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Rooted Samsung I9000 sim card not detected

Hi All,
I've just got an Samsung Galaxy S that is coded to a provider network.
So far so good ...
After I've installed an application and root the phone and then unroot it, my pone doesn't recognize my sim card ...
If I navigate to the Mobile Network from Settings then I get No SIM card inserted.
Facts to take into consideration:
- I have restarted the phone;
- I have applied a factory reset and lost all my data except music and files I've got on it;
- I have shacked the SIM card a little bit;
- I didn't applied a hard reset to it;
- I did tried to put a different provider SIM card and the message I get is to insert PIN then is asking for the UNLOCK NETWORK PIN;
- I am able to log in the phone but with no service
Please note that when starting / restarting the phone I get no Insert PIN popup
Anyone has an ideea why ?

I've got the same problem saptaru.
No sim card is detected in my Galaxy S.
If you happen to solve it, please, do not forget to post a comment.
After dialing #*1234# I can read:
PDA:
PHONE: Unknown
CSC:
I guess the IMEI cannot be recognized by the phone.
At least, I wrote it before rooting and flashing.
Any help will be highly apreciatted!

Hello,
After several restarts, hard reseting the phone and enable-disable networking I still get the sim card removed from time to time ... I don't really know how to debug this... if there is anyone on this forum with the right experience in order to debug the system please write me and maybe we can find a solution.
I must mention that I have unlocked my phone and also rooted it.
Thanks allot !

I have same problem now, can anyone help.

well my sim card has been identified but i can't seem to register on the network.....thats as far as i got as a noob with my first android (xperia x8)......can someone help me from here on......

i get nothing from sims from various networks, it doesn't even register as having a sim in it...
unlocked and darkys rom... driving me crazy, it basically a large mp3 player at the moment...

Maybe have installed the wrong ROM. i9000 has many bases and radios. I had this problem installing 900mhz ROM on a 850mhz sim.
Good luck

Kezzainc said:
Maybe have installed the wrong ROM. i9000 has many bases and radios. I had this problem installing 900mhz ROM on a 850mhz sim.
Good luck
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Hmm, ok this might be the issue, flashing the htc desire is so much simpler!!
Will try to find correct radios and stuff again...
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

Even I am having the EXACT same issues right now. I also did the factory reset but that doesn't help!

pokopelo said:
I've got the same problem saptaru.
No sim card is detected in my Galaxy S.
If you happen to solve it, please, do not forget to post a comment.
After dialing #*1234# I can read:
PDA:
PHONE: Unknown
CSC:
I guess the IMEI cannot be recognized by the phone.
At least, I wrote it before rooting and flashing.
Any help will be highly apreciatted!
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Have u managed to find a fix? im havin this issue except my phone remembers the IMEI....

austin.s said:
well my sim card has been identified but i can't seem to register on the network.....thats as far as i got as a noob with my first android (xperia x8)......can someone help me from here on......
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Have the same problem here. Have you managed to find a solution?

Hi everyone, I don't know if anyone is still interested but I've found that putting the phone into flight mode and then rebooting seems to work, because when I then turn flight mode off it asks me for my pin code and service is restored. As long as the IMEI folder is still in the efs folder then things should be fine.
Hope this helps for anyone who is here or just stumbles across this.

I've had the same problem > Sim Card not found.
I went to the Vodafone repair center today they said the phone had water damage.
Its never been near any water ever-they said that it could have happened months ago - "perhaps you hand wet hands once?". Its still in warranty but the apparent water damage means the warranty its now invalid. So now I'm stuck with an expensive video/audio player with WiFi access. Any help or progress with this issue would be great. Thanks

I fixed the issue bu flashing a working Modem from another rom. Just extract the modem.bin and flash it with odin

sim not discoverable
Hi all
Just wanna share an personal experience
:Been flashing rom in n out in this forum for ma LG P970 n a weird problem occured to me
-just flashed ma latest rom(Lezo Rom) n everything went smooth but only ma network didnt show up , Everything else work . Sim already installed in .
-Ma reflex was that ma sim burnt during flashing(it happened to me once) but not at all !! Tried it on ma nokia 5800 (v vip ) n it show that i had to edit ma PUK n pin code . Edited done
-Put back sim in fone but same result : sim missing
-So what i did was simply to go> setting > theme > brightness n pin code appeared to me .
-TADA n its done
Hope its helpfull for noobs like me

Galaxy SL shows "Insert sim card"

Hi, I am using Samsung Galaxy SL I9003 for couple of weeks. 2 days ago I found a problem that showed me "Insert sim card". I gave my set a master reset and then the set was ok. But I got the same problem today. I tried the same way. This time master reset is not working.
My IMEI is 354949040415515. PDA:I9003DXKB1, CSC:I9003OLBKB1. Firmware version:2.2.1, .
If someone knows about it. Please help me. I will be grate full to you.

