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[Galaxy Note 3 General] .san:
I've grabbed a ROM file which claimed to be a stock ROM over here: forum[dot]xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=72540914&postcount=4340

It was like any other ROM a zip file installed via the TWRP recovery mode. To my surprise on that ROM the SIM was detected and I could make phone calls.

I'm now even more confused about the status of all these other ROMS out there that, according to lots of users, support the N9005 but for some reason simply doesn't work on my hardware.

I understand that this case is unconventional and contradicts common observations. I've been reading up on the issues getting the SIM to work quite a bit (mainly on this forum) before I gave in and decided to create an account and ask for help. The SIM card is solid. It could indeed have been an issue but it works on my older S6 and now on the stock ROM as well.

There are a couple of things I might do differently than most other users. Like I said I flashed using Heimdall. That's why I, in my first post on this thread, shared the command I used. There could have been an error in there. To make sure that was not the case I redid most of the earlier tests with Odin on a Windows box. Unfortunately, It didn't make a difference. Especially now that there is a ROM that works with the firmware and bootloader I think the issue is not in this area. But good to have that ruled out (or don't you think we can rule this out?).

I install ROMS using TWRP 3.2.1-1 and I always flash advanced wipe ("Dalvik /ART Cache", "System", "Data" and " Cache") before installing a new ROM. After the installation I do another quick default wipe (just Cache/Dalvik) just to be sure. The ROMs I install I always do zip verification. However some ROMS like the lineage OS weeklies do (often if not always) not pass this zip verification.

When I install a new ROM I don't install open_gapps or anything. I can do without the google services on my devices. It shouldn't be of importance but I guess that is one of the other unusual things I do. I'll do some tests where I do flash those as well to see if it impacts anything.

If you could point out what other areas of my setup could be exceptions I'm happy to share how I do things.

[edit] I've tested with open_gapps installed on the latest LineageOS 15.1 ROM but I get another (this time google themed) message asking me to insert the SIM card.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] JJEgan:
I would use the same modem/baseband & CSC as the stock that worked.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] .san:
The thing I was trying to get across is that the ROM I used is a regular ROM and not a complete firmware flash.

Contents of the Galaxy_S5_Stock-ROM.zip:

[DIR] data
[DIR] META-INF
[DIR] system
boot.img

For comparison below the contents of the lineage-14.1-20180809-nightly-hlte-signed.zip:

[DIR] install
[DIR] META-INF
[DIR] system
boot.img
file_contexts.bin
system.new.dat
system.patch.dat
system.transfer.list

So, unless I totally get it wrong, this doesn't update the bootloader nor the modem firmware but only updates the OS.

In the case that I'm wrong can you point out where I can find the modem and bootloader in this package?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] JJEgan:
Baseband/ modem bootloader are in the Baseband and Bootloader threads probably just under this thread .
[Galaxy Note 3 General] dikkebas:
Correct, no modem or bootloader in Lineage nightly zips.

As explained in this thread to update them you need to use Odin and the instructions in Op
[Galaxy Note 3 General] .san:
Thanks for the replies but I think you missed some of the things I've already tried and posted earlier on this thread. Let me quickly recap the story so far:

Step 01: Recently I acquired a Note 3 and installed LineageOS 14.1 on it.

Step 02: I noticed that the SIM was not detected by LineageOS and read up on this topic via the usual channels (e.g. reddit, xda forums, LineageOS JIRA). Based on the information I gathered I tested various bootloader/modem settings, especially those other reported as working, but couldn't get LineageOS to detect the SIM with any of these. This is where I signed up to this forum and created my first post describing the situation thus far. [1]

Step 03: After the feedback on this thread I confirmed that the bootloader/modem were flashed correctly. To eliminate any other causes of the firmware being broken by redoing most of the tests with Odin (I've mainly used Heimdall up till that point). Still LineageOS didn't detect my SIM even with combinations that worked for others. [2]

Step 04: To exclude it was an issue specific to LineageOS I installed ~10 other custom ROMS from different groups and using different versions of Android. In all of these the SIM was still not detected. [3]

Step 05: After installing the stock ROM (without the matching bootloader/modem) the Note 3 was suddenly detecting the SIM and I was able to make phone calls. [4]

Step 06: I expressed my confusion about the earlier not working bootloader/modem not working with the other ROMs but that those did work with the stock ROM. [5]

This is where we are now. I don't fully grasp why the stock ROM (which doesn't include bootloader/modem) does detect my SIM whilst all the other custom ROMs don't although they're having the same bootloader/modem binaries that should make it work. The recommendation of flashing completely stock firmware doesn't make much sense to me because of the stock ROM working with the other bootloader/modem firmware whilst others don't. It's not that I don't want to flash more stuff but I try to understand the reasons so I'm not blindly following instructions.

