Hi Guys,
2 months ago I bought a Samsung s5 in Hong Kong.
While travelling through South East Asia this device worked fine.
While traveling through New Zealand (Old home) this phone worked fine.
While traveling through America (New Home) this phone worked fine for the first 2 weeks (on the metroPCS network).
The problem:
Randomly after 2 weeks the s5 stopped connecting to the metroPCS mobile network even though the network was available (btw metroPCS uses the T-Mobile network). It gives errors such as network not available or cannot register with network.
Things I have tried:
-Im sure the APN settings of the phone have not changed and I have double checked to see if they are correct.
-replacing the sim card with another does not fix the issue
-soft and hard reset of the phone does not fix the issue
-Getting metroPCS to refresh the service on this number does not fix the issue
Other important info:
-This phone was purchased in hong kong but it is from the Philippians according to Kies's firmware information (XTC is the country code)
-It is running a custom allianceROM that must have been installed by someone in hongkong
-The device is rooted (superuser app installed)
-the model number as shown in settings is g900f BUT when attempting to flash with odin the phone displays g900t and fails to flash the latest Philippians verison of kit-kat
I have 2 questions:
1. Any ideas why my network connection has suddenly self destructed (and how to fix)?
2. Would flashing a stock ROM to my s5 help? and if so why is there conflicting information on which model I own (g900t/g900f)?
Please help. I do have some know how on flashing android devices but i've really hit the wall on this one guys!
Cheers,
Yetti.:cyclops:
It's not uncommon for the model # to be different with a custom rom as that is a very easy thing to edit in the build.prop. It should tell you under the battery which one it is. As far as the network issues, check to see if the baseband and IMEI are still there and not listed as unknown or incorrectly. It's possible you could get away with flashing the appropriate modem that matches with your update and that might work better in this region vs the previous one.
Please list the Alliance rom version and baseband version here in case it's relevant to your issue.
More info
Im not sure if this helps but looking through the build.prop file in the system folder my ro.product.local.region=GB
When in recovery mode the region is set to XTC (Philippians) using mutli-csc.
Also my IMEI number seems ok and is NOT blocked.
Cheers. Yetti :cyclops:
Baseband and rom etc
Thankls for your reply!
Sorry when you say "under the battery symbol" do you mean in /odins boot script on the device/ or /in settings on the phone/?
Baseband is g900TUVU1ANCH
Build Num: AllianceROM_G900F_XXU1ANCF
If the "no network" issue can be solved with the current firmware that would be the most desirable solution but going through the flashing process may be a good idea for my learning process, and will help with future updates.
Do you think getting back to a stock rom would help me?
tHANKS AGAIN!:cyclops:
Model confirmed to be g900t
Sorry i didn't understand the "under the battery" thing. I was lost in software world. The sticker under the physical battery says SM-900T so i guess that confirms that it is a t-moble verison (and the baseband is therefore correct).
I will try to flash the T-Mobile stock image to the phone and see if that works.
Also i will try to flash a modem (after i work out which one i need).
Cheers, Yetti :cyclops:
Current status.
Flashed the stock T-Mobile firmware to the phone. No success.
Flashed new modem to the phone. No success.
Will go to the T-Mobile store tomorrow to see if they can help (I doubt it but i have to exhaust all the options).
Any more help would be appreciated...
cheers, yetti:cyclops:
By under the battery I mean like to take off the battery cover of the phone and pull the battery out and look at the sticker found there.
G900t.
es0tericcha0s said:
By under the battery I mean like to take off the battery cover of the phone and pull the battery out and look at the sticker found there.
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Yep it says g900t (see above)
As per flashing a modem. I have heard that it is possible to flash any modem for any version of the s5 to the phone. Some work well and others not so much. I have tried 2 T-Mobile modems (baseband) the G900TU1ANCH and the G900TUVU1BNG3 with no success. Do you have any recommendations for a modem to try (or even a custom ROM that might help?)
Cheers,
Yetti :cyclops:
I know that you mentioned they refreshed the service for your number, but do they have the correct IMEI in the system for your account? Metro makes a big deal about that now and you can't just take your SIM from another phone and pop it in a new one and go like you can with pretty much every other service (Cricket is like this too now).
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Hi I have recently rooted and unlocked my S2. It recognises any sim put into it but if i try to make a call i get 'not registered on network' error. Apart from this the phone is in fully working order. I have set up manually the APN and recognises the sim but still get error.
Any help much appreciated.
Check your IMEI in settings/about phone/status. If it begins with '0044...' (whatever you do, do not post your actual IMEI number here !) you've found the source of your problem.
