Hi,
i updated mi SGS 2 to LPQ and i have those three problems.
the first thing i see is i dont get the welcome screen, i dont care this screen, but i get it as a symptom of my problem.
the second thing and the most bothering is that i cant get the lockscreen.
and the last thing is that when i press the lock button instead of showing the shutdown menu it shutdown.
i know this problems where present in the betas, but i flashed today a phone of a friend y he doesnt have any of these problems.
does anybody knows someway to fix this?
thanks!
Is this serious? If it is, just put in your information as it asks you to and it'll go away...
Edit: It seems I misread your post, but jk0l is right, it's probably your efs. Look for a the thread about how to recover your IMEI
Your efs is missing something.
There was a solution posted somewhere.
Sorry, cant recall which thread was it.
Try search the whole forum.
thanks jk0l i will search that.
i remember that i have read something about permissions, but i could find it...
*sigh*....
This is the THIRD separate thread (not counting the solution thread, and actually one other) I have seen on this issue.
Go here.
rothariger said:
Hi,
i updated mi SGS 2 to LPQ and i have those three problems.
the first thing i see is i dont get the welcome screen, i dont care this screen, but i get it as a symptom of my problem.
the second thing and the most bothering is that i cant get the lockscreen.
and the last thing is that when i press the lock button instead of showing the shutdown menu it shutdown.
i know this problems where present in the betas, but i flashed today a phone of a friend y he doesnt have any of these problems.
does anybody knows someway to fix this?
thanks!
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Hi,
Did you manage to find a solution for this issue? i am having the same problems. I have an additional problem of unable to register onto network as it did not show the sim pin screen. Need to disable sim pin to be able to register.
Thanks in advance for the solution.
fighter_foo said:
Hi,
Did you manage to find a solution for this issue? i am having the same problems. I have an additional problem of unable to register onto network as it did not show the sim pin screen. Need to disable sim pin to be able to register.
Thanks in advance for the solution.
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See my post right above yours. You were probably typing it at the same time I was typing mine. (this is for the lockscreen/power options menu issue)
i tryed that i didnt fix the problem...
rothariger said:
i tryed that i didnt fix the problem...
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Tried what I linked? I believe you may have to be rooted for it to work, but I'm not absolutely positive.
Are you rooted?
rothariger said:
Hi,
i updated mi SGS 2 to LPQ and i have those three problems.
the first thing i see is i dont get the welcome screen, i dont care this screen, but i get it as a symptom of my problem.
the second thing and the most bothering is that i cant get the lockscreen.
and the last thing is that when i press the lock button instead of showing the shutdown menu it shutdown.
i know this problems where present in the betas, but i flashed today a phone of a friend y he doesnt have any of these problems.
does anybody knows someway to fix this?
thanks!
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You have the efs/imei/keystr problem. You will have the problem until you fix it. See here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1512215
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22103709&postcount=5
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ctomgee said:
Tried what I linked? I believe you may have to be rooted for it to work, but I'm not absolutely positive.
Are you rooted?
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yes im rooted and i did what the link says.
sxi200 said:
You have the efs/imei/keystr problem. You will have the problem until you fix it. See here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1512215
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22103709&postcount=5
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yes everybody is pointing this file, but i have the file and the phone is still working wrong...
rothariger said:
yes everybody is pointing this file, but i have the file and the phone is still working wrong...
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Ok. Open up root explorer, long press the keystr file and open with text viewer. Does it have 'ON' written there?
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yes it does.
i also deleted the current file, reboot, created a new keystr file, and didnt worked.
i dont know if it is related, but my phone was one of the phones with USB problems
and also de imei problem, from time to time i lost the imei and i must to restore the efs folder.
So if you restore your efs folder do.you still have the problem?
Does restoring your efs show you your correct imei?
I also had this problem for over a month and couldn't fix it. When I copied the keystr & mps code files into the efs folder it fixed the problem. Make sure your keystr file name is all lowercase.
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sxi200 said:
So if you restore your efs folder do.you still have the problem?
Does restoring your efs show you your correct imei?
I also had this problem for over a month and couldn't fix it. When I copied the keystr & mps code files into the efs folder it fixed the problem. Make sure your keystr file name is all lowercase.
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Yes, I believe it's case sensitive.
yes all in lowercase..
i dont know what is mps code...
and yes it shows the correct imei...
rothariger said:
yes all in lowercase..
i dont know what is mps code...
and yes it shows the correct imei...
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Alright. Try this!
I have attached the 2 files from the imei folder. Copy paste to your folder.
But you need to rename them to:
- keystr.txt to keystr, take out the .txt from the end
- mps_code.txt to mps_code.dat, replace .txt with .dat
If your phone needs to overwrite the old ones let it.
If you are on PC, just right-click the files and 'save as' to you PC, then move to your phone then use root explorer to move to the efs folder.
