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Hi guys!
I just bought a SGS II I9100. I Rooted & install busy box. Then tried to unlock it with Galaxy s unlocker & GS II repair & it wiped the efs folder. Tried to replace it with the backup I made with the apps & NADA,KAPUT!!! The apps replaces the files in the folder but once I reboot they're gone!!!!!
Any idea how to fix this?????
THANKS IN ADVANCE!!!!
ejamin73 said:
Hi guys!
I just bought a SGS II I9100. I Rooted & install busy box. Then tried to unlock it with Galaxy s unlocker & GS II repair & it wiped the efs folder. Tried to replace it with the backup I made with the apps & NADA,KAPUT!!! The apps replaces the files in the folder but once I reboot they're gone!!!!!
Any idea how to fix this?????
THANKS IN ADVANCE!!!!
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try locating the efs back up folder in ur internal or extsdcard and see
Sun90 said:
try locating the efs back up folder in ur internal or extsdcard and see
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I tried that a few times.I checked the efs folder to verify & they are there but once I reboot they're gone. I mean the folder its empty.
ejamin73 said:
I tried that a few times.I checked the efs folder to verify & they are there but once I reboot they're gone. I mean the folder its empty.
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after restoring backup before rebooting did u try 2 fixpermissions in advance settings of recovery if not please do the same and try rebooting ur device and see
Sun90 said:
after restoring backup before rebooting did u try 2 fixpermissions in advance settings of recovery if not please do the same and try rebooting ur device and see
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I long press the efs folder & then permissions & checked everything before reboot with no luck
ejamin73 said:
I long press the efs folder & then permissions & checked everything before reboot with no luck
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dude the fixpermissions is 2 be done in recovery go to recovery>advance then u see fixpermissions below dalvik cache hit the same and then reboot and see
Sun90 said:
dude the fixpermissions is 2 be done in recovery go to recovery>advance then u see fixpermissions below dalvik cache hit the same and then reboot and see
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I know man but thats another thing I haven't been able to do. I tried to flash CWM via rom manager with no luck either. Do you know another way to flash CWM? Or a rom with it?
ejamin73 said:
I know man but thats another thing I haven't been able to do. I tried to flash CWM via rom manager with no luck either. Do you know another way to flash CWM? Or a rom with it?
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u mean 2 say that u cant enter cwm recovery mode?
then u can try the three button option
turn off ur phone then hold VOLup+home+powrbutt until u see recovery from there go 2 advance do fixpermissions and reboot system and see
if u cant do the above then u have 2 use downld mode to flash a .tar file of the cwm recovery or the stock ics rom from odin
You could try this:
Recover IMEI in 9 steps
Sun90 said:
u mean 2 say that u cant enter cwm recovery mode?
then u can try the three button option
turn off ur phone then hold VOLup+home+powrbutt until u see recovery from there go 2 advance do fixpermissions and reboot system and see
if u cant do the above then u have 2 use downld mode to flash a .tar file of the cwm recovery or the stock ics rom from odin
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Yep!!! Thats right. I tried the 3 button combo & it takes me to the stock recovery. Flashed tje update file & its gives me an error.I'm on stock GB . Can you give me a link to a ICS R
rom that I can try????
BTW Thanks for the help
Darkside Agent said:
You could try this:
Recover IMEI in 9 steps
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I'll give it a try. Thanks!!!
ok........I'm loosing my patience
I've tried GSII_REPAIR, GALAXY S UNLOCK, THE 9 STEPS TO RECOVER IMEI, EFS_Pro_1.4.7 & nothing works!!!!!!!!!
Your last shot at it before you send it to Samsung is to contact Odia by PM. He might be able to recover it for you. If he can't, that's pretty much the end of the line.
so any luck ,if u have a efs thts good with all files pm me...
rocky23 said:
so any luck ,if u have a efs thts good with all files pm me...
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Hey thanks. PM sent
I've spend all day researching & finally got it fix.
I came across this video & manage to recover my IMEI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=iY9cDkj4CCw
Look for the kTool APK in market.
Hope this help
It worked!!!
ejamin73 said:
I've spend all day researching & finally got it fix.
I came across this video & manage to recover my IMEI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=iY9cDkj4CCw
Look for the kTool APK in market.
Hope this help
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It worked...unbelievable!!!
