Hi all,
I've been searching for the past 2 hours on how to unlock my T-mobile Vibrant. I didn't want to start a new thread but I'm getting pretty frustrated...
can someone help me with:
1. I keep reading in threads: "Back up your EFS folder" <--- i can't find it!!!
2. Will the "repair nv_data" help me unlock my phone? are there instructions on how to do this properly?
thank you!
Info:
Model: SGH t959 (t-mobile)
Firmware: 2.1 update 1
Baseband: T959UVJI6
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=822008
thread you want
you need root explorer or astro file manager to see the efs folder
Thanks for your direction! I've hit another wall...
when I move onto step 3: where it uses the NV_repair. Jar i get an error message in french... any idea what I might be doing wrong?
Yep.. your nv_data.bin and the .jar file have to be moved into the folder in french
along with the nv_data.binvierge
There is an online tool that you just upload your nv_data.bin file to, built off of helroz' method,
http://www.communityhosting.net/sgsunlock/
I don't know your situation, but have you tried to just request an unlock from T-Mobile? I used the unlock tool in the summer but recently called them for a few unlocks and it got emailed to me next day.
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Hi,
I have managed to lose my IMEI and empty my /efs folder. I was using the Gingerbread Beta 2 ROM provided by Whitehawkx on my Samsung Vibrant. Everything was great for me, I was loving it and was using it as daily driver. Until one day, my cell was in my pocket and I realized it was overheated. I removed it from my pocket and saw that it was frozen and had the double rainbow screen. I removed the battery to switch it off and restarted.
Since that moment, I lost all the files under my /efs folder and also lost my IMEI. As a result my phone does not recognize any SIM card. I can use all other functions like wifi, bluetooth, etc. but cannot use any phone functions like calling, sms, etc.
Please please please help me out to resolve this problem. I do not have backup of my /efs folder. I do have nandroid backups of my JFD, JI6 and KA6 ROMs. (if that helps in any way)
I have already tried going back to Stock JFD with clear efs checkbox checked using odin but no luck...
Please Help & Very Thanks in advance...
P.S. Let me know if you need any more details...
This is tricky, but it can be done, I am not sure how much your phone is jacked up. But here is a link explaining how to do this, read carefully a few times before you proceed:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=881162
Good luck
oka1 said:
This is tricky, but it can be done, I am not sure how much your phone is jacked up. But here is a link explaining how to do this, read carefully a few times before you proceed:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=881162
Good luck
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Thanks oka1,
But before your reply I did something because of which I am screwed even more
While trying out everything, I flashed my Vibrant with the International Samsung Galaxy S ROM - 'I9000DDJF2'. I also used the CSC file that came with it.
This did not solve my IMEI problem but then now I can't go into Download mode or recovery mode as we do not have the home key that International Galaxy S has.
Please help me get in Download mode or Recovery mode so that I can get back to Vibrant ROM.
we do have a home button. use that to go to DL mode.
how come did that messed up your eds? was it told that you need to backup your efs folder?
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Got lucky, managed to get into Download mode. Found this post 'http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728698', the key was - "If you still can't enter download mode, you may want to try holding down the volume key + the power button. Plugging in your USB cable may also aid your efforts to enter download mode."
But this does not solve my lost IMEI and /efs problem. I did not know about backing up the /efs folder :-(
I am trying my hardest to try and restore my IMEI...
just get a replacement. that's the easiest way I think.
is your phone unlocked?
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Hey Im looking now through some old threads, might have a fix.
I did that too, but luckily, after that, i bricked.
Backing up /efs will avoid any problems like this?
Potential Fix
I attached a screenshot of the files that should be in your efs folder. When I unlocked my phone, it required deleting all of the nv files besides the log, which leaves -
The .android folder is empty
The .imei file contains your imei number (found under your battery - put it in without slashes)
The imei folder which contains bt.text with your bluetooth mac address and a code file with the word XEN
I would recommend ODIN back to stock, root, set up this file structure (leaving out the nv files), then download the sgs unlock tool, and run it. People have reported success using the unlock tool to rebuild nv_data.
If this fails try reading through this thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=879189&page=3
Thanks guys for helping out...
