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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] Galaxy A5 LDU

I have a galaxy a5,it is a live demo unit SM-A500xz.
I have flashed the official SM-A500F firmware with Odin and it was successful.
Now the phone shows SM-A500F in bootloader and software,when booting it doesen´t say live demo unit.
I have insert a sim card and the icon with no sim card disappeared but no network.
I have another A5 with a dead pcb,if i write the imei from the dead pcb will it work ?

rico_g01 said:
I have a galaxy a5,it is a live demo unit SM-A500xz.
I have flashed the official SM-A500F firmware with Odin and it was successful.
Now the phone shows SM-A500F in bootloader and software,when booting it doesen´t say live demo unit.
I have insert a sim card and the icon with no sim card disappeared but no network.
I have another A5 with a dead pcb,if i write the imei from the dead pcb will it work ?
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I have an XZ unit, yesterday i've tried to flash the XU (ITV) Firmware, but didn't start...
I will also try with the F version and see...

Any body ?

Sadly i don't have anymore the A5 to test, i was stucked at almost your same point.
I checked the efs, there isn't the nv_data.bin file...
But you can try to set a new IMEI with EFS_Professional.
I had this idea only yesterday, but i just was without the phone to test...
Let me know if it work or not
PS: Sorry for my bad english!

Hi, I have exactly the same pattern .. can you help me with the IMEI? . the next steps? ... thanks
elsoft74 said:
Sadly i don't have anymore the A5 to test, i was stucked at almost your same point.
I checked the efs, there isn't the nv_data.bin file...
But you can try to set a new IMEI with EFS_Professional.
I had this idea only yesterday, but i just was without the phone to test...
Let me know if it work or not
PS: Sorry for my bad english!
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Galaxy A5 SM-A500XZ L.D.U
rico_g01 said:
I have a galaxy a5,it is a live demo unit SM-A500xz.
I have flashed the official SM-A500F firmware with Odin and it was successful.
Now the phone shows SM-A500F in bootloader and software,when booting it doesen´t say live demo unit.
I have insert a sim card and the icon with no sim card disappeared but no network.
I have another A5 with a dead pcb,if i write the imei from the dead pcb will it work ?
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Hello, i have the same phone, i'm from Iasi, RO , like you, can you tell me how to do the same think you do to your phone, please? (sorry for my english) (tel0747677*435-orange, sms XDA si sun eu)

Alex456is said:
Hello, i have the same phone, i'm from Iasi, RO , like you, can you tell me how to do the same think you do to your phone, please? (sorry for my english) (tel0747677*435-orange, sms XDA si sun eu)
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Salut. Im also interested.

(Salut) A500fz it's a demo unit and it dsnt have the gsm module only cdma i already try with z3x octopus box to write imei serial number etc it dsnt work the only thing u can do with it it's play games make photos and listen music cheers and sorry for the bad news

Alex456is said:
Hello, i have the same phone, i'm from Iasi, RO , like you, can you tell me how to do the same think you do to your phone, please? (sorry for my english) (tel0747677*435-orange, sms XDA si sun eu)
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I also have SM-A500XZ which is Demo Live Unit and its callpad has been disabled and also it is locked how to unlocked and flash it with a stock firmware ?

I also have SM-A500xz Demo unit. I flashed official firmware of SM-A500xz. It's work . Retail mode options are gone and no sim card icon is appeared but the problem is that my phone is not detecting my sim card . I don't know that to do next Please help me................

rico_g01 said:
i have a galaxy a5,it is a live demo unit sm-a500xz.
I have flashed the official sm-a500f firmware with odin and it was successful.
Now the phone shows sm-a500f in bootloader and software,when booting it doesen´t say live demo unit.
I have insert a sim card and the icon with no sim card disappeared but no network.
I have another a5 with a dead pcb,if i write the imei from the dead pcb will it work ?
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will u send me the link of firmware where u downloaded it

Emergency calls only Help!

Hi i hope someone can help. My phone has been working fine for 2 weeks, and today it just cut off the network. There is no network problems in my area and I've tried another sim card the problem is it says emergency calls only and won't connect to a network it just says try again later with multiple sims. However with one sim the Internet works but the cell won't make a call or text? Please advise also non rooted g920f

Quinnaay said:
Hi i hope someone can help. My phone has been working fine for 2 weeks, and today it just cut off the network. There is no network problems in my area and I've tried another sim card the problem is it says emergency calls only and won't connect to a network it just says try again later with multiple sims. However with one sim the Internet works but the cell won't make a call or text? Please advise also non rooted g920f
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me too its happened to me on 18-July-2015 and my
- non rooted g920f
- IMEI changed to 350000000000004
- simcards not working ( not registered on network )
- i have signal bars without simcard !
- and when i reainstalled rom i found updates about 66mb i dont know because of updates or e have big prob here
any solution plz

Maybe a defective SIM card.

Perhaps a temporary network fault.

Your IMEI is corrupted then you are cut off the network!
If you have EFS (IMEI) partition backup try to restore it , for example by this app and you are done!
If you don't have backup of EFS partition you need to send phone to samusng service. (only samsung can't restore your original IMEI number)
regards!

Correct the phone was blocked and i've returned it to the seller. Ebay sucks.

