Hi All,
I had my S2 stolen on Friday Morning, October the 5th, here in Lisbon, Portugal.
I now need my IMEI number in order to register the cancellation of the phone with the Police, but unfortunately, I don't have the number with me.
I have the latest backups from my phone, including a full Nandroid + EFS backup
My question here is: Where can I find my IMEI in the EFS tarball?
I have looked through nv_data.bin, but all I could find is my IMSI number in plaintext.
Is there any other way I can get my hands on my IMEI?
Thanks for any help.
Hey.Do you have "Samsung" account and stock rom ? If yes you can go to samsungdive.com and Seek your phone.
I think and IMEI then be
Do you have the original box that your S2 came in? The box usually has 2 stickers with the IMEI number on it.
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Call your carrier. They'll have your IMEI.
ares05 said:
Do you have the original box that your S2 came in?
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Hi, the phone was a gift, 2nd hand, from a family member in South Africa. I have contacted them, but they no longer have the receipt.
MistahBungle said:
Call your carrier. They'll have your IMEI.
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I have called them, but they told me that they only supply IMEI numbers for devices bought directly from them (The Carrier)
Paulius7 said:
Hey.Do you have "Samsung" account and stock rom ? If yes you can go to samsungdive.com and Seek your phone.
I think and IMEI then be
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I do have the phone registered on samsungdive.com. I went there to check, but it only gives me options to find/wipe/unlock the phone.
Thanks for your quick replies, guys.
So far, I have tried mounting the .img file from EFS backups.... but no luck.
Sorry to bump this, but I just need to confirm my original question:
Is there a way to get your IMEI number from the EFS backup (I also have the full nandroid backup), in the case the phone is stolen?
Thanks for your help
Can you get SGS2 form friend if yes install EFS backup in it and maybe IMEI is back ? I think it i not sure really ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1791291
I can help you Just Send in my pm your EFS backup and i Try to restore it and maybe it works ? So i can say your IMEI ?
Any more Info on how to do this? I had this happen with an SGS3 but it is an unlocked international version. Can I blacklist the phone?
As per above, call your carrier. If you don't know your IMEI, they should (given the phone communicates it to their network constantly) & they should be able to block your phone being used.
highaltitude said:
Any more Info on how to do this? I had this happen with an SGS3 but it is an unlocked international version. Can I blacklist the phone?
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Do not share IMEIs. Just an advice. There has been cases and mods are strict related to this from what ive been observing on other device thread.
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Nobody's talking about doing anything dodgy. They're talking about having their phone/IMEI blocked so whomever has it can't use it.
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hi,
s3 with a generic imei no. 004999010640000. its showing no service.
upon researching here, i found either the phone could be blocked (due to reported stolen) or messed up due to rom flashing.
whats the way forward ? can it still be useable ?
no efs folder backup is there.
your help in the matter would be highly appreciated.
many thanks and regards
Naufil:
Every question should be in Q&A Section, this is Android Development.
Edit since the thread has been moved.
Moved to Q/A, the development section is not the right place to ask questions.
naufil said:
hi,
s3 with a generic imei no. 004999010640000. its showing no service.
upon researching here, i found either the phone could be blocked (due to reported stolen) or messed up due to rom flashing.
whats the way forward ? can it still be useable ?
no efs folder backup is there.
your help in the matter would be highly appreciated.
many thanks and regards
Naufil:
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Without a /efs backup you can't restore the IMEI.
First thing is report it to local police to cover yourself, then if you have the original box and proof of purchase go to Samsung and explain what has happened ie. You lost your imei, and they can restore it, if the phone isn't stolen that is.
If you bought this phone in good faith, then also take steps to resolve it with eBay or however you bought it.
If however it was a cheap deal of a dodgy mate.....well you live and learn.
Edit:
Woopsie! Was thinking out loud! Luckily nobody heard me but you
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matjan said:
Isn't there a way to modify an efs image to make it as it was a back up of his device?
Because all it would take is to change a few figures?
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That is illegal and is banned on XDA .
Restore an IMEI yes modify or fake one no .
Advice given above re police network etc is the way to go .
jje
good day
I have my device samsung s3 galaxy.
Instead of the original imei erased and written in a different IMEI.
I want to install a different rom or custom rom now I want to install the network going. we have to throw again imei with spt box. The most robust way to back up efs file? original or subsequently thrown can make the device can erase imei?