JJEgan, dikkebas (nice nickname btw :D) or someone else can you please elaborate on why that test would matter?

Or can you explain a bit more on what you think could be the case?

Thanks!

.san

[1] https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=77273094&postcount=378

[2] https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=77281260&postcount=383

[3] https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=77288153&postcount=385

[4] https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=77307322&postcount=388

[5] https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=77344832&postcount=390
[Galaxy Note 3 General] JJEgan:
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[Galaxy Note 3 General] wazer1337:
I dont understand this,

I have the N9005 here with oreo 8.1 installed from edricc with n9005XXUGPOK2

I have tried flashing the BL and CP

BL_N9005XXSGBQE1

CP_N9005XXUGPQB1

I used varous odin version, everytime its done, it reboots back to OS I check with phone info samsung and it still shows n9005XXUGPOK2?

Edit I figured it out!

Read that you need to pull the battery right after its says completed(success)

Then boot into download mode againg and flash once again doing the battery pull again then boot into OS and check, it is now flashed correct.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] JJEgan:
As per instructions in post one ??
[Galaxy Note 3 General] wazer1337:
No it did not work for me, I had to pull the battery AFTER not before(did not work) to make sure it does not reach OS startup and break the update.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] MagicLogins:
I just want to report my experience with the missing SIM problem, using LineageOS:

I flashed with odin v3.13 the following

BL_N9005XXSGBQE1

CP_N9005XXUGPQB1

I first did exactly as said in the first post: Turn off your phone, pull out battery, insert battery and by pressing and holding, vol-/power/home, go in download mode open Odin and connect to pc. Put BL in BL, CP in CP and press start Done.

BUT after that: I waited 5 minutes, then I removed the battery and then I removed the USB cable.

After that I booted the OS and the signal was there.

I don't know if everything of the previous was essential but it worked.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Eleo:
After flashing is successful (if you didnt touch that option on ODIN) phone will autoreboot. Once it says "PASS" in ODIN, you can (and should) remove the usb cable. There is no need to wait 5min and remove battery after flashing is successful. It has no effect whatsoever.

And yes. On nougat and oreo threads it is asked to flash that latest bl and cp. Latest modem is must to get signal on nougat+ ROMs.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Hereiwas:
There's no need to wait and remove battery after the " PASS" by Odin! Missing sim, probably, was just a problem related to old bl and cp
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Eleo:
Only CP. If problems with old BL, it will either not boot or be quite unresponsive, but not sim related

:o
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Hereiwas:
True
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Red_shift:
New firmware:

Model	SM-N9005

Model name	GALAXY Note3

Country

Version	Android 5.0

Changelist	4540543

Build date	Fri, 31 Aug 2018 11:17:55 +0000

Security Patch Level	2016-01-01

Product code	PHN

PDA	N9005XXSGBRI1

CSC	N9005PHNGBRI1

https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-note3/SM-N9005/PHN/download/N9005XXSGBRI1/236324/
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Eleo:
PDA (bootloader) is new but phone (baseband) is older than latest available (e.g. nordic ones). See here:

https://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?q=SM-N9005&rpp=15&order=date&dir=desc&exact=1
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Red_shift:
True... :(

I didn't find the baseband version and hoped it would be a newer version too...

1.2 GB download, it's taking forever

Do you think there will be something other useful or just the bootloader?

