> I have a similar problem, where I installed Replicant 4.2 right after
> getting the phone (I didn't back up EFS first). My phone says that the
> IMEI starts with 0049. I found this thread, which looks pretty
> comprehensive:
> http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/ref-imei-efs-stuff-i93
> 00-including-t2393289.
> I tried installing several different stock ROMs, and I tried taking my
> phone to a repair shop, all for naught.
> 
> I don't mean to hijack your question; mostly, I am very interested to
> see if we can find a solution!

Well, you can try and paste adb logcat -b radio so that we can have a
look at the issue. The symptoms may look similar but be caused by
different things, so don't assume that the solution to his problem will
work for you :)

> On 15-07-17 02:15 PM, Paul Kocialkowski wrote:
> >> I've successfully installed Replicant 4.2 0003, Replicant 4.2
> >> 0002 and also CyanogenMod stable (Samsung Galaxy S III (Intl) -
> >> i9300) but none seem to connect to a phone network.
> > 
> > Good that you have decided to free your phone :) Sorry that it
> > didn't work out of the box, though.
> > 
> >> Output of `adb logcat -b radio` on 4.3 0002 is attached.
> > 
> > Thanks for providing those. It looks like there is something wrong
> > with your nv_data. Could you please paste the result of: adb shell
> > ls -la /efs/
> > 
> > so that we can see whether everything is good with those files?
> > 
> > I strongly advise that you make a backup of those files as soon as 
> > possible anyway: adb pull /efs/ .
> > 
> >> I've inserted the SIM card fully and tried other known good SIM
> >> cards, and checked that mobile networks is enabled on the device
> > 
> > It looks like the SIM card is not to blame here -- it's purely
> > something internal to how the modem and the CPU interact.
> > 
> >> Under the battery, the device is labelled:
> >> 
> >> MODEL:GT-I9300 FCC ID:A3LGTI9300 SSN:- I9300GSMH
> > 
> > Looks like you got the model right, no problem here either.
> > 
> > 
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Paul Kocialkowski, Replicant developer

Replicant is a fully free Android distribution running on several
devices, a free software mobile operating system putting the emphasis on
freedom and privacy/security.

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