Hi everyone.
I've got to this bad situation where I wiped my IMEI. I was trying to flash CyanogenMod, and it flashed fine except that IMEI was turning into zeroes and radio did not worked. Reverting back to stock ROM helped pretty much, it worked there. So, I decided to back up EFS prior to flashing again. I did it on a rooted stock firmware using online nandroid backup from market. It told me that backup was done fine, and I did not actually check, which was a huge mistake. I reflashed CM, gapps, and then that backup. Obviously, as that backup did not really contain anything, CM did not start. Original firmware flashed by Odin starts up, however, I immediately get "blahblah.gapps failed to start", I cannot connect to wifi because I cannot enter my password for Wifi - kayboard doesn't show up (if I remove the password on router, it connects fine). If I proceed, SetupWizard just crashes.
So, without backup, the only thing I can do is possibly flash EFS from another S Advance i9070P. I know that it would contain others' IMEI, but I can swear I fist change it before flashing. Or, if anybody's willing to help, you can just replace your IMEI with something generic but recognizable, as 123456789012345 for example. I'd try to deal with it.
Or, if there's any other suggestion, I'd gladly listen.
Venseiiz said:
Hi everyone.
I've got to this bad situation where I wiped my IMEI. I was trying to flash CyanogenMod, and it flashed fine except that IMEI was turning into zeroes and radio did not worked. Reverting back to stock ROM helped pretty much, it worked there. So, I decided to back up EFS prior to flashing again. I did it on a rooted stock firmware using online nandroid backup from market. It told me that backup was done fine, and I did not actually check, which was a huge mistake. I reflashed CM, gapps, and then that backup. Obviously, as that backup did not really contain anything, CM did not start. Original firmware flashed by Odin starts up, however, I immediately get "blahblah.gapps failed to start", I cannot connect to wifi because I cannot enter my password for Wifi - kayboard doesn't show up (if I remove the password on router, it connects fine). If I proceed, SetupWizard just crashes.
So, without backup, the only thing I can do is possibly flash EFS from another S Advance i9070P. I know that it would contain others' IMEI, but I can swear I fist change it before flashing. Or, if anybody's willing to help, you can just replace your IMEI with something generic but recognizable, as 123456789012345 for example. I'd try to deal with it.
Or, if there's any other suggestion, I'd gladly listen.
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Did you do factory reset and wipe cache? Go back to stock with flashing stock firmware. That: "blahblah.gapps failed to start" is because of wrong version of GAPPS installed.
shut_down said:
Did you do factory reset and wipe cache? Go back to stock with flashing stock firmware. That: "blahblah.gapps failed to start" is because of wrong version of GAPPS installed.
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Oh but I did, maybe 5 times already... Stock recovery shows: E: failed to mount /efs (Invalid argument)
I had this problem once. Took a downgrade to gingerbread to fix mine. May wwant to try that.
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bobfrantic said:
I had this problem once. Took a downgrade to gingerbread to fix mine. May wwant to try that.
Sent from my S Advance because I can
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Hm, tried this today. It won't start at all. Showing just its logo all the time.
Venseiiz said:
Hm, tried this today. It won't start at all. Showing just its logo all the time.
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With a guide to downgrade, not just flash any GB firmware.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2100642
shut_down said:
With a guide to downgrade, not just flash any GB firmware.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2100642
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I was going to show that guide, thanks for beating me to it LOL
Wow, guys, thank you very much! It worked! Many-many thanks :laugh::good:
Venseiiz said:
Wow, guys, thank you very much! It worked! Many-many thanks :laugh::good:
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Glad to read that... and this is my 1000th post, LOL.
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Glad to read that... and this is my 1000th post, LOL.
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Hey, time to rise the topic again. After I repaired my phone, after some time I decided to flash a rom for a different region, 2.3.6 also (i did not update it to 4.1.2 anymore). I used ODIN 3.07. But now it does not turn on. At all. It does not react to the power button. No vibration, nothing. No recovery mode, no odin mode. Looks like a complete brick. Why the hell is that?!
Ah, by the way, as I stated in my first post, it's NFC model. The downgrade guide was for non-NFC. So I did not have any NFC functionality after downgrade. Here I wanted to return it as well, so I used a FW for i9070P version. Never had an idea it wouldn't turn on after that.
What can I do?
is it possible???
Hi. I ve experienced the same problem, except tht I ve completely lost IMEI and baseband. Sent it for repair.the person said 1st we ll recover the baseband then IMEI would b recovered. Blv me its been 2 weeks now. I ve read every possible solution I could find but it didnt help. As far as i could understand, IMEI has to b there for baseband to recover. Tried efs pro. Tried 9 steps for IMEI recovery but nothing helped. Tried to downgrade to GB acc to the guide but repartition fails on ODIN 1.85. Used triangle away to reset counter.the counts turn 0 with device status 'samsung official' but as soon as I flash stock JB, the current binary shows custom. IMEI folder in efs is empty. Tried to do the complex methods but got scared coz rest of the fone is f9. Is it possible tht it will be repaired or not. Is there a way out?
