hi All,
On my Samsung galaxy S3 i9300, when I install Omega ROM it works fine, but when I install UltimaRom it always corrupt my IMEI and and I m left with Emergency calls only. I took efs backup with backup/restore tool as well. When I restored the efs backup from restore option, the files were pushed to my phone successfully but still I'm having Emergency calls only.
Please guide what to do, as I had tried atleast 20 times all options but nothing helped to restore the efs img file.
Also when I again go to recovery and install Omega Rom then it works fine and sim is recognised.
Please let me know if I install UltimaRom overwriting Omega Rom (without wipe/factory data reset)... will I get the network on my sim ?
please someone help
So is your imei still corrupt ?? Even after restore ?
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kangerX said:
So is your imei still corrupt ?? Even after restore ?
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yes, actually it restore some files and still IMEI says 0004500....
is there any option I can restore the efs backed up tar files from my phone ?
because I dont have PC right now...
jitensetia said:
yes, actually it restore some files and still IMEI says 0004500....
is there any option I can restore the efs backed up tar files from my phone ?
because I dont have PC right now...
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Yup. Unpack that backup you ll have a efs folder. Now go to phone's efs folder multi select all files and delete them. Now go back to backed up efs folder copy its contents to efs folder of phone and reboot
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kangerX said:
Yup. Unpack that backup you ll have a efs folder. Now go to phone's efs folder multi select all files and delete them. Now go back to backed up efs folder copy its contents to efs folder of phone and reboot
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could u please let me know whre to replace those files..?
in external memory or internal memory and what would be the name for that folder
jitensetia said:
could u please let me know whre to replace those files..?
in external memory or internal memory and what would be the name for that folder
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Which files exactly you mean ? You can extract efs backup anywhere it don't matter . but you gotta copy em to efs folder of phone (its in root directory , use root explorer you ll see efs there )
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kangerX said:
Which files exactly you mean ? You can extract efs backup anywhere it don't matter . but you gotta copy em to efs folder of phone (its in root directory , use root explorer you ll see efs there )
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So, I tried to copy paste the Efs backup files to the root efs directory, but still my phone says Emergency calls only...
however when I flash Omega rom it works fine...
please let me know what I should do
Install an EMG modem, you can't use an earlier version anymore.
jitensetia said:
So, I tried to copy paste the Efs backup files to the root efs directory, but still my phone says Emergency calls only...
however when I flash Omega rom it works fine...
please let me know what I should do
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Not a new issue. Permissions my friend.
Had the same issue. Came from (SuperNexus) to (Android Revolution). Now I only have network on the Revolution. It upgraded my phone to the MG4...
My IMEI and SERIAL are intact though so, oh well. ..
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Count me in, I have the same problem, flashed XXEMG4, works perfectly under Samsung based roms, but only emergency calls on AOSP roms (PA & Sentinel).
And you still have the mg4 baseband on aosp?
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rootSU said:
And you still have the mg4 baseband on aosp?
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Yep, even updated to ceemg2 to see if it'd make a difference, but no.
NGRaziel said:
Yep, even updated to ceemg2 to see if it'd make a difference, but no.
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I Just installed UltimaRom V14 with EMG4 modem and use boeffla kernel. and everything works well now...
Thanks everyone for support here.
This thread can be closed now.
Just to make sure, could you try an AOSP rom to see if it works too ?
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After several custom roms my IMEI has changed.
It is now 004999010640000. I have seen that a lot of people with the same problem have also the same IMEI. I want to restore my original IMEI but i don't know how. I hope someone can help me.
Greetings
Bloodydevil
Here's a how to: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264021
In the future, b/u your EFS. Hellcat's KTool (on this site and the Market), among others, can back up and restore your EFS.
Bloodydevil said:
After several custom roms my IMEI has changed.
It is now 004999010640000. I have seen that a lot of people with the same problem have also the same IMEI. I want to restore my original IMEI but i don't know how. I hope someone can help me.
Greetings
Bloodydevil
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Start by restoring your backed up EFS folder that will fix it .
If you have not backed up
try flashing a stock rom that fails use the search button enough posts on the subject .
jje
mudferret said:
Here's a how to: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264021
In the future, b/u your EFS. Hellcat's KTool (on this site and the Market), among others, can back up and restore your EFS.
