Hey everyone im not sure if this is covered in another topic or forum but i recently started flashing roms on my Cappy(recently did assonance 5.2 and LOVE IT!) but right after i flashed this newest one i put i also got a hold of a tmobile sim card to go ahead and unlock my phone...now since ive done this at least 3-4 times a day i get the message "sim card removed. please reboot phone" or something like that...is anyone else having this problem and if so plz tell me how you fixed it or if this is in another forum post a link. Im kinda thinking i may just need a new sim card....
Could be a bad ROM flash. Backup apps and data, wipe and re-flash.
kable41 said:
Hey everyone im not sure if this is covered in another topic or forum but i recently started flashing roms on my Cappy(recently did assonance 5.2 and LOVE IT!) but right after i flashed this newest one i put i also got a hold of a tmobile sim card to go ahead and unlock my phone...now since ive done this at least 3-4 times a day i get the message "sim card removed. please reboot phone" or something like that...is anyone else having this problem and if so plz tell me how you fixed it or if this is in another forum post a link. Im kinda thinking i may just need a new sim card....
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Do you use airplane mode a lot? I know some modems have an issue coming out of airplane and having SIM problems. Try flashing another modem. JK4 is known to be one of the more stable ones. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=867309
Just flash the zip from CWM Recovery. (NOTE: These are for I9000 based roms like Assonance or Serendipity.)
Ok thats what i was thinking it could have been that but wasnt sure. Do you think re flashing my modem rom will fix it or will i need to reflash the whole rom? I have only tried 3 different modem roms and so far i like the tl3 since it has hsupa enabled...have you used jk4 alot? and how did it work for you?
Just to give you guys an update...i reflashed jk4 with CWM and ive only had the error message show up ONCE! So thanks for the help on that fellas. While im at it would you guys recommend any tweaks or anything to go with jk4 or assonance?
Guys, I really need help
My beloved galaxy ACE won't just recognize its original battery and also my sim card.
I don't why... I just flash ginger dx(but I am not putting the blame on it) and the first problem is my sim card is not recognize then I shut down my phone then remove the battery and the sim. And then when I boot-up my phone it just show no service and the battery icon show a question mark inside it.
Guys, thank you for reading.
Hoping for a reply.
well if it worked before the rom flash and and it didnt work after you got a new custom rom then i would blame the rom. But you can try reflashing the rom and see where that gets you, if you aer still having problems then you might need to get another custom rom, there are plenty of good roms out there
I recently bought a for parts Captivate off of Ebay, Description saying the unit would only power on and that the touchscreen wasn't working.
I looked at the photos and determined that it must be a hardware malfunction, I have some spare parts to try and see what I could do.
(since my previous cappy fried after a botched job re-applying the unbrickable mod that had worked once before)
I receive the phone, in near new condition, no battery and dented back cover, and I thought "okay, no problem" and got to work trying see what was wrong exactly
I was unable to determine what android revision since I would reboot after lockscreen, so I flashed it with various roms, including AOCP 2.2, Slim Bean and at&t GB's that had been rooted with odin and cwm for slim bean and aocp and cm10
So the following symptoms happen based on which android revision I use
2.1 stock
- phone reboots seconds after the phone has booted to the touchwiz lockscreen, touch screen has no response, I can't say it's 2.1 definitely but could be since every other rom works fine except any signal or data other than wifi
2.2, 2.3.X and all the way to 4.1.1
- SIM card detection - does not warn of missing sim or bothers to detect once inserted
- IMEI is unknown other than the one on the sticker, which is in one piece
- Baseband is unknown even if I flash a modem
I've replaced the sd card/sim card daughter board that also connects the loud speaker to the mainboard. Still nothing. at least the sd card and speaker work.
So... any ideas or should I use this phone like a Galaxy player minus the front camera?
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I recently bought a for parts Captivate off of Ebay, Description saying the unit would only power on and that the touchscreen wasn't working.
I looked at the photos and determined that it must be a hardware malfunction, I have some spare parts to try and see what I could do.
(since my previous cappy fried after a botched job re-applying the unbrickable mod that had worked once before)
I receive the phone, in near new condition, no battery and dented back cover, and I thought "okay, no problem" and got to work trying see what was wrong exactly
I was unable to determine what android revision since I would reboot after lockscreen, so I flashed it with various roms, including AOCP 2.2, Slim Bean and at&t GB's that had been rooted with odin and cwm for slim bean and aocp and cm10
So the following symptoms happen based on which android revision I use
2.1 stock
- phone reboots seconds after the phone has booted to the touchwiz lockscreen, touch screen has no response, I can't say it's 2.1 definitely but could be since every other rom works fine except any signal or data other than wifi
2.2, 2.3.X and all the way to 4.1.1
- SIM card detection - does not warn of missing sim or bothers to detect once inserted
- IMEI is unknown other than the one on the sticker, which is in one piece
- Baseband is unknown even if I flash a modem
I've replaced the sd card/sim card daughter board that also connects the loud speaker to the mainboard. Still nothing. at least the sd card and speaker work.
So... any ideas or should I use this phone like a Galaxy player minus the front camera?
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There could be a lot of things wrong with it since you are at least the second owner and don't know the full extent of possible damage.
But lets assume all things are functional but calls and data. I do want to clarify though, other than the 2.1(?) flash your screen responds as normal? If so try getting a one-click version of 2.2 and flashing it back to stock. Then just for good measure download Kies, which is Samsungs official firmware update client. It should take you to 2.3(Gingerbread). Now is the time to go into your phone settings and check your IMEI. Make sure it matches what's under the battery. Hopefully reverting back to stock with official software will restore your IMEI.