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Guys , i'm on XXJVU right now and i have lost my imei and it is 004.. something. I came to know this is fake after some research. I was on cm10 and had a corrupt imei so i flashed XXJVU but still problem persists. I have no backup right now. Any help guys ?
Necro Guy said:
Guys , i'm on XXJVU right now and i have lost my imei and it is 004.. something. I came to know this is fake after some research. I was on cm10 and had a corrupt imei so i flashed XXJVU but still problem persists. I have no backup right now. Any help guys ?
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What do you mean by "this is fake"?
When you restock via odin with the 3parted Stock ROM and 512 pit, repartition ticked, then your IMEI should be back again. Flashing "only" the rom.zip via CWM does not solve it most of the times.
btw: he meant the 004xxxx imei is a fake. This will be included automatically to the abot phone info when you lost your "real" imei.
rodman01 said:
When you restock via odin with the 3parted Stock ROM and 512 pit, repartition ticked, then your IMEI should be back again. Flashing "only" the rom.zip via CWM does not solve it most of the times.
btw: he meant the 004xxxx imei is a fake. This will be included automatically to the abot phone info when you lost your "real" imei.
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Just did but still no imei :crying:
Should i flash back to froyo/eclair with repartition ticked ?
mmh strange....did you used and original stock firmware from samsung?
You can also try it with slappys rescuepack, which i always use, when i have or want to restock. Has all you need in that zip. and also a todo or guide.
Perhaps ou give it a try?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29114573&postcount=2
rodman01 said:
mmh strange....did you used and original stock firmware from samsung?
You can also try it with slappys rescuepack, which i always use, when i have or want to restock. Has all you need in that zip. and also a todo or guide.
Perhaps ou give it a try?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29114573&postcount=2
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Yes was using official firmware (XXJVT).
ok.. gonna give it a try will report soon.
rodman01 said:
mmh strange....did you used and original stock firmware from samsung?
You can also try it with slappys rescuepack, which i always use, when i have or want to restock. Has all you need in that zip. and also a todo or guide.
Perhaps ou give it a try?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29114573&postcount=2
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still not working.my imei is still 00049..
Is there any way i can find my phone's original imei ?
Yes, if you pull your battery out, then there you will find a label sticked onto the cover. And this will show you your IMEI. But you cannot just type it in somewhere, thats not possible.
And i am wondering and its really strange, that after flashing a stockfirmware or that rescue pack you do not get your IMEI back ?
For me it worked every time....did you led phone boot through after first reflash and pass the setup wizard? Or did you just flashed something on top? Customsoftware or else?
Hi! I made some questions in another thread because I thought it was related, but now I think it's not.
The story begins with me (I know now how stupid I was) playing with Swapper2 and other Swapper apps trying to improbe the phone performance. After unninstalling Swapper2 my phone kinda crashed, so I decided to restore a backup I was made 2 days ago from CWM recovery just in case. worth saying I was running an unbranded 4.1.2 version downloaded from sammobile.
When I restored and the phone booted i found surprisingly the Setup Wizard screen, so I freaked out and tried to restore again with same results. Since then, i tried tons of different things, most of them suggested by @shut_down he was really kind and helpfull:
-obviously flashing stock ROM from sammobile again, but the problem persist.
-install CM 10, CM10.2 with corresponding gapps (doesn't even boot, phone gets stuck in the pretty CM loading screen)
-install Harsh Jelly:
1) it worked without gapps, and then tried to restore my backup but the same result again
2) installing gapps in Harsh Jelly makes it crash, like the others.
In short: in every case, the gapps crash and the Setup Wizard restart.
as additional info, i don't know if it's related, the CWM recovery log shows this every time i check it.
I: Can't format unknow volume: /external_sd
I: Can't partition unsafe device: /dev/block/mmcblk0p8
my guess is: could it be that mmcblk0p8 is the partition where gapps are saved and it is corrupted or something and thats why I'm unable to make them work?
I'm deeply grateful. ♥♥
PS: feel free to correct my english, it's not my native language, sorry. ♥
mmcblk0p8 is internal sdcard I don't know if it's related
I see you made some error: watch out which gapps you flash: 4.1, 4.2, 4.3.. Wrong version will crash and you don't need to flash them on stock based rom
Problem is in /data partition: you could solve by deleting secsetupwizard.apk and setupwizard.apk but how? 1) try booting your phone in safe mode (there's a guide in this section) and then delete them using some app such as root browser, if you can't boot in safe mode try adb
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Toni5830 said:
mmcblk0p8 is internal sdcard I don't know if it's related
I see you made some error: watch out which gapps you flash: 4.1, 4.2, 4.3.. Wrong version will crash and you don't need to flash them on stock based rom
Problem is in /data partition: you could solve by deleting secsetupwizard.apk and setupwizard.apk but how? 1) try booting your phone in safe mode (there's a guide in this section) and then delete them using some app such as root browser, if you can't boot in safe mode try adb
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at first i didn't install gapps in Harsh Jelly, the phone booted correctly but there were not gapps at all! it was then when i tried to install them from CWM. Yes I installed the right ones (4.1.x) 20121011 from goo.im/gapps. and then they crashed.
also, as I said before, when I restore (in CWM) my backup of a stock unbranded ROM (from sammobile) the gapps and SWizard also crash, and I'm not installing any gapps.
