Hi,
I have got an Galaxy S3 from a friend. It was stuck on the Samsung animation and it would not boot.
Animation - black screen - animation.
I thought well, its gonna be a simple matter of reflashing the os with odin. But I was wrong.
I tried a buch of Jelly Bean Versions and even clockworkmod recovery and CM10.1. It still refused to boot.
So I reflashed stock recovery and took a closer look. In stock recovery i spotted the line "failed to mount /efs partition".
A quick research confirmed my first thought. It refuesed to boot because the imei partition is damaged.
Luckily i found this useful forum thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2403903 i tried the ICS rom and it booted.
That is the point i am at right now. And I could need some help :good:
IMEI is now null/null *lol* and baseband is unknown, so there is certainly something going on there.
The phone had no custom binaries so there is no /efs backup i would know of. Oh and there is another little problem, the phone somehow does not have a sticker below the battery (dont ask me why. I do not know) which could tell me the imei and my mate does not have a receipt or the box to tell me the right imei.
I think it would be a good idea to try to backup the damaged partition and try to extract the data from it and then format it and merge the files with a "clean /efs folder" somehow like this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264021 here.
Or is there a "repair partition" function like scandisk for windwos included in android to take care of that?
If anybody has any thoughts on this please let me know!
Thanks a lot!
playitlouder said:
Hi,
I have got an Galaxy S3 from a friend. It was stuck on the Samsung animation and it would not boot.
Animation - black screen - animation.
I thought well, its gonna be a simple matter of reflashing the os with odin. But I was wrong.
I tried a buch of Jelly Bean Versions and even clockworkmod recovery and CM10.1. It still refused to boot.
So I reflashed stock recovery and took a closer look. In stock recovery i spotted the line "failed to mount /efs partition".
A quick research confirmed my first thought. It refuesed to boot because the imei partition is damaged.
Luckily i found this useful forum thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2403903 i tried the ICS rom and it booted.
That is the point i am at right now. And I could need some help :good:
IMEI is now null/null *lol* and baseband is unknown, so there is certainly something going on there.
The phone had no custom binaries so there is no /efs backup i would know of. Oh and there is another little problem, the phone somehow does not have a sticker below the battery (dont ask me why. I do not know) which could tell me the imei and my mate does not have a receipt or the box to tell me the right imei.
I think it would be a good idea to try to backup the damaged partition and try to extract the data from it and then format it and merge the files with a "clean /efs folder" somehow like this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264021 here.
Or is there a "repair partition" function like scandisk for windwos included in android to take care of that?
If anybody has any thoughts on this please let me know!
Thanks a lot!
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Where are you?
Some people have had luck with efs restore while going from a lower android version to higher version
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playitlouder said:
Oh and there is another little problem, the phone somehow does not have a sticker below the battery (dont ask me why. I do not know) which could tell me the imei and my mate does not have a receipt or the box to tell me the right imei.
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Hmm, very strange indeed. A repair shop won't even be able to help you with that phone.
it is possible fixing efs partition with dd backup restore command for dev/mmcblk07 from another i9300. but you need an efs backup. if you have a backup i can send an empty backup from mmcblk07. efs will mount success
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zuluman said:
it is possible fixing efs partition with dd backup restore command for dev/mmcblk07 from another i9300. but you need an efs backup. if you have a backup i can send an empty backup from mmcblk07. efs will mount success
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In the I9300 efs is partition number 3, 7 is the radio.
wangdaning said:
In the I9300 efs is partition number 3, 7 is the radio.
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you are right sorry. alot of think of my mind
I tried flashing XXEMC2_I9300 but no luck it doesn't want to boot
Going back to ICS again now. (and going to root it).
Is there a command to force android to mount the partition even tho its damaged? (trying to copy data from it)
(Or a command to get the data bit by bit to seek for something on the pc maybe...)
With a "clear" image of /efs could I simply enter an imei from an old Samsung Phone(nobody is ever going to use again) ?
playitlouder said:
I tried flashing XXEMC2_I9300 but no luck it doesn't want to boot
Going back to ICS again now. (and going to root it).
Is there a command to force android to mount the partition even tho its damaged? (trying to copy data from it)
(Or a command to get the data bit by bit to seek for something on the pc maybe...)
With a "clear" image of /efs could I simply enter an imei from an old Samsung Phone(nobody is ever going to use again) ?
