I9305- Flash this patch on your Device

We call stock, an unmodified software or feature.

I like Linux so much, but it your situation, please, take the Windows computer of a friend, and use Odin to flash the latest Samsung Firmware (corresponding to your model and CSC), you also could flash TWRP with it.
It will take 30-60 minutes. This way we are sure to see if we are in front of a hardware failure (SIM slot) or just a C.K.I. issue ( Chair to Keyboard Interface ).

What I also saw is that in all firmware zip files I downloaded the PIT file was missing except in the first one what was the
GT-I9305_3IE_1_20140731175530_hyn5whpc8n_fac.zip

what was definitely not the right one.
https://sfirmware.com/downloads-file/135709/GT-I9305_3IE_1_20140731175530_hyn5whpc8n_fac

But that is the most important. Isn’t it?

Yes as your phone was not shiped by a specific Irish carrier.
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Your other post point to German firmware, but witch one is matching with your device CSC ?

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I was curious about CSC

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In the heimdall guide it is noticed that better way to get the pit, is from the device itself,
Anyway usually, most of the Samsung PIT files i have dowloaded are called “EUR_OPEN” (european model variant, free of carrier) so they are same whatever the country.

This is how it looks like for me:

ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: GT-I9305
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: Yes (9 counts)
CURRENT BINARY: Custom
SYSTEM STATUS: Official
Secure Download : Enabled
KNOX VARRANTY VOID: 1
AP SWREV: A3

When I search this on Sammobile: https://www.sammobile.com/samsung/galaxy-s-/firmware/#GT-I9305 there are many variants by country and carrier.

I guess this explains the SIM patch. The patch will unlock the device from a carrier. You need to refine this search with your “country code”.

However, the device is showing as S II rather than SIII - I cannot explain.

When I search (the unexpected to me) AP SWREV: A3 it seems an error message.

May because @h2b2 have flashed a wrong firmware ?

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This archived firmware is only available for premium users.
Please click here to become premium.

https://www.sammobile.com/samsung/galaxy-s-/firmware/GT-I9305/DTM/download/I9305XXSFQA5/169714/

For high speed download complete latest firmware, factory tagged “bin” ( 4 files, download filename ends by _FAC ) and update ( without wiping /data, 1file ), use sfirmware

For all archives high speed download update ( 1 file ) latest firmware, use samfw
Also provide interesting COMBINATION FIRMWARE

For all archive firmware, low speed download and sometimes download error, use samfrew

For all archives, paid high speed download use sammobile

I don’t remember about samdb particularities

ARE YOU SURE YOUR PHONE WAS ORIGINALY SHIPPED BY DTM DEUTCH T-MOBILE CARRIER ?

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The problem is that I’ve downloaded the most of these firmwares and not one fitted in my phone. The names of the files didn’t match to the names of the folders (only some of them did match).

No I’m not shure that the phone was shipped by DTM. But that was just the German file in the list.

Could the phone possibly be imported, is there any trace of branding suggesting the original carrier? I guess you searched already.

No branding or stuff like that. I don’t know. But don’t think so.

Back to heimdall, you could try compiling it.

https://doc.e.foundation/how-tos/build-heimdall

Perhaps the GUI would give you more clues?

I don’t understand that. I can get the PIT file from the phone? How to do that?

@ aibd: Heimdall frontend is running on my computer now. This is not the problem. The problem is that the files are not fitting to the folders.

A tool Samfirm is mentioned in this post.

Thank you. I will try this.

I downloaded the firmware

VOD-I9305XXUFNL1-20150209155758.zip

from samfrew.com then I tried to install the files. There are the following files:

boot.img
cache.img
hidden.img
modem.bin
recovery.img
sboot.bin
SS_DL.dll
system.img
tz.img

Some of the files I could install with heimdall frontend. But with the following files heimdall says:

Error: Setting up interface failed!

system.img
boot.img
recovery.img

Also the .bin files and the .dll I could not install.

https://imeicheck.com/imei-check

Edit :
On a “old” phone for witch no new update / upgrade will be ever released by Samsung,
Exact CSC No realy matter for using custom OSes, as we wipe /system and /data, the carriers addson apps will be erased
Important is the used CSC contains the right cellular bands used by the carrier in the country.

IN YOUR CASE, you could use ”DBT" witch is Deutsch free of carrier and all Deutsch carrier capable

it is not a firmware file, it is just needed for download or extract

it was windows only and no more working