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Hi guys, my dad recently passed away and handed his phone down to me (xperia z1) C6093 which was initally locked to 3 UK.
Before he passed away he has it unlocked by 3 for free as its their policy to let you have an unlocked phone.
Basically his new phone was the new samsung galaxy j3 with lollipop on it. and i thought i like the look of that OS.
So i got the sony z1 and got the bootloader unlocked so i can stick a firmware of my choosing on it.
So as i planned i found a version of lollipop (offical as far as im aware) and put it on it with my sim inside it. EE.
Working for about 3 days and turned my phone on to a message saying, update comeplete please restart phone...
phone restarts and ever since wont detect my sim card.
ive reinstaklled the os lillipop, no avail
gone back to kitkat no avail.
and basically dont know what else to do.
if i type *#06# it still detects my IMEI
and if i do the *# whatever it is it says that its simfree and still unlocked.
#*#7378423#*#* ALL ARE SET AT 0, SIM 0 NETWORK, SERVICE PROVIDER ETC
ive read online that i could have backed something up and its quite important and i think i did back something up but cant remember what it is.
im a total noob at android and back in the day i was a whizz with apple around ios 6-ios7 days but thats a long time ago and moving onto pastures new i need a bit of help.
i used to come on xda devs when i had my tytn 2 years back.
Any help at this point would be amazing as im fretting that ive broke my dads phone he left for me and now hes gone
yours in good faith
/Jonno
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Hi you all! Please help a girl in trouble!
Some time ago I flashed 3SE rom (1276-2189_14.5.A.0.242_R1D) on my phone because ..well.. the Nordic combined lollipop update took ages and I didn't wanna wait no longer.
The flashing went well and the phone worked properly. About one month ago the usb-cover came off so I sent it to get repaired.
Yesterday I finally got my phone back after three weeks and was such a happy girl. I flashed the customized NCB (1276-9897 14.5.A.0.270_R1D) to get rid of the 3-logo when booting. Then I moved all my photos n stuff on the phone... and first after this I inserted the SIM-card - only to notice that the phone does not work.
It won't connect to network. Says stuff like "invalid card", "emergency calls only". Everything else seems to be OK. I have tried a couple of SIM-cards that work in other phones, but nothing. The cards are not home cut, they are original micro sims. I took the sim lock off also, but it does not help.
I have tried flashing several roms, but still the same. I noticed that on some it get's some kind of signal strength, but on some roms it's just 0. I've flashed with flashtool and used also Sony PC Companion. But still the problem remains.
The IMEI can still be seen. On the phones package is the text SI 1276-2949.11 (FI, DA, IS, SV, NO). The phone is less than one year old.
Before everything got wrong the bootloader was unlocked. I checked with Flashtool to unlock bootloader and it showed the IMEI and redirected me to Sony's site, but I got a bit scared if some quarantee would get void. I don't remember the BLU redirecting me before to Sony's site if I have fiddled around with the phone and Flashtool..? The phone is unrooted and I would want to keep it that way. [Edit: it says "Rooting status: Bootloader unlock allowed: Yes"]
Now I am only very confused, and very stuck.
One thing that makes this crappier is that I am leaving tomorrow for my vacation, a trip that will last over one month... I really need my Xperia Z1 working and with me (and I really should be packing etc. instead of googleing and trying to figure out wtf I've done this time.... Unfortunately I really need that phone with me ).
Can somebody help, does anyone have any ideas?
And of course I have also tried the SIM cards with some paper behind them so that they would fit tighter.
If I try to put the APN manually it says that "Access Point Name settings are not available for this user".
I just tried once again to fix the phone with PC Companion, no luck.
Here is some info:
Model number
C6903
Processor info
Qualcomm MSM8974
Baseband version
8974-AAAAANAZQ-10270075-68
Kernel version
3.4.0-perf-ge46ae34-00767-g4bd551b
[email protected]#1
Fri Apr 17 08:24:04 2015
Build number 14.5.A.0.270.
