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[Q] Galaxy S, sim card doesn't work after flashing rom

Hi everybody,
yesterday I flashed my phone with the original rom it was shipped and now the sim card does not work. The phone was network locked and I'm afraid that now it does not recognize any rom because of this.
I tried to do the procedure of simlock by rooting the phone but no codes appear after I launch sgux in the file.
Does anyone know how to solve this problem?

Argor said:
Hi everybody,
yesterday I flashed my phone with the original rom it was shipped and now the sim card does not work. The phone was network locked and I'm afraid that now it does not recognize any rom because of this.
I tried to do the procedure of simlock by rooting the phone but no codes appear after I launch sgux in the file.
Does anyone know how to solve this problem?
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it could well be that your sim is dead if you left it in the phone while flashing. happened to me and it was quite weird, i could make and receive calls and messages, but 3g was dead. the guys at the 3 shop were quite amused as they have not seen anything like it before. anyway, try the sim in another phone, see if that works. ultimately flash to an unbranded rom and try a different sim on your phone.

Hi... I need some help please...
im a noob, and i have the same problem...
i have a samsung galaxy s i9000b factory with eclair
i recently done a flashing, first to a brazilian unbranded froyo rom, then to darky's rom... i dont know what i did wrong, but i keep trying to restore everything to default, but i cant solucionate this problem.
please, im desperate, i dont know what to do...
please someone help me...
PS: sory, my english is pretty limited...

Argor said:
Hi everybody,
yesterday I flashed my phone with the original rom it was shipped and now the sim card does not work. The phone was network locked and I'm afraid that now it does not recognize any rom because of this.
I tried to do the procedure of simlock by rooting the phone but no codes appear after I launch sgux in the file.
Does anyone know how to solve this problem?
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please argor, if you found how to solve this, contact me...

You say you have the original shipped rom .
If thats the case just flash that back if it truly is the original shipped rom .
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Darky rom problems as usual ask the chief suspect .Its probable you did not flash correct CSC file for your network .
http://www.darkyrom.com/
jje

JJEgan said:
You say you have the original shipped rom .
If thats the case just flash that back if it truly is the original shipped rom .
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Darky rom problems as usual ask the chief suspect .Its probable you did not flash correct CSC file for your network .
jje
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hi, thanks for the reply.
no, i just wanted to explain what model and things had my phone before i flashed it...
i didnt have any original rom, and, i just tried put in sim from other provider and does not recognise either... i am so afraid that it could be a hardware problem...

[Q] Data network not available

Not sure where to post this as I have the Galaxy S i9003 not the original Galaxy S.
My phone is 2 days old. I am new to android platform. Rooted using superoneclick and applied lagfix using a market app.
Yesterday I removed my SIM card to use it in another phone but when I put it back in i9003, it did not detect the SIM Card. I tried hard reset - no use.
*#06# shows no IMEI no. Its blank.
*#1234# gives:
PDA : I9003DDKB2
Phone: Unknown
CSC: I9003ODDKA6
Settings > wireless and network > mobile network shows: Insert SIM card
But the SIM card works well in other phones. Please help
PS: There is no stock froyo firmware for India (DD) available on net I guess.

Its nothing realated with rooting, I jus rooted mine yesterday and having no problems. Is any other sim working on your mobile or vice versa?

The SIM works in other phones and no other SIM works in the phone.

Then may be you should try factory resetting your mobile and try again. If that doesnt helps(most probably it would), then you have to take it to the nearest service center

bala_gamer said:
Then may be you should try factory resetting your mobile and try again. If that doesnt helps(most probably it would), then you have to take it to the nearest service center
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Doesn't help. I have done that thrice. I guess taking it to service center is the only choice I got as stock rom for India is not available to public yet.

Why dont you try another sim, may be from a friend just for checking... Or it could be SIM card slot related issue. There is no way to lose IMEI, unless you have acess to the efs folder

I have tried that. I don't think its related to SIM slot as phone doesn't have any IMEI no. Yes the phone was rooted but I had not installed root explorer.. so i had no access to the root folder (hence efs). Only app which needed superuser access was some screenshot app which takes a screenshot when u shake the phone (I don't remember the name).