View attachment keystr.txt
View attachment mps_code.txt
sxi200 said:
Alright. Try this!
I have attached the 2 files from the imei folder. Copy paste to your folder.
But you need to rename them to:
- keystr.txt to keystr, take out the .txt from the end
- mps_code.txt to mps_code.dat, replace .txt with .dat
If your phone needs to overwrite the old ones let it.
If you are on PC, just right-click the files and 'save as' to you PC, then move to your phone then use root explorer to move to the efs folder.
View attachment 947781
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Hi,
I am having the same issue and have copied the 2 files into my efs folder.
Still the problem persist. Also, with the issue that the lock screen doesn't appear, if there is a sim lock pin required, i will not be prompted as well.
and yes, i still have my IMEI intact.
Please advice.
fighter_foo said:
Hi,
I am having the same issue and have copied the 2 files into my efs folder.
Still the problem persist. Also, with the issue that the lock screen doesn't appear, if there is a sim lock pin required, i will not be prompted as well.
and yes, i still have my IMEI intact.
Please advice.
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They are actually supposed to go in the /efs/imei folder. Did you put them there, or just to /efs?
ctomgee said:
They are actually supposed to go in the /efs/imei folder. Did you put them there, or just to /efs?
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Thanks. That did it!!! I only put them in EFS/
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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...
Hi!
My imei just suddenly disappeared one day and I have been trying everything I could find on this forum to fix it. My .nv_data.bak files (in /efs folder) seems to be fine (from the date of the file), but I think my nv_data.bin files is corrupted. Have tried the methods of using the .bak file to restore the imei, but havn't worked.
I sent my phone to the service center, and they told me that they had to change the motherboard on the phone to fix it, and it would cost me 500USD+.
Is there a another way to fix the phone without changing the motherboard? Can't see how changing the motherboard can cost over 500USD when the phone itself cost 750-800 USD.
PM Odia, he'll sort you out.
zuperono said:
Hi!
My imei just suddenly disappeared one day and I have been trying everything I could find on this forum to fix it. My .nv_data.bak files (in /efs folder) seems to be fine (from the date of the file), but I think my nv_data.bin files is corrupted. Have tried the methods of using the .bak file to restore the imei, but havn't worked.
I sent my phone to the service center, and they told me that they had to change the motherboard on the phone to fix it, and it would cost me 500USD+.
Is there a another way to fix the phone without changing the motherboard? Can't see how changing the motherboard can cost over 500USD when the phone itself cost 750-800 USD.
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Why you must pay if your phone have 2 years warranty?
Red_Vex said:
Why you must pay if your phone have 2 years warranty?
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You void your warranty the minute you flash a custom Rom
Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
Moving to Q&A
Intratech said:
PM Odia, he'll sort you out.
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Talked with Odia now. Since my imei is blank and not 0049, the only way is to change the mainboard. Bah
Try this: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.helroz.GSII_Repair#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDIxMiwiY29tLmhlbHJvei5HU0lJX1JlcGFpciJd
I assume no responsibility.
Yeah, thought about it, but can't access the market when my imei is broken :/
Doesn't that tool more less just copy the /efs folder to /sdcard, (re)format it and copy everything back (i.e. fix the corrupted filesystem)?
If that's the case, you could do those steps via adb or terminal emulator app.
HellcatDroid said:
Doesn't that tool more less just copy the /efs folder to /sdcard, (re)format it and copy everything back (i.e. fix the corrupted filesystem)?
If that's the case, you could do those steps via adb or terminal emulator app.
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Exactly but I'm not sure how clued up the OP is so I offered him an easy option.
@OP can you not connect to the market with WiFi?
@ HellcatDroid I've tried that method with adb shell, but didn't work.
@ Intratech When I try to open the market app, a white screen just pops up in half a second, and the app close itself.
Intratech said:
Exactly but I'm not sure how clued up the OP is so I offered him an easy option.
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I should add that function to kTool too, I think.... shouldn't I?
Go for it mate. I like the work you're doing.
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zuperono said:
@ HellcatDroid I've tried that method with adb shell, but didn't work.
@ Intratech When I try to open the market app, a white screen just pops up in half a second, and the app close itself.
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Erm, try going to applications in settings and clearing the market data and see if that fixes it.
Hm, still can't get access to market. Isn't possible to download GSII_repair on PC and put it on the sdcard with USB?
I know that there are lots of forums but NONE of them answer this question, and i have spent the last week checking so i did my best. I have a SGS2 gt-i9100T with voda australia, if its relevant, and i have upgraded to XXLPQ ICS and it is rooted so i get CWM, and i have come across no lockscreen or power options. I had the same problem with the other versions of ICS but none with gingerbread. So initially i thought that i had to get into /efs/imei and change keystr to make it work. The problem is, no matter which root explorer i use when i get to the folder /efs i cannot open it. it just stays in the main / folder. I have tried to use a terminal to edit the file but it says that i dont have the permissions to do so and that it cant. i have backed up the folder using HC-K and it says that it was successful. Please someone who can help me as it is driving me nuts not being able to use ICS as it doesnt work. i also cant copy /efs as when i hold press on it and ask for info, it says that it has no files in it and no folders. and when i try to copy it, it says that nothing was copied as there was nothing TO copy.
