Ok quick run down of what I done so far.
Received phone on Thursday at work. Phone was locked to Orange UK
I came here and found out how to get unlock code ([email protected]) :-D
So while I waited for the unlock code to come through I thought I would change the rom.
I flashed the phone with the rom from the following post.
[ROM][ENG] TG01/T01A Debranded UK + Manila Sense 2.5 v0.011 (14/04/2010) More RAM!!
Flash went fine.
I just got my unlock code so inserted my sim (02 UK).
My problem is I have no unlock request and the attenna icon constantly has 3 dots animating after it and when I click it, it says "searching..."
Any ideas?
Gaz25 said:
Ok quick run down of what I done so far.
Received phone on Thursday at work. Phone was locked to Orange UK
I came here and found out how to get unlock code ([email protected]) :-D
So while I waited for the unlock code to come through I thought I would change the rom.
I flashed the phone with the rom from the following post.
[ROM][ENG] TG01/T01A Debranded UK + Manila Sense 2.5 v0.011 (14/04/2010) More RAM!!
Flash went fine.
I just got my unlock code so inserted my sim (02 UK).
My problem is I have no unlock request and the attenna icon constantly has 3 dots animating after it and when I click it, it says "searching..."
Any ideas?
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Where did you buy it? I think you have the same problem as other guys. But lets check first. Try to put other sim cards and let see what hapening.
I got off someone on ebay. Came with all original box etc...
I will try with another sim.
Gaz25 said:
I got off someone on ebay. Came with all original box etc...
I will try with another sim.
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Tell me wen you tried an other sim card and whats happening and try to flash original ROM not modified one.
I been trying to find original rom but can't find one anywhere. Any pointers? :-D
Gaz25 said:
I been trying to find original rom but can't find one anywhere. Any pointers? :-D
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This will give you the original ROM (Orange branded (unless you use the Italian one!!)), but you'll need your IMEI to download.
Will it still work even though I have windows 6.5 installed?
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Will it still work even though I have windows 6.5 installed?
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http://www.toshiba-europe.com/mobil...te&WCE=&WCU=;LANG=1;PID=84;TYP=13;PNT=0;SEC=3
That is the official site and you can chose one of them. There are fr,en,it,sp and gr languages.
Just need your IMEI to download it.
Your work but have modified internal registers. So I am not sure if coming from there your problem or because the ex owner did something with the radio. I have
post that I say, you can put more than 3 times your unlocking code, but I don't know how many times you can put it. May be 10 or 100 or ~ times, now buddy know exactly. Personally I put it something like 15 times but I am not sure. If it is completely locked and the ex owner block the radio. Solution is to use orange sim card, turbo sim (I don't like it) or call orange and see what they say. Just need to try everything before.
But before that I told you lets try.
1 Put original ROM and see if then you have the unlocking msg with your card or other different than orange or than your original provider. If possible try 2/3 different sim card.
2 If 1 didn't work try to put sim from original provider and see if work.
3 If 1st not work and 2nd work then the problem is with the radio.
4 Need to call your provider to see if they have any solution.
5 If they haven't solution, try turbo sim or use sim from original provider until we find solution how to change the radio.
6 Now we are in ROM test development so may be there we go to have new solution.
Who know ?
Well I downloaded the rom and started the update. Phone rebooted and I got the white screen saying it was downloading something something, can't remember the message but its part of the flashing process.
Anyway this only seem to take about 2mins???. When I did my first flash with the custom rom it took about 10minutes! So then the phone rebooted, back into the phone and nothing has changed! To me it still looks like the same custom rom I had before.
I'm going to try another sim now and will get back to you later.
Cheers for the help so far :-D
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Well I downloaded the rom and started the update. Phone rebooted and I got the white screen saying it was downloading something something, can't remember the message but its part of the flashing process.
Anyway this only seem to take about 2mins???. When I did my first flash with the custom rom it took about 10minutes! So then the phone rebooted, back into the phone and nothing has changed! To me it still looks like the same custom rom I had before.
I'm going to try another sim now and will get back to you later.
Cheers for the help so far :-D
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Wen you flash a custom ROM you can't see difference because is the same just missing some program and change some registers. 90% custom Roms you can see differences is inside the programs. Added or deleted programs. This change if is not good may cause a bugs (errors).For this I told you to change to original Rom. To try things how it come from shop and try find solution.
