HELP...!!! :crying:
Well, first timer to Custom ROM upgrades....I was looking through some threads, came across a particular ROM, found it very interesting..went ahead & flashed it...didnt work.
Reason: My Peanut brain failed to check the version of the Note2 it was meant for. My bad.
I didnt backup EFS. (my bad again, actualy i didnt knew I had to )
It override my existing Modem & took my Baseband & IMEI to unknown.
I look through whole night trying to undo what I did on XDA forum...did get quite some helpful links but nothing could solve mine.
The most common advise on the forum was to take it to the Samsung service centres & let them put the stock officla firmware.
Well, I took it to the service this morning, they put the stock 4.1.2 version..i was hoping that would solve my query.
To my dismay, the service guy told me that the Phone was showing as Unknown (screen shot 1) & that in that case the IMEI cannot be resolved.
One option he gave me was to pay up 8k (about 134 USD) to change the motherboard but honestly i dont have that much
Please advise....Is there any way i can resolve this.
I am on an Indian carrier GT-N7100
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so i'm in need of some big help here. i have a t-mobile galaxy note 2(SGH-T889). I recently rooted my phone(clockwork) as was looking around for some custom roms to put on it. then i came across the hawkish extreme on here(was blown away by it by the way, pure awesome). me being foolish as i am opted to put this on my phone. just i didn't realize until it was too late that it was for international phones only. so now i have no service with circle and the diagonal line through along with the imei saying unknown. i'm completely lost i've seen a couple threads on here as to how to recover but not any dealing with my type of situation. i don't have efs backed-up. i'm a little freaked out right now so any help would be grateful.
any other information you need just let me know.
thanks in advance.
[edit]: i fixed thanks to teshxx SGH-T889 Factory Images, Roms, Kernels, & Modems thread
Start with flashing stock t mobile with odin. You might get lucky and it will be fine, if not the are guides to help you get your imei and signals back.
I have a Telus S3 (SCH-I747M). I've flashed many roms since I purchased it a year ago. Lately I have been running LiquidSmooth v2.3. When I discovered that I needed an upgraded boot loader to flash LS 2.4, I commenced flashing stock LK4, rooted, added cwm with Odin, then flashed LS 2.4. Everything seemed fine as I was doing this, except my phone would not connect to the mobile network.
I came to discover my IMEI was lost, and ERI was not available... and regretfully i had no backup... so out came the xda research.
After many hours, I was able to restore my IMEI. However, my ERI still says not available, and my phone (using any rom) has either no signal or says its roaming. Many Google searches indicate threads that might help, but they've been either deleted or moved. When searching within xda, I've had no luck.
I found one thread that offered an eri_0 file that it suggested I could replace with qpst. However the link was broken. It's probably what I need.
Someone please help.
Check this out. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804117
You could also put the phone back to stock, use triangle away and send for warranty service.
saj222 said:
Check this out. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804117
You could also put the phone back to stock, use triangle away and send for warranty service.
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Funny you should say that... I've already spoken to Samsung and arranged to send out for service. I even flashed stock and used triangle away to be sure it could be done with no problems. However I will not be sending for a couple days and if I find a solution before it will be much quicker.
Thanks for posting the thread, however I had already read that one. The link to the tool that i would need on that page is dead.
any one have any other suggestions?
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Funny you should say that... I've already spoken to Samsung and arranged to send out for service. I even flashed stock and used triangle away to be sure it could be done with no problems. However I will not be sending for a couple days and if I find a solution before it will be much quicker.
Thanks for posting the thread, however I had already read that one. The link to the tool that i would need on that page is dead.
any one have any other suggestions?
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Check your PM tonight.
I forgot to ask which recovery you use. I've used TWRP exclusively and had no issues.
Back last year when this ugly problem reared it's head it was noted that TWRP seemed to have less occurrences of this issue.
The same problem happen to me, now I have the imei but the ERI isnt available and I cant find any tool to restore it. If u find a solution please share in this page. Thanks
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app
ERI = Enhanced Roaming Indicator = not applicable while not roaming.
Should say "version unavailable" or something to that effect.