Sorry. I find it difficult to understand your english. Did you mess up with your EMEI number?
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throw again imei with spt box.
I think this is illegal use of IMEI but please clarify .
Does the phone have the original IMEI.
jje
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32338426
problem solved
My galaxy I9300 is lost some file in /efs folder and i don't have a full backup. So, i need a full backup efs.img or efs.tar.gz to restore it.
I hope someone can share it for me.
thank for share !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What so you can have our imei number!!!! Nice try,...
Try flashing a stock rom see if it brings it back, there is also plenty of threads about this subject you should of done some reading first...
Hope you get sorted
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If you don't have a backup of your original EFS folder you are pretty much screwed
I hope you find a way around, tho.-
EFS IMEI
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1857054
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1308546
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264021
jje
E_Goldstein said:
What so you can have our imei number!!!! Nice try,...
Try flashing a stock rom see if it brings it back, there is also plenty of threads about this subject you should of done some reading first...
Hope you get sorted
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i don't lose my imei, but eri version: not availble, i think that some files were been deleted
plz, share it for me
wind070326 said:
i don't lose my imei, but eri version: not availble, i think that some files were been deleted
plz, share it for me
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eri version unavailable is normal.
It is not efs issue. or any issue at all.
Try to explain your problem.
wind070326 said:
i don't lose my imei, but eri version: not availble, i think that some files were been deleted
plz, share it for me
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Enhanced Roaming Indicator is showed only when your carrier use it. If not, there will be 'not available' information and you shouldn't worry about that.
i9.0.1.3k galaxy imperator
somebody can help????
Nope, not here. No-one wants to give up their own, UNIQUE IMEI number...
This isn't because we are mongrels, just that we aren't stupid....
ultramag69 said:
Nope, not here. No-one wants to give up their own, UNIQUE IMEI number...
This isn't because we are mongrels, just that we aren't stupid....
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Agree with you ! No-one will give you their EFS backup (containing the must important information about their galaxy S3).
Foolish guy is foolish....
If you really want someone's IMEI number than you should be permanently banned from this forum. IMEI clonning is illegal and stupid because both phones will be inoperative if thay will have the same identification numbers.
You said your IMEI is ok and you have problems with ERI. We have told you that this isn't an error. Don't push up.
i9.0.1.3k galaxy imperator
wind070326 said:
My galaxy I9300 is lost some file in /efs folder and i don't have a full backup. So, i need a full backup efs.img or efs.tar.gz to restore it.
I hope someone can share it for me.
thank for share !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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REPEAT it is against the rules of XDA to post such questions .
It is also illegal to clone an IMEI .
jje
hi
i need a clean efs back up as well if some1 cud share wud be great.
I dont need imei i just restored it with box. Just remove nv_data files from archive..if u so worried about your imei.
Lol? Seriously, who would give their unique Ime to some random person on the Internet?
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IroniX2 said:
Lol? Seriously, who would give their unique Ime to some random person on the Internet?
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omg remove nv_data files from backup to prevent imei clone...read before type
I don't know what the dude who begun this thread is or was up to but I do know that I have lost my EFS backup and as such have a GS3 I9300 which isn't working to fix.
I have searched at length and have come to know the IMEI and serial of the phone can be edited with a HEX Editor out of the nv_data.bin file and this information is on block 0188150 a-f and 0188160 0-4. I have tried it but since my nv_data.bin which I generated was corrupted in the first place, it made little or no difference.
If that truly is possible, why not edit those bits out and then share leaving pointers on how to get it personalized per the benefactor's phone.
Inasmuch as it's "risky" because no one is to be trusted, you should acknowledge the fact that, it is because we're searching for answers and solutions to questions and problems we're having, and discoveries we've made with our handsets, that is why we are here in the first place.
I believe there is ALWAYS a way to go about things differently. Let's help one another!
So who is gonna help poor me? Please ...
Dude, if we give you our efs backup/s, you'd have OUR IMEI numbers, OUR SERIAL numbers.
That's illegal, first thing.
Second of all, that means you have our warranty, so if you send your device in, and you don't have warranty anymore - we don't either..
So, basically: Big T for tuff...
It's your own fault, for not creating a proper backup, live with the consequences..
