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Hi
i was a happy customer with my SII, which i brought from india, everything was fine, until a week back, when suddenly my SII shows no signal, no IMEI and no baseband
i didnt flashed or changed anything ...
1. i tried using different SIM - no use
2. this sim works in other phones
3. factory reset - no use
4. all is done...
**** I DONT HAVE A EFS BACKUP ***********
please give me a detailed fix route for this issue. as i cannot take the phone to INDIA in next 4 months to get is repaired. i have my warranty still. but thought that something can be done from my side to get it fixed. please please lemme know how to fix this! :-(
I had this happen to me. I hadn't taken an efs backup and thought I was screwed, but I found an auto backup on my SD card called EFS_BACKUP. Check if you have this, if you do, use GSII_Repair from the market to restore it.
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Buy z3x box and you resolve problem
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you can flash a new kernel and a baseband
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ksenthi5 said:
suddenly my SII shows no signal, no IMEI and no baseband
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If your EFS is not total screwed and your nv_data backup is valid its possible GSII_Repair from market will work for you ...
Once you have tried all the guides and still in the same situation, check out this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1372169
I tried already flashing the Stock ROM once, and hence i dont know whether there is still a backup of EFS is in place....
can anyone take a little bit more time in explaining the steps to solve this,
like does a backup from another gSII will help the purpose... ?
please let me know more details, i will be thankfull like anything.
How come this problem happens, when we do a complete flash does the EFS folder get replaced or the the flash doesnot affect the EFS part at all?
i feel its very strange to see such kinda problem..
buying Z3x isnt a good idea
Z3x-box sa
msung - 169USD
Z3x-box LG - 169USD
Z3x-box 2in1 (sam+lg) - 299USD
qq594836605 said:
you can flash a new kernel and a baseband
sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk in Guangzhou!
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does this solves the issue>>>>? did u had any success stories
Odia said:
If your EFS is not total screwed and your nv_data backup is valid its possible GSII_Repair from market will work for you ...
Once you have tried all the guides and still in the same situation, check out this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1372169
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what you call its as total screwed??
Will a backup from another Samsung Galaxy SII work ? for me?
EFS is a folder would be having NV_data and some other files. he's asking that the entire EFS got screwed or just some parts.?
I tried complete flash, means baseband,Kernel and system including User data reset.
i really confused about the relationship between the EFS folder and the IMEI,basband, blah blah...
EFS folder is nothing to with your blah blah nor your modem /baseband .
It is essential the details of the phone and its sole identity that is signified by the IMEI number individual to each phone . This IMEI number is used in the initial handshake each time you make a connection .
Lost or stolen phones can have their IMEI blocked once on the block list handshake is denied by the networks = no connection .
jje
GSII_Repair tool from Market, Four steps in that tool, am Done ...........all is well now.
Really really helpful tool. Thanks to all who suggested this TOOL ;-)
JJEgan said:
EFS folder is nothing to with your blah blah nor your modem /baseband .
It is essential the details of the phone and its sole identity that is signified by the IMEI number individual to each phone . This IMEI number is used in the initial handshake each time you make a connection .
Lost or stolen phones can have their IMEI blocked once on the block list handshake is denied by the networks = no connection .
jje
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u mean is that a nw problem? nothing to do with the phone?
its really p***d off me for fixing that issue..
handshaking happens only after the phone detects the sim card. but here phone doesnot detect the sim at all. so is ur point still valid?
my phone was brought from samsung authorized dealer so how come its possible to happen so?
looks like EFS is the area where full flash no longer having access to it!! if not then a complete flash should have sorted that out.
EFS are reference files containing the imei and phone unique info, when these files gets corrupted, then phone will b helpless.
though u have root access u'll never get RW permission inside the folder.
there should be a automatic recovery, the SW should have had in place if there are corruption. poor implementation.... bah...
Hello guys,
I`ve been watching all this topics for a while cuz I have some problems with my Galaxy S3. I`ll tell you what i did.
All worked fine, had the 4.1.1 official rom + root, then i wanted to go to 4.1.2 so i flashed an UK stock ROM. After that i kept getting the "Sim has been removed" error need restart bla bla.. so i search all around for a fix.. i changed 2 SIM cards and nothing. Then I flashed a Poland version 4.1.2 Stock. That version was better but I encountered the "Call ended" error.. calls would end after 3-4mins or i could not call at all. Then i flashed (and this is when the problem started) Stock Vodafone Spain and got "No network". I must say my IMEI/ SN all are intact.