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Flash omega Rom, you will find the baseband has been upgraded to XXEMG5, as such you can only flash roms with new base band you cannot go back even with odin, thats your problem, hope this helps !
swukjay said:
Flash omega Rom, you will find the baseband has been upgraded, as such you can only flash roms with new base band you cannot go back even with odin, thats your problem, hope this helps !
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Youc an flash any rom so long as you flash mg2 or mg4 baseband again afterwards. These are available in:
general > sticky roll-up thread > imei / efs - know this stuff
I tried CM 10.1 and it wouldn't boot.
Omega seems CM based, so I don't get why it should boot.
And in recovery there is a red line of text saying E: Failed to mount /efs (invalid argument).
I dont think this is just a matter of flashing another rom. Or am I wrong?
playitlouder said:
I tried CM 10.1 and it wouldn't boot.
Omega seems CM based, so I don't get why it should boot.
And in recovery there is a red line of text saying E: Failed to mount /efs (invalid argument).
I dont think this is just a matter of flashing another rom. Or am I wrong?
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Omega is Sammy based ROM not cm based !
Also there option to remount efs in recovery.
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playitlouder said:
I tried CM 10.1 and it wouldn't boot.
Omega seems CM based, so I don't get why it should boot.
And in recovery there is a red line of text saying E: Failed to mount /efs (invalid argument).
I dont think this is just a matter of flashing another rom. Or am I wrong?
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Omega is stock sammy based so should work !
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chris_marsh said:
Omega is Sammy based ROM not cm based !
Also there option to remount efs in recovery.
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Thanks mate, great minds think alike that's why i suggested omega, its a bloody good ROM too !
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playitlouder said:
I tried CM 10.1 and it wouldn't boot.
Omega seems CM based, so I don't get why it should boot.
And in recovery there is a red line of text saying E: Failed to mount /efs (invalid argument).
I dont think this is just a matter of flashing another rom. Or am I wrong?
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Look mate it cannot mount and write to efs because the partition is now in a different file format, it changes the entire format of efs which is why its failing, flash the omega rom ! you have asked for help and we have given you the solution, if that dont work come back and tell us
So im going to flash that rom now. Correct?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1720628&highlight=omega
playitlouder said:
So im going to flash that rom now. Correct?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1720628&highlight=omega
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Not that one. They said Omega is Sammy based but they forget there are 2 omega roms. That is teh AOKP based one (Similar to CM). You want the Samsung based one. Its usually on page 1 of "Android development"
playitlouder said:
So im going to flash that rom now. Correct?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1720628&highlight=omega
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no this one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1663656 xxemg5
link to download centre and rom http://omega-roms.net/blog/?page_id=723
playitlouder said:
So im going to flash that rom now. Correct?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1720628&highlight=omega
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Not that . this one : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1663656
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The omega rom is great and should get you up and running , once that is done and it boots and is working boot back into recovery and use the installer again to back up the efs, then you should be flying job done simples !
Installed Omega, and now I'm stuck on the first Samsung screen again.
I still think there is an EFS problem...
EDIT: Installed it again. Now I get blue LED and spinning omega Logo. Its stuck there...
playitlouder said:
Installed Omega, and now I'm stuck on the first Samsung screen again.
I still think there is an EFS problem...
EDIT: Installed it again. Now I get blue LED and spinning omega Logo. Its stuck there...
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Boot into recovery and wip all the partions, system preload etc all of em then try again to install, I have seen this happen before when it wouldnt boot as a wipe wasn't performed before install, then get back to us
Also what recovery are you using?
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Hello, I own Galaxy S2, after I tried to update firmware to JPKI1 ( Downloaded from samfirmware), the flash went ok but after that, I noticed the Signal is gone, IMEI and I CANT do any reflashing either to stock or custom, I used ODIN to do the flashing procedure, each time I flash a Firmware nothing happens the old (JPKI1) version still there, I'm confused what to do now DIY or Service center?.
Regards.
sounds like you may have nuked your efs folder.
If you ment to write I noticed the Signal is gone and the IMEI
Hopefully you have a backup
kenshinzer0 said:
sounds like you may have nuked your efs folder.