LG familyguy59/Beatsleigher
yankee86 said:
:good::good::good: but dont need that just some codes enough for get ur network back
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Are you being fu**ing serious? Get lost!
Reporting you twice..
Hey guys...my i9300 is soft bricked... I need an efs backup img file or zip file...plz help...
Hi there,
problem as follows: I got a I9300 (pre-rootet and with some kind of chinese custom rom based on 4.0.4). I did not put in my simcard, but flashed it straight away with a 4.1.1 custom rom, and did the efs backup.
However, once I put in my simcard it shows no service. I have tried several roms and just restored stock recovery and stock firmware 4.1.1 but nothing has changed.
i have checked this threat http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1080076 and others, but still my phone is not having service.
I don't think that my efs partition is corrupted since when I type in those keycodes it still shows my imei. also I did a restore of my backed up efs.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks!
Look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1702244
CHINESE owners and buyers of SIII discussion thread.
slaphead20 said:
Look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1702244
CHINESE owners and buyers of SIII discussion thread.
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It looks like what I am looking for. However, I cannot find the files they are using
I'll keep looking... thanks
Update:
I have asked the person who gave the phone to me, and apparently it was a parallel import to china. However, I have no idea where it is from originally.
I have tried flashing a couple of different stock roms, but without success.
I have also tried to flash the chinese rom from the suggested thread, but it keeps failing when it comes to the part where it wants to install the modem.
Does anyone have an idea how to find out the origin of the phone?
I have tried Kies, entering the model number and serial, but kies does not accept the serial.
My last hope would be that I can find out which market it is from, then flash back the original stock firmware?
Any other ideas why it might show no service?
IMEI is shown, so I think efs partiotion should be still ok, right?
I'd really appreciate any help and suggestions. I am out of ideas...
Thanks
There is some issue with your efs or modem.
having imei does not confirm that efs folder is intact.
No service .
Usual is .
Wrong IMEI .
No Modem /wrong modem .
Wrong CSC / network connections no tet up .
Sim faulty .
Phone blocked due to theft .
Wrong firmware on phone .
jje
JJEgan said:
No service .
Usual is .
Wrong IMEI .
No Modem /wrong modem .
Wrong CSC / network connections no tet up .
Sim faulty .
Phone blocked due to theft .
Wrong firmware on phone .
jje
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IMEI is shown as on sticker.
I have no idea where the phone is originally from - I have contacted Samsung but they were not willing to help- they say it has not been bought in NZ so they cannot help me here. Hence I dont know which modem would be the correct one. I have tried a couple of different ones, but none seems to be working.
Sim is ok, also tried like 5 other sim cards.
muhammad.ali123 said:
There is some issue with your efs or modem.
having imei does not confirm that efs folder is intact.
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That's what I read in other forums now as well.
The error seems to be common after unlocking with boxes.
So I suspect that someone unlocked the phone, which messed up the efs folder. The backup I made when I received phone, must already be faulty.
I also noticed that the SN in the phone settings shows up as a different number than the one on the sticker.
I guess I have to find someone with those 'boxes" who knows what he is doing Any suggestions for Auckland, NZ?
I have been to like 5 shops but noone could help so far... THANKS
Have you tried following the steps in this thread to identify the original firmware?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1838480
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corrsea said:
Have you tried following the steps in this thread to identify the original firmware?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1838480
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Thanks, I had tried that. Kies doesn't recognize the SN. Strangely enough SN in settings and SN on sticker are not the same. I really think seller screwed with the efs partition.
Was it working with the original Rom?
From my reading of your posts you have not changed the modem or csc that it came with?
Perhaps if you tried a 4.0.4 Rom again you might have some luck given it was probably working when you received it.
The different serial numbers are suspicious though. Presumably the one on the sticker is the correct one. Would Samsung not be able to identify the phone by the SN and tell you what the original firmware is?
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corrsea said:
Was it working with the original Rom?
From my reading of your posts you have not changed the modem or csc that it came with?
Perhaps if you tried a 4.0.4 Rom again you might have some luck given it was probably working when you received it.
The different serial numbers are suspicious though. Presumably the one on the sticker is the correct one. Would Samsung not be able to identify the phone by the SN and tell you what the original firmware is?
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When I received the phone it was not working. Hence I installed stock rom. I also tried flashing different modems, but nothing helped.
I contacted Samsung service and they said they wouldn't be able to help me because I did not purchase the phone in the country where I live in, and also cannot give me any information about where the phone was originally from.