And wen you try other sim card post all msg you receive. And all steps you doing.
From my experience (my phone is locked to Docomo), If I flash UK original rom and put non-Docomo sim, the phone will show sim locked screen and allow me to enter unlock code while Debranded rom (from arag0n) doesn't.
I got this rom from mr.mike (only for T-01A) but I'm not sure that his original rom is the old 6.5 UK rom or new 6.5 UK rom (voice problem fixed).
sorry bojan6 I think there was some missunderstanding there so i will explain more.
-When i got the phone, it had original rom which had windows 6.1 installed.
-I installed a custom rom which had windows 6.5 and manila sense 2.5. this rom took about 10 minutes to install.
-As you requested I downloaded the rom from toshiba's website. I ran the install and it only seemed to take 2mins to install, alot quicker than the custom rom.
After installing the rom I expected manila to be gone and the 3 stripes menu thing to be back and all the Orange branding to be there but it wasn't it still looked like the custom rom and is debranded.
Any way I tried a t-mobile sim and still the same problem. Put in an orange sim and it worked fine.
ok I think the problem is the rom is not installing right.
I get the following error.
SD downloading failed
Invalid Variant!!!
I thing is the radio problem.How long do you left the sim card try to connect? Did you try before the change other sim card wen it was still with wm 6.1?
Did you try to enter in phone settings ? If in phone settings you receive msg insert Network PUK that mean you have problem with the radio.
Gaz25 said:
ok I think the problem is the rom is not installing right.
I get the following error.
SD downloading failed
Invalid Variant!!!
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This msg you have wen you try to install not original rom in phone. Just need to use tg01_sddl+.exe I uplaod it for you.
thanks bojan6 that worked. I can report the phone is now unlocked.
So it would seem that you must have an official rom to unlock the phone.
Gaz25 said:
thanks bojan6 that worked. I can report the phone is now unlocked.
So it would seem that you must have an official rom to unlock the phone.
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Great news. I am happy you have unlocked your phone.
So now you can change your Rom and play with it.
Any chance of repeating the procedure with another phone ?
Can u suggest the list of roms u've used?
had the same issue, this is what i done
i had the same problem, i flashed my phone with a cooked rom then tried to unlock it and it would not bring up the sim locked screen, i tried for hours and then i thought if i reflashed the phone with the original uk orange rom then this must work??? i flashed the rom and as soon as i put a none orange sim in the unlock request popped up, i then entered my unlock code and the phone unlocked straight away. i then reflashed with a cooked rom from here and all is well, phone unlocked and debranded YERRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!! anymore advice needed then just PM me, many thanks to this forum and the people who reply to threads...................
I have just bought a tg01 unlocked mobile phone. I was wondering if I should try some of the latest roms that are available on this forum. At the moment I believe the rom on the phone is a cooked version and the details I have found are below.
os version - 5.2.23563 (23563.5.5.0)
manilla version - 2.5.20121412.1
The phone at the moment is prone to the odd lockup for no obvious reason and I cannot connect the tg01 to my laptop that is running windows xp.
I have tried both activesync and mass storage and the phone will not connect but it does get a charge from the usb cable when plugged into my laptop.
If a rom upgrade is a good idea then would my phone remain unlocked after the flash ? I have no actual unlock code because the phone was sold to me in an unlocked state.
Thanks
Related
After around a half year of use,
today, the 13th of november afternoon, I lost my signal.
I can see the G symbol, but I cant see the bars for signal.
It says, no signal. I tried to change the band to gsm, I tried different radio roms, new mary rom v6, nothing helps. I even hard restarted the phone, without effect.
Can somebody help, advice? What went wrong?
If I search for networks, it finds all the UK networks.
Thanks a lot
Peter
SIM card still valid? No unpaid bills?
Have you tried another SIM card?
yes. the strange thing is, when I try to use the T-mobile sim, it works. if I try to use another o2 card, it doesnt. if I try to use my o2 card, which is not working in another mobile it is working..
like if o2 has blocked my phone, but not the sim. it is possible somehow?
peter
peter_nagy said:
yes. the strange thing is, when I try to use the T-mobile sim, it works. if I try to use another o2 card, it doesnt. if I try to use my o2 card, which is not working in another mobile it is working..
like if o2 has blocked my phone, but not the sim. it is possible somehow?
peter
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My friend, I have no idea Try to flash everything again, CID unlock, hardspl, uspl, radio rom...