If your IMEI is OK, two possibilities that spring to mind are the phone is IMEI blocked (check with your carrier) or your carrier hasn't set something up properly at their end (again, check with them).
Hi, thanks for the reply. My IMEI no starts 3533 should this be ok? I also have signal on my phone but in settings says disconnected. I have also tried other sims but have same issue. Do you think i should contact the network or samsung direct or is there anything i can try?
Thanks again
danreedman said:
Hi I have recently rooted and unlocked my S2. It recognises any sim put into it but if i try to make a call i get 'not registered on network' error. Apart from this the phone is in fully working order. I have set up manually the APN and recognises the sim but still get error.
Any help much appreciated.
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How exactly did you root your phone? Did you flash a new kernel only? Or also a new rom?
Because new roms also tend to flash a new modem in to the phone. Although this is not common, but a modem can change the way the phone talks to the cellphone carrier. Check in your "about" sections under settings whats your "baseband". Note that you can flash a new modem independently from the rom and kernel
guysoft said:
How exactly did you root your phone? Did you flash a new kernel only? Or also a new rom?
Because new roms also tend to flash a new modem in to the phone. Although this is not common, but a modem can change the way the phone talks to the cellphone carrier. Check in your "about" sections under settings whats your "baseband". Note that you can flash a new modem independently from the rom and kernel
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OK this makes sense I did flash a new ROM the baseband number is I9100XXLPQ. Does it matter what modem I use and should this match the baseband?
I am having the exact same problem with 2 different carriers, it only shows a 3rd carrier in dominican republic which is claro and i have not been able to test it with a claro sim card, how did you guys resolve the problem.?
Hi All,
I have accidentially bought Galaxy S3 GT-i9300 in China. Device came with Hong Kong 4.0.4 firmware. Unfortunatelly i could not fully test it because i didn`t have a micro-sim. It is international version called I9300GSMH.
I returned home, made a backup of EFS with EFS Pro and flashed 4.1.2 Poland into my new toy.
After that i immediately got several problems:
1) IMEI is OK and legal, but SN = 00000000000. That means no network and no phone calls. Fixed quickly with "special modem", but not sure if it was the best way.
Is it possible to repair SN if i know it? Does it make any sense by the way?
2) GPS is not working at all. GPS Tool doesn`t see any satellite. Neither GPS no Glonass.
Have no idea how to fix it and why this sh,,t happened.
3) Wi-Fi range = 30 cm. My router is Dlink DIR655. Other Samsung devices work with it up to 15 meters around. This one - 30cm. Tried to change settings, apply fix - no result. My S3 can see all wireless networks around, even located on the different floor of the building... but it can`t connect to any of them with "passwor wrong" message. Put it right on the router and problem disappers. WTF???
My S3 came from Hong Kong, but it doesn`t accept China/HK firmwares. Odin stops on flashing the modem stage. Actually, for some reason, it can`t flash China/HK modems. My S3 accepts any of european FW/Modem, but not chinese, where it actually came from.
Now some surgery. /EFS and /Factory folders are different (how could that be?) Files NV_data.bin and NV_data.md5 are different in those folders. Actually approx 300 bytes are different.
NV_data.bin and .NV_data.bak are totally different and they have different dates of creation.
That is it. Have no idea what to do with this phone. It works as a phone with the patched modem, but no WIFI, no GPS, etc.
I will appreciate any help on this case.
Thank you in advance.
______
Andrey
Search Ariza Patch...!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1918601
Quimicax said:
Search Ariza Patch...!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1918601
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Thanks, but it is already done. My S3 doesn`t work with GSM network without Ariza patch. "Special modem" i meant Ariza patch for modem. That is the only way i know to make SN=00000000000 device work with GSM.
Any ideas why i`m having GPS and Wi-Fi problems? May be HongKong phone has slightly different hardware which is not 100% compatible with European firmwares?
Sounds like a convincing looking fake or a store demo unit etc.
Nothing is going to help, if it was a workable fake your going to need the custom firmware, the criminals used originally to build it.
Can you post a screen shot of the system info and pics of the actual phone?
Personally I'd just take it to a mobile repair shop to get it looked at and to get a proper answer.
KMino said:
Sounds like a convincing looking fake or a store demo unit etc.
Nothing is going to help, if it was a workable fake your going to need the custom firmware, the criminals used originally to build it.
Can you post a screen shot of the system info and pics of the actual phone?
Personally I'd just take it to a mobile repair shop to get it looked at and to get a proper answer.
