My i9300 is stuck on samsung logo (loop) it has an EFS problem, have no backup from the EFS partition from that phone, canot mount EFS etc.
is there a way to reset the custom binary counter so i can try to send my phone back to my provider its still in warranty?
so im stuck in logo loop, can go in download mode can open recovery.
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Try to reflash it with odin in download mode with lat3st firmware from your country. If you are able to go in download mode you be able to reflash it. If something fails with efs send it warranty and claim that by flashing with kies is lost is efs. Good luck.
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anything else i can do so they don't realize that the phone was rooted and installed custom rom on it?
testadeferro said:
Try to reflash it with odin in download mode with lat3st firmware from your country. If you are able to go in download mode you be able to reflash it. If something fails with efs send it warranty and claim that by flashing with kies is lost is efs. Good luck.
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I did that, i flashed the latest rom from my carrier 3 Austria using Odin in download mode, now its not rooted and has the official rom, official recovery and it's still looping the logo, and has efs problem,i would send it now to carrier but my problem is the binary counter. Thanks i will need luck.
Many similar threads, guides and stickies on how to do this. If you had an efs backup then you wouldn't even need a repair.
boomboomer said:
Many similar threads, guides and stickies on how to do this. If you had an efs backup then you wouldn't even need a repair.
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That happens... bad luck. In europe isnt ilegal root. So dont bother with that. Just send the phone. And as advice I would go direct to service not through operator service. try a Samsung repair centrr in your area.
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testadeferro said:
That happens... bad luck. In europe isnt ilegal root. So dont bother with that. Just send the phone. And as advice I would go direct to service not through operator service. try a Samsung repair centrr in your area.
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Binary counter is the problem, count of three. Not hard to solve though.
Go to a Samsung repair shop and just tell them what happened, if they ask you. My friend who bricked his phone while rooting got a replacement from samsung.
Good Luck!
Maybe not. I ve sent here in portugal a s2 with a 27 binary counter and they repair it. But I was to vodafone once and they put some questions and at the end they repaired. Thats why I advice to go direct to sammy. They dont look at that things. Its a small fix for them.
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Samsung rule is as posted .
Custom rom counter or status modified = warranty void .
As Samsung are not the retailer the EU law does not apply they offer a second limited warranty .
jje
Its not so linear in eu. They must prove that this mods voyded warranty. And if you have a original firmware flashed they can say many things but can t proof that was former firmware or the original one that done the damage... so or warranty is not voyd in EU.
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JJEgan said:
Samsung rule is as posted .
Custom rom counter or status modified = warranty void .
As Samsung are not the retailer the EU law does not apply they offer a second limited warranty .
jje
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Thanks to all that answered me so fast :highfive:
testadeferro said:
Its not so linear in eu. They must prove that this mods voyded warranty. And if you have a original firmware flashed they can say many things but can t proof that was former firmware or the original one that done the damage... so or warranty is not voyd in EU.
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Wrong unless you buy the phone from Samsung Direct .EU law applies to retailers .
Fact is all attempts to get Samsung to repair under this law have failed .
Yes sometimes you will get a warranty repair in a case like this where its users fault equally Samsung will reject warranty due to a scratched screen .
Most countries your actual warranty is with the retailer not Samsung .
Though that gets confused when the retailer sends it to Samsung for repair .
jje
JJEgan said:
Wrong unless you buy the phone from Samsung Direct .EU law applies to retailers .
Fact is all attempts to get Samsung to repair under this law have failed .
Yes sometimes you will get a warranty repair in a case like this where its users fault equally Samsung will reject warranty due to a scratched screen .
Most countries your actual warranty is with the retailer not Samsung .
Though that gets confused when the retailer sends it to Samsung for repair .
jje
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So whats the best thing to do? Go to carrier or samsung with warranty? And play dumb or what?
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So whats the best thing to do? Go to carrier or samsung with warranty? And play dumb or what?
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Go direct to sammy. At least here in my country you can do that.
I saw somebody that was denied warranty just because phone was rooted and sammy repaired and sayed operator ss no reason.
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Go direct to sammy. At least here in my country you can do that.
I saw somebody that was denied warranty just because phone was rooted and sammy repaired and sayed operator ss no reason.
