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HELP! xperia j invalid sim card

PLEASE HELP!
I don't know what really happened but I had installed cm10 on it and then I see no service
I've searched on forum and was adviced to flash stock ftf but nothing
when booted the phone asks for sim pin "whats means that it reads the sim card" but after insert the right pin
the phone shows "invalid sim card" and got no service
I've did many times and still the same problem
before I get the phone my girlfriend had tried to partitioning an sdcard with minitool partition wizard
but she did it with the sd inserted on the device
maybe that was the cause the problem
please help me

flash ICS firmware then flash CM10 over it that should solve the problem !!!

avigade said:
flash ICS firmware then flash CM10 over it that should solve the problem !!!
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Thanks for your help bro but even when I flash stock ics i can't get sim to work
If i just flash only the stock ics i get invalid sim card
And when i install cm10 over it the problem is still there

try these:
--> remove sim card and place it again correctly (works sometimes)
--> when you enter the CWM make sure you completely wipe your data includes- wipe cache, wipe /system, wipe dalvik cache, format /data /cache and then click on reboot the system now and remove the battery. go back to flashboot mode and flash the ICS firmware and i hope this might help coz this is what i did to my phone

avigade said:
try these:
--> remove sim card and place it again correctly (works sometimes)
--> when you enter the CWM make sure you completely wipe your data includes- wipe cache, wipe /system, wipe dalvik cache, format /data /cache and then click on reboot the system now and remove the battery. go back to flashboot mode and flash the ICS firmware and i hope this might help coz this is what i did to my phone
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Ok Thanks
I will try this now :good:

avigade said:
try these:
--> remove sim card and place it again correctly (works sometimes)
--> when you enter the CWM make sure you completely wipe your data includes- wipe cache, wipe /system, wipe dalvik cache, format /data /cache and then click on reboot the system now and remove the battery. go back to flashboot mode and flash the ICS firmware and i hope this might help coz this is what i did to my phone
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so did it work?

Naney said:
so did it work?
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Nothing bro! still the same
my phone asks for the sim password "PIN" and it only accepts the right pin code, what means that the phone reads the sim card
but i don't know why there's no signal and appears the message "invalid sim card"
I've tested many different sim cards and nothing solves
if I did something wrong
theoretically I just need to reflash an stock ftf and everything should be ok
but that doesn't solve the problem

(30 said:
Nothing bro! still the same
my phone asks for the sim password "PIN" and it only accepts the right pin code, what means that the phone reads the sim card
but i don't know why there's no signal and appears the message "invalid sim card"
I've tested many different sim cards and nothing solves
if I did something wrong
theoretically I just need to reflash an stock ftf and everything should be ok
but that doesn't solve the problem
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same goes here
i tried lots of things
but couldn't managed to revive my mobile
and eventually i decided to take it to sony service
i u can succeed to get it back to life, can u tell me how to manage it
best regards..

Naney said:
i u can succeed to get it back to life, can u tell me how to manage it
best regards..
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of course i will share with you if i have success
don't worry about that
good luck with your device and post here any news about U please! :good:

Hi. Use sony recovery tool (like a bricked device) and post result.
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grosmouton said:
Hi. Use sony recovery tool (like a bricked device) and post result.
Sent from my ST25i using xda app-developers app
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Flashtool?
If that, using it already.

Naney said:
Flashtool?
If that, using it already.
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Pc companion
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please share if u have the way to fix it ​

Omg how can one rom made that phone cant recognized sim? Try to flash stock rom, all versions,from oldest to newest. If doesnt work,flash stock ics,then flash latest fxp..
If doesnt work go to CWM and format system, data, cache and flash stock rom!
Sent from my Xperia J using xda premium