Remove lagfix and root apps and return it to the store or service centre is what i would do .
jje

Hello I am from indonesia, and my I9003 also not detect the simcard. I haven't root my phone yet. Also I ve already tried update firmware but still not detect the simcard. Dont know why. Currently in samsung service center and they said probably sim card socket problems

sirwawan said:
Hello I am from indonesia, and my I9003 also not detect the simcard. I haven't root my phone yet. Also I ve already tried update firmware but still not detect the simcard. Dont know why. Currently in samsung service center and they said probably sim card socket problems
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Hey. Let us know any update about this.
I took it to samsung service center. Service engineer there was saying I must have tried updating my phone even after my denial. He said phone files are deleted. They will let me know tomorrow. They might have to change the motherboard of the phone.
Is that the only solution when phone files get deleted?

crackerjack1 said:
Hey. Let us know any update about this.
I took it to samsung service center. Service engineer there was saying I must have tried updating my phone even after my denial. He said phone files are deleted. They will let me know tomorrow. They might have to change the motherboard of the phone.
Is that the only solution when phone files get deleted?
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Replacing a motherboard seems a bit extreme to me, but when your BIOS gets corrupted on a PC they often just swap out the BIOS chip, so maybe it is equivalent.
Either way, what do you care as long as they fix it?

True.
Update: They changed whole motherboard of the phone and now I have 12 GB phone memory instead of original 4 GB. Nice

crackerjack1 said:
True.
Update: They changed whole motherboard of the phone and now I have 12 GB phone memory instead of original 4 GB. Nice
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Wow that's nice!
Since your phone was only 2 days old when this problem occured, you were entitled to a new phone... Your phone would be classified as DOA and you would get a certificate which entitles you to a replacement. Hey but you got nothing to complain about as you got 12gb! Seems like you got the 16gb version.
Well a similar thing happened to me, I gave the service centre my phone to reflash it and they screwed up somehow and my IMEI was 0! So i'm getting a replacement for it tomorrow.
Hope I get the 16gb new phone too!

[Q] HEEELP!!! SIM not recognized Galaxy mini S5570i

Can someone please help?
Few days ago my phone stopped recognizing sim cards. No mather what I've tried, it still won't work.
It's acting like there's no sim card inserted.
IMEI is still there
I would appreciate any help.
I posted a picture of the problem.

janjevac said:
Can someone please help?
Few days ago my phone stopped recognizing sim cards. No mather what I've tried, it still won't work.
It's acting like there's no sim card inserted.
IMEI is still there
I would appreciate any help.
I posted a picture of the problem.
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Well, I'm not sure about the problem; if you are on a custom rom, it might be because of that, or incorrect flashing. Try using another ROM, and if problems persists try Stock ROM meant for your region. (it might be possible that you flashed a ROM for a different region and because of that you might have a problem..)
AND NEVER POST YOUR IMEI NUMBER ONLINE.
http://forums.meteor.ie/t5/Unlocking-Codes/Never-post-your-IMEI-number-on-the-web/td-p/36899

DeathMetal King said:
Well, I'm not sure about the problem; if you are on a custom rom, it might be because of that, or incorrect flashing. Try using another ROM, and if problems persists try Stock ROM meant for your region. (it might be possible that you flashed a ROM for a different region and because of that you might have a problem..)
AND NEVER POST YOUR IMEI NUMBER ONLINE.
http://forums.meteor.ie/t5/Unlocking-Codes/Never-post-your-IMEI-number-on-the-web/td-p/36899
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Thanks for the advice about IMEI number, i didn't think of that because i went crazy because my phone doesnt work.
I'll try with stock rom.

I flashed original stock rom on the device, but the problem remains. Does anyone know the solution, I am going crazy
Sent from my ST26i using xda premium

pop your sim card out for 15 min. then put it
back in your phone.

