HI,
so I flashed the XEF MM onto my S6 and the phone lost absolutely everything.
I flashed several ODINs before and it was always fine...
Can anyone please tell me what went wrong? I flashed all 4 files. Usually its only 1 ? Can that be it?
What can be flashed without loosing data?
thanks!
Usually as I remember from galaxy s2 If you have one package Rom it always flash without wipe but if you have couple of files it means usually that while flashing all data will be erased because of full wipe always remeber to do a backup firstly
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I also lost all data after MM update. I did and OTA and all went fine and the phone worked perfect for a day. The next day it soft bricked. The logo was flashing and there was nothing I could do to reboot into system
I had to do a factory reset in recovery and thus lost all data.
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You lost data because you flashed 4 files. Data gets lost doing it that way unlike with flashing with 1 file.
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I just flashed the AMO region (JUST the AP) file ... all data gone again!!!!!!!
And now my 128GB S6 shows 16GB of storage.
Seriously Samsung?
Matce said:
I just flashed the AMO region (JUST the AP) file ... all data gone again!!!!!!!
And now my 128GB S6 shows 16GB of storage.
Seriously Samsung?
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YOU are flashing stuff. Not samsungs responsibility
ap file contains pit file.. and that rom is wrong for your phone.. just flash something like btu 5.1.1 or xef 60.1 and storage will be ok..
This is the problem on here sometimes, people with no prior knowledge of what they're doing don't read the threads properly and just flash absolutely anything and end up screwing up their phones.
It's not only for advanced users but you actually have to read and understand what you're doing.
This is not the first time Im flashing, but the first time everything gets deleted!
How can I get rid of the PIT file in the AP?
thanks
I've flashed AMO 6.0.1 with 300mb Hidden PIT file and all is working ok. I think there's no carrier stuff and I'm liking MM for now
EDIT: I think too that the best way to flash is copy all stuff from Internal to computer or any external storage and let ODIN do its work. If there's a PIT file inside firmware archive, perhaps it's necessary or, at least, useful.
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I'm having issues with my Galaxy S6. I used Odin to return to stock, and now I'm getting an "Unfortunately, IMS Service has stopped" error every 2 or 3 seconds. The phone is essentially unusable.
Other Galaxy phones have had similar issues, and I've tried some of their suggestions. I wiped Media Storage and factory reset the phone through the recovery. I tried to find the DRM app to wipe, but it's not there in the app manager. Does anybody have any suggestions? They are greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Im having that same issue. I bricked my phone for about a week and I had just got the tar files to open and return my device to stock. Is it saying you have service? Ive been looking this up everywhere and have no luck with the s6 problem.
boristhebladexx said:
I'm having issues with my Galaxy S6. I used Odin to return to stock, and now I'm getting an "Unfortunately, IMS Service has stopped" error every 2 or 3 seconds. The phone is essentially unusable.
Other Galaxy phones have had similar issues, and I've tried some of their suggestions. I wiped Media Storage and factory reset the phone through the recovery. I tried to find the DRM app to wipe, but it's not there in the app manager.
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Why did you return to stock? If you are planning to return/exchange the phone, then you may run into trouble if it is unusable.
3 options:
1. Attempt to reflash stock via Odin and hope it fixes the problem.
2. Restore a nandroid.
3. Clean flash a custom rom.
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Why did you return to stock? If you are planning to return/exchange the phone, then you may run into trouble if it is unusable.
3 options:
1. Attempt to reflash stock via Odin and hope it fixes the problem.
2. Restore a nandroid.
3. Clean flash a custom rom.
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i tried to reflash stock again and the same message kept coming up. i thought that restoring would wipe root so i dont know how you could flash a custom rom onto it. would you do that through the Odin program??
LiquidPhoenix said:
i tried to reflash stock again and the same message kept coming up. i thought that restoring would wipe root so i dont know how you could flash a custom rom onto it. would you do that through the Odin program??
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Did you try restoring a nandroid?
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Did you try restoring a nandroid?
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i never backed up a nandroid. im pretty new to android phones and the deep stuff because the only thing i ever learned was iphone. do they auto backup? and if so, how could i restore it??
thank you for your patience, i know its driving you crazy haha.
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i never backed up a nandroid. im pretty new to android phones and the deep stuff because the only thing i ever learned was iphone. do they auto backup? and if so, how could i restore it??