2010matej said:
Omg how can one rom made that phone cant recognized sim? Try to flash stock rom, all versions,from oldest to newest. If doesnt work,flash stock ics,then flash latest fxp..
If doesnt work go to CWM and format system, data, cache and flash stock rom!
Sent from my Xperia J using xda premium
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we are trying it already
but even the stock ftf doesn't work, if stock could make it work, i would stay with ics
I'm on the stock ics "ST26i_11.0.A.7.5_CE.ftf" right now, i've flashed it many times but sim card still doesn't work, wipe data and... before flash ics stock, doesn't work too
I don't know what to do more, i never used the pc companion, i will try it tomorrow morning and post the result
very thanks to all for your help :good:

(30 said:
we are trying it already
but even the stock ftf doesn't work, if stock could make it work, i would stay with ics
I'm on the stock ics "ST26i_11.0.A.7.5_CE.ftf" right now, i've flashed it many times but sim card still doesn't work, wipe data and... before flash ics stock, doesn't work too
I don't know what to do more, i never used the pc companion, i will try it tomorrow morning and post the result
very thanks to all for your help :good:
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it is because of trim area damage
you should have backup your trim area before unlocking bootloader
trim area, google it
and read about it
good luck

Naney said:
it is because of trim area damage
you should have backup your trim area before unlocking bootloader
trim area, google it
and read about it
good luck
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Ok..Thanks for your advice :good: i was working with another thing..so i'm back with this device today to try something else
in this case if trim area is damaged and i had no backup.. i'll need to send the device to service.. because it need some tools that i dont have
i will keep trying

(30 said:
Ok..Thanks for your advice :good: i was working with another thing..so i'm back with this device today to try something else
in this case if trim area is damaged and i had no backup.. i'll need to send the device to service.. because it need some tools that i dont have
i will keep trying
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mine had no coverage like yours
i relocked its bootloader
i sent it to the service
i said them it happened when i was installing rom
they repaired my device within a week
and they did not charged me
i am happy with my sony now

Naney said:
mine had no coverage like yours
i relocked its bootloader
i sent it to the service
i said them it happened when i was installing rom
they repaired my device within a week
and they did not charged me
i am happy with my sony now
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Thats good :good:
I think i should do the same

(30 said:
Thats good :good:
I think i should do the same
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Got it working yet?
Experiencing same problem now after flashing the Xperia Z fire series 5 honami patch...
Tried multiple sim-cards from multiple providers.

Invalid SIM-Card. Problem

Xperia TIPO
Ok, after restore my phone from brick i found another problem. Sim card invalid. No- sim card works fine on other phones, but other sim cards doesnt work on my phone. Slot is fine.
But week ago same problem with same story. But in non-authorised service they flash my phone with stock rom i think and its works. but i wanna flash now my phone too. Any solutions? New update or old?

Hai there bro,so u wanna flash your phone?or get around the problem without flashing?...sorry I didn't get u!!
hit the thanks if I helped you,don't just say it...
sent from my E dual C1604

Zmeyev said:
Xperia TIPO
Ok, after restore my phone from brick i found another problem. Sim card invalid. No- sim card works fine on other phones, but other sim cards doesnt work on my phone. Slot is fine.
But week ago same problem with same story. But in non-authorised service they flash my phone with stock rom i think and its works. but i wanna flash now my phone too. Any solutions? New update or old?
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u want to flash with other ROMs u mean??....
to help you we will need other info like how did u brick your phone,how did u fix it?...what rom were u running b4 dat?..wat rom do u want to use now?..
ur sim card not working (or rather the phones's radio not working) has to be software issue as its working on stock.So to use/flash new Rom u have to be careful about using roms specifically for ur model....it would be helpful if u have a logcat of the problem,but since u have flashed stock no hopes of that....
newaz ans the above questions,we can try to help you!!

