I was been having some problems with the charging of mi SGS3 and decided to put it back into stock rom and use my warrenty to fix it.
When I was flashing to the stock rom, it failed and everything on my phone was gone. After hours of trying I finally found a ROM that worked (4.0. one). Even that ROM doesn't work properly (+ its in fabrication mode or something)
NOW
the most important thing is that my IMEI was gone too, completely, no recovering via EFS, tis COMPLETELY gone. Is there a way to put it back in? I still have is (back of my phone), is there a way to just put it back in the efs folder or something? I have been searching the forum for days.. NO result, so I decided to post a thread myself. I did come across a link to a thread but it seems to be deleted?
I really hope somebody can help me... Hate using a backup phone, I want to smash it!
Thanks!
PS: it is a GT-i9300 and I'm from Belgium if that helps with anything.
No EFS backup or EFS restore fails ??
jje
Nothing..
JJEgan said:
No EFS backup or EFS restore fails ??
jje
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do you have a efs backup? if not, take it to service
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do you have a efs backup? if not, take it to service
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Will they fix it without questioning if i stole it or something? so I just go to a samsung center?
verfaillieseth said:
Will they fix it without questioning if i stole it or something? so I just go to a samsung center?
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You will need your receipt or invoice .
It is not a warranty repair as you flashed stuff but you may get away with it .
jje
JJEgan said:
You will need your receipt or invoice .
It is not a warranty repair as you flashed stuff but you may get away with it .
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Ok thanks man.. and what if i bring it to the shop where i bought it (they will send it up to samsung), would i risk it?flashing is allowed in europe i think...
no, flashing in EU doesn't void the warranty if something else is the cause of the problem. in your case, flashing IS the cause of it.
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no, flashing in EU doesn't void the warranty if something else is the cause of the problem. in your case, flashing IS the cause of it.
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Ok man thanks alot!!
Glebun said:
no, flashing in EU doesn't void the warranty if something else is the cause of the problem. in your case, flashing IS the cause of it.
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As true as that is, in practice it is not always that clear cut. Loads of Europeans get conned out of warranty repairs for having customised their phone.
Glebun said:
no, flashing in EU doesn't void the warranty if something else is the cause of the problem. in your case, flashing IS the cause of it.
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FYI: I took contact with the closest Samsung center, explained the issue and they told me they will try to fix it under warranty.
Just one last question, if i set the binary counter to 0, is there any way they will notice I did flash it?
it also has to say "no" and "official"
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it also has to say "no" and "official"
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it does say that but it's still rooted, is there any way to unroot it without flashing? cuz odin won't connect to my device (tried everything, other usb port, restart pc, reinstall drivers)
verfaillieseth said:
it does say that but it's still rooted, is there any way to unroot it without flashing? cuz odin won't connect to my device (tried everything, other usb port, restart pc, reinstall drivers)
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You can unroot it via superuser app
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You can unroot it via superuser app
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one last question, everything is how it's supposed to be, except the fact that mi GT-i9300 is in factory mode.. any help?
verfaillieseth said:
one last question, everything is how it's supposed to be, except the fact that mi GT-i9300 is in factory mode.. any help?
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Your EFS is gone so you can't change factory mode.
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Hi guys,
i flashed my I9100 with the Lite'ning ROM and after that my WLAN stopped working. I did some research and found out that my MAC address got erased from my eeprom, i think.
Some topics i found:
- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=490681&page=7
- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=322225
I also tried recovering my EFS folder but no luck with this. My IMEI is still there and my phone is working perfectly fine except the WLAN.
If i try to activate my WLAN it just says "Error" and deactivates its self afterwards.
Like said before if i enter this code " *#*#232338#*#* " i get a message that says "File does not exists!! Unable to get MacAddress!!"
So is there any way to recover it or flash a new one?
I would really appreciate some help.
The last person to mention this on these forums (yesterday) didn't have an I9100 and was flashing stuff for the wrong device. Are you absolutely sure you have an I9100, and not one of the many variants? (check under your battery)
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The last person to mention this on these forums (yesterday) didn't have an I9100 and was flashing stuff for the wrong device. Are you absolutely sure you have an I9100, and not one of the many variants? (check under your battery)
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Yes i looked it up again and it says:
MODEL: GT-I9100
without anything else.
