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I have a Hong Kong model Samsung Galaxy Note 2 N7105 (N7105XXDLL5). I purchased this phone to use in Australia which i did successfully for over 5 months with no problems. I went to USA for 6 weeks on holiday which i just returned from a few days ago and whilst i was there i completed a QCN hack to try and get my Hong Kong model n7105 to use the 3g and 4g AT&T network in America. From what i figure it changes the Mhz of the phone to pick up the AT&T Frequency. This is the link i used to complete the hack = http://galaxynote2root.com/galaxy-n...3g4g-aws-bands-on-att-galaxy-note-2-sgh-i317/
I completed the hack but i was unsuccessful in acheiving AT&T 3 and 4g, did some reading after and found that my model n7105 doesnt support the 3g and 4g networks in the USA due to the physical limitations on the frequencies it can talk to. i did make a backup of my stock QCN file on my laptop which was great but my HDD failed in my laptop 2 days later. I lost all of my data including the stock QCN for my phone before i could revert the stock QCN file back on my phone.
I’m back in australia now and i am unable to see 3g and 4g networks. I have rebuilt the phone with the latest standard android OS and put all the settings back to factory default. But this still didn’t work and my phone still wont see 3/4g.
A mate of mine suggested using a custom Rom that matches my phone. So installed the Illusion t0lte. I got it all working and had my phone running on 3 and 4g for less than 3 minutes and now it will only run on edge 2.5g. I can see it flicking back and forth on the 3 and 4g network trying to register but then it just flops and falls over to the Edge network. I have checked all APN’s and preferred network mode set to LTE etc.
I Called my Service Provider and went over the APN's and settings but still couldn't get it working.
I put my brothers Sim card from his s4 from the same Service provider into my note 2 and got the same thing. Flicked onto the 3 and 4g networks back and forth then after a few minutes sits on Edge and wont go back to 3 or 4g. Thought it might be sim card issue but this ruled that out.
Can someone please help. I have worked on this for over 10 hours collectively and i still cant get it working.
If someone has the same n7105xxdl5 model from Hong Kong could they please Download and install the qpst software and follow the process in the link below to backup the stock qcn from the phone and then send it to me. It would be much appreciated
http://galaxynote2root.com/galaxy-n...3g4g-aws-bands-on-att-galaxy-note-2-sgh-i317/
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I checked My imei number by *#06# and it corresponds correctly with the back of the phone.
Mate of mine suggested i might have corrupt NV_data or efs? but this links in with the imei number doesnt it and my imei should be corrupt but it isnt?
either way I'm seriously lost and I'm in the process of purchasing a new phone as i cant work another week without 3/4g on my phone.
I'm considering paying someone so if anyone knows my exact problem and knows how to fix it im willing to pay you.
relax dude...im sure this is a minor issue....
what I would suggest you is
1. get ur EFS partition backed up (stores your IMEI and other radio related parameters.) use win EFS or some other...just Google it..and back up a copy to the cloud like dropbox so that if your pc crashes you won't be in trouble again as these are very important files..if they are damaged your phone will never work on any network...it will just be a Wi-Fi enabled iPod lol
2. backup your phone data
3. if you phone is rooted get some modems from here for Hong Kong http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2031575here
4.flash the modem and should reset all the frequency parameters etc etc...the thing is some regions work on different bands but the n7105 should work on most global bands of lte
try that and let me know
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Thanks Dead soul.
To make sure I'm doing this correctly can you confirm that i connect to my phone using Odin and update my n7105 with the modem and csc files i downloaded from the link you gave me. If this is correct then I am stuck. I am trying to open up the Qualcomm USB settings to enable me to open the comm port so Odin can connect to my phone but for some reason when i type in *#7284# to my phone i am getting this error: "connection problem or invalid MMI code"
I am using JellyBam Rom. This was working fine when i was running the stock andriod OS. i know this because it worked for me in the past.
do you think this is an issue with my rom or possibly the code is different on JellyBAM? i tried searching for the differences for this code but was unable to find anything.
I believe once i get connected then i should be able to update the modem settings like you have advised.
Ok i figured out that you can just copy the zip to your phone and run the install from the boot.