I think you have problem with contacts of your sim card. Try to clean them. Also you can try to show your phone to the service. I don't think this is problem with your firmware.

shoeb180 said:
Hi, I am using Samsung Galaxy SL I9003 for couple of weeks. 2 days ago I found a problem that showed me "Insert sim card". I gave my set a master reset and then the set was ok. But I got the same problem today. I tried the same way. This time master reset is not working.
My IMEI is ************. PDA:I9003DXKB1, CSC:I9003OLBKB1. Firmware version:2.2.1, .
If someone knows about it. Please help me. I will be grate full to you.
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First advice is never post your IMEI no. in public thread.
As IMEI is intact there should not be any network related issue due to non registration of your device at centre of your network service provider. I feel it could be hardware issue with the SIM card slot. But not necessarily hardware, it could be even problem with your SIM itself. If its used for longtime. first test with another SIM card, may be from a friend or a family member and make sure its not a sim problem. Then if you some how you think it could be related to Firmware you have DXKB2 FW available for flashing as single PDA file. You can upgrade by flashing it from the I9003 firmware thread of Krrazyy or from Samfirmware.com. If that does not solve your problem, take it to service centre for hardware repair. All the best.

falex007 said:
I think you have problem with contacts of your sim card. Try to clean them. Also you can try to show your phone to the service. I don't think this is problem with your firmware.
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I didn't get your point bro...how it can be related to contacts?? Thanx for the help anyway.

trip007in said:
First advice is never post your IMEI no. in public thread.
As IMEI is intact there should not be any network related issue due to non registration of your device at centre of your network service provider. I feel it could be hardware issue with the SIM card slot. But not necessarily hardware, it could be even problem with your SIM itself. If its used for longtime. first test with another SIM card, may be from a friend or a family member and make sure its not a sim problem. Then if you some how you think it could be related to Firmware you have DXKB2 FW available for flashing as single PDA file. You can upgrade by flashing it from the I9003 firmware thread of Krrazyy or from Samfirmware.com. If that does not solve your problem, take it to service centre for hardware repair. All the best.
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Hey, I flashed with DXKB2 last night and my phone acted ok for couple of hours. Then the problem has started again. Another thing is, now it doesn't show my IMEI in setting option or after pressing *#06#......even after pressing *#1234#, it shows me the PDA and CSC, but it shows "Phone : Unknown". Is it a network related issue? If yes, wht to do now. Thanx for the previous comment.

shoeb180 said:
Hey, I flashed with DXKB2 last night and my phone acted ok for couple of hours. Then the problem has started again. Another thing is, now it doesn't show my IMEI in setting option or after pressing *#06#......even after pressing *#1234#, it shows me the PDA and CSC, but it shows "Phone : Unknown". Is it a network related issue? If yes, wht to do now. Thanx for the previous comment.
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Not network you wiped your phones IMEI with the flash .
You backed up your EFS folder then just restore it .
NO apart from why not you need to find the EFS restore thread that may help .
jje

shoeb180 said:
I didn't get your point bro...how it can be related to contacts?? Thanx for the help anyway.
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I mean electric contacts of your sim card. Try to clean them by alcohol. I'm not talking about sim records of phone numbers

JJEgan said:
Not network you wiped your phones IMEI with the flash .
You backed up your EFS folder then just restore it .
NO apart from why not you need to find the EFS restore thread that may help .
jje
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Thanx buddy.......Another thing I want to inform you my phone shows "Baseband Version : Unknown". I showed it to the customer care and they said that the problem is with Baseband version. They also said that it's a software related issue. But my problem is it showed the IMEI and Baseband Version for 2 hours after my flashing. Then it started again. What type of flashing is going to help me?
Another thing, Can u please tell me or give me a link about restoring the EFS folder? I searched it in google.. but no result!
In addition I am using it from Bangladesh. As far as I know it is not officially launched here. Do I need any unlocking process? If yes, how can I do that??
N.B: Even kies is unable to connect my phone right now!!!!

