So, recently I bought this beautiful phone that came pre rooted with cuoco92's rom. I put my SIM in and was ready to go. But I messed up with titanium backup and deleted the system phone app.I could still call and all, but the menu while in call was gone so I could not hang up etc.
Then I obviously decided to re-flash the rom. Problem is when I did so, the phone's signal icon was grey with a small x . From there it went downhill. I flashed the rom and some others multiple times, I even returned to stock rom+recovery, and the problem changed from what I described to a simple No SIM Card.
The phone now does not acknowledge the SIM when i put it in at all, while before it did know it had a sim inside, it just would not work.
Is there any universal troubleshoot process I can try before contacting the shop and sending the phone back? Could this be hardware?
Note that today I changed my micro sim to nano sim since the phone takes both, in hope of solving it. But it did not work on both slots.
Thanks in advance.
Hello,
Verify that your IMEI(ESN) is still intact, if it is gone then you will have to restore it, the method to restore IMEI is different for each device so you'll have to research how to restore it on your device. I'm not saying that is your issue, I'm just saying it is something you need to check before going further because if it is gone then nothing else you do to troubleshoot/repair is going to work.
Try posting your question in the forum linked below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help
The experts there may be able to help. Good luck.
I checked my imei with the *#06# thing, it is there..
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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
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.
I bought this device less than a month ago from the carphone house when I was in uk. Today it gave me no sim card error suddenly. the device is not modified not flashed. I did nothing to it. I tried reseting the device but still having the same problem. I tried a different sim but had the same problem.
However, what I did notice that the device ask for the PIN of the sim card but as soon as I enter it. it gives me no sim card error
Any suggestion well be hopeful. Sadly I also lost the receipt
Are you using Agile Lock or any other lock or launcher app?
I hade that problem when I hade Agile Lock installed, removed it and not a problem since.
Thanks for your help but I was not using anything adding to that I did restore the device to its factory settings I did a complete (hard) rest for the device but still facing the same problem
I think I should have expected such a bad quality from LG
Anybody Help
Please anything
Hi, i had the same problem a few days ago, but on another situation.My phone was rooted and i tried to install "original firmware" to get rid of CWM and root, but at 42% of the process"Windows just crashed the LG updater", i managed to restore my old ROM trought CWM but got a sim card error, everything else was working but telephony.
Just tried it again like on this simple tutorial and got the original firmware installed again, and for my surprise telephony was back.
If you lost you receipt and dont live where you bought your phone, maybe this is what you can try.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1224173
Hi All,
I have MicroMax A100. Suddenly boot problem developed after unsuccessful installation of some games.
From Reflashing by above post able to boot device but could not detect sim card.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1842908&page=21
I tried all possible way i.e. remove battery & sim card as well as SDRAM for 10 mins. etc.
Nothing happens. Same SIM working well in other mobile.
When I google it I found many people having similar problem where after flashing SIM is not detecting. Is there any generic answer for this Generic Question.
Thanks in advance.
Maybe you could reflash or do another rom or reset your whole device.
Hope it helps
i would suggest you to try checking in other phones...(probably not a smartphone) i encountered the same problem after flashing my phone with the wrong ROM... somehow i got my SIM card running again.....
if you still face the problem... get your SIM card Replaced with a new SIM card and same number from your service provider. that way u can get your number activated:angel:
First post, long time lurker, so i'll start with a big thanks to the entire community for all the help you've unknowingly given me.
I just got a nexus 5 to replace my original n5 which has a broken screen. I took a backup of the original and restored it to the new one. Unfortunately i didn't know what EFS was, so i restored the old EFS to the new phone. IMEI went to zero. HUGE BUMMER.
I was able to fix the IMEI with QPST, but the new phone will not connect to the network. I've run a check on the IMEI and it is not blacklisted. Without incriminating myself, lets just say that i'm positive that the new IMEI is good.
The phone recognizes that i've inserted a SIM but shows no signal. I've tried to search for networks, i've checked the APN settings...
I REALLY don't want to send this to LG since they can't give me a price or even a ballpark figure without me shipping them the phone...
Any advice on next steps would be greatly appreciated.
What should i try next?!
flash the factory img and do not restore your efs on it.
simms22 said:
flash the factory img and do not restore your efs on it.
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I guess i should have mentioned that i've flashed factory also. Currently the phone is on the latest firmware, unrooted, locked bootloader. Flashing factory had no effect at any point.
I bought this phone on Swappa BTW, so i am assuming there are no hardware issues. I'm not at all certain what else may have been screwed up by having another phone's EFS restored over this "new" phone's EFS...
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I am able to attempt to manually select the network. When i search for networks, the available networks are shown, but when i try to connect it shows the Registering dialog for quite a while, then fails. This is the same behavior as a working phone without a SIM installed. The odd part is that the phone will recognize when a SIM is installed or removed. It seems that my problem may be that the SIM is not being read properly or the data is being lost/corrupted between SIM and antenna. Is this possible? Is this EFS corruption? is this something i can fix? Please help.
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