I tried these three:
XXDMB2 (Australia / Optus) N7105XXDLL5_modem_OPS
XXALJ2 (Australia / Optus)
ZHALI5 (Hong Kong)
And this one got it working:
XXALJ2 (Australia / Optus)
Only issue im having now is i believe im only getting 3g speeds. I checked with speed checker and im getting around 6mbit. Telstra runs upto 42mbit.
It says "DC" on the signal. I havent seen that before but ive only just started using Jellybam so that could mean 4G/LTE also.
I am in a spot with 4g but its weak so this afternoon i will go into a 4g spot i know is strong and confirm if its working.
Nope that was premature.
I did what it always does...runs on 3 and 4g for 5 minutes and then switches back to egde or GSM.
multipro said:
Nope that was premature.
I did what it always does...runs on 3 and 4g for 5 minutes and then switches back to egde or GSM.
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ok try this assuming you have done the correct flashing etc etc
1. if you go to settings/more settings/ network mode. can you force it to run on WCDMA only for example?? this will force it to run only on 3G and let's see if it works if it works select the upper most I believe which is 4G/WCDMA/2G
2. if all fails I would say start afresh by flashing a stock ROM and note down the modem version before flashing stock... if after flashing stock if the modem version is still the same and your 4G isn't working flash another modem and see
this phone is somehow new and it doesn't have alot of dev support...the ROM devs just port other ROMs into it and sometimes mess up the modems...I'm just sticking with a rooted stock right now all these other ROMs are just not worth it for now.
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dead soul said:
ok try this assuming you have done the correct flashing etc etc
1. if you go to settings/more settings/ network mode. can you force it to run on WCDMA only for example?? this will force it to run only on 3G and let's see if it works if it works select the upper most I believe which is 4G/WCDMA/2G
2. if all fails I would say start afresh by flashing a stock ROM and note down the modem version before flashing stock... if after flashing stock if the modem version is still the same and your 4G isn't working flash another modem and see
this phone is somehow new and it doesn't have alot of dev support...the ROM devs just port other ROMs into it and sometimes mess up the modems...I'm just sticking with a rooted stock right now all these other ROMs are just not worth it for now.
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Thanks again for your help Dead Soul.
Can you please elaborate on what you mean by the difference on my my modem version now and after i flash to stock ROM? I'm slightly confused. Shouldn't i just flash back to stock rom then try the modems i tried above?
Is there any way to confirm i have flashed the modems correct?
And also could you give me a brief overview on the steps i need to take to completely refresh my phone to stock.
Also sorry forgot to mention if i have my phone set to WCDMA/LTE only in the network modes and it will flicker between 3g an 4g constantly back and forth on my phone and it will drop out on signal for split seconds whilst it does this...So far it has been 5 minutes and i am getting 3 and 4g and speed test does verify this as i just received 11063kbps. But after a while i believe it will just drop out completely and wont come back...i will confirm soon.
Yep no reception at all now...
multipro said:
Thanks again for your help Dead Soul.
Can you please elaborate on what you mean by the difference on my my modem version now and after i flash to stock ROM? I'm slightly confused. Shouldn't i just flash back to stock rom then try the modems i tried above?
Is there any way to confirm i have flashed the modems correct?
And also could you give me a brief overview on the steps i need to take to completely refresh my phone to stock.
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1. go to SETTINGS > ABOUT
2. Note down your baseband version. this is your modem version you are running
on
3. after flashing your phone check your baseband if it's still the same or changed
now...
flash a stock ROM using Odin.I'm assuming you already know this. You can also flash a modem using Odin under "modem" section on Odin BUT YOU NEED TO BE VERY SURE THAT THE FILE IS FLASHABLE via Odin as most people post modem files only to be flashed via recovery.... but after flashing the stock first check if the problem is resolved if not then proceed with other modems
there is a modem list thread under SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE II N7105 ANDROID DEVELOPMENT on XDA but I believe most are flashed via recovery...so you have to find out to be sure
incase these modem files are supposed to be flashed via recovery then I'm sure the stock ROM probably isn't rooted by now when you flash it. so root it, and add a recovery of your choice I always prefer CWM recovery as I'm used to it then flash the modem of your choice but start with the modem meant for your country I'd available on to the phone and see. if still doesn't work flash others also check what frequency bands your country uses for LTE.... example if their is an American AT&T modem and you live in Hong Kong the band's are probably different so LTE may not work but example you live in UK/Australia/most African countries then the Hong Kong modem I'm sure would work as these are international but regardless LTE bands are abit tricky you may need to Google up for extra operator information ..so look at things in that angle as well
also back up your EFS if you haven't done so. VERY VERY VERY IMPORTANT before you flash anything if it's corrupted and you don't have a backup you will NEVER be able to call/connect to the network
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dead soul said:
1. go to SETTINGS > ABOUT
2. Note down your baseband version. this is your modem version you are running
on
3. after flashing your phone check your baseband if it's still the same or changed
now...
