Just sharing my experience in solving this issue. Hopefully it will help solve those who have similar issues.
I flashed a file which messed up my EFS partition. I had a backup and tried to use the available programs to restore my EFS using my backup. None worked. I even brought it to the samsung store, but they said they would change the motherboard and reprogram, and replacement and service would cost more than half the cost of a new N7105. I purchased the phone in another country. The people who had stores to repair phones gave up on my phone. They also offered to replace the motherboard for US$175.00.
My phone was originally under a DMB2 rom (from Singapore I think). I flashed a DMC3 rom, and used this for five months, until i encountered the problem.
I initially gave up and got a note 3. But i could not believe the phone was junk and people in XDA (as I observed) do not seem to give up.
After two weeks, i found the solution below, which brought my phone to working condition.
1. I flashed the stock rom N7105ZHDMI2_N7105ZZHDMI2_TGY from sammobile.
2. I flashed a pit file using Odin. The pit file is found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2137008
This restored the baseband. But IMEI was no longer NULL. However, it was still 0.
3. I downloaded and used the EFS Pro from this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1308546
Before using EFS Pro, make sure you dial *#7284# and change the setting of Qualcomm USB Settings to
"RMNET + DM + MODEM"
I will not hurt your phone if you do, but EFS Pro will just not work. If you don't do this, the EFS Pro will display "Phone not responding" or something similar.
NOTE: I couldn't find the option with RMNET, but i used the option that also had an "RM*** + DM + MODEM".
After the phone is read, change back the IMEI to what it was originally.
Dial *#7284# again to change back to "MTP+ADB".
It's all working now.
Hope this is able to help someone. Now i have two working versions of Note.
Thanks to the authors of the program i used, and the people who uploaded the files used.
Cheers!
I lost my imei again after tinkering, so i went back to this post, followed the procedure and it worked again.
hope this will save somebody's phone also.
I treid to use EFS Pro, but when I push the connect button, it says connection was lost and the program crash and ask me to restart it.
What am I doing wrong?
karlonicolas said:
Just sharing my experience in solving this issue. Hopefully it will help solve those who have similar issues.
I flashed a file which messed up my EFS partition. I had a backup and tried to use the available programs to restore my EFS using my backup. None worked. I even brought it to the samsung store, but they said they would change the motherboard and reprogram, and replacement and service would cost more than half the cost of a new N7105. I purchased the phone in another country. The people who had stores to repair phones gave up on my phone. They also offered to replace the motherboard for US$175.00.
My phone was originally under a DMB2 rom (from Singapore I think). I flashed a DMC3 rom, and used this for five months, until i encountered the problem.
I initially gave up and got a note 3. But i could not believe the phone was junk and people in XDA (as I observed) do not seem to give up.
After two weeks, i found the solution below, which brought my phone to working condition.
1. I flashed the stock rom N7105ZHDMI2_N7105ZZHDMI2_TGY from sammobile.
2. I flashed a pit file using Odin. The pit file is found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2137008
This restored the baseband. But IMEI was no longer NULL. However, it was still 0.
3. I downloaded and used the EFS Pro from this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1308546
Before using EFS Pro, make sure you dial *#7284# and change the setting of Qualcomm USB Settings to
"RMNET + DM + MODEM"
I will not hurt your phone if you do, but EFS Pro will just not work. If you don't do this, the EFS Pro will display "Phone not responding" or something similar.
NOTE: I couldn't find the option with RMNET, but i used the option that also had an "RM*** + DM + MODEM".
After the phone is read, change back the IMEI to what it was originally.
Dial *#7284# again to change back to "MTP+ADB".
It's all working now.
Hope this is able to help someone. Now i have two working versions of Note.
Thanks to the authors of the program i used, and the people who uploaded the files used.
Cheers!
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So did you solve it without an EFS backup or I misunderstood?
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Miaxus said:
So did you solve it without an EFS backup or I misunderstood?
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EFS backup is not enough on N7105. The IMEI is stored somewhere else. EFS Pro can backup IMEI from Nvram and restore it.
It is also suppose to write IMEI to the phone, but I never manage to connect it to my phone.
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Same problem facing but i have this on my GT N7100 ???????
I`m also facing the same problem from few months but in my case it has been repaired by the repairing shop in only 5$ , and they said me that the has done this by some uart tools. But when i gets unrooted by flashing stock or any firmware my note 2`s IMEI gets zero. So i cant stay unrooted and every time I`ve to go back to that repairing shop. So i just wants to know that is this helps to fix this problem permanently . Imeant i just want to stay unrooted after facing all shorts of complications. Plz help
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sora9009 said:
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yeah I got the same with you after dialing *#7284#. It shows 2 radio buttons of UART (MODEM, PDA), and 2 radio buttons of USB (MODEM, PDA). How to solve this thing?? I got my IMEI messed up too.
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Device that I'm using right now: Samsung GALAXY Note II International N7100
Firmware: Latest Android 4.3 N7100XXUEMK4 with KNOX Bootloader *NO!!!, somebody please help me remove this idiot BL*
Recovery: CWMR Philz Touch v6
Root: Hell yeah, of course!