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i have a problem at step 6
"then again go to the backed up EFS folder at yout sdcard and copy the " .nv_data " file to your EFS folder at the root of your phone using root explorer, NOTE: the dot in first of nv_data is not a mistake, copy the ".nv_data" file."
i can't find a file named .nv_data
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i have a problem at step 6
"then again go to the backed up EFS folder at yout sdcard and copy the " .nv_data " file to your EFS folder at the root of your phone using root explorer, NOTE: the dot in first of nv_data is not a mistake, copy the ".nv_data" file."
i can't find a file named .nv_data
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The . indicates it's a hidden file; make hidden files visible.
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The . indicates it's a hidden file; make hidden files visible.
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hidden files are visible but there is no such file
Bloodydevil said:
hidden files are visible but there is no such file
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Do you have an .nv_data.bak?
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Do you have an .nv_data.bak?
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nope.
i use nv_data.bin.bak but no my phone has no imei and no service
Restore nandroid b/u.
Try JJEgan's suggestion above.
i have my old imei back thanks to an app called "GSII_Repair"
Bloodydevil said:
i have my old imei back thanks to an app called "GSII_Repair"
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Booyah! Helroz made app I believe?
mudferret said:
Booyah! Helroz made app I believe?
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Yep. How did you know?
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.helroz.GSII_Repair
Bloodydevil said:
Yep. How did you know?
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.helroz.GSII_Repair
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Sounded familiar.
Bloodydevil said:
After several custom roms my IMEI has changed.
It is now 004999010640000. I have seen that a lot of people with the same problem have also the same IMEI. I want to restore my original IMEI but i don't know how. I hope someone can help me.
Greetings
Bloodydevil
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Will the phone work with this generic imei? Why do you want to change back to original?
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That is a wrong imei and the phone won't work (properly)...
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Hello everyone, I've got a big problem... I have been using my SGSIII with CM10 and siyah kernel, and everything was fine. however, 2 days ago my phone froze and i had to pull the battery. after restarting i wasnt able to get a connection... i tried reflashing, rebooting, resetting and everything, but nothing worked. after looking around I saw that my device says Baseband: unknown and IMEI nothing... so i checked my efs folder with root explorer - and see it is empty. fortunately i've got a EFS backup! So i tried to recover it with HC-kTool - it says success however the efs folder ist still empty and stil cant connect. when I try to move the backed up files into the efs folder manually, it tells me that no space is free..?
I also checked "mount" in the terminal, and saw that the /efs partition is NOT mounted... so I remounted it manually with
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mke2fs /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
mount -w -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /efs
after doing this i can restore my backup and there are loads of files in the /efs folder! however, after a reboot everything is gone and /efs is not mounted anymore
does anyone know what i need to do? the phone is running stock ALE8 rooted.
Cheers
Efs is located in block 3, not 1
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I think siyah and cm10 are nonstable combination for efs you are nhot first whit efs problem
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spocky12 said:
Efs is located in block 3, not 1
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so which would that be?
/dev/block/mmcblk2p1 or /dev/block/mmcblk3p1 or /dev/block/mmcblk0p3?
muhamet said:
I think siyah and cm10 are nonstable combination for efs you are nhot first whit efs problem
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yeah i think so... switched back to stock!
So does anyone have an Idea what I should do now?
This information might be of use to you, but the restore without an *.img file (assuming you don't have one) probably won't be.
The last one (0p3)
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actually I have an .img file... called
Code:
efsdev-mmcblk0p1.img
which is around 4MB... thats an efs-backup made by SiyahKernel about a month ago.
I'll try it with this one!
That sounds like a plan
Don't do it ! Efs partition size is 20mb and is called 0p3.
If you do it, you'll screw up your efs partition (assuming it's still there).
Just try to mount 0p3 to /efs.
If it doesn't work and you don't have a 20Mb backup of 0p3, I'm afraid there's nothing more you can do to restore efs.
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spocky12 said:
Don't do it ! Efs partition size is 20mb and is called 0p3.
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It should be 20Mb but some of the backups I have taken in the past show 0p1 and some show 0p3.
nobnut said:
It should be 20Mb but some of the backups I have taken in the past show 0p1 and some show 0p3.