Andromidizer in the market
Im sorry to be asking this (I've searched the forums and google and can't find anything conclusive)
Background:
I have a service contract with AT&T and I'm currently a customer of them. I used to have the Galaxy S4 (i747), and the usb charging port stopped working. I took it into a repair shop where they messed the whole phone up and had to give me back the phone with a whole new board in it, the only problem with the new board it's a board for i747M. I was having issues with the phone being stuck on edge - so I proceeded to unlock it again (I do not trust the work they did, and even thou I had network with my AT&T SIM Card, I had to make sure it was unlocked), I also restored the old IMEI - and after all this I was able to get out of edge.
The problem:
Even thou the phone reports 4G LTE, the internet is super slow!!
I made a speed test and the speeds are at 256 download // 512 upload - WEIRD!
The new board is for i747M - I already restored the IMEI to the one the original board had, I checked my APN and everything is in order.
(Did I missed anything? other than calling the repair shop and scream at them!)
I was wondering if I flash an i747 modem (MJB to be exact, since I'm on 4.3 with MK5), will the speeds improve, or will I brick the phone?
Any help greatly appreciated, I'm desperate!
ugartina said:
Im sorry to be asking this (I've searched the forums and google and can't find anything conclusive)
Background:
I have a service contract with AT&T and I'm currently a customer of them. I used to have the Galaxy S4 (i747), and the usb charging port stopped working. I took it into a repair shop where they messed the whole phone up and had to give me back the phone with a whole new board in it, the only problem with the new board it's a board for i747M. I was having issues with the phone being stuck on edge - so I proceeded to unlock it again (I do not trust the work they did, and even thou I had network with my AT&T SIM Card, I had to make sure it was unlocked), I also restored the old IMEI - and after all this I was able to get out of edge.
The problem:
Even thou the phone reports 4G LTE, the internet is super slow!!
I made a speed test and the speeds are at 256 download // 512 upload - WEIRD!
The new board is for i747M - I already restored the IMEI to the one the original board had, I checked my APN and everything is in order.
(Did I missed anything? other than calling the repair shop and scream at them!)
I was wondering if I flash an i747 modem (MJB to be exact, since I'm on 4.3 with MK5), will the speeds improve, or will I brick the phone?
Any help greatly appreciated, I'm desperate!
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You are unlikely to brick the phone by flashing the modem alone (although I affirm no guarantees to this effect) unless you try to flash the wrong bootloader and/or ROM. You did not, however, say which ROM your phone is currently on. Is it currently on the I747MVLUEMK5 or I747UCUEMJB? There is always a problem with incompatibility between your modem and ROM respectively which is what you'll have if you flash the MJB model whilst on the MK5 ROM plus, of course, subsequent firmware upgrades may be compromised. Are you sure also it's not an hardware issue you are having and the "repair shop" didn't muck up something on the mother board or install a dud? At this stage, however, I don't see how you have much to lose in trying a different modem. If it doesn't help, you can always go back to the previous one. All discussions about warranty are probably off the table already.
Larry2999 said:
You are unlikely to brick the phone by flashing the modem alone (although I affirm no guarantees to this effect) unless you try to flash the wrong bootloader and/or ROM. You did not, however, say which ROM your phone is currently on. Is it currently on the I747MVLUEMK5 or I747UCUEMJB? There is always a problem with incompatibility between your modem and ROM respectively which is what you'll have if you flash the MJB model whilst on the MK5 ROM plus, of course, subsequent firmware upgrades may be compromised. Are you sure also it's not an hardware issue you are having and the "repair shop" didn't muck up something on the mother board or install a dud? At this stage, however, I don't see how you have much to lose in trying a different modem. If it doesn't help, you can always go back to the previous one. All discussions about warranty are probably off the table already.
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I'm using S3Rx for i747M (MK5) -- and latest modem for at&t is MJB, but my board it's not AT&T anymore so Im guessing Im not gonna be able to flash the modem
it's too too slow I downloaded the Speedtest.net app and it's reporting: 0.14 Mbps download and 0.10 Mbps upload:crying:
First off I'd like to say that I've been attempting methods furiously for 8 hours a day past 3 days, to try and fix this. Making a thread is my absolute last resort. I hate to make unnecessary threads on forums.
