Hi community was wondering of anyone knows where I can find an app I can use the back up my EFS folder.
I'm on stock Rom with root and Busy box installed.
Thanks
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I don't think anyone has found a way yet. Alot of people have lost it while flashing.
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Doesn't exist yet, but many smart developers are looking into it. You can search and find a number of threads open on the subject.
Actually I lied: the efs folder you can backup, but it doesn't appear to contain the imei, assuming that's what you are actually asking for.
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Just backup all the folders
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Thanks guys. For now I've been flashing kernels do you think this is risky to do when it comes to losing IMEI?
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This app does it but having issues getting it to recognize my T-mobile G3
I sent an email to him, maybe its for international
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.hellcat.droiddev.ktool
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mike216 said:
Thanks guys. For now I've been flashing kernels do you think this is risky to do when it comes to losing IMEI?
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Yes, i lost my imei while flashing trinity kernel and i can't return it cause it past the 14 days refund. just hoping someone will get a fix soon. luckily i still got the sensation for a back up phone for now.
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Yes, i lost my imei while flashing trinity kernel and i can't return it cause it past the 14 days refund. just hoping someone will get a fix soon. luckily i still got the sensation for a back up phone for now.
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Wow I just flashed Trinity. What rom were you on? So it has nothing to do with CM but something else in the code, Fu*+
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I need a link that I can download the pg05img.zip file that my thunderbolt had before the new ruu update. I think it was .6 or .0023 or something . My phone ran so much smoother with it. Also I was running the perfect storm v1.3 and had a kernel from ziggy .(1.7) that I cannot find now from his website. I have been looking forever and finally I thought id ask you freaks. Jk . Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks . Oh and I searched every where to find it I'm just scared of losing in route because I rooted this phone the hard way having to install adb drivers and shell or whatever. Please help
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You posted the similar questions in two sections of the Thunderbolt forums.
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I had the same problem, all fixed now.
http://www.multiupload.com/V2ED7Y5EU2
1.12.605.6 radio from this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1045081
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You posted the similar questions in two sections of the Thunderbolt forums.
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If you don't have the answer for him, why bother responding at all?
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If you don't have the answer for him, why bother responding at all?
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I agree but it does get a tad irritating. I have been on the boards so long I have begun to ignore it. That link looks correct though.
Do I flash both of these files from hoot? Thanks for the help man some people take this stuff too seriously
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Your right I sure did and only because they said I posted on the wrong thread. What are you the xda police?
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Yes, put on root of sd card and flash through hboot.
I lost root. Can I get it back without having to do the terminal adb thing?
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The first one you put on here I flashed but my software still said 1.12.605.9
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The baseband version is the radio, not the software number.
How did you lose root?
Hey man seriously there need to be more ppl on here like you. Huge help. I fn flashed a stock radio apparently that caused me to lose root. I got confused about your post I knew what the first one was but didn't understand why the link to the thread was there. I had been there so many times. I'm getting the numbers confused I think . Do I have to root all over again? Can I flash a new radio from hoot? Thanks again
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So the software version .... What software version did I have when I got the phone ?
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Just wondering if the Thunderbolt had to be activated before rooting or not.
Anyone know?
I plan on rooting one for my mother in law but she hasn't activated it yet for service.
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Mine was rooted when I activated it. I ended up unrooting because there were problems with my activation unrelated to being rooted. Just makes sure you're on the latest firmware first.
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Thanks man.
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No problem. The reason you should stick with the stock ruu is because if they need software info it will match. I doubt they will hut you never know.
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No problem. The reason you should stick with the stock ruu is because if they need software info it will match. I doubt they will hut you never know.
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I probably will just root it anyways. If something weird happens, I'll just unroot it and start over.
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So it IS safe to root before activating?
Just double checking.
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So it IS safe to root before activating?
Just double checking.
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Yes but stay on a stock rom just to be safe.
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Yes but stay on a stock rom just to be safe.
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Yeah, just until it gets activated, then I can change over to a different ROM.
Thanks again man.
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Yeah, just until it gets activated, then I can change over to a different ROM.
Thanks again man.
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Yea. I remember on the Eris it wasn't possible to activate on anything but a stock rom. On this I'm not to sure so I would go with a sense 2.1 for sure.
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I can say if you have verizon you might wanna wait on rooting even if you root but have a stock rom because i sat in their store over an hour and a half one day setting up a new sim card with a samsung stratosphere i rooted and it had the tweaked rom and stock rom and had to unroot cuz their computer couldnt connect to device right and finally after 8 new simcards i just unrooted used my backup of original factory firmware i took before flashing customized stock rom.... I know im a lil late on this but my advice is root it after its been activated...save yourself hassle and embarrassment knowing they are not supposed to help you when your device is rooted...