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I don`t think it is fake because system information looks like genuine samsung except sn=00000000000. also i can upload samsung firmware to it and it works except GPS and Wi-Fi. Under the battery there is a label containing Model = GT-I9300, real IMEI and SN.
Another question is modem. Telephone came from HK or China. I can flash it with HK firmware to return it to original state, but modem remains XX - europe. When i flash only chinese modem Odin fails with "bootloader blocked modem update" or something like that.
Smells fake .
Try the Chinese thread .
jje
JJEgan said:
Smells fake .
Try the Chinese thread .
jje
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Why do you think it is fake? Fake phone has different firmware and not compatible with Samsung.
I have checked deviceinfo as well. It is genuine Samsung...
Can someone share deviceinfo from the International GT-i9300 ? I want to compare, may be some IC chips are different and i am simply using incompatible firmware...
dyn215 said:
Hi All,
I have accidentially bought Galaxy S3 GT-i9300 in China. Device came with Hong Kong 4.0.4 firmware. Unfortunatelly i could not fully test it because i didn`t have a micro-sim. It is international version called I9300GSMH.
I returned home, made a backup of EFS with EFS Pro and flashed 4.1.2 Poland into my new toy.
After that i immediately got several problems:
1) IMEI is OK and legal, but SN = 00000000000. That means no network and no phone calls. Fixed quickly with "special modem", but not sure if it was the best way.
Is it possible to repair SN if i know it? Does it make any sense by the way?
2) GPS is not working at all. GPS Tool doesn`t see any satellite. Neither GPS no Glonass.
Have no idea how to fix it and why this sh,,t happened.
3) Wi-Fi range = 30 cm. My router is Dlink DIR655. Other Samsung devices work with it up to 15 meters around. This one - 30cm. Tried to change settings, apply fix - no result. My S3 can see all wireless networks around, even located on the different floor of the building... but it can`t connect to any of them with "passwor wrong" message. Put it right on the router and problem disappers. WTF???
My S3 came from Hong Kong, but it doesn`t accept China/HK firmwares. Odin stops on flashing the modem stage. Actually, for some reason, it can`t flash China/HK modems. My S3 accepts any of european FW/Modem, but not chinese, where it actually came from.
Now some surgery. /EFS and /Factory folders are different (how could that be?) Files NV_data.bin and NV_data.md5 are different in those folders. Actually approx 300 bytes are different.
NV_data.bin and .NV_data.bak are totally different and they have different dates of creation.
That is it. Have no idea what to do with this phone. It works as a phone with the patched modem, but no WIFI, no GPS, etc.
I will appreciate any help on this case.
Thank you in advance.
______
Andrey
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Exactly same situation in Argentina.
I bought a SGS3 and after full charge battery and backup EFS I flash the Poland 4.1.2. After that i can´t connect to GSM network and my serial numer is 00000000000
Is not a fake. I bought from a recognized operator.
Then I flash an ICS 4.0.4 ARO (ARO = Samsung official roms for Argentina)
Now I looking for the Ariza solution, but I fear to have the same problems descripted here, cause I have the same facts.
So ¿Any questions to this post answers?
Thanks people, for that who live away from big cities is impossible go to a technical service.
Update. I`ve also got i9100 aka Galaxy S2. After official (no grey market, no sim-unlocks, no root, no odin, etc) update via Kies it shows same SN=00000000000, but everything is OK. GSM, 3G, WiFi, Bt, Gps - all parts work as they should work without any problems or applying any patches!!! That means problem is not in SN=00000000000. This zero SN is probably just a sign of the different problem.
same problem
dyn215 said:
Thanks, but it is already done. My S3 doesn`t work with GSM network without Ariza patch. "Special modem" i meant Ariza patch for modem. That is the only way i know to make SN=00000000000 device work with GSM.
Any ideas why i`m having GPS and Wi-Fi problems? May be HongKong phone has slightly different hardware which is not 100% compatible with European firmwares?
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i bought s3 from Thailand
and have same problem no network in my country with GSM
and its no imei
please if u fixed ur problem with changing modem sw
please tell me step by step how u solved it ?
michael.maher said:
i bought s3 from Thailand
and have same problem no network in my country with GSM
and its no imei
please if u fixed ur problem with changing modem sw
please tell me step by step how u solved it ?
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No IMEI = return to seller possible stolen phone . Take to service centre .
Modem does not fix IMEI .