Possibly a bad flash, go into cwm mounts and storage and chose all the format options yes make sure you save what you need, then enter download mode and re flash
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E_Goldstein said:
Possibly a bad flash, go into cwm mounts and storage and chose all the format options yes make sure you save what you need, then enter download mode and re flash
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Doesnt work. Thanks for the idea tho.
Could anyone tell me what data is in their /efs/wifi folder? I think im missing these Data!!
Taylantz said:
Doesnt work. Thanks for the idea tho.
Could anyone tell me what data is in their /efs/wifi folder? I think im missing these Data!!
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Ill get u a sample soon.
Suggestion: can you see the mac written on the phone in the back?
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eitama said:
Ill get u a sample soon.
Suggestion: can you see the mac written on the phone in the back?
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I searched again through the back side of my phone and the original package but no luck at all.
Would be really fantastic to get a complete efs/wifi backup surely without the original MAC-Address of the owner.
Thanks for the efforts so far
Taylantz;21686457
Would be really fantastic to get a complete efs/wifi backup surely [B said:
without[/B] the original MAC-Address of the owner.
Your backed up EFS folder should have the details .
or a custom rom may have auto backed up your EFS .
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Your backed up EFS folder should have the details .
or a custom rom may have auto backed up your EFS .
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Yes i did but i seems that like stated in the first post that eeprom got erased or something because anything else is there and perfectly fine its just the wifi part.
Taylantz said:
Yes i did but i seems that like stated in the first post that eeprom got erased or something because anything else is there and perfectly fine its just the wifi part.
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t it was in respect of that i posted assuming you meant the eeprom on the phone was erased .not the wifi stuff in the efs folder .
jje
I would say you have two options, giving this guy a very polite pm asking if he has any clues, or flash back to stock, reset the flash counter with a jig and send it back under warranty.
veyka said:
I would say you have two options, giving this guy a very polite pm asking if he has any clues, or flash back to stock, reset the flash counter with a jig and send it back under warranty.
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Sooo i wrote this guy and he was very friendly at helping me at my problem. After all there was no problem with my EFS folder.
So i decided to USB Jig my SGS 2 and send it to Samsung.
Thanks for all your help
Sorted - Can delete thread now.
JakeLee28 said:
Hello, I need help, I have bricked my Galaxy S2.
It won't turn on.
It won't go on download mode (power+home+vol down).
It won't go on to recovery.
Odin won't recognize it when connected.
I think it's the superbrick bug in ICS 4.04.. any kinda help would be appriciated.
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If it is the brick bug that happens when you use CWM to wipe data or rest 4.0.4 firmware then you have screwed your main board.
There is no fix apart from replacing the main board and that is very costly.
Of course if you are still under warranty then return to Samsung and get a replacement.
What were your actions leading up to the bricked device?
If you wiped on 4.0.4 STOCK kernel, then yeah, only way to fix it is by replacing the entire motherboard which is truly expensive.
Next time, remember to read all the stickys and flash a custom kernel !
yeah it is the superbrick bug. I forgot to install siyah before doing a clean wipe, i took it back to the Carphonewarehouse and they said they will send it off for samsung. I hope my flash counter is not gone up as i flashed CWM from stock recovery.?
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yeah it is the superbrick bug. I forgot to install siyah before doing a clean wipe, i took it back to the Carphonewarehouse and they said they will send it off for samsung. I hope my flash counter is not gone up as i flashed CWM from stock recovery.?
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Doesn't matter as they will be replacing the mobo anyway.
I would strongly advise reading/researching/learning properly before attempting to play around with expensive devices.
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Doesn't matter as they will be replacing the mobo anyway.
I would strongly advise reading/researching/learning properly before attempting to play around with expensive devices.
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that's a relief to hear, and yeah that's good advice. I knew about this bug but completely slipped outta my mind when i was doing it, but yeah thanks for the advice
I know this has been wrote many times before but im really stuck here as the information givent o repair a corrupt imei seems to be for the us version of the phone
I recently rooted and flashed my sons phone (done others before)
except this time it has a default imei number 0049 ?