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TY :good:
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TY :good:
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Leave feedback to us all when you know more from repair or not. Those details are important to other users that may have same problems. Cheers.
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Please help !!!!
Good EVENING...
Dear XDA! once i have rooted my SGS3 I9300 I have altered some (roc.lcd from 320 to 350) in Rom Toolbox (such a fool I AM), it says unfortunately Touchwiz and Samsung keyboard stop working,,, and i couldn't do a single thing.. After that I have re-flash it and then again and again but the problem persists.. Now the latest thing is from 48 hrs my SGS3 couldn't start and feeling shattered with sorrow. Plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz XDA help me please please... im eagerly waiting.....
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Good EVENING...
Dear XDA! once i have rooted my SGS3 I9300 I have altered some (roc.lcd from 320 to 350) in Rom Toolbox (such a fool I AM), it says unfortunately Touchwiz and Samsung keyboard stop working,,, and i couldn't do a single thing.. After that I have re-flash it and then again and again but the problem persists.. Now the latest thing is from 48 hrs my SGS3 couldn't start and feeling shattered with sorrow. Plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz XDA help me please please... im eagerly waiting.....
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This is the best thing you can do atm i think , go to recovery if you can and wipe data and cache after that go to download mod and flash a stock rom. I had a similar problem and this helped me also the OP i don't know what to do about EFS problem but if you didn't wipe data and cache after flashing with odin that maybe the reason you get a bootloop , so try to wipe data and cache then install your stock rom then use triangle away for your counter .
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I guess this question is asked over and over again and it pretty much pisses you guys off, but i fail at finding some guide or something that gives me the confidence to start the process.
Some days ago i upgraded my samsung galaxy s II from Gingerbread to ICS and i got nothing but problems since then. My battery doesn´t last even 1 day, browser keeps crashing, and i cant find any feature that makes me wanna continue using such OS. So, if possible, i want to downgrade to Gingerbread, is there anyway to do this without having ANY problems with my carrier and keeping my warranty ? Searching a bit through google, i saw that this could be easily be accomplished by using ODIN, but i cant seem to find Gingerbread for my specific carrier and device...
My info:
Samsung Galaxy S II
Carrier: Personal
Current OS: ICS 4.0.3
PD: Can i downgrade from my carrier's ICS to an international gingerbread version without having any problem (this includes saving my warranty, etc). But if available, i'd like GB for my carrier.
Thanks a ton and sorry if this is asked a lot.
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I guess this question is asked over and over again and it pretty much pisses you guys off, but i fail at finding some guide or something that gives me the confidence to start the process.
Some days ago i upgraded my samsung galaxy s II from Gingerbread to ICS and i got nothing but problems since then. My battery doesn´t last even 1 day, browser keeps crashing, and i cant find any feature that makes me wanna continue using such OS. So, if possible, i want to downgrade to Gingerbread, is there anyway to do this without having ANY problems with my carrier and keeping my warranty ? Searching a bit through google, i saw that this could be easily be accomplished by using ODIN, but i cant seem to find Gingerbread for my specific carrier and device...
My info:
Samsung Galaxy S II
Carrier: Personal
Current OS: ICS 4.0.3
PD: Can i downgrade from my carrier's ICS to an international gingerbread version without having any problem (this includes saving my warranty, etc). But if available, i'd like GB for my carrier.
Thanks a ton and sorry if this is asked a lot.
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yes you can ...
I understand your frustration ..been there .......
I assumed you upgraded from kies ?
this page will help you lots http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1826497
A noob with courtesy, wow it makes everything better.
The answer is yes, flash an unrooted ROM/Kernel with Odin.
Go to www.sammobile.com and download the firmware you want and flash through Odin. (don't tick repartition or use a pit file unless you know 100% what you're doing)
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Go to Samfirmware dot Com (you need to be registered to download roms) select your device model, country, carrier and download the rom.
Open odin,
put your phone in download mode and connect it. U will see a yellow indicator which means odin had recognized your device.
Select Pda and choose the .tar.md5 file.
Don't change anything unless you know what you are doing.
Click Start.
Process will be done in 2mins...
Make sure you have more than 50% battery when doing this.
Hit thanks if this was of use to you.
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You can use this video guide made few days ago: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652376
Also to improve your ICS experience its recommended to wipe cache and do factory reset.
