Here is the problem. I messed up with /efs folder.I didnot have a backup of that even
What happened after that is smthin really scary.
My IMEI number changed. Its 004999010640000/01. As it is not the one written on the phone stamp.
My S/N number changed to 00000000000. Which is again nt the one on the phone stamp.
I am getting smthin like ( yellow rext on black Patch ) .on my home screen. which is staying there continuously. Please see the screenshot attached
For the background the phone was bought in singapore.
Immediate help will be appreciated.
If you don't have a backup of your efs folder its off to the service center for a motherboard replacement for you.
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Maybe you can get hold of another SIII, extract the EFS folder and inject/replace your individual data. Just a wild guess though...
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Maybe you can get hold of another SIII, extract the EFS folder and inject/replace your individual data. Just a wild guess though...
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No. IMEI cloning is illegal and it's not a topic discussed on XDA..
EFS is device specific.
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Maybe you can get hold of another SIII, extract the EFS folder and inject/replace your individual data. Just a wild guess though...
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That would he illegal in most countries because it allows you to get round network blocks on stolen devices.
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Whatever...
Another attempt would be to dd the partition and open it up with Winhex (forensic tool) or anything similar to analyze the ext4 partition for deleted/unallocated data. Maybe you can recover something.
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If you don't have a backup of your efs folder its off to the service center for a motherboard replacement for you.
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How much do they charge for motherboard replacement, although i didnt to anything with the hardware.. its just files which i messed.
please don't ask questions in General.
It will be around $350
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How much do they charge for motherboard replacement, although i didnt to anything with the hardware.. its just files which i messed.
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Try to hard brick you cell and get motherboard replaced although that is also illegal and insurance fraud.
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Try to hard brick you cell and get motherboard replaced although that is also illegal and insurance fraud.
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It is also against XDA rules to make such a stupid suggestion aiding and suggestion a crime .
jje
There is actually a thread where you follow some steps to get your efs restored to the original. I remember seeing it a while back. Alot of people said it worked. I will try and find the thread and link it here if i find it..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqLK_2I-SBM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=881162
It isn't the one i saw the one thread i saw it was on the samsung galaxy s3 forum but i don't know where..
Hey,
REally thanks for the link i really appreciate that.
reg,
lavish golani
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I have been told by a friend who had a look at my phone as it will not switch on after I tried to root the phone.
I have been told that I put on the wrong OS on the phone & it has messed up the battery partition, so the phone thinks it has low battery power, thus will not switch on.
Is there anything I can do about this by unblocking it & if I can, could anyone tell me how to do it?
Thanks.
Thanks, you made me laugh (I genuinely laughed out loud reading your post, sorry).
No, you've broken your phone.
For this thing PM a developer they would be the right people to help I out
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Charge the battery in a separate outlet for some time, try booting into download mode, if by chance you get it then you are saved. Just download any official ics roms and flash it via odin
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For this thing PM a developer they would be the right people to help I out
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This is terrible advice...
Sounds like you are suggesting that he PM a random dev for help when it appears like he flashed a firmware meant for a different phone.
Most of the time this happens, and the phone no longer boots AT ALL (as mentioned by the OP), then no one here is going to be able to help. It will usually require Jtag repair.
U really think u at smarter than three developers than help the poor lad out.rather than pointing on others u should have enough knowledge to help others out......
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U really think u at smarter than three developers than help the poor lad out.rather than pointing on others u should have enough knowledge to help others out......
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PM to devs for such a problem is a good way to piss them off. And I did help. Are you that blind you don't see my suggestion?
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U really think u at smarter than three developers than help the poor lad out.rather than pointing on others u should have enough knowledge to help others out......
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You should read the XDA developers rules .
This is not a fix my phone forum .
jje
I think the easiest option for me is to return the phone to my mobile provider (which they want £150 to give me a totally new replacement handset), which I don't think is that bad really.
I don't have another device to charge the battery up on, but I'm still thinking that it will still tell me that it has a low battery to download when put in download mode (which is what it is doing at moment, even though battery is fully charged).
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You should read the XDA developers rules .
This is not a fix my phone forum .
jje
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Developers don't get pissed of if ur problem is genuine and u really need help.and ur blind mind can't see what u did to the guys hope.u should atleast try to be supportive.even if u r impotent enough not to help anyone.I've never been let down by any developer whenever I've tried to contact them.........so just try something before posting junk
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Developers don't get pissed of if ur problem is genuine and u really need help.and ur blind mind can't see what u did to the guys hope.u should atleast try to be supportive.even if u r impotent enough not to help anyone.I've never been let down by any developer whenever I've tried to contact them.........so just try something before posting junk
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You clearly weren't paying attention when it was said that no amount of help via this site would make a difference for the OP anyways. From his post, it sounds like he (or someone else) had flashed a firmware meant for a different device to his phone, and it now does not boot. That requires either Jtag repair or a motherboard replacement. Neither of which is possible over the internet.