If you ment to write I noticed the Signal is gone and the IMEI
Hopefully you have a backup
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Well, am out of luck for this one, i dont have backup, thanks for your reply.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using Tapatalk
Can you flash a new rom & rooted kernel via odin
then look to see what you have in /efs
If you have any backup files under /efs, say /efs/_nvdata.bak you may be in luck (I was)
planetf1 said:
Can you flash a new rom & rooted kernel via odin
then look to see what you have in /efs
If you have any backup files under /efs, say /efs/_nvdata.bak you may be in luck (I was)
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Well, I tried to flash another kernel and another rom but the weird thing is after finishing the flashing, nothing happens at all, the old version is there, even if i do a data wipe, the data doesn't wipe at all, every thing is still the same, thanks for the reply.
BTW: I haven't found anything in efs folder.
Regards.
I was running CyanogenMod 10.1 ROM with SiyahKernel v-1.9.1. My phone ran out of battery, so I went to charge it, I turned it on and it became stuck at the ''SAMSUNG S3 GT-I9300'' logo. I left it there for 30 min. nothing happened, I took the battery out and the same thing. So I decided to flash again the Stock Firmware with ODIN (obiously ), It flashed it with no problems, but it is the same. I tried so many things and searched in so many posts and nothing helped me. Sorry for writing long and for bothering! Thx!
Plenty of reasons why your phone won't boot, running the battery until shut down increases the risk of corrupting files or even partition. If the stock rom flashed via odin successfully then there should be nothing wrong, you did factory reset and clear caches before you booted, right?
factory reset from recovery
boomboomer said:
Plenty of reasons why your phone won't boot, running the battery until shut down increases the risk of corrupting files or even partition. If the stock rom flashed via odin successfully then there should be nothing wrong, you did factory reset and clear caches before you booted, right?
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Yeah I did it nothing happened... But when I put it into Recovery its says E:failed to mount /efs (Invalid argument) it has something to do with it?
yes. restore your backed up EFS folder.
Or if you didn't back it up, then send it to service. Use search for loads of similar posts.
Glebun said:
yes. restore your backed up EFS folder.
Or if you didn't back it up, then send it to service. Use search for loads of similar posts.
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Oh god so there is no way I can fix it? Here the Samsung service is soooo expensive :crying:
If you didn't read the instructions that said you should back up the folder before doing anything, then no
Glebun said:
If you didn't read the instructions that said you should back up the folder before doing anything, then no
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I just got an EFS file that I got from my father's phone, is there a way to take out the file that contains his IMEI and recover mine with other things? It is possible?
juanca530 said:
I just got an EFS file that I got from my father's phone, is there a way to take out the file that contains his IMEI and recover mine with other things? It is possible?
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NO
jje
juanca530 said:
I just got an EFS file that I got from my father's phone, is there a way to take out the file that contains his IMEI and recover mine with other things? It is possible?
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maybe, but you won't get any support on xda about that, because it can be used for illegal purposes
Glebun said:
maybe, but you won't get any support on xda about that, because it can be used for illegal purposes
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Thx for the help guys! I'll keep investigating.
UPDATE EDIT: I have had some progress since my original post. Could you please read my latest posts, maybe you could help me out
Samsung S3 GT-I9300 purchased in the UK.
Its my sisters mobile and i think its soft bricked. She told me it just happened and she done nothing. I received the phone in stock condition.
The phone was orignally stuck solid on the first startup title screen and would not go any further. This is what i have done so far:
1. booted the phone into recovery mode which shows E:failed to mount /efs (invalid argument)
2. wiped cache partition
3. wiped data/factory reset
4. Installed Odin3-v3.04 and downloaded I9300XXDLIB_I9300OXFDLI1_I9300XXDLIB_HOME.tar
5. Connected phone to Odin and flashed the above .tar file which completed sucessfully.
The phone rebooted and it still got stuck on the first startup title screen.
I then looked for a different version and downloaded I9300XXEMF1_I9300EVREMF1_I9300BVEMF1_HOME.tar
this version also installed sucessfully onto the phone after repeating what i had previously done.
The phone reboots and now gets past the first title screen to the animated samsung logo but then keeps looping the animation.
The blue led in top left corner is on and is pulsing from dim to bright constantly while it loops.
Getting a little progress with the 2nd version i kept this on and patched CF-Auto-Root-m0-m0xx-gti9300.tar ontop of it.
Still the same looping when it gets to animated samsung logo
I dont know if this would of helped but i then tryed downloading the NV Generator to make a new IMEI file but cant get
the phone to respond to NV reader writer program.