@iynfynity - My phone is unlocked. I can't get replacement since I am not in US. I bought it from ebay.com.
@pvspencer22 - I will try the way that you have mentioned. I thought since I am not in US, I can request someone from US to share their /efs folder contents. A nice guy from xda was ready to do that but then he was not comfortable :-(
Ya I wasn't to comfortable with it. It just doesn't seem safe for me to give someone else my IMEI. And plus I dont think it would work on your phone anyways, because the efs file wouldn't match your phone
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pvspencer22 said:
I attached a screenshot of the files that should be in your efs folder. When I unlocked my phone, it required deleting all of the nv files besides the log, which leaves -
The .android folder is empty
The .imei file contains your imei number (found under your battery - put it in without slashes)
The imei folder which contains bt.text with your bluetooth mac address and a code file with the word XEN
I would recommend ODIN back to stock, root, set up this file structure (leaving out the nv files), then download the sgs unlock tool, and run it. People have reported success using the unlock tool to rebuild nv_data.
If this fails try reading through this thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=879189&page=3
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I tried these ways, no luck :-( Seems that the only possible way to resolve this is if someone agrees to share the contents of /efs folder of a working spare vibrant phone. But then no one is ready to do this...
Wonder if it could be possible for YOU to give your information from your phone & battery to someone on here that could make edits to their files with your info and send it to you??
jmcghee1973 said:
Wonder if it could be possible for YOU to give your information from your phone & battery to someone on here that could make edits to their files with your info and send it to you??
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Not a bad idea
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My original IMEI was 351801041232857.
My phone model is TMo Samsung Vibrant, I bought it from ebay.com.
Not sure what other details would be required as the only thing different is the IMEI, rest would be just as any other Vibrant phone.
Currently I am on stock JFD (downloaded from xda) and my /efs folder is completely empty.
Guys, please let me know if any other information is needed. I would be more than obliged to provide it. I am just trying out all possible ways to resolve the problem and I deeply appreciated each and every message coming my way... This is what makes xda so special...
As I have said, my handicap is that I am not in US, else I could have easily asked T-Mobile to solve this problem for me...
FATEOWNZYOU said:
Ya I wasn't to comfortable with it. It just doesn't seem safe for me to give someone else my IMEI. And plus I dont think it would work on your phone anyways, because the efs file wouldn't match your phone
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I have nothing against you mate, you were just trying to help... I have completely understood your concern...
About the second part whether it would work or not, we need to try it first to figure out whether it works out or not. That is why we are here... trying to help each other out...
Guys, someone please help me out with /efs folder contents of a spare Vibrant phone...
kisfit2000 said:
Guys, someone please help me out with /efs folder contents of a spare Vibrant phone...
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reply if you still need help. I got a solution as long as you have the backup efs folder.
iynfynity said:
reply if you still need help. I got a solution as long as you have the backup efs folder.
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Thats the main problem, i do not have backup of my efs folder. My efs folder is empty and hence I am requesting someone to share their efs folder contents :-(
I need a vounteer helper who can share his efs folder contents...
Please...
I had unlocked and updated to froyo on my Vibrant. After several months it simply stopped working on the telcel network (Mexico). I never was able to root under Froyo.
I later discovered that my IMEI was at a fake IMEI that is posted all over the net from others with the same issue.. I dont know if the provider cut off my phone immediately when the IMEI arbitrarily changed or the IMEI had been bad all along, and they finally started blocking this fake IMEI. Judging from the phone crash that occurred that day, however I think the phone lost its IMEI that same day it stopped working on Telcel
Fortunately I searched old files and my backups are worth gold because somewhere in the process I had saved /efs and /efs/imei in a folder called Galaxy_S_Unlock.
My question is , how do I restore the IMEI and does it matter that I am now on Froyo and the Back ups may be from Eclair?
Thanks I would like to get my Vibrant working again
I'm sure you can use that one.
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I recovered my vibrant in the following way, as other methods I found did not work after re rooting.