I cant repair the imei and he deleted the efs backup from the memory card
I have read all the tuts and watched countless vids on utube . but I cant get rf nv item manager to find the phone . theres no com port for the phone , even though when flashing with odin it shows a port and uses it .
it is dead forever or does it have to go in for repair
please help someone
It is posted here at least twice a day for this model too
Essentially no EFS, you're looking at sending it for repair but samsung CAN repair it
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rootSU said:
It is posted here at least twice a day for this model too
Essentially no EFS, you're looking at sending it for repair but samsung CAN repair it
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the phone seems to be missing 'Qualcomm USB Settings'
the option just isn't there
jona29 said:
the phone seems to be missing 'Qualcomm USB Settings'
the option just isn't there
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You're not using a qualcomm based phone. You have an Exynos based phone (quad core)
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You're not using a qualcomm based phone. You have an Exynos based phone (quad core)
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that's what I thought but didn't want to sound stupid from the get go
No worries.
But yeah only 2 choices. Restore EFS backup or send for repair and you've ruled out the former.
Do reset flash counter with triangle away if its at 1 though
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No worries.
But yeah only 2 choices. Restore EFS backup or send for repair and you've ruled out the former.
Do reset flash counter with triangle away if its at 1 though
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triangle away cant reset the flash counter below 1 .
and whats the chance of the phone been repaired in the uk . I think they will just refuse stating its blocked ,
it was at first something on the lines of 789789789784 after flashing a stock o2 rom to the phone it has the default 0049 imei . and no network signal at all .
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triangle away cant reset the flash counter below 1 .
and whats the chance of the phone been repaired in the uk . I think they will just refuse stating its blocked ,
it was at first something on the lines of 789789789784 after flashing a stock o2 rom to the phone it has the default 0049 imei . and no network signal at all .
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If it has a Jellybean bootloader, the flash counter sets back to one upon every boot. So to use triangle away succesfully, you must either:
1) Use triangle away, but prevent the phone rebooting afterwards by pulling the battery (tricky to time right)
2) Flash stock, root with CF auto root, then reset counter. There would be nothing to increase teh flash counter. Then use SuperSU app to remove root (long winded, almost counter intuitive)
Is it actually blocked? They don't look at the phone to see if it is blocked, they look at the network. Loads of people wipe their EFS so don't worry, you're nowhere near the first to do this. You probably weren't even the first yesterday to do this.
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triangle away cant reset the flash counter below 1 .
and whats the chance of the phone been repaired in the uk . I think they will just refuse stating its blocked ,
it was at first something on the lines of 789789789784 after flashing a stock o2 rom to the phone it has the default 0049 imei . and no network signal at all .
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success took it to local phone shop cost me £20 for imei number restore done in 10 mins
my son will be happy
jona29 said:
success took it to local phone shop cost me £20 for imei number restore done in 10 mins
my son will be happy
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Hey, that's nice and easy! Thanks for letting us know.
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Hey, that's nice and easy! Thanks for letting us know.
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which phone store did the repair in uk?? i have 1 which i flashed with latest 4.2.2 firmware which lost the imei (0049) tried everything to get this imei back with no luck and no backup, let me know
First of all, I'm sorry if these things are already discussed somewhere. I never owned a Samsung phone, so this is my first time here. A friend of mine bricked her SGS3 and I have to help her to get it back working. She tried to install an update and the phone is now stuck on Samsung logo, but she can access the download mode.
Since I'm not an Samsung user, can you, please, give me some easy to follow instructions how to repair the phone? Is there an repair option in Kies/Odin or we have to flash the ROM manually? The phone is not rooted, and everything was stock.
And another question, before proceeding, is it possible to save some data from the phone or no?
Thank you a lot!
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First of all, I'm sorry if these things are already discussed somewhere. I never owned a Samsung phone, so this is my first time here. A friend of mine bricked her SGS3 and I have to help her to get it back working. She tried to install an update and the phone is now stuck on Samsung logo, but she can access the download mode.
Since I'm not an Samsung user, can you, please, give me some easy to follow instructions how to repair the phone? Is there an repair option in Kies/Odin or we have to flash the ROM manually? The phone is not rooted, and everything was stock.
And another question, before proceeding, is it possible to save some data from the phone or no?
Thank you a lot!