I'll try that but I have a question, will this solve my problem permanently or it will make my phone functional just for this rom now?
booting in safe mode also starts setup wizard, and also crashes.
Well, I decided to start all over again. I downgraded to GB, I flashed with odin a 2.3.6 unbranded ROM downloaded from sammobile. The phone boots, gapps and setup wizard don't crash BUT the signal comes and goes, I checked the baseband and it says: XXXX
I don't know if I should try to solve this now, or continue with flashing with odin a 4.1.2 ROM from sammobile.
Which firmware did you flash?? Try the one from your country
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Toni5830 said:
Which firmware did you flash?? Try the one from your country
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I flashed the one from my country, off course. (Argentina)
I found 2 possible ways to fix it, I'll try to fix it from terminal, i need someone else from my country to give me his modemfs.img.md5
the other way is clearing EFS in odin, but sounds too risky for me.
After solving this I'll keep trying to uptdate to 4.1.2
Thanks.
I am not sure what happend to you with that IMEI. Try to flash JB.
And why did you install gapps on Harsh Jelly? That ROM had its own google apps. You probably flashed gapps for wrong android version. You can't use 4.2.2 gapps on 4.1.2 for example.
shut_down said:
I am not sure what happend to you with that IMEI. Try to flash JB.
And why did you install gapps on Harsh Jelly? That ROM had its own google apps. You probably flashed gapps for wrong android version. You can't use 4.2.2 gapps on 4.1.2 for example.
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I repeat: at first I didnt flash any gapps, because it doesn't need it, but GAPPS WEREN'T THERE! I swear! no market, no gmail, maps or anything. so, I decided to try installing them, I'm sure I installed 4.1.2 (the right ones) just to try, and then gapps and Setup Wizard crashed again.
I solved it
ok, I solved a few things here, I'll try to detail every step I did for the record.
I downgraded to 2.3.6 with 3 files, CSC, PIT and PDA,(with re-partition box checked). there my gapps worked ok, but my baseband was XXXX and I had not 2g or 3g. I fixed the baseband following this steps:
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(parenthesis) i had to root 2.3.6 first following this steps: (as example) http://techdraginfo.blogspot.com/2012/10/how-to-root-samsung-galaxy-s-advance.html
then install terminal.
then get the modemfs.img.md5 from a friend with the same phone.
I uploaded that file to my googledrive, I link it here just in case (warning, it is from company: Claro, Argentina, UBLD1)
goo.gl/DzAjza
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I've flashed modemfs.img.md5 now 3G is working.
On another device (same model and region) I did:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 of=/sdcard/modemfs.img.md5
Copied generated file to my sdcard and did:
dd if=/sdcard/modemfs.img.md5 of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p2
Reboot and it's done.
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Thanks to @Skarllot @ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2119292&page=3
(i don't know if there is any relation between my previous problem and baseband, but still... )
then, i upgraded to an unbranded 4.1.2 downloaded from sammobile with odin, and everything worked properly.
(note: I followed the downgrade then upgrade steps before but the problem persisted, the only difference this time was the fix of the baseband, thats why I THINK it was related in some way)
Now everything worked again, I installed CWM from stock 4.1.2 recovery, then restored my previous backup.
Thanks to everyone who helped and guided me in this, specially to @shut_down he answered every time in this forum.
I spent 3 days without my phone
I'm glad you worked that out. Thx for writing it down here, could proove usefull to someone else...
alete89 said:
ok, I solved a few things here, I'll try to detail every step I did for the record.
I downgraded to 2.3.6 with 3 files, CSC, PIT and PDA,(with re-partition box checked). there my gapps worked ok, but my baseband was XXXX and I had not 2g or 3g. I fixed the baseband following this steps:
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(parenthesis) i had to root 2.3.6 first following this steps: (as example) http://techdraginfo.blogspot.com/2012/10/how-to-root-samsung-galaxy-s-advance.html
then install terminal.
then get the modemfs.img.md5 from a friend with the same phone.
I uploaded that file to my googledrive, I link it here just in case (warning, it is from company: Claro, Argentina, UBLD1)
goo.gl/DzAjza
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Thanks to @Skarllot @ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2119292&page=3
(i don't know if there is any relation between my previous problem and baseband, but still... )
then, i upgraded to an unbranded 4.1.2 downloaded from sammobile with odin, and everything worked properly.
(note: I followed the downgrade then upgrade steps before but the problem persisted, the only difference this time was the fix of the baseband, thats why I THINK it was related in some way)
Now everything worked again, I installed CWM from stock 4.1.2 recovery, then restored my previous backup.
