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Okay, I posted this question in the I9300 Q&A section by accident (was a bit distraught, didn't read the section title properly), but for some reason a mod appears to have deleted the thread instead of moving it, so here it is again in the correct section.
So after using my I9305 for about 8-9 months now, I woke up this morning to find my phone nonoperational. The phone requests on boot a "SIM network unlock PIN". If this window is dismissed, the pulldown notifications drawer states "Invalid SIM card" with subtitle "Network locked SIM card inserted". Quick Googling reveals that these notifications and errors typically show that a phone is locked to a specific carrier. Now that's understandable, but this phone is unlocked, and I hadn't even taken the SIM card out until this error occurred. The SIM card works just fine in another phone.
I've tried rebooting the phone (first port of call), and using the code *#197328640# in the dialer to SIM unlock as per this post (but I didn't have "[4] NW LOCK NV Data INNITIALLIZ" as an option). I tried using "busybox chown 1001:1001 /efs/nv_data.bin" in terminal emulator as root, after seeing this post, but it came with an error of "chown: /efs/nv_data.bin: NO such file or directory". So... how bad do things look? And no... I don't have a backup of my efs. =[
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Since then, I also tried *#06# in the dialer, and my IMEI is intact.
Try another sim first
JJEgan said:
Try another sim first
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Nope, no dice.
Are you totally stock rom or custom?
Stock standard 4.1.2, with CF-Auto-Root.
KayDat said:
Stock standard 4.1.2, with CF-Auto-Root.
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Maybe try flash a stock pre-rooted rom by lriquidperfection with odin and try the *# again?
Tried various different stock ROMs and factory resets, nothing.
You need to flash a 4.1.1 ROM, or at least a modem from such a ROM.
Sent from my GT-I9305 using xda app-developers app
Tried flashing several 4.1.1 stock ROMs, no luck either.
try to clean pin battery (on the battery not connector battery on the phone) and clean your sim card (used pencil eraser)
look your sim card have missing gold pin/gold line or not?
hrcell said:
try to clean pin battery (on the battery not connector battery on the phone) and clean your sim card (used pencil eraser)
look your sim card have missing gold pin/gold line or not?
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Not sure why doing anything with the battery would be in any way related with the SIM. I also forgot to mention that I had already tried cleaning the SIM card at the start with alcohol. In any case, the SIM card works fine in another phone, so it appears that there isn't problem with the SIM card. In any case, I managed to RMA the phone, now the long wait to get it back...
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Not sure why doing anything with the battery would be in any way related with the SIM. I also forgot to mention that I had already tried cleaning the SIM card at the start with alcohol. In any case, the SIM card works fine in another phone, so it appears that there isn't problem with the SIM card. In any case, I managed to RMA the phone, now the long wait to get it back...
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sim connector need voltage and get from battery
You're kidding me, right?
KayDat said:
You're kidding me, right?
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i not joke with you
i have same problem with you 5 month ago with copy battery
Got my phone back from the shop today. Kept an eye on the shipping tracking when I sent it out, and they sent it back out half a day after they took delivery, so I'm guessing they used a SIM unlock code since it's definitely my phone that I got back. Didn't have to pay anything, so I'm happy. Still not sure why/how the phone decided to lock itself though...
want to change network band in sm j110h
Hello sir...
I want change my phone network band.i had used code *#0011# it was showing only sevice mode.im not getting main menu option after tried further process. Plz help me to change my WCDM network to LTE network mode.
Thanks in advance
Prashant
KayDat said:
The phone requests on boot a "SIM network unlock PIN". If this window is dismissed, the pulldown notifications drawer states "Invalid SIM card" with subtitle "Network locked SIM card inserted".
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I had the same problem. In my case the phone had been fine for almost 3 years.
I suddenly have this problem too.
whatsupskip said:
I had the same problem. In my case the phone had been fine for almost 3 years.
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Which ROM are you using? I was using rodman's AICP
Deanodirector said:
Which ROM are you using? I was using rodman's AICP
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I was using the stock Samsung ROM.
Its my 3rd Thread now, since i got 4.3 update, just problems. Has someone an idea, why i dont have any service providers? I have the same SIM, that was working on the previous version, and did the OTA update, had the T-Mobile branded DE version, flashed many firmwares, now i have flashed unbranded Belgium 9.2.A.1.205, (live in Belgium and the SIM is BASE), and when i go, Settings>More>Mobile Networks>Service Providers, and search for networrk/service, always comes a "No Networks Found".