I have the same problem
Hi, I have exactly the same problem on my Galaxy SL i9003. Did you finally manage to solve it?

to restore imei you need to have backup of your working imei efs folder.i see you have your imei number written here not sure if it is possible to mode efs folder to fit you phone.

xGiox said:
to restore imei you need to have backup of your working imei efs folder.i see you have your imei number written here not sure if it is possible to mode efs folder to fit you phone.
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It's been a long time. I was frustrated and stopped trying of repairing my phone. Now I see some light. Some people are talking about efs restore. I samsung captivate, a developer showed the way to repair imei and product code without even using pc.
Is it possible in I9003?
And hey, can u please tell me now whether I can mode my efs with that IMEI.
Please help.

this could be a hardware related issue also !
may be the pin where the sim card is inserted went inside or was bent..
or else insert any other sim card and see if ur phone works or not..
3rd this could be a corrupted sim card problem.. my sim card got corrupted and no matter in which handset i put my card in the phon won't boot ! btw it was a BSNL sim card..
-SiMmER

simmer14 said:
this could be a hardware related issue also !
may be the pin where the sim card is inserted went inside or was bent..
or else insert any other sim card and see if ur phone works or not..
3rd this could be a corrupted sim card problem.. my sim card got corrupted and no matter in which handset i put my card in the phon won't boot ! btw it was a BSNL sim card..
-SiMmER
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Thanx for ur post SiMmER. But I don't think it's about any hardware related issue because I have tried all the way possible to make my phone working.

shoeb180 said:
It's been a long time. I was frustrated and stopped trying of repairing my phone. Now I see some light. Some people are talking about efs restore. I samsung captivate, a developer showed the way to repair imei and product code without even using pc.
Is it possible in I9003?
And hey, can u please tell me now whether I can mode my efs with that IMEI.
Please help.
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If you made a backup of your efs folder, then via CWM it is possible to restore it. If such a backup does not exists, then things are really complicated. maybe you can use the backup of some other EFS from a different i9003, and try to modify the IMEI with yours that can be taken from outside the box. I don't know if you can do the last procedure but some expert maybe can!
Good luck.

I had a similar issue with another phone and sim card, similar to the contact issue. why not take out your sim and put it on a flat surface to see if it's still flat as it should be? if it got hot and became slightly warped, you'll have to bend it back (CAREFULLY!!!) so that the contacts are in contact again
if this is the case, you have to get a new one at your service provider so it doesn't keep happening...

Moved to General section since it has nothing to do with development.
Unless it does and I somehow missed it, if so just pm me and I'll move it back.

And see if u inserted sim card d wrong way.. It happened to me..
Sent from my GT-I9003

I got this problem too.
It suddenly happened to me when using stock room (xxkb1, if i'm not wrong), and in that time i never flashed anything in the phone, so probably not a software issue.
I tried rebooting billion times, put another sim card, cleaning the contacts, factory resets, prayers and nothing worked. But the weird fact is that sometimes it starts working out of nowhere for 2 or 3 hours and then it stops. It confuses me, because it means it's not hardware too. So then i tried updating to xxkpe and xxkph and the problem still remains.
My sim card is not bent, its not inserted in wrong way, the sim cards work in others phones, shows "Insert sim card" when i try going into network settings, doesn't show my IMEI in setting option or after pressing *#06#......even after pressing *#1234#, it shows me the PDA and CSC, but it shows "Phone : Unknown" (like OP), and i didn't backup the EFS. Everything else in the phone works great..
Could you guys help me out? I live in small city in Brazil and bought the i9003 in Paraguay, there are no samsung customer care or similar nearby.

[Q] xperia J security system problem(about sim card)

HEy guys
im using sony xperia J i rooted it and flashed a custome rome but when i used the 3g internet on it a title appeared that ENTER THE NETWORK PIN: so i thought it was my pin code. but every time i entered the pin it didnt work. so i flashed it several times and times after. i went to some repairing services in my own city and nothing....
the sim card is just gone and says that Invalid card and Emergency calls .....
every time i flashed the ICS or other roms all the features work except sim card.
as i figured out the problem is about sony security system that cant accept the sim card.(i should say that the phone recognize that there is a sim card , for example it asks for pin code)is it any way to solve this problem?
i saw all the forums and i saw an other tip that maybe it is for trim area or TA but as you know im not this much experianced to know about these thing.
anyway if you guys know a solution plz plz help me