Thanks to everyone who helped and guided me in this, specially to @shut_down he answered every time in this forum.
I spent 3 days without my phone
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CongratulationThat You Have Solved Your Problem , I am Facing Exact Same Problem
My Setup wizard crash , gapps stopped, harshjelly works without gapps, every thing is same
Only difference is after downgrading to GB i can see my baseband , imei and i have network
I can understand one thing it has something to do with my efs folder , which" failed to mount", as it can be seen in recovery .
The file given by your friend must contain efs , and i think after flashing that file your imei number might be changed , just confirm that your imei number and your friends imei number is different and if it is same then remove file given by you from google drive immidiately or many people might get same imei number, and you still have your original imei number different from your friend please let me know so i can flash this file ,
Never share your imei number . Thanks in advance.
jazzh said:
I'm glad you worked that out. Thx for writing it down here, could proove usefull to someone else...
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IMEI remains different, I can't explain why, but I checked it. I hope this helps. Ler me know if it does!
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alete89 said:
IMEI remains different, I can't explain why, but I checked it. I hope this helps. Ler me know if it does!
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I am trying to run command given by you in terminal emulater but it says permission denied , my device is rooted, i dont know whats the problem
Edit : Sorry My Bad, I forget to enter su command
alete89 said:
IMEI remains different, I can't explain why, but I checked it. I hope this helps. Ler me know if it does!
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You have to write su before, to grant permissions.
su (enter)
and then go on
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This method is not working for me
Thank you for your support and help , i have followed every instruction and successfully changed modemefs folder but my problem still persist , my gapps and setup wizard keep crashing
I know one thing it has something to do with my efs folder because in recovery it says fail to mount efs (invalid argument)
i m trying to restore it. My mobile works perfectly in GB with all functionality . With GB also i can see same error in recovery , fail to mount efs.
androiddoctor said:
Thank you for your support and help , i have followed every instruction and successfully changed modemefs folder but my problem still persist , my gapps and setup wizard keep crashing
I know one thing it has something to do with my efs folder because in recovery it says fail to mount efs (invalid argument)
i m trying to restore it. My mobile works perfectly in GB with all functionality . With GB also i can see same error in recovery , fail to mount efs.
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i fixed EFS while in GB, you did the same way?
new at this...need help
alete89 said:
ok, I solved a few things here, I'll try to detail every step I did for the record.
I downgraded to 2.3.6 with 3 files, CSC, PIT and PDA,(with re-partition box checked). there my gapps worked ok, but my baseband was XXXX and I had not 2g or 3g. I fixed the baseband following this steps:
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(parenthesis) i had to root 2.3.6 first following this steps: (as example) http://techdraginfo.blogspot.com/2012/10/how-to-root-samsung-galaxy-s-advance.html
then install terminal.
then get the modemfs.img.md5 from a friend with the same phone.
I uploaded that file to my googledrive, I link it here just in case (warning, it is from company: Claro, Argentina, UBLD1)
goo.gl/DzAjza
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Thanks to @Skarllot @ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2119292&page=3
(i don't know if there is any relation between my previous problem and baseband, but still... )
then, i upgraded to an unbranded 4.1.2 downloaded from sammobile with odin, and everything worked properly.
(note: I followed the downgrade then upgrade steps before but the problem persisted, the only difference this time was the fix of the baseband, thats why I THINK it was related in some way)
Now everything worked again, I installed CWM from stock 4.1.2 recovery, then restored my previous backup.
Thanks to everyone who helped and guided me in this, specially to @shut_down he answered every time in this forum.
I spent 3 days without my phone
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hey i am new at all this. so the problem starts here, i tried to install cwm recovery and something went wrong. since then i am facing the same problems like gapps stopped working and setup wizard crashed i tried flashing GB via odin but it gets stuck in bootloop. i can't get into recovery mode it just shows the phone name. But when i install JB again it shows setup wizard has stopped.... PLLLZZZZZ HELP ME. i can't live without my phone. thanks in advance...and i would be grateful if you give a bit of details regarding the steps. THANK YOU!
aayush295 said:
hey i am new at all this. so the problem starts here, i tried to install cwm recovery and something went wrong. since then i am facing the same problems like gapps stopped working and setup wizard crashed i tried flashing GB via odin but it gets stuck in bootloop. i can't get into recovery mode it just shows the phone name. But when i install JB again it shows setup wizard has stopped.... PLLLZZZZZ HELP ME. i can't live without my phone. thanks in advance...and i would be grateful if you give a bit of details regarding the steps. THANK YOU!
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1. You can't go back to GB just like that, there is a guide on our phone section for downgrading.