[Q] Help!! IMEI NOT WORKING

Hello all,
I have a KArbonn A2 phone with gingerbread.... i tried flashing the ICS firmware of KArbonn A2+ since i knew both phone have exact hardware with no change at all. After flashing ICS it was runing all good and smooth but the only problem is i couldnt get the network on it. It shows the SIM name
but always NO SERVICE .. i flashed back to original now but is there any tweaks to make network work on ICS?? It would be great if all those users like get to upgrade to ICS since it is one of the most cheapest android phone. Thanks

net work not working
mybe you can try this:
press *#*#4636#*#* and then. choose the right model.
if you have GSM sim card so just switch to gsm if not switch all.

homer-yang said:
mybe you can try this:
press *#*#4636#*#* and then. choose the right model.
if you have GSM sim card so just switch to gsm if not switch all.
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i tried but no luck

Your issue is that your efs partition got corrupted and this can only be fixed by the OEM legally. I would send it in for repair.

zelendel said:
Your issue is that your efs partition got corrupted and this can only be fixed by the OEM legally. I would send it in for repair.
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i flashed back to gingerbread and its working normally.. i just wanted to ask if there is any tweaks or mods to make network work on ICS firmware.

nitin.rizal said:
i flashed back to gingerbread and its working normally.. i just wanted to ask if there is any tweaks or mods to make network work on ICS firmware.
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Your problem is that when you are flashing a new rom your imei number is getting deleted and hence you are not able to connect to any network. You have to take backup of your imei before flashing a new rom. You should check this link out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2140139

Dark Wraith said:
Your problem is that when you are flashing a new rom your imei number is getting deleted and hence you are not able to connect to any network. You have to take backup of your imei before flashing a new rom. You should check this link out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2140139
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I tried that too . After pushing the backup MPOB_001 file to nvram it says invalid IMEI . Im being hopeless now

nitin.rizal said:
I tried that too . After pushing the backup MPOB_001 file to nvram it says invalid IMEI . Im being hopeless now
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Can you tell me the exact steps what you did one by one starting from rooting your phone.like how you rooted it and how you are trying to flash it.

Dark Wraith said:
Can you tell me the exact steps what you did one by one starting from rooting your phone.like how you rooted it and how you are trying to flash it.
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I flashed ICS firmware via SP flash tool then rooted it with framaroot 1.6 its was still no service and i pushed backup MPB_001 File through rootexplorer to data/nvram/md/NVRAM/NVD_IMEI/MP0B_001 and changed the file permission to rw-rw---- and rebooted the device after reboot It started showing invalid IMEI

nitin.rizal said:
I flashed ICS firmware via SP flash tool then rooted it with framaroot 1.6 its was still no service and i pushed backup MPB_001 File through rootexplorer to data/nvram/md/NVRAM/NVD_IMEI/MP0B_001 and changed the file permission to rw-rw---- and rebooted the device after reboot It started showing invalid IMEI
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tried regenerating the MP0B_001 file??

I am facing somewhat similar issue, can you please help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2423585

[Q] Simcard ISSUE after failed update

I have a serious issue on my D6633, i've tryed to roll out the Lollipop update but due to very slow download speed i had to abort (update was not started yet) after the vol dwn + power phase.
After that phese the mobile is unable to activate any of the 2 sim cards, i've tryed serveral sims and al the possible configurazions of network, what ever i do in the information it shows RAdio OFF like is in airplane mode (but of course is not).
I've manage to update the phone but this did not solved the issue, fasctory reset did not solved the issue.
If i insert the simcar the handy detects it but the radio part seems no to activate somehow.
if i boot with no simcard, i insert one simcard, the phone reboots and at the reboot the simcard i have inserted is disabled, if i manually enable it stais forever trying to activate it, at one point it problebly reaches a timeout it says it's acrtive but in the information screes it says like the radio is off, same as when i enable the airplane mode.
I'm quite worried, any suggestion from the community ?
PHone is HK but i'm in spain now and the update was downloaded in span FW is 23.1.1.E.0.1 but the behaviour was the same with the kitkat rom after the failed reboot.
I'm pretty sure is a kind of software but i would like to know if there is a more lower level way to wipe the device more than just do the factory reset.
Any help apreciated.