I did the full recovery found at androidspin. They wont let me post the link here
Then rooting was easy on Eclair 2.1, I used one click root method
Since the back up I had had both nv_data.bin and nvdata.bin.unlocked I used es file explorer and copied this nvdata.bin.unlocked from my NAS directly to the efs folder, at the same location as the original nv_data.bin in the phone. I renamed the original file nv_data.old and the newly copied file was renamed to nv_data.bin.
My phone came back as an unlocked Eclair 2.1 with original IMEI, and only because I had those files
compared to other methods that I saw about how to do this this was WAY easier, and since I had trouble with root access on terminal emulator and other programs crashing.
I still however can not download from the market, and was wondering if I need to replace one of these other files too.
Hello,
I have my Vibrant Eclair unlocked, do you recomend me updated it to Froyo with Samsung Kies? or if I upgrade to froyo will to locked the phone?
thanks
markosjal said:
Update ________
I recovered my vibrant in the following way, as other methods I found did not work after re rooting.
I did the full recovery found at androidspin. They wont let me post the link here
Then rooting was easy on Eclair 2.1, I used one click root method
Since the back up I had had both nv_data.bin and nvdata.bin.unlocked I used es file explorer and copied this nvdata.bin.unlocked from my NAS directly to the efs folder, at the same location as the original nv_data.bin in the phone. I renamed the original file nv_data.old and the newly copied file was renamed to nv_data.bin.
My phone came back as an unlocked Eclair 2.1 with original IMEI, and only because I had those files
compared to other methods that I saw about how to do this this was WAY easier, and since I had trouble with root access on terminal emulator and other programs crashing.
I still however can not download from the market, and was wondering if I need to replace one of these other files too.
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I am not able to recover my IMEI number as per your steps. Can you point me to exactly where did you find the procedure to do this?
I have a US AT&T GSII and unfortunately they don't allow the access to the Network Operator Selection menu, so I'm told if I replace a file and restore it'll get the menu access back for me.
Can anyone who is on the STOCK Galaxy S II International version send me a copy of the file apns-conf.xml from the /system/etc directory via PM or post on here?
I think there's a way to extract it from the Stock ROM, but I can't find that on here, and don't know how to extract just that file.
Thanks
bella92108 said:
I have a US AT&T GSII and unfortunately they don't allow the access to the Network Operator Selection menu, so I'm told if I replace a file and restore it'll get the menu access back for me.
Can anyone who is on the STOCK Galaxy S II International version send me a copy of the file apns-conf.xml from the /system/etc directory via PM or post on here?
I think there's a way to extract it from the Stock ROM, but I can't find that on here, and don't know how to extract just that file.
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Use a file manager like Root Explorer to navigate to it.
knightnz said:
Use a file manager like Root Explorer to navigate to it.
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I have the ATT version, that's why I want the file from someone who has a SGSII International to send the file, because it's not on my version, hence why I asked here, hehe. Did you read my post entirely? It explains it.
Thanks!
apns-conf.xml
bella92108 said:
I have a US AT&T GSII and unfortunately they don't allow the access to the Network Operator Selection menu, so I'm told if I replace a file and restore it'll get the menu access back for me.
Can anyone who is on the STOCK Galaxy S II International version send me a copy of the file apns-conf.xml from the /system/etc directory via PM or post on here?
I think there's a way to extract it from the Stock ROM, but I can't find that on here, and don't know how to extract just that file.
Thanks
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I am on stock KI8 and found a copy of the apns-conf.xml file in /etc (not /system/etc). For what it's worth, here is the file.
Hope it works for you - I'd love to know.
Jacko
njackson said:
I am on stock KI8 and found a copy of the apns-conf.xml file in /etc (not /system/etc). For what it's worth, here is the file.
Hope it works for you - I'd love to know.
Jacko
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Thanks. How would I implement this into my stock ROM so I don't have to start over? And will this unlock the search screen?
bella92108 said:
Thanks. How would I implement this into my stock ROM so I don't have to start over? And will this unlock the search screen?
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You said in your first post that you just needed to copy this file in. To do this you will need a file manager that will let you have write access to the root directory. Root Explorer will do this, but your phone will need to be rooted if it is not already. There are plenty of guides in this forum on how to do this, but my preference is just to flash the appropriate Chainfire cfroot kernel.