---------- Post added at 10:36 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:01 PM ----------

Here is the content:

hidden.img.ext4	8.642.744	03/09/2018 09:15	-a--

cache.img.ext4	21.639.412	03/09/2018 09:15	-a--

system.img.ext4	2.271.539.012	31/08/2018 14:14	-a--

NON-HLOS.bin	5.900.032	31/08/2018 14:14	-a--

recovery.img	11.790.608	31/08/2018 14:14	-a--

boot.img	10.828.048	31/08/2018 14:14	-a--

aboot.mbn	946.696	31/08/2018 14:14	-a--

rpm.mbn	164.380	31/08/2018 14:14	-a--

tz.mbn	321.284	31/08/2018 14:14	-a--

sdi.mbn	32.356	31/08/2018 14:13	-a--

sbl1.mbn	280.976	31/08/2018 14:13	-a--

modem.bin	51.742.464	16/10/2015 12:49	-a--
[Galaxy Note 3 General] rayman95:
I just flashed without issues a new BL from new firmware from Netherlands..I up the file here if someone interested

BL_N9005 XXSGBRI1
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Eleo:
But the CP is old, right? If you downloaded the zip you can check (or share us the modem.bin + NON-HLOS.bin to check)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] rayman95:
I don't flash it because it's N9005XXSGBRI1_N9005PHNGBRI1_N9005XXUGBOJ1_HOME.tar ..

So normally it's the BOJ1 modem but I up it if you want to try it...HERE

---------- Post added at 11:58 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:47 AM ----------

I just dl the LUX firmware BRH1 to see the modem inside but it's the XXUGBPF1 version....:(
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Eleo:
Thanks for confirming:good:

In updato site it gives both bootloader and modem versions. You can check it before downloading
[Galaxy Note 3 General] sionizer:
No mirrors found!

Inviato dal mio SM-N950F utilizzando Tapatalk

---------- Post added at 03:32 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:26 PM ----------

Ops ok... that's all right

Inviato dal mio SM-N950F utilizzando Tapatalk
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Hereiwas:
Today i don't have time! Tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, i will update the thread.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Scorpionea:
thanks,flashed on my device with no problem too!

cheers;)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Hereiwas:
The latest BL and CP are in OP but, as already explained above, the baseband is an old version. Personally now i am using BL SGBRI1 ( Netherlands) and CP UGPQB1 ( Nordic Countries ) because they are respectively the most recent
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Red_shift:
I did the same.

Maybe you could update the first post in the thread:

...and BL from Netherlands (RI1)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] tkolst:
It funny You know. I live in Norway. And I have better experience with POK the version before UGPQB1. there is bad reception in my appartment and with POK i have less trouble when calling. Just wanted to share my experience. Anyway Thank You for your service, very much appreciated! :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Hereiwas:
You're welcome mate
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Hereiwas:
I have a fast connection and I thought it was good to put it in everyone's service. Is not this the true spirit of XDA?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Hereiwas:
A thank you from JJEgan is like having made thirteen at the pools.....:D
[Galaxy Note 3 General] JJEgan:
What is 13 at the pools ??
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Hereiwas:
When yo win the lottery
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Hereiwas:
Considering that the updates for the note 3 become more and more rare, it is the case to stop also with the updates of this thread
[Galaxy Note 3 General] worldchanger007:
after flashing, my phone n9005 is still stuck at logo screen. home button is bad so i cant enter recovery mode to wipe and reset phone. what do i do now. thank you
[Galaxy Note 3 General] rayman95:
Use ADB on computer.....
[Galaxy Note 3 General] worldchanger007:
i already tried that. It said daemon not found, meaning since my phone isnt fully turned on it cant detect it. Besides i need to turn on usb debugging for that method to work out.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Eleo:
Btw you did not say what you flashed

You can have adb connection even of your phone didn't boot, as long as it passed the splash page. Once bootanimation starts, you can get the logs on adb for instance.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] asusgarb:
Judging from the CP letters, the one from Netherlands is the most recent modem available. I'll give it a try to it today...
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Eleo:
No. Netherland's is quite old CP/modem. Latest is nordic. Please use this to judge the "newness":

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-note-3...-remix-n-v5-8-3-vanilla-t3615227/post74012537

So as you can see, the one on Netherland's OJ1 is of 2015, whereas Nordic QB1 is of 2017.

You can try Netherland BL RI1 (2018), but I didn't have any good with it, so I reverted back to Nordic BL QD1 (2017)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] asusgarb:
Yes, sorry. I confused it with the CSC visible in sammobile firmware.

About this, can you tell me how can I check CP modem version? I know I can always check in this thread, but if I want to check by myself, is there a way or a database?

About you experience, how was it bad? Actually I'm on QE1 bootloader, but lately I'm having terrible battery life. Seems that Nordic Country is still the best for both CP and BL, right?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Eleo:
You can see modem/phone version on site. E.g. updato.com tells you that

Bootloader version has only minor effect or not at all on battery drain. As long as it is not old, you will not notice THAT MUCH difference. I have used nordic for both and italy qe1 for bl. No major difference.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] asusgarb:
Thank you very much!