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Go to www.sammobile.com and download the firmware you want and flash through Odin. (don't tick repartition or use a pit file unless you know 100% what you're doing)
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Thanks, whenever i enter my carrier (Personal from Argentina), all is listed in the list is 4.0.3 ICS, but i need to go back to gingerbread, which i can not find. any idea ?
sachidanand444 said:
Go to Samfirmware dot Com (you need to be registered to download roms) select your device model, country, carrier and download the rom.
Open odin,
put your phone in download mode and connect it. U will see a yellow indicator which means odin had recognized your device.
Select Pda and choose the .tar.md5 file.
Don't change anything unless you know what you are doing.
Click Start.
Process will be done in 2mins...
Make sure you have more than 50% battery when doing this.
Hit thanks if this was of use to you.
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Thanks, whenever i enter my carrier (Personal from Argentina), all is listed in the list is 4.0.3 ICS, but i need to go back to gingerbread, which i can not find. any idea ?
postfatal said:
A noob with courtesy, wow it makes everything better.
The answer is yes, flash an unrooted ROM/Kernel with Odin.
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Thanks, thing is i cant seem to find the appropiate firmware for my country and carrier.
Stileth said:
You can use this video guide made few days ago: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652376
Also to improve your ICS experience its recommended to wipe cache and do factory reset.
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Thanks.
anyone wanna help me out again ?
Use any for Argentina if you prefer something for your country, but it doesn't matter in real. As for warranty purpose you would need to flash the one you had there when you bought the phone.
Yeah check here :
http://samsung-updates.com/
Just check your device and so on, there is a thread with carrier branded roms here on xda as well. Think it's intratechs thread
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Use any for Argentina if you prefer something for your country, but it doesn't matter in real. As for warranty purpose you would need to flash the one you had there when you bought the phone.
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Thanks man, when i search for my firmware for argentina, i get three options, which one should i pick and what are the differences ?
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this type of roms are "unbranded", right ?
Thanks !
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Yes those are unbranded.
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Hi,
I've ordered from a chinese seller on ebay an i9300 for 500$+10$transport.
I received the phone that was in a perfect brand new condition in original box.
I turned it on and i see that the phone always is in "safe mode" condition and has a few chinese apps installed.
This means that it always writes on bottom left "safe mode" and i understand that it doesn't load all programs and stuff.
Apart from that everything else seems to work ok.
I've tried to update it over the air but i receive error "processing failed".
I connected it on Kies and it recognizes it as SGH-I747M!!! and can't update it. PDA:LG3 PHONE:LI5 CSC:LG3 (TLS)
Also when i enter download mode it writes SGH-I747.
On Settings>About Device, it says model:GT-I9300 4.1.1, baseband unknown, kernel 3.0.8-599060-user [email protected]#1 build JMM76D.LXKJ.F2A238.2JIA68 .
On toolkit 7>Device Info, it appears as GT-I9300, Firmware build ID: IMM76D, firmware build PDA: I9300ZSALG3, firmware region code: TLS, boot image status:secure (based on ro.secure value).
I've tried to flash with Odin the latest versions of I9300 and SGH-I747 from sammobile and it fails!
I've tried to download rom manager and flash CWM but it doesn't load probably because i am on safe mode.
I understand that the device is an SGH-I747M but with a kind of I9300 ROM installed.
Of course i'm in contact with the seller to find a solution and if i open a case on ebay i will get a full refund.
But if i get a partial refund and keep the phone, can i do anything with it? Can i push CWM recovery and flash any rom? And what roms can i flash? I9300 or SGH-I747?
What do you suggest me to do?
I'm new with S3 but i had a Huawei U8800pro and an HTC desire so i'm not totally newbie.
Please help! thanks.
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This is a probable fake its not an I9300 .
I've tried to flash with Odin the latest versions of I9300 and SGH-I747 from sammobile and it fails!
If it was an I9300 or even SGH-I747 then you have bricked it by flashing the wrong phone firmware .
There is no return / refund from EBay on a product you have hacked .
jje
JJEgan said:
This is a probable fake its not an I9300 .
I've tried to flash with Odin the latest versions of I9300 and SGH-I747 from sammobile and it fails!
If it was an I9300 or even SGH-I747 then you have bricked it by flashing the wrong phone firmware .