2. How did you try to install CWM?
3. Flash JB with Odin and see what happens.
4. Search. And read.
aayush295 said:
hey i am new at all this. so the problem starts here, i tried to install cwm recovery and something went wrong. since then i am facing the same problems like gapps stopped working and setup wizard crashed i tried flashing GB via odin but it gets stuck in bootloop. i can't get into recovery mode it just shows the phone name. But when i install JB again it shows setup wizard has stopped.... PLLLZZZZZ HELP ME. i can't live without my phone. thanks in advance...and i would be grateful if you give a bit of details regarding the steps. THANK YOU!
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do what @shut_down said, notice that to downgrade I followed a downgrade tutorial and also checked the re-format partitions box in Odin (you need additional files to do that).
good luck!
Hello Guys i flashed the Germany Version of 4.3 lte last night and in doing so i have Temporarily killed my Phone.
I have tried all the Recoveries processes via Kies and Odin and i am having no luck.
I think the reason why it won't flash is because the Germany 4.3 is a Newer Version than the Stock 4.1.2.
When i'm in Odin i get sboot.bin Fail when trying to Flash the Latest Stock rom. I am able to Flash the Germany 4.3 again and that flashes but then the Phone Stays on the Samsung Flash Screen.
Could someone please Help? I have been on with this for Hours now. I think what i need is a 4.3 Version of any rom in Odin .tar format so i can at least get the phone to boot up and then maybe i can get CWM Recovery on there and flash a Stock rom that way.
Thanks in Advance
You have to remove sboot.bin and tz.bin when downgrading. Be careful, downgrading will give you Knox warranty void 0x1!
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You have to remove sboot.bin and tz.bin when downgrading. Be careful, downgrading will give you Knox warranty void 0x1!
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I have already seen that Message in Tiny Writing. What does that mean if i get that and how do you remove sboot.bin and TZ.bin
Do i remove them from the Stock 4.1.2 or the Germany 4.3?
My head is well and truely done in. I was up till 5am trying to fix it and then when i woke i went straight back to it and i still havn't got it working.
Thanks for your help in advance.
marti4578 said:
I have already seen that Message in Tiny Writing. What does that mean if i get that and how do you remove sboot.bin and TZ.bin
Do i remove them from the Stock 4.1.2 or the Germany 4.3?
My head is well and truely done in. I was up till 5am trying to fix it and then when i woke i went straight back to it and i still havn't got it working.
Thanks for your help in advance.
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I am in the same boat if u found a solution help me also
Currently i flashed philz recovery upon which i have flashed tgp 11.30 but have no imei baseband.
marti4578 said:
I have already seen that Message in Tiny Writing. What does that mean if i get that.
= warranty void and no way so far to remove the count .
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AMoizK said:
I am in the same boat if u found a solution help me also
Currently i flashed philz recovery upon which i have flashed tgp 11.30 but have no imei baseband.
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Have you got any efs backup made by yourself? Or have you ever used boeffla kernel or any other that backups efs partition?
Hbohd said:
Have you got any efs backup made by yourself? Or have you ever used boeffla kernel or any other that backups efs partition?
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Hello I don't have any EFS Backups done by Myself and i have never used Boeffla Kernel or any other Backup. I am so at my Witts end it unreal.
I have tried to do Kies recovery and i am back at the Firmware Upgrade Encountered an Issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and Try again.
I have no idea which way to go or what to do. I know it will be fixed but i have little Faith at the Moment.
Thanks for your help in advance.
marti4578 said:
Hello I don't have any EFS Backups done by Myself and i have never used Boeffla Kernel or any other Backup. I am so at my Witts end it unreal.
I have tried to do Kies recovery and i am back at the Firmware Upgrade Encountered an Issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and Try again.
I have no idea which way to go or what to do. I know it will be fixed but i have little Faith at the Moment.
Thanks for your help in advance.
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THE kies frimware intilition doesnt work as you have 4.3 bootloader and knox blocks older boot loader
dont worry when 4.3 becomes available in your area it wont have to downgrade and ultimately this method will work but still things are looking pretty bad dor the intermediatory days.
PS is ther anyway to restore baseband imei without any backup
AMoizK said:
THE kies frimware intilition doesnt work as you have 4.3 bootloader and knox blocks older boot loader
dont worry when 4.3 becomes available in your area it wont have to downgrade and ultimately this method will work but still things are looking pretty bad dor the intermediatory days.
PS is ther anyway to restore baseband imei without any backup
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What if i download the Germany Version again and try flashing. I thought it would of worked? I am now in this situation surely the Country it comes from wouldn't make a difference? Could someone take the Germany 4.3 and make it a Working Version .tar file to flash with Odin3?
marti4578 said:
What if i download the Germany Version again and try flashing. I thought it would of worked? I am now in this situation surely the Country it comes from wouldn't make a difference? Could someone take the Germany 4.3 and make it a Working Version .tar file to flash with Odin3?
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I ment through kies.
Hello Guys i have Fantastic News!!
I have no idea what i did different, However i have reflashed the German 4.3 on my GT-I9305 and this time to my Total Surprise it worked!!
I wish i could say what i did and it worked but i have absolutely no idea what was done differently.