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Android lollipop gives you the option to transfer your apps to a new device when you setup the new device. You are also given this option when you flash a custom lollilop rom, because the setup wizard will see this as a new device. However, you should always make a backup of a good working rom setup prior to flashing a new rom or any mods. When I say a "good working rom ", I mean a rom that you might possibly want to go back to, in case your next rom flash doesn't go well or it has major issues that prevent you from using it as a daily driver (which you won't know until you flash it, obviously). The stock rom is definitely a "good working rom", and you should ALWAYS make a backup of stock before flashing anything else.
Since you don't have a backup of stock, then you are stuck with Odin getting you back to bone stock, which apparently isn't quite doing the job. The only other thing I can suggest is flashing a stock rooted rom (eg, no mods other than root). But make sure you clean flash, which also means mounting & wiping /system in recovery. I forgot how to do it in CWM/Phil's recovery, but in TWRP go to Mount, tap /system then go back to the main menu, go to Wipe > Advanced and select cache, dalvik cache, data and system, then swipe to erase. Now you have a totally clean slate.
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Android lollipop gives you the option to transfer your apps to a new device when you setup the new device. You are also given this option when you flash a custom lollilop rom, because the setup wizard will see this as a new device. However, you should always make a backup of a good working rom setup prior to flashing a new rom or any mods. When I say a "good working rom ", I mean a rom that you might possibly want to go back to, in case your next rom flash doesn't go well or it has major issues that prevent you from using it as a daily driver (which you won't know until you flash it, obviously). The stock rom is definitely a "good working rom", and you should ALWAYS make a backup of stock before flashing anything else.
Since you don't have a backup of stock, then you are stuck with Odin getting you back to bone stock, which apparently isn't quite doing the job. The only other thing I can suggest is flashing a stock rooted rom (eg, no mods other than root). But make sure you clean flash, which also means mounting & wiping /system in recovery. I forgot how to do it in CWM/Phil's recovery, but in TWRP go to Mount, tap /system then go back to the main menu, go to Wipe > Advanced and select cache, dalvik cache, data and system, then swipe to erase. Now you have a totally clean slate.
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Ive tried looking online for software thats compatible with my carrier (cricket) but I couldnt find it. The way that I bricked my phone was trying to flash TWRP recovery on my phone. Cricket is through at&t and has the locked bootloader. I used pingpong root to root it but apparently it wasnt compatible with my phone. I'm kinda stuck.
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Ive tried looking online for software thats compatible with my carrier (cricket) but I couldnt find it. The way that I bricked my phone was trying to flash TWRP recovery on my phone. Cricket is through at&t and has the locked bootloader. I used pingpong root to root it but apparently it wasnt compatible with my phone. I'm kinda stuck.
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I have never messed with Cricket phones. I know they piggyback on the AT&T network, but I don't know if the firmwares are different. You could go to a Cricket store and look at the display S6 to find out the exact firmware version, and try to find that on the web (posting in the AT&T forum might yield a faster response). But trying to flash TWRP was not a good idea. Good luck!
I was attempting to return the phone to stock so I could sell it. I flashed the Cricket firmware, and ever since then I get the IMS service error. I can't flash a new ROM because I unrooted through Pingpong Root. When I flash through Odin, I only flash the AP .tar. Would it make a difference if I flashed all 4 (BL, AP, CP, CSC)?
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I was attempting to return the phone to stock so I could sell it. I flashed the Cricket firmware, and ever since then I get the IMS service error. I can't flash a new ROM because I unrooted through Pingpong Root. When I flash through Odin, I only flash the AP .tar. Would it make a difference if I flashed all 4 (BL, AP, CP, CSC)?
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I tried this just now and all it said was "attempt thread failed (0/0)"
boristhebladexx said:
I was attempting to return the phone to stock so I could sell it. I flashed the Cricket firmware, and ever since then I get the IMS service error. I can't flash a new ROM because I unrooted through Pingpong Root. When I flash through Odin, I only flash the AP .tar. Would it make a difference if I flashed all 4 (BL, AP, CP, CSC)?
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Yes it does make a difference to flash it into 4 different parts in case you have the entire firmware
Just wanted to throw my 2 cents in here, i woke to this lovely issue, which was rendering my phone unusable. I use a program call YouMail for voicemail, creeps my friends out when they get to my voice mail. Uninstall this program after wiping every cache imaginable, voila, no more issue. I haven't tried to reinstall it yet since i need to get some work done. Hope it helps in some way.