Iv downloaded Adb and tryed to push the IMEI file onto the phone but it fails with error E: Signature Verification Failed
Im a beginner and this is the first time iv tryed to fix a phone and iv hit a brick wall and not sure now if im wasting my time.
can anyone help me get to the next stage?
Restore your backed up EFS would be the first step .
Do you actually have an I9300 as the NV tool is for a different phone
jje
Does your phone have a cwm or twrp now that u cf rooted it? If u do..then just flash a new rom over it after a clean wipe..(not stock) hopefully your phne should reboot to the new rom..otherwise ill think of another way..put the files into the extmem card using a card reader..or take a tar file of the new rom and flash it after clean wipe..works for me everytime i f up
JJEgan said:
Restore your backed up EFS would be the first step .
Do you actually have an I9300 as the NV tool is for a different phone
jje
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I don't have a backed up EFS. its my sisters phone. with no backed up EFS is the phone unfixable then?
ardensedvirens said:
no backed up EFS is the phone unfixable then?
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Correct, needs Service centre repair
Kalyan_121 said:
Does your phone have a cwm or twrp now that u cf rooted it? If u do..then just flash a new rom over it after a clean wipe..(not stock) hopefully your phne should reboot to the new rom..otherwise ill think of another way..put the files into the extmem card using a card reader..or take a tar file of the new rom and flash it after clean wipe..works for me everytime i f up
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is cwm and twrp options in the recovery menu? where do I look to see?
the recovery menu only shows:
Android system recovery <3e>
reboot system now
apply update from ADB
apply update from external storage
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
apply update from cache
sorry if this is not what you meant. im not sure what cwm and twrp is short for.
rootSU said:
Correct, needs Service centre repair
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really? dam. how much would it cost to fix this problem?
JJEgan said:
Do you actually have an I9300 as the NV tool is for a different phone
jje
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Yes I have I9300. I tried this after watching a video on youtube of a guy doing it for a Samsung s3. I cant post video link yet until I have 10 posts. sorry.
ardensedvirens said:
Yes I have I9300. I tried this after watching a video on youtube of a guy doing it for a Samsung s3. I cant post video link yet until I have 10 posts. sorry.
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Samsung S3 can be like a dozen different phones, i9300 is one of them.
Glebun said:
Samsung S3 can be like a dozen different phones, i9300 is one of them.
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Ahh yes I get you now. sorry lol.
what if I get a backup /efs from another phone. would I be able to mount it via sd card, then edit the efs to suit my phone so its not a clone of the phone iv got it from?
iv just flashed ODIN_CheckROM_V4_XXBLG8
it gives alot more options to fiddle around with. I think I could fix this phone to be honest if I keep looking into it.
OMG!! after installing the rom I just posted the phone has booted up and im in
I don't know what to do now.
is the efs fixed? should I make a backup?
how did this fix the phone?
ardensedvirens said:
Ahh yes I get you now. sorry lol.
what if I get a backup /efs from another phone. would I be able to mount it via sd card, then edit the efs to suit my phone so its not a clone of the phone iv got it from?
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you won't be getting any help with that here since it can be used for illegal activities
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ardensedvirens said:
is the efs fixed?
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you tell us - is the IMEI back?
make ioudedi
Glebun said:
you won't be getting any help with that here since it can be used for illegal activities
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you tell us - is the IMEI back?
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Ok sorry I didn't know, I just thought it was just a missing folder that could be copyed.
the phone has now booted up
[Resurrection Edition] CheckROM EvoHD™ V4 [ODIN ROM]
this is what I flashed and it seems to have fixed it?
can anyone explain what has happened, I would like to understand what this rom was able to do that the others I flashed before couldn't.
if it booted it doesn't mean that EFS is okay
Glebun said:
if it booted it doesn't mean that EFS is okay
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do you know what I could do from here to fix the efs?
should I try and pull anything from the phone onto my computer now that its booted?
when I goto status it says IMEI unknown
I know my imei number is behind the battery, how do I register it?
the fact that it booted changes nothing.
you can't repair the EFS if you don't have a backup
what is EFS? is it a folder? a file?
can anyone else explain a little more?
it is a folder.
to explain a little more - you need a new motherboard because every EFS folder is device-specific
I cant get the phone to connect to my wifi. Kies is not picking up the phone either.
is there a way I can download apps to my pc and load them onto the phone? I would like to try and get root explorer installed to see if there is an efs folder.
i tried EFS PRO. it has generated an efs.img file, is it useful?
this is what i done to get it, im not sure if its correct. can anyone tell me?
i went into Backup and selected Device Filter: International Variants
i ticked the block device box and clicked the backup button.
the operation was successful and it created the zip file with the efs.img inside it.
i have pulled this zip from the phone using QtADB_0.8.1_
does anybody know if this file can be used to fix the problem? or has it made a backup of a corrupt efs folder?