Thanks all for your Help.
I will say i installed the drivers manually and just on the off chance i flashed it again with the file i downloaded last Night. I also flashed a recover trying to get it to load a recover so i could flash a zip file.
marti4578 said:
Hello Guys i have Fantastic News!!
I have no idea what i did different, However i have reflashed the German 4.3 on my GT-I9305 and this time to my Total Surprise it worked!!
I wish i could say what i did and it worked but i have absolutely no idea what was done differently.
Thanks all for your Help.
I will say i installed the drivers manually and just on the off chance i flashed it again with the file i downloaded last Night. I also flashed a recover trying to get it to load a recover so i could flash a zip file.
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Which file can u specify pls and also which recovery also is wifi and data working
AMoizK said:
Which file can u specify pls and also which recovery also is wifi and data working
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which file????:crying:
AMoizK said:
which file????:crying:
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Please read the rules .
JJEgan said:
Please read the rules .
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Can u point me to the rules
AMoizK said:
Can u point me to the rules
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/announcement.php?f=256
5. Create a thread or post a message only once.
As a large forum, we don't need unnecessary clutter. You're free to edit your message as you like, so if you do not receive an answer, revisit your message and see if you can describe your problem better. Not everyone is online at the same time so it might take a while before you receive an answer. (Also refer to Rule 16)
Finally
I am so feeling sucessful right now although i didnt got 4.3 but i was sucessful in getting my imei and baseband and network back.:good:
Sorry for the late response but when you get stuck on the Samsung boot screen all you have to do is boot into Recovery and do a Factory Reset and Wipe Cache.
Another thing to remember is to flash the modem for your country otherwise you might accidently disable some frequencies and enable other useless ones.
xkwizt said:
Sorry for the late response but when you get stuck on the Samsung boot screen all you have to do is boot into Recovery and do a Factory Reset and Wipe Cache.
Another thing to remember is to flash the modem for your country otherwise you might accidently disable some frequencies and enable other useless ones.
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Doesn't work I will syill be stuck at boot screen
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Doesn't work I will syill be stuck at boot screen
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Which 4.3 update did you flash? I used the DBT German one.
Did you flash the right modem too? It worked for me and i was using a i9305T. All i did was flash the latest modem (from the brand of phone i have which is Telstra) and did a wipe data and wipe cache.
[SOLVED] Bricked i9305? - No Recovery - "Get PIT for mapping" stuck - sboot.bin FAIL
Yo.
Basically been using this phone for ages, having random freezing issues for a while, so I decided to /****it and re-stock everything because it is likely that I have been an idiot with kernels/messing around with stuff once.
This freezing has persisted through stable, unstable, nightly CM 10.2/10.3/11 ROM's as well as pure stock and unrooted, so I figured it was something deeper down - the kernel, and I got a stock kernel for i9305 (attached). Everything basically went to ****, the phone got stuck bootlooping on the initial Samsung logo, doing the button-combo to get into recovery just stucks it on that logo. I can enter Download mode.
No biggie, I'll just ODIN it up (3.0.7) and flash the stock firmware, except now (this did not happen before the kernel flash) it simply fails with "sboot.bin FAIL", which people claim to be a PIT error (Kies not open btw, no KiesTrayAgent either, it's on the PC though), so I grab a i9305 stock PIT that I try and flash with the stock firmware, except now it gets stuck at "Get PIT for mapping" and never moves onwards from there.
So I'm essentially stuck with a problem that can probably be fixed by a stock firmware ODIN flash, and a problem that prevents me from fixing the PIT stuff to get the stock firmware through.
I have tried ODIN-flashing CWM recovery as well as stock recovery (also attached), but I'm still stuck on the logo regardless.
Any help here? Kinda lost ATM.
EDIT: Can't link/attach the .rar with the files. :S
Just re-install your back up
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Just re-install your back up
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Retarded answer.
@OP
We need more data... first, which kernel did you flash ? If you can't attach it, link to it.
Second, what stock rom did you try to flash ?
Third, are you knoxed?
Hey guys.
Cheers for the answers, I just figured it out though actually. The sboot.bin error was caused by some bootloader-stuff-thingy I could hardly explain if I got a book on it. I got ahold of another stock ROM which flashed fine, I cleaned up and all that (NAND erase all did the job), back to CM11 as TouchWiz didn't fix my problems.
To answer your questions (others might have the problem and find this thread):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/development-i9305/recovery-odin-flashable-tar-t1971265 <- kernel
I tried to flash an "XXBMD1" stock ROM from SamMobile, it had worked previously.
I am Knoxed and have "tripeed the fuse" (trying to fix the crashing issues I went back to stock ROM, then it prompted for the 4.3 TouchWiz update which brings KNOX), so I'm without warranty (ODIN returns "KNOX Warranty Void: 1), but I guess I can consider this a learning experience as everything turned out good enough in the end.
There you go:
Based on JellyBean 4.1.2_XXBMD1 <--- You can't flash 4.1.2 because of the knox bootloader.