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If you're not sure about what is really your 0p1 backup, send it to me and I'll have a look at it when I come back home.
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If you're not sure about what is really your 0p1 backup, send it to me and I'll have a look at it when I come back home.
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I'm not in need of one, my EFS is ok.
I was pointing out to Fekle in my earlier post that the EFS partition is 0p3.
ok, Thanks everyone, I just did it before it worked well, the efs folder is now "normal" again, my baseband is recognised and I can see my IMEI again, however it differs from the one written onto the device under the battery -___- my "real" imei is 3531..... but the device says 004999010640000 now in the settings
I think this is something like a stock fallback imei or sth like that.. any Idea how I can change that to my real imei?? that has to be possible somehow.. !
greets
This imei is generated when NV data is corrupted (meaning efs did NOT restore correctly). Do you want me to have a look at your 0p3 backup ?
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spocky12 said:
This imei is generated when NV data is corrupted (meaning efs did NOT restore correctly). Do you want me to have a look at your 0p3 backup ?
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I don't think sharing EFS data is a good idea. In most countries changing IMEI info is illegal - - access to someone elses EFS backup would probably allow you to do that.
Upto the OP though if he/she still wants to share it.
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yes, that would be awesome... I just found a newer backup which is called ...0p3.. and is about 20 mb in size.. however restoring it doesnt work :/
I'll send it to you via pm!
cheers
seltaeb said:
I don't think sharing EFS data is a good idea. In most countries changing IMEI info is illegal - - access to someone elses EFS backup would probably allow you to do that.
Upto the OP though if he/she still wants to share it.
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Sharing publicly efs is indeed a bad idea, but not being able to use your phone anymore due to a corrupted efs is worse IMO. Anyway, I've build an app to sim unlock gs3, many users trusted me before and sent me their corrupted efs folder for me to have a look (which doesn't mean he has to ), so if I ever wanted to use another imei, I'd have plenty already
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Sharing publicly efs is indeed a bad idea, but not being able to use your phone anymore due to a corrupted efs is worse IMO. Anyway, I've build an app to sim unlock gs3, many users trusted me before and sent me their corrupted efs folder for me to have a look (which doesn't mean he has to ), so if I ever wanted to use another imei, I'd have plenty already
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... done!
have you gotten my PM?
whats about this solution: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997
does anyone thing this or something similar could work with the international galaxy S3?
cheers
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Sharing publicly efs is indeed a bad idea, but not being able to use your phone anymore due to a corrupted efs is worse IMO. Anyway, I've build an app to sim unlock gs3, many users trusted me before and sent me their corrupted efs folder for me to have a look (which doesn't mean he has to ), so if I ever wanted to use another imei, I'd have plenty already
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hi, would you be able to tell me the right contents of the /efs/imei folder? what files should be in it? i have a backup efs folder but i'm trying to figure out if it's a usable backup... and also, could you verify for me if /efs and /factory contain identical files? thanks a lot!
I flashed a JB ROM to my stock ICS ROM on my international S2 and my imei number keeps coming and going for away, it'll be there one second and if I restart it'll go away then come back randomly. I can't find any solutions anywhere, do you know what could be the problem? Anyone have a solution lol? i cant flash any ROMs, too scared to brick my phone
I'm not really into Samsung devices but maybe this thread will help you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1261948
well...that's what I call a dynamic IMEI.
Get sii_repair from play store.
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Azurael said:
I'm not really into Samsung devices but maybe this thread will help you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1261948
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yeh that didnt helo, thanks anyway!
gastonw said:
well...that's what I call a dynamic IMEI.
Get sii_repair from play store.
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yeh i have that, i went back to me nandroid back up and my imei number was gone, so i used it to restore it, it took a couple of restarts to work but does that mean everytime i restart its gonna go away?
doesnt anyone have the same problem?
rohin26 said:
doesnt anyone have the same problem?
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So you were restoring nandroid backup and you lost your phone's IMEI? No never happened to me. But you should have made a backup for it dude!
Edit: Okay got it. Install Root Explorer pro and check whether the efs folder is there or not. Set the same permissions from another I9100 and then reboot. Set the same permissions for each file in that folder and the folder itself. If you have made a backup in the form of .tar file then use HC ktool to restore your efs folder. It would automatically set the permissions required!
