[Q] IMEI away without flashing - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey all,
I have a big problem at the moment.
I plugged my phone into charge.
At the next day i i tried to start it but it was stucked on the first Bootlogo with the i9300 text.
So i entered Recovery Mode i didnt had Root or flashed anything.
It say failed to mount /efs.
So i flashed a 4.0 firmware (i had 4.1.2) then it worked again the phone booted.
But my IMEI away
I rooted my phone and looked at EFS folder but its empty lol and i enabled "show hidden files which begins with a dot."
Any solution?
I cant bring my phone to repair cuz my screen is brocken and its to expensive to repair it i dotn have money now for it
but Samsung disable Warranty without repairing the Screen lolz
Pls can someone help me if someone needs my Original IMEI which is under Battery and my Empty EFS folder PM me pls

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no solution. why didn't you make a backup like all the guides day?

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Glebun said:
no solution. why didn't you make a backup like all the guides day?
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please can you explain to us how we can do efc backup

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said_abush3leh said:
please can you explain to us how we can do efc backup
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use app from market HC-kTool it will do everything you need. but once is lost you are pretty much ****ed

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As you have a habit of breaking stuff and no warranty .
You would be best finding a non samsung phone repair shop .
But first just try a factory reset.
jje

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Hey,
I tried everything my EFS was already away before i flashed and rooted.
So i wasnt able to do a backup.
And if i flash JB (Stock,CM everything tried) it stuck on BootLogo Factory reset did already but didnt worked.
Any solution?

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Take it to repair shop. No other solution for you m8.
Sent from my GT-I9305 using xda app-developers app

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Yea I know I'm 14 and the phone was a gift from my parents and I don't have money to repair it
But Big Thanks to all who tried to Help me!

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Q Stuck
Does someone of u know why 4.1 roms are stuckin on bootlogo?

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because your efs is gone

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rajat155 said:
Does someone of u know why 4.1 roms are stuckin on bootlogo?
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They are not stuck on logo its not a common problem .
By its very nature this forum gets p[osts on such topics from users that have broken phones and that's on all firmware releases not just 4.1 .
Bootloop a common noob user problem from SGS1 onwards .
jje

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JJEgan said:
They are not stuck on logo its not a common problem .
By its very nature this forum gets p[osts on such topics from users that have broken phones and that's on all firmware releases not just 4.1 .
Bootloop a common noob user problem from SGS1 onwards .
jje
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But the problem is i have no bootloop it stuck on this screen http://fs02.androidpit.info/userfiles/1587174/image/I9300_bootlogo.jpg its not only 4.1 firmware 4.2 isnt working too i tried everything Cyanogenmod, Stock, omega...
all 4.0 firmware are working perfect.

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Problem is as already posted you have no EFS folder and no IMEI .
4.1.1 roms do not stuck on bootlogo unless broken .
You asked why 4.1.1 stick on bootlogo they dont any broken firmware can stick on bootlogo
jje

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Sv: [Q] IMEI away without flashing
Your phone needs motherboard replacement and rebuilded EFS folder, leave it in for warranty.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app

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It works
Yeah !
It works the problem was that my efs wasnt mounted now i mounted it flashed 4.1 and it works
But still Fake IMEI and Serial 000000000
Kies say that my phone dont support Firmware upgrading.
Is this cuz i have a fake IMEI ?

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rajat155 said:
Yeah !
It works the problem was that my efs wasnt mounted now i mounted it flashed 4.1 and it works
But still Fake IMEI and Serial 000000000
Kies say that my phone dont support Firmware upgrading.
Is this cuz i have a fake IMEI ?
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YES and fake serial .
jje

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Sv: [Q] IMEI away without flashing
rajat155 said:
Yeah !
It works the problem was that my efs wasnt mounted now i mounted it flashed 4.1 and it works
But still Fake IMEI and Serial 000000000
Kies say that my phone dont support Firmware upgrading.
Is this cuz i have a fake IMEI ?
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Warranty next perhaps before you mess anything else up?
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app

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Destroyedbeauty said:
Warranty next perhaps before you mess anything else up?
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The problem is i have no warranty :/

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You cannot use Kies or OTA to update and will have to flash updates via Odin .
You may have no network connection with no IMEI but phone should work as Not A Phone .
jje
jje

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send it to samsung and replace the board for $350, or use your s3 as a media player