Hi All,
i m facing with the problem of Backup,
i have Qtek 1010 , with ROM version 4.00.11, i took the backup of only contact and appointment. Now my ROM is currupted , i installed ROM ver 3.17.03, but in this version dont have the option of only contact and appointment backup/restore. so i unable to restore it.please kindly do need full for me.
Also how to open that backup file and Excel file in windows desktop PC.
reg
kareem khan
if it's an activesync backup then read this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=13390&highlight=stg
I have GS3 i9300 International version.
My EFS partition has been corrupted.
I already have the backup available i took with EFS backup pro but when i now connect through it it doesn't pick it up even though i have put it in the same directory.
I also tried to backup the existing EFS folder (Which doesn't have anything in it) using Root Explorer in Phone but got an error 'Can't locate Mount Point!"
How can i restore my EFS folder again? Any suggestion will be helpful as i have been trying to read all what is available at XDA.
There is no IMEI and baseband available. I had the stocked firmware when this happened with CF root and Siyak Kernel.
I have checked in CWM Recovery mode.
All partitions are mounted except EFS and i am not able to mount it even in recovery.
So after like 24 hrs, i am finally able to restore everything back to normal .
Since the efs partition was not mounting, i used the following commands to do so manually in terminal
Code:
mke2fs /dev/block/mmcblk0p3
mount -w -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /efs
The link that helped me realize this was
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1857811
After running this command i had signals and Wifi begins working but IMEI was turned to generic.
Then i turned to EFS bakup pro and this time successfully restored my efs folder and getting my origional IMEI back.
So all this taught me that flashing and tinkering with your android phone carries a huge risk and we should all be prepared to face such issues if decided to do so.
But really, what's the fun if we don't .
Following are some issues that i faced during this whole process which i am sharing if anybody else gets in the same situations
- The first thing i did was to flash the stock firmware but this lead to an unrooted phone again
- I used CF root to gain root privileges again but supersu was asking for binary updates before giving root permission to other programs.
- So i downloaded SAMSUNG GALAXY S3 TOOLKIT which is an excellent resource for everything related to rooting, flashing and backing up GS3.
- I rooted with busybox so that EFS backup pro can be used.
- Since my GS3 was not having mobile or wifi signal, this toolkit helped a great deal.
- One small thing that i missed was place my EFS back in a folder named "EFSProBackup" which is to be placed in the same directory as the executable of EFS Pro so that it can recognize it in restoration tab.
I hope this will be helpful if anyone gets stuck in this issue.
Oh glad you resolved it
This shows how important an efs backup is
《spilled from dragon jellybean rom》
Thanks for dropping by bg
I had ruined my i9000 same way and used it for a year with generic imei. I had to copy paste the efs folder everytime i rebooted the phone. Now i am on i9100 but i havent yet backed up my efs, can you guide me how to do it?
Download EFS Pro from here EFS Pro.
Connect your phone with pc via USB and make sure you are not using USB Mass Storage mode.
Start EFS Pro. Obviously, you need to be rooted and have busybox installed for this application to run.
Your phone information will be displayed once it's connected.
Create a backup of your EFS Folder either with a .img or .tar extension.
And keep flashing hassle free .
TSKXDA said:
Download EFS Pro from here EFS Pro.
Connect your phone with pc via USB and make sure you are not using USB Mass Storage mode.
Start EFS Pro. Obviously, you need to be rooted and have busybox installed for this application to run.
Your phone information will be displayed once it's connected.
Create a backup of your EFS Folder either with a .img or .tar extension.
And keep flashing hassle free .
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Thanks alot man. I'll do this asap.
TSKXDA said:
So after like 24 hrs, i am finally able to restore everything back to normal .
Since the efs partition was not mounting, i used the following commands to do so manually in terminal
Code:
mke2fs /dev/block/mmcblk0p3
mount -w -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /efs
The link that helped me realize this was
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1857811
After running this command i had signals and Wifi begins working but IMEI was turned to generic.
Then i turned to EFS bakup pro and this time successfully restored my efs folder and getting my origional IMEI back.
So all this taught me that flashing and tinkering with your android phone carries a huge risk and we should all be prepared to face such issues if decided to do so.
But really, what's the fun if we don't .
Following are some issues that i faced during this whole process which i am sharing if anybody else gets in the same situations
- The first thing i did was to flash the stock firmware but this lead to an unrooted phone again
- I used CF root to gain root privileges again but supersu was asking for binary updates before giving root permission to other programs.
- So i downloaded SAMSUNG GALAXY S3 TOOLKIT which is an excellent resource for everything related to rooting, flashing and backing up GS3.
- I rooted with busybox so that EFS backup pro can be used.
- Since my GS3 was not having mobile or wifi signal, this toolkit helped a great deal.
