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[Galaxy S III General] beautyangel:
sgs III "Flashed I9300_Omega_v49_UBEMH5_md5_3ACF04B517B4FFBBE665A44E0DA315CC" +1 Problem solved. "zuluman" Patched_Modem_I9300XXEMG4 working great.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=45038238&postcount=466

U ALL XDA MEMBERS U ROCKS. NO ENOUGH WORDS TO SAY THANKS. :good:
[Galaxy S III General] polhena:
Hello,

I'm going to be installing the Omega ROM finally this weekend. I want to clarify one more thing before I go ahead.

I'm on a stock 4.1.2 Polish Rom. Now in the Omega thread here ( http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1663656 ) it has this below info.

Full Wipe Install means:

- Wipe Data / Factory Reset

- Wipe Cache and Dalvik Cache

- Format System partition

- Install

No Wipe Install means:

- Wipe Cache and Dalvik Cache

- Install

Now I have downloaded the 4.1.2 latest Omega ROM from the download section. which one of the above do I do? Full Wipe or No Wipe? what's the benefit of either? Thank you.
[Galaxy S III General] alwayseric:
i need your help

hi rootSU (and other guys), i really need your help. long story short, i have the typical corrupt efs issue (you mentioned in ur op too). unfortunately i do not have any backups of efs. i installed kies and used its emergency recovery tool. kies claimed a "success", but the phone was still in the bootup loop. i flashed a stock rom (australian vodafone), thinking of sending it back to samsung. then i tried this(http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=45799628&postcount=22) but i noticed the phone didnt have cwm recovery. i use odin to flash the cwm, but for whatever reason, the phone still only has the "factory" recovery not the cwm recovery. i am too tired, did i miss something here?

could you tell me, in your opinion, if it is the SDS? (all the problem started from the morning when i found the i9300t was stuck at the bootup image after i left it on the charger over night. )

is sending it for repair the only option? the warrant hasnt expired, but the binary count is 1, i guess it still voids the warranty. do you have some idea how much it may cost to fix it? (eg, in UK? just want to have some ideas, i am from australia) thanks a lot.
[Galaxy S III General] Apachi®:
+2 :p
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Full wipe is best. Not really relevant to this thread.

Read:

General > sticky roll-up thread > understanding the basics before rooting

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[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Should be. Using a code you previously purchased or other unlocking service
[Galaxy S III General] tonyt3rry:
Noon question how do I get 4.1.2 MG4 baseband I'm on 4.1.2 MG4 and I'm in two minds about installing ROMs again
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Whats a gt-p3110?

For gt-i9300 I have the mg4 and mg2 baseband linked in post 1
[Galaxy S III General] tonyt3rry:
I posted from my g tab 2 7 that's the number
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Ah ok. Well in that case, my answer stands ;)
[Galaxy S III General] jonpenn101:
Is it dead?

Well after spending nearly all day trying to fix my GS3 I think it's dead. Tried all of your suggestions plus many others i found online which none helped.

I installed CM10.2 and then found i had no service can get wifi but no phone network signal or Mobile internet. My IMEI has changed to a 4999 one so i know it's not right.

I have an international I9300 if you or anyone can think of anything before i have to resort to returning it to Samsung please let me know!!

jon
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Can't give any suggestions without knowing the exact history / current state / what you tried
[Galaxy S III General] kangerX:
Do you have the original efs folder back up ? As stated above , give some more info about what you tried..

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[Galaxy S III General] jonpenn101:
I do have a backup but when I manually out the contents in and deleted the old ones it put me in factory mode. I got out of factory mode but still no service. Tried flashing back to a stock ROM with odin still no luck.
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
When did the issue happen? What caused it? What roms have you been on since it last worked? What basebands? What are you on now?
[Galaxy S III General] jonpenn101:
It happened this morning after flashing Temasek's newest ROM Android 4.3 CM10.02. I was coming from Sotmax V19. Since then i have tried KIES_HOME_I9300XXELLA_I9300OXAELLA_742798_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5 flashed with odin. and i have just flashed Adroid Revolution in a vain attempt to get it working after trying everything you have suggested and reading countless pages which did not help as they were for the US version of the GS3 not the international one which i have. If you think there is another Stock ROM i can flash or if there isa way i can fool it into recreating the EFS partition correctly please let me know. I'm at my wits end with it now!!!