Can I ask you what problem did you have with latest BL (Netherlands). You told me about bad experience. I was thinking to try it, but maybe that's not the case, but I was curious to know.

By the way, I was thinking to format the phone making a clean install. I was thinking to use latest Netherland ROM as a base to start, but I would wait (bit worried about your bad experience with BL). Otherwise I'll flash or Italy or Nordic Countries (your opinion?).
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Eleo:
Idk actually. I should not have used that wording. I was inbetween testing. So I am not sure whether the issue was on bl side or my setup. It was flashed by many users and was rated as good, so you should try it.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] asusgarb:
One last question, this time about updato.com.

When I do deep clean I still use SamFirm Tool because it let me download ROM in binary mode. Updato should be this tool's successor, but I've never been able to download ROM in binary mode from the site. Am I missing something or is it really impossible?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] worldchanger007:
I fixed it already. I made up my mind to fix the power and home button at a phone repair shop. thanks.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] henrick23:
Rom luxenburg

Every time I try to pass it an error at the end

Does anyone know what it is My device is a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Sm-n9005 32 Gb ?

Enviado de meu SM-N9005 usando o Tapatalk
[Galaxy Note 3 General] JJEgan:
Pass what ??

What error ??

In odin ?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] henrick23:
Yes, to pass the rom by the odin will pop everything normally at the end of the error as something is missing

Enviado de meu SM-N9005 usando o Tapatalk
[Galaxy Note 3 General] JJEgan:
Is that what it says.

Something.

Does it not tell you what the thing is?

Usual odin fails are PIT or poor file download.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Buckster76:
Quick question please

I've got twrp and lineageos 14.1 installed and using one of the latest cp modem firmware

Can I install one of the latest bl or will it mess up my twrp and lineageos install ?

Didn't spot it on the thread but what advantages are there with installing later builds of BL please ? Can see improvements/changes possible with modem firmware but wondered what advantages a newer BL could give over the original ? Sorry if previously asked

Many thanks and much appreciated
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Eleo:
On first post of thread, there is a paragraph written by me ("useful info thanks to Eleo"). Check it out. About advantages, you cannot distinctively observe it, but fir sure, newer the better.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] nessuno10:
For news update ita of our beloved 3 notes

Per notizia aggiornamento ita del nostro amato note 3

Galaxy Note 3 (Snapdragon) SM-N9005 ITV N9005XXSGBRI2 Android 5.0 07.09.2018 4540543 Lollipop

To extract BL and CP

per estrarre BL e CP
[Galaxy Note 3 General] JJEgan:
Its not allowed to post sammobile direct links.

Hide it.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] rayman95:
completely useless...modem is old BOJ1 and BL is BRI2

(Android security patch level: 01.11.2015)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Buckster76:
do any of the Modem/CPs before Nordic QD1 one work with Lineageos 14.1 please ? Just I seem to get poor reception in the UK with the Nordic CP - it seems to often pulse up and down in signal strength which it didn't do before. I've tried the Italy one etc etc and just get no SIM installed error message on boot into Lineageos 14.1

many thanks
[Galaxy Note 3 General] JJEgan:
TRY UK BTU modem/baseband
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Buckster76:
thankyou - do you know where I could find the UK BTU one please ?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] JJEgan:
In the firmware from sammobile. Updato.com etc.

Flash full firmware easiest
[Galaxy Note 3 General] asusgarb:
I prefer using binary mode. In an Italian forum I remember some users were saying flashing the 4 files (BL, AP, CP, CSC) offers a better clean base instead of the unique file downloadable from updato.

To have done in binary mode I always use "SamFirm Tool".
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Eleo:
CSC is borderline useless. And afaik AP changes custom recovery.

But yes, if you want a real clean one, just flash stock firmware with needed bl and cp and then modify on top of that one (su, recovery, custom ROM and etc)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] blah44000:
Find the best CP (Baseband) for my N9005

I installed Lineageos 14.1 (hlte) and this Firmware Samsung firmware NEE build 05-04-17 Country Nordic Countries (QD1) SM-N9005 : CP = QB1 and BL = QD1

My SIM card is detected and I catch my Cell provider only in 3G (H+). I like to get the 4G (LTE).

I kept the BL QD1 and installed the CPs OJ1 and then OA2 but the SIM card is not detected in both cases.