Then I patched only radio modem from the UK ROM with Odin, but with "PHONE" option (i know i did wrong).. i wanted to change only the modem and it worked cuz i checked with *#1234#.. but from that moment not even one ROM has worked in showing me the network. On About phone says "Network: Unknown". Sometimes it connects to Vodafone but when I try to call says "No network service".
Now my phone is in second service and they can`t make it get a network on. They tryed the neverlock thing but i think was already unblocked.
I tryed rooting and using this Ariza. and were 2 versions there.. I tryed v5 only and didnt worked.
I tried the ##72786# and I get the following message: Connection Problem or invalid MMI code (found somewhere that for this code i need to have Wifi on to work?)
Now i`m thinking to get my phone back and dunno reflash with a good .pit file ? or just reRoot and try v4 Ariza.. I`m really sad, it`s been 5 days and I can`t think on nothing else to do.. I even called Samsung official service and they said to send it to them.
If you have any idea, pls need help. tnx
Check your IMEI is the same as under the battery .
Samsung will reject warranty .
jje
JJEgan said:
Check your IMEI is the same as under the battery .
Samsung will reject warranty .
jje
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you are right.. IMEI and SN are not the same.. pff what to do now?
Restore your backed up EFS folder.
jje
But i think i backed up the EFS folder with the modified IMEI. What can i do now?
nothing. replace the motherboard
SOLVED!
Ok so tnx to JJEgan i checked all the IMEI numbers and only 2 of them were modified. Thing is before I pached the v5 Ariza, I did a EFS backup with that program. That backup img saved my phone.
Firstly I got my phone back from service with 4.2.1 official ROM (thats nice, cost me 0 $ ). I rooted with CF-Auto and used Ariza patch (v4). But my imei was still wrong so after that I used EFS_Backup_Restore_new_ADB.rar to restore my IMEI/SN with the old EFS backup then I used another programEFS Professional v2.0. I checked the option to repair No network and clicked Restore. After that I restarted my phone and I got the messages from provider with APN settings and so on.
Thank you for the help :good:
worked till first restart... now No network again, I`m not a samsung/android fan anymore..
I recently rooted my i527 then unlocked it for use on T-Mobile, And it was working just fine, Getting Signal and EDGE, So earlier this morning I took out my sim card and rebooted the phone a few times, Changing the APN from epc.tmobile.com to fast.tmobile.com thinking that was going to get me from going from EDGE to 4G or LTE... Yeah Right! Little did I know, It requires a lot more than just changing the APN.. But thats beside the point.
Anyway, While I was taking my sim out and rebooting, After once or twice of doing this, The phone would not come up with T-Mobile signal AT ALL. After a while of just blankness it would pick up What Im guessing is WCDMA signal or something, But not T-Mobile Active signal like it was doing just fine before. So after 20 or so reboots (thinking that was the problem), And looking around, I noticed that the phone is not issuing a IMEI number. Not in settings, and not *#06# either. The IMEI number has been lost. When I go to settings to view it in About Device it just says "Unknown". I'm assuming this is my problem, Once I get the phones IMEI number back, It will pick up T-Mobile signal again.
At the beginning of this, I was simply trying to get high speed data on the device.. Now I can't even make and receive phone calls. :crying: Any help on how to recover the IMEI would be great, and highly appreciated.
Thanks
Araltd said:
I recently rooted my i527 then unlocked it for use on T-Mobile, And it was working just fine, Getting Signal and EDGE, So earlier this morning I took out my sim card and rebooted the phone a few times, Changing the APN from epc.tmobile.com to fast.tmobile.com thinking that was going to get me from going from EDGE to 4G or LTE... Yeah Right! Little did I know, It requires a lot more than just changing the APN.. But thats beside the point.
Anyway, While I was taking my sim out and rebooting, After once or twice of doing this, The phone would not come up with T-Mobile signal AT ALL. After a while of just blankness it would pick up What Im guessing is WCDMA signal or something, But not T-Mobile Active signal like it was doing just fine before. So after 20 or so reboots (thinking that was the problem), And looking around, I noticed that the phone is not issuing a IMEI number. Not in settings, and not *#06# either. The IMEI number has been lost. When I go to settings to view it in About Device it just says "Unknown". I'm assuming this is my problem, Once I get the phones IMEI number back, It will pick up T-Mobile signal again.
At the beginning of this, I was simply trying to get high speed data on the device.. Now I can't even make and receive phone calls. :crying: Any help on how to recover the IMEI would be great, and highly appreciated.
Thanks
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If you still have the unlock code try reseting the phone using kies... then see if your imei comes back..
Used ODIN to install correct ROM. This might help.
Get your officla ROM from http://www.sammobile.com/
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SamMobile still doesn't have AT&T sgh-i527 firmware. Use kies to recover your phone or odin with the posted firmware on this forum. Kies would be the safest.