In the second pic it is clearly showing 1 bar of signal
So how can you say sim is not being detected

No way out here

dheeraj (dhlalit11) said:
In the second pic it is clearly showing 1 bar of signal
So how can you say sim is not being detected
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Did you notice the the SIM symbol with question mark inside it?
The phone acts like there is no SIM card inserted when it is inside all the time.

pryerlee said:
pop your sim card out for 15 min. then put it
back in your phone.
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Thanks for the advice, but that didn't work. I tried several SIM cards. Same thing every time.

have a read tho these answers, maybe you'll find a solution http://bit.ly/17Ku2cc

Can´t use simcard: `emergency only`

Hello,
I have a Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 for 3 years now. I flashed different roms and did root my phone in all these years. But... now i received a new sim card which works well in other phones but NOT in my ace. So that must be a problem with my ace.. I just flashed back to the stock rom (XEN - Netherlands S5830XENKS1) via ODIN but the problem is still there, i can't use my sim-card: "Emergency only".
I already wiped data and cleared cache, hard reset... nothing works. What could i try to have my phone back working with sim card so i can call, sms and use my dataplan. My phone have no simlock i checked and the IMEI is also the right. The one shown by #06# is the same as printed behind my battery. I also received a new sim card from my provider, but this one also has the same problem.
I hope you guys can help me out! :good::good::good:
UPDATE 1: I tried differend sim cards in the phone. I always used to have T-Mobile as provider. All other simcards are not working, theyre showing up for a few seconds and after that it says: Emergency calls only. When i put in a T-Mobile sim card the provider keeps displayed, so it looks like my phone only works with a t-mobile card. But it's not sim locked, because i also used differend sim cards before..
UPDATE 2: Now my simyo simcard also connects and i can sms, call and internet. But after a few seconds/minutes again the message: Emergency calls only
WHAT COULD THIS PROBLEM BE??!!??! Strange.............. I really hope someone can help me out this

Soldaatt said:
Hello,
I have a Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 for 3 years now. I flashed different roms and did root my phone in all these years. But... now i received a new sim card which works well in other phones but NOT in my ace. So that must be a problem with my ace.. I just flashed back to the stock rom (XEN - Netherlands S5830XENKS1) via ODIN but the problem is still there, i can't use my sim-card: "Emergency only".
I already wiped data and cleared cache, hard reset... nothing works. What could i try to have my phone back working with sim card so i can call, sms and use my dataplan. My phone have no simlock i checked and the IMEI is also the right. The one shown by #06# is the same as printed behind my battery. I also received a new sim card from my provider, but this one also has the same problem.
I hope you guys can help me out! :good::good::good:
UPDATE 1: I tried differend sim cards in the phone. I always used to have T-Mobile as provider. All other simcards are not working, theyre showing up for a few seconds and after that it says: Emergency calls only. When i put in a T-Mobile sim card the provider keeps displayed, so it looks like my phone only works with a t-mobile card. But it's not sim locked, because i also used differend sim cards before..
UPDATE 2: Now my simyo simcard also connects and i can sms, call and internet. But after a few seconds/minutes again the message: Emergency calls only
WHAT COULD THIS PROBLEM BE??!!??! Strange.............. I really hope someone can help me out this
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I think your device has a problem to make contact with sims cards, so your device have a trouble accessing read and use sim cards... You can send your device to the support service, to check or try to fix it...Have your warranty still in effect?

Viper The Ripper said:
I think your device has a problem to make contact with sims cards, so your device have a trouble accessing read and use sim cards... You can send your device to the support service, to check or try to fix it...Have your warranty still in effect?
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Hello, thanks for your reply! No, my warranty is not active anymore. My phone is 3 years old. Today i went to another city and could call and sms the whole day. No internet. When i came home, i received again the message: emergency only. How strange.. I also could'nt find a good rom or firmware to flash back my phone to the full original software and firmware... Can someone help me on that? I need the newest firmware for the samsung galaxy ace s5830, netherlands version. Or maybe a custom rom which is the most used and stable version. I would like to exclude software reasons, so it might be a hardware problem. But i think it's a software fault cause of the different roms i tried on the phone.