So a week ago i was on vacation in New York (I live in Europe), and i bought a SGH-M919 (SGS4 Tmobile unlocked).
I bought it from one of those bogey retail shops with Indians running it. I knew i was getting the correct phone, and when i tested my simcard i was able to make a call with it. And since it's so much cheaper than in my country, i purchased it.
Now here's the deal. After arriving at my own country, i was sending and receiving a few texts the first few days, suddenly the signal disappears and is replaced by a "forbidden" sign.
After investigating the issue i noticed, my phone doesn't have an IMEI number! (and imei SV? is 06)
This is the original device info from when i got it, no rooting, flashing, anything done to it.
Model number: SGH-M919
Android version: 4.4.2
Baseband version: M919UVUFNB4
Kernel version: 3.4.0-540242 [email protected] #1 Fri Feb 14 14:38:35 KST 2014
Build number: KOT94H.M919UVUFNB4
SE for Android status: Enforcing SEPF_SGH-M919_4.4.2_0004 Fri feb 14 14:38:24 2014
Secure boot status: Type: Samsung
Security software version: MDF v1.0 Release 2
Note: The imei sticker is still behind the battery and the imei is not reported stolen.
I've tried flashing CM and seeing, then back to stock, flashing different modems(though i never got one 100% on due to writing errors?), attemting those *#XXXX# codes and nothing seems to work.
The only thing i can think of now is flashing 4.2.2 stock(i read that flashing stock can resurface the imei) since the subforum info of the phone said 4.2.2 is stock for M919 and not 4.4.2, i will download the 2013 4.2.2 stock and edit the thread live.
EDIT: I was able to find the extracted modem from the 4.2.2 2013 stock so i flashed that instead of the whole package in its whole. Interestingly enough, now the IMEI is still "Unknown" But IMEISV changed from 06 to 00 ?
Please help me! Any reply is much appreciated and will be answered at my best so we can solve this issue!
I flashed back to latest stock with no success again...
Nobody has any advice to give? come on guys
I think my last resort after this thread is to contact some repair shop that might have the correct tools for it. I heard if you have the correct device you can write the imei easy as 123.
Thatdaemon said:
I flashed back to latest stock with no success again...
Nobody has any advice to give? come on guys
I think my last resort after this thread is to contact some repair shop that might have the correct tools for it. I heard if you have the correct device you can write the imei easy as 123.
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Discussing IMEI's is a touchy subject here. It appears that you have done most everything one can do to attempt to recover that information, and short of restoring a backup of your efs folder (which you don't have) the only other route would be against the law. How to manually set or change your IMEI can't be discussed here regardless of whether you jacked the phone from some tourist or whether your story is 100% factual and completely legit.
Oops replied to wrong thread. Sorry!
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Discussing IMEI's is a touchy subject here. It appears that you have done most everything one can do to attempt to recover that information, and short of restoring a backup of your efs folder (which you don't have) the only other route would be against the law. How to manually set or change your IMEI can't be discussed here regardless of whether you jacked the phone from some tourist or whether your story is 100% factual and completely legit.
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I noticed it's a touchy subject but this was my last resort.
My story is true, however how the shop acquired the phone i don't know. (Wasn't the most official one)
Read a lot about custom devices being able to do so, and i am awaiting response from a repair shop about my problem. Hopefully they will be able to help me!
I will let the thread stay unresolved for a little while more.
Hello everyone and welcome to my sad and sorry story :crying:
Just over 2 years ago i bought the G3 16GB from Vodafone shop in the UK and i have owned it from new and it's never missed a beat and very happy with it until i bought a £2 fan from ebay (112244885955) and plugged it in and it has killed my phone by the look of it.
I plugged the phone into the bottom and screen flashed on once or twice and then shut off and fan worked fine, i just presumed the fan need alot of power and shut down the phone to power the fan, anyway unplugged the fan and power the phone back up and all seemed fine apart from now cell coverage, so i took out my normal sim (Three) and put in 2 others one was O2 and the other was Asda and O2 failed but Asda worked some of the time, so i was lost at this stage what was going on so done some digging in the phone and found out the IMEI number is coming up as 0 (Zero) and something called the IMEI SV was coming up as 81, and i'm lost on what the SV bit means and also how can i restore my normal IMEI number?