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You can this guide (+more) in FAQ thread on top: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2323847
Odin shouldn't delete any files after recovery, but you'll have to perform a full wipe after doing a backup in order to avoid versions merging issues
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You can this guide (+more) in FAQ thread on top: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2323847
Odin shouldn't delete any files after recovery, but you'll have to perform a full wipe after doing a backup in order to avoid versions merging issues
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Is there an repair option rather than manual flashing? I don't know which firmware to use and which is her model exactly. It's a Galaxy S3 in Croatia.
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Is there an repair option rather than manual flashing? I don't know which firmware to use and which is her model exactly. It's a Galaxy S3 in Croatia.
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If she has official stock ROM, than you can try using kies: Tools->recover firmware
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amirTor said:
If she has official stock ROM, than you can try using kies: Tools->recover firmware
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Thanks a lot Yes, everything is stock on it. We will try and see. There is a high possibility that the phone is hardware damaged because she used to have problems with it and the repair center told her that there are signs of water and corrosion inside. Is there a possibility to permanently brick the device if something went wrong during repair? For exampe, if the USB connector fails or something?
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Thanks a lot Yes, everything is stock on it. We will try and see. There is a high possibility that the phone is hardware damaged because she used to have problems with it and the repair center told her that there are signs of water and corrosion inside. Is there a possibility to permanently brick the device if something went wrong during repair? For exampe, if the USB connector fails or something?
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There is always a (minor) chance, but thats part of the fun
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Is there a possibility to permanently brick the device if something went wrong during repair? For exampe, if the USB connector fails or something?
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There is always a possibility if the installation is interrupted anyway. But in almost all cases, things go fine so don't worry about it. Plus, flashing takes a couple of minutes.
Thanks! I managed to repair the phone with Kies recovery and now it's running Android 4.3 and all data is still there. The phone is pretty slow but it's full of apps and data so I adviced her to do a factory reset.
Hey there guys! I'm having a problem with my phone. i got the problem when I restated the it last night then suddenly, my phone can longer detect any SIM card and the IMEI is empty. My phone is not rooted so I don't know what causes this. I already Factory reset the phone but no avail :crying:
KevinPaul06 said:
Hey there guys! I'm having a problem with my phone. i got the problem when I restated the it last night then suddenly, my phone can longer detect any SIM card and the IMEI is empty. My phone is not rooted so I don't know what causes this. I already Factory reset the phone but no avail :crying:
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Get a new sim card.
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Get a new sim card.
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This will not help if he has no IMEI.
You most likely corrupted the efs partition. In such a case without a backup you can try flashing a stock rom or modem, or you will have to send it in.
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This will not help if he has no IMEI.
You most likely corrupted the efs partition. In such a case without a backup you can try flashing a stock rom or modem, or you will have to send it in.
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User hasn't rooted and is completely stock.
Evolution_Tech said:
User hasn't rooted and is completely stock.
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Which means nothing when the efs is corrupted. Without a backup his only options are the ones I mentioned
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Which means nothing when the efs is corrupted. Without a backup his only options are the ones I mentioned
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Understood, and thanks for clarification. I only mentioned it because you had mentioned flashing stock. I'm a nexus guy, not familiar with this issue.
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Which means nothing when the efs is corrupted. Without a backup his only options are the ones I mentioned
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One question though. Isn't Factory Reset and flashing to Stock ROM have same results?
KevinPaul06 said:
One question though. Isn't Factory Reset and flashing to Stock ROM have same results?
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Not even close. All a factory reset does is remove and reset system and user data. Flashing a stock rom will format all partitions and reload all the stock apks, which factory reset doesn't touch
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Not even close. All a factory reset does is remove and reset system and user data. Flashing a stock rom will format all partitions and reload all the stock apks, which factory reset doesn't touch
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I see, thanks. I already googling my stock ROM but there are only 3 region available, CIS, India and Australia. What should I get? I'm from Philippines btw.
KevinPaul06 said:
I see, thanks. I already googling my stock ROM but there are only 3 region available, CIS, India and Australia. What should I get? I'm from Philippines btw.
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No idea I would contact the seller that sold the device to you. I would contact LG about it. They may advise you to send it into repair. There are ways to fix the imei but messing with the imei is illegal so you wont find help here on how to do it. Google is your best bet if you are left with no option. I nor XDA advise this though.
Hi,can i ask some question about my phone LG D380 my phone has no signal and IMEI,i use it yesterday but a few hour it has no signal and i dont use messaging and call...pls give me some advice how to fix it....tnx