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First of all if this isn't the right place to post this please let me know, i'm not a regular poster on the site but i really need some help.
I have a Galaxy S4 (SGH-i337M), i think it is a Canadian version or some sort of ATT variant, it is the official model for my country (Mexico) and the carrier Telcel, i have the basic knowledge about flashing roms, rooting phones and installing mods, i had a Galaxy S2 before where i learned the basics, when i first got the S4 the first thing that i did was to install Cyanogenmod, because it worked perfect for me in the last phone that i owned, and i tought that in the S4 it would be the same, well it wasn't, i installed Cyano via the Windows software assistant the it has because my computer doesn't recognize any Samsung phone, it is an old computer and it has a "lite" version of Windows that may be missing some things, i installed Kies and the Samsung drivers but nothing of that worked, but that's not what this thread is about, i started using Cyano and everything was fine, some bugs here and there but nothing too bad, untill i started to experience this WiFi issue where i couldn't turn on my WiFi after a reboot, it was weird, sometimes when i rebooted the phone it worked, and sometimes it didnt, the i flashed the 4.3 official stock Android and i dont recall having this issue, but i'm not sure, after a couple of days i decided to try paranoid Android, which i think is a Cyanogenmod based rom, i tought that maybe this kind of bugs were solved in Paranoid, it wasn't the same thing happened, then i started to look on the internet A LOT of threads cam up, but nothing about fixing my specific model, the i tried to install the Google Play Edition rom for the i9505 since my model and that are compatible as of roms, i did this because my model was listed as the "Canadian version" of the phone, but i'm in Mexico, it didnt make sense, i installed the Google Edition but the problem is still there, and now i'm here, trying to figure out if my phone is broken someway or if there's a solution, so i'm asking to the people who actually know what they're are doing to their phones, because as i said i have just the basics, maybe i ****ed something up without knowing, i can't send the phone to warranty because i bought it to someone else, and i dont know what to do, the last thing that crossed my mind was that maybe the modem on those roms is not compatible with mine but i'm not sure, the two roms for my phone in sammobile have a baseband that ends in "MK6" and the newer ends in "NC1" which is the same termination of the Google Play Edtion and Paranoid, do you guys think that there's something i can do? i don't want to flash the stock Telcel rom because i cant use Xposed modules that are exclusive for AOSP roms, is there a solution or should i sell the phone? i'm really desperate right now.
Hi guys !
I've just bought a samsung galaxy s4 (i9505) (a used one not new) and i flashed Imperium v7 and modem GNF1 and bootloader GNF1 (initially the phone was on stock 4.2.2 and the problem was already there).
My problem is that i don't get the network i rarely see two or three bars but it directly goes to zero (i can see the no network sign) and stays like that until a reboot (as said it drops to no network very fast).
So my question, is it software ? (should i flash the latest samsung stock firmware ?) or is it hardware ? (replace the internal network ship ?)
Or is it a common problem on S4 i9505 and no solution cannot be found ? :crying:
Could it be related to CSC ?
Anyway, i hope anybody can help me because i really like this phone and the rom that i just installed ..
Feel free to ask me about additional informations.
EDIT : I already tried :
1) the modem+bl FNDA => same result
2) force the phone to gsm only => same result (maybe better but even it solves the problem there is no point to not having 3g activated all the time)
mbmb8989 said:
Hi guys !
I've just bought a samsung galaxy s4 (i9505) (a used one not new) and i flashed Imperium v7 and modem GNF1 and bootloader GNF1 (initially the phone was on stock 4.2.2 and the problem was already there).
My problem is that i don't get the network i rarely see two or three bars but it directly goes to zero (i can see the no network sign) and stays like that until a reboot (as said it drops to no network very fast).
So my question, is it software ? (should i flash the latest samsung stock firmware ?) or is it hardware ? (replace the internal network ship ?)
Or is it a common problem on S4 i9505 and no solution cannot be found ? :crying:
Could it be related to CSC ?
Anyway, i hope anybody can help me because i really like this phone and the rom that i just installed ..
Feel free to ask me about additional informations.
EDIT : I already tried :
1) the modem+bl FNDA => same result
2) force the phone to gsm only => same result (maybe better but even it solves the problem there is no point to not having 3g activated all the time)
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It's going to be pretty difficult to narrow this down with what you've posted. You say the problem was "already there" when you got the phone -- how long did you use it on the stock 4.2.2 rom before flashing a new one? Did you see exactly the same behavior before you started mucking with it?
Hi ! Finally an answer So i used it for about 3 days and i really can tell that it is the same behaviour
My fear is that it may be related to hardware .. I am gonna try to flash the latest samsung stock firmware (with its csc and modem) ?