Quinnaay said:
Correct the phone was blocked and i've returned it to the seller. Ebay sucks.
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this is my screen now all day
samsungrumors.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/s6.jpg
i will return this crap to be fixed
if not i will rob the seller............................. or kill him

Any help ?
My Samsung s6 sometimes picks up my carrier but when i make a call it goes to emergency calls only ? i am sometimes able to send a text but again it says emergency calls only after the text sends. I have tried many other sim cards and the same problem, I have also checked my IMEI and its fine.
Any help here guys ? Thanks

s6 emergency call only
imei ok ... baseband ok .... but mobile is emergency call only ... please give me solution ???????????/////

S6 g920p
Hello i fixed s6 sprint g920p i install 5.1.1 modem.bin
On marshmallow and now no emergency call this is the only solution:laugh::good:

Numan1122 said:
Hello i fixed s6 sprint g920p i install 5.1.1 modem.bin
On marshmallow and now no emergency call this is the only solution:laugh::good:
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So can you make calls and imei fixed ?

Numan1122 said:
Hello i fixed s6 sprint g920p i install 5.1.1 modem.bin
On marshmallow and now no emergency call this is the only solution:laugh::good:
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i tested many modem but not worked, do you have another solution??

Is it giving a message when you remove your SIM card from running S6 ? asking for reboot or something like that I can't remember correctly ? If it's not giving the message seems like something wrong with your SIM bay ?

hello please can someone help me with my snmsung s6 I have problem with the network shows emergency calls only

Use z3x or chimera try to reset network or reset efs ..
if u want chimera login then inbox

Network not available at recently 4.4.2 flashed N8000

Hi guys. I'm posting here in a desperate attempt to solve my problem.
A year ago I purchased an used N8000 with Omega 4.1.2 ROM installed, and worked very good. But a couple of days ago, I flashed my tablet to get the 4.4.2 update, because I need some apps not compatible on old versions.
Everything is ok except for the fact that my sim card is not recognized anymore, if I select the operator manually, I get a "network not available" error.
I made a lot of research, with no results so far to fix the problem. The only thing I learned is that I think it has something to do with the baseband version. Currently I have the N8000XXUDND2 version, the IMEI is ok.
I live in Paraguay, the 3G band of my operator is on 850MHz.
If there's no solution, can I just downgrade to the omega rom by flashing as usual? Or the process is different?
Thanks in advance

What modem what csc ?
Sent from my SM-N920C using XDA-Developers mobile app

JJEgan said:
What modem what csc ?
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CSC: N8000OXADNE4
Modem was originally N8000XXUDNE1, then changed it to N8000XXUDND2 but still no sim or signal.
I got it from here: www(dot)droidopinions(dot)com/how-to-update-galaxy-note-10-1-gt-n8000-to-4-4-2-kitkat-official/

No sim check sim holder
Sent from my SM-N920C using XDA-Developers mobile app

JJEgan said:
No sim check sim holder
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Sorry but I don't understand your question

Phone has a holder for sim card .
Sent from my SM-N920C using XDA-Developers mobile app

Tried flashing the modem I had before, still no signal. I think I screwed my tablet.

when u flash a rom then downgrade it the phone's imei code gets changed which causes "no network" error .
I'm trying to figure out restoration process of original imei code for my device too.

shk9alaxy said:
when u flash a rom then downgrade it the phone's imei code gets changed which causes "no network" error .
I'm trying to figure out restoration process of original imei code for my device too.
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I don't even know how can I check the original imei of my device, since I forgot to write it down. On phones they are usually printed behind the battery, but this doesn't have a detachable battery.

If your IMEI is wrong then restore your backed up EFS folder .
Sent from my SM-N920C using XDA-Developers mobile app

DaniOcampo1992 said:
I don't even know how can I check the original imei of my device, since I forgot to write it down. On phones they are usually printed behind the battery, but this doesn't have a detachable battery.
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It's written at the bottom back of the tab & on the box seal as well. Or dial *#06#. I tired hard reset & stock rom still imei error

I checked and indeed there's the original imei written at the back of the tab, and it's not the same number as of dialing *#06#. Don't know how to restore though since I didn't back up any efs folder.

You can do a search on XDA there are a number of posts regarding users that failed to backup EFS and null IMEI .

I have the same error, after root, imei and baseband are gone.
don't have efs backup

¡Help! Problem with network.

Hi guys, i have this problem with my phone, i'm not speak english very well but i will try.
I update my stock rom lollipop to stock MM, when i was on lollipop my imei says "null / null", when i update everythings ok, the system show my original imei and s/n but i'm stuck at "Emergency calls only" and the phone can't detect my sim card, ¿What should i do? my imei is clear, my phone is not blocked, i'm so desesperate with this, I tried install every stock rom even other regions, but the same thing happens to me.
Thanks for help, have a good day.

iDrev said:
Hi guys, i have this problem with my phone, i'm not speak english very well but i will try.
I update my stock rom lollipop to stock MM, when i was on lollipop my imei says "null / null", when i update everythings ok, the system show my original imei and s/n but i'm stuck at "Emergency calls only" and the phone can't detect my sim card, ¿What should i do? my imei is clear, my phone is not blocked, i'm so desesperate with this, I tried install every stock rom even other regions, but the same thing happens to me.
Thanks for help, have a good day.
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if u don't have an efs backup then u should send it to the service center

messi2050 said:
if u don't have an efs backup then u should send it to the service center
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I can't send to service center, and i don't have an efs backup ¿other way, maybe?