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sora9009 said:
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there's supposed to be an option "qualcomm USB settings" after hitting *#7284#. have you tried scrolling down. i recall it was below the "save and reset button"
perhaps your chipset is Exynos. i have tried this only for note 2 lte which has qualcomm.
otherwise, you current modem may be different. perhaps you can flash the modem from DMC3 using odin, reboot, and follow the steps again.
the "qualcomm USB settings" should be similar to the one below (i said similar, because the image below is for S4 not Note 2 LTE)
colman1982 said:
I treid to use EFS Pro, but when I push the connect button, it says connection was lost and the program crash and ask me to restart it.
What am I doing wrong?
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this happened to me also in the process of fixing. i suppose you configured correctly the Qualcomm USB settings, right? using the option with RM***NET...?
What computer OS are you using?
i was able to fix the phone using Windows XP. Also i downloaded all the USB drivers as required in the EFS Pro link.
"Make sure you have Microsoft .NET Framework v4.0 installed on your PC." it also says in the post.
I also turned off Kies. There was also a note to turn off all programs that use ADB.
Good luck!
karlonicolas said:
there's supposed to be an option "qualcomm USB settings" after hitting *#7284#. have you tried scrolling down. i recall it was below the "save and reset button"
perhaps your chipset is Exynos. i have tried this only for note 2 lte which has qualcomm.
otherwise, you current modem may be different. perhaps you can flash the modem from DMC3 using odin, reboot, and follow the steps again.
the "qualcomm USB settings" should be similar to the one below (i said similar, because the image below is for S4 not Note 2 LTE)
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international n7100 use exynos mate
karlonicolas said:
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1. I flashed the stock rom N7105ZHDMI2_N7105ZZHDMI2_TGY from sammobile.
Cheers!
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Hi there. THis is a great post and very informative.
Can you help please, I can not find the above file on sammobile. would you be able to post a link or offer some direction as to where you found it?
thanks in advance
karlonicolas said:
this happened to me also in the process of fixing. i suppose you configured correctly the Qualcomm USB settings, right? using the option with RM***NET...?
What computer OS are you using?
i was able to fix the phone using Windows XP. Also i downloaded all the USB drivers as required in the EFS Pro link.
"Make sure you have Microsoft .NET Framework v4.0 installed on your PC." it also says in the post.
I also turned off Kies. There was also a note to turn off all programs that use ADB.
Good luck!
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I did configure the Qualcomm USB settings. I use windows 8 64 bit. It crashed with some framework error also. Windows 8 says framework is already installed. I will try next year on my windows 7 64 bit computer.
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I sent my phone to service and it came back with new mother board and update software to 4.3.
I now manage to make backup with EFS pro on windows 7 64 bit. Just in case.
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karlonicolas said:
Just sharing my experience in solving this issue. Hopefully it will help solve those who have similar issues.
I flashed a file which messed up my EFS partition. I had a backup and tried to use the available programs to restore my EFS using my backup. None worked. I even brought it to the samsung store, but they said they would change the motherboard and reprogram, and replacement and service would cost more than half the cost of a new N7105. I purchased the phone in another country. The people who had stores to repair phones gave up on my phone. They also offered to replace the motherboard for US$175.00.
My phone was originally under a DMB2 rom (from Singapore I think). I flashed a DMC3 rom, and used this for five months, until i encountered the problem.
I initially gave up and got a note 3. But i could not believe the phone was junk and people in XDA (as I observed) do not seem to give up.
After two weeks, i found the solution below, which brought my phone to working condition.
1. I flashed the stock rom N7105ZHDMI2_N7105ZZHDMI2_TGY from sammobile.
2. I flashed a pit file using Odin. The pit file is found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2137008
This restored the baseband. But IMEI was no longer NULL. However, it was still 0.
3. I downloaded and used the EFS Pro from this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1308546
Before using EFS Pro, make sure you dial *#7284# and change the setting of Qualcomm USB Settings to
"RMNET + DM + MODEM"
I will not hurt your phone if you do, but EFS Pro will just not work. If you don't do this, the EFS Pro will display "Phone not responding" or something similar.
NOTE: I couldn't find the option with RMNET, but i used the option that also had an "RM*** + DM + MODEM".
After the phone is read, change back the IMEI to what it was originally.
Dial *#7284# again to change back to "MTP+ADB".
It's all working now.
Hope this is able to help someone. Now i have two working versions of Note.
Thanks to the authors of the program i used, and the people who uploaded the files used.
Cheers!
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Hello, I am on my way to try this, since i dont have a Baseband or IMEI. (started with no service, signal at all on stock, now im custom, still nothing).
But step 1 is that with the recovery, since it wont accept my N7105XXUEMK9_N7105DNFEMK2_DNF.zip ?
ODIN wont see it in download mode. Perhaps its my recovery (Philz ver 6.12. with cwm 6.0.4.7.).??