I tried new ROM - Mary, 2 radio roms and I did went across the unlocking process. what else can I do? what is cid unlocking?
thanks,
peter
I even tried to call o2, but they told me, as my mobile phone was bought on ebay, they can not check, if it is being blocked..
really silly.
and I am desperate..
Probably got a faulty SIM.
Some phones are locked to one provider's cards only. If you want to use another provider's SIM card, you'll need to unlock it. This is called CID unlock.
Locked phones will also not permit you to flash different ROMs - they stop at 99% and hang.
Since you can flash Mary ROM, then a likely cause is a faulty SIM card, or faulty SIM connector in the phone.
PS - make sure you use the appropriate radio for the appropriate ROM. Mary ROM cannot use radio higher than 1.64
OK. So the situation is as follows:
I have bought this phone on ebay and it was locked and branded to T-mobile. I unlocked it using the CID unlock code from this forum.
I put a new radio rom and about 2 ROMS. I was running the last rom for about 3 months. 2 days ago, all of a sudden, I lost my signal. The G symbol is still there and the phone does not say, the sim is not there, so I assume, that the contacts are ok. I tried other sims, 1 O2, and one TalkTalk. Both are not working. I tried a T-mobile sim and that is working. Is it possible, that T-mobile somehow relocked the phone remotely????
I tried to unlock it twice with the same procedure, but without success. What am I doing wrong? I am really desperate.
Thanks a lot,
Peter
It's unlikely that they could have relocked your phone remotely. I don't think that can even be done, as the "free" method of unlocking requieres patching parts of the flash, wich is not done "over the air".
But, they may have locked your phone, as if it was stolen, through IMEI. Is the seller on ebay still active? any compliants on his votes?
Anyway, for checking everything out...
Try this:
1. Go here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=355730 and download "sspl-1.16-nike.zip" and "hardspl-1.15mfg-nike.zip"
Uncompress the ssp-1.16-nike.zip and copy it to the phone through activesync.
2. Run the program from the phone, it will show the tricolor screen.
3. Flash hardspl-1.15mfg-nike using customruu and wait until it reboots the phone.
4. Take the battery out, put it back in and press and hold camera and power button until it gets to the bootloader again (it should say hardspl 1.15 bla bla bla)
5. Download the unlocker from this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=395945
6. Download, for example, this modded radio (it doesn't specifically need this, but I had troubles with other radios, but none with this): http://www.4shared.com/file/52403515/681b77e5/RUU_Nike_Radio_1582123_25653004S_Modded.html
7. Flash that radio using customruu, and when the phone reboots take the battery out again, back in, and enter the bootloader again.
8. Now, go to step1 of the unlocker and flash the patched radio. Once it's done, the phone will reboot. Go back to the bootloader (battery out, in again, camera+power). Disable usb connection on activesync.
9. While in bootloader, take the usb cable out, wait some seconds, and put it back in.
10. Go to step2 of the unlocker and run it. If it needs more than 30 seconds to tell you that the phone is unlocked, something is possibly going wrong. In that case, disconnect it, take the battery out and in again, enter the bootloader again, pull in the usb cable, take it out, back in again, and retry step 2.
11. Once you get it unlocked, flash back the radio you downloaded before. Now it should be completely unlocked.
12. If it's not unlocked, the phone should say invalid sim when booting with another poviders' sim, but if it is, it should only ask for the pin and once enter, boot normally...
hope this helps!
PS: When you put the tmobile sim and gets signal.. does it let you call? only send sms? nothing at all? Normally, when a phone is blocked through imei, it can simply be rejected by the foreign network, or can stay connect but won't let you call, but let you send sms... could you check that also?
Hi!
Thanks for your post.
I have done everything again and nothing helped.
I went to T-Mobile, there they advice me to go to Vodafone and by vodafone I asked, if they can not check, if my phone was not blacklisted.
They put in the IMEI number and the system told me, that it WAS BLACLISTED
I called up the guy, which sold it to me from ebay He told me, he will check the number as well and he needs to go for another guy, which sold it to him and after that, he will give me hopefully the money back..
So, fingers cross and thanks for the help!
Peter
Ok, this is a real noob question but im pretty stuck right now.
