IMEI still damaged, no SIM. And phone is unstable (may hang after a while if it put idle, need reboot). Although it is 4.1.2 now I think the BL is still 4.3, as I still can't flash any 4.1.2 firmware by PC odin. And everytime I flash 4.1.2 firmware by PC odin it will appear fail on screen, and also render my phone dead. My phone would then cannot boot up and require to flash a 4.3 firmware again...
C, Tried to use Kie firmware restore feature. It flashed the 4.3 firmware but can't fix the IMEI issue.
D, Tried the EFS Professional but I don't know how to use it as I don't have a EFS backup before.
E, I got a param.bin from a thread of XDA (not sure if it is a good one or not, but the writer said it is for N7105). I flashed it using PC odin, status unchanged. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47861647&postcount=242&nocache=1&z=8137774079208057)
- What help I am seeking for
1, Any EFS backup from you for N7105 which I can try? Maybe I can edit my own IMEI no. inside it?
2, Any way to restore the EFS data from flash?
3, Anyway to get back to a true 4.1.2 BL such that I can free to use PC odin to try different 4.1.2 rom? Currently I can only try to obtain CWM zip rom and it did not help.
4, Any other way which you can suggest?
Thank you so much for reading my help request...:crying:

This thread might help im not sure
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1946915
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sawdoctor said:
This thread might help im not sure
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1946915
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Yes, it helped!
I searched this thread before but it was intended for I9305 but not N7105, so I did not apply the fix before. But the file Param_Bin_I9305.tar turn out worked for N7105!
Still if there is a way to downgrade my BL to 4.1.2 I am very much appreciated.

It helped for my issue also.
Quick description what was my situation as it may help others:
Got a N7105 with a 4.1.2 ROM. For some reason installed rom for a AT&T version 4.4.2. Got a NULL/NULL imei and no wifi, mobile or anything on phone.
Trying to resolve the issue installed stock rom 4.3 (from sammobile) and stuck on loading screen. Few attempts later and waiting at least 20 min after each odin installation I've lost all hope. Installed ParamBin file from the mentioned thread and what a surprise - phone booted and all is working fine.
Thanks for this post, saved me.

[Q] Soft Bricked Note 2 Verizon. HELP! URGENT!

I am not new to rooting and flashing rom however, I switched from my rooted GS3 running CM11 to the Note 2. I flashed the stock firmware (root66) and made the mistake of running the OTA 4.1.2 update which caused my note to be soft bricked. The phone boots to the samsung logo and freezes there. I flashed several stock firmware using odin that pass but when my phone reboots it freezes at the samsung logo. I can not access recovery mode, only downloading mode. I know its a way to fix this I'm just not sure how. Any suggestions?

MaddenMS6 said:
I am not new to rooting and flashing rom however, I switched from my rooted GS3 running CM11 to the Note 2. I flashed the stock firmware (root66) and made the mistake of running the OTA 4.1.2 update which caused my note to be soft bricked. The phone boots to the samsung logo and freezes there. I flashed several stock firmware using odin that pass but when my phone reboots it freezes at the samsung logo. I can not access recovery mode, only downloading mode. I know its a way to fix this I'm just not sure how. Any suggestions?
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Easy peasy, flash philz v5.00.5 (not the latest) through odin then u should be able to access recovery, from recovery flash a custom ROM so u can get unstuck, then when everything is fine, flash a stock rom from sammobile and hopefully it should work.
With Regards,
Overdub
Smack the thanks if I helped.
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[Q] n7100 wont start after any restart