Hello!
I can't find much to do but try to downgrade to a previous working version that was on your phone, and completely wipe everything (with stuff backed up of course) and see if the sim works, then update using PCC.
That's all I can think of, good luck and have a nice trip!
Regards,
~J2C
Just2Cause said:
Hello!
I can't find much to do but try to downgrade to a previous working version that was on your phone, and completely wipe everything (with stuff backed up of course) and see if the sim works, then update using PCC.
That's all I can think of, good luck and have a nice trip!
Regards,
~J2C
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Hi and Thanks for the hints!
The 3-version of Lollipop worked earlier, but not anymore. Unfortunately I think it is the only version I can find from those that has worked on the phone earlier. Can't seem to find the original anywhere. I have had some backups of the phones and firmwares, but my computers got messed up, so I've lost some of the roms (and of course I have tons of other stooopid backups and their backups )
I'm trying to downgrade to some 14.3. global thingie right now, but my hopes aren't too high since I've done this already few times.
And thanks! I am sure that one busted phone can't mess up my vacation even if it makes it much complicated (water resistant, good camera, gps and battery etc.) But hey, what the heck, it's summer and I'm off duty
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Hi and Thanks for the hints!
The 3-version of Lollipop worked earlier, but not anymore. Unfortunately I think it is the only version I can find from those that has worked on the phone earlier. Can't seem to find the original anywhere. I have had some backups of the phones and firmwares, but my computers got messed up, so I've lost some of the roms (and of course I have tons of other stooopid backups and their backups )
I'm trying to downgrade to some 14.3. global thingie right now, but my hopes aren't too high since I've done this already few times.
And thanks! I am sure that one busted phone can't mess up my vacation even if it makes it much complicated (water resistant, good camera, gps and battery etc.) But hey, what the heck, it's summer and I'm off duty
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If that doesn't work, at least u can buy a cheapo black 'n' white Nokia phone for calls
Just2Cause said:
If that doesn't work, at least u can buy a cheapo black 'n' white Nokia phone for calls
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At least they are proper phones that actually DO work.
It's a shame I don't have any of those good ones left.
No other ideas whatsoever? Anybody? Mumbo jumbo voodoo? Rain dance?
Can you see your imei in the service menu?
Yes, the IMEI is there.
Got it fixed in another country in three days!
The service company I used first had broken some chip on the phone... Won't be using their "services" anymore.
Re_T said:
Got it fixed in another country in three days!
The service company I used first had broken some chip on the phone... Won't be using their "services" anymore.
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Glad you got it fixed.
So it was a broken chip? Or did the chip get damaged when the first company tried to fix this issue?
ive owned a sony z1 for a few years now and love it, but broke my screen twice in a month, i have my current phone with half the screen working.
my girlfriend works at a cellphone store and a customer forgot / left / didnt care / his sony z1 at the store a year or so ago so its rotting on a shelf and she brough it home for me to see if i could use it as a replacement.
the phone is network locked. i dont know what carrier the phone had, ive rooted it thinking there might be a work around
anyone know if i can unlock the network without sending the imei and 50$ to some website? without knowing what carrier it might cost me a few attempts...
any help would be awesome
The phone can't be unlocked without a code.
Check the APN settings to see if they give you a clue about the network the phone was originally used on.
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the phone was factory reset when it wasnt claimed , guess ill just go for the cheapest one and maybe do it twice.
If you are confident the phone still has the oem firmware, you can edit the build.prop file and look for the CDA number (starts with 12xx, followed by a dash and four other numbers), then grab a copy of xperifirm and look for that code. This will at least show which carrier the phone was customized for.
Hello all,
I have been all around the intertubes in my day and have always been able to solve all of my technical problems with some advanced google searching, because if I am having this problem then someone out there has had it also and thought to ask right?
Not this time...