I have the same problem after flashing the stock firmware thru Odin on my S6 from Cricket. I also tried Factory Resert and Wiping the Cache, nothing seems to help at all. I get the annoying message about the IMS service. I've tried clearing the cache from contacts, ims service but no luck at at. Is there any other ROMs out there for the S6 from Cricket. Right now my phone is completely stock and has no service. Any word of advice would help, Thanks !
Edit: I flashed the CSC file thru odin and it got rid of the IMS error but now I have no service.
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Just wanted to throw my 2 cents in here, i woke to this lovely issue, which was rendering my phone unusable. I use a program call YouMail for voicemail, creeps my friends out when they get to my voice mail. Uninstall this program after wiping every cache imaginable, voila, no more issue. I haven't tried to reinstall it yet since i need to get some work done. Hope it helps in some way.
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Not an expert in any sense of the term, so ignore this if it's dumb. When the OP and others having this issue are bringing your phones back up, does the issue start prior to phone setup? Or is your Google account restoring some app that could be causing the issue?
it didnt solve my problem
I have the s6 edge though ..do i have to wipe and install the rom again??
Unfortunately ims has stopped working pop up
I noticed the spinning sync icon at the top my s7 phone. It was constantly trying to sync my messengers app to the cloud. (I tuned the sync function off an it seems to have stopped the annoying message from popping up. :good::fingers-crossed:
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boristhebladexx said:
I was attempting to return the phone to stock so I could sell it. I flashed the Cricket firmware, and ever since then I get the IMS service error. I can't flash a new ROM because I unrooted through Pingpong Root. When I flash through Odin, I only flash the AP .tar. Would it make a difference if I flashed all 4 (BL, AP, CP, CSC)?
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just root the device an then install root unistaller
find all apps with the word ims
unistall all apps
restart phone
Magic!!!!
Hi guys, I just registered @ xda because it looks like it's the only serious and feedback active community available. In 10 minutes I found most of the info I was looking for, but I still want to make sure what Im planning to do is fine before I mess up again. Here's the issue:
I was fooling around with the tablet and had just rooted it so I could get rid of some bloatware, and decided to go further and install cyanogen, just for the looks. So I got this thing cm-10.1-20130411-EXPERIMENTAL-p3110-M3 from the official site, which was I put on a folder inside the tablets storage (not on the 16gb SDcard it had in it). I downloaded Rom Manager and skipped through the "search and download rom" and went for the option of looking for it inside the SD card. I had the Backup options and the wipe cache and data ON.
So I proceeded and it booted, started to do the backup and at some final point it had an error, something like "could not backup Data!". I had the options of rebooting, some other stuff and the option of installing a rom from the SD Card. I went for it and searched for the .zip inside the storage, and installed it. It did it withouth trouble, and when it finishd it prompted me to install an update, which I didn't (don't know why).
Then, I went for the reeboot option and when it started I get the normal samsung's black screen with the device's name on it, but then I get a fast glitching image that sweeps through the screen and the cyanogen startup logo which gets stuck for ever.
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Now Im past it, I can get to download or recovery mode, so I moved onto getting the original firmware so I can clean-install again. I got it from sammobile, chose the one belonging to Chile (that's where I got the tablet), and it's 729mb of data. The tablet is a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 P3110
If I flash it with Odin will everything be fine? All I have to do is that thing in downloadmode when I rooted it, but with that 729mb file? Should I put it in the external SD or is it more convenient to place it in the internal storage?
I appreciate your help in advance, I know this is as basic as it gets but messing up again would cost me dearly, since I have to do other stuff.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1900055 read here, all the information you will need.
It's fine to flash through odin, you will back at stock provided you don't overlook small details and do exactly like the way it is shown. Don't worry, Don't panic. Just be careful to use the files meant for your device only. Second be extra careful when you are dealing with kernel file, pit file or reparation in odin in future.
Third, get root and custom recovery,twrp.
Fourth, after your device start running take backup from twrp recovery. That will save you from most of the trouble.
Most of the details and instructions are already here
billysam said:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1900055 read here, all the information you will need.
It's fine to flash through odin, you will back at stock provided you don't overlook small details and do exactly like the way it is shown. Don't worry, Don't panic. Just be careful to use the files meant for your device only. Second be extra careful when you are dealing with kernel file, pit file or reparation in odin in future.
Third, get root and custom recovery,twrp.
Fourth, after your device start running take backup from twrp recovery. That will save you from most of the trouble.