And you seem to think this forum is some kind of tech support forum. Which, while people who are NOT paid are often kind enough to help out people who are having trouble with their devices, it is NOT. It is a developer's forum. Maybe you should give this a read.
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I think the easiest option for me is to return the phone to my mobile provider (which they want £150 to give me a totally new replacement handset), which I don't think is that bad really.
I don't have another device to charge the battery up on, but I'm still thinking that it will still tell me that it has a low battery to download when put in download mode (which is what it is doing at moment, even though battery is fully charged).
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I thought Samsung offered two years RTB warranty on phones. Sale of goods act should protect you as well you may be liable for repair if no fault is found.
Check all this.
I am assuming from your currency that you are in the UK
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I thought Samsung offered two years RTB warranty on phones. Sale of goods act should protect you as well you may be liable for repair if no fault is found.
Check all this.
I am assuming from your currency that you are in the UK
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Samsung offer a two year limited warranty .
Vendor usually twelve months warranty in the UK .
But as phone has been rooted all warranty null and void .
Flashing the wrong firmware likewise .
Custom rom the same custom rom counter above zero the same
So sales of goods act does not apply has phone has been modified by the user .
Custom rom root etc warranty voided see well posted letter to service centres from Samsung .
jje
Hi,
I just gotten a new Galaxy S3 from AT&T and I decided to root the phone and wanted to flash it with a cuztomized ROM. My phone was successfully rooted and I tried flashing Android Revolution HD ROM ( a cuztomized rom from xda). Right after the phone done flashing the rom and was trying to reboot, it did not boot or turn on. I cannot even start the phone. The phone was just not gonna startup no matter what I did. I could not even go into the recovery mode or download mode so I could not do anything to fix it. Anyone can help me with this? Thanks.
I think you didn't read this
American or Canadian SGS3? Read this before flashing or posting!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1757755
Really sad
SLver said:
I think you didn't read this
American or Canadian SGS3? Read this before flashing or posting!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1757755
Really sad
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I'm sorry, what is that for? Im a newbie and I dont what is it for.
You have a another version of the s3 (US version) with a different hardware
This is the international S3 GT-I9300 and yours are SGH-I747
So you flashed a firmware without making sure it was for your device...ouch. Any sign of life? .. any vibrate when trying to power on?
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So you flashed a firmware without making sure it was for your device...ouch. Any sign of life? .. any vibrate when trying to power on?
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Nope. Nothing at all. Am I supposed to send the phone to the AT&T service center?
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Nope. Nothing at all. Am I supposed to send the phone to the AT&T service center?
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Sounds like a brick .. sorry mate.
Well I think you might be able to get away with telling em you were doing an update through kies and the cord got yanked by your cat halfway through... or send it to someone for JTAG. There's a couple reputable buisnesses that do this and with a fast turnaround and relatively low cost considering the cost of the device.. maybe somewhere around $50 bucks (just a ballpark.. could be 60.. beats me) user connexion2005 does JTAG and I believe he has support for the S3!
..but lesson learned. Read, Read, Read .. I am sure the OP of the ROM you flash states plain and clear which device it's for. You need to know which device you have and are modding, and not by its generic name.. "GalaxyS3 international variant is an GT-i9300" .. not sure what the at&t variant is but its not GT-i9300
*edit* actually it doesn't state it in the OP that its for the GT-i9300 variant ... but it is in the GT-i9300 forum.
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Coreym said:
Sounds like a brick .. sorry mate.
Well I think you might be able to get away with telling em you were doing an update through kies and the cord got yanked by your cat halfway through... or send it to someone for JTAG. There's a couple reputable buisnesses that do this and with a fast turnaround and relatively low cost considering the cost of the device.. maybe somewhere around $50 bucks (just a ballpark.. could be 60.. beats me) user connexion2005 does JTAG and I believe he has support for the S3!
..but lesson learned. Read, Read, Read .. I am sure the OP of the ROM you flash states plain and clear which device it's for. You need to know which device you have and are modding, and not by its generic name.. "GalaxyS3 international variant is an GT-i9300" .. not sure what the at&t variant is but its not GT-i9300
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I guess I will go for an exchange first since I just gotten the phone 4 days ago. If that doesn't work, I will try for JTAG. Just need to know where I can find the shop. I know they handle the business online, but they must have a shop to do the work, somewhere. Thanks anyway.