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please let us know if you can get it to work and how you did it.
Used wanam xposed for [email protected] .
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I tried to flash using the bootloader option in ODIN with the MD5 File from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2558602 in which the flash was successful, HOWEVER No IMEI Recovery.. The baseband and build number changed but the IMEI still says Unknown.
Does any one have any solution? Any idea on how to recover the IMEI?
Thanks
Araltd said:
I tried to flash using the bootloader option in ODIN with the MD5 File from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2558602 in which the flash was successful, HOWEVER No IMEI Recovery.. The baseband and build number changed but the IMEI still says Unknown.
Does any one have any solution? Any idea on how to recover the IMEI?
Thanks
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Try flashing the modem for your phone.
use odin
Araltd said:
I tried to flash using the bootloader option in ODIN with the MD5 File from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2558602 in which the flash was successful, HOWEVER No IMEI Recovery.. The baseband and build number changed but the IMEI still says Unknown.
Does any one have any solution? Any idea on how to recover the IMEI?
Thanks
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You will need Microsoft .NET Framework v4.0 installed on your computer Use efs professional on your computer found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1308546
make sure you have root and install busybox on phone. run the EFS Professional exe file from the downloaded file from link i posted there will be a pop up window with three options pick the efs professional tab give it time to connect you will need to give permission on phone for adb if all done right it will say ready on program. across top of the program there will be four tabs click the qualcomm tab now there will be more options click on qualcomm nv tools tab let it connect. now there will be a new window for qualcomm nv tools hit the connect button now you will see your imei at bottom if your imei is not there put it in imei box and then click the write tab. hope this helps.
Hi!
I have problem with my lenovo p780 4gb Chinese version (after 04.2014)
I am using vibe ui 2.0 (row version from sympty's thread)
I flashed couple Roms to find my favourite and probably messed up with the nvram.
I was having problems with no signal, nvram error in WiFi ect.
I couldn't restore my imei (done with mobile uncle but after reset the problem apeard again).
Decided to recover nvram.img but as I did not have my own backup I used one uploaded by sympty. (Before restoring nvram made a backup of my own messed up nvram, just in case).
After recovering sumptys nvram the problem with imei and nvram error in wifi disappeard . I noticed that I have symptys imei so I overwritten it with my own using moboleincle.
The problem is that I still get the network problem. No signal at all. Tried many modems also the one that have been adviced to me here (the one created by xaep).
Do You know what can cause this?
I noticed that in mobile uncle radio information the signal is not floating. Once it worked it was floating now it is still and shows 0 db 99 and.
What else could I mess up and how can I fix it?
Thank You guys in advance.
Erni1 said:
Hi!
I have problem with my lenovo p780 4gb Chinese version (after 04.2014)
I am using vibe ui 2.0 (row version from sympty's thread)
I flashed couple Roms to find my favourite and probably messed up with the nvram.
I was having problems with no signal, nvram error in WiFi ect.
I couldn't restore my imei (done with mobile uncle but after reset the problem apeard again).
Decided to recover nvram.img but as I did not have my own backup I used one uploaded by sympty. (Before restoring nvram made a backup of my own messed up nvram, just in case).
After recovering sumptys nvram the problem with imei and nvram error in wifi disappeard . I noticed that I have symptys imei so I overwritten it with my own using moboleincle.
The problem is that I still get the network problem. No signal at all. Tried many modems also the one that have been adviced to me here (the one created by xaep).
Do You know what can cause this?
I noticed that in mobile uncle radio information the signal is not floating. Once it worked it was floating now it is still and shows 0 db 99 and.
What else could I mess up and how can I fix it?
Thank You guys in advance.
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Look arownd here... In Q&A section ! There are some tutorials about rewriting NVRAM section!
stympy said:
Look arownd here... In Q&A section ! There are some tutorials about rewriting NVRAM section!
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So that means that I did not rewrite imie properly?
Also, I noticed that IMEI on the baterry is diffrent than IMEI on the back of the box. My phone have been in service in China, maybe they've made a mistake?
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So that means that I did not rewrite imie properly?
Also, I noticed that IMEI on the baterry is diffrent than IMEI on the back of the box. My phone have been in service in China, maybe they've made a mistake?
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Hi. What are the diferente betwen them?
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Hi. What are the diferente betwen them?
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Only first 3 numbers match, the rest is completly diffrent.
Erni1 said:
Only first 3 numbers match, the rest is completly diffrent.
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This is strange. At least one of the IMEI'S from the box must be the same with the IMEI from the accumulator. They could switch the box on the service store, i think?