I have tried to do a software update to the phone as per normal but all it say is "Your phone is not registered" yet i still make calls when using the Asda sim, yet when i plug my normal Three sim in it will not even pick up a signal let alone make a call, however when i place that Three sim in my other Moto G 3rd Gen it works fine.
I presume my first step is to get the IMEI back up and running, i still have the sticker on the back of the phone which details the original IMEI number, but i have no idea what softeare is needed or the method involved.
I'm NOT and expert but have taken the Mrs Amazon Fire tablet and put a custom ROM on it so i'm not a total newbie, if anyone could help me i'd be in your debt that is for sure.
All1
When this happened to me, I got lucky and had a backup from flashing a custom ROM; if you don't have one, you'll either have to buy a new motherboard or a new phone unfortunately.
Allonewordinuk said:
Hello everyone and welcome to my sad and sorry story... and also how can i restore my normal IMEI number?
All1
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No offense to the other poster, but you don't need a new mother board or phone. There are ways - which are not allowed to be discussed on XDA - to re-write your IMEI # if you have to. Google "QPST IMEI rewrite tool" and a lot comes up
In your situation though, I would TOT back to stock first and see what happens from there. Although you're reading a zero IMEI, it doesn't necessarily mean the # is actually erased, it may just be a corrupt partition and your phone can't "find" it or something like that. TOT will wipe and rewrite any corrupted partitions you may have and get you back to factory/out of the box. If you did have a bad partition or some other software glitch that was causing the zero IMEI - TOT will fix it. If you're not familiar with how to TOT back to stock firmware, just look around XDA and you can figure out what files you need and what to do for your specific variant.
But if you TOT back to stock and still have no IMEI: then it is time to read, read, read and(once you feel comfortable) give a manual IMEI rewrite with a QPST tool a try. I have never had to do it myself, so I can offer no help on that.
Good luck :good:
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When this happened to me, I got lucky and had a backup from flashing a custom ROM; if you don't have one, you'll either have to buy a new motherboard or a new phone unfortunately.
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Thanks for the post but i know that's not true as i have read on here about the G2 being done and the G3 will follow, I have not done that yet as a full factory reset is my last option which i will do on Wed or thursday.
startswithPendswithOOH said:
No offense to the other poster, but you don't need a new mother board or phone. There are ways - which are not allowed to be discussed on XDA - to re-write your IMEI # if you have to. Google "QPST IMEI rewrite tool" and a lot comes up
In your situation though, I would TOT back to stock first and see what happens from there. Although you're reading a zero IMEI, it doesn't necessarily mean the # is actually erased, it may just be a corrupt partition and your phone can't "find" it or something like that. TOT will wipe and rewrite any corrupted partitions you may have and get you back to factory/out of the box. If you did have a bad partition or some other software glitch that was causing the zero IMEI - TOT will fix it. If you're not familiar with how to TOT back to stock firmware, just look around XDA and you can figure out what files you need and what to do for your specific variant.
But if you TOT back to stock and still have no IMEI: then it is time to read, read, read and(once you feel comfortable) give a manual IMEI rewrite with a QPST tool a try. I have never had to do it myself, so I can offer no help on that.
Good luck :good:
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Thanks for your reply startswithPendswithOOH, i do understand were limited on what we can discusss here, i'll head over to google and see what gives, i will come back and post when i have some info, one small point can you tell me what TOT stands for, sorry
All1
Just to update:
Done a full factory reset on the phone and nothing still coming up with Zero IMEI number, used reset mode in the os and from cold boot still nothing so going to have to bite the bullet and go for the nuclear option and try to change the IMEI myself
All1
I think i have a brick
Seems i have to get root to change my IMEI but i can't get root anymore, have tried iroot, this one click option and even tried purple drake which is funny as i was able to use purple drake 2 years ago to gain root now i can't, I'm lost
I don't know if the G3 can do it but when i put a custom ROM on my amazon tablet there was some kind of adb menu where you could sideload stuff, but can't seem to find anything on that, anyone got a gun
Anyone have any suggestions?
All1