I´ve rooted my s3 and now is my IMEI 004999010640000/01 and after that it is not possible to make calls,. I´ve read a lot of pages about restoring IMEI by EFS back up I have, but nothing still work. Can somebody help me??
EFS back up was created after rooting so maybe that the reason, why I cannot restore (restoring works but with false data of IMEI, is it write??) So have can I put my IMEI back without back up??
Thank you
Factory reset flash stock rom that fails it is a service centre repair.
The efs backup is in tar or tar.gz format ? If yes just unpack it using 7zip and copy paste efs folder contents from backup to phone efs folder ....
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You only rooted? Is that the FULL story? How did you root?
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just updated my rom and was messing about with kernels and now my phone hhas gone odd.
it works fine on vodafone(original network) but wont work on any other network.
it always shows signal but with any sim other than voda i get emergency calls only.
so iv had a look about on it and my imei has changed to what i believe is a test imei or something. i have restored my backed up efs and it hasnt changed. its still the same.
i have now put it back to official samsung firmware 2.3.6 then rooted it with cf-root kk5
baseband- i9100xxkl1
kernel- [email protected]#2
build number- gt-i9100-eng 2.3.6 gingerbread xxkl1 test-keys
any ideas?
Read the thousands of EFS IMEI posts .
Starter .
IMEI.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1372169
jje
JJEgan said:
Read the thousands of EFS IMEI posts .
Starter .
IMEI.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1372169
jje
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i wasnt asking how i fix it, i was asking why its happened?
as in why did restoring my efs still leave me with this odd imei number?
If we knew how it happened it would not be a problem .All that is known is that it is a result of flashing roms .
jje
Flashing the ROM has corrupt your EFS file that contains your phones IMEI number therefore changing it to a false one.Thats why we do backups.Not overly common but common enough.The problem now is to get back your original IMEI by correcting the EFS folder.WHAT type of backup do you have?TAR,ZIP,e.t.c.?
Odia has a good rep at getting phones back up and running.Worth a try.
thats the thing. i understand flashing rom can somehow corrupt the backed up efs but it cant when my back up was on my laptop.
the backup i used was an .img file generated by hellcats ktool app. i also restored it with this app.
i also have the .tar.gz efs backups that are generater automatically but how do i flash this, other than adb. id use adb but it seems to have got a little confussed on my laptop, and dont ever work since i got my sgs2 :/
djmaz said:
thats the thing. i understand flashing rom can somehow corrupt the backed up efs but it cant when my back up was on my laptop.
the backup i used was an .img file generated by hellcats ktool app. i also restored it with this app.
i also have the .tar.gz efs backups that are generater automatically but how do i flash this, other than adb. id use adb but it seems to have got a little confussed on my laptop, and dont ever work since i got my sgs2 :/
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Heres a link.give this a try.Its an EFS backup tool.Make a backup of your current(wrong)EFS folder in img or tar.It will appear in a folder called EFSProBackup.You need this folder to restore.Open the folder and delete the backup.Put your original backup you made that you have in your PC inside and use the restore option.this program supports backup/restore of img and tar formats so you could try and use it to restore your original ones.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1308546
download the release zip
Id try the img restore first:the option to format current EFS before restore is at your own risk.Please read carefully.
Hi all, I have a galaxy s2 i-9100 which is rooted and running Cyanogenmod 9.
Unfortunately I managed to somehow corrupt my /efs folder and my IMEI number is now the dreaded 004999010640000. (I cannot make any calls or access my mobile network)
In the process of screwing up my /efs folder i also lost the entire contents of my SD card that stored my efs backup.
I do however have a backup of my nv_data.bin file stored on my computer, which I placed back in my /efs folder, deleted the backups etc, rebooted my phone, and it restored my IMEI.
However, as soon as I reboot my phone/switch it off again, next time I boot I'm back at square one and have lost my IMEI number.
Is anyone aware of any way to stop this from happening - or have I got to live with this forever? Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
as u said u have ur nv_data
try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264021&highlight=efs
neerajganga said:
as u said u have ur nv_data
try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264021&highlight=efs
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i have tried to follow this, which does work after i reboot my phone, however once i reboot the next time it goes back to how it was
smartin88 said:
i have tried to follow this, which does work after i reboot my phone, however once i reboot the next time it goes back to how it was
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30 mins back i lost ma imei and i got the same generic imei as u mentioned in the OP
fortunatly i had the backup so i restored it
and now its fi9
once u get ur orignal imei try doing a backup with ktool (From Playstore)
and as u said u lose it after reboot
then after reboot delete the ef folder and restore efs backup with ktool
and reboot
then check
neerajganga said:
30 mins back i lost ma imei and i got the same generic imei as u mentioned in the OP
fortunatly i had the backup so i restored it
and now its fi9
once u get ur orignal imei try doing a backup with ktool (From Playstore)
and as u said u lose it after reboot
then after reboot delete the ef folder and restore efs backup with ktool
and reboot
then check
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just tried this and no luck either...rebooted after restoring from backup and generic imei
smartin88 said:
just tried this and no luck either...rebooted after restoring from backup and generic imei
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is ur phone in warranty ?
