i got F180 k (korean version of Optimus G) on last wednesday . Phone was running fine on stock jellybeans. Previously ive rooted all my smartphones and flashed different roms etc and at times ran in trouble too like boot loop and soft brick but managed to get out of that. This time i decided ill stick to stock but my itching fingers could not agree on this decision.
i rooted device and did following
solved stock sms problem
removed all korean bloatware
removed korean cellular network boot and shutdown animation
removed korean keypad
removed dual clock(one which shows local and seoul time on lock screen).
This much was enough and my phone was giving english look (despite being on stock korean firmware) with korean language found just in dialpad. Although i installed a custom dialpad and solved korean issue but my itchy fingers insisted me to remove korean dialpad too . That was the time hardluck knocked on my device . I deleted some system files and rebooted but phone dint reboot and stuck on boot logo. I did hard reset of device( this deleted the backup files of system files in storage ,which i had deleted earlier). Device rebooted and worked somehow ok but as soon as screen will lock it wont turn on unless i do hard reset again.
i downloaded .kdz for my device and installed it , phone booted fine and worked fine without any signal . i flashed different basebands , stock kdz, hybrid basebands ,installed open euro .kdzs, edited build.prop, and hell lot of stuff posted on xda but all in vain . My phone never catch any signal .On xda people have mentioned this trouble but they somehow managed it . In my case no remedy seems to work . Phone doesnt recognise my sim (Mobilink) and always say service disabled. On stock kdz if i manually search networks it just shows one network(Paktel gsm) which i guess must be zong . I dont have zong sim so couldnt check if it works.
Today i almost gave up hope and started using it as wifi tab because other than Mobile network rest all is working flawless including wifi etc .
i just want to ask has someone got into situation like this or does someone know if there is any remedy left?or some real expert software guy who can handle it(preferably in Gujranwala ,pindi or lahore) Thanks in advance
PS: i called a software guy and explained to him the situation , he was saying it's most probably locked . i cant understand it as all korean phones are unlocked by a law in korea AFAIK.
PPS:i am ready to get it repaired as far as software can solve the issue because i know once device is opened it will get worst and i might wont be able to use wifi on it .