I'm trying to restore my IMEI but having followed all the steps, I get "IMEI written successfully" but if I re-read the IMEI or look on the phone (even after rebooting) the IMEI has not changed.
Any ideas?
osirls said:
I'm trying to restore my IMEI but having followed all the steps, I get "IMEI written successfully" but if I re-read the IMEI or look on the phone (even after rebooting) the IMEI has not changed.
Any ideas?
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How did u write ur IMEI? Efs Pro?
I am trying with n5120 from 2 months but no use Imei null
needs newboard I guess
bst dongle useless
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Hi, complete newbie here ... if anybody could help me with this, it'd be very appreciated.
I have a Samsung Note 2 from 3 Mobile UK, running JellyBean 4.1.2. The model number is GT-N7100, build JZO54K.N7100XXDMB2.
I wanted to root the phone, so I followed the method 1 (option 3 with custom recovery) on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2143479. The process went smoothly, and at the end, I got the message like "You have hacked the phone" or something like that from the Samsung Toolkit.
HOWEVER, after rebooting, there's no network on the phone. From Settings > About device > Status, the IMEI also shows Unknown. From File Manager on the phone, the whole /storage/sdcard0 (the phone internal storage) is empty. Completely empty, as in no files or folder inside. When connected to the PC, from Windows Explorer, the Phone free storage shows a negative number (see attached screenshot). I still can go online from wireless and all the apps and settings are there, it's just the internal storage is empty and the phone cannot see the sim card at all.
If anybody can help with what I should do next, I'm very grateful !!! Thanks !!!!
Edit: From further reading online, it seems like I should try to restore the stock firmware using either Odin or Samsung Kies ? I should also backed up the EFS folder, which I didn't do before rooting (since I thought it's a safe procedure), so am I screwed now ??!
Hi all. For what it's worth, the problem was fixed after flashing back to the stock ROM, following the steps described in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1896696 ..
imindeepship said:
Hi all. For what it's worth, the problem was fixed after flashing back to the stock ROM, following the steps described in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1896696 ..
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hey dude, glad to see you sorted your problem
and nice to see you bothered to come back and complete your thread by explaining the fix that worked. Not many do. I'd thank you but my daily allowance has been exceeded.
Cheers
Hi,
I was working on "reincarnation" of F180L (20s) to E975 (actually EUR10h) for the last few days and I didn't find one 100% usable topic.
I had either Korean symbols/language and working signal or my language (CZE, ENG) and no signal - so I decided to have "Czech language with working signal".
I got the phone to working state yesterday, after reading about tens of topics and downloading about 7 GB of ROMs/basebands etc. and about 3 days of trying, combining, flashing, drinking a lot ... water only etc.
I put many topics into this one and I will hope it will helps to someone else.
Phone infomation (original):
F180L with 20s FW
HowTo "reincarnate":
1) Get KDZ file you would like to use - Stock Firmwares:
Link: LG Optimus G [E975] Roms/Kernels/Mods & Tools/Root (Daily Update) or Google
2) Get this package:
Link: F180LtoE975 (FlashTool and Root APK)
I RECOMMEND TO INSTALL THESE FILES/DOING FLASH ON THE COMPUTER WITH WIN XP OR IN WIN XP MODE (UNDER WIN7/8) (I had still PROGRAM NOT RESPONDING in WIN7 64bit - even in compatibility mode)
3) Install all files (3) from "F180LtoE975/KDZ_SW/KDZ Flasher.zip" archive - B2CApp, LGUnitedMobileDriver and MSXML and extract dir "FlashTool.1.0.54"
4) Switch off the phone - connect to USB
5) Turn the mobile on in DOWNLOAD MODE - phone is off and connected to USB - you see battery icon - now HOLD BOTH VOLUME BUTTONS (+/-) and POWER BUTTON (it takes about 3 seconds, then release - I tried to time it well many times, so be patient )
6) Look in the DEVICE MANAGER (in XPMode you have to connect the phone through upper bar first) and there should be "LG something" in MODEMS (if you don't see it then there is probably problem with drivers/connection - try to check points 1-5 again)
7) Now you have:
- downloaded your KDZ
- installed drivers and extracted folder "FlashTool"
- connected phone and DOWNLOAD MODE on it's screen
- "LG something" in DEVICE MANAGER-MODEMS
8) WIN7: in "FlashTool" folder set Compatibility Mode for both EXE files to WinXP SP3 first:
WinXP/WinXP Mode: just run as writen below :
- now run "WindowsEnabler" and click on icon in tray - you have to see ON icon in tray
- next run "UpTestEX" and set flash to (check image "01" for sure):
!DON'T BE RECKLESS AND CHECK YOUR SETTINGS BEFORE CLICKING ANY BUTTON!