I dont have any Signal of course, cant make a call, sms, nothing of course. When someone has an idea or solution, would be really grateful, since i i didint even can connect to my home network/wifi, at least this would be good to have.
Thanks in advance..
bosnianboss9 said:
Its my 3rd Thread now, since i got 4.3 update, just problems. Has someone an idea, why i dont have any service providers? I have the same SIM, that was working on the previous version, and did the OTA update, had the T-Mobile branded DE version, flashed many firmwares, now i have flashed unbranded Belgium 9.2.A.1.205, (live in Belgium and the SIM is BASE), and when i go, Settings>More>Mobile Networks>Service Providers, and search for networrk/service, always comes a "No Networks Found".
I dont have any Signal of course, cant make a call, sms, nothing of course. When someone has an idea or solution, would be really grateful, since i i didint even can connect to my home network/wifi, at least this would be good to have.
Thanks in advance..
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Have you tried to remove your sim and reinsert it with the phone on? just an idea.
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Have you tried to remove your sim and reinsert it with the phone on? just an idea.
Well, when i remove my sim, "SIM card removed, restarting", and i let it boot up, and then insert it again, and then "Sim card inserted, rebooting", normal process, but all the same, no providers, no signal..
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bosnianboss9 said:
bruce1x said:
Have you tried to remove your sim and reinsert it with the phone on? just an idea.
Well, when i remove my sim, "SIM card removed, restarting", and i let it boot up, and then insert it again, and then "Sim card inserted, rebooting", normal process, but all the same, no providers, no signal..
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Worth a try anyway, not sure now sorry, but will do some searching around.
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bosnianboss9 said:
in service settings/service info/configuration. is it showing working bands
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Last thing to try would be to insert a new pay and go sim into your phone of the same network. Sorry I cant help any further and am leaving the forum.:fingers-crossed:
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Last thing to try would be to insert a new pay and go sim into your phone of the same network. Sorry I cant help any further and am leaving the forum.:fingers-crossed:
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And what should i do when i see the working bands ? I tried my SIM in the other phone, and it worked, but on my phone not.
Anyway, what should i do then ?
bruce1x said:
Last thing to try would be to insert a new pay and go sim into your phone of the same network. Sorry I cant help any further and am leaving the forum.:fingers-crossed:
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bosnianboss9 said:
And what should i do when i see the working bands ? I tried my SIM in the other phone, and it worked, but on my phone not.
Anyway, what should i do then ?
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As bruce1x sujested did you try another sim in your Xperia T, if the other sim works then oder a new one. If not then reflash stock firmware from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=52630436 useing flashtools http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1943886.
If this doesnt work then you have either a dead radio or a dead sim card reader, in this case you would need to send it back to be replaced, hope this helps.
P.S. Had the same problem when I pressed the magical USA BAND button and a stock reflash sorted it out :good:
I just updated to the new BQL1 firmware and now my sim card is saying it is not registered on the network. I replaced the sim card and it was working until my battery died. I charged phone and turned it on and now sim card not registered on network again. I have reset network settings and toggled everything I know how to try to get it to work but nothing helps. Has anyone else experienced this problem? Sim was working fine on bqk5 firmware. Thanks.
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I just updated to the new BQL1 firmware and now my sim card is saying it is not registered on the network. I replaced the sim card and it was working until my battery died. I charged phone and turned it on and now sim card not registered on network again. I have reset network settings and toggled everything I know how to try to get it to work but nothing helps. Has anyone else experienced this problem? Sim was working fine on bqk5 firmware. Thanks.
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I upgraded from G950USQU1AQG4 to G950USQS2BQL1 today and had the same issue. Even factory reset didn't work. Bootloader changed from 1 to 2 so going back wasn't an option for me. Registering a new sim card was the only option for me. I only tried a new sim card because the vzw site gave me this message while trying to re-activate the one i had been using:
HTML_COTENT_NOT_FOUND_FOR_CONTENT_KEY: devicechange_sim_aging_message
Glad i wasn't the only one who wasted a day with this crp.
Can we upgrade BQk1 to oreo?
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I'd updated to Oreo from BQL1 and am trying to Odin back, but it keeps failing. Anyone have any suggestions? I'm using the 3.12.7 odin.
Thanks!
All good. Re-installed the samsung drivers and everything worked perfectly.