Ive successfully flashed roms on the touch diamond in the past, but this is getting the better of me.
My phone was on orange contract. Not sure if that makes any odds, but it wasnt unlocked from that network either.... (which wasnt a problem for me, I intended to use it with Orange anyway).
I flashed:
ROM_TG01_Clone_D2_6.1.21056_WWE.7z to the TG01.
Great. All fires up. But no radio at all. Nada, nothing.
So I downloaded the radio files, did the whole rename to orginal.tsw and changed the radio versions, hoping to find one that worked.
Again, nothing. Just keeps searching constantly for a network and I cant access the network settings for the phone.
So I reflashed back to a standard Orange UK rom in the hope that radio would be restored.
It possibly has, I dont know, because now the phone is locked with "enter sim unlock code". This isnt the standard sim lock code I use on my phone normally. Im guessing its the network unlock code.
I really want to get the HTC feel on the TG01. Tsunagi is perfect, if only I can get the radio working.
Any help please for a noob....
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Ok, this is a real noob question but im pretty stuck right now.
Ive successfully flashed roms on the touch diamond in the past, but this is getting the better of me.
My phone was on orange contract. Not sure if that makes any odds, but it wasnt unlocked from that network either.... (which wasnt a problem for me, I intended to use it with Orange anyway).
I flashed:
ROM_TG01_Clone_D2_6.1.21056_WWE.7z to the TG01.
Great. All fires up. But no radio at all. Nada, nothing.
So I downloaded the radio files, did the whole rename to orginal.tsw and changed the radio versions, hoping to find one that worked.
Again, nothing. Just keeps searching constantly for a network and I cant access the network settings for the phone.
So I reflashed back to a standard Orange UK rom in the hope that radio would be restored.
It possibly has, I dont know, because now the phone is locked with "enter sim unlock code". This isnt the standard sim lock code I use on my phone normally. Im guessing its the network unlock code.
I really want to get the HTC feel on the TG01. Tsunagi is perfect, if only I can get the radio working.
Any help please for a noob....
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which radio did you try flashing?
the new ones are built with a new IMGFs structure, which doesnt fit well with the kitchen etc... perhaps a bad flash? dont forget to hard reset after a flash!
seamanrob said:
Ok, this is a real noob question but im pretty stuck right now.
Ive successfully flashed roms on the touch diamond in the past, but this is getting the better of me.
My phone was on orange contract. Not sure if that makes any odds, but it wasnt unlocked from that network either.... (which wasnt a problem for me, I intended to use it with Orange anyway).
I flashed:
ROM_TG01_Clone_D2_6.1.21056_WWE.7z to the TG01.
Great. All fires up. But no radio at all. Nada, nothing.
So I downloaded the radio files, did the whole rename to orginal.tsw and changed the radio versions, hoping to find one that worked.
Again, nothing. Just keeps searching constantly for a network and I cant access the network settings for the phone.
So I reflashed back to a standard Orange UK rom in the hope that radio would be restored.
It possibly has, I dont know, because now the phone is locked with "enter sim unlock code". This isnt the standard sim lock code I use on my phone normally. Im guessing its the network unlock code.
I really want to get the HTC feel on the TG01. Tsunagi is perfect, if only I can get the radio working.
Any help please for a noob....
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I always had trouble using Miros radio changing kitchen out of the box, so i reverted to using tgtool and the radio file to change radio, doing it manually always seemed to work for me. I successfully changed the radio on that rom to 0321, so i know its possible.
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I always had trouble using Miros radio changing kitchen out of the box, so i reverted to using tgtool and the radio file to change radio, doing it manually always seemed to work for me. I successfully changed the radio on that rom to 0321, so i know its possible.
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Thanks both you guys, but i'm still no better off. Did what you suggested "insertnamehere", but its odd... I get the familiar imgfs signature not found where expected error, do not use....
Is it possible to brick only the radio side of things??? Ive yet to find an OS Rom that has a built in radio that functions at all.... let alone changing it....
Totally confused now.
I will persevere, its actually an old phone my mum is interested in using, but the generic tosh menu is a load of well, tosh, and I thought the HTC variant would be easier for her to get to grips with.
Bloody phones!!
Thanks for the pointers anyway. I will continue....