----- TYPE: 3GQCT
----- PHONE MODE: CS_EMERGENCY
----- SELECT KDZ FILE: <CHOOSE YOUR KDZ>
----- NORMAL WEB UPGRADE TEST
----- UPGRADE START
- CHOOSE: DIFFERENT COUNTRY and language <WHICH ONE YOU WANT>
9) Wait and pray :
- phone should restart itself near the end (about 95%) - !IF YOU ARE FLASHING THE PHONE IN WINDOWS XP MODE THEN YOU HAVE TO CONNECT PHONE AGAIN THROUGH THE UPPER BAR IN WINXPM!
- you should se something like "FLASH COMPLETE/SUCCESSFULL" and "FINISH"
- it took about 25 minutes to me to complete whole process
- I recommend to do a HARD RESET of the phone after flashing
----- HOLD VOLUME DOWN (-) AND HOME KEY - THEN PRESS AND HOLD POWER BUTTON
----- release the buttons when you see LG logo (or try different timing/holding/releasing power button)
----- with POWER BUTTON confirm (twice) the reset
10) After boot your "reincarnated" F180L to E975 comes the part what took me 97% ot time to successfull "reincarnation" - get the signal (now you have iPod :laugh:
- in the phone enable UNKNOWN SOURCES (in SETTINGS-SECURITY) and USB DEBUGGING (in SETTINGS-DEVELOPER OPTIONS)
- connect the phone to USB - choose MTP and wait for the phone to connect (you should see him in "MY COMPUTER" as a device E975)
- from archive "F180LtoE975" (downloaded at point 2) extact folder "ROOT_OK" and copy "FramaRoot-1.6.1.apk" to SDCARD
- through file manager in the phone run that "FRAMAROOT.APK" file and ROOT your phone - only GANDALF works for me fine
- restart the phone and find and there should be added SUPERUSER in apps (if it's not then install some SuperUser app from Google Play (I am using this one)
- for sure you can install RootChecker
- next install CMW/TWRP- FreeGee works very well
11) Now you should have:
- phone with FW you choose (for example E975 EUR10h - check in SETTINGS-ABOUT PHONE)
- ROOT checked and working
- wrong baseband = no signal
12) Download this file:
Link: F180LtoE975_BB
13) Extract folder "BaseBandF180L_OK" (there was no problem in WIN7 with this procedure) and then:
- connect the phone to USB in MTL MODE and copy "BASEBAND.IMG" to SDCARD ROOT
- check "DEVICE MANAGER-ADB INTERFACE-LG "something"" (it should be OK - only if hou have installed drivers in WinXPMode and you are connecting the phone in WIN7 then you have to install those 3 files from point 2 and 3 above)
- so if you see ADB Interface for LG, you copied the IMG file to SDCARD and your phones ROOT is OK then ...
- just run "FLASH_BASEBAND.BAT" and wait for restart
- now you should be asked for PIN (if you use it ) and you should get a signal
Phone infomation (reincarnated):
E945 with EUR10h/<YOUR CHOICE> FW with F180L baseband + OK SIGNAL + ROOT + CWM/TWRP
Hope it is works ... thanks to all who made topics which I read a which helped me a lot.
Thanks for even a small donation ... if there will be any ... there will be more experiments.
Sorry for your trouble and long thread, but it took 10 mins max to do it. Don't know what guides you all are reading all over the internet.
Instead of all this, simplest is
1. Flash kdz 10x less than 1GB
2. wipe the phone
3. Root the phone
4. Use freegee to unlock and get cwm/twrp
5. Flash modem for f180
All this in 10 mins
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I'm facing the same problem too. My phone went dead few days ago. Suspected on the battery problem. My wife accidently drop my phone at 1mtr height and suddenly my phone went dead.
At first i suspect softbrick. So i try to flash f180l kdz but failed due to error. After reading in thread i notice dat u cannot flash any kdz more than 1gb. So i downloaded hongkong kdz and succesfully flash my phone. But my phone still cannot switch on.
So wat i do is, i open the case and remove battery and put it back. After dat magically i can open it but no signal. So i root and then freegee and afterwards flash f180l modem.
Finally its working like charm now.
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atifsh said:
Sorry for your trouble and long thread, but it took 10 mins max to do it. Don't know what guides you all are reading all over the internet.
Instead of all this, simplest is
1. Flash kdz 10x less than 1GB
2. wipe the phone
3. Root the phone
4. Use freegee to unlock and get cwm/twrp
5. Flash modem for f180
All this in 10 mins
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Its true as you wrote...
It looks easy and I found these steps too but:
- many KDZ links didnt work
- I wasnt sure to use freegee (and didnt try, cause there is chance of hard brick) - only CWM/TWRP without freegee and that "killed phone"
- I downloaded about 9 basebands/modems for F180 and only one has worked
- thats why I wrote it so detailed - and with own links and in the one topic
If anyone could please verify edge usability on his/her rom for f180, there seems to be a special kdz / baseband which unlocks international edge on korean(f180) device. I am in dare need of edge since my gprs network signal die out, where as edge signal prevails on my other device using same sim. Or if theres some other way to unlock edge i would be thankful
Happy_Alien said:
Its true as you wrote...