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stympy said:
This is strange. At least one of the IMEI'S from the box must be the same with the IMEI from the accumulator. They could switch the box on the service store, i think?
Sent from my Lenovo P780
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Yes probably You're right.
Soo does it matter wchich imei I will use? The one on the box or the baterry one?
Also I am still facing the problem with network. Tried many modems. And now i eaven get the problem with sim card (mmi error).
I changed the nvram for the one i got from this forum.
Can't really rewrite imei with sn writer but managed to do it with mobile uncle. (It changes, but after factory reset it goes back to the imei i got when changed nvram).
I don't really know what else could that be. Maybe it is the rom?
I really like this phone, but I am starting to think of getting a new one without network problems.
Erni1 said:
Yes probably You're right.
Soo does it matter wchich imei I will use? The one on the box or the baterry one?
Also I am still facing the problem with network. Tried many modems. And now i eaven get the problem with sim card (mmi error).
I changed the nvram for the one i got from this forum.
Can't really rewrite imei with sn writer but managed to do it with mobile uncle. (It changes, but after factory reset it goes back to the imei i got when changed nvram).
I don't really know what else could that be. Maybe it is the rom?
I really like this phone, but I am starting to think of getting a new one without network problems.
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Hi. It does not matter what IMEI you are running. It doe matter to have one .
With network problem it is the same! If you dont have IMEI you cannot acces any GSM network. You can change all the modems, if you dont have IMEI your phone cannot acces network.
And yesss.... MobileUncle Tool is an temporary solved problem.
I did not encounter this proble myself. I have saw this problem to others.
From what i have read i saw that this problem could be solved with an older firmware like s119, s123, s124. Dont know how but some of the users did write the IMEI for good.
You can change only the motherboard, or change all the phone and this one use it like power bank, nice agenda, or other uses.
Good Luck.
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Hi. It does not matter what IMEI you are running. It doe matter to have one .
With network problem it is the same! If you dont have IMEI you cannot acces any GSM network. You can change all the modems, if you dont have IMEI your phone cannot acces network.
And yesss.... MobileUncle Tool is an temporary solved problem.
I did not encounter this proble myself. I have saw this problem to others.
From what i have read i saw that this problem could be solved with an older firmware like s119, s123, s124. Dont know how but some of the users did write the IMEI for good.
You can change only the motherboard, or change all the phone and this one use it like power bank, nice agenda, or other uses.
Good Luck.
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Will try to go back to the older firmware like You said.
Basically if it doesn't matter what imei I have, than it is not the imei problem, because I do have imei after factory reset, only it is probably Yours (because i restored nvram uploaded by You ;D).
In such a case, maybe the firmware will help.
Messed up with my G925F!!!
Hello , my phone suddenly was not able to make or receive any calls or joining 3G/4G network or SMS. In other words, I was out of service although my SIM had not problems to enter the PIN password and I could see signal bars.
After a little research I discovered that my IMEI and S/N number had been changed! Especially, the IMEI number became 350000000000006 (fake one) And I believe this is the reason my signal went off!
So , I just managed to download smart switch from samsung and choose "emergency software recovery and initialization -> device initialization" in an attempt to revert it to stock rom and settings (is this method unroot the phone too?)
But after this long downloading finished , the phone didn't boot , I only see the samsung galagy s6 edge logo stuck!!!!
So , I decided to root the phone again , following the guide here (link-->), zidroid.com/how-to-install-twrp-root-galaxy-s6-edge-on-android-5-1-1/
(in short words , I installed the twrp recovery with odin and I flashed 2 zip files required, from an usb-otg-flash drive, via the twrp recovery install button) and then the phone booted normaly , but the problem with the signal and wrong IMEI was still there!
I feel that I am on dead end , I don't know what to do , I am thinking about sending it to the location I bought it but I am afraid that the warranty is lost.
Please help me restore my phone back to normal
After repeating the whole procedure several times , now my phone does not recognize SIM card at all , as if it was never inserted , wtf?
Go to gsm forum and here you got help ..you have bricked imei number
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You have go to professional repair which they can repair your device you probably not going to restore your original IMEI back you can solved your problem
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Coolmfarshard said:
You have go to professional repair which they can repair your device you probably not going to restore your original IMEI back you can solved your problem
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So you mean that there isn't any way of backing up the IMEI number first before rooting or changing a rom/kernel/recovery to the phone in order not allowing this IMEI bricking happen again by means of restoring from its backup?
I googled a lot and some people suggest that they can backup EFS in some way. What is EFS exactly and how it is related to IMEI?