Soldaatt said:
Hello, thanks for your reply! No, my warranty is not active anymore. My phone is 3 years old. Today i went to another city and could call and sms the whole day. No internet. When i came home, i received again the message: emergency only. How strange.. I also could'nt find a good rom or firmware to flash back my phone to the full original software and firmware... Can someone help me on that? I need the newest firmware for the samsung galaxy ace s5830, netherlands version. Or maybe a custom rom which is the most used and stable version. I would like to exclude software reasons, so it might be a hardware problem. But i think it's a software fault cause of the different roms i tried on the phone.
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It's very strange.. here it is Netherland's fws, try flashing your device if you want, but I've never heard that strange problem xD
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=GT-S5830&pcode=XEN#firmware
Always when you'll change your custom rom do the 3 wipes to leave your device as clean as possible

Thanks for your fast reply! I did this firmware already yesterday and also wiped dat and cache + recovery... The problem keops showing up I will try this same firmware again and let you know if there are changes or not.

Viper The Ripper said:
It's very strange.. here it is Netherland's fws, try flashing your device if you want, but I've never heard that strange problem xD
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=GT-S5830&pcode=XEN#firmware
Always when you'll change your custom rom do the 3 wipes to leave your device as clean as possible
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Soldaatt said:
Thanks for your fast reply! I did this firmware already yesterday and also wiped dat and cache + recovery... The problem keops showing up I will try this same firmware again and let you know if there are changes or not.
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You can also flash whatever fw you want from EUROPE, because your device is unlocked in order to check your sim's trouble

Viper The Ripper said:
You can also flash whatever fw you want from EUROPE, because your device is unlocked in order to check your sim's trouble
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Again flashed the original firmware to my Ace. Wiped data and cleared cache. Everything works..... Except... the simcard. Can't call, can't sms and can't make an internet connection. So, still the same problem. The sim works well in another phone, and another simcard in the Ace gives also "Emergency call only". So it HAS to be something with my phone. Someone any idea's i can try / check now i'm very sure it's a phone problem with original new flashed firmware? I hope it's not an hardware defect......... how can i check?
UPDATE: The only simcard which works well is a T-Mobile prepaid simcard. All other simcards sometimes shows up, but most of the time not. The more strange fact is today: I went to another city and was able to call and sms the whole day. But no internet. When i came home, i received again the message: emergency only. This is so strange and makes me very sad. The phone is simlockfree, WHAT COULD IT BE So strange............

Tomorrow i had internet connection, could call and sms. My provider was shown on the screen and nothing wrong. But unfortunately just for a few minutes... No stable connection.

Someone any idea? :crying:

I too faced this problem once.....What I did is that I just formatted the system , wiped data , cache , sd ext and dalvik cache and then restored a backup of my earlier ROM in which the Sim was working ! And it was fixed....
Sent from my GT-P3100 using xda premium

Thanks for your reply! I did your trick but unfortunately... It did'nt help. Very interesting thing is, while i'm traveling around there is no problem, but as soon as i stop driving and walk around, the problems are back. Someone any idea on this strange problem? :crying:

cant access sim
until now this is problem...
why they cant fix this important setting
better to back to stock rom.
is does all are working
yeah CM's are good but still
many bugs and error
like this one.
not STK, sim contact save
and show in contact app
i hope they fix this one asap

You dont have any choice other than visiting the service centre. Yes they may charge you a good amount but seems none of the methods are working.
Also try contacting your service provider maybe thay know the exact reason.
Sent from my GT-S5830 using xda app-developers app

[Q] S3 mini i8190n no calls or text but mobile data working?!

Hiya!
Hate to be a pest, i did use the search button, but to no avail!
I got a used i8190n that works perfectly fine in all aspects except for registering for a mobile network! and that is for calls and sms services only, as the mobile data, 2g and 3g both work well!
there are similar cases posted on the forum, but none that replicate my case exactly: i did try different roms, different sim cards, mobile data works but no calls or sms! total mistery!
any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks a bunch, cheers!