Anyway any idea ??
mbmb8989 said:
Hi ! Finally an answer So i used it for about 3 days and i really can tell that it is the same behaviour
My fear is that it may be related to hardware .. I am gonna try to flash the latest samsung stock firmware (with its csc and modem) ?
Anyway any idea ??
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In general I'd say it's worth getting the phone to "current" stock, or as close to it as possible, and seeing what kind of situation you're in (i.e. if the behavior disappears or changes in any way). If you're seeing it on every configuration, it seems reasonable to suspect that it could be a hardware issue -- especially given that you got the phone used.
Perhaps someone else knows of a more definitive test you can try.
Hey ! Thanks for the idea ! already flashed the latest samsung firmware and same problem .. i stayed in touch with the guy that sold it to me so he took it back to samsung sav where his friend (who work there) told him that this is a famous bug in the i9505 4g serie and that the only solution is a
nvm restore (something like that). Of course he'll do it for free cause we agreed that if a problem come out he'll have to solve it on his own.
Anyway, i hope to get it back tomorrow or monday ! I'll let you know what happened as soon as i get it back !
solution?
Were you able to solve the problem? in case u were, how? i have the same issue sometimes i have 3g network, then it goes to gprs then edge, sometimes when im connected to wifi i cant receive calls, but i can do calls, any idea?
So
I just fixed my broken Screen on my Nexus 4 (i earn money repairing phones), and i got a problem. The Proximity Sensor and Light sensors werent working so i just took them off and tried to boot up again. But my phone isnt booting anymore. It just keeps bootin inside a bootloop. Device was never rooted or unlocked. So i tried resetting but didnt work. Then unlocked the device and flashed a custom recovery and several different roms but didnt work either.
Now i wanted you guys help, if you could tell me if nexus devices dont boot up with missing hardware. Because my experience tells me that almost every smartphone even boot up with mossing hardware like the sensors and things.
Dont know if anyone ever had a problem like this, but i hope you guys can help me.
I dont want to huy a new proxysensor before being sure its about the missing hardware, cause the sensors are like 20 $ and that phone isnt much worth anymore.
abdullah30539 said:
So
I just fixed my broken Screen on my Nexus 4 (i earn money repairing phones), and i got a problem. The Proximity Sensor and Light sensors werent working so i just took them off and tried to boot up again. But my phone isnt booting anymore. It just keeps bootin inside a bootloop. Device was never rooted or unlocked. So i tried resetting but didnt work. Then unlocked the device and flashed a custom recovery and several different roms but didnt work either.
Now i wanted you guys help, if you could tell me if nexus devices dont boot up with missing hardware. Because my experience tells me that almost every smartphone even boot up with mossing hardware like the sensors and things.
Dont know if anyone ever had a problem like this, but i hope you guys can help me.
I dont want to huy a new proxysensor before being sure its about the missing hardware, cause the sensors are like 20 $ and that phone isnt much worth anymore.
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Try flash stock rom 4.2/4.2.1/4.2.2
aliberti98 said:
Try flash stock rom 4.2/4.2.1/4.2.2
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I'm having the same problem with my Nexus 4. It just went into bootloop and i've tried flashing these stock roms. The phone turns on normally after flashing these roms but the radio doesn't work. It shows baseband unknown and no imei.
If anyone can help then it would be great.
moonkhan said:
I'm having the same problem with my Nexus 4. It just went into bootloop and i've tried flashing these stock roms. The phone turns on normally after flashing these roms but the radio doesn't work. It shows baseband unknown and no imei.
If anyone can help then it would be great.
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I have the same problem too! I'm searching a method to restore imei but qpst can't find the nexus 4; if someone find a method please post it!
Sorry for my bad english!
Did anyone's Nexus 4 fell or got damaged before getting stuck into bootloop?
In one Thread i read that there was some issue with the vibrator in the phone and after removing it and reflashing the phone worked perfectly normal.
I guess my Nexus 4 fell the day before it got stuck into bootloop.
But i don't know how right i am so if anything like this happened then do post it here to let us know.
Has this been resolved??? I have same issue as OP, replaced screen for nexus 4 proximity sensor problem, then tried to fix it and now in bootloop even after unlocking device and flashing android 4.4.4 and 4.3
Could someone try this and post the result here? http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/general/tutorial-how-to-unbrick-n4-t2347060
Sorry for my bad english
Bootloop
same problem
Hey guys i don't know about the bootloop problem but i have changed my screen on my nexus 4 too and i had the proximity problem, i found a fix on the internet you just need to take the little rubber thing on the sensors with two holes and turn it around. I don't know why but it works. Hope this helps at least somebody.