- One small thing that i missed was place my EFS back in a folder named "EFSProBackup" which is to be placed in the same directory as the executable of EFS Pro so that it can recognize it in restoration tab.
I hope this will be helpful if anyone gets stuck in this issue.
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Thanks TSKXDA !
With this i able to mount /efs and sucessfull recover my EMEI !
Thanks again !
Hi there.
I'm with the exact same problem and I can't solve it cause shell says "Permission Denied".
Anything I can do?
RE
Press
su
before entering the commands
Unable to mount efs (same problem) but..
my phone just keep boot looping i tried to flash to stock and every time i wipe and clear cache i says unable to mount efs please help thanks
jhemartija said:
my phone just keep boot looping i tried to flash to stock and every time i wipe and clear cache i says unable to mount efs please help thanks
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As per identical posts .
Restore your backed up EFS folder ..
If you failed to backup your EFS folder then its a paid for service centre repair .
jje
JJEgan said:
As per identical posts .
Restore your backed up EFS folder ..
If you failed to backup your EFS folder then its a paid for service centre repair .
jje
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i failed to back up, is there any other way? thanks by the way..
jhemartija said:
i failed to back up, is there any other way? thanks by the way..
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As per ten thousand plus identical posts no .
jje
Any way if converting a .win backup of my EFS to .img? That's how my EFS got backed up. Also what's this I hear of a generic imei?
Sent from my Nexus 7 using XDA Premium HD app
Just read what the generic imei means. 0049
baseband unknown and imei null
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As per ten thousand plus identical posts no .
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Dear JJEgan,
i had done a back up of efs via EFS PRO and restored it via EFS PRO and restore was successful but the baseband is still unknown and imei still null.plz help this time i had read everything and done as per instructions and i have a backed up efs in my phone and pc as well
thanks in advance
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bala_gamer said:
Oh glad you resolved it
This shows how important an efs backup is
《spilled from dragon jellybean rom》
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Dear bala_gamer,
my name is gaurav.i've a gti9300 and l was on stock 4.1.2,i flashed resurrection remix rom and now i've following issues:-
1) BASEBAND VESRION-UNKNOWN
2)IMEI-UNKNOWN
3)MOBILE NETWORK-UNKNOWN
4)NO CALLS,no network although wifi is running smoothly and rest all is fine with the phone.i flashed back stock 4.1.2 and restored EFS via EFS PRO(which i had earlier taken backup on my pc) but the problem still remains although EFS PRO restore was successful
Further info:-
1)i can locate an EFS folder in the normal file manager which is empty
2)in the root explorer i can see an EFS folder with 18 files in it.
plz help thanks in advance,waiting for a quick response from your side
file manager shows empty because it is not operating with permissions to see it. This is not relevant.
use root explorer only
Just flash MG5 stock ROM from India. If it is still broken, send it for repair. Simple as that
TSKXDA said:
Download EFS Pro from here EFS Pro.
Connect your phone with pc via USB and make sure you are not using USB Mass Storage mode.
Start EFS Pro. Obviously, you need to be rooted and have busybox installed for this application to run.
Your phone information will be displayed once it's connected.
Create a backup of your EFS Folder either with a .img or .tar extension.
And keep flashing hassle free .
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Dear TSKXDA,
I did exactly the same way and took a back up then flashed a custom rom and lost baseband version and imei, i then flashed back to stock rom restored EFS via EFS pro but the issue still remains.You can see my numerous posts in this forum,plz help me out thanks in advance
Ok ill try explain what I did 1st.
I made full back up with ROM Manager saved on my PC and backed up EFS partition with EFS PRO
Then I flashed my ROM with ROMOW Extreme_3 after that IMEI = ok and signal showing = ok but "not registered on network"
Ok I thought big deal I’ll gonna recover from my backup and all gonna be ok but.... after backup exactly same "not registered on network" - WTF!?!?!?!
I gave a phone to my m8 he connected it to BOX and said NVM is corrupted and even if I can see my IMEI on my phone it’s actually not there on BOX it was showing “0000000”. – got fixed.
And then I repeated same mistakes again just with different ROM....and he fixed again... etc.... :laugh:
So any suggestion how to back up I mean proper back up?
Backup EFS folder .
Backup system and data vai Nandroid .
Backup apps with Titanium Backup .
Thats the usual method .
jje
JJEgan said:
Backup system and data vai Nandroid .
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Rom manager does nandroid backup and restore isn't it?
And if u red then u can see i made EFS backup but that still doesn't help.
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And if u red then u can see i made EFS backup but that still doesn't help.[/QUOTE]
If you read your own question that i answered .