Most of the details and instructions are already here
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hey thanks a lot, im feeling better ow. There's just one issue left: I cant download the original firmware (it's 699mb, and the download keeps stopping midway through it). What happens if I go into clockwork recovery mode and do a factory reset? would that bring me to the original OS? Im kinda scared of downloading an erroneous file again.
EDIT: im doing a factory reset and then flashing this rom called AOSP Project Android 5.1.1 Lollipop on Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 P3110 which is a 161mb file. Will that work?
aguscanzani said:
hey thanks a lot, im feeling better ow. There's just one issue left: I cant download the original firmware (it's 699mb, and the download keeps stopping midway through it). What happens if I go into clockwork recovery mode and do a factory reset? would that bring me to the original OS? Im kinda scared of downloading an erroneous file again.
EDIT: im doing a factory reset and then flashing this rom called AOSP Project Android 5.1.1 Lollipop on Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 P3110 which is a 161mb file. Will that work?
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Factory reset is just clearing data and cache, if you have made changes in kernel or system, factory reset won't reset them, in your case, system has been altered so you will have to format system, then flash the new rom. If you were on jelly bean stock, you are good to flash it.
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Factory reset is just clearing data and cache, if you have made changes in kernel or system, factory reset won't reset them, in your case, system has been altered so you will have to format system, then flash the new rom. If you were on jelly bean stock, you are good to flash it.
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You guys have helped me a lot. I've worked everything out and now i've got to reinstalling android on it, AOSP's 5.1.1 Lollipop. It's beautiful. There's just one problem: Since it came with no apps at all, I wanted to install everything on it again. Problem is, when I go to google play, it shows that i've already got my apps installed, so it wont let me download them, and it doesn't matter if I place the APK's inside the tablet as there's no manager to open them. Even if I download apk's through the tablet's own web browser, it says it can't open the file. Any ideas on this?
Hello,
I am currently having intense difficulty getting my data off of my galaxy s6 which wont boot. I have tried flashing a new recovery which doesn't work (The button code doesn't even open recovery). I am considering flashing the stock firmware back to try to recover it but I've heard that this deletes my personal data (which is the only reason I want to recover the phone).
I downloaded the stock firmware for my SM-G920W8 and I noticed that when I unzip it there are a bunch of files in it such as boot.img and cache.img. I was wondering if any of these are specific to deleting the data and if there is anyway I can remove one, re zip the file, flash it, and have my data still be there. Also, by data I'm referring to solely the pictures I took that were in my gallery, I don't care about anything else. Or perhaps there's something else I can flash to get my data back, any help is greatly appreciated .
I have never messed with my galaxy s6 at all and never modded it in any way. One day a few months ago the phone screen just went black while I was watching vids and ever since has never been able to boot. Computer doesn't recognize it, but I can use download mode (ODIN).
As the title mentioned, I bought a second hand SM-G930P which the previous owner had flashed a T firmware on it, So I decided to go for the latest U Firmware to debloat it and freshen it up. Sad thing though that the battery life is horrible as I would just get only 3hrs of screen on time max, the phone is almost unusable.
So my main question is can I downgrade the Oreo's (U) firmware to a Nougat (U) firmware, without tripping Knox?
USA Snapdragon models are unable to downgrade due to the restricted bootloader, which can't be removed. You can only side-grade or upgrade. It won't trip knox doing an Odin flash with stock firmware.
When you flashed the G930U firmware was it a complete clean flash, or keeping your data? As for whatever reason Oreo has a bad track record for battery life and other issues if you choose to flash and keep data, even the OTA's do it.
If you did retain data, my recommendation would be backup what you need, and do a clean flash using all 4 firmware files and using CSC not Home_CSC.
Beanvee7 said:
USA Snapdragon models are unable to downgrade due to the restricted bootloader, which can't be removed. You can only side-grade or upgrade. It won't trip knox doing an Odin flash with stock firmware.
When you flashed the G930U firmware was it a complete clean flash, or keeping your data? As for whatever reason Oreo has a bad track record for battery life and other issues if you choose to flash and keep data, even the OTA's do it.
If you did retain data, my recommendation would be backup what you need, and do a clean flash using all 4 firmware files and using CSC not Home_CSC.
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I did upgrade using stock firmware from Updato and it didn't trip Knox.
When I flashed the U firmware it was a complete clean flash, I thought that horrible battery life was because of the T firmware with too much T-Mobile bloatware but sadly when I upgraded to that U firmware, the battery is just as horrible.