flash a stock ROM using Odin.I'm assuming you already know this. You can also flash a modem using Odin under "modem" section on Odin BUT YOU NEED TO BE VERY SURE THAT THE FILE IS FLASHABLE via Odin as most people post modem files only to be flashed via recovery.... but after flashing the stock first check if the problem is resolved if not then proceed with other modems
there is a modem list thread under SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE II N7105 ANDROID DEVELOPMENT on XDA but I believe most are flashed via recovery...so you have to find out to be sure
incase these modem files are supposed to be flashed via recovery then I'm sure the stock ROM probably isn't rooted by now when you flash it. so root it, and add a recovery of your choice I always prefer CWM recovery as I'm used to it then flash the modem of your choice but start with the modem meant for your country I'd available on to the phone and see. if still doesn't work flash others also check what frequency bands your country uses for LTE.... example if their is an American AT&T modem and you live in Hong Kong the band's are probably different so LTE may not work but example you live in UK/Australia/most African countries then the Hong Kong modem I'm sure would work as these are international but regardless LTE bands are abit tricky you may need to Google up for extra operator information ..so look at things in that angle as well
also back up your EFS if you haven't done so. VERY VERY VERY IMPORTANT before you flash anything if it's corrupted and you don't have a backup you will NEVER be able to call/connect to the network
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I tried a few different modems and checked if they flashed correctly by checking the "band version" as you advised me to do. This appears to have worked fine. The modem versions have changed to the flashed one correctly but no 3g or 4g still.
Looks like im going to have to Flash the firmware completely back to stock as you mentioned.
Few issues i need help with on this...
1. Where can i find the latest stock Rom?
2. im having an issue with getting my phone to run in recovery mode via USB to access via a com port in Odin. The JellyBAM Rom i used is failing to run the #*7492# code to bring up the recovery mode options... Dont quote me on that code, i did use the correct one when i tried it but the one i just mentioned might be wrong as im just basing it off memory at this time.
Any other way to flash back to stock rom without Odin?
i have rooted my phone
multipro said:
I tried a few different modems and checked if they flashed correctly by checking the "band version" as you advised me to do. This appears to have worked fine. The modem versions have changed to the flashed one correctly but no 3g or 4g still.
Looks like im going to have to Flash the firmware completely back to stock as you mentioned.
Few issues i need help with on this...
1. Where can i find the latest stock Rom?
2. im having an issue with getting my phone to run in recovery mode via USB to access via a com port in Odin. The JellyBAM Rom i used is failing to run the #*7492# code to bring up the recovery mode options... Dont quote me on that code, i did use the correct one when i tried it but the one i just mentioned might be wrong as im just basing it off memory at this time.
Any other way to flash back to stock rom without Odin?