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So you were restoring nandroid backup and you lost you IMEI afterwards? No never happened to me. But you should have made a backup for it dude!
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no thats not what happened. I rooted my 4.0.4 using Odin and Siyah Kernel v5. Straight after rooting it, i downloaded GSII_repair from the app store and backed up my efs. Then i downloaded Titanium and backed up everything. Then i went to recovery mode and made a back up. I finally flashed the Resurrection ROM v3.1.3, i rebooted, everything was working fine, like imei was there and so was signal, i restarted my phone and my imei number went away, so i used the GSII_repair app to restore, it worked fine. I restarted my phone again, imei was gone yet again. So i decided to go back to my stock ROM back up, imei was gone, i restored, everything working fine now. Just not sure whats happening because i have rooted phones before and that has never happened to me, every time i restart, imei goes away, sometimes it comes back, sometimes it doesnt. What has happened? just reallly confused. i have a back up of my EFS though.
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no thats not what happened. I rooted my 4.0.4 using Odin and Siyah Kernel v5. Straight after rooting it, i downloaded GSII_repair from the app store and backed up my efs. Then i downloaded Titanium and backed up everything. Then i went to recovery mode and made a back up. I finally flashed the Resurrection ROM v3.1.3, i rebooted, everything was working fine, like imei was there and so was signal, i restarted my phone and my imei number went away, so i used the GSII_repair app to restore, it worked fine. I restarted my phone again, imei was gone yet again. So i decided to go back to my stock ROM back up, imei was gone, i restored, everything working fine now. Just not sure whats happening because i have rooted phones before and that has never happened to me, every time i restart, imei goes away, sometimes it comes back, sometimes it doesnt. What has happened? just reallly confused. i have a back up of my EFS though.
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Oh man that is really heart wrenching. Atleast you made a backup before messing with your phone. Okay now can you restore your efs? If yes then restore it and download HC ktool and make another backup for it. Then restart your phone and if you lose it again then restore it using HC ktool. You can try EFS Pro from your PC as well.
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Oh man that is really heart wrenching. Atleast you made a backup before messing with your phone. Okay now can you restore your efs? If yes then restore it and download HC ktool and make another backup for it. Then restart your phone and if you lose it again then restore it using HC ktool. You can try EFS Pro from your PC as well.
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okay i'll try that, sorry for the noob question but whats the difference between HC ktool and GSII_repair?
rohin26 said:
okay i'll try that, sorry for the noob question but whats the difference between HC ktool and GSII_repair?
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They are two different tools I guess for efs backup and restore. HC ktool can also make backup for your kernel that your are currently on!
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They are two different tools I guess for efs backup and restore. HC ktool can also make backup for your kernel that your are currently on!
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just restarted my phone and checked, the imei number is showing. i didnt have to restore or anything. Is it safe to flash a ROM now? or any risk of brick? thanks for your help btw
I also lost my IMEI no after a flashing a rom, as far as I was aware I had never made a backup of my efs folder, I attempted many different methods to resolve this, then I checked my external SD storage and saw an EFS_BACKUP folder with numerous compressed EFS files, I simply selected one of the early ones copied to my desktop and extracted contents and used them to replace my current efs folder on root of the phone, then reboot and you should have your original IMEI and phone working again, hope this helps goodluck
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I also lost my IMEI no after a flashing a rom, as far as I was aware I had never made a backup of my efs folder, I attempted many different methods to resolve this, then I checked my external SD storage and saw an EFS_BACKUP folder with numerous compressed EFS files, I simply selected one of the early ones copied to my desktop and extracted contents and used them to replace my current efs folder on root of the phone, then reboot and you should have your original IMEI and phone working again, hope this helps goodluck
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yeh i know, but see thats not the problem. There is a million posts on that and i wouldnt have made another thread. The imei number will be there, and everything will be working, i'll restart my phone, it'll go away, i'll restore using GSII_repair, it'll come back sometimes, sometimes it wont, i just restart my phone untill it does but as soon as i restart it again, it'll say unknown. its a weird problem i know but im hoping someone has the answer to it
rohin26 said:
just restarted my phone and checked, the imei number is showing. i didnt have to restore or anything. Is it safe to flash a ROM now? or any risk of brick? thanks for your help btw
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Yes you can go ahead with flashing stuff
rohin26 said:
yeh i know, but see thats not the problem. There is a million posts on that and i wouldnt have made another thread. The imei number will be there, and everything will be working, i'll restart my phone, it'll go away, i'll restore using GSII_repair, it'll come back sometimes, sometimes it wont, i just restart my phone untill it does but as soon as i restart it again, it'll say unknown. its a weird problem i know but im hoping someone has the answer to it
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I get your point but with your IMEI coming and going, it would point too corrupt efs files on the root of your phone, given you have tried various methods already, I would take a copy of the suspected corrupt efs folder save it onto your pc, then go back to the root folder and delete it, replacing it with one from your EFS_backup folder on your external SD, no need to edit any of the internal files or use any other software, simply reboot
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I get your point but with your IMEI coming and going, it would point too corrupt efs files on the root of your phone, given you have tried various methods already, I would take a copy of the suspected corrupt efs folder save it onto your pc, then go back to the root folder and delete it, replacing it with one from your EFS_backup folder on your external SD, no need to edit any of the internal files or use any other software, simply reboot
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But do note down the permissions of the folder. You will need to set the same after pasting. Use Root Explorer for replacement purpose.