Your question
So any suggestion how to back up I mean proper back up
jje
so whats the point of urs if u just repeat what i said u didnt suggest aanyting different
Guys i have a karbonn A21 running ICS 4.0.4
I recently flashed its newly compiled CWM recovery 5.0.xx version ( 5.0.2.8 is full name i guess)
When i try to backup my rom.. it backs up my system image... everything but when it comes to backing up of data .. it gets stuck at the last on a file tombstonenocrash01 .. and after some time the phone reboots itself.
When i check my backup folder in clockworkmod there's about 435 MB of backup data in there including recovery.img , boot.img , data.ext4.tar and system.ext4.tar .
I just wanna ask that is the backup of my rom Complete and is it safe to restore that backup without any errors ?
Because it didnt show " backup complete" and rebooted itself automatically while backing up data in the end .
Help me please !!!
I would not recommend to restore this backup. I don't think it is consistent.
Try the following:
Open your file manager and go to /data/tombstones. Delete tombstonenocrash01 and try backup again.
blu2lz said:
I would not recommend to restore this backup. I don't think it is consistent.
Try the following:
Open your file manager and go to /data/tombstones. Delete tombstonenocrash01 and try backup again.
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Dont you think it might cause a system crash by deleting that file ? Cause its in the android data folder( not on the sdcard) . There are three of those tombstone files. When i extracted my backed up data.ext4.tar i saw those three files are present . And moreover the size of data folder in android directory is same as that of backed up data.ext4.tar .
What should i do ? Restore or not ?
I am scared cause at the moment we dont have any stock rom for the device and if i restore the device and problem crops up then my device is gone. Suggestions please
I wouldn't use that backup ....it will tell you when backup is complete .......and it doesn't look like yours is
Your phone is still working ??? I would download a stock rom or another rom for your phone and copy it to sd card at least you can
use cwm to install it
Hope this helps
Nishchay1 said:
Dont you think it might cause a system crash by deleting that file ? Cause its in the android data folder( not on the sdcard) . There are three of those tombstone files. When i extracted my backed up data.ext4.tar i saw those three files are present . And moreover the size of data folder in android directory is same as that of backed up data.ext4.tar .
What should i do ? Restore or not ?
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As I wrote, don't restore.
For deciding to delete the tombstone files you might want to know what they are for:
If one of your apps crash (forced close) such a tombstone file is created. It is kind of a system dump to search for the error. Maybe some apps crashed in the past on your phone.
Always remember:
Files in /data are configuration files. If you format/wipe data in CWM recovery and reboot, your system is still okay. Wiping data only leaves you without configuration of the apps you have installed.
So don't panic, deleting tombstone files does no damage to your system.
blu2lz said:
As I wrote, don't restore.
For deciding to delete the tombstone files you might want to know what they are for:
If one of your apps crash (forced close) such a tombstone file is created. It is kind of a system dump to search for the error. Maybe some apps crashed in the past on your phone.
Always remember:
Files in /data are configuration files. If you format/wipe data in CWM recovery and reboot, your system is still okay. Wiping data only leaves you without configuration of the apps you have installed.
So don't panic, deleting tombstone files does no damage to your system.
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Deleting tombstone files doesnt help. It's still getting stuck at backing up data . Recovery's fault i guess
fredworxz said:
I wouldn't use that backup ....it will tell you when backup is complete .......and it doesn't look like yours is
Your phone is still working ??? I would download a stock rom or another rom for your phone and copy it to sd card at least you can
use cwm to install it
Hope this helps
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The phone is kinda new so no roms (even stock) are availible right now
Can anybody help in building a new recovery ?
Nishchay1 said:
The phone is kinda new so no roms (even stock) are availible right now
Can anybody help in building a new recovery ?
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Yeah.. Please Anyone...
I hope if backup is successful i can create a ROM
Please Anyone!! X)
Hi All
Kindly assist
Samsung Galaxy S III GT-I9300
i have updated to 4.3.2 and the problem started prior to it was working fine with ICS 4.0
i am able to search the network and it also register it , if i select it manually still on the notification bar it shows selected network is not available
i took the efs backup after flashing it , but it does't get corrupted i believe , but when i try to extract it in the recovery mode it show signature verification failed
i think my efs backup is not corrupted and it is intact but i am not sure...
i have downloaded Galaxsim Unlock after i flash the new rom and try to backup it says
"efs backup failed.stopping here to prevent eventual errors"
i downloaded HexEditor and it show the files in efs folder
i have tried with efs professional software and it backup the efs.img file in the pc , when i opened it it is empty
i don't think my efs backup is corrupt
but not able to fix "Not Registered on network"
please assist
i am attaching the images would request to to please check so you can find ,where is the problem actually
i also found that every time i updated different JB 4.3.2 ROM the last two digits of the IMEI of my mobile changes from /01 to /11
355944047XXXXXX/01 when i flash it 1st time
355944047XXXXXX/11 when i flash it 2nd time
please assist