There is no return / refund from EBay on a product you have hacked .
jje
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Thanks for the answer. I didn't hack it yet. The flashing didn't even start. It failed since the beginning probably because of model mismatch. The phone is in the initial condition and fully functional except for the "safe mode" and the update disability. I think I'll insist on full refund.
The phone is likely fake dude, not the real i9300 by samsung.
Could you post the screenshot of home menu?
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If there are no Samsung Apps, its fake.
Please post a screenshot of your "About Device" tab in Settings.
eg: Samsung Apps, S Suggest , S memo, S voice...etc.
dragon135 said:
The phone is likely fake dude, not the real i9300 by samsung.
Could you post the screenshot of home menu?
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If there are no Samsung Apps, its fake.
Please post a screenshot of your "About Device" tab in Settings.
eg: Samsung Apps, S Suggest , S memo, S voice...etc.
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Here.. I've posted screenshots. There are the Samsung apps.
i have the same problem , and i noticed that it drops network with not registered on a network error ....
i tried to flash i9300 modem , after that i stuck into download mode ... i can enter recovery and installed twrp recovery also with odin
but when i swich it open it goes directly into download mode .
anything i could do .... please
If its a fake we cannot help.
If its not an I9300 and you flashed I9300 firmware then you may well have dead phone .
jje
How about the Volume Button??
It's Volume Button Working??
Try flashing stock sgh ROM with or ldin
If it's original Samsung Galaxy S3 I9300 you will be able to access test menu with code *#0*#
If you won't be able it's means that it's fake one.
Battery doesn´t look legit at all. Mine is Black with white letters.
Please remove the back cover and take 2 photos, one with battery in, one with it out and post here(good quality picture please.)
This is the easiest methods of identifying a fake as your information is confused and unclear
It's deffinetly not fake from what i see in those screenshots, but it's the chinese variant not intl one. Usually safe mode is activated by pressing left button while booting, so it must be somethimg wrong with that, apart from any software issues.
Funny thing that SuperSU icon, it may be rroted allready. Try install rom manager and flash cwm from app.
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I’m sorry I have to revive this post but I have the same problem. I’ve bought a Galaxy Nexus from Amazon from “On The Go Solutions”, They were out of stock and they kept saying that I was going to get my phone very very soon. After 22 days they confessed that they did not have the phone and they were not getting new ones. and they will send me an SIII as a free upgrade. I finally got a SGSIII GT-I9300. Brand new and perfectly original (my sister and my dad both own a SIII so I would spot a fake right away)
It came with 4.1.1 and I wanted to make a software update as soon as I opened the package. Surprise surprise the phone was Rooted (Not brand new?). I was unable to make the OTA update. That’s not a problem since I know how to install the new version via ODIN.
I downloaded the latest version and after going to Download Mode it said it was a SGH-I747 Qualcomm SecureBot Enabled
I Rebooted the phone and downloaded AnTuTu just to find out the internals of the phone where the same as the I747 (?)
But the menu says I9300, the StartUp animation says I9300, even Antutu says I9300 but the internals of the I747. Also the *#1234# menu says it is a I9300.
LCD Test is working
Can anyone tell me how this is possible?
I don't want to brick the phone
What does it say under the battery. GT i9300
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Looks like an I747 with a FW mod to make it say I9300. Flash a genuine I747 firmware with Odin.
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What does it say under the battery. GT i9300
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Sorry it took me quite a bit to reply.
I'll post pictures of the back
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Looks like an I747 with a FW mod to make it say I9300. Flash a genuine I747 firmware with Odin.
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Are you sure? I don't want to brick the phone
No we're not sure. It shouldnt say both. Nothing we can say can be 100% accurate. We can only guess.
Download cpu-z from play. Post screenshot
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What does it say under the battery. GT i9300
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No we're not sure. It shouldnt say both. Nothing we can say can be 100% accurate. We can only guess.
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Thank you very much. Here are the screenshots. I hope it helps!
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Hi,
yesterday night my wifes S3 (international) has lost baseband and while trying to to set the network from settings there was a mesage "please put in SIM card to use network options". Short after that it started to reboot it self.
The phone was stock - unbranded and unlocked, never flashed and rooted.
I have rooted it this mornig and flashed the latest CWM than flashed Nighmare ROM as I am using it on my i9300. The auto-reboot issue was gone but I still could not set up the network - I have checked the SIM its fine and the pfne did not take other SIM cards...