shayan.sali said:
HEy guys
im using sony xperia J i rooted it and flashed a custome rome but when i used the 3g internet on it a title appeared that ENTER THE NETWORK PIN: so i thought it was my pin code. but every time i entered the pin it didnt work. so i flashed it several times and times after. i went to some repairing services in my own city and nothing....
the sim card is just gone and says that Invalid card and Emergency calls .....
every time i flashed the ICS or other roms all the features work except sim card.
as i figured out the problem is about sony security system that cant accept the sim card.(i should say that the phone recognize that there is a sim card , for example it asks for pin code)is it any way to solve this problem?
i saw all the forums and i saw an other tip that maybe it is for trim area or TA but as you know im not this much experianced to know about these thing.
anyway if you guys know a solution plz plz help me
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Try this :
Flash STOCK ROM and wipe all data/stats/cache
Restart your device and try few other sim cards! See if the problem persists!
If it does, kindly write back and we will look into it in details!

i think that there was some problem in the "Phone.apk" of the custom rom you used. i have seen such cases in the forum before. Now your mainboard has to be changed

No SIM card | Emergency calls only

Hi everyone,
I have bought a new Galaxy s6 from France (SFR but Sim-free), I tooked it home to Israel and put my sim card and all worked fine but in the version He havent Hebrew in language so I flashed the stock ROM official of Israel from sammobile.com and all worked excellent.
I was one day with the phone and bad surprise... after some hours, without I do something the phone give me a message "No SIM card | Emergency calls only". if I try to call it give me a message "No registred at network". I try to put another sim, i try to flash it back to stock rom of sfr, i try all wiping option and nothing.
What is the most strange is if pull out the sim tray (with a sim card) it give me a message "SIM card removed. Unable to detect you SIM card. Your device will restart tocheck for your SIM card".and if I pull it in it message me "SIM card added. Restart device to access mobile networks." so I believe the sim tray is ok...
Anyone can help me please?

This looks like you have not activated the region lock. When you buy any S6 or S6 edge it comes region locked. To unlock it you have to make a 5 min phone call using a sim from the region you bought it in. Once the call is made the region lock is removed. It does state this on a sticker on the side of the box of the phone.

But the phone worked perfrect at the start... it's normal?

I cant answer that issue sorry but all samsung phones now carry a region lock and have to be used in their region of purchase first.

i tried anything but the phone dont give any option to put code of unlock anywhere

Hey may be i can help...
Try this...
Step 1. At first you will need to get a foreign SIM card.
Step 2. Now turn off your device and Insert the SIM card.
Step 3. Turn on your device.
Step 4. Tap on the Dial pad and type here the code “ *#197328640#”.
Step 5. Now select these options step by step- “ [1] UMTS >> [1] Debug Screen >>
[8] Phone Control >> [6] Network Lock >> Options [3] Perso SHA256 OFF ”.
Step 6. Go back to your device home screen.
Step 7. Here you should see a “Network Lock” message, now you choose “[4] NW Lock
NV Data INITIALIZE“.
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You can also bring your unit to local Israeli Samsung store for warranty repair.

The region lock does not require a code to be entered nor can a code be entered. Its automatic. When new you need to make a 5 min phone call with a sim card from the region you bought the phone then it unlocks automatically. For example I bought mine in the UK but am using it while working in saudi. Before leaving the UK I made a 5 minute call with my uk EE sim card. Phone now happily accepts my saudi sim card.

The same problem happened to me, I am Iran
I could not yet solved

One solution to this problem does not have a friend?

is happen to me too, i make the 5 minutes call in the UE. When i came back to argentina the phone read my countrry sim card at first. work well for a month and then happen the same thing. Any possible solution to this problem??

hi so i have same problem i try to change cert file but stay same problem

Same problem with my G920F! Used in the UK fine and then brought to the US with me where it worked fine for 2 weeks and suddenly doing this!
Have even tried using a UK Sim and still doesnt work!
Pleaseeeee someone help!

ploto for gsm said:
hi so i have same problem i try to change cert file but stay same problem
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Try to unlock button
Or write different CERT
It depends on your use of the BOX

any ideas how to fix it? i have the same problem on my S6 Dual sim. 1 month works without any issues, but then 1st sim card doesn´t work, only the 2nd one

Artman4806 said:
any ideas how to fix it? i have the same problem on my S6 Dual sim. 1 month works without any issues, but then 1st sim card doesn´t work, only the 2nd one
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Me too, same issue on dual Sim. It just stopped working on the second Sim, only first Sim is working now. I think hardware issue.
Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk

Still no solution to this? I have same issue.

brenner650 said:
Still no solution to this? I have same issue.
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have u guys tried reflashing firmware using odin???
Sent from my SM-G920I using Tapatalk

Same issue
Cyanandroid said:
have u guys tried reflashing firmware using odin???
Sent from my SM-G920I using Tapatalk
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I have the same issue as above. The only difference is I still use the phone in Uk (O2 unlocked phone with Ee sim). After flashing another rom then returning to stock (but unbranded stock firmware, not the original O2 one) i lost capacity of giving / receiving calls / texts, some weeks later. Since then i tried flashing several stock roms (O2, Ee and unbranded) but i haclve the same issue. I wiped, advanced wiped with twrp reinstalled roms but same issue. I would appreciate a lot any advice.
---------- Post added at 09:00 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:55 PM ----------
I forgot to mention: galaxy s6 g920f.

Cyanandroid said:
have u guys tried reflashing firmware using odin???
Sent from my SM-G920I using Tapatalk
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Several fw, reinitialize through Smart Switch also did not help.

Question Only 2g network after OneUI 5.0 Stable update

Device: SM-S908E/DS
Region: India
Carrier: Airtel
OS: Android 13 (One UI 5.0 Stable)
I have been facing network issues after installing the latest OneUI 5.0 stable update officially through the Samsung OTA. Immediately after the reboot, the network automatically switched to 2G and hasn't upgraded to 4G LTE/5G since then. During the beta, I had 5G working for 3-4 weeks flawlessly.
Is someone else facing the same issue? I have since done a complete factory reset twice, sideloaded the latest stable update manually via adb. What else can I try? Samsung and Airtel both have asked me to wait 15 days to get this issue resolved.

Try that sim in another phone. Some airtel sims are falling

I have the same kind of issue after UI 5.0 update - Belgium European version.
I 'm randomly missing calls, don't receive sms. Tried sim card in another device no issue. Only way to solve is going in airplane mode and going back to normal mode but it does not solve the issue.
Also did factory reset but it did not solve the issue. Hoping November update to come with fix or new kernel/modem.

jejecule said:
I have the same kind of issue after UI 5.0 update - Belgium European version.
I 'm randomly missing calls, don't receive sms. Tried sim card in another device no issue. Only way to solve is going in airplane mode and going back to normal mode but it does not solve the issue.
Also did factory reset but it did not solve the issue. Hoping November update to come with fix or new kernel/modem.
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I am a bit late for this but did you solved your problem? Because i have the same problem and i dont know what to do. I reflash with odin the latest update (reseting my phone) but nothing happed.

marios096 said:
I am a bit late for this but did you solved your problem? Because i have the same problem and i dont know what to do. I reflash with odin the latest update (reseting my phone) but nothing happed.
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Hello Mario,
I managed to solve it by removing my secondary sim card, it seems that it was conflicting with the main one. Since then no more issues but it was 3 months ago and did not test back with two sim cards and i got 4 or 5 updates since then.

jejecule said:
Hello Mario,
I managed to solve it by removing my secondary sim card, it seems that it was conflicting with the main one. Since then no more issues but it was 3 months ago and did not test back with two sim cards and i got 4 or 5 updates since then.
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Ohh i only have only one sim card but i have this problem and i cant fix it

marios096 said:
Ohh i only have only one sim card but i have this problem and i cant fix it
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Maybe tro to move your sim card from one slot to the other one and test back. Also try with another sim card if possible, or with your current sim card in another phone.

jejecule said:
Maybe tro to move your sim card from one slot to the other one and test back. Also try with another sim card if possible, or with your current sim card in another phone.
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I tried making my sim to esim but nothing changed. Then i make my esim to sim and tried both slots but nothing.

marios096 said:
I tried making my sim to esim but nothing changed. Then i make my esim to sim and tried both slots but nothing.
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then use your warranty with Samsung.

jejecule said:
then use your warranty with Samsung.
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Can i contact samsung for replace or from my service provider where i got it?

Register you device with emei on Samsung site and ask for repair, i think it's always better to pass by Samsung directly. Hope you kept the invoice.

jejecule said:
Register you device with emei on Samsung site and ask for repair, i think it's always better to pass by Samsung directly. Hope you kept the invoice.
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I have the invoice, i will do it thank you very much