IMEI restore is only by restoring your backed up EFS folder .
jje
michael.maher said:
i bought s3 from Thailand
and have same problem no network in my country with GSM
and its no imei
please if u fixed ur problem with changing modem sw
please tell me step by step how u solved it ?
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If your phone has only empty/broken IMEI. You may send it to any service center. It is very easy to reprogram EFS and repair IMEI if you have original IMEI on the phone label.
In my case nothing worked but IMEI was correct and here is step by step instruction )
Step 1. Find working 2nd hand 9300 motherboard ($130 in my country).
Step 2. Replace motherboard.
Step 3. Ta-da.
Hello,
I will have to give background info on this before anyone can help so bear with me please :.
I live in Pakistan and I bought a i9300 directly from samsung. In the beginning of the six months i owned the phone, I never rooted or put custom ROMs on it. Then unfortunately I got SDS. I gave my phone to a local repair shop (non samsung, but highly reliable, I bought the phone from there) who switched the motherboard on the phone. After I got it, I rooted it and started installing custom ROMs on it. First it was cyanogenMod, then Paranoid Android and Supernexus +AOKP and others. Everything worked fine. Then I installed Omega ROM (Samsung based ROM which changes the modem). Everything went fine, but I was unable to connect to my network (No texts, calls, data connectivity). It detected my network(Ufone) but was unable to register on it when I manually tried to. I mega-wiped my phone, cleared cache and factory reset and did everything. Alternatively, the following steps I also tried.
1)Checked if my IMEI is intact. It was. (I have EFS backups too)
2)Checked if my serial # is different. It is still the same (No need for Ariza Patch)
3)Checked if my SIM works. It does on different phones.
4)Checked my APN settings. They were fine. I even manually changed them to match the carriers
5)Changed my CSC settings (using the playstore app). Still doesnt work.
6)Checked different modems from the appropiate thread (I have tried Europe Unbranded, Middle East, Egypt and many others)
7)Restored nandroid backup of original stock 4.1.2 Sammy ROM, still not connectivity.
8)Flashed using ODIN, the stock 4.1.2 ROM for my country (Using SAM mobile). Still no connectivity.
9) Matched my RIL with my baseband (using the GetRIL app), still didnt work.
Stock Samsung 4.1.2 ROM details before OMEGA flash in which everything worked:
AP: I9300XXEMA2
CP: I9300XXELLA
CSC: I9300OJVEMA1
This has happened to me the 5th time now (Phone is currently at the repair shop) and I have sequentially tried every one of the steps I have mentioned. I called up the repair shop and they said that I can come tomorrow and pick it up, all they have left to do is "SIM UNLOCK "the phone. That confused me a lot. I will go tomorrow and ask them details as to what they meant by that. So my question is basically this:
1) Is it possible that the motherboard they put into my phone is from a software-unlocked phone not a hardware unlocked? (Is the 'unlock' on the motherboard of the phone)
2) Is there a way to find out if my phone is software or factory unlocked?
P.S. Every single time I hand in my phone, I obviously unroot it and install stock on it (regardless of the fact that it doesnt connect to the network). But every single time I get my phone back, its ALWAYS ROOTED.. I even asked the technical team guy and he had no idea what I was talking about (repairmen here dont have that much of knowledge, they tend to follow guides online, thats it). So could it be that my connectivity issue is just because its software unlocked and not hardware?
Thank you!
Anyone?
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P.S. Every single time I hand in my phone, I obviously unroot it and install stock on it (regardless of the fact that it doesnt connect to the network). But every single time I get my phone back, its ALWAYS ROOTED.
Not a genuine service centre then .
IMEI
MODEM
CSC
all correct for network suggests a hardware fault .
jje
JJEgan said:
P.S. Every single time I hand in my phone, I obviously unroot it and install stock on it (regardless of the fact that it doesnt connect to the network). But every single time I get my phone back, its ALWAYS ROOTED.
Not a genuine service centre then .
IMEI
MODEM
CSC
all correct for network suggests a hardware fault .
jje
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But it's not a hardware fault? I mean whatever they do, they have to root the phone to be able to do it. Any idea what settings or configuration they might have changed using root for it to connect which I haven't already tried?
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Hallo xda note 3 sprint people.
I live in the UK and bought a phone here via ebay.
Initially the info within the phone on the about phone part of the system said N9005.
antutu checker said that I had N9005
I rooted the phone using towelroot, flashed twrp and flashed 4.4.2 x-note rom v18
This installed the phone info app and checking this saw that it had conflicting information.