Hello all!
This is my first post, and now I need your help.
I have a Galaxy SIII, but he is having trouble functioning as a phone. Says I'm unsigned.
Finding enough on the internet, I discovered that the problem is the IMEI.
The IMEI appears on the phone's settings is not the same as that described in the label behind the cell.
Searching further, I saw that it would be necessary to backup the EFS folder, but I can not find this folder, already tried all the ways it seeks, even with apps that do this but they are also not there.
Somehow, this folder has been deleted from my device.
And now, what should I do?
Is there a generic folder that can be used to retrieve the IMEI?
Please ask your help because I am very frustrated with this.
newtonBR said:
Hello all!
This is my first post, and now I need your help.
I have a Galaxy SIII, but he is having trouble functioning as a phone. Says I'm unsigned.
Finding enough on the internet, I discovered that the problem is the IMEI.
The IMEI appears on the phone's settings is not the same as that described in the label behind the cell.
Searching further, I saw that it would be necessary to backup the EFS folder, but I can not find this folder, already tried all the ways it seeks, even with apps that do this but they are also not there.
Somehow, this folder has been deleted from my device.
And now, what should I do?
Is there a generic folder that can be used to retrieve the IMEI?
Please ask your help because I am very frustrated with this.
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To late .
EFS folder is used to restore IMEI from a backup of your EFS .
Return phone to the seller or take to a service centre for repair .
Wrong IMEI can be stolen phone user flashing firmware or phone failure .
Try a factory reset first .
jje
JJEgan said:
To late .
EFS folder is used to restore IMEI from a backup of your EFS .
Return phone to the seller or take to a service centre for repair .
Wrong IMEI can be stolen phone user flashing firmware or phone failure .
Try a factory reset first .
jje
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I tried the factory reset, but it did not work.
Is not there any way to do this?
just restore the efs backup you've made. if you didn't, try restoring any nandroid backups, maybe they have efs included. if that doesn't work, try looking in the sdcard for some files that have "efs" in the name, some kernels back it up automatically. use adb to view the files (Google it). if that doesn't work, try flashing a stock rom and factory resetting from recovery.
and that is absolutely everything you can do.
after playing around unnecessarily with roms it seems I messed up my IMEI.
by checking if IMEI is valid via dialer, i got a number which starts with 0049, which as I understand is bad. I have done a little reading on ESF backup and restore, but the ways to restore EFS always require backup from the same apllication...So I searched for a backed that maybe occoured automatically, so I found one in the root internal storage folder and discovered a folder named "esf_backup", probably created during rom installations, the question is can i restore the tar.gz file in this folder? Or has my phone been messed up way beyond repair?
thx upfront
Yes you can, read the hundred or so other exact same posts to find out how.
Have a look at EFS Pro.
jje
If it's not .img you can restore by simply copying whole efs from backup to phone by root explorer
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Hi everyone
i lost my IMEI, when i tryed recover that, i damaged EFS partition, days later i recover my imei but now i lost the capacity for create a PIN, Pattern or Password, Settings App are crash when i try to set some Lockscreen option. i has read and i think the problem is some file lost or damage into efs partition (folder).
so if somebody can give me a EFS Folder Backup for comparation files or try to replace my folder for backup.
if you want to help me you could be relax because yo can erase imei file,i dont want this file, it doesnt worry me.
my phone is a SM-g925i
Thank for everyone for any help!
Arnolcas said:
Hi everyone
i lost my IMEI, when i tryed recover that, i damaged EFS partition, days later i recover my imei but now i lost the capacity for create a PIN, Pattern or Password, Settings App are crash when i try to set some Lockscreen option. i has read and i think the problem is some file lost or damage into efs partition (folder).
so if somebody can give me a EFS Folder Backup for comparation files or try to replace my folder for backup.
if you want to help me you could be relax because yo can erase imei file,i dont want this file, it doesnt worry me.
my phone is a SM-g925i
Thank for everyone for any help!
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You can´t just replace the imei with another efs.img , your safest bet it´s