Then I have checked the IMEI and supriseingly I got the message "IMEI null/null"..
I have read a lot about and I am downloading a stock ROM to hopely solve this issu.
Is there any one who had a smmmilar issue? Any thoughts? Suggestions?
I appreciate every help...
For the network issue first try another sim in the phone, it might work in other phones but similar problems have been solved with a replacement sim.
On the IMEI problem, simply restore the backup you made before you flashed your custom rom. Flashing a stock rom can sometimes enable the efs partition to be read again, but if it's been damaged or wiped then only a restore of backup, after formatting the partition will fix it.
oofol said:
Hi,
yesterday night my wifes S3 (international) has lost baseband and while trying to to set the network from settings there was a mesage "please put in SIM card to use network options". Short after that it started to reboot it self.
The phone was stock - unbranded and unlocked, never flashed and rooted.
I have rooted it this mornig and flashed the latest CWM than flashed Nighmare ROM as I am using it on my i9300. The auto-reboot issue was gone but I still could not set up the network - I have checked the SIM its fine and the pfne did not take other SIM cards...
Then I have checked the IMEI and supriseingly I got the message "IMEI null/null"..
I have read a lot about and I am downloading a stock ROM to hopely solve this issu.
Is there any one who had a smmmilar issue? Any thoughts? Suggestions?
I appreciate every help...
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So basically, you took a suspect phone, possibly still under warranty and voided it. Interesting...
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See the guides to return to stick. Ensure you reset the flash status then return it for repair
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If the stock download fails then read the return to stock for warrant how to guide .
You may be able to restore it to a condition where Samsung accept warranty .
Root CWM custom rom have voided warranty and changed status and custom rom count .
jje
boomboomer said:
For the network issue first try another sim in the phone, it might work in other phones but similar problems have been solved with a replacement sim.
On the IMEI problem, simply restore the backup you made before you flashed your custom rom. Flashing a stock rom can sometimes enable the efs partition to be read again, but if it's been damaged or wiped then only a restore of backup, after formatting the partition will fix it.
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Thank s for your answear but please red my topic carefully - I wrote everything you are asking..
zardoz99 - yes. I root all my phones straight after Im back home - I was to lazy with my wifes phone unfortunately...
SO there is nothing I can do myself?
Nope. Stock then repair
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Ill think Ill get it to Sam service... If they want accept it ill get an AsanSam box.
They will accept it if you reset flash counter and return to stock. Guides in general
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Cant get it to stock... Ive downloaded 2 different stocks from Samfirmware and it gets into bootloop...
Can anybody share a link to a 4 file stock by any chance please?
Ok, gone for warranty.
The S3 came back from repair today.
Apparently the updated the "software" only...
Any ways it works great
oofol said:
The S3 came back from repair today.
Apparently the updated the "software" only...
Any ways it works great
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Hello guys and thanks for your input.
I have a i9300 that went into the water and now it dosent recognize sim cards and has the imei null and base band unknown problem. Does anyone know what I can do? I ordered a SIM /SD tray replacement from Amazon uk but I don't know if that will solve the problem...
Cheers
Badelhas said:
Hello guys and thanks for your input.
I have a i9300 that went into the water and now it dosent recognize sim cards and has the imei null and base band unknown problem. Does anyone know what I can do? I ordered a SIM /SD tray replacement from Amazon uk but I don't know if that will solve the problem...
Cheers
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Hi, i dont think so.. i have an galaxy s2 and also went to the water and then didn´t recognize sim cards and imei null/null. i tried with a lot of boxes and no luck. i friend told me it was a problem of hardware and the only way is to repair an internal chip and then repair imei.
t0m4s_g1l said:
Hi, i dont think so.. i have an galaxy s2 and also went to the water and then didn´t recognize sim cards and imei null/null. i tried with a lot of boxes and no luck. i friend told me it was a problem of hardware and the only way is to repair an internal chip and then repair imei.
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Yeah, that's what I thought. Did you take it to samsung service to know how much it costed to fix it?
Thank you
Badelhas said:
Yeah, that's what I thought. Did you take it to samsung service to know how much it costed to fix it?