Hardware revision n900p.12
Bootloader N900PVPUCNC5
PDA N9005XXUFNF4
(see attached pics)
Underneath the battery the phone says SM-N9005. (see attached pic)
It has the same imei as when I dial the code.
I put this imei into
http://www.samsungwarrantycheck.com/
and it said I have SM-N900PZKESPR
which again conflicts with what is said beneath the battery.
Considering the evidence, which phone do you think I have?
Is there any other way of confirming this.
I want to upgrade the phone but don't want to flash an incompatible bootloader.
Many thanks.
Same problem
Hi!
I live in Russia.
I have almost the same problem (e-Bay, fake model №...).
In addition, a few days ago, Wi-Fi stopped working.
When I try to turn on Wi-Fi it endlessly displays the status "Turning On ..."
Please let me know if you find a solution to your problem.
Go to download mode and see model there.. But i think your variant is n900p... I
Sent from my SM-N9005 using XDA-Developers mobile app
I have same phone 9005 but modem version is N900P, your phone is sprint , you can verify it by restarting on downloading mode, you will see your real model
This phone come from china, its original but for sprint (USA). You can install only sprint Stock rom, and 4G LTE will not work, because sprint use Band 25, 26 and 41. Only 3G will work.
Becarful when installing stock rom, because its possible to lock your sim (i have same case and i unlock it by SSU.apk)
The goood solution is :
1- Install TWRP 2.8.7
2- backup your current rom
3- Install custom rom like this :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...om-phronesis-rom-v1-0-stable-feature-t3241910
or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/development/darklord-s7-edge-port-6-0-1-mm-t3382954
Hi all!
I bought an S6 Edge second hand and after flashing a stock ROM, I had the "emergency only" calls issue, I tried everything I could find in the forums to no avail and I ended up taking it to a repair service. I did not think they could fix it but they did and I would like to know what they did to it in order to prevent it from happening again and to know if I can leave it as default (not custom OS) so that it can upgrade.
State of phone when bought:
So, the phone was working well with all carriers (from Colombia). The only thing I was able to notice after I bought it was that it was still on Marshmallow (6.0.1) with carrier branded stuff. It was in perfect shape otherwise.
So I downloaded a stock ROM and installed it using Odin. After this the phone would not let me make calls as it was not registering on the network. It did not even let me make emergency calls despite getting full bars of signal and being able to recognise the list of carriers when attempting to manually connect to them.
Important: The ROM downloaded was for the right version of the phone which was the G925i and the IMEI, serial number and baseband were not altered from the original. Also, I checked the phone to see if it was reported as lost/stolen and it was not (of this I'm sure because in Colombia you can consult a centralised database on any carrier's webpage). Also.. Here in Colombia it is illegal for carriers to lock phones.
Steps I took to fix it:
Downloaded ROMs for all carriers, branded and unbranded, I even installed one from Trinidad and Tobago and a LATAM one.
I performed all the tricks to disable and enable flight mode, location services, try con connect manually to the networks, changing to GSM only, GMS/CDMA, international roaming, etc.
I also extracted modem.bin from an earlier version and flashed the modem.bin with Odin (6.0.1 moden on 7.0, 5.1.1 moden on 6.0.1 and 5.1.1 moden on 7.0). All modems flashed correctly and the issue remained exactly the same.
So I finally gave up.. I installed the latest stock ROM which was an unbranded Nougat (7.0) version and took it to a repair service and they fixed it in a couple hours.
What I noticed after the phone was "repaired":
- The phone was rooted, SuperSu was installed, no other root app was installed.
- On SuperSu, there are entries for ADB shell (they all say Superuser command contents have not been logged for this entry) in a two minute timespan.
- The android version was downgraded to 6.0.1, I was told not to try to update it.
- Developer options was enabled with USB debugging turned on.
- The boot option (the one where you can wipe data and cache partition) was left as original (not the TWRP one).
- The ROM used to downgrade was the same I had before but only downgraded the version.
I suspect this same procedure was performed before on the phone but it had the original ROM carrier branded so it seems as if they installed a custom ROM, rooted it, connected with pc and performed some command line stuff to fix it, then cleaned the bootloader to a stock one.
The questions:
Any ideas what did the repairman do to fix the phone? Also, would it be safe to make a full backup with TWRP and flash again a stock ROM upgraded to 7.0 and then flash the backed up modem to get it working? Or would that possibly screw up the repair?
Thank you all in advance for any help. I'm sure there are lots of people out there experiencing the same "emergency only" issue I had but there does not seem to be a fix around, but clearly there is one! So I hope this sheds some light into what could possibly happen.