I bought this phone off craigslist, checked imei and it came back clean, got the phone running on t-mobile no problems at all, about 2 weeks later I get this RAC (Rent-A-Center) logo saying this phone won't work anymore yadayadayada, please call us with IMEI....my thoughts are someone sold me a phone they were leasing from RAC for a quick buck. I turned the phone on and it literally would not lot me access a single setting. Came up to an unlock screen wanting a Rent A Center associate PIN. I walked on down to RAC on my day off and they couldn't help me at all. They didn't even ask for the phone back, they informed me that the phone was "junk" and they couldn't even find out who it previously belonged to let alone unlock it for me (they didn't seem too interested in the latter).
I decided to take matters into my own hands and attempt to resolve this issue, no help what so ever out there. Plenty of RAC lock fixes for the s5 and other android phones but no specific help for my model. I attempt stock firmware through ODIN to no avail, then TWRP, custom roms, etc, etc etc, and it always comes up with the RAC lock screen.
I need help please, otherwise i'm out $325
Phone: Samsung Galaxy S6
Model: SM-G920T1 (as it says on back of phone)
USA Market
Any other information needed I am happy to supply.
If anyone could please help me with this issue, I would be more than happy. I finally made the switch back to android and this is how it is going so far. Thank you for any help anyone could offer.
Found related threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-galaxy-s6/general/how-to-remove-rac-g920t-dojc-t3356087
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-galaxy-s6/help/samsung-galaxy-s6-sm-g920t1-t3335973
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Hello.
A friend of mine worked at a company that closed last week, and they had some demo-based Galaxy Note 8 phone that were unused. So I took one of them, and I'm now trying to make it work with my SIM Card.
I don't looks like it recognize it, phone network isn't available, IMEI is unknown, and Service Menu (that i tried to turn radio on) is blank (I accessed it trough *#0011#). I passed like 5 hours googling, but since it seems to be a very specific issue (the phone was probably locked for Demo puprposes.). I tried a custom ROM, I rooted the phone, but nothing changed.
I'm sorry if my question isn't that accurate and descriptive, got a real headache trying to find an issue tonight. Feel free to ask for precisions.
Thanks for helping, as always.
Demo units will not function as normal legally acquired devices do, no solution will work, get a really working device, xdemo units are exactly that, just for show
Changing motherboard won't do the trick ?
It will, but I would rather get a never opened device, besides, a motherboard will not be cheap
Hello!
I am new to this forum and also completely new to phone modding etc.
I will shortly explain what situation I am in so maybe someone can enlighten me a little so I know what to do.
A year ago I bought a phone on polish trading site called Allegro.pl, for months it worked without issues, it was a brand new phone.
A few weeks ago a message popped on screen telling me the phone is now locked due to failure in monthly payments. (Previous owner).
I tried all ways of contacting the seller but to no avail. His phone number is off, he does not answer e-mails.
I decided to just ditch the phone and use some old backup phone I had saved. The problem however is that the old phone died and right now I can't afford buying a new one.
Getting this phone into a working condition (without any lock) is my only option so here are the things I have done so far:
I have flashed the latest Android 10 Firmware but right after the initial set up is done (after recovery) the phone locks.
There is no window with the information anymore however, but I can't use any of phone's options or apps in anyway.
I have found a way to bypass that for a brief moment and managed to turn OEM lock off and Enable USB debugging.
(When phone asks for Wi-Fi network I used my old SIM card and told the phone to connect using SIM's connection and right after the initial setup is done I quickly unplugged the SIM so the phone has no connection to internet anymore and the lock didn't start right away. It took me a while to figure it out, been sitting in front of my PC up until 5 am last night.)
If I install TWRP and a custom rom will it bypass the lock on the phone and will I be able to use it normally again?
Will I have to change the firmware somehow, or what exactly will I have to do to make use of the phone again?
IMEI's appear to not be locked as of now.
Any help, information, advice on this subject will be greatly appreciated!