Cheers Jon
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
It doesn't sound good Jon. It sounds like there was some corruption there. Best bet is to get a warranty repair. Failing that, a good mobile phone repair shop will be able to fix it with equipment pretty cheap £10 - 20 I imagine / heard / guessed
[Galaxy S III General] jonpenn101:
Not really what I wanted to hear but so be it. I guess I will get it back to stock and try Samsung see what they say. There is only one good shop close by that might be able to fix it. But I think im more knowledgable than they are lol. Oh well. Cheers anyway.
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Good luck. Please let me know what happens / how you get on
[Galaxy S III General] jeromejeremytay:
One of the user stated here in Page1 that it is possible to backup efs using custom rom. Well my question is, is backing up using TWRP enough?
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
As previously stated, I think it best to have multiple backups
[Galaxy S III General] kangerX:
Don't forget to clear flash counter in case you're betting on claiming warranty !

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[Galaxy S III General] yken:
people who dont have network, flash Pardus Rom or Omega v8. Network returns.
[Galaxy S III General] longzaixing:
I have flashed a XXEMG4，and dont have a efs back，does it mean i cant back to an older baseband anymore？
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
This only works because these ROMs you mention contain either the MG2 and MG4 baseband. Please read the thread before posting. This is a nonsense solution.
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Its a difficult one. Sds traditionally breaks recovery and since you already have modified info in download mode, its hard to tell.

Try a full factory reset from stock recovery (although this wipes internal sd)..

If you can try odin flashing philz recovery too, that may help

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[Galaxy S III General] yowpatet:
Hi. i think i messed up my efs resulting to "no network" problem. Here is what i did leading to it.

1. root my phone

2. flashed to XXEMG4 from XXELLB

3. root again

4. installed apps for rooted phone

5. while i was uninstalling some default apps this shows up on screen "process com.android.phone in not repsonding" so i reset the phone and it did not show again. so i thought everything is fine now and i was wrong.

I inserted the my sim and got "NO NETWORK". I dont know what caused the prob because from step 1-4 my sim wasnt inserted.

-did factory data reset still no network

-checkiing imei using *#06# shows "null/null"

-checkig status in settings shows "process com.android.phone in not repsonding"

please tell me what to do to fix my beloved phone........
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Well I cant tell you what to do without knowing which steps you took in post 1.

Please describe in detail, each step you took in post 1, with the outcome.
[Galaxy S III General] alwayseric:
factory reset didnt fix the problem. i sort of get rid of the boot loop issue by flashing an old ics stock rom. now the phone can boot into the ics with only ONE BIG problem. no network. as you could certainly already think of, i got IMEI null/null.

what can i do apart from sending it for repair?
[Galaxy S III General] yowpatet:
Are you are asking what i did in post 1 of this thread well nothing yet. have no backup so what I need to do reflash the latest stock ROM using Odin. this one I9300XXEMH1?

or

You are asking how i rooted my phone? if its that i used ClockWorkMod Recovery and odin
[Galaxy S III General] alwayseric:
roll back to stock

hi rootSU,

i found this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1710613

could you confirm i can reset the phone back to factory mode if i follow his procedures? do you reckon Samsung will still notice my phone was rooted and waives the warranty?

update:

after i flashed back to the vodafone australia's stock, the phone started indefinite boot loop again!!!!

what should i do?

it seems the phone only works as a "smallish tablet" when 4.0.4 ics is flashed, not the stock vodafone's rom (4.1.2??).
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Post 1 of this thread has all the options including modem

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[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
What happened when you flashed Philz?

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[Galaxy S III General] alwayseric:
i didnt flash philz. i flashed an ics, which made the phone usable as a tablet... i thought if i could return the phone to the factory setup, i could send it back to samsung for warranty. so i installed triangleaway to reset the counter. flashed a stock recovery. when i tried to follow that How-To to wipe the phone, i got confused about stock recovery and custom recovery.

anyway, i checked imei, NULL.

i flashed a stock rom (Vodafone Australia), could not get past the samsung logo, endless boot loop.

i also tried something else, but basically, nothing worked. do you think i should still give Philz a shot?

i am really exhausted :(

i am thinking if i can manually entry the imei. the imei is actually printed on phone box. btw, efs folder is empty.

update: what can philz do?
[Galaxy S III General] MoonBlade:
[MENTION=2872010]rootSU[/MENTION] will wifi work even though the imei is corrupted?
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Philz is a recovery and it may not be able to help at all. Stab in the dark really.

Most mobile phone repair shops can rewrite the imei, for (guessing based on conversion) 30 AUD. It's probably the easiest method.

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[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Should do. Imei is used to uniquely identify your device on the cellular / mobile network.

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[Galaxy S III General] ananjay:
Everything works except if you are on stock firmware, you are deprived of calling facilities and OTA updates.