I just wiped the cache partition and no thing seems to be changing, Should I backup my data and clean flash again?
Yea that's pretty much your only resolution at this point. Use samfirmtool (it pulls from Samsung directly) to get the latest G930U firmware files, and do a full flash with all 4 firmware slots in Odin.
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Yea that's pretty much your only resolution at this point. Use samfirmtool (it pulls from Samsung directly) to get the latest G930U firmware files, and do a full flash with all 4 firmware slots in Odin.
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Would it really make a difference?
Won't know until you try. What other options do you have?
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Won't know until you try. What other options do you have?
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Great point! Just one more question, is there any way to backup all these apps and their updates installed including system apps updates because I'm on a limited quota right now. Instead of downloading them over and over. I don't have too many personal data on the phone yet.
I don't believe there's any Google or Samsung offering that backs up the actual app files and data. Samsung smartswitch will backup some things though.
You could try a third party backup app https://www.androidauthority.com/best-android-backup-apps-and-other-ways-too-608014/ or something that exports your installed apps to APK that you can restore later https://appslova.com/android-tips-how-to-convert-installed-apps-to-apk-files/
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I don't believe there's any Google or Samsung offering that backs up the actual app files and data. Samsung smartswitch will backup some things though.
You could try a third party backup app https://www.androidauthority.com/best-android-backup-apps-and-other-ways-too-608014/ or something that exports your installed apps to APK that you can restore later https://appslova.com/android-tips-how-to-convert-installed-apps-to-apk-files/
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Thank you man, You've been a great help! Have a nice day!
Well, that didn't seem to work. Same massive battery drain almost 1% every 2-3mins with normal Instagram or Chrome browsing.
Hey Guys,
I know there are some similar threads about this problem, but there are no answers to the problem and the solutions I tried don't work.
My situation:
Lightrom S9 Port had some major freezes during normal use, so i wanted to install superman rom again. I don't know why, but installation from the SD card wasn't possible. Seems like the file somehow got damaged. Result: Bootloop.
Then I tried to restore a 2 month old backup of working super man rom, I had to go through configuraion again, but everything was still there, but somehow pretty buggy.
So, while in TWRP, I wiped everything and copied the rom to the internal storage. Installation was successful, but there is no sim connection anymore. My IMEI number is gone. When I try to flash BL and CP through Odin, there is an error (binary error sth.) and thats it. Even trying to restore the EFS part of the old backup doesn't help.
Could someone please give me guide, what I should try now? Trying to restock everything? Why is Odin not working (same error has been mentioned here in the forum, but no response)
Thank you very much. I don't know why it suddenly completely crashed.
Should I try this guide? https://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/how-to/guide-how-to-fix-check-drk-imei-issues-t3379516
This is the last thing I would try, otherwise I need to buy a new phone...
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I luckily just recovered the sim recognition. As far as I understood, I couldn't flash BL and CP because my files were a bit older and this would caused a downgrade.
I got the newest firmware from SamFirm, flashed the 2 BL and CP files and now everything is working!!! I'm so happy right now
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Hey Guys,
I know there are some similar threads about this problem, but there are no answers to the problem and the solutions I tried don't work.
My situation:
Lightrom S9 Port had some major freezes during normal use, so i wanted to install superman rom again. I don't know why, but installation from the SD card wasn't possible. Seems like the file somehow got damaged. Result: Bootloop.
Then I tried to restore a 2 month old backup of working super man rom, I had to go through configuraion again, but everything was still there, but somehow pretty buggy.
So, while in TWRP, I wiped everything and copied the rom to the internal storage. Installation was successful, but there is no sim connection anymore. My IMEI number is gone. When I try to flash BL and CP through Odin, there is an error (binary error sth.) and thats it. Even trying to restore the EFS part of the old backup doesn't help.
Could someone please give me guide, what I should try now? Trying to restock everything? Why is Odin not working (same error has been mentioned here in the forum, but no response)
Thank you very much. I don't know why it suddenly completely crashed.
Should I try this guide? https://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/how-to/guide-how-to-fix-check-drk-imei-issues-t3379516
This is the last thing I would try, otherwise I need to buy a new phone...
EDIT:
I luckily just recovered the sim recognition. As far as I understood, I couldn't flash BL and CP because my files were a bit older and this would caused a downgrade.
I got the newest firmware from SamFirm, flashed the 2 BL and CP files and now everything is working!!! I'm so happy right now
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I have this problem. I've tried everything and nothing is right. could you explain me better?