I would add to that, Ive just tried another ROM that lets me see more info under the "about phone" menu. In software information, Radio version, Protocol version and ROM date are all empty.... makes me think there really is no radio installed....
Would a locked phone do this...? do I need to unlock from orange before attempting a mod?
seamanrob said:
I would add to that, Ive just tried another ROM that lets me see more info under the "about phone" menu. In software information, Radio version, Protocol version and ROM date are all empty.... makes me think there really is no radio installed....
Would a locked phone do this...? do I need to unlock from orange before attempting a mod?
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This is very strange, makes me think your device has a hardware problem. What happens if you flash back to Orange stock rom and master clear?
Ive reflashed the main orange rom, without the SIM I access the main system no problem, but cant see any networks (since theres no sim)...
With the SIM in I get, "Phone is blocked. Enter password to disable SIM lock."
So I cant tell if theres radio there in any case.
Catch22?
seamanrob said:
Ive reflashed the main orange rom, without the SIM I access the main system no problem, but cant see any networks (since theres no sim)...
With the SIM in I get, "Phone is blocked. Enter password to disable SIM lock."
So I cant tell if theres radio there in any case.
Catch22?
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Sounds to me like a simlock, unless you put in the right network sim, you won;t get any network until its unlocked.
Yeah, I thought that too. But its an orange phone, orange sim card and I have no idea why its coming up. My last resort is to purchase the unblocking code from orange...
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Yeah, I thought that too. But its an orange phone, orange sim card and I have no idea why its coming up. My last resort is to purchase the unblocking code from orange...
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Cheaper is to contact Vitamise.
Send your imei with £10 paypal payment to:
[email protected]
He is very quick, you will have a code within hours.
Hi Guys, hoping someone can help me here.
I know I have replied to another thread asking the same question, but I wanted to ask in my own post so I could detail exactly what I have done in the hope someone can point out to me what a complete idiot I have been and put me right.
I tried to upgrade my sons phone this week which was on MiniCM7-2.07. I followed all the instructions to unlock bootloader etc and all seemed to go well, I booted up into MiniCM7-2.15 successfully however there is no network coverage, and there hasnt been since. The phone was sim unlocked about a year ago but I cant remember if I got Orange to do it for me or I paid one of the various unlockers for the code. I know it was never hooked up to a separate machine (SETOOL?). I tried my original Orange SIM in it to see if that fixed it, but still no joy.
You are able to browse the various networks available as it searches for them and finds them, but when you choose a certain network it returns with an error that your SIM will not work with that network, or words to that effect.
If you take the SIM out you get a totally different error, so pretty sure the SIM carrier is working.
So, to rectify this I relocked the bootloader and used SEUS to go back to stock 2.1. This all worked fine apart from I still have no network. WIFI works fine, but no data or phone calls.
I have tried flashing other kernels, again with no joy, always the same problem.
What else can I try? I used to do mess around with linux so I know my way around console, is there a module in the kernel I could try swapping or changing? Surely there is something that is controlling that part of the phone that has been changed and isnt being changed back again? What does SEUS do, does it just restore the ROM or is it the kernel too?
Really hoping someone can help with this, as of this moment the x10mini is as good as a chocolate tea pot to me
Tony
Did you find a decision of your problem? I have the same problem, with the only difference that I never changed the ROM. I just rooted the phone with the SuperOneClick tool, and then tried to unlock the bootloader, but with no luck there. After completing all the steps in the tutorial with no problems during the process, it remained locked.
And I just realized after that, that the phone has the sim card problem, just as yours.
So any suggestions?
guys first of all let's try a test if you have an unlocked bootloader go ahead and flash the latest nAa Kernel (nAa-10) then from that kernel install MiniCM7 2.1.8 and tell me your results if it was negative you should reflash all Without locking the bootloader from SEUS via the Repair option therefore after this it should work as the SEUS restore all the software kernel and ROM to its original state from the manufacturer Sony Ericsson.
let me know what will happen with you.
Any feedback on this?
Thanks!
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Any feedback on this?
Thanks!
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I have same problem but as someone tried to call me in the middle of the unlocking procedure the network went dead and I cant get it back.
Hey guys,
This is my first post here so please be nice I will try be as informative as I can!
Last week my aunt got a Samsung Galaxy S2 as an upgrade after my recommendation. She loved the look of things and liked how she could access Youtube and Facebook but then she got locked out of her phone completely and couldn't get back in because she didn't know her Gmail account.