Please also note that once you root your phone your warranty will be void, although there are also guides on the forum about how you can go about bringing it back to stock. Many of the carrier specific stock ROMs are also posted in the forum.
Before you do any of this though, you should note your current ROM details as listed in Settings/About Phone, and after you have rooted, but before doing anything else, you should perform a CWM backup.
Once you have done the copy, I would think you would need to re-boot your phone for anything to take effect, but I can't give you any guarantee that it will work (or not).
Jacko
njackson said:
You said in your first post that you just needed to copy this file in. To do this you will need a file manager that will let you have write access to the root directory. Root Explorer will do this, but your phone will need to be rooted if it is not already. There are plenty of guides in this forum on how to do this, but my preference is just to flash the appropriate Chainfire cfroot kernel.
Please also note that once you root your phone your warranty will be void, although there are also guides on the forum about how you can go about bringing it back to stock. Many of the carrier specific stock ROMs are also posted in the forum.
Before you do any of this though, you should note your current ROM details as listed in Settings/About Phone, and after you have rooted, but before doing anything else, you should perform a CWM backup.
Once you have done the copy, I would think you would need to re-boot your phone for anything to take effect, but I can't give you any guarantee that it will work (or not).
Jacko
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I was already rooted and unlocked. Simply doing these two things in themselves don't unlock ATT's locked manual network selection screen. I even tried deleting the CSC directory and files per GTG, and I replaced the APNs Config File, and rebooted, the manual network selection menu is still locked. :-( I'm beginning to wonder if this is hopeless. :-(
Hi all,
Hope you guys can help me.
Two days ago I was digging my rooted device(2.3.5) and had accidentally uninstalled my "settings.apk",... Now I cant change my settings because I've lost my access to settings menu..Also, many functions like widgets, wifi config and sms service seems to be gone.
Can you guys believe I was able to do that?? haha...
I need someone to send me this apk again or..... Since My device is from Brazil and I dont know if there's something diff between verions, I need to reinstall my Android but I couldnt find a tutorial..
Could please try to help me??
Regards,
Fernando
look for the fastboot files for your device in the development section
My razr is also from Brazil, but was bought in Canada. It is not rooted. Can I help you anyway?
Hummmm...Maybe....if you could send me the "settings.apk" I can try to reinstall it... Since your RAZR is from Brazil, I bleieve you'll find it with diff name, "Configurar.apk"
I'd be glad if you try..
Fernando
"fergione @ g m a i l . c o m"
Didnt work. still no access to settings menu.
Hey
A user has sent me the settings.apk, bur it hasnt worked, it finishes the instalation with the msg "Application is not installed"...I believe I'll have to reinstall 2.3.5 (brasilian versionagain... I saw lots of threads talking about it, but since I'm not familiar with this it will be hard to find the right one?
Could you please point me the right thread to follow?? Is there a step by step?
Thanks,
Fernando
You don't install system apks, you push them to /system/app, or drop them in there manually with a file explorer that has root access (root explorer, es file explorer, et cetera). User-installed apps live in the /data partition.
Make sure you have the matching settings.odex in /system/app as well.
Sent from my XT910 using xda premium
Hummmm.. i hope this will help u
Great...
I'll try that, but I also need the ".odex" as for razr 2.3.5 as well.
MAX6500, could you send me your ".odex" file too??
Thanks
Hi all,
I'm facing similar issues...
I stupidly deleted some system files which I had backed up, the backup however dosent seem to work even after placing it in the system/app folder with the right permissions and ownership.
also I can't seem to find a leaked fastboot file for my system version: 65.1.21.XT910.PSHAsiaRetail.en.03
any ideas?
My RAZR is back...
dco717 said:
look for the fastboot files for your device in the development section
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I've downloaded SBF file and reinstalled using RSD file and now it's fixed...
Moderator can now close this thread.
Tks
hi,
i know this is an old phone, but i need to use this again. so it is sim blocked and i have almost cried in unsuccessful attempts made to unlock it. i have tried all the apps from google store and none of them work. this was the best method i found http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1064978 so i rooted my phone and i have the nv_data.bin file and i opened it using the hex editor file and i dont know what to do with it. please help.. could i upload this file somewhere so that you guys can look at it?