Had you tried a stick 4.3 you might have been sucessfull
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Retarded answer.
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Hello...
Don't you do irony in your country,
only a moron would play about with his phone without making a back up first, but the point seems to have gone over your head as well... Durrr
Raistlin1158 said:
Hello...
Don't you do irony in your country,
only a moron would play about with his phone without making a back up first, but the point seems to have gone over your head as well... Durrr
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soft bricks aren't fixed by restoring nandroids.
Update odin and change usb cable and port.
Raistlin1158 said:
Hello...
Don't you do irony in your country,
only a moron would play about with his phone without making a back up first, but the point seems to have gone over your head as well... Durrr
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Apologies for not detecting the irony on your post.
Yet, what you wrote means you didn't even bother to read the OP. What good would a nandbackup do, if he cannot even get to recovery?
I take back the retarded and replace it with lazy.
chongc1996 said:
soft bricks aren't fixed by restoring nandroids.
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A nandroid wouldn't do any harm as soon as he got a recovery working
Raistlin1158 said:
Update odin and change usb cable and port.
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Again, OP second post not read. His issue was probably originating in a attempt to flash a stock 4.1 (with 4.1 bootloader) over a 4.3 bootloader. Knox won't allow it.
Add stubbornness to laziness.
@ OP: please change the [Q] in the op to [SOLVED]
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Apologies for not detecting the irony on your post.
Yet, what you wrote means you didn't even bother to read the OP. What good would a nandbackup do, if he cannot even get to recovery?
I take back the retarded and replace it with lazy.
A nandroid wouldn't do any harm as soon as he got a recovery working
Again, OP second post not read. His issue was probably originating in a attempt to flash a stock 4.1 (with 4.1 bootloader) over a 4.3 bootloader. Knox won't allow it.
Add stubbornness to laziness.
@ OP: please change the [Q] in the op to [SOLVED]
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heh, last time i soft bricked, i could access recovery like op, but nandroid didn't help. some other problem that flashing stock rom solved
.... the phone got stuck bootlooping on the initial Samsung logo, doing the button-combo to get into recovery just stucks it on that logo. I can enter Download mode.
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chongc1996 said:
heh, last time i soft bricked, i could access recovery like op, but nandroid didn't help. some other problem that flashing stock rom solved
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As you can see, OP could NOT get to recovery, only download. His fault was attempting to flash 4.1 with OLD BOOTLOADER on top of a 4.3 NEW BOOTLOADER.
daedric said:
As you can see, OP could NOT get to recovery, only download. His fault was attempting to flash 4.1 with OLD BOOTLOADER on top of a 4.3 NEW BOOTLOADER.
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ok sir, you are right, calm down, I'm out of here.
Cheers for the helpful as well as not-so-helpful responses, all back up and running now.
i have Nexus 6 t-mob 64gb, unlocked bootloader and rooted
but the imei and baseband unknown, i exactly dont know how this happen,
but i have tried to flash stock LRX22C 5.0.1 also sideload LMY47M and nothing happen, baseband and imei still unknown
is there any solution for this situation??
thanks
henhida said:
i have Nexus 6 t-mob 64gb, unlocked bootloader and rooted
but the imei and baseband unknown, i exactly dont know how this happen,
but i have tried to flash stock LRX22C 5.0.1 also sideload LMY47M and nothing happen, baseband and imei still unknown
is there any solution for this situation??
thanks
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have you tried to flash a radio to fix this? also, did you happen to restore a nandroid backup onto your n6 from another n6
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have you tried to flash a radio to fix this? also, did you happen to restore a nandroid backup onto your n6 from another n6
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i never restore from nandroid backup,
when this happen the phone still stok, no root, locked bootloader...
i think flash stock recovery thats automatically flash the radio too rite? or i have to flash the radio only?
is this the file i have to flash?
LRX22C (5.0.1 OTA - 12/10/2014): MDM9625_104335.118.02.55.04R
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/ref-nexus-6-modem-collection-t2969380
henhida said:
i never restore from nandroid backup,
when this happen the phone still stok, no root, locked bootloader...
i think flash stock recovery thats automatically flash the radio too rite? or i have to flash the radio only?
is this the file i have to flash?
LRX22C (5.0.1 OTA - 12/10/2014): MDM9625_104335.118.02.55.04R
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/ref-nexus-6-modem-collection-t2969380
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well, that radio will work, its an older radio though. yes, radio needs to be flashed, as of right now you are missing one.
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you would need to unlock your bootloader to flash via fastboot, or to flash twrp recovery to flash a .zip.
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well, that radio will work, its an older radio though. yes, radio needs to be flashed, as of right now you are missing one.
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just flash the radio, LRX22C still not work...
did i have to try all radio file? its that ok?
henhida said:
just flash the radio, LRX22C still not work...
did i have to try all radio file? its that ok?
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thats fine. what were you doing when this happened?
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thats fine. what were you doing when this happened?