I've personally never had my IMEI get screwed up during a flash but after reading countless posts, and responses regarding the issue it seems that a lot of time if you are missing your IMEI the baseband version will show unknown as well. As for not showing a missing SIM warning I am at a loss but those are the best steps I can tell you to take in an effort to recover your IMEI.
Also if the above steps get you back in business make sure you do a backup of your /efs folder before moving ahead with any other flashing of ROMs to avoid a possible repeat of the same issues.
I'll give kies a try after downgrading, thanks
Kies says connecting... and then after maybe 5 - 10 minutes later says could not gather info on GT-i9000.
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Kies says connecting... and then after maybe 5 - 10 minutes later says could not gather info on GT-i9000.
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Hmm well I'm going to say you have i9000 bootloaders installed on your cappy. So Kies is getting confused and can't find the right software for your phone...
You could try doing a Gingerbread one-click with bootloaders for the cappy but you run a serious risk of permanently bricking your phone when you start messing with bootloaders. Of course as it stands you don't have more than an mp3/video player.
My suggestion would be to go ahead and grab one of the stock one-clicks with I897 bootloaders. As long as you don't pull the plug during the 1-2 seconds it's flashing those, you'll be fine. Once you've flashed, if you still can't get it, you can try the /efs repair that's in the development section.
It sounds to me like the SIM card slot could be borked, though. If that's the case, I believe connexion2005 (Josh at mobiletechvideos) offers a service to repair that for a nominal fee. If getting it working as a phone isn't a big deal, then you can just ignore the SIM slot repair and get one of the Captivate Touch roms and make it a media player.
Hello, back and so far flashing with uckk4 with bootloaders, and uckf1 also with bootloaders, so far same issue, no signal,imei, or baseband
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Hello, back and so far flashing with uckk4 with bootloaders, and uckf1 also with bootloaders, so far same issue, no signal,imei, or baseband
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I'm gonna say you're definitely having some hardware issues at this point. Sounds like you have a media player.
Sent from my SGH-I897 using xda app-developers app
I also found that I have no gps when running on UCKB2.
Anybody know where a custom 2.1 rom could be found? having a bit of trouble finding 2.1 custom rom that's odin flashable
Because now /efs is now NOT mountable and empty, good thing I made a efs pro backup, But nv_data.bin is mostly blank in hex workshop. Is that how it supposed to be?
EDIT - nvm about 2.1 roms, anything to fix umountable /efs would be nice, also nice would be if I stopped messing with my phones
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Hello, back and so far flashing with uckk4 with bootloaders, and uckf1 also with bootloaders, so far same issue, no signal,imei, or baseband
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i had the same problem the other day what worked for me was leaving the sim card out while flashing the modem, reboot, then shut down and insert sim card.
Hey everyone i have had massive problems with the IMEI on my i9000 finally managed to flash back to stock ROM but im still getting no signal. The IMEI is fine and i have a backup of the efs folder saved. What files do i need in this folder as i will delete all of the contents then start again.
Thanks
If your still getting no signal but are not getting "No Service" then either the modem you flashed in the stock ROM is utter pants for specific handset so trying flashing a different modem or a different ROM altogether :/
But if a different modem or ROM doesn't fix it then you have a antenna problem... sorry bud
Hey mate,
Cheers for the reply. I will try a new ROM can you recommend any small ROM's that will work on my device? I don't know a great deal abour ROM's and flashing in general tbh.
I need to finish my guides badly! Then I'd just be able to point you towards them :/
But since their not... cause I've been lazy, please head over to SamMobile/ and create an account if you haven't already done and download the correct firmware for you i9000.
Getting the right firmware is difficult, it's even more difficult since I'm guessing you don't know the PDA build from what the phone was running originally... for example by phone when I got it was running I9000BVJV7 which is actually Android 2.3.3 for the UK and sim locked to Orange.
When you take into account that the Android version, the country and the carrier have an effect on the specific firmwares for two (on the face) identical phones you can begin to see how many millions of different firmwares there are out there just for one phone...
So just try your best and read all the helpful info on SamMobile. If you get really really stuck or if something nasty happens to the phone while flashing either come back to this thread or PM me and I will talk you through a recovery kit that will hopefully restore the phone to a stock ROM (but not official stock ROM).
Since you're new to flashing please be reminded flashing can completely kill a phone to the point of no return, having said that I must have flashed a million times in both ClockworkMod and Odin but that doesn't mean death can't happen at any time.
Thanks mate i really am grateful for the help. I will give that a go and see what i can find.
Downloaded all of the vodaphone rom's and all of the orange roms. The device was used on vodaphone and im still getting the same error :/ any more ideas?
Hi All
Noob here, after searching the whole forum I am posting here.. Need Help
Samsung AT&T Captivate, Intrenal Storage is Dead, I was using Kitkat Rom earlier now flashed with stock rom and After trying unsucessfully to swap the external sd card as internal, in process the phone got locked somehow which I am not able to recollect. I have used the script by DagentooBoy, got the unlock code but no luck. Reflashed my Cappy several times with JF3 and KJ3 and rooted the device but no luck. My phone is Network locked now. I am not able to do anything as the Internal Storage is dead. Any Guidance or Help will be appreciated. Thanks
Chetan