After a bit of research I found out that I should do 'Hard Reset' and all should be back to normal afterwards, I did so and everything looked okay.
After giving the phone back to her my aunt said she no longer wanted it and gave it to me because it was too 'complicated'. Obviously I was overjoyed as my current phone does not even compare to this beast!
I put in my Orange sim, (hers was Orange too) turned on the Wi-Fi to update all the apps not even noticing that the 3g icon wasn't on. I could see the phone had some signal so I thought everything was okay. It was only when I tried to call my dad of the phone that I realised something was wrong. It said 'Mobile Network not Available'.
I have found many threads about 'rooting' or IMEI but I don't understand what they mean as I am a newbie in all of this.
I would send the phone for repair but it does not have insurance so that's a no go. The phone came unlocked too so I don't understand why it's doing this. The sim I put in works on my old phone so I'm pretty sure there's nothing wrong with it.
What should I do?
Looking forward to your replies
See * HERE *
Remove your battery and your sum card.
Wait 10 seconds put them back in and reboot.
If problem still exists go to
settings > wireless and networks > mobile networks. Select your carrier network.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA
Thank you for your replies samgalaxys2 and dred_up, I appreciate it!
I tried doing what you said samgalaxys2 but nothing's changed, I tried doing it myself before but no luck
In reply to your questions on the other thread I can confirm that my sim works as it works on my old phone. I can also create contacts on the sim too.
I don't know what the EFS folder is but when I dial that number you said (*#06# ) I can also confirm that the IMEI is the same number shown in my settings and underneath the battery.
What should I do?
Wiska.
The fault = put your sim in the phone then not working .
First step has to be to get a new sim .
That would be followed by either a return to a service centre or via XDA a flash of new stock firmware .
jje
Have you tried the Access Point Names in the network settings, mine changed it's self after flashing a new rom.
Hello JJEgan, I have tried various working sim cards and it doesn't make a difference, I even tried a brand new T-Mobile sim. In the 'About Phone' section I can clearly see the Sim's name but it always says Out Of Service underneath.
I have tried that too s.d.oconnor, at times it doesn't work and when it does it says something like 'Network Updated' but nothing changes.
What do you guys mean by 'Flash of new Stock Firmware' & 'Flashing new Rom'
Sorry for the amount of questions guys, I have never experienced something like this before
Wiska said:
Hello JJEgan, I have tried various working sim cards and it doesn't make a difference, I even tried a brand new T-Mobile sim. In the 'About Phone' section I can clearly see the Sim's name but it always says Out Of Service underneath.
I have tried that too s.d.oconnor, at times it doesn't work and when it does it says something like 'Network Updated' but nothing changes.
What do you guys mean by 'Flash of new Stock Firmware' & 'Flashing new Rom'
Sorry for the amount of questions guys, I have never experienced something like this before
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Stock - unbranded Samsung roms .
Stock Roms .and csc
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
jje
Hmm okay,
I followed the thread and had to do it at-least 3 times before I could do it 'correctly'
I managed to get Ice Cream Sandwich OS on the phone and although I could now use the sims internet I can't use it to call or access my voicemail.
What can I do to fix this?
If I have to download a new rom could you copy the link because I think that maybe that's where I went wrong?
I am sorry but I tried my best as it is my first time doing all of this.
I think the Rom should be an XX as the phone and myself are in England plus my network is Orange
Wiska.
You can use the Dutch firmware XEN without problems...
Also is your fone a i9100P (NFC) or standard i9100?
Or take fone into Orange or a Samsung repair centre to have it checked out.
Hmm do you recommend I Flash it again and get XEN?
Do you think they'll repair it even though it has been flashed? I've got ICSandwich on it and I don't think Orange has released it yet lol
I tried to change the APN but nothing is happening
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Hmm do you recommend I Flash it again and get XEN?
Do you think they'll repair it even though it has been flashed? I've got ICSandwich on it and I don't think Orange has released it yet lol
I tried to change the APN but nothing is happening
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If it was a Orange (UK) branded phone, then first download, install and run Triange_away app. This will reset the custom rom flashing counter and take away any triangle at boot up (if present).
Next you need to download and flash the BVKJ4 rom from * HERE * - it is the latest official Orange UK ROM. It will wipe the phone to factory setting and you will loose root. It may solve your problem, but if it doesn't it will put your phone back to valid warranty for the service centre.