i have rooted my phone
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1. stock ROMs could be found here on XDA but latest stock ROMs probably you will get them at samfirmware.com or now called as sammobile.com just Google them up
2. I don't understand about getting a phone to recovery via USB....I don't think there any such thing maybe were you trying to say you cannot get your phone into DOWNLOAD MODE then it be detected by Odin? if yes,
to get your phone to download mode
1. shutdown your phone
2. press HOME (center button) + volume down + power button
3. a menu will come and may ask you to press volume up/down to continue or cancel...press the button corresponding to CONTINUE
4. your phone should now be in download mode. open up Odin..and connect your phone via USB cable .. you should see a yellow color box to show the phone is connected on Odin you can do a Google image search and see how this screen looks like
5. if your phone is not detected on Odin install Samsung USB drivers or if you have Samsung kies available close it and close all other services of Samsung kies running
as far as I know..most Samsung stock ROMs are flashed via Odin....and with regards to your #*7492# code I believe this will work in a Samsung stock firmware only if this code is related to the hidden submenu.... other than that I'm not sure
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dead soul said:
1. stock ROMs could be found here on XDA but latest stock ROMs probably you will get them at samfirmware.com or now called as sammobile.com just Google them up
2. I don't understand about getting a phone to recovery via USB....I don't think there any such thing maybe were you trying to say you cannot get your phone into DOWNLOAD MODE then it be detected by Odin? if yes,
to get your phone to download mode
1. shutdown your phone
2. press HOME (center button) + volume down + power button
3. a menu will come and may ask you to press volume up/down to continue or cancel...press the button corresponding to CONTINUE
4. your phone should now be in download mode. open up Odin..and connect your phone via USB cable .. you should see a yellow color box to show the phone is connected on Odin you can do a Google image search and see how this screen looks like
5. if your phone is not detected on Odin install Samsung USB drivers or if you have Samsung kies available close it and close all other services of Samsung kies running
as far as I know..most Samsung stock ROMs are flashed via Odin....and with regards to your #*7492# code I believe this will work in a Samsung stock firmware only if this code is related to the hidden submenu.... other than that I'm not sure
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Ok so this is where i am at.. i used Andromizer app to backup the EFS
these are the files i copied from the Andromizer folder from my phone and put on my Desktop PC as a backup. Can you confirm they look correct?
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Then i have connected Odin which it seems to be working And in the screen shot below i have downloaded the Australia (Optus) Firmware from the samfirmware.com website which works on the same network frequencies as the one i use "telstra" so it should work with that. What i am confused with is, What option in Odin do i use to flash the firmware with the file i have downloaded below. Do i use re-partition (PIT)??? i have been told this can be risky so i thought i would ask you to make sure im doing the right thing first and then i started googling and you tubing and in most cases there is 3-4 files and they select BL, AP, CP, CSC for each file and flash the firmware that way, is this not the case for me?
Also another question is when i flash the firmware back to stock will it delete all of the files and folders from my phone? there is alot of crap on there atm because i have installed 3-4 different roms to test which one i liked in the past and its left alot of data on there. If not whats the best way to clean all of this data and start from scratch? if i delete it manually from my PC will it be deleting Files and folders i shouldnt be?
multipro said:
Ok so this is where i am at.. i used Andromizer app to backup the EFS
these are the files i copied from the Andromizer folder from my phone and put on my Desktop PC as a backup. Can you confirm they look correct?
Then i have connected Odin which it seems to be working And in the screen shot below i have downloaded the Australia (Optus) Firmware from the samfirmware.com website which works on the same network frequencies as the one i use "telstra" so it should work with that. What i am confused with is, What option in Odin do i use to flash the firmware with the file i have downloaded below. Do i use re-partition (PIT)??? i have been told this can be risky so i thought i would ask you to make sure im doing the right thing first and then i started googling and you tubing and in most cases there is 3-4 files and they select BL, AP, CP, CSC for each file and flash the firmware that way, is this not the case for me?
Also another question is when i flash the firmware back to stock will it delete all of the files and folders from my phone? there is alot of crap on there atm because i have installed 3-4 different roms to test which one i liked in the past and its left alot of data on there. If not whats the best way to clean all of this data and start from scratch? if i delete it manually from my PC will it be deleting Files and folders i shouldnt be?