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I can say if you have verizon you might wanna wait on rooting even if you root but have a stock rom because i sat in their store over an hour and a half one day setting up a new sim card with a samsung stratosphere i rooted and it had the tweaked rom and stock rom and had to unroot cuz their computer couldnt connect to device right and finally after 8 new simcards i just unrooted used my backup of original factory firmware i took before flashing customized stock rom.... I know im a lil late on this but my advice is root it after its been activated...save yourself hassle and embarrassment knowing they are not supposed to help you when your device is rooted...
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This is the reason I never go in the store. I've never had a problem activating a rooted phone. That is why I always suggest going back to a stock firmware though because cm roms and other aosp roms have trouble activating most of the time.
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Hey guys I've been trying to figure out why my rezound ( after root and s-off) has some crappy signal I have 1 bar and low data service almost everywhere but when I'm outside sometimes even then. From what I can collect its because I never installed a new radio or kernal. I'm not exactly sure what they are though or where to download them. ( sorry it may sound stupid but I'm lost at this point and have given up hope) I also saw something that said a radio is in a kernal. I have cyanogen mod 9 right now with the ics update and was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction of a kernal/radio good for my phone. I'm computer savy installing it won't be an issue but I'm just lost as to where to get it. I appreciate the help on this.
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This might help you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1614366&highlight=firmware
Thanks man I'll look into it
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Thanks man I'll look into it
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This might sound stupid, but after taking the battery cover off to do the S-Off trick, did you make sure it was back on all the way? the antenna for the rezound is on the battery cover.
Check your antenna tabs and make sure there are none broken off or damaged.
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They honestly all look fine I've seen something about that in other posts and checked it before
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This might help you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1614366&highlight=firmware
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This here would mean I could just flash the files over right? I believe my phone came with ics. It is s off and all I did was install cyanogen 9 with CWM. Did those flash new firmware? It may sound dumb but I just wanna make sure.
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This here would mean I could just flash the files over right? I believe my phone came with ics. It is s off and all I did was install cyanogen 9 with CWM. Did those flash new firmware? It may sound dumb but I just wanna make sure.
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No. You can only flash firmware with a PH98IMG.zip or an RUU.
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Cool thanks I'm gonna try this out because my antenna looks fine there's no visible damage and I hate this no to low signal crap.
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The phone has superuser on it already. I downloaded ROM manager to check the recovery and it has CWM and TWRP. Is it safe to install custom roms or is there other steps that I need to take? The baseband is vraljb.... Android version 4.1.1
Thank you in advance.
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omnia38 said:
The phone has superuser on it already. I downloaded ROM manager to check the recovery and it has CWM and TWRP. Is it safe to install custom roms or is there other steps that I need to take? The baseband is vraljb.... Android version 4.1.1
Thank you in advance.
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Have you booted into recovery at all?
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If you can boot into the custom recovery, you can flash a custom rom.
Great idea I will try that. Thats why you guys are the best.
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So I was able to get into twrp recovery just fine. Does mean thatvi am good to download one of the many roms and flash away?
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Yes sir.
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Thanks guys worked flawlessly...although I didnt get an aroma menu at all, the Rom just flashed. Will have to look into that. Still cant believe I only paid 200 bucks off craigslist for this phone. Nice upgrade from my S3.
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omnia38 said:
Thanks guys worked flawlessly...although I didnt get an aroma menu at all, the Rom just flashed. Will have to look into that. Still cant believe I only paid 200 bucks off craigslist for this phone. Nice upgrade from my S3.
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Wow 200! Nice
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omnia38 said:
Thanks guys worked flawlessly...although I didnt get an aroma menu at all, the Rom just flashed. Will have to look into that. Still cant believe I only paid 200 bucks off craigslist for this phone. Nice upgrade from my S3.
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Yeah man where'd you get a deal like that???? That's crazy!
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200 and esn is clean? Usually they don't ban it for a little while. Let us know what happens. Sounds like a scam.
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200 and esn is clean? Usually they don't ban it for a little while. Let us know what happens. Sounds like a scam.
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This.
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I did a trade for my iphone 5 for the note 2.
Seems like an even trade. Although I feel like the iphone has a better resale.
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200 and esn is clean? Usually they don't ban it for a little while. Let us know what happens. Sounds like a scam.
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Awwh man I hope not... That would really suck, especially after getting used to the size of this screen.... nothing else would compare. The guy seemed straight up though. If this comes back to bite me them I am done with craigslist for devices. I'll keep you guys up posted.
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Awwh man I hope not... That would really suck, especially after getting used to the size of this screen.... nothing else would compare. The guy seemed straight up though. If this comes back to bite me them I am done with craigslist for devices. I'll keep you guys up posted.
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Must be a clean ESN if you were able to activate it.
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If you do an insurance job and get another phone. They don't ban your original for weeks. So he could activate it. But it's still on a list to be banned.
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If you do an insurance job and get another phone. They don't ban your original for weeks. So he could activate it. But it's still on a list to be banned.