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I upgraded from G950USQU1AQG4 to G950USQS2BQL1 today and had the same issue. Even factory reset didn't work. Bootloader changed from 1 to 2 so going back wasn't an option for me. Registering a new sim card was the only option for me. I only tried a new sim card because the vzw site gave me this message while trying to re-activate the one i had been using:
HTML_COTENT_NOT_FOUND_FOR_CONTENT_KEY: devicechange_sim_aging_message
Glad i wasn't the only one who wasted a day with this crp.
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Hey. A new sim card worked for you? Didn't work for me.
fersayken2 said:
Hey. A new sim card worked for you? Didn't work for me.
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Try using Odin3 v3.12 PrinceComsy to roll back to GS950USQU2BQK5.
Also, did you activate the new sim card on the vz website first?
I'm pretty sure this is what I did...
Factory reset, shutdown, remove the old sim, activated the new sim online, insert the new sim into the s8, turn on the phone.
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Try using Odin3 v3.12 PrinceComsy to roll back to GS950USQU2BQK5.
Also, did you activate the new sim card on the vz website first?
I'm pretty sure this is what I did...
Factory reset, shutdown, remove the old sim, activated the new sim online, insert the new sim into the s8, turn on the phone.
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Can we roll back to the previous firmware from S2QBLI back to U2BQK5 so I can then root my phone and use my hotspot
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Can someone please post a mirror to the firmware, every site I go to download has a d/l speed of about 15kbps and I can't be annoyed with that. Thank you!!
megaghostgamer said:
Can someone please post a mirror to the firmware, every site I go to download has a d/l speed of about 15kbps and I can't be annoyed with that. Thank you!!
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Have you tried Updato?
Cyclone Emperor said:
Have you tried Updato?
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yeah the download was awful on it for me.
From what I have read in the ROM forums it appears that you can get around the Boost Mobile network lock by unlocking the bootloader and installing a Lineage based ROM. Can someone confirm this and does anyone know if you can get LTE support of AT&T and T-Mobile this way? Best Buy has them for 79 bucks right now and for that price it sounds like a cheap way of getting very usable backup phone/something to give to the 4th grader to have when she goes over to a friends house. Thanks.
Hey, did you ever get a confirmation on this? Im literally in the same boat, would like to find out!
I didnt read too much and I may be totally wrong, but a quick search told me that I would need to have a working LTE connection on Boost before attempting this, otherwise LTE would not work. If I have to buy a boost card, activate it, then go through all this, I might as well buy the unlocked version for a few bucks more..?
Thanks
Yes, I can confirm. Installing the latest unofficial LineageOS 14.1 on my XT1776 allowed it to finally recognize my Cricket (AT&T Wireless) SIM card. The OEM retail firmware, however, did not work.
Would you be able to link to the threads to install LineageOS? Did you need to activate on Boost before installing the LineageOS?
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Would you be able to link to the threads to install LineageOS? Did you need to activate on Boost before installing the LineageOS?
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No, I didn't activate first. LineageOS thread is here.
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Yes, I can confirm. Installing the latest unofficial LineageOS 14.1 on my XT1776 allowed it to finally recognize my Cricket (AT&T Wireless) SIM card. The OEM retail firmware, however, did not work.
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Thanks alot. Sounds like a it is a go then.
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Thanks alot. Sounds like a it is a go then.
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Just to give an update I bought one at Target with a best buy price match (I had some Target gift cards). Up and running with a T Mobile sim and Resurrection Remix in less than 45 minutes including download everything and installation minimal ADB and Motorola drivers. Coming from an LG G5 I am impressed at what 79 dollars buys. I was interested in an Honor 7x but is hard to justify the extra 125 bucks. Thanks to everyone for the great guides and help. The hardest part was figuring out how to eject the Boost mobile sim card.
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Just to give an update I bought one at Target with a best buy price match (I had some Target gift cards). Up and running with a T Mobile sim and Resurrection Remix in less than 45 minutes including download everything and installation minimal ADB and Motorola drivers. Coming from an LG G5 I am impressed at what 79 dollars buys. I was interested in an Honor 7x but is hard to justify the extra 125 bucks. Thanks to everyone for the great guides and help. The hardest part was figuring out how to eject the Boost mobile sim card.
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Did you have to bootloader unlock and root first to do it? I just ordered a phone from BestBuy. I remember for the Moto E4 Verizon phones that you had remove the prepaid sim before you even power the phone on otherwise it gets locked to Verizon for 6 months. Any gotchas here?
BTW, anyone who want a stock rom, this might help? https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75968092&postcount=14
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Did you have to bootloader unlock and root first to do it? I just ordered a phone from BestBuy. I remember for the Moto E4 Verizon phones that you had remove the prepaid sim before you even power the phone on otherwise it gets locked to Verizon for 6 months. Any gotchas here?