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But do note down the permissions of the folder. You will need to set the same after pasting. Use Root Explorer for replacement purpose.
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Good call, yes you will need root explorer and after pasting my permissions were already set but its best to make a note too be sure
Just backup your phone using galaxy toolbox and restore it
It can restore your IMEI
Hope it can help
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I get your point but with your IMEI coming and going, it would point too corrupt efs files on the root of your phone, given you have tried various methods already, I would take a copy of the suspected corrupt efs folder save it onto your pc, then go back to the root folder and delete it, replacing it with one from your EFS_backup folder on your external SD, no need to edit any of the internal files or use any other software, simply reboot
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i have root access and everything but it wont let me delete the efs folder, keeps saying its only readable...
I know many people have already asked about their IMEI disappearing and i managed to restore my backup using Galaxy Toolbox before but i tried to restore my IMEI again and it didn't work. I then decided to revert back to stock via Odin and i successfully went back to a stock ROM but my IMEI is still missing and i am getting quite worried now. Have i lost it for good? I obviously lost it after flashing the data2sd-ext script by Amarullz if this helps towards helping me?!
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I know many people have already asked about their IMEI disappearing and i managed to restore my a backup using Galaxy Toolbox before but i tried to restore my IMEI again and it didn't work. I then decided to revert back to stock via Odin and i successfully went back to a stock rom but my IMEI is still missing and i am getting quite worried now. Have i lost it for good? I obviously lost it after flashing the data2sd-ext script by Amarullz if this helps towards helping me?!
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It happens to ne all the time
Wait for media scanning to complete And wait for a minute and then restore and reboot
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It happens to ne all the time
Wait for media scanning to complete And wait for a minute and then restore and reboot
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I managed to finally restore my IMEI. It was very confusing but basically i had to delete the old directory/folder i had on my ext-SD and then download Galaxy Toolbox. Then i opened up the app and went to the restore option, it says it could not find the directory and tells you to make one with the backup i previously took beforehand when i had a working IMEI. So i connected my device, transferred the file into a new directory named 'GalaxyToolbox' and disconnected the device. Finally i loaded the app and restored my backup, rebooted and hooraaay my IMEI was back!! I can't tell you how relieved i am! I MUST donate to Doky for making such an amazing app! I think i'm going to leave the data2SD-ext script for now and maybe try other methods if there is any?
Oh and i love your S3 Ripple Mod by the way, i had to go back to Simplicity V5 and flash it again! Lol
galaxcy toolbox
N8tR1X said:
I managed to finally restore my IMEI. It was very confusing but basically i had to delete the old directory/folder i had on my ext-SD and then download Galaxy Toolbox. Then i opened up the app and went to the restore option, it says it could not find the directory and tells you to make one with the backup i previously took beforehand when i had a working IMEI. So i connected my device, transferred the file into a new directory named 'GalaxyToolbox' and disconnected the device. Finally i loaded the app and restored my backup, rebooted and hooraaay my IMEI was back!! I can't tell you how relieved i am! I MUST donate to Doky for making such an amazing app! I think i'm going to leave the data2SD-ext script for now and maybe try other methods if there is any?