It possible that is an imei block. If the phone is sold with a subscription and the owner sell it to an other prson without paying anymore the taxes for the phone the operator is able to block your phone using the imei.
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Some shops won't buy your phone unless you provide them with proof you purchased it or paid your bill off.
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manormachine said:
When I received the phone it was not working. Hence I installed stock rom. I also tried flashing different modems, but nothing helped.
I contacted Samsung service and they said they wouldn't be able to help me because I did not purchase the phone in the country where I live in, and also cannot give me any information about where the phone was originally from.
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As bought origins unknown .
Non working may be faulty and not fixable .
May have been as said blocked as its a stolen phone .
If it is I9300 then i would be flashing stock ICS firmware with modem and CSC for the country/network you are trying to use the phone on .At least then after a successful flash their can only be two reasons for not working phone hardware or IMEI .
IMEI check
http://www.numberingplans.com/?page=analysis&sub=imeinr
jje
JJEgan said:
As bought origins unknown .
Non working may be faulty and not fixable .
May have been as said blocked as its a stolen phone .
If it is I9300 then i would be flashing stock ICS firmware with modem and CSC for the country/network you are trying to use the phone on .At least then after a successful flash their can only be two reasons for not working phone hardware or IMEI .
IMEI check
http://www.numberingplans.com/?page=analysis&sub=imeinr
jje
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IMEI is ok. I also called my network provider to check if IMEI is blacklisted in my country, but say also say it's not blacklisted.
Someone told me (and I also read it on other forums) that this often happens after unlocks, which are actually not successfully finished.
I will meet him tomorrow and will post an update.
Thanks for the suggestions and help so far.
Ok last update:
Indeed the phone is unlocked and something went wrong with it. Apparently, it is a common thing that the IMEI changes during unlock and then has to be restored, which often causes that problem.
The guy who helped me got it fixed. Only problem is now that I cannot flash the modem file. So have to stick with roms which come without modem. Also it seems that some are incompatible with the 'old'modem
Right now I am using AOKP and everything is working.
Thanks again for all the help and suggestions!
Hi,
I tried to update my device to rom HD revolution but after doing that, the device isnt recognize the sim card.
when i try to make a phone call, it tells me: "not registered on network".
when i looked at the IMEI no. i saw that the number which is in the device settings is diffrent then the one behinde the battery.
can someone tell me what to do in order to fix that problem?
thank you,
Shay
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2344125
[REF] Understanding the basics before rooting your S3 (GT-i9300/i9305)
[REF] IMEI / EFS - Know this stuff (i9300) - including "no network"
Restore your backed up EFS folder no backup then service centre
i cant find the efs backup in the folder and unfortunately i bought the device outside my country..
is there anything else i can do?
shayhibah said:
i cant find the efs backup in the folder and unfortunately i bought the device outside my country..
is there anything else i can do?
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No you will need proof of ownership and a Samsung repair centre .
Check first did your custom rom backup efs
there is no any efs folder.
what should i do?
did you try to flash an emg2 or emg4 baseband? some have reported that this can restore network connection
i didnt try it yet,
how can i do that and where can i find this modem?
shayhibah said:
i didnt try it yet,
how can i do that and where can i find this modem?
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In link 3 of post 2. If people provide you links, please read them.
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Same uidePo
i installed the modem but nothing happend.
i tried to use azira patch but it still didnt help.
have you tried a full sock rom including mg4 or mg2 modem? if that doesnt work you may need service center
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ariza patch is for serial no not imei.it does not help withj the new modems and may actually make things worse.
i tried to flash alot of roms so far, nothing helped.
the problem is the the devide was bought outside the country and there are no service center for that device..
There is nothing you can do to fix it, take to your local phone shop and ask for help.
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There is nothing you can do to fix it, take to your local phone shop and ask for help.
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what they can do that i cannot?
They can fix it.
im sure there is something i can do
Help?!
You're breaking the rules by bumping before 24 hours of no activity. You've been given an answer. Even if you don't like it, you're stuck with it. We're not here to solve your screw ups.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2396535
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i tried to do that but it still not working.
i guess the only solution is to take it to a service center.
shayhibah said:
i tried to do that but it still not working.
i guess the only solution is to take it to a service center.
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Ah okay, good luck.
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