ok guys please i need a help.
I have a note n7100 i rooted since i purchased and i used to flash it with omega ROM always since 4.1.2 to 4.3.
one day i decided to try another rom so i pick up the hurricane 4.3. i flashed the ROM and it worked fine till i just rebooted the device.
once i rebooted it wont start again and stuck on the N-7100 logo. i wipe the cache and do factory rest but it wont start.
all data are gone. i had to flash again using the side-load option. to make it short since i flashed the hurricane 4.3 ROM over the Omega ROM 4.3
i have this problem i tried many time to flash it again and it will always work fine till i reboot then it wont work again. i tried to flash it with Omega 4.1.2 ROM and it worked fine even i reboot my device. but if i upgrade to 4.3 with any ROM it wont restart after rebooting. do i have a rooting problem, why its like this? i need to know a solution. its very strange that all 4.3 ROMs will work fine but once i reboot the device it wont restart and all data will be gone.
please HELP, i did not ask for your help guys till i have tried all ways.
once again ( i used to have 4.3 ROM on my n7100 and it was working fine till i decided to use the Hurricane ROM)

What is your current bootloader version? If you are using old bootloader (4.1) it will cause problem on new firmware (4.3). In this case you need to update your bootloader (mj5 is the best).
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congminh1709 said:
What is your current bootloader version? If you are using old bootloader (4.1) it will cause problem on new firmware (4.3). In this case you need to update your bootloader (mj5 is the best).
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I did already update my bootloader to md5. And it was same issue.

congminh1709 said:
What is your current bootloader version? If you are using old bootloader (4.1) it will cause problem on new firmware (4.3). In this case you need to update your bootloader (mj5 is the best).
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I checked the version of the installed boot loader and i found it Mj5 and its the same thing. could it be due to the installed my rom via TWRP instead of Philiz....

Please help

Hey friends I have a problem.
I was running on 4.1.2 on my note 2.
I am from India.
Then I tried to flash lollipop ROM after I rooted it and installed custom recovery. I installed new ROM.
It was great but I lost my efs partition and so does imei.
So to recover imei I flashed stock ROM via Odin but during that time I made mistake I flashed France firmware of 4.4.2 so in Odin it failed.
Now phone doesn't booting up just Samsung screen and immediately off then on again.
I can go to downloading mode but not in recovery mode.
Please help me and if I can get it back via Odin then please send me link of Indian firmware
Thanks anyway..
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masterjigar said:
Hey friends I have a problem.
I was running on 4.1.2 on my note 2.
I am from India.
Then I tried to flash lollipop ROM after I rooted it and installed custom recovery. I installed new ROM.
It was great but I lost my efs partition and so does imei.
So to recover imei I flashed stock ROM via Odin but during that time I made mistake I flashed France firmware of 4.4.2 so in Odin it failed.
Now phone doesn't booting up just Samsung screen and immediately off then on again.
I can go to downloading mode but not in recovery mode.
Please help me and if I can get it back via Odin then please send me link of Indian firmware
Thanks anyway..
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go to download mode and flash THIS via odin
NL1 is the newest.
if you have imei null, then flash modem

Stuck, can't install recovery

When I got this note 2, it didn't have the ota to lock the bootloader. I after a year or so on the Alliance 26 rom I had some issues and wanted to upgrade to the newest one. I tried to install it and it didn't take and was stuck in bootloop.
So I used the same files in odin to flash the phone back to stock and start it again.
I was finally able to get it rooted but no recover will install. I am having a hell of a time and I don't understand what I have done wrong. Even casual wont work.
Well when I try to install recovery like twrp the install fails and on boot it says software not supported my Verizon , take to your local vzw store for repair.
Knox has even been tripped as well and it seems like the bootloader is locked. How is that possible? Don't know how, i flash with odin a stock rom as I did when I got the phone rooted and installed a recovery and than a rom. No issues what's so ever.
Now it seems everything I try it either says software not supported by vzw or bad firmware update or boot loops. I have downloaded so many files from all of these recovery threads I'm lost .
Never had the ota update, once I got the phone I flashed it to mj9 per beanstown on the original alliance rom and ran that room ever since.
I think I have tried every how to in this forum. Can someone chime in and tell me what I am doing wrong?
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