Oh and i love your S3 Ripple Mod by the way, i had to go back to Simplicity V5 and flash it again! Lol
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galaxcy toolbox does not restore imei after flashing with jellybean rom, beware.
gordon52 said:
galaxcy toolbox does not restore imei after flashing with jellybean rom, beware.
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is it so..?
then we don't have to worry..
cause we don't have jellybean..we don't even have ics ..
so chill
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Whenever I lost IEMI, reverting back to stock firmware (Odin restore) sorted it. Strange it doesn't repair yours...
N8tR1X said:
I managed to finally restore my IMEI. It was very confusing but basically i had to delete the old directory/folder i had on my ext-SD and then download Galaxy Toolbox. Then i opened up the app and went to the restore option, it says it could not find the directory and tells you to make one with the backup i previously took beforehand when i had a working IMEI. So i connected my device, transferred the file into a new directory named 'GalaxyToolbox' and disconnected the device. Finally i loaded the app and restored my backup, rebooted and hooraaay my IMEI was back!! I can't tell you how relieved i am! I MUST donate to Doky for making such an amazing app! I think i'm going to leave the data2SD-ext script for now and maybe try other methods if there is any?
Oh and i love your S3 Ripple Mod by the way, i had to go back to Simplicity V5 and flash it again! Lol
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what is the name of the "old directory/folder" and where do I find it? I really need to resolve this problem
I probably didn't explain my solution very well after reading back through my post.
It has been a long time since I faced this issue but I'll try and explain what I did to resolve the problem...
1) Connect your device to your computer and transfer the GalaxyToolbox folder (should contain 2 files inside) to your computer.
2) Delete the GalaxyToolbox folder on your device once you have transferred it to your computer.
3) Disconnect your device and open File Manager/Explorer app on your device.
4) Create a new folder titled 'GalaxyToolbox' with no spaces on the root of your SD Card.
5) Connect your device to your computer again and transfer only the file titled 'EFSpart.img.SAVE' to the new GalaxyToolbox folder you created on the root of your SD Card.
6) Disconnect your device and let media scanner finish. Open the Galaxy Toolbox app and select restore EFS partition. It will tell you it has found a backup and ask if you wish to restore it, click yes.
7) Close the Galaxy Toolbox app and restart your device.
Type *#06# into your dialer and you should see a small box pop-up with your IMEI number letting you know the restore was successful.
I know it seems strange that this method fixed it for me but I think the app itself creates a 'temporary' backup which is the backup of your currently missing IMEI number and when you try and restore it keeps restoring the EFS backup which has no IMEI... So starting from fresh and moving the original backup I made back into the GalaxyToolbox folder seemed to have fixed it for me.
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Hi there,
Rather make a Guide on fixing IMEI, instead of posting here...It would be helpful to many guys.. :beer:
Thank you,
P.007
I will make a guide if someone can follow the steps to restore their IMEI like I did then I'll know it works 100% :thumbup:
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Other Way , (1) Backup Ur Data Through CMW And (2) Flash Ur Stock Rom. U Will Get Ur Imei Back Then (3) Flash Ur Current Rom (Ex : Jellyblast ) Note : If Ur Not In Custom Rom Ignore This Step (3). And (4) Go To CMW And (5) Click Advance Restore And Restore Ur Data,Cache,And Other All Except System. Ur Imei Is Back.
Hit Thanks If I Helped U.
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Bullit Lee said:
Other Way , (1) Backup Ur Data Through CMW And (2) Flash Ur Stock Rom. U Will Get Ur Imei Back Then (3) Flash Ur Current Rom (Ex : Jellyblast ) Note : If Ur Not In Custom Rom Ignore This Step (3). And (4) Go To CMW And (5) Click Advance Restore And Restore Ur Data,Cache,And Other All Except System. Ur Imei Is Back.
Hit Thanks If I Helped U.
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What if someone doesnt want data to be restored. Of course it was an option when we had no way of backing up IMEI
But now (for over a year), we can work on IMEI independently via Galaxy Tools, then what is the need of this method handling data and it also can cause many FC's
Yeh Bro. Its Just. If They Dont Want Data To Be Restore Just Flash De Stock Firmware. Ur Rite.