Also wouldn't be a good idea to find a way to backup my entire OS/firmware (not just IMEI/EFS) before doing anything , in case to save money and avoid the same bricking?
And yes , I have sent the phone to samsung service , it will cost me around 320 euros , because they discovered I changed kernel/rooted the device , and they will change motherboard.
I cannot help the phone without being rooted , I love rooting but I cannot understand why suddenly IMEI got bricked.....does it worth to take risk and root my phone again? But I want IMEI or entire OS backups first before doing that and I don't know how to achieve this without rooting first...
Please help me if you could.
You can backup your full os using twrp recovery
Also your IMEI
In SAMSUNG devices imei number stored in efs partition that's why people asking take efs backup before flashing any Rom
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Any efs backup file for sm-g925f 64gb where i got it?
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Me too!
bob7greeklover said:
After repeating the whole procedure several times , now my phone does not recognize SIM card at all , as if it was never inserted , wtf?
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Me too! I have the exact same IEMI number! Mine stopped working after about a month. I tried to return to seller no response. I tried to send phone back they would not accept phone, so it is on it's way back to me. Once I get it back I will try what you did.
I have taken it to factory settings 3 times no luck. I will try your process once I get me phone back.
Thanks!
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bob7greeklover said:
After repeating the whole procedure several times , now my phone does not recognize SIM card at all , as if it was never inserted , wtf?
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I did contact one of those fellows a reputable one that can change your IEMI. Well once he heard that crazy IEMI number, he said because it was changed once before to something like he doubted he could change it again and save my phone. To try he charges 100 US plus I have shipping there and back. Yikes.
So any advice you can give me I would truly appreciate.
Thanks!
g925f imei repair
new g925f repair method
repair ok
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Mine went down recently with the exact same IMEI and no SN. TWRP was failing to restore the efs partition damaging the files in the process. Long story short, I had to manually extract the efs files, copy them across and fiddle about with permissions but I'm working again.
That nugget rings true - always backup the efs before changing anything.
But for that reputable fellow to say that the IMEI had been changed before because of what it had become, and insinuating that the imei couldn't be changed more than once was complete twaddle. I wouldn't trust him near any of my phones.
On a lighter note I'm sure there's got to be a member on here would sort it for beer tokens
Happened to me, I thought it was faulty ROM and all but then I realized it was simply apn setting. Resetting it to default did the trick. It can be found in Settings > Mobile networks > Access Point Names
bob7greeklover said:
Hello , my phone suddenly was not able to make or receive any calls or joining 3G/4G network or SMS. In other words, I was out of service although my SIM had not problems to enter the PIN password and I could see signal bars.
After a little research I discovered that my IMEI and S/N number had been changed! Especially, the IMEI number became 350000000000006 (fake one) And I believe this is the reason my signal went off!
So , I just managed to download smart switch from samsung and choose "emergency software recovery and initialization -> device initialization" in an attempt to revert it to stock rom and settings (is this method unroot the phone too?)
But after this long downloading finished , the phone didn't boot , I only see the samsung galagy s6 edge logo stuck!!!!
So , I decided to root the phone again , following the guide here (link-->), zidroid.com/how-to-install-twrp-root-galaxy-s6-edge-on-android-5-1-1/
(in short words , I installed the twrp recovery with odin and I flashed 2 zip files required, from an usb-otg-flash drive, via the twrp recovery install button) and then the phone booted normaly , but the problem with the signal and wrong IMEI was still there!
I feel that I am on dead end , I don't know what to do , I am thinking about sending it to the location I bought it but I am afraid that the warranty is lost.
Please help me restore my phone back to normal
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user0604 said:
Happened to me, I thought it was faulty ROM and all but then I realized it was simply apn setting. Resetting it to default did the trick. It can be found in Settings > Mobile networks > Access Point Names
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Since this thread is quite old and people keep answering , I want to end it like this:
Back then I didn't avoid to pay about 300 euros to replace its motherboard to a samsung shop. But I learned lately that the issue was due to an app called "USB OTG Helper" (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.shajul.usbotg&hl=en) which allows you to insert NTFS USB flash drives to your OTG phone but also enables a system partition , including EMS files to be visible.
And you can guess what happened next , I deleted this system partition which this app made it visible and yes , my IMEI was gone!!! After some months , I repeated the same delete thing , but previously I had backed up via TWRP the EFS and MODEM partitions. My phone lost IMEI again , as expected , but after restoring EFS and MODEM , the IMEI was back!!
To sum up , never delete files or partitions that look like "system" like bluetooth and imei folders when you are root AND always have a backup of all your rom via twrp or something else before changing/deleting/flashing anything related to your system.