I had a weird problem of dissapearing IMEI(corrupt EFS?!):
when left for a couple of days without battery, IMEI appeared and everything seemed well, until inserting a SIM card, when things gone crazy and IMEI & baseband dissapear, to reappear again after a couple of days with phone left without SIM & battery.
But this (wonderful) piece of software HC-kTool did the magic and IMEI & phone are back again!
Iam new to android. Iam getting these error messages. When these messages came i'll not able to use my phone for few moments. I have to restart to use or call. Please tell me what i have to do to prevent these messages. And some times chrome freezes and closes. Please guide me. Iam using SGS3 rooted.
factory reset (backup your things 1st)
ascariz said:
factory reset (backup your things 1st)
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Thnx for reply...
No other way???. If no then how can i backup. May i know why this problem aroused all-of-sudden.
akhil333 said:
Thnx for reply...
No other way???. If no then how can i backup. May i know why this problem aroused all-of-sudden.
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reflash stock rom. factory reset doesn't promise anything if the apk in there already corrupt.
ascariz said:
reflash stock rom. factory reset doesn't promise anything if the apk in there already corrupt.
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I noticed that dialing a few contacts gives these type of errors. Can you give any solution for this without being reset. If flashing or reset is compulsory then how to backup and reinstall stock rom. Please tell me the steps involved. And one more, where can i get the stock rom?
akhil333 said:
I noticed that dialing a few contacts gives these type of errors. Can you give any solution for this without being reset. If flashing or reset is compulsory then how to backup and reinstall stock rom. Please tell me the steps involved. And one more, where can i get the stock rom?
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mate, no offense, but you can read the guide in General section.stock rom you can find it in sammobile website.
ascariz said:
mate, no offense, but you can read the guide in General section.stock rom you can find it in sammobile website.
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I downloaded and reflashed the firmware from sammobile. but no change. these error messages pops when i called for a specific numbers... how to get rid of these messages. please help me.
Factory reset my mobile is the last option... and i did it... seems like error is gone... i'll check and inform you again.. thanks for the help.
Do a data/factory reset as allready been said. You Will be fine then.
Verstuurd van mijn GT-I9300 met Tapatalk
yes... fine now... THANKS for Everything... iam looking for other firmwares to flash. please tell me the stable and best firms available in this forum for SGS3. also will i be able to reflash stock firm.. in future??? pls educate me in this.
Can anyone help? I'm confused what happened. I did everything i followed. Maybe i missed out something. Can someone kindly tell me?
mraiko said:
Can anyone help? I'm confused what happened. I did everything i followed. Maybe i missed out something. Can someone kindly tell me?
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And what exactly You did ?
Did You wiped data/cache/dalvik/batt stat ?
Wiped cache after flashing ?
Have You tried re-flashing ? Flashing different ROM or kernel ?
Rooted > flashed cwm 5.5 via odin > flash cm 9.1 > bootlooped
Thus i went to wipe cache/dalvik already. Must i wipe all user data? Will i lose everything in my phone? If yes i already backed up on my titanium backup before. Also did a nandroid backup before too. No i didn't try reflashing. I came from stock rom was running on android 4.0.3
mraiko said:
Rooted > flashed cwm 5.5 via odin > flash cm 9.1 > bootlooped
Thus i went to wipe cache/dalvik already. Must i wipe all user data? Will i lose everything in my phone? If yes i already backed up on my titanium backup before. Also did a nandroid backup before too. No i didn't try reflashing. I came from stock rom was running on android 4.0.3
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You need to do a wipe data/factory reset in cwm. Its advised over and over and over and over and over again in just about every single rom topic. I honestly do not understand why so many n00bs fail to understand.
TheATHEiST said:
You need to do a wipe data/factory reset in cwm. Its advised over and over and over and over and over again in just about every single rom topic. I honestly do not understand why so many n00bs fail to understand.
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They are noobs ? Mayby that's why...
They are like children, you just have to be patient and keep telling them over and over again do a full wipe
Or just ignore them, and let them stick the hand into the flame. They will learn this way or the other
tomtro74 said:
They are noobs ? Mayby that's why...
They are like children, you just have to be patient and keep telling them over and over again do a full wipe
Or just ignore them, and let them stick the hand into the flame. They will learn this way or the other
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TheATHEiST said:
You need to do a wipe data/factory reset in cwm. Its advised over and over and over and over and over again in just about every single rom topic. I honestly do not understand why so many n00bs fail to understand.