---------- Post added 16th October 2013 at 12:03 AM ---------- Previous post was 15th October 2013 at 11:58 PM ----------

I don't know how this happened. Installed stock firmware over SuperNexus Rom.

It results in IMEI changed number and Serial Number was blown too.

I tried to patch up serial number using Ariza-busy box. Once Serial Number was fixed, I tried to flash Stock Firmware to gain back IMEI. I gained IMEI but serial number was blown again. One or other way, I was able to bring back the things but somehow I couldn't maintain them. It steamed my head for 4-5 hours to bring the back the Serial Number and IMEI.

That was quite annoying experience.
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Yeah I'll bet. If only you'd seen post 1 of this thread first eh?!
[Galaxy S III General] ananjay:
I read first post. But is there anyway to fix simultaneously serial number and IMEI number?
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Zuluman

Repair

As per post 1

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[Galaxy S III General] alwayseric:
Thanks a lot, rootSU.

I gave up the idea to fix it by myself.

This is what i have done. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2323847&page=10

could you take time to have a look at what i wrote and answer my two questions (in that post) and confirm if the phone is ok to be sent off for warranty repair? thanks.
[Galaxy S III General] inferol:
I've been stupid luckily enough, i flashed rom without even your reading basic of rooting/flashing thread and i realised the importance of efs >.< I'm new to android since april 2013 but i learned quickly along the way.

I need some clarification, i'm little confused about mg4 thing

device: gt 19300 international

rom: cyanogenmod 10.2

kernel: googy-max 1.7.5 (love the battery :p)

So i've created a backup using ktool on this rom and the baseband version is xxufme7

i dont see any mg4

am i doing something wrong here? or is xxufme7 the correct baseband to backup? what mg4 stands for but i'm confused, i dont see any mg4, i only see me7? :S
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Eh? You can only have 1 baseband at a time. If you have me7, you can't also have mg4

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[Galaxy S III General] inferol:
yes i know that

just was curious if im supposed to have mg4 not me7

so me7 is the correct baseband? i know im a noob :s
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
There is no "correct baseband". Use what you like.

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[Galaxy S III General] inferol:
alright thanks :)
[Galaxy S III General] S3LEE:
Corrupt s3

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Hello could you also help me I didn't flash anything but my imei has gone to generic and the only back up I think I have is of the corrupt imei could I send you my back up to see if you can save it please?

Thanks
[Galaxy S III General] ronvasse:
Tnx for this info.

Almost had a Tia after flashing whahaha

Verstuurd van mijn GT-I9300 met Tapatalk
[Galaxy S III General] Asi6:
Hey everyone! This is my first post on this forum, although I visit it regularly. However, I have some major problems with my Galaxy S III and I've been trying to solve them since 3 days. Firstly, I want to say that I really did read most of the threads here, but I couldn't find a solution, so I decided to make a new one. So, my phone is not locked, but I realized that I couldn't connect to a network outside the country I live in. I use the same sim card which I use in my country, so I thought I have some roaming problems, because when I got back, everything was alright. I mean, I used my sim card without any problems immediately after I came back. Now I am out of the country again and I faced the same problem with my sim card, which is working on other phones. I tried other sim cards on my phone and I still cannot get into a mobile network. After that, I decided to look around the forum and I realized that I have updated to 4.1.2 two months ago and I probably have problems with EFS since I am with xxemg4 rom. I had an EFS back up on my external SD card and I tried to back it up using ktool, but without any effects. Then I decided to downgrade, I used different stock roms, even modified ones (such as MIUM and CM 10), but nothing couldn't help. Tried ariza patch, tried to patch the modem, tried "EFSv2 basebands" and they did nothing. Everything just got worse. My IMEI now starts with 0049, even my serial number is not the same. I tried to use nv_items_reader_writer to get back my IMEI but it doesn't recognize my phone. Then I tried to use the #7284# command, but my phone doesn't recognize it. I am out of ideas and I dont know what to do. I cannot take my phone to service, because I am not in my country and I dont have international warranty. I welcome every suggestion.
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Why on earth did you flash ariza patch? Its nothing to do with your issue.

I hope you backed up EFS from before ariza patch. You could try reflashing rom and baseband. If not you may be best taking the issue to the ariza thread.

Your initial issue could have simply been baseband not compatible in the foreign networks. No EFS problem before you started messing with your phone.