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just flashed all radio, and still not work...
exactly i dont remember,
i never do flashed anything, what i remember the phone still locked bootloader and no root, 100% stok
following this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/help/lost-imei-t3061744#post60069150
with restore " twrp backup of the efs partition" will fix the problem
is there anyone help me to upload some twrp backup please.....
If you did not backup your own efs from the phone you are trying to fix, no one else is going to be able to help. You need your own back up
henhida said:
following this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/help/lost-imei-t3061744#post60069150
with restore " twrp backup of the efs partition" will fix the problem
is there anyone help me to upload some twrp backup please.....
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If it is true, what you've said about not doing anything to your phone, then perhaps you need a new Sim card. However, when someone says "I don't remember if I did anything" I have serious doubt that you haven't done something. You don't mess with a $650 device and not "remember" doing it.
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Looking back, your first post says you're rooted and unlocked. Then you said phone is stock and locked. ??? No one can help you if you don't provide factual information.
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If you did not backup your own efs from the phone you are trying to fix, no one else is going to be able to help. You need your own back up
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i have said before sir, im on stok rom, so im not back up twrp or anything
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If it is true, what you've said about not doing anything to your phone, then perhaps you need a new Sim card. However, when someone says "I don't remember if I did anything" I have serious doubt that you haven't done something. You don't mess with a $650 device and not "remember" doing it.
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Looking back, your first post says you're rooted and unlocked. Then you said phone is stock and locked. ??? No one can help you if you don't provide factual information.
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i said the phone on stok when this happen (lose imei & baseband)
and now rooted and unlocked bootloader when i started to fix it...
tried flash another stok, baseband, etc need to be unlocked bootloader rite?
actually im not sure if this caused lose imei&baseband,
i have tried factory reset, but the process take to long (more than 20minutes), i think the process error or something, than i tried hard reset by pushed power + vol down,
after that the phone boot and continuou erasing data, and the process looks like never end again
hard reset again and tried factory reset from recovery mode, this time i leave the phone about 1 hour, than finally phone boot
corrupt process on factory reset, is it possible caused lose the imei &baseband?
henhida said:
i have said before sir, im on stok rom, so im not back up twrp or anything
i said the phone on stok when this happen (lose imei & baseband)
and now rooted and unlocked bootloader when i started to fix it...
tried flash another stok, baseband, etc need to be unlocked bootloader rite?
actually im not sure if this caused lose imei&baseband,
i have tried factory reset, but the process take to long (more than 20minutes), i think the process error or something, than i tried hard reset by pushed power + vol down,
after that the phone boot and continuou erasing data, and the process looks like never end again
hard reset again and tried factory reset from recovery mode, this time i leave the phone about 1 hour, than finally phone boot
corrupt process on factory reset, is it possible caused lose the imei &baseband?
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The factory reset on a 64gb will take 20 or more minutes. By forcing a restart before it completed, you may have caused the error.
This is the kind of information that is needed for those that wish to help. It is proper XDA procedure to provide as much information as possible when creating a thread such as this. We are not mind readers or magicians.
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The factory reset on a 64gb will take 20 or more minutes. By forcing a restart before it completed, you may have caused the error.
This is the kind of information that is needed for those that wish to help. It is proper XDA procedure to provide as much information as possible when creating a thread such as this. We are not mind readers or magicians.
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yes i dont know it will take about 20minutes or more , and i really dont know if that will screwed
is it possible if you upload your twrp back up sir?
henhida said:
yes i dont know it will take about 20minutes or more , and i really dont know if that will screwed
is it possible if you upload your twrp back up sir?
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That's not how it works
Sent from my Nexus 6 using XDA Free mobile app
I understand that you would like to get your problem solved ASAP, but please read what people post. You CAN NOT restore another persons TWRP backup. It will either screw up your device even more or it just wont work. You need your own TWRP backup, which you don't have so TWRP is out of the question.
At this point your only hope is to flash all the stock images from fastboot. It's a relatively easy process as long as you read and try to understand what you're trying to do, and for gods sake don't try to use one of the toolkits to do this.
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I understand that you would like to get your problem solved ASAP, but please read what people post. You CAN NOT restore another persons TWRP backup. It will either screw up your device even more or it just wont work. You need your own TWRP backup, which you don't have so TWRP is out of the question.
At this point your only hope is to flash all the stock images from fastboot. It's a relatively easy process as long as you read and try to understand what you're trying to do, and for gods sake don't try to use one of the toolkits to do this.
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some people said when restore twrp backup from another phone will work, and the imei will back, i mean my real imei not imei from another phone
yes i just tried flash them, 5.0 , 5.0.1 , 5.1
i also tried flash custom rom chroma, CM12,
but all not work...my imei and baseband still unknown
one thing im not try yet is restore twrp backup or efs backup, because i dont have it,
would you upload efs folder backup sir?
lost my imei too
hot pull /insert SIM CARD and flash couples of roms= imei lost + unknown baseband
did you fix it yet?