Sorry for the late reply, the amount of work college gave us yesterday was just too much!
Thank you for the link fred_up but the links are dead
Thank you for trying to help though, I really appreciate it mate!
Anyone know what I should do?
Search for the stock rom you're after on Samfirmware.com.
Edit to add - Make a note of the rom details from Intra's thread (the one you were linked to where the links don't work), that will make searching Samfirmware easier.
Thank you MistahBungle!
I am downloading what looks to be the firmware I need right now so fingers crossed it works!
Many thanks for the help mate! I will keep you updated if it works or not
I tried the latest Orange one but that didn't do anything, I then tried using the Carphone Warehouse one and although the 3G internet stuff works I can't call or text!
This is so annoying lol, any advice?
The phone isn't locked or anything as my aunt gave it to me, what can be the problem?
Wiska said:
I tried the latest Orange one but that didn't do anything, I then tried using the Carphone Warehouse one and although the 3G internet stuff works I can't call or text!
This is so annoying lol, any advice?
The phone isn't locked or anything as my aunt gave it to me, what can be the problem?
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toot the damn phone
had same problem , just wipe data/factory reset, and cache then make a clean install of ur rom , and request the APNs again from your carrier
at first u can just delete the APN settings of ur carrier and try to get them again from it
Hello guys newbie her hope u wonderful people can help me. Sorry i have spend lots of time reading posts. But still cannot work it out. Forgive me
My problem is i have rooted and unlocked my wife's sgs2 which was locked to 3 uk is not recognising my orange uk micro sim, the reason to doing so is we like to swap our phones.
even tho i have unlocked whenever i turn the sgs2 on it pops up the 3 welcome screen.
i am running icecream sandwitch 4.0.3
base band ver. I9100NELP3
Kernel ver [email protected]#3
Bulild no IML74K.XWLP7
Please please any suggestions to get the phone working on orange is really i mean it really appreciated.
Also if u guys need to any more information kindly shout,
Do i need to flash a different rom to get the phone working on different sim? if so do i need a rom with XWLP7 kernel?
Thx a lot in advance and waiting to hear from u brilliant peoples from this site.
Thx
Tony
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even tho i have unlocked whenever i turn the sgs2 on it pops up the 3 welcome screen.
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Just because it shows the 3 welcome screen doesn't mean it's not unlocked, just branded. If you continue past the welcome screen, are you sure your Orange SIM doesn't work? If so, what method did you use to SIM-unlock it?
Thx a lot for the reply.
Initially i have used Chainfrie's Galaxy S2 sim unlock. but didn't work. Then i have used Helroze's Galaxy_S unlock. After that i pressd *#7465625# it says
Network lock OFF
Network Subset lock OFF
SP Lock OFF
By this way i believe its unlocked. But dont know its really unlocked.
Cheers
Tony
Branded means network branding and add on .
Your is 3 branded
Locked means locked to a network unlocked and it will work on any network .
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Not recognize sim first question has to be does it reconize any other sim .Second question have you entered the network settings for orange ???
jje
(rails) jjgtssu
Mr jje,
thx a lot for your kind reply.Thx.
I only tried orange sim but no help.
Secondly even if a phone unlocked do i need to add orange network setting? Sorry i didn't know that. Again could u please guide me how can set this up? Please any help will be really appreciated
Regards
Tony
Type in *#06# does your imei number show?
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
Thx for the reply,
Yes it does show the original IMEI no.
Regards
Tony
By the info youve given already your phone should be unlocked. Will it not make or receive calls or is it just the web that aint working? Does the sim card work in another phone?
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
Thx for the reply.
no i cannot make any calls with orange sim on sgs2. But this sim works absolutely fine with my iphone.
Kindly let me know anything else u like me to look for.
regards
Tony
Sorry to jump on this thred but noticed the OP had the same kernel, build and baseband numbers as my newly bought S2.
Ive been looking about for the right files to download to root mine but have been puzzled by the right ones to get.
Which are the corect kernel and firmware files I need?
Currently on Three network also looking to unlock and debrand.
Hope you can help
Cheers Lee
bigbull_009 said:
Thx for the reply.
no i cannot make any calls with orange sim on sgs2. But this sim works absolutely fine with my iphone.