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Well because wiping every user data scares me? I'm afraid it actually removes my backup too.
Anyway, i followed what you guys suggested and yes i'm done. Yup i do admit my noobiness.
Thanks either way!
mraiko said:
Well because wiping every user data scares me? I'm afraid it actually removes my backup too.
Anyway, i followed what you guys suggested and yes i'm done. Yup i do admit my noobiness.
Thanks either way!
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Well at least You are honest and humble
We all have been noobs. You will grow up too
Hey there. I wanted to update omega mb5 version to new mc3 version. Unfortunately i downloaded the mb3 (4.2.1)version and was dumb enough not to notice it until it was flashed -.-
So the problem now is, i dont want to factory wipe the phone, but flashing the correct mc3 version resulted in an infinite loop (the omega android just walks forever)
How can i flash a new rom without losing my data now?
Thanks guys!
the_ch40s said:
Hey there. I wanted to update omega mb5 version to new mc3 version. Unfortunately i downloaded the mb3 (4.2.1)version and was dumb enough not to notice it until it was flashed -.-
So the problem now is, i dont want to factory wipe the phone, but flashing the correct mc3 version resulted in an infinite loop (the omega android just walks forever)
How can i flash a new rom without losing my data now?
Thanks guys!
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YOu could try just flashing it by coping the rom to an sd card but to be honest your gonna end up full wiping for it to boot properly.
zelendel said:
YOu could try just flashing it by coping the rom to an sd card but to be honest your gonna end up full wiping for it to boot properly.
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So nothing i can do really.....damn
try wiping /system before flashing
try to wipe cache and dalvic cache.
and always do titanium back ups before flashing.
also, you can make a backup and then wipe, reflash, and restore just the data
Thanks for the help so far
try wiping /system before flashing
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Did that already, didn't help.
also, you can make a backup and then wipe, reflash, and restore just the data
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tried that right now, unfortunately doesn't help either.
Since i want to downgrade form a 4.2.1 to 4.1 version, is it neccessary do to something about the "0" folder?
And if i should just move that content to the root: how can i do that, since all file managers(with root privileges) tell me it is not possible.
It cant be that hard to downgrade from 4.2 without losing data
EDIT: I'll try if reflashing 4.2 will at least boot so i can use my phone....if it works i'll just do a titanium backup. Hopes-up-mode activated!
the_ch40s said:
tried that right now, unfortunately doesn't help either.
Why can you not make a Nandroid backup ???
Downgrade preference is for a full wipe .
jje
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JJEgan said:
the_ch40s said:
tried that right now, unfortunately doesn't help either.
Why can you not make a Nandroid backup ???
Downgrade preference is for a full wipe .
jje
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Of course i could make a nandroid backup; but backup->wipe->flash->restore only data though advanced restore -> boot loop again
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Then its your Data has the problem .
jje
Reflashing 4.2 worked with all my data back. So now i can just titanium backup and downgrade
Thanks for the help !
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Hi guys,
I am selling my S3 and looked online at the best way to securely wipe my data from my device. So I encrypted as instructed then used an called IShredder Pro to do a further clean.
I am now unable to decrypt the phone and when I restart the code is not accepted.
Restart takes me to recovery and I cannot factory reset, wipe or even reinstall the custom rom on it.
Can anyone help??
Thanks in advance..
DimensionZ said:
Hi guys,
I am selling my S3 and looked online at the best way to securely wipe my data from my device. So I encrypted as instructed then used an called IShredder Pro to do a further clean.
I am now unable to decrypt the phone and when I restart the code is not accepted.
Restart takes me to recovery and I cannot factory reset, wipe or even reinstall the custom rom on it.
Can anyone help??
Thanks in advance..
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Reinstall stock rom with odin.
Darke5tShad0w said:
Reinstall stock rom with odin.
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Ok, I will give that a go.
Thanks :good:
DimensionZ said:
Ok, I will give that a go.
Thanks :good:
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Returned to stock using ODIN and factory reset WORKED!! Thanks again...
DimensionZ said:
Returned to stock using ODIN and factory reset WORKED!! Thanks again...
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No problems glad its sorted.