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1. I have never used andromizer before so I can't tell... but what I could tell you to be on the safe side... if you backed up the EFS folder off the phone don't rename any file or folder. also when moving it back to the phone if planning to restore and in same location
2. perform EFS backed up with atleast one more or two more different tools.. such as EFS Pro or WIN EFS recover/backup Google them up..the reason to this is to be safer as what if your current back up is corrupt? how would know? or what if andromizerit fails to restore incase your phone got messed up? atleast you have multiple alternatives as EFS is very important especially with the N7105 as some ROMs tend to overwrite/destroy the current modems as most ROMs are ports from N7100 ..some devs may overlook this..it's up to you to take extra precautions
3. the .pit file is most effective if the repartition is checked to best of my knowledge but could be wrong. it responsible to direct the flashed files to which sections and portions of the phone will be flashed with the files on Odin its like a master schematic of some sort with specific memory addresses, sectors allocation sizes etc etc. Do NOT use repartition until you have exhausted all possible options for example flashing different ROMs, scripts etc etc... with the repartition it's as almost cleanly flashing it as from the manufacturing plant/factory and probably will loose all saved files
4. flashing through Odin in most cases you may loose data if you come from a custom ROM as the file system is different with Samsung stock ROMs
if you are worried about your data on the internal memory just copy them across to your pc flash your phone and copy them back across to ur phone...also you can manually delete the sdcard file contents and won't harm your phone you may just loose cached files for specific apps but will be recreated..BUT only sdcard directory not other directories should you attempt to delete
5. okay this I'm going to be frank I don't know much about the version of Odin you are using.... people tend to use the classic version version 1.8 it looks very basic... I tried the same Odin you screen shot above once and it just didn't feel right and ultimately didn't work and also I saw some post it screwed someone up..so I don't know. if you see someone on YouTube using it and had great explanation you can try else use the classic Odin
the classic Odin has 4 things basically (kinda)
1. .PIT file section - to put the pit file (no need for this at this time as per my explanation on PIT files)
2. PDA - the actual firmware/ROM normally ends with .tar.md5 file extension if you open/view it with Winrar/7zip you should see files/images like boot, recovery etc etc . it can be confusing as you may download the file as a .zip or .rar and think this is to be kept in the PDA section but actually you may need to extract it as the file to be selected for PDA ends with .tar.md5 and this is normally the largest file
3. PHONE - this is where you select your modem of choice...BE CAREFUL most modems posted here are meant to be flashed via recovery... so I'm not sure if you can flash them with Odin...ask the person who posts the modems on xda thread..however in most cases the PDA file above may already contain a modem for you and may not need to worry about this..infact if you view the contents of the PDA file/ROM you may find a foe/image called modern inside it..so it means the modem had been bundled with the ROM automatically
4. CSC - this is for some settings for the ROM hidden menus or some settings like infinite scroll...regional settings/tweaks etc etc..along those lines..it's not really important you can aswell ignore it
make sure you tick Auto-Reboot and F-Reset time if needed. and you are good to go
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you can use this version of Odin just Google it
or search it XDA : "Odin3 v3.04"
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Hello.
So my N7100 doesn't connect to mobile network. No voice calls, text messages or mobile internet. Wifi works just fine, although signal seems to be a little weaker (maybe just my imagination).
What I did and how it happened:
I got sick of Samsung being assholes and not pushing out software updates, so I decided to flash some custom ROM. I choose CM, because they had that "one click installation", so I didn't have to do a lot of work. After a week of using CM I decided that it sucks and wanted back my original android with all gimmicks from Samsung, mostly because battery life with CM was terrible, not even one day. And that's when everything went downhill. I downloaded and installed firmware for Baltic region, because I live here and I bought my phone here. From that moment my phone stopped being phone and evolved into wifi only tablet. After being very pissed and trying to flash couple different roms I gave up. Found my phones original box user manual and other papers. It turns out that my phone is made for Hungary region. So shop where I bought it must have imported wrong models (most likely cheaper for bigger profit). Flashing original for Hungary made firmware doesn't resolve this issue.
Guys, I really need help. I just want to return to stock - original firmware and reset flashing counter. Please help, and if possible in layman's terms...
EddsLV said:
Hello.
So my N7100 doesn't connect to mobile network. No voice calls, text messages or mobile internet. Wifi works just fine, although signal seems to be a little weaker (maybe just my imagination).
What I did and how it happened:
I got sick of Samsung being assholes and not pushing out software updates, so I decided to flash some custom ROM. I choose CM, because they had that "one click installation", so I didn't have to do a lot of work. After a week of using CM I decided that it sucks and wanted back my original android with all gimmicks from Samsung, mostly because battery life with CM was terrible, not even one day. And that's when everything went downhill. I downloaded and installed firmware for Baltic region, because I live here and I bought my phone here. From that moment my phone stopped being phone and evolved into wifi only tablet. After being very pissed and trying to flash couple different roms I gave up. Found my phones original box user manual and other papers. It turns out that my phone is made for Hungary region. So shop where I bought it must have imported wrong models (most likely cheaper for bigger profit). Flashing original for Hungary made firmware doesn't resolve this issue.
Guys, I really need help. I just want to return to stock - original firmware and reset flashing counter. Please help, and if possible in layman's terms...