It looks easy and I found these steps too but:
- many KDZ links didnt work
- I wasnt sure to use freegee (and didnt try, cause there is chance of hard brick) - only CWM/TWRP without freegee and that "killed phone"
- I downloaded about 9 basebands/modems for F180 and only one has worked
- thats why I wrote it so detailed - and with own links and in the one topic
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You need to unlock bootloader for recovery.
There is a very good post here about how to extract your modem iv done that to use the latest if you don't want to use Houston's.
You see everything you need already in here, no need to go out and search and get into trouble.
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atifsh said:
You need to unlock bootloader for recovery.
There is a very good post here about how to extract your modem iv done that to use the latest if you don't want to use Houston's.
You see everything you need already in here, no need to go out and search and get into trouble.
Sent from my LG-E975 using Tapatalk
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I tried FreeGee now and its OK (works fine) so I will edit the post and add FreeGee too
Ur tutorial is too long hehe u should make it brief and comprehensive so newbies would understand well
Anyway, u missed the part to backup efs partition and restore it later as there is possibility to loose imei when flashing modem
Here is a simple guide
1.flash kdz
2.hard reset
3.root
4.unlock using freegee and install recovery
5.back up efs partitions just in case imei is lost after flashing modem
6.flash f180 modem
7.restore efs if needed and reboot...
Enjoy ur device!
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Ur tutorial is too long hehe u should make it brief and comprehensive so newbies would understand well
Anyway, u missed the part to backup efs partition and restore it later as there is possibility to lose imei when flashing modem
Here is a simple guide
1.flash kdz
2.hard reset
3.root
4.unlock using freegee and install recovery
5.back up efs partitions just in case imei is lost after flashing modem
6.flash f180 modem
7.restore efs if needed and reboot...
Enjoy ur device!
i flashed my f180l to e975 months ago..and bricked it several times..but i always find a way to restore it.
it seemed hardbricking is non existent anymore when flashing roms.
my phone is now an LS970 after flashing the miui rom..which is great.
davevinci said:
Anyway, u missed the part to backup efs partition and restore it later as there is possibility to lose imei when flashing modem
...
Enjoy ur device!
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Just flashing modem doesn't do anything to imei. It's the other partitions that do those things.
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atifsh said:
Just flashing modem doesn't do anything to imei. It's the other partitions that do those things.
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Hmmm that was not my case... I lost my imei after flashing my stock modem... and many others also lost their imei after converting to e975.. U can check it out in help forums... Thanks
davevinci said:
Hmmm that was not my case... I lost my imei after flashing my stock modem... and many others also lost their imei after converting to e975.. U can check it out in help forums... Thanks
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Never happened to me on my several phone's in 4 5 years.
It always the issue when the baseband.img is accompanied by few other files. Or if you flashed the baseband on wrong partition.
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Problem flashing Indian KDZ image
Hi has any one been able to download and flash the Indian KDZ file E97510E_00.KDZ
which is provided here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2320817
I have downloaded the file 5-6 times but i am getting error while the Flasher unpacks the file.
I have been able to flash European KDZ on my Phone but not the indian one.
Anyone faced similar problem or has any solution would be very helpful.
Thanks for this detailed guide! I am a n00b to Android and found it perfect. Agree with OP that many links/files in other posts are dead and it's confusing. Good to have it all in one place. Thanks :good:
davevinci said:
Hmmm that was not my case... I lost my imei after flashing my stock modem... and many others also lost their imei after converting to e975.. U can check it out in help forums... Thanks
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I flashed KDZ/modem/basebands many times and no problem about IMEI.
2 noobies questions
1) if I have cyanogen, is there anything I have to do before installing this stock version?
2) after converting the phone, can I use roms for lg e975 for this phone?
ilansc said:
1) if I have cyanogen, is there anything I have to do before installing this stock version?
2) after converting the phone, can I use roms for lg e975 for this phone?
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1: no
2: yes
UPDATE*** i flash it and working fine! Everything its ok now!
Hi, i tried to flash my F180L20S. All roms(greece, europe open) i downloaded ,when runnig the lg updater says extract cab error.
Do you have any other tool to do the job? Can i use http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2134192 or i mess up my phone?
Hi, Anyone knows does this work with F180K?
I have tried with my F180L it works very well, but never on F180K.