Hello,
i'm new here in this forum and my english isn't that good but i hope
that someone of you can help me
I bricked my S3 two weeks ago while using swapper 2 and flashing some roms...
after a while the efs folder couldnt be mounted E: failed to mount efs (invalid argument)
and hanging in a bootloop..
My biggest fault was that I have not a backup of the EFS folder. Only
an complete Backup with CWM. But that couldnt helped me.
After trying a lot of Roms I got my phone with the I9300XXALE9_I9300OJVALE9_TMC and GT-I9300_mx_20120329 pit back to boot
normally. Android Version is 4.0.4
The Problem is that the EFS Folder is completly empty and I havent an
IMEI, so no mobile connections. But Wlan worked at home.
By the way: When i try to restore the cwm backup it will hang in a bootloop again.
Is there any way to restore the IMEI / EFS without an Backup?
I red that some persons could restore it with an other stock rom?
I'm not sure which Stock-Rom (4.1.2 probably but which exactly) I need for my Phone.
I bought it at May/13 in Germany (I'm from germany).
Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 16GB White
with 4.1.2 Jelly Bean Stock Rom
Do you need some more informations?
And please dont tell me that I'm silly, i know it already
Hope you understand my problem and maybe can help.
Kind Regards
Justin
nitsuj1001 said:
Is there any way to restore the IMEI / EFS without an Backup?
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It needs to be sent for repair
rootSU said:
It needs to be sent for repair
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Oh Damn... Are you sure?
Can i restore the warranty? If not, whats about the price for reparing?
Thank you
nitsuj1001 said:
Oh Damn... Are you sure?
Can i restore the warranty? If not, whats about the price for reparing?
Thank you
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If you follow the restore to stock guides, you may be covered under warranty. Cost of repair is minimal.
You might want to check this method for not efs backed up people...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264021
I have not tried it but you can check it out as last resort
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nitsuj1001 said:
Hello,
i'm new here in this forum and my english isn't that good but i hope
that someone of you can help me
I bricked my S3 two weeks ago while using swapper 2 and flashing some roms...
after a while the efs folder couldnt be mounted E: failed to mount efs (invalid argument)
and hanging in a bootloop..
My biggest fault was that I have not a backup of the EFS folder. Only
an complete Backup with CWM. But that couldnt helped me.
After trying a lot of Roms I got my phone with the I9300XXALE9_I9300OJVALE9_TMC and GT-I9300_mx_20120329 pit back to boot
normally. Android Version is 4.0.4
The Problem is that the EFS Folder is completly empty and I havent an
IMEI, so no mobile connections. But Wlan worked at home.
By the way: When i try to restore the cwm backup it will hang in a bootloop again.
Is there any way to restore the IMEI / EFS without an Backup?
I red that some persons could restore it with an other stock rom?
I'm not sure which Stock-Rom (4.1.2 probably but which exactly) I need for my Phone.
I bought it at May/13 in Germany (I'm from germany).
Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 16GB White
with 4.1.2 Jelly Bean Stock Rom
Do you need some more informations?
And please dont tell me that I'm silly, i know it already
Hope you understand my problem and maybe can help.
Kind Regards
Justin
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I did the same but I found the easiest way on earth to fix it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2404292
I deleted my efs folder, changed it with someone else's, tried editing the files, tired deleting certain files, even changed the serial number on the phone trying to fix the efs folder, and the above still worked,
Thanks,
DonkeyDuck said:
I did the same but I found the easiest way on earth to fix it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2404292
I deleted my efs folder, changed it with someone else's, tried editing the files, tired deleting certain files, even changed the serial number on the phone trying to fix the efs folder, and the above still worked,
Thanks,
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I tried it, but this doesn't work for me
Can someone tell me how i can update from 4.0.4 to 4.1.2? Everytime when i try it, i hang in a bootloop after flashing.