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Thanks for the nervousness guys....lol.
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omnia38 said:
Thanks for the nervousness guys....lol.
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Ha Ha Just give Verizon a call and have them check it.
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omnia38 said:
Thanks for the nervousness guys....lol.
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Stay optimistic! And I think I heard somewhere that when the note 2 phone is reported the Sim gets "burned" and So I've read... You can get a new Sim card from Verizon and have it work? Here look at this........ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2214899 .. I mean just in case it happens
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Stay optimistic! And I think I heard somewhere that when the note 2 phone is reported the Sim gets "burned" and So I've read... You can get a new Sim card from Verizon and have it work? Here look at this........ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2214899 .. I mean just in case it happens
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Thanks for the link....good read. Hope the guys that sold it to me doesnt get greedy. Seemed like a cool guy. Plus he mentioned that he was a member of the xda forums.
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Thanks for the link....good read. Hope the guys that sold it to me doesnt get greedy. Seemed like a cool guy. Plus he mentioned that he was a member of the xda forums.
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If its legit, then you got a killer deal. The cheapest GN2 that I've seen was $350 but it had a cracked screen. I see some for $200-250, but I am sure those are scams. The next time you buy a Verizon phone, call *611 and verify the ESN status before handing over money or trading phones. A legit seller will not mind at all.
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So for anyone that has sent theirs back to try and get on with the old software on the phone... I called and told them my speaker wasn't working and they are sending me a new one but I believe it is going to be a factory refurbished black 16gb...what are my chances of it having old software so I can root, unlock and get custom recovery?! Anyone that has experienced this your input would be greatly appreciated!!! Thanks!!!
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pschatz12 said:
So for anyone that has sent theirs back to try and get on with the old software on the phone... I called and told them my speaker wasn't working and they are sending me a new one but I believe it is going to be a factory refurbished black 16gb...what are my chances of it having old software so I can root, unlock and get custom recovery?! Anyone that has experienced this your input would be greatly appreciated!!! Thanks!!!
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I really have no idea, but 50/50 is my guess.
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I really have no idea, but 50/50 is my guess.
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I'm hoping to find someone that has done this and can confirm the older software on the phone... I'm hoping old lol
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pschatz12 said:
I'm hoping to find someone that has done this and can confirm the older software on the phone... I'm hoping old lol
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If you took the time to search there many posts of ppl sending back and getting phones with MDK, also those with new OTA, so like I said, it's a crap shoot and it's 50/50.. Cant hurt to try, though
The chances likely decrease each day for getting the MDK build so the sooner the better.
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AliceBToklas said:
The chances likely decrease each day for getting the MDK build so the sooner the better.
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Well its being shipped today so keeping my fingers crossed!!!
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I have took the time but Idk if there getting brand new phones or certified like new phones
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pschatz12 said:
Well its being shipped today so keeping my fingers crossed!!!
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Good luck. As the saying goes, there but for the grace of ......
Many of us could find ourselves in your shoes if our phones go awry.
Let us know.
AliceBToklas said:
Good luck. As the saying goes, there but for the grace of ......
Many of us could find ourselves in your shoes if our phones go awry.
Let us know.
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Will do!
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So for anyone that has sent theirs back to try and get on with the old software on the phone... I called and told them my speaker wasn't working and they are sending me a new one but I believe it is going to be a factory refurbished black 16gb...what are my chances of it having old software so I can root, unlock and get custom recovery?! Anyone that has experienced this your input would be greatly appreciated!!! Thanks!!!
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Nobody would know the chances. Good luck with your refurbished. I dont know about sending in a perfectly working phone to receive a refurb, I guess if you want the MDK then do what you gotta do. I personally cant stand the purple smear on the MDK build...its horrible and unbearable.
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Nobody would know the chances. Good luck with your refurbished. I dont know about sending in a perfectly working phone to receive a refurb, I guess if you want the MDK then do what you gotta do. I personally cant stand the purple smear on the MDK build...its horrible and unbearable.
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Purple smear? I'm planning on flashing custom roms right away
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From the AT&T forum: warrwnty replacement arrives with MF3 update installed:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2384352
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Bummer...still hoping
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What about buying one of the developers edition ones and sending back the non development phone and getting a refund? Will they know?
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Purple smear? I'm planning on flashing custom roms right away
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QskpJDvA7zc&feature=youtube_gdata_player
All roms built off of mdk do this smearing, even AOSP builds. Its very noticeable in the gallery too.
I'm surprised nobody notices it other than me, its the most annoying thing to deal with, makes the gs4 screen look crappy.
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Does me7 fix that
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Does me7 fix that
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Absolutely!!
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I kinda want to odin to stock and reroot.. cuz I like stock roms. Hmmmm.
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Anyone receive a replacement recently?!
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Just an update... Got my replacement today with MDK! Rooted and custom recovery installed!!!
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