Bullit Lee said:
Other Way , (1) Backup Ur Data Through CMW And (2) Flash Ur Stock Rom. U Will Get Ur Imei Back Then (3) Flash Ur Current Rom (Ex : Jellyblast ) Note : If Ur Not In Custom Rom Ignore This Step (3). And (4) Go To CMW And (5) Click Advance Restore And Restore Ur Data,Cache,And Other All Except System. Ur Imei Is Back.
Hit Thanks If I Helped U.
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Wrong! I tried to restore my IMEI by reverting back to Stock ROM via Odin and guess what? It didn't work, my IMEI number was still missing! So the method you suggested won't work either. Like Areeb said, Galaxy Toolbox is your only friend here...
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N8tR1X said:
Wrong! I tried to restore my IMEI by reverting back to Stock ROM via Odin and guess what? It didn't work, my IMEI number was still missing! So the method you suggested won't work either. Like Areeb said, Galaxy Toolbox is your only friend here...
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Galaxy Toolbox is not being my friend. I've lost my IMEI and I can't bring it back whatsoever.
Tried flashing stock but the efs folder is always empty. So the 9-step guide doesn't work for me (Or am I missing something?)
Please help guys. I don't have previous efs folder backups. But I do have nandroid(CWM) backups of the rom and restoring them doesn't help.
lmali92 said:
Galaxy Toolbox is not being my friend. I've lost my IMEI and I can't bring it back whatsoever.
Tried flashing stock but the efs folder is always empty. So the 9-step guide doesn't work for me (Or am I missing something?)
Please help guys. I don't have previous efs folder backups. But I do have nandroid(CWM) backups of the rom and restoring them doesn't help.
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EFS its a partition with raw data, not contain files... so you dont need to see files inside te "folder"... to see if you have your IMEI you have to dial *#06#
Manizuca said:
EFS its a partition with raw data, not contain files... so you dont need to see files inside te "folder"... to see if you have your IMEI you have to dial *#06#
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Err no...I was following the 9-step process posted by OP to restore my IMEI and I can't find those nv_data and all those files(required in 9-step process)
I've already checked *#06# and it shows an empty box
lmali92 said:
Err no...I was following the 9-step process posted by OP to restore my IMEI and I can't find those nv_data and all those files(required in 9-step process)
I've already checked *#06# and it shows an empty box
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As I told you... in this model the efs partition has no files, its just data, does not have the "nv_data" file... idk what guide are you following, but its not for our phone... try doing this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1968360 and pls read the replys... maybe you can found something that helps you
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As I told you... in this model the efs partition has no files, its just data, does not have the "nv_data" file... idk what guide are you following, but its not for our phone... try doing this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1968360 and pls read the replys... maybe you can found something that helps you
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this thread really helps. i did not back up efs at first. i lost my imei, follow this guide lads
craidevore said:
this thread really helps. i did not back up efs at first. i lost my imei, follow this guide lads
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I agree, if you managed to backup your EFS partition via Galaxy Toolbox beforehand and you are facing an issue with your backup not restoring as it should then follow my mini guide on the first page of this thread. If however you didn't take a backup before you lost your IMEI then you'll have to follow the guide from this link -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1968360
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I lost my efs and restored it but my imei is still like 004999********* .. and the network is lost . what i do??
that means you didn't restore it. what method did you use?
I'm quite new to the S3 forums but from my past on android devices you should flash back to stock through Odin and you'll be good.
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Glebun said:
that means you didn't restore it. what method did you use?
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I have a copy of my efs file and I replace it in the root explorer .. did I do it right ?
omarmalki said:
I have a copy of my efs file and I replace it in the root explorer .. did I do it right ?
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But how did you backup your efs files in the first place?
Don't tell me you just manually copied /efs folder...
If you backed up by some application or recovery, you should restore it by that
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qtwrk said:
But how did you backup your efs files in the first place?
Don't tell me you just manually copied /efs folder...
If you backed up by some application or recovery, you should restore it by that
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I think I ****ed up , yes manualy
omarmalki said:
I think I ****ed up , yes manualy
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Maybe explain a little more how u lost it what u backed it up with etc do u have a complete backup in TWRP ? Have you tried deleting it completely and pasting it back from your copy ? did you make a copy when it was working fine ? It's hard to help with so little information