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[Galaxy S III General] yowpatet:
I brought my i9300 to a authorize service center but they were not able to fix it from XXEMG4 now its XXEMA2 from null to 00499. Is the service center just incapable or my phone is now a mini tablet?
[Galaxy S III General] Asi6:
I have an EFS back up from before and I already tried to flash a ROM which is for the country I currently live in and then tried to use the backed up EFS file with ktool and nothing happened.
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Try deleting EFS content before restoring.

Beyond that, I can't help with ariza caused issues

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[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Can't comment without knowing the history.

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[Galaxy S III General] yowpatet:
here is the story

first i rooted my phone then decided to update to XXEMG4 from XXELLB because of multi window mod then rooted the phone again got the no network problem so i factory reset still no network. So i started googling and found this thread so i checked my device and found out that my imei is null and baseband is unknown :eek:.

So i sent the device for repair at authorize samsung service center they were able to fix the baseband but the imei is the generic type 0049 and built num is now MA2. Just thinking they might not able to fix it because maybe efsv2 is not yet available in my country
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
What if you flash mg4 now?

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[Galaxy S III General] yowpatet:
I was trying to do that yesterday but stopped before pressing start at oddin. I think i was tromatized :eek: by my previous experience.

Im not sure if this subject is tabo but can the box thing surely fix the problem?
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
Usually a mobile repair shop can repair imei etc with a "box". You would still need to flash mg4 first though

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[Galaxy S III General] RootJunkie:
Hi guys,

.I've searched many places for this answer and come up short because there's a mixture of issues, so here goes:

* Phone purchased second hand by bro-in-law, bought it already rooted, but on a BTU ROM. IMEI in About section is different to that which is displayed on the back of the cover. He only knows how to message, browse and call, so he didn't check these details.

* Don't know the previous stock ROM(i.e., T-Mobile, Voda, 3G or BTU). It is currently on a ROM of I9300XXAELLA and baseband of I9300XXBLFB.

How I find out what the orginal firmware was?

* Phone worked fine for more than 4 months without any hiccups, but recently having signal issues(intermittent disconnections), even with different networks(sim cards). So can't be provider issue. Or can it? Tried the Vanir ROM without backing up, issue(s) still persists. Seems to me like a software issue as there's been no physical damage, but can't be sure. The IMEI was unchanged after flashing Vanir ROM.

* I can access the mobile network signal settings when the signal is functioning, but not when it goes off. Can't make any calls when this happens or send any messages. Toggling between Airplane modes does the trick on the odd occasion but quite often it won't make any difference, it seems to have a mind of its own.

I'm leaning towards a baseband issue or radio/modem, if these aren't the same things. I'd like to revert it back to stock to see if it that works, but I have no idea which firmware to use because I need a way to find out what would work best in this situation.

That's about all I can think of right now...oh and one more thing, there's nothing backed up i.e., EFS folder or IMEI because nothing came with the phone. If you need any more information, feel free to ask.

Thanks in advance

RJ

---------- Post added at 07:12 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:08 PM ----------

Hey rootSU, I don't live very far from you at all - in Keighley. I was wondering if you'd accept a payment to fix it....and I can deliver or you can pick up. It's literally 5-10 mins away from where I am. Or you can do as normal which is to help from this site. Entirely up to you, but the former requests would make my life a lot easier.

Thanks
[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
You say it's on XELLA now? And IMEI is correct at the moment? FYI, there have been some 3 UK and Vodafone issues in our area. Not sure if they Share masts (assume not).

If the IMEI is correct at the moment on XELLA, we're in a good place. Do as many EFS backups as possible. You can literally use any GT-i9300 firmware. The baseband you are using is VERY old, we're talking June 2012.

I don't think you'll need my help, physically but I'd be happy to help if you're stuck - but I doubt it would come to that. First things first, if the IMEI is currently correct on the baseband you have now, then you have EFS V1. We can back that up (using multiple tools) then flash the latest UK BTU Stock.

To get the latest BTU stock, go to sammobile.com and choose "firmware" from the black nav bar at the top. When the page loads, locate "firmware" on the grey nav bar, immediately below the black one. Fill in the fields half way down the page to find all the firmwares available as BTU.
[Galaxy S III General] yowpatet:
kfastso poetic

Are you telling me to flash mg4 before going to repair shop because I have efsv2 but my current build number is MA2 so the box and the technician will repair it as efsv1. Cant the box just create a new efsv1 folder for MA2?

or

Im over analyzing and youre just telling me that flashing to mg4 might fix the problem.
[Galaxy S III General] bornlivedie:
you can't go back, you will have to use modems that are compatible with efs V2

flash MG4 before, otherwise he wont be able to repair it