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I guess I will go for an exchange first since I just gotten the phone 4 days ago. If that doesn't work, I will try for JTAG. Just need to know where I can find the shop. I know they handle the business online, but they must have a shop to do the work, somewhere. Thanks anyway.
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You send it to them.. takes about a week. Look up mobiletechvideos. He's cool.. good guy!
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So I attempted so told my sister in laws phone and I flashed this ROM after flashing cmw and super user ..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1820834
Once I hit reboot system after it said install complete..it turned off and can't even get it to download mode...any suggestions? Ive been rooting since the Nexus One and never had this happened to me... its mind blowing...
try using a usb jig. with it you will be able to get in to download mode . after that with odin you can take it to live
Are you sure you are on the I777 GS2?
Jess813 said:
So I attempted so told my sister in laws phone and I flashed this ROM after flashing cmw and super user ..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1820834
Once I hit reboot system after it said install complete..it turned off and can't even get it to download mode...any suggestions? Ive been rooting since the Nexus One and never had this happened to me... its mind blowing...
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Yours is an error that people make fairly routinely. Since you are familiar with other phones, you think the same information applies to this phone, and then you don't take the time to read and verify your assumptions.
On the SGH-I777, ClockworkMod Recovery is built into the kernel, and therefore it is not recommended to use Rom Manager, or try to flash CWM separately. As you learned, that can be dangerous.
If you are unable to get any signs of life from the phone at all, then I would suggest you follow the advice above to use a USB jig first to see if that will get you into download mode.
If the phone shows any signs of life, let us know what.
EDIT: Or... if as the other thread implies, your sister's phone is SGH-I727, then ignore the above, and go look for help in the 727 forums.
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Are you sure you are on the I777 GS2?
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Its the skyrocket LTE...
Jess813 said:
Its the skyrocket LTE...
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Why the hell do these slow rocket users keep finding our forum so fun to post in?
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Funny part was he was told they were different in another thread
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Funny part was he was told they were different in another thread
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Funny part is that I'm on the XDA app and I'm in the sky rocket forum.... So can you please direct me to the correct section?
Jess813 said:
Funny part is that I'm on the XDA app and I'm in the sky rocket forum.... So can you please direct me to the correct section?
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My 2 cents your ****ed you flashed a firmware for a phone that you don't have on another phone and if you took time to read settings and found device type it would give you SGH-#### that's the forum you should be in just because it says GALAXY S II doesn't mean it's your device
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Dammit...u guys r right....ugh..such a rookie mistake
Jess813 said:
Dammit...u guys r right....ugh..such a rookie mistake
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Your lucky Samsung offers a 1 year free warranty on their devices contact them tell them it won't turn on it shows no life you've tried different batteries and charging cables and that it appears non-responsive and that att told you about the 1 year warranty yes you'll be without a phone for a week or so unless they are back to sending then out prior to getting back and hope that they don't see you ****ed the firmware
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Your lucky Samsung offers a 1 year free warranty on their devices contact them tell them it won't turn on it shows no life you've tried different batteries and charging cables and that it appears non-responsive and that att told you about the 1 year warranty yes you'll be without a phone for a week or so unless they are back to sending then out prior to getting back and hope that they don't see you ****ed the firmware
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I don't think that will work and I thought we learned from Moneyover we shouldn't screw over ATT for a mistake that the user made. It won't work cause he flashed a custom rom, superuser and cwm!
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I don't think that will work and I thought we learned from Moneyover we shouldn't screw over ATT for a mistake that the user made. It won't work cause he flashed a custom rom, superuser and cwm!
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This isn't att its Samsung has absolutely nothing to do with att
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This isn't att its Samsung has absolutely nothing to do with att
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It's still committing fraud and moneyover did it twice, we do not condone that here
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Nick281051 said:
It's still committing fraud and moneyover did it twice, we do not condone that here
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Hold up did I say commit fraud? No I didn't I said tell them the device is NON responsive which it is I didn't say lie about anything I simply said get a warranty replacement hope they don't notice it was flashed under no circumstances did I say commit fraud
Also before it's said I'm in the military and a firm believer the omitting the truth isn't the same as lying essentially if they don't ask you don't have to tell them or volunteer it same goes with anything in life if offered a great job that didn't run a background check and didn't ask would you tell them you have a felony? No you wouldn't volunteer that information unless they asked
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It's still committing fraud and moneyover did it twice, we do not condone that here
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+1. He damaged the phone by doing something without understanding what he was doing. The phone is dead because of something he did, something that explicitly violates the warranty. Sending it in for warranty repair is committing fraud.