Thank you
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No i didnt take to de samsung service because i have no warranty, in a technical service center with another mainboard that was bad and have no repair we extracted the chip we need that was working then we sold it in my board. then the technician with z3x box repaired the imei.
Sorry my english. it costed like 90000$ Colombian Pesos its like 46$ dolars now
t0m4s_g1l said:
No i didnt take to de samsung service because i have no warranty, in a technical service center with another mainboard that was bad and have no repair we extracted the chip we need that was working then we sold it in my board. then the technician with z3x box repaired the imei.
Sorry my english. it costed like 90000$ Colombian Pesos its like 46$ dolars now
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That's the kind of repair I was hoping. How did he get the defective board and how did he know which chip was bad?
Badelhas said:
That's the kind of repair I was hoping. How did he get the defective board and how did he know which chip was bad?
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In the I9100 Galaxy S2 is this one. this is a CDMA Board but in the GSM one there is the same chip
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In the I9300 Galaxy S3 i dont know.... the mainboard u can buy in amazon there a lot to buy (bad boards u can use to repiar yours) very cheap CDMA or GSM. But i didnt buy it, he had one already.
t0m4s_g1l said:
In the I9100 Galaxy S2 is this one. this is a CDMA Board but in the GSM one there is the same chip
In the I9300 Galaxy S3 i dont know.... the mainboard u can buy in amazon there a lot to buy (bad boards u can use to repiar yours) very cheap CDMA or GSM. But i didnt buy it, he had one already.
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Thanks man
I've seen that picture already on GSMhosting forum. I guess I could try that, I'm gonna check it out and see if it's worth it. First I got to find a repair shop that does the job.
In samsung genuine repair center they will probably ask 200 euros and say that the only thing that they can do is substitute the whole motherboard, don't you think?
Yes they will say that. However they may be right. Once you repair this piece, maybe you find another piece needs repair. Then another. How many repairs will you do before you give up? You must decide in advance and set yourself a limit and not go over it
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Hey people i need help from you and i am really sorry about my english but im portuguese
I bought a SIII three weeks ago and yesterday i flashed with the HD revolution version 4.1.2 and after complete boot i installed yank555 kernel. Suddently the phone its only in emergency calls only and the ime has been changed to 004999.... After that i try by odin like 10 original roms and nothing happen. I heard that a member called spocky12 solve another member problem and i have already sent him a message but anyway i ask from you guys if i can do something. I have warranty for 2 years, it was a girlfriend gift, i love the phone and now im completely stuck. If you guys can do something please tell me. Thank you
If you backed up EFS, restore it. If you did not backup EFS, send for repair. No other fix.
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rootSU said:
If you backed up EFS, restore it. If you did not backup EFS, send for repair. No other fix.
Did you use search as per forum rules? Millions of topics on this.
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No backup done.... can i say something in repair centre to have a free repair? Because the phone just have a couple days....
ShadowPT said:
No backup done.... can i say something in repair centre to have a free repair? Because the phone just have a couple days....
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No as it has custom rom and root warranty is void .
jje
JJEgan said:
No as it has custom rom and root warranty is void .
jje
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It have original 4.2.1 rom on it. Original for my country from samfirmware
ShadowPT said:
It have original 4.2.1 rom on it. Original for my country from samfirmware
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If all custom rom and status signs are as normal then you may get warranty repair .
jje
JJEgan said:
If all custom rom and status signs are as normal then you may get warranty repair .
jje
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Hello everyone
thank for coming so far to read this post
(im a noob)
so i was playing around with my phone trying to unlock it my self (bad idea)
so i ended up using ariza patch and applying the .v5 patch
so after that i have emergency calls only everything else works apart from the sim i even have signal
so i went to setting and now see that i have a generic imie with 0049...
while the original imie was 35599....
this phone is no stolen or blocked i did this and no one else
i have tried using cdma but everytime i put my phone in RMNET + DM + MODEM and plug it into the comp using a usb program wont read from the phone as its recognized as a modem not serial port?
please can anyone help me get my old imie back so i can use my phone again
im on stock samsung firmware android 4.1.2
Thank you very much
First, stop flashing things you don't fully understand -you'll only make it worse.
Second, questions go in the Q&A forum, report your own post and ask for it to be moved.
Third, flash a full stock rom via odin on your pc -make sure it's an official version from sammobile.