riodda said:
I have a serious issue on my D6633, i've tryed to roll out the Lollipop update but due to very slow download speed i had to abort (update was not started yet) after the vol dwn + power phase.
After that phese the mobile is unable to activate any of the 2 sim cards, i've tryed serveral sims and al the possible configurazions of network, what ever i do in the information it shows RAdio OFF like is in airplane mode (but of course is not).
I've manage to update the phone but this did not solved the issue, fasctory reset did not solved the issue.
If i insert the simcar the handy detects it but the radio part seems no to activate somehow.
if i boot with no simcard, i insert one simcard, the phone reboots and at the reboot the simcard i have inserted is disabled, if i manually enable it stais forever trying to activate it, at one point it problebly reaches a timeout it says it's acrtive but in the information screes it says like the radio is off, same as when i enable the airplane mode.
I'm quite worried, any suggestion from the community ?
PHone is HK but i'm in spain now and the update was downloaded in span FW is 23.1.1.E.0.1 but the behaviour was the same with the kitkat rom after the failed reboot.
I'm pretty sure is a kind of software but i would like to know if there is a more lower level way to wipe the device more than just do the factory reset.
Any help apreciated.
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You need to flash a ftf, that will solve your problem.

TheTeslaCoil said:
You need to flash a ftf, that will solve your problem.
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Is it there a way to do it without unlocking the boot loader ? Phone is still under warranty i don't whant to loose it...
Thanks.

riodda said:
Is it there a way to do it without unlocking the boot loader ? Phone is still under warranty i don't whant to loose it...
Thanks.
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Sure. With Flashtool.
Download it from internet.There are tutorials on how to flash ftf also on the internet.
Good luck

TheTeslaCoil said:
Sure. With Flashtool.
Download it from internet.There are tutorials on how to flash ftf also on the internet.
Good luck
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Thanks Mate, i'm downloading it just now, i hope to get enough bandwith to download the ftf from the hotel, for the ftf i have to use xperifirm right ?
But is it a common issue that a simple flash mode boot without a real flash ****s up all the radio part of the phone (actually also the vibe is not working anymore)?
Thanks.

riodda said:
Thanks Mate, i'm downloading it just now, i hope to get enough bandwith to download the ftf from the hotel, for the ftf i have to use xperifirm right ?
But is it a common issue that a simple flash mode boot without a real flash ****s up all the radio part of the phone (actually also the vibe is not working anymore)?
Thanks.
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Yes, something wasn' t right, but don' t worry, a clean flash, and it will be like a new one.

I've flashed the ftf but no changes, gosh !
This are the sysntoms:
No network from both the sims (it says radio off) enabling or disabling sims take a big while, changing data from sim 1 to sim 2 and vice versa take ages (it looks like it just reaches a timeout).
It seems that the failed update some how diabled the radio of the SOC at low level but i have no idea ho to enable it.
Any help wellcome.
Thanks.

riodda said:
I've flashed the ftf but no changes, gosh !
This are the sysntoms:
No network from both the sims (it says radio off) enabling or disabling sims take a big while, changing data from sim 1 to sim 2 and vice versa take ages (it looks like it just reaches a timeout).
It seems that the failed update some how diabled the radio of the SOC at low level but i have no idea ho to enable it.
Any help wellcome.
Thanks.
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Ok, it's a hardware problem.
Replace the phone.

TheTeslaCoil said:
Ok, it's a hardware problem.
Replace the phone.
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Gosh, how the hell is possible that from just beacouse a flash boot the radio stops working !
I hope sony italy recognize the HK warranty....finger crossed....i'm quite disappointed by sony quality if justa after 6 months the phone is dead !
Thanks for help anyway.

riodda said:
Gosh, how the hell is possible that from just beacouse a flash boot the radio stops working !
I hope sony italy recognize the HK warranty....finger crossed....i'm quite disappointed by sony quality if justa after 6 months the phone is dead !
Thanks for help anyway.
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Since a clean ftf flash did not solved the problem, well...maybe you can take it to a service.