Found one...
BUMP!
Tried a few ROMs from different regions, none of them show any signs of improvement!
Funny enough, all of them display 'Not connected to network' message when trying to place a call, all the way until i started flashing different modems, and all of them started showing the dialling screen for a split second, and then display the 'call ended' screen, but that only happens with the XXALL3 modem!
any help would be greatly appreciated from here, any better modems out there?
Thanks!

theseriojca said:
BUMP!
Tried a few ROMs from different regions, none of them show any signs of improvement!
Funny enough, all of them display 'Not connected to network' message when trying to place a call, all the way until i started flashing different modems, and all of them started showing the dialling screen for a split second, and then display the 'call ended' screen, but that only happens with the XXALL3 modem!
any help would be greatly appreciated from here, any better modems out there?
Thanks!
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Try [Tutorial] Why my IMEI missing & NO network? for clarification and [GUIDE] Recover your IMEI in 9 steps for potential solution.
Check the validity of your IMEI code while dialing *#06*.

Check the validity of your IMEI code while dialing *#06*.
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Thanks for your reply, *#06# brings up a valid IMEI that i checked on a few websites and it is attributed to my phone
Any other ideas at all?
Thanks!

theseriojca said:
Thanks for your reply, *#06# brings up a valid IMEI that i checked on a few websites and it is attributed to my phone
Any other ideas at all?
Thanks!
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Is your phone by chance sim carrier locked? Flashing the proper baseband and possibly modem should at least fix it on firmware/software level. Regarding the last mentioned; whats your region?

ImproAptoVictum said:
Is your phone by chance sim carrier locked? Flashing the proper baseband and possibly modem should at least fix it on firmware/software level. Regarding the last mentioned; whats your region?
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hi
the phone is carrier unlocked, as per the service menu, and according to the imei it's in the the UK region, i tried flashing Vodafone, EE, O2 UK roms and stock generic, even an asian one, just in case, no success!
upon reading some more, i looked into the efs folder (and made a copy of it), it's missing the nv_dat etc files, any idea if i can just get an efs folder off another phone and copy it in, or how would i go around all those files missing? i tried the 'NV rebuild' didn't help either!
thanks a million!

theseriojca said:
hi
the phone is carrier unlocked, as per the service menu, and according to the imei it's in the the UK region, i tried flashing Vodafone, EE, O2 UK roms and stock generic, even an asian one, just in case, no success!
upon reading some more, i looked into the efs folder (and made a copy of it), it's missing the nv_dat etc files, any idea if i can just get an efs folder off another phone and copy it in, or how would i go around all those files missing? i tried the 'NV rebuild' didn't help either!
thanks a million!
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Its not advised to (fully) replace the efs partition (folder/files) with one from another device. The efs partition contains your IMEI, among other vital data, which is unique. Since you have a backup (make sure its a proper one or better few), you might try to replace the efs partition with one from another device (I8190N) to see if thats the cause of your problem (restoring backup if not). However, you have to change the IMEI manually after replacing the efs partition with the one thats initially assigned to the device.

great stuff, thanks!
btw, when i said i backed-up the efs folder, that's a 13kb efs folder, which is no good as far as i know
googling for an efs folder for i8190N brings me here first, and than here
and none of them really work for me, i tried the modemfs file, no luck.
any idea where i can find a good i8190N efs folder and, if the swap works, how can than edit my IMEI into it?
thanks!

And again...
dunno what am i doing wrong, got a i9100p Galaxy S2 off ebay again, and again, as soon as i plug my o2 sim card in it, same story! plenty of 3g but no voice/text service! went on and got the S2 totally stock and got a new sim card from o2, no luck! the mystery persists, any ideas at all would be greatly appreciated!!

theseriojca said:
dunno what am i doing wrong, got a i9100p Galaxy S2 off ebay again, and again, as soon as i plug my o2 sim card in it, same story! plenty of 3g but no voice/text service! went on and got the S2 totally stock and got a new sim card from o2, no luck! the mystery persists, any ideas at all would be greatly appreciated!!
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tried a sim card from a different provider?
did you try that new sim card at the O2 store?

yep, tried a EE card in it, no result. the new o2 sim didn't work either, so it's gotta be the phone!

goddammit!
I cant believe there is no solution to this problem. I can't believe the risks of rooting and customizing a phone may be so great... it *IS* possible to definitely brick a device after all...
So i suppose I am yet another guy who lost their phone playing with these #¤%"#¤% ROMs on XDA.
I'd like to know how your story ended.