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Press *#06# and see if your EMEI is fine... If it says something like 000000000049 it seems to be bugged and you can try this solution:
I flashed the firmware N7100XXDMF2_N7100OLBDMD2_XME using ODIN PC and follow the below using root explorer:
- copy /efs/ to the sdcard
- delete /efs/
- reboot (after reboot I got the yellow recovery mode window floating over, no lock screen, and pressing power button turns the phone off directly)
- /efs/ will be autocreated again. copy the efs folder from the sd card to / (root explorer will tell you that the folder already exists and it will merge them)
- reboot
PS: I did not have an /efs/ backup before applying the above.
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I saw from another post. Im going to try this too since Im having the same problem as you.
Find your ROM here: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=GT-N7100&pcode=CHE#firmware I selected Chile Entel, but you can choose your country and company, it is the original ROM and it should fix our problem, Im downloading the ROM by now.
To use Odin, just put your phone in download mode (vol up/down + home + power) and then plug in to your PC, open Odin and at "PDA" select your ROM, then put start and just wait a few minutes and it should be working again...
After this, you should make a back up of your EFS file using a root explorer and then flash with any ROM you want (Im trying Ditto 3, it seems to be a cool jelly bean) and after this flash, you should put your new EFS file... Just the problem that Im facing is how to put this backup since the EFS is a folder being readed all the time, so there should be a program to do this, but I cant figure this out yet.
My phone doesn't have any IMEI any more. "null/null" is value given by my phone after requesting IMEI. I already flashed original ROM, problem is still here.
About /efs/ I could backup it with "File Manager"app from google play, but I can't delete it, because it is in read only.
EddsLV said:
My phone doesn't have any IMEI any more. "null/null" is value given by my phone after requesting IMEI. I already flashed original ROM, problem is still here.
About /efs/ I could backup it with "File Manager"app from google play, but I can't delete it, because it is in read only.
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Somehow you will have to access to edit it and you will be able to solve that problem... Otherwise go to technical service.
kito2 said:
Somehow you will have to access to edit it and you will be able to solve that problem... Otherwise go to technical service.
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In order to delete /efs/ you have to be rooted, when you flash factory rom you loose root privileges.
EddsLV said:
In order to delete /efs/ you have to be rooted, when you flash factory rom you loose root privileges.
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After flash factory rom is easy to make root again hehe.. Anyways keep reading and maybe you will find another solution, you can't be the only one who had that problem... Good luck my friend.
Try this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1896696
kito2 said:
After flash factory rom is easy to make root again hehe.. Anyways keep reading and maybe you will find another solution, you can't be the only one who had that problem... Good luck my friend.
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Thanks. So I rooted my phone and did all than you wrote above - copied, deleted, replaced. It didn't helped and now I have that yeleow recovery window all the time :/
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.
Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk
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.
Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk
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.
Sent from my GT-N7105 using Tapatalk
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
I wasn't paying attention to the model numbers I was looking at and tried to install an N7100 ROM on my SGH-T889. I installed it, fudged my IMEI and tried to rollback to the previous ROM I had in place but it didn't resolve my IMEI unknown issue. I tried to restore my backups, nothing. I have tried multiple stock firmware versions for my phone I have found on here but ODIN fails on every single one, most of them sitting at boot.img, MD5 hash invalid or getting stuck on system. I am unable to get into recovery, only the download screen. I think because the ROM I tried was 4.3 it messed up my bootloader and wont let me go back to 4.1.2 but I cant put anything on it at this point. Ive tried multiple versions of ODIN, different USB ports, cables, rebooted my PC and Im out of ideas at this point. I apologize in advance because I'm sure the answer is out there I just cant find it and I've been looking for a few days.
D3ADM4N said:
I wasn't paying attention to the model numbers I was looking at and tried to install an N7100 ROM on my SGH-T889. I installed it, fudged my IMEI and tried to rollback to the previous ROM I had in place but it didn't resolve my IMEI unknown issue. I tried to restore my backups, nothing. I have tried multiple stock firmware versions for my phone I have found on here but ODIN fails on every single one, most of them sitting at boot.img, MD5 hash invalid or getting stuck on system. I am unable to get into recovery, only the download screen. I think because the ROM I tried was 4.3 it messed up my bootloader and wont let me go back to 4.1.2 but I cant put anything on it at this point. Ive tried multiple versions of ODIN, different USB ports, cables, rebooted my PC and Im out of ideas at this point. I apologize in advance because I'm sure the answer is out there I just cant find it and I've been looking for a few days.