Have you tried to force a software repair using PCComapnion?
Download PCCompanion, click on software update, if it says you have the latest software click on "Repair my phone" and follow the instructions.

gregbradley said:
Have you tried to force a software repair using PCComapnion?
Download PCCompanion, click on software update, if it says you have the latest software click on "Repair my phone" and follow the instructions.
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It' s almost the same with a clean ftf flash.
But maybe he' s in luck.

D6633 IMEI:null but after 1 min IMEI appears and No Service !!

hey guys,,
i got that D6633 with IMEI problem ,,
when i restart the phone and request IMEI info via *#06# then IMEI:null ,,
but after 1 min when i repeat the request IMEI appears !! ,,
the problem is i can't call or receive cuz it's always "No Service" ,,
i've tried to flash the phone with Flashtool and SeTool Box with different FWs but same problem ,,
also tried to backup and restore TA but didn't help at all ,,
so, is there a solution for this weird problem ??
Also, check this video for another person suffering from the exact same problem ..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFsAC9UR_eo#t=31
Thx in advance.

So, no one can help in that problem !!
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mirosaw2 said:
So, no one can help in that problem !!
Sent from my iPhone 6 using Tapatalk.
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Just flash the baseband of your stock rom and it should be fine.
Just a while ago i had similar issue with no service and corrupt imei

Where to get the baseband?
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togcbu said:
Where to get the baseband?
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Its inside the ftf file, u can see it while you flash it in flashtool on the right side box named exclude.
While you flash be sure to to tick all options except baseband.

unmaskedfalesh said:
Its inside the ftf file, u can see it while you flash it in flashtool on the right side box named exclude.
While you flash be sure to to tick all options except baseband.
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i dont see any option to exclude BASEBAND in flashtool.

togcbu said:
i dont see any option to exclude BASEBAND in flashtool.
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So u need the complete guide.np
Fire up the flashtool
Cllick on lightning icon and select flashmode
Select ur ftf file and look for exclude on right side
Whatever u want to flash leave it or if don't want then exclude it
And flash it
If u don't want to loose ur data be sure to untick wipe right above exclude!!!
Happy flashing!!!

unmaskedfalesh said:
So u need the complete guide.np
Fire up the flashtool
Cllick on lightning icon and select flashmode
Select ur ftf file and look for exclude on right side
Whatever u want to flash leave it or if don't want then exclude it
And flash it
If u don't want to loose ur data be sure to untick wipe right above exclude!!!
Happy flashing!!!
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i have tried that but still i don't see any option for BASEBAND in the exclude section. and apart from having NO SERVICE problem, my phone seems to be stuck in AIRPLANE MODE. WHen i tried making calls, it says please turn off airplane more. In settings->about phone->status->service state-> Voice: radio off / Data: radio off. Did u have the same issues?

togcbu said:
i have tried that but still i don't see any option for BASEBAND in the exclude section. and apart from having NO SERVICE problem, my phone seems to be stuck in AIRPLANE MODE. WHen i tried making calls, it says please turn off airplane more. In settings->about phone->status->service state-> Voice: radio off / Data: radio off. Did u have the same issues?
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At this stage i would assume you are not much of flasher..
here take a look at this
hope this helps
let me know if you need any help

unmaskedfalesh said:
At this stage i would assume you are not much of flasher..
here take a look at this
hope this helps
let me know if you need any help
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i've tried all the above but it still doesn't work. i guess the phone is faulty and i have returned it for a refund.

I changed the main LCD Flex Cable on Z3 (D6603 model), and the phone started to read IMEI and see Sim Card. As I see, this flex cable also connects antenna module with mainboard. I know it is very late reply, but it can be useful for somebody else.