Please help: "Insert SIM Card" error on SPRINT network

[Bradley Uffner]

No, the clockworkmod tar file won'r restore you to stock, it just gives you root. You want to download the stock Sprint image from xda-developers - View Single Post - [Official] Latest STOCK ROMS for SPRINT SGS3 (SPH-L710) - [24/05/2012 - L710VPALEN]
and use Odin to flash it.

 

[Skunkape60]

Ok so im going to go into odin and flash the clockworkmod tar file right? im so sorry about this. im confused and i have never done this before

If you are trying to stock you will not be flashing cwm.

 

[Skunkape60]

No, the clockworkmod tar file won'r restore you to stock, it just gives you root. You want to download the stock Sprint image from xda-developers - View Single Post - [Official] Latest STOCK ROMS for SPRINT SGS3 (SPH-L710) - [24/05/2012 - L710VPALEN]
and use Odin to flash it.

I wouldn't use that. The updated return to stock releases by Samsung for our phone is in the return to stock guide.

 

[Skunkape60]

No, the clockworkmod tar file won'r restore you to stock, it just gives you root. You want to download the stock Sprint image from xda-developers - View Single Post - [Official] Latest STOCK ROMS for SPRINT SGS3 (SPH-L710) - [24/05/2012 - L710VPALEN]
and use Odin to flash it.

The clockwork mod tar doesn't give you root. It just loads clockwork mod. The team epic root from recovery gives you root.

There is a return to stock guide stickied in this section. It has the updated tar from Samsung that will return you to stock jellybean. I just updated yesterday.

 

[Thadd Valeika]

So you dont think i should use that guide to flash to stock? can you post a link where it will tell me how to flash to stock?

 

[Skunkape60]

So you dont think i should use that guide to flash to stock? can you post a link where it will tell me how to flash to stock?

If you are still rooted. I would go into recovery and wipe data/factory reset and format system in the advanced menu of cwm. Then I would use this method and files to return to stock.

http://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?t=195095

 

[Thadd Valeika]

unrooting my phone worked ans so did that guide you posted. thank you so much!!!

 

[Skunkape60]

unrooting my phone worked ans so did that guide you posted. thank you so much!!!

No problem... Glad to help.

 

[Skunkape60]

Sorry, I was referring to aleksb6's post, where in step 3 he says "Root the phone with this guide . Make sure to toggle the binary protection to off per instructions in the guide." Which links to this guide http://forums.androidcentral.com/sp...e-updated-how-root-your-sprint-galaxy-s3.html

I'm confused about what "Binary Protection" aleksb6 is talking about as I don't see it mentioned in your guide anywhere.

Yeah... I haven't a clue about the binary protection.

 

[viper59]

My phone doing same thing insert sim card, took it to sprint a tech pull up a hidden menu and said my phone thought it was a international version and changed some setting he did not give me the code to do that,still having problem.

 

[Skunkape60]

My phone doing same thing insert sim card, took it to sprint a tech pull up a hidden menu and said my phone thought it was a international version and changed some setting he did not give me the code to do that,still having problem.

Follow these instructions and see if it fixes the problem you don't have to be rooted to use this.

http://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?t=195095

 

[Freddy Austin]

okay so i have tried almost every thing that y'all have talked about. but i am still getting the insert sim error. when i bouth the phone it was rooted. i put it in download mode right away to check the counter and he only flashed one rom.... well the reason i wanted it back to stock is because the rom that was on it killed my battry. well i went to qbking77's websight and fallowed his vid. like i normaly do. well it pushed it back to ics 4.0.4.... so i tryed doing the manual update like i have been told but it errors out every time. just want stock so i could root it and still be running stock. any advice would help. thanks

 

[meyerweb#CB]

Freddy, if you haven't already, try this: http://forums.androidcentral.com/sp...-30-2012-sprint-only-unroot-return-stock.html

 

[neville noble]

my phone is showing please insert sim also phone is vibrating also

 

[Jason383]

Power OFF for 2 minutes and start your device again. Many time, it's worked.