If someone have another nexus 4, please backup EFS folder whit this http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/general/efs-nexus-4-imei-efs-backup-restore-t2740788, use it, move backup to compiter, open m9kefs1.img with an hex editor, find the place for IMEI code and change it to the original IMEI for not be illegal; maybe can work also from backup of another device that use EFS folder for IMEI.
If work please upload it without your IMEI
Sorry for my bad english
nexus 4 no sim detected unknown baseband no imei
my phones screen was not working got replaced after that this problem started. its not only problem with unknown baseband and null imei its problem with also speakers no voice and no sim card recognized and I have nexus 4 android 5.1.1 flashed older roms no luck. some one told lollipop needs new baseband version to work fine all these things. but can't find any baseband on web. I think its all stupid fault of google android software OR LG fault OR fault of flashing new os on these LG phones. if any body got any correct fix or answer please post it thanks. pleaseeeeeeee post a FIXXXXXXX.
danial212k said:
my phones screen was not working got replaced after that this problem started. its not only problem with unknown baseband and null imei its problem with also speakers no voice and no sim card recognized and I have nexus 4 android 5.1.1 flashed older roms no luck. some one told lollipop needs new baseband version to work fine all these things. but can't find any baseband on web. I think its all stupid fault of google android software OR LG fault OR fault of flashing new os on these LG phones. if any body got any correct fix or answer please post it thanks. pleaseeeeeeee post a FIXXXXXXX.
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Lollipop boot?
Inviato dal mio Nexus 4 con XDA Forums Pro.
Did lg repair the phone? Sounds like the motherboard was damaged during the screen replacement.
Hi
Background: I am usually very thorough when buying a new phone. This time I Wasn't well for many days and in the hospital. Urgently needed a new phone and ordered 1 online from a used shop. I specially wanted i9500.. no other variant..
I got one, it said i9500 on the back cover (echted in the plastics and well as the paper... which said made in india.. also the paper/sticker wasn't samsung quality but maybe since it was used, and indian made, i thought ok..
Now I inserted my sim and turned it on... Some chinese s***t! then samsung logo then the TouchWiz.. But there were many chinese apps as well. AND IT DID NOT DETECT MY SIM. Settings say its an i9500.. it felt like a samsung but something was off... In camera, as soon as I took a pic, phone got shut off! Had to take out battery... (btw, it says android 4.42 and when I go to Update.. .Samsung says it cant as device has been modified)
reformatted phone... more chinese sh*t, then Android loads up and there is no play store!
So I downoad a Darky ROM for i9500 and try flashing.. viola!! success.. Android 5.0.1
It said Sim not registered... then that message dissappears and now it shows me FULL SIGNALS but when I try to dial anything, it says Not registered on network! - WHen I went to settings... in device it is now saying:SM-903F (is that a ROM thing or is that the real phone model I have..?)
Can someone please help me.. the phone is very important here in my hosp.. cant type/read a lot of my laptop, it is very energy comsuming
Regards
P.S My location is Pakistan
See if you can enter download mode (Volume down and Power). If you can get into download mode, read off the model number displayed on screen. If you can't, the S4 is counterfeit.
The phone could also be a combination of various parts from different hardware versions of the s4.
Also, check to see if the imei is okay.
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
See if you can enter download mode (Volume down and Power). If you can get into download mode, read off the model number displayed on screen. If you can't, the S4 is counterfeit.
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Download mode says GT-I9500CHN
hmm
audit13 said:
The phone could also be a combination of various parts from different hardware versions of the s4.
Also, check to see if the imei is okay.
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Yes bro, I can see the IMEI..
I tried flashing another ROM (TouchWiz) - Still sim is not recognized (but signal bars goes to full.. even if I take out the SIM.. guess thats a ROM issue)
Anyways, still stuck.. Which modem should I try flashing... :|
I was going to suggest a stock 9500 rom from sammobile.com but there are only ROMs for the 9500, not 9500chn.
Googling the model 9500chn links to other people that have the same problem when trying to flash another rom.
audit13 said:
I was going to suggest a stock 9500 rom from sammobile.com but there are only ROMs for the 9500, not 9500chn.
Googling the model 9500chn links to other people that have the same problem when trying to flash another rom.
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The phone model become GT-I9500CHN because of Chinese bootloader that unfortunately very hard to get rid of this stuff.
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Your phone might be trying to connect to China Mobile or China Unicom that uses TD-SCDMA instead of WCDMA for most regions.