So yeah, any help would be massively appreciated to all
so you're saying that backup was successful, why don't you make 2 backups, edit one of them to your need and restore it ? it should work.. and of course, don't forget to keep that 2nd original backup
I would except that the backup files/folders are not the ones that go in the /efs normaly. there is 2 files made from the backup, one called efs and it is a disc image file. and the other efs.tar. hang on, that tar file i may be able to edit. il get back to you on that thanks
huntsman0185 said:
I would except that the backup files/folders are not the ones that go in the /efs normaly. there is 2 files made from the backup, one called efs and it is a disc image file. and the other efs.tar. hang on, that tar file i may be able to edit. il get back to you on that thanks
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you can edit that TAR with WinRAR for example
No luck, when i edited the file oddly it made it 0.7kb smaller, even though i added a file. and that .tar is a .tar.gz
Can you reboot in download mode?
huntsman0185 said:
No luck, when i edited the file oddly it made it 0.7kb smaller, even though i added a file. and that .tar is a .tar.gz
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you have to pack it without compression..
078gregory said:
Can you reboot in download mode?
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Yes i can although i dont see how it helps
amozonesk said:
you have to pack it without compression..
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any help on how to do this?
huntsman0185 said:
Yes i can although i dont see how it helps
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You can flash with odin official firmware from Intratech thread
078gregory said:
You can flash with odin official firmware from Intratech thread
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i can although thats not what i want to do...
i have official firmware already from checkfus, its just this editing business thats has me confused.
the older firmware doesnt help when i need the /efs for ICS
also winrar says it can only add files to a rar or zip archive, so i cant edit the current .tar
try any other packing app, google is always here for you "how to edit .tar"
Yeah i used one of them, peazip and i thought i replicated the file perfectly and everything but its not working still, maybe i am lacking other files from /efs aside from the keystr one.
I have lost my lock screen and the pin screen. My phone just go directly to my home screen. I have flashed few times and its always the same.
Any idea? Or should i use a big hammer?
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*#87976633#
Just go to settings - security - lock screen
Then choose slide.. or pin or whatever and then youre back to normal
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Lol, I don't want to be rude, but why you posted question here?
sinto202 said:
I have lost my lock screen and the pin screen. My phone just go directly to my home screen. I have flashed few times and its always the same.
Any idea? Or should i use a big hammer?
Sent from my GT-P6800 using xda premium
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Run this in a shell, either with adb or terminal emulator.
Once done, make sure the permissions of the keystr file are rw-,rw-,rw-. You will need root to do any of this.
i trayed...but nothing
sinto202 said:
i trayed...but nothing
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Do you have root? If so, did you make sure the keystr file existed in the /efs/imei folder after you were done? If so, and the file was there, did you make sure the permissions of the file were correct as I said to? If you answered no to any of these questions, then you did it wrong.
ctomgee said:
Do you have root? If so, did you make sure the keystr file existed in the /efs/imei folder after you were done? If so, and the file was there, did you make sure the permissions of the file were correct as I said to? If you answered no to any of these questions, then you did it wrong.
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i did it, thx man... i put away my hamer..THX again
Hi guys, please help me
Home button, lock screen not working , and pressing the power button does not pops the menu . I know this is something to do with the keystr
but my keystr is there in imei folder.
I read the threads and found some solutions
1) I tried using the terminal emulator method. Doesn't work
2) Tried using the root explorer method (deleted the keystr, added new file and making sure the file is ON )
Help
3) I read in some forum about using Hex editor can anyone tell me how do I do this?
Please help. Thanks
P.s. I actually fixed the problem but it came back again after a few days.
extremeken said:
Hi guys, please help me
Home button, lock screen not working , and pressing the power button does not pops the menu . I know this is something to do with the keystr
but my keystr is there in imei folder.
I read the threads and found some solutions
1) I tried using the terminal emulator method. Doesn't work
2) Tried using the root explorer method (deleted the keystr, added new file and making sure the file is ON )
Help
3) I read in some forum about using Hex editor can anyone tell me how do I do this?
Please help. Thanks
P.s. I actually fixed the problem but it came back again after a few days.
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If the file already exists and contains ON, also make sure the permissions on the file are at least 644, or rw-,r--,r--.
ctomgee said:
If the file already exists and contains ON, also make sure the permissions on the file are at least 644, or rw-,r--,r--.
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how do i check this? thanks
extremeken said:
how do i check this? thanks
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Root explorer, long click the file, permissions.