Do I need to install again the Lineageos to detect the SIM card ?

Do I need to install the other CPs : PB1,PG1.... ?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] JJEgan:
Read post above yours.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Hereiwas:
Considering the fact that there are no real news, i do not update the page. Let's wait and see what happens....
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Umberlee:
Hi everyone.

How do you know which is the latest baseband firmware and bootloader files? By looking at the last 3 letters? Or how exactly.

Any way to check individual modem.bin file version? Or BL individual file version?

I'm getting crazy deciding which one is the latest so I finally extracted latest official update files for my country published by sammobile at 29-11-2018 and flashed these BL and Baseband Firmware, but I dunno if these are the latest ones.

Thanks guys
[Galaxy Note 3 General] JJEgan:
Via sammobile latest.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Eleo:
Explained in OP. Please click the link shown in attachment
[Galaxy Note 3 General] powerbyandroid:
Hello

When I flashed pie rom, I just had 2 bars or sometimes no signal, I was thinking maybe I didn't flash latest bootloader and baseband, cos I'm using Nordic bootloader n baseband.

Should I flash latest BL from Netherlands ?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Eleo:
Disregard bars on statusbar. Read -dB or asu levels instead.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] powerbyandroid:
Hi

Sorry I don't understand..... ??
[Galaxy Note 3 General] JJEgan:
Status bar signals are not accurate just an estimate .

Use a proper tool to measure signals .
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ksbalajee:
Hi [MENTION=8092410]Hereiwas[/MENTION],

I initially came to this thread from Resurrection remix rock stable setup for note 3 for nordic rom. By then I was using a 3G network but now I wan't to have 4G with VoLTE on note 3 n9005. I have been using Havoc rom for sometime and also see you are using it too. Do you have any idea on how to get 4G with VoLTE on Havoc rom? I have found some old threads pointing to a fix that only works on darklord rom of a note 5 port. Does flasing a baseband and cp of a VoLTE supporting region enables this ?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Eleo:
VoLTE will never work. Sorry. Only that darklord ROM was able to do it and some more TW ROMs. But I haven't seen any nougat+ aosp/Los ROMs able to do it

Good luck.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ksbalajee:
Thanks for your response [MENTION=224760]elio[/MENTION]. :) But once I tried to swap the csc file and succeeded but only for few mins. Then I gave up the effort and lived with RR and now recently swapped to Havoc and loving it but the volte is what I'm missing. I thought after all these years and newer firmwares someone would have come up with a generic solution for this. :rolleyes:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Eleo:
For someone to come up with a solution, that someone should have access to volte. Those who could have solved do not have access to it (to test it) and those that do have access to VoLTE do not try (or have not been succeeded) to fix it.

That is the story in a nutshell
[Galaxy Note 3 General] dark_phoenix:
okay. yeah that is the issue so far. and you said that "some more TW ROMS" apart from darklord. can you please tell me which more roms ? cuz i have tried them mostly all. NONE is capable of voLTE. only darklod rom is able.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Eleo:
I myself haven't used VoLTE, so I cannot be the judge. But in MagMa NX users have reported working VoLTE after several modifications (search in that thread to find out). But I cannot use it myself as I don't have it in my operator/carrier
[Galaxy Note 3 General] sushrukh:
I never got VoLTE to work....I didn't want to use old custom FW so I didn't try Darklod rom...Currently I am back to stock...Yes it's the same old Lollipop but all of my battery life related issues due to custom roms have been solved...I tried many custom roms & only the RRN was stable for me with good battery life...

Also I have upgraded to Huawei Honor Note 10 so my N9005 is my backup phone now & since custom roms were not giving me much stability & I was not being able to use the S-Pen & the Smart-Cover, I reverted back to stock & I'm happy that I did...

If your operator has support for VoLTE, I think they may/will also have an app which converts LTE to VoLTE...I don't know which country you are from but in my country India, they have an Android/IOS app for non-VoLTE phones which converts LTE to VoLTE so that you can send & receive calls...Check with your operator if they offer something similar or not... :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] moj2006:
Note 3 Signal Strength problems

Hello

I have a 9005 Note 3 nokia that is complete with the SIM card of an antenna operator and it is very weak with the other operator's SIM card. By switching bl and cp I can solve the problem.

It is important to use both bl and cp

It is very agonizing this issue

Thankful