If that doesn't fix it and I'm assuming you didn't backup up your efs folder, then you will have to have your phone repaired.
boomboomer said:
First, stop flashing things you don't fully understand -you'll only make it worse.
Second, questions go in the Q&A forum, report your own post and ask for it to be moved.
Third, flash a full stock rom via odin on your pc -make sure it's an official version from sammobile.
If that doesn't fix it and I'm assuming you didn't backup up your efs folder, then you will have to have your phone repaired.
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thanks for the reply i will report and aks for it to move now
but i have flashed using odin to an samsung official rom
and no i didnt backup my efs folder
but isnt there a way to do it using cdma?
thanks
No, there's no way to use CDMA... This is a GSM phone.
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No, there's no way to use CDMA... This is a GSM phone.
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please is there any other way of solving this issue ?
Service center. Pay for the IMEI repair.
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Service center. Pay for the IMEI repair.
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do you know where and how much they charge im in the uk (midlands)
dray1480 said:
do you know where and how much they charge im in the uk (midlands)
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This
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Samsung+service+centre+uk
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This
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Samsung+service+centre+uk
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Brilliant, haven't seen that before... so funny.
do you use mg4 or mg5 rom
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zuluman said:
do you use mg4 or mg5 rom
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how would i know?
dray1480 said:
how would i know?
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Settings > about phone. Screenshot please
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Settings > about phone. Screenshot please
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Settings > about phone. Screenshot please
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sorry to bother again i see ur in the uk
how much would it cost if i brought to the nearest service centre? and let them repair it and do i need to do any preps?
£20 maybe... it should still be under warranty though
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Warranty should not / may not cover user playing about with the phone .
True but the device should still be under warranty so its best to send it to official centres. 3rd party mobile phone shops will void warranty. Even if you pay official to get a repair, warranty for other things will remain in tact.
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True but the device should still be under warranty so its best to send it to official centres. 3rd party mobile phone shops will void warranty. Even if you pay official to get a repair, warranty for other things will remain in tact.
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Intercity mobile communications- Birmingham, hxxp://goo.gl/maps/BO7ci
My phone had exactly the same problem and i went to the above official service centre (this is a walk in service centre)
just do a couple of things if you've been playing with firmwares.
1) backup your phone (don't forget calendar items! i lost mine because it wasn't synced to google and i didn't know)
2) root your phone and run triangle away to reset flash counter
3) flash official firmware, (Full Wipe) for you carrier - samfirmware will have the correct version
4) check download mode to make sure its says official firmware and your flash counter is zero
5) Take to service centre and explain that your phone is no longer picking up any networks and your IMEI is blank
To be fair it only taken 48 hours to fix mine. was well happy with the service. All work was covered under warranty.
Also just to clear my conscience my phone had official samsung firmware on but it was rooted so i had to do all the above steps.
Hope this helps
addeh said:
Intercity mobile communications- Birmingham, hxxp://goo.gl/maps/BO7ci
My phone had exactly the same problem and i went to the above official service centre (this is a walk in service centre)
just do a couple of things if you've been playing with firmwares.
1) backup your phone (don't forget calendar items! i lost mine because it wasn't synced to google and i didn't know)
2) root your phone and run triangle away to reset flash counter
3) flash official firmware, (Full Wipe) for you carrier - samfirmware will have the correct version
4) check download mode to make sure its says official firmware and your flash counter is zero
5) Take to service centre and explain that your phone is no longer picking up any networks and your IMEI is blank
To be fair it only taken 48 hours to fix mine. was well happy with the service. All work was covered under warranty.
Also just to clear my conscience my phone had official samsung firmware on but it was rooted so i had to do all the above steps.
Hope this helps
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thank you very much for all the info that really did it
but i took mine to a shop did all of it while bieng under warranty
then got home flashed it with a custom tom MS TEAM HD 12.0
and lost signal again and also imei is back to 0049 ???
so im going again tomorrow to play dumb again
dray1480 said:
thank you very much for all the info that really did it
but i took mine to a shop did all of it while bieng under warranty
then got home flashed it with a custom tom MS TEAM HD 12.0
and lost signal again and also imei is back to 0049 ???
so im going again tomorrow to play dumb again
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Link to rom?
Surely you just learned the hard way that efs backup is important?
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