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+1. He damaged the phone by doing something without understanding what he was doing. The phone is dead because of something he did, something that explicitly violates the warranty. Sending it in for warranty repair is committing fraud.
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Read my laundry list post above and technically it was deemed during the entire apple jailbreak fiasco that they can warranty a device not the firmware and that it's your device to do with what you want they may not cancel a warranty for changing software Samsung tried it to me and ended up sending me a new device 1 month after purchase because I knew the legalities and I read my TOS agreement he does have the right to send it in and Samsung will decide if the device is unrecoverable which he would be at fault or if it's a simple repair which they will warranty under user stupidity very few of you have called or spoken to Samsung let alone sent in for repair replacement so if you don't know what your talking about your best to step out of the thread as your only adding speculation at that point
SAMSUNG has apart of their TOS that says we will supply a warranty replacement for your device at our discretion and that they may reject a warranty claim if they accept said claim its not fraud under no circumstances do I condone or recommend fraud this is simply following their TOS if they ask if you flashed firmware I'd say be honest but it's your choice if they don't ask which they rarely do then they will run down list of things with you punch it and their warranty software will make a preliminary decision
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This really isn't complicated. If you mess with your phones, like we are,.it voids your warranty. Trying to get them to replace the phone when you're the one that messed it up is not cool. I mean we all know the risks here.
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This really isn't complicated. If you mess with your phones, like we are,.it voids your warranty. Trying to get them to replace the phone when you're the one that messed it up is not cool. I mean we all know the risks here.
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Thanks guys but I'm out of warranty and yea it was my stupid mistake but I am going to try to get a USB jig thingie and see if that works ..thanks for all your feedback.
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Thanks guys but I'm out of warranty and yea it was my stupid mistake but I am going to try to get a USB jig thingie and see if that works ..thanks for all your feedback.
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Gl. Happy flashing.
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Hey guys,
I've recently bought the S3 from someone (2nd hand).
I would like to know if the IMEI of the device is legit and that it wasn't tempered with so i could in the future upgrade to JB..
can you help me out ?
Thanks in advance
Mike.
Firstly welcome to XDA.
Secondly, why do you think it isn't legal? At the top of this forum are some stickies which are available all the time for you to use. They cover a wide range of topics that are relevant to your new phone, not sure about imei number though!
Check out those stickies and hopefully most of your questions will be answered.
Have fun with your new toy
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You really helped him.... Noot
You could check on sites like this if it was stolen:
http://www.amta.org.au/pages/amta/Check.the.Status.of.your.Handset
To check if imei is changed is almost impossible on phone itself. But if you got papers from first buyer then on bill and on box should you find imei.
But would help if you tell your country.
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ask him for the box or receipt.
kies, using the serial number and imei you can see if it exists and if it's related to any specific carrier
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kies, using the serial number and imei you can see if it exists and if it's related to any specific carrier
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Hey,
Thanks for your reply.
so I should install kies and there's a function there that will tell me if my device is legit ? Where should i get the serial number from ?
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Hey guys,
I've recently bought the S3 from someone (2nd hand).
I would like to know if the IMEI of the device is legit and that it wasn't tempered with so i could in the future upgrade to JB..
can you help me out ?
Thanks in advance
Mike.
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OK this is what I do with all my phones I buy 2nd hand....call Att or your carrier and give them the imei number that's under the battery...tell em that you are buying it from someone and u wanna make sure that its not blacklisted ...
2nd , press *#06# on the dialer and compare the imei number with the number under the battery
I actually got my s3 with a messed up imei ...either that or I messed it up on my first flash idk..fixed it with the tool here on xda and I'm up and running with full data speeds and works like a charm now
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Try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30797809
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randong said:
OK this is what I do with all my phones I buy 2nd hand....call Att or your carrier and give them the imei number that's under the battery...tell em that you are buying it from someone and u wanna make sure that its not blacklisted ...
2nd , press *#06# on the dialer and compare the imei number with the number under the battery
I actually got my s3 with a messed up imei ...either that or I messed it up on my first flash idk..fixed it with the tool here on xda and I'm up and running with full data speeds and works like a charm now
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What tool did you use to correct/change your IMEI?
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You are only checking to see if the imei is correct right?
If so, dial *#06#, then check if it's the same one on the sticker on the back of the phone.
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^ What he says
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help me plss
randong said:
OK this is what I do with all my phones I buy 2nd hand....call Att or your carrier and give them the imei number that's under the battery...tell em that you are buying it from someone and u wanna make sure that its not blacklisted ...