BTW, anyone who want a stock rom, this might help? https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75968092&postcount=14
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I'm not sure I ejected my sim before turning it on just to be safe.
Does anyone know if this phone once unlocked and LINEAGEOS is installed will work on Verizon?
I would think that it would be fine. It's no different than what I did except it's fir a different network. Mine works with t-Mobile and at&t sims. Haven't tried a Verizon one.
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I would think that it would be fine. It's no different than what I did except it's fir a different network. Mine works with t-Mobile and at&t sims. Haven't tried a Verizon one.
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Verizon is CDMA, but I guess it should work since I think Sprint uses their network, too.
So just to confirm, do we have to activate Boost SIM and provision LTE first before unlocking bootloader and flashing LineageOS? The Lineage thread says LTE won't work if we don't provision LTE first before flashing.
I'm on T-Mobile currently and might switch to Cricket in the near future. Thanks.
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So just to confirm, do we have to activate Boost SIM and provision LTE first before unlocking bootloader and flashing LineageOS? The Lineage thread says LTE won't work if we don't provision LTE first before flashing.
I'm on T-Mobile currently and might switch to Cricket in the near future. Thanks.
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I took the Boost Mobile SIM out and inserted my T-Mobile SIM before I even powered on the phone for the first time. Notification was there that showed it was invalid (as expected). I connected to my wifi and updated the OS to the latest one. I unlocked the bootloader in the OS setting and by getting the code from Motorolla. Installed TRWP, backed up the stock OS, wiped and installed LineageOS. SIM card worked on T-Mobile immediately and got LTE. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
EDIT: I'm working on another phone and I noticed after it's booted up and I'm past the new install setup steps that it looks like it's connecting to the Sprint network and provisioning even without the Boost SIM card installed. I connected the phone to my wifi during the initial setup so I can update the stock formware before unlocking. I have no idea if that matters. I'm guessing the Linage thread is correct. I suppose it would be bad to boot to fastboot first, unlock, flash recovery and flash lineage without ever first booting the phone up with the stock firmware.
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I took the Boost Mobile SIM out and inserted my T-Mobile SIM before I even powered on the phone for the first time. Notification was there that showed it was invalid (as expected). I connected to my wifi and updated the OS to the latest one. I unlocked the bootloader in the OS setting and by getting the code from Motorolla. Installed TRWP, backed up the stock OS, wiped and installed LineageOS. SIM card worked on T-Mobile immediately and got LTE. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Thank you for the quick reply. Although, I decided to jump in and got the Moto E4 Boost Mobile version for $50 and went through the same process
Mobile network not available
I have tried multiple compatible sims from Straight Talk (T-Mobile, Verizon, At&t) and At&t. I get Mobile network not available. Running 14.1-20171017-UNOFFICIAL-perry
WaynesWorld850 said:
I have tried multiple compatible sims from Straight Talk (T-Mobile, Verizon, At&t) and At&t. I get Mobile network not available. Running 14.1-20171017-UNOFFICIAL-perry
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Maybe you have to manually add the APN settings for Straight Talk? https://www.straighttalk.com/wps/portal/home/help/apn
Nope didn't work for me. I had to pay to get it unlocked
WaynesWorld850 said:
Nope didn't work for me. I had to pay to get it unlocked
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Then you probably got ripped off
WaynesWorld850 said:
I have tried multiple compatible sims from Straight Talk (T-Mobile, Verizon, At&t) and At&t. I get Mobile network not available. Running 14.1-20171017-UNOFFICIAL-perry
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Yeah.. Umm, wrong thread.. This is "owens", not " perry".. Maybe those guys will have better answers for your device?
hello guys. after make an software update, my s21ultra g998b wont recognize dual sim. only works with the first and ask me to enter an esim. originally, i used the 2 sims without any problem. any ideas? thank you in advance
Are given the option to chose in your SIM Card Manager?
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Are given the option to chose in your SIM Card Manager?
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Not now. Before the update i Work with 2 Sims, no problem at all
That sucks, just add this to the many reasons not to update to Android 12.
matacuras said:
hello guys. after make an software update, my s21ultra g998b wont recognize dual sim. only works with the first and ask me to enter an esim. originally, i used the 2 sims without any problem. any ideas? thank you in advance
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Hey. I have the exact same problem right now. Have you sorted it out?
I think your SIM card is broken.