Thanks
one doesnt simply flash kdz file,
win7 not responding
xpmode not responding
haha any solution? thanks
Help me pls....i upgraaded 4.1.2 to 4.3 stock firmware ....i tried to root 4.3 but it didnt work so downgraded to 4.1.2..this cause me imei lost...so i give fone to samsung care to rewrite imei back...last day i got my fone it was 4.1.2 and rooted ...after geting my fone back..it shows weird i cant use any cutom roms ...i installed twrp recovery and flash ditto note 3 rom...after flashn it shows not registerd funny thing is its shows correct imei...i thought it may be rom so i tried tiagra rom,epsilon 2 rom same thing happends..but i can use cyanogenmod 4.2.2 ...no issue on dat rom..lucky thing i have nandroid ...so i restore back to 4.1.2...pls help me....is this any mother board complaint of my note 2 gt n7100
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Help me pls....i upgraaded 4.1.2 to 4.3 stock firmware ....i tried to root 4.3 but it didnt work so downgraded to 4.1.2..this cause me imei lost...so i give fone to samsung care to rewrite imei back...last day i got my fone it was 4.1.2 and rooted ...after geting my fone back..it shows weird i cant use any cutom roms ...i installed twrp recovery and flash ditto note 3 rom...after flashn it shows not registerd funny thing is its shows correct imei...i thought it may be rom so i tried tiagra rom,epsilon 2 rom same thing happends..but i can use cyanogenmod 4.2.2 ...no issue on dat rom..lucky thing i have nandroid ...so i restore back to 4.1.2...pls help me....is this any mother board complaint of my note 2 gt n7100
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can you try what i did? flashing a 4.2 rpm after a 4.3 rom messes the efs. the partitions change and the phone cant find your efs partition anymore because this was modified when you went to 4.3.
perhaps you can try below. maybe the principle is the same.
good luck
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2567862&nocache=1
Just sharing my experience in solving this issue. Hopefully it will help solve those who have similar issues.
I flashed a file which messed up my EFS partition. I had a backup and tried to use the available programs to restore my EFS using my backup. None worked. I even brought it to the samsung store, but they said they would change the motherboard and reprogram, and replacement and service would cost more than half the cost of a new N7105. I purchased the phone in another country. The people who had stores to repair phones gave up on my phone. They also offered to replace the motherboard for US$175.00.
My phone was originally under a DMB2 rom (from Singapore I think). I flashed a DMC3 rom, and used this for five months, until i encountered the problem.
I initially gave up and got a note 3. But i could not believe the phone was junk and people in XDA (as I observed) do not seem to give up.
After two weeks, i found the solution below, which brought my phone to working condition.
1. I flashed the stock rom N7105ZHDMI2_N7105ZZHDMI2_TGY from sammobile.
2. I flashed a pit file using Odin. The pit file is found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2137008
This restored the baseband. But IMEI was no longer NULL. However, it was still 0.
3. I downloaded and used the EFS Pro from this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1308546
Before using EFS Pro, make sure you dial *#7284# and change the setting of Qualcomm USB Settings to
"RMNET + DM + MODEM"
I will not hurt your phone if you do, but EFS Pro will just not work. If you don't do this, the EFS Pro will display "Phone not responding" or something similar.
NOTE: I couldn't find the option with RMNET, but i used the option that also had an "RM*** + DM + MODEM".
After the phone is read, change back the IMEI to what it was originally.
Dial *#7284# again to change back to "MTP+ADB".
It's all working now.
Hope this is able to help someone. Now i have two working versions of Note.
Thanks to the authors of the program i used, and the people who uploaded the files used.
Cheers!
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of course, you have to use the pit file for n7100. just use the search bar, its in xda.
I've thoroughly trashed my efs & nv items. Long story but basically, I went into dialer menu #*9090#, picked option #3 and, thinking I had multiple backups of everything, picked yes. Dumb? Yes.
My backups were on a hard drive that I'd replaced with an SSD and got lost during that replacement. I hadn't backed up the backups - only had the single copy now lost.
Phone will boot but now shows unknown baseband, borked IMEI. I can get into download mode and have TWRP recovery installed. WIFI works, I can easily get stuff on/off the device & access an ADB shell. It's rooted/stock UVALJ1.
I did find one backup, made using QPST (.qcn file), but in trying on two different PCs & a 32bit WinXP VM I cannot get the phone recognized by QPST (drivers installed, finds port, but "No phone".)
If someone can give me a TWRP backup of their efs I *think* that may get me fixed. I know that may contain your IMEI & if it fixes me but contains the wrong IMEI, that's fairly easy to fix, assuming all the posts on fixing that issue are accurate. I'm not trying to steal an IMEI, I'm trying to make my Note 2 usable as a phone again.
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I've thoroughly trashed my efs & nv items. Long story but basically, I went into dialer menu #*9090#, picked option #3 and, thinking I had multiple backups of everything, picked yes. Dumb? Yes.
My backups were on a hard drive that I'd replaced with an SSD and got lost during that replacement. I hadn't backed up the backups - only had the single copy now lost.
Phone will boot but now shows unknown baseband, borked IMEI. I can get into download mode and have TWRP recovery installed. WIFI works, I can easily get stuff on/off the device & access an ADB shell. It's rooted/stock UVALJ1.
I did find one backup, made using QPST (.qcn file), but in trying on two different PCs & a 32bit WinXP VM I cannot get the phone recognized by QPST (drivers installed, finds port, but "No phone".)
If someone can give me a TWRP backup of their efs I *think* that may get me fixed. I know that may contain your IMEI & if it fixes me but contains the wrong IMEI, that's fairly easy to fix, assuming all the posts on fixing that issue are accurate. I'm not trying to steal an IMEI, I'm trying to make my Note 2 usable as a phone again.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk
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Flashing EFS from another device is not going to work.