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Its possible that when you tried to flash 4,3 rom you also ended up with the stupid KNOX security thing. Which means you cant go back to older roms only 4.3. (as far as i know, im still a bit of a noob with this stuff)
It might be usefull to post what you get on the screen when in download mode, hat will give people more info to help you with i guess.
I did a similar thing too you a while ago and lose my imei and such, i cant exactly remember how i fixed it, i think i just flashed a stock from from sammobile.
If you havent tried that, then go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2032849
Did you try flashing stock 4.3 ROM for SGH-T889 from sammobile ?
Try flashing the MK7 modem ? You can find it under development forums.
Sent from my SGH-T889 using xda app-developers app
nollington said:
Its possible that when you tried to flash 4,3 rom you also ended up with the stupid KNOX security thing. Which means you cant go back to older roms only 4.3. (as far as i know, im still a bit of a noob with this stuff)
It might be usefull to post what you get on the screen when in download mode, hat will give people more info to help you with i guess.
I did a similar thing too you a while ago and lose my imei and such, i cant exactly remember how i fixed it, i think i just flashed a stock from from sammobile.
If you havent tried that, then go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2032849
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Thanks for your reply. I forgot to mention in my post what I have on the download screen currently:
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: YES (1 COUNT)
CURRENT BINARY : SAMSUNG OFFICIAL
SYSTEM STATUS: CUSTOM
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 1
AP SWREV: A2
I have tried a 4.3 stock ROM, to no avail. I will try it again now though.
ciphercodes said:
Did you try flashing stock 4.3 ROM for SGH-T889 from sammobile ?
Try flashing the MK7 modem ? You can find it under development forums.
Sent from my SGH-T889 using xda app-developers app
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I did indeed, although The modem I tried now that I am looking back through my downloads I believe was for the N7000 model. I will look through it and try to find it. Thanks for your reply.
I seem to have gotten myself out of the hole Ive dug. Hopefully if anyone else gets this deep, this will help. Given the fact that I erroneously flashed a 4.3 ROM I screwed myself over for going back but I was able to flash the latest firmware from sammobile (4.3) The file should be named T889UVUCMK7_T889TMBCMK7_TMB. I unzipped it, reinstalled ODIN 3.09 and tried a few times with negative results. However, Ive seen several conflicting posts about Kies, some say delete it completely, some say use it so I reinstalled it BUT I ended the process in task manager before I connected my phone and opened ODIN. I flashed only the firmware in the PDA section, no .pit files, no .phone files. It completed after about 10 minutes and I now have a stock 4.3 note 2, wifi capable and data service enabled. My download screen still shows custom binary download8 counts) which I know I can revert using triangle away but current binary and system status both show samsung official. The Knox warranty void still shows:1. Tmobile has sent me a replacement due to my negligence and ignorance in reaching out to them and I have 2 phones, the one I just fixed and the warrantied replacement on 4.1.2 sitting next to it. Should I just return the replacement back to them and tell them I fixed my issue or should I send them the old phone and keep the refurb? Im not familiar with the procedures phone companies follow when it comes to inspecting phones that are sent back to them but it seems to me that it is an expensive gamble because if they get my old one and see the Knox tripped, I imagine they would claim its out of warranty and charge me some astronomical amount.
hey everybody ,i tried to update my note 2 n7100 from 4.3 phoenix rom to dr Ketans latest rom.
something happened during the process and my imei was lost,so no network.
i had an efs backup ,i manually replaced the existing efs file with my backed up one.
since then ,my phone seems to be working fine,imei normal, but i got the damn "factory mode on " overlay.
i installed with odin the official stock 4.4.2 rom but ofcourse that didn't help .
my device is now stock rom ,rooted .
i tried to manually edit the efs files (factorymode,keystr)
i tried to edit it through android terminal emulator
tried with pc and adb terminal,nothing .
the efs files(factorymode,keystr) say "ON " ,but i still have the overlay...\
it's driving me NUTS
halp
Anyone please ?