It tells me that efs folder is not mounted...
I'm wondering why it works when i flash 4.0.4...
nitsuj1001 said:
I tried it, but this doesn't work for me
Can someone tell me how i can update from 4.0.4 to 4.1.2? Everytime when i try it, i hang in a bootloop after flashing.
It tells me that efs folder is not mounted...
I'm wondering why it works when i flash 4.0.4...
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Are you flashing via Odin?
rootSU said:
Are you flashing via Odin?
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Yes, but i tried the solution via kies and firmware update and initialization, but this didn't work.
I'm not sure which version of 4.1.2 i need... s3 isn't provider locked.
nitsuj1001 said:
Yes, but i tried the solution via kies and firmware update and initialization, but this didn't work.
I'm not sure which version of 4.1.2 i need... s3 isn't provider locked.
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They're all on sammobile.com - Just set the filters correctly and you can download what you like.
rootSU said:
They're all on sammobile.com - Just set the filters correctly and you can download what you like.
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Hello again,
sorry i had no internet access the last days.
Everytime when i try to flash a 4.1.2 Rom I'm stucked in a bootloop again :/ I'm pretty sure that I've choosen the correct Firmware.
Do you know what the problem could be?
I've not given up trying to repair my phone
Maybe my issue could be solved when I flash back to FW which was installed before.
The latest firmware is the
PDA: I9300XXEMG4
CSC: I9300DBTEMG3
MODEM: I9300XXEMG4
(Yes i know about the new efs format)
but this isn't working too.
Do you know why why I'm not getting at least a default IMEI? My Imei is always null/null
I've read about NV-items_reader_writer and qpst. Could they help me?
Greetings
Justin
nitsuj1001 said:
Hello again,
sorry i had no internet access the last days.
Everytime when i try to flash a 4.1.2 Rom I'm stucked in a bootloop again :/ I'm pretty sure that I've choosen the correct Firmware.
Do you know what the problem could be?
I've not given up trying to repair my phone
Maybe my issue could be solved when I flash back to FW which was installed before.
The latest firmware is the
PDA: I9300XXEMG4
CSC: I9300DBTEMG3
MODEM: I9300XXEMG4
(Yes i know about the new efs format)
but this isn't working too.
Do you know why why I'm not getting at least a default IMEI? My Imei is always null/null
I've read about NV-items_reader_writer and qpst. Could they help me?
Greetings
Justin
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I would recommend sending the device for repair.
After having S3 for some months, I decided to update it to 4.3.
So I searched online and saw some tutorials how to root and install costum ROMs.
I read few tutorials to be sure how to do that and after all went good and the ROM installed, One problem has rised: NO SIGNAL!
so I wiped all and installed a ROM STOCK.
After that the signal came back "half way". It's showing signal bars but I can't call to anyone, even after calling to my provider...
I just don't know what to do. Please help
VentAcruZ said:
After having S3 for some months, I decided to update it to 4.3.
So I searched online and saw some tutorials how to root and install costum ROMs.
I read few tutorials to be sure how to do that and after all went good and the ROM installed, One problem has rised: NO SIGNAL!
so I wiped all and installed a ROM STOCK.
After that the signal came back "half way". It's showing signal bars but I can't call to anyone, even after calling to my provider...
I just don't know what to do. Please help
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well these tutorial you've read were either very bad or you haven't read them correctly, because probably you missed the important step of the efs backup. see therefor the stickies thread or the thousands of similiar questions here in the q&a.
Darkened_Sky said:
well these tutorial you've read were either very bad or you haven't read them correctly, because probably you missed the important step of the efs backup. see therefor the stickies thread or the thousands of similiar questions here in the q&a.
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Ok... so if I don't have a efs backup so I am screwed I got it.
But I think I found somothing. it's called efs.tar that was on my phone. (attched)
What can I do with this file?
Thank you
VentAcruZ said:
Ok... so if I don't have a efs backup so I am screwed I got it.
But I think I found somothing. it's called efs.tar that was on my phone. (attched)
What can I do with this file?
Thank you
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That is your backup flash with odin
( When you flashed a custom rom it probably backed up your efs some roms backup by default)
I would just backup your efs you have at the moment just in case you have problems flashing. You will then be able to return to how your efs is now even though it is not fully working..