Kindly let me know anything else u like me to look for.
regards
Tony
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Only two possible answers left .
One you have not entered your networks settings or they are wrong .
If you have then phone is not unlocked .
Simple test .
Phone works with original sim = software OK .
Other sim works in another phone = sim ok
Phone works on another network sim after network setting have been entered if not then its not unlocked phone .
jje
thx for all your support. its working now
Hello
i have rooted my phone because i need to use a different sim. Because i was with 3 it wont let me to use a different sim even after rooting and unlocking it.
The only way if u want to use a different sim is to flash a unbranded official uk firmware on it.Because even if u unlocked the phone after rooting all the bloat ware and the fiemware from 3 wont let u use any other sim (i mean in my case.) but make sure u have already backed up the current firmware before flashing a new firmware.
Please use method only if u bold enough to do it. because if u done anything wrong it may void the warranty.Please do all this in your own risk, to overcome this use a jig u can buy from ebay. or goole it or there is lots of information about this in you tube to reset the flash counter
I will explain what i did to my phone
Step1, Rooted my phone using the method described in android authority and firmware xwlp7 which is described on the above site. here is the link for it please copy and paste on your browser then u will see the method how to do it.
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rc...xMSnBw&usg=AFQjCNEAJtIUKzYLRTUMggMwJWe2V-SseA
Step 2,Once u have rooted Get the sim unlock apps from Google play, in my case the Chain fires one didn't work, use this app only once, if u use it more than once u r phone may get locked. Then i have tried Helroz's Galaxy_S Unlock and it did worked.You can check this by typing *#7465625# in u r dial pad once the app run and if u r phone is unlocked it will say sim lock 'OFF'.
But at this stage my phone wasn't working with my other orange sim . The reason was the phone was still on 3 uk firmware that's why the phone wont let me to use any other sim. So i need to find a unbranded original firm ware close to XWLP7 which was my original firmware because i don't really want to try any other firm ware.
So i have found that carphone warehouse uk was using XWLP7 firmware in their sgs2 which is same as mine. Because phones from carphone ware house can use any sim i thought this may work with any sim on my phone as well, You can get this from SAMWARE site where u can find all the firmwares for sgs2, new and old. This site is free and only need a registration. Down load it and extract it in to a folder(tar file). Once you are in the site look for the carphone ware house uk's firmware. I hope you are in Ice cream sandwich 4.0.3
Step 3, Before flashing this do a back up of your current firmware just in case if anything goes wrong , u can flash back. U can do that in recovery mode, (Turn your phone off, turn it back on again by pressing volup+home+power) U have options there to back up, once you done the back up of original firmware in the reoverymode
Step 4, Do a factory wipe/ reset
Step 5, Do a cache wipe as well on the recovery mode this will help u to do a fresh start.
Step 6, Tun the phone off again and turn it on back on down load mode( vol down+home+power button)
Step 7, Start odin which you have used to root the phone in step 1 then connect the phone using the usb cable and odin will recognise your phone (yellow colour on the left hand corner of the odin page) Once this is seen on the pda choose the firmware you have downloaded ( carphone ware house oen from SAMWARE) And make sure only reboot and F.reset time and pda are checked,make sure nothig else checked in the odin. Then let it run, this will take few mins and the phone will reboot.
Hope fully this time u don't see any 3 welcome screen, turn it off and try using the 3 sim first, it should work then try any other sim, in my case that was orange it did worked fine including mobile data so you don't have to change the APN settings for each network provider.
Thanks for the xda develpers, android authority and samware for all their hard work in providing lots of information.
Any doubt let me know. Please do not do anything unless you are really comfortable with
Thx
Go to any of the supermarkets and buy a PAYG sim from another network,{around £1.00}, youi don't have to register the sim to see if your phone is unlocked.
{EDIT} I see you said your coming from a iphone.... So that means its a cut down sim {micro-sim} card.
Parhaps it is not seated in the correct position.
Just a thought..
My phone is doing the exact same thing, can anybody help?
Originally on three UK. Got unlocked in a shop. Orange sim card worked fine. Restored to factory defaults to erase phone. Orange sim card no longer works, but phone is showing as unlocked. Every other network sim card works fine.
Its bugging me, took it back to the shop where i got it unlocked and the man said he had never seen anything like it.
Any help would be great. Thanks