2nd , press *#06# on the dialer and compare the imei number with the number under the battery
I actually got my s3 with a messed up imei ...either that or I messed it up on my first flash idk..fixed it with the tool here on xda and I'm up and running with full data speeds and works like a charm now
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hy...i have a problem.how did you restored your IMEI???plss help.
Stupid to hijack a very old thread that has nothing to do with your question.
Restore IMEI is as per XDA flashing rule two backup your EFS .
So simply restore your backed up EFS .
No backup service centre is your next step .
jje
My IMEI has changed after a firmware update and i do not have a backup of EFS folder. Tried most of the steps but no luck.. Could you please help me to make my mobile work??
Yes, you can suggest you read some more.
Maybe you come across the username "Odia".
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Yes, you can suggest you read some more.
Maybe you come across the username "Odia".
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Hmm I didn't find anything related to efs in @Odia profile, maybe I missed out on something? Most of his important thread's are about unlocking sim, I would like to know if there are any definite solutions for these kind of EFS CORRUPTED situation, just Curious. Please do post the link cause I can't find it.
Or was that a typo and you actually meant Odin?
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You're not the OP ??
king_below_my_lord said:
Hmm I didn't find anything related to efs in @Odia profile, maybe I missed out on something? Most of his important thread's are about unlocking sim, I would like to know if there are any definite solutions for these kind of EFS CORRUPTED situation, just Curious. Please do post the link cause I can't find it.
Or was that a typo and you actually meant Odin?
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Odia is known (among other things) for getting EFS folder to work properly by getting the IMEI nunber outta the nv data file, or something.
These service depends on the available time this user's got now with the SIV and all, and comes with a fee.
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gastonw said:
Odia is known (among other things) for getting EFS folder to work properly by getting the IMEI nunber outta the nv data file, or something.
These service depends on the available time this user's got now with the SIV and all, and comes with a fee.
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Is there an app for that or does he do that per user request I never knew about this, thank you, efs was the one major software issue which always bugged me, I am actually safe with backups but a solution for 'corrupted efs' for people who came here I didn't have any possible good answer.
Is there a link which you can give?
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You're not the OP ??
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No, I am not but this knowledge is new to me I didn't know that efs corruption had a possible recovery(without the backup), the only thing I thought possible for a recovery was overwriting with a efs backup.
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No, i've read it somewhere, old posts, pretty old actually.
And this is not about corrupted efs folder, this is for formated efs folder.
Got no idea how he does it, that's why he requires a fee.
Of course, this should be regarded as a last resort, if you suggest this to an user make sure that the user is not constantly trying to PM odia.
He will attend to the matter when he wants, how he wants and if he want to.
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Odia could sometimes recover the IMEI/EFS details without any backups, etc, and only sometimes. I don't know how he did it & what cases he could/couldn't. He used to ask for a small donation for same.
I'm not even sure if he still does it, but I occasionally suggest this to people who have no other option. As Gaston said, if you do end up doing it, you contact him once & wait. For as long as it takes. You might be in a hurry to get your phone fixed/worried about it all, he doesn't care (nor should he).
I can see some users offering more money over and over on every PM.
He can get rich, this guy, with the yahoos we got around here.
We should get 10% in exchange for promotion.
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Odia could sometimes recover the IMEI/EFS details without any backups, etc, and only sometimes. I don't know how he did it & what cases he could/couldn't. He used to ask for a small donation for same.
I'm not even sure if he still does it, but I occasionally suggest this to people who have no other option. As Gaston said, if you do end up doing it, you contact him once & wait. For as long as it takes. You might be in a hurry to get your phone fixed/worried about it all, he doesn't care (nor should he).
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Thanks for shedding this piece of light, I actually have send people away saying that they have an expensive paperweight. But that's (this Odia guy) just plain incredible.
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gastonw said:
I can see some users offering more money over and over on every PM.
He can get rich, this guy, with the yahoos we got around here.
We should get 10% in exchange for promotion.
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Well I think I better start promoting him too, lol...
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Whoa. Hang on
I said he could occasionally sometimes do it. There may be certain requirements/certain files may be needed to be intact or whatever. I never knew the details. And I don't even know if he still does this.
I hope you don't start referring every n00b who doesn't have any other option (or is simply too lazy to try other stuff) to him; I suggest you're going to have a lot of very disappointed people on your hands.
The default response to people without backups & who have tried various apps and threads on here is still service centre. That doesn't change.
king_below_my_lord said:
Thanks for shedding this piece of light, I actually have send people away saying that they have an expensive paperweight. But that's (this Odia guy) just plain incredible.
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An interesting discussion!
I have always wanted to ask why @MistahBungle would refer to member Odia at times. Now I know why.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
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