Also, after you install DarkLord S6 port on your device, you'll get phone model on About device as SM-G903F (Galaxy S5 Neo) instead of the normal one for more compatibility (according to the developer).
I would try to check the IMEI online to see if this is original or not (ilegally tampered from other device).
Sent from my GT-I9500
krasCGQ said:
The phone model become GT-I9500CHN because of Chinese bootloader that unfortunately very hard to get rid of this stuff.
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Your phone might be trying to connect to China Mobile or China Unicom that uses TD-SCDMA instead of WCDMA for most regions.
Also, after you install DarkLord S6 port on your device, you'll get phone model on About device as SM-G903F (Galaxy S5 Neo) instead of the normal one for more compatibility (according to the developer).
I would try to check the IMEI online to see if this is original or not (ilegally tampered from other device).
Sent from my GT-I9500
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What to do then? I tried installing Omega ROM v 28... after installtion, screen goes blank... tried it twice!
Any solution
hdaackda said:
What to do then? I tried installing Omega ROM v 28... after installtion, screen goes blank... tried it twice!
Any solution
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Cheap chinese fake replicas. All ib one line.
Do nothing about it. Ordering online was the worst decision.
Now there are threads here on how to manage these clones. Read one of them
DeepankarS said:
Cheap chinese fake replicas. All ib one line.
Do nothing about it. Ordering online was the worst decision.
Now there are threads here on how to manage these clones. Read one of them
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I hate chinese like u do... but this is not cheap
and it is actually a REAL Samsung Galaxy
problem is its GT-i9500CHN - aargghhhhhh - pain doubling... due to me being in hospital. cant go outside to kill someone
If you flashed custom ROMs and them boot, it's not a clone. I9500 performs an Exynos CPU, Chinese clones a Mediatek one, so just for this ROMs couldn't even boot.
All you can do is try to flash a stock firmware from SamMobile, an I9500 firmware coming from China, and see what happens.
By the way, I think this guy bought a Chinese (Genuine) I9500, then rooted it for install Google Apps, that would probably be the reason of the GApps disappearing after formatting (as far as I know, Chinese phones have a backup partition where an emergency copy of the stock firmware is located, I don't know if Samsung does this as well).
For the SIM problem, it's probably simlock, and it probably works only with a determined Chinese operator (or, again, it probably doesn't supports Pakistan's signal bands).
All you can do is check your IMEI on some dedicated site and see if it's simlock, then if it's not, check if the bands that your phone supports are compatible with Pakistan ones.
Sorry for my bad english.
Nexusâ´ on Tapatalk.
Again, China's bands are TD-SCDMA, not WCDMA as we use mostly over the world.
Sent from my GT-I9500
in and out of hospital. operation botched. going again. thanks for all your help guys, 1 last issue
baseband changed. signals working!! finally
one problem, as soon as I take picture, phone shuts down instantaneouly. have to take out battery and restart. ANY english i9500chn ROM pls??
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in and out of hospital. operation botched. going again. thanks for all your help guys, 1 last issue
baseband changed. signals working!! finally
one problem, as soon as I take picture, phone shuts down instantaneouly. have to take out battery and restart. ANY english i9500chn ROM pls??
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Once again, GT-I9500CHN is just from the bootloader. Installing any GT-I9500 firmware should work.
Sent from my GT-I9500
Hi guys,
I just bought two note 10 plus.
One of them are SM-N976V and the other one is SM-N975U
I think n796v for verizon and n795u for tmobile.
Both are unlocked and has working t-mobile sim but, nothing works.
I have experiance to flash rom for my z flip 3 and hoping i can find right firmware so that I flash firmware.
Usually, I do U1 firware then, doing again with U firmware but, this are little bit different.
So, in order to use both of them on tmobile, what ROM Firmware I need to flash then, what firmware I need to flash again?
What is SAMSUNG ROM FIRMWARE? Where I get it for these two?
Thank you in Advance!!!!!!!!!!!!
"nothing works" is suspect of previous modification. See here Updating Android on a Blacklisted Phone | XDA Forums Note if the device turns out to be blacklisted or bad ESN or similar, the forum thread will not be able to hold such discussion.
First and foremost the right choice is to have unlocked bootloader on the device. From that, you can boot whatever firmware you want to try, except updated U/SW.rev/bit version. I think the bootloader sets that not sure. That version is set inside the Qualcomm CPU/SoC with a miniature electrical trace that gets disconnected somehow like "blown fuse" aka QFuse. That's pretty weird technology for a smartphone you can guess why that's there. (Do not brick your device, there is risk in every component being flashed)