Or try this app >> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.hellcat.droiddev.ktool <<
The phone has to bee rotted to use ktool?
I also understand from the link you did about the EFS that there are two types of base bands and if I have an efs backup that I did on V1 baseband so I can't restore it on a v2 baseband, so my conclusion is to get back to 4.1.2... correct me if I am wrong
VentAcruZ said:
The phone has to bee rotted to use ktool?
I also understand from the link you did about the EFS that there are two types of base bands and if I have an efs backup that I did on V1 baseband so I can't restore it on a v2 baseband, so my conclusion is to get back to 4.1.2... correct me if I am wrong
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good that you found efs backup
yes you need root. or you use the recovery philz touch to restore your efs (then you don't need root, but a custom recovery).
well samsung roms based on 4.3 need efs v2, so you have to go back to 4.1.2 to restore your efs v1 backup.
if everything is working again, I would suggest you to use oding to upgrade to 4.3, because then everything should be updated correctly (but keep your efs backup, and make another one, just to be sure)
then you can try out again custom roms based on sammy 4.3
So what is the best option to restore it?
Because before I tried (while 4.3 stock rom was installed) the flash it with Odin but Odin always crashed when I was uploading it to Odin.
With kTool I tried before but when I am clicking on the button it says that it restored but he didn't asked for directory, when do I need to put it?
The same story with phliz, I also tried with this and he don't asks for directory, only asking whan the ending if the file-tar to bin...
VentAcruZ said:
So what is the best option to restore it?
Because before I tried (while 4.3 stock rom was installed) the flash it with Odin but Odin always crashed when I was uploading it to Odin.
With kTool I tried before but when I am clicking on the button it says that it restored but he didn't asked for directory, when do I need to put it?
The same story with phliz, I also tried with this and he don't asks for directory, only asking whan the ending if the file-tar to bin...
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Just extract the efs.tar and copy its contents to /efs.
vinceducut said:
Just extract the efs.tar and copy its contents to /efs.
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Where is this folder located? I can't find it
and does it for xTool and phliz recovery destinations for teaking the recovery from?
Edit:
I found the /efs. I dind't know that I need to use root explorer...
I exchanged the files with my back up and suddenly instead of 0049 IMEI I got 0000 IMEI.
I tired also to flash a modem and also didin't work...
VentAcruZ said:
Where is this folder located? I can't find it
and does it for xTool and phliz recovery destinations for teaking the recovery from?
Edit:
I found the /efs. I dind't know that I need to use root explorer...
I exchanged the files with my back up and suddenly instead of 0049 IMEI I got 0000 IMEI.
I tired also to flash a modem and also didin't work...
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Hmm... try installing another EFSv2 modem, then do the /efs copying part again.
Suddenly after so restarts, the IMEI got back
But... The SN now is 0000000000
You'll need to correct the permissions of the files you've copied. Try searching for someone who already did this and duplicate what they did.
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Ok,
I tried something new. I flashed a new modem, backed up a full backup and then installed a costum rom 4.3.
the IMEI GOT BACK! And even the SERIAL NUMBER!
But I think the serial number is not good because he has 16 or 17 (I don't remember) digits (numbers and letters).
But still i have signal bars but can't make or receive calls he says: "No registered on network"
For the finalle, I tried ARIZA patch but he Is stuck on 0%...
here I stopped, I really don't know what to do.
Don't use the Ariza patch once you've got your IMEI and SN back. Maybe try flashing a new stock version of Android with a EFSv2 baseband so as to not go through the copying fiasco.
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VentAcruZ said:
Ok,
I tried something new. I flashed a new modem, backed up a full backup and then installed a costum rom 4.3.
the IMEI GOT BACK! And even the SERIAL NUMBER!
But I think the serial number is not good because he has 16 or 17 (I don't remember) digits (numbers and letters).
But still i have signal bars but can't make or receive calls he says: "No registered on network"
For the finalle, I tried ARIZA patch but he Is stuck on 0%...
here I stopped, I really don't know what to do.
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Try this >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...ii-network-problem-update-sn-t1918601/page199 << look at post 1984
tallman43 said:
Try this >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...ii-network-problem-update-sn-t1918601/page199 << look at post 1984
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Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It worked!!!!!!!!!!!
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VentAcruZ said:
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It worked!!!!!!!!!!!
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