Try to recover the IMEI using KIES emergency recovery. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261153
If this still does not work try flashing the UVALJ1 modem.
ciphercodes said:
Flashing EFS from another device is not going to work.
Try to recover the IMEI using KIES emergency recovery. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261153
If this still does not work try flashing the UVALJ1 modem.
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Can't seem to get KIES to connect - the most definitive result I got was a device not supported by KIES message after uninstalling/reinstalling drivers, making sure the phone is in the right mode etc. For the most part KIES just sits at connecting forever. This is the case with both the Note 2 and a Samsung Galaxy S4. KIES isn't exactly inspiring confidence it can magically restore my entire efs & all NV items...
Just to clarify, I can access recovery just fine - I can use Odin to flash to whatever albeit the bootloader is 4.3/Knox locked. I can flash modems, ROMS, etc and access ADB shell or whatever else I'd need to do with ADB. Can't seem to get KIES to work and as I understand it what you're telling me to do in KIES won't actually restore efs, it just resets it to a stock state and lets efs rebuild - assuming the NV items are still there, which they are not. I really hope I'm wrong and I'll have to come back here once I get KIES sorted out and tell you how silly I was for not believing you in the first place!
I did re-flash the modem using TWRP, no change there.
Here's the text of the warning I foolishly ignored:
Warning: Must read below guide
All Communication between AP/CP-
will be disconnected!
To return to normal mode,you
must download efs12.tar file!
All NV data will be erased!
Really want to use RmNET?
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This was in the ServiceMode menu accessed with dialer code *#9090# but now there isn't a menu there - just a blank screen that says ServiceMode at the top. Dialer code *#0011# produces the same result - no menu where there used to be one, just blank screen/ServiceMode. Based on that warning, this isn't something I expect KIES to fix - but as I said, I hope I'm wrong about that...
Tried KIES on another PC with same result - that was 2.x KIES.
I used Odin 3.09 to flash to T-Mobile stock rooted 4.3 from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1975560
Switching to KIES 3 got KIES talking to the phone. It says I'm on the current version of the firmware (because I am - it's what I just flashed with Odin.) If I go into Tools/Emergency nothing is listed. If I go into the second choice and enter the model number with the phone plugged in, it tells me it doesn't support firmware initialization. If I do it without the phone plugged in, it works and accepts the serial number from the phone. If I plug the phone in right after I've gotten past this point, KIES winds up going off into never never land a bit later after it tells me everything is going to be wiped and the phone will be put back to its initial state (which does sound somewhat promising.)
Its spawning this AdminDelegator process which seems to just be sitting doing nothing and the KIES window is shaded. I can close it but that's about the only interaction possible with it in this state - none of the menus work and it seems like it's waiting on something to be clicked maybe in the AdminDelegator process but that process has no window anyplace.
It's possible there is something useful buried in KIES but it's a horrible piece of software. They seem to be authoring it on at best 32bit Windows 7 and that's a stretch, I suspect they're still targeting 32bit XP. I'm on x64 Windows 8.1. I could rant much more but I'll leave it at that.
I'm going to keep working with it and see if I can get around how they've written it or I might just stick it in a 32bit XP VM and see if it's happy back in 2005, software-wise. <G>
I may wind up giving up and just getting another phone - I've already read up some on my options and the funny thing is, I still want a Note 2 - they can be had for more reasonable $ now than a year ago anyway...
LanceDiamond said:
Tried KIES on another PC with same result - that was 2.x KIES.
I used Odin 3.09 to flash to T-Mobile stock rooted 4.3 from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1975560
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Did you verify the IMEI after this flash ?
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Did you verify the IMEI after this flash ?
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Short answer: IMEI & baseband same as before the flash - both are "Unknown".
Prior to my messing with the dialer menu, everything was fine. I'd used Odin or TWRP recovery to flash a variety of different ROMs the last of which was the 4.3 we're talking about here and it was working. I'd used it for several days. Everything but screen mirroring worked without any problem and I had service - I read up on the screen mirroring problem and it sounded like getting the device to show "Official" might help so I tried to reset my flash counter which I did not do before going to 4.3. Flash counter wouldn't reset so I decided to go back as far as I could on modem/ROM and see if I could reset flash counter then. (I know my Knox flag is not fixable - I was just trying to change the flash counter.)
Using TWRP, I installed UVALJ1 modem & associated ROM, leaving the 4.3 Knox locked bootloader in place to see if that'd work. It did, it booted and I had service. I was actually playing with the menus to see if the old dialer code free unlock menu settings still seemed to work because someone had posted about needing to unlock - looked like the menus were still there for doing an unlock. In messing with the menus I picked the option that messed everything up and since doing that, no matter what I flash, IMEI & baseband are unknown.
Unless KIES rebuilds the entire radio - which it very well might based on it needing the correct model and then wanting a valid serial # - I think I need an efs restore to get the phone communicating with anything now.
One thing I just now did - using the free NV Items Reader Writer from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804117
On my Note 2 configured as "DM+Modem+ADB" in Qualcomm USB settings (the only of several dialer menus I know of that still actually exists & seems to work), I can see the modem & port in device manager. But the app cannot communicate with the phone. If I change nothing, unplug the Note 2, plug in my Galaxy S4 in "DM+Modem+ADB" mode, I see modem & ports pop up in device manager and now the app can communicate with the phone.
I'm afraid, based on the text of that warning and searching for what "AP" and "CP" are, that the phone isn't going to be able to communicate with much of anything until it gets its efs fixed. This test where I just swap phones seems to be comfirming that this phone isn't responding like it should. Basically my modem & the rest of the phone are disconnected right now - at least that's my understanding. If the modem really is disconnected then obviously trying to do something to fix it via the modem is never going to work. The KIES may work - if I can ever get it sorted out. Haven't yet tried it in a VM might do that right now...
Edit:
Got KIES3 & drivers working in Windows XP SP3 VM. KIES connects to phone but if I pick Tools/Firmware Upgrade with the phone connected it just says "SGH-T889 does not support initializing" and my only choice is "OK". If I go Tools/Firmware without the phone plugged in, I can enter the model # and then it asks for serial #. If I plug the phone in at the point it goes all the way to where it says it's downloading firmware and then same result as on Windows 8 - an AdminDelegator process gets started, KIES gets sort of dimmed like it's waiting on something and nothing ever happens. If I never connect the phone KIES goes through the downloading process then gets an error with options to send a message or cancel - no information about what the message is, what the error is - just I can send it, it won't contain personal information or I can cancel.
I've successfully unlocked my Note 4 and I'm trying to get it to work with AT&T LTE, now I am following this guide here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/general/enabling-additional-lte-bands-att-t-t3160864
and I have looked everywhere to try to figure out how to get DM to work on Lollipop with the sm-n910p. A lot of places say to go into recovery and select DM Logging, but that option is not there when I go into the stock recovery for OK1. Does anyone know how to get here?
Thanks!
@ssjgoku24
I'm unlocked also, and use att. And i have tried similar guides here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/general/how-to-add-rf-lte-frequency-bands-to-t2886059
And
http://forum.xda-developers.com/cro...ad-progress-please-leave-im-updating-t2871269
But i couldn't get it to stick. I don't know if it'll work on our device.
Before i continue I must state this is very dangerous and can hardbrick your device. I almost did myself. You have been warned!
Anyhow, use galaxy tools or idone unlock app to access hidden menu, then select 'phone util' and 'usb settings' from there. I've attached pics.
If you attempt, and get it to work please let me know. But like I already stated, this is very risky. Good luck and hope this helps.
Thanks for the info. I did already try doing that, but my computer never recognized the DM. So i was not able to use software. I'll try some more things once i get a chance, and I'll be sure to post results if in successful or not and what i did.
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Thanks for the info. I did already try doing that, but my computer never recognized the DM. So i was not able to use software. I'll try some more things once i get a chance, and I'll be sure to post results if in successful or not and what i did.
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Oh. I just remembered, when i tried this(it was a while ago) i used Efs Pro to switch to the right usb setting. Cause if you read all of the guide i used. It states that official roms block us from changing this. I do believe i was using Cm12 on my phone. Then used efs pro to switch phone usb to diagnosis mode (or whatever it is).
Here's link http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...ol-updated-09-06-14-efs-professional-t1308546
So i was on vacation and finally got around to trying some things out. First using EFS Pro i was able to get my phone to show up as a samsung communication port in device manager. I am not sure if that is correct since in QPST it didn't show up as a diag port, i had to manually add it as COM4 (5 was also there and tested). I was able to see my phone but when i did a software download, it said the system was busy and if i hit "switch to" it would open the start menu, then pop backup. Doing this 3 times would then atart the download. Once the download hit 12% it would error out stating like "could not communicate in diag mode." This leads me to believe the phone is not actually getting set to diag mode. I have also tried to read the phone with another tool in QPST, but it always fails to read.
I tried double checking the settings using *#0808# and making sure dm + modem + adb was activated which it was. I also tried RDNIS + DM + Modem which resulted in the COM port changing to 8 & 9 but gave the same results.
When you tried QPST did you recieve these errors?
Note - I used the stock rooted ok1 rom , firmware, and baseband. I tried pd1 stock rooted rom, firmware, and baseband as well.
I was also using this in a windows 10 vm and tried on a windows 7 vm, since I have a Mac running osx.
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I've successfully unlocked my Note 4 and I'm trying to get it to work with AT&T LTE, now I am following this guide here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/general/enabling-additional-lte-bands-att-t-t3160864
and I have looked everywhere to try to figure out how to get DM to work on Lollipop with the sm-n910p. A lot of places say to go into recovery and select DM Logging, but that option is not there when I go into the stock recovery for OK1. Does anyone know how to get here?
Thanks!
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How did you get it unlocked? I'm having trouble with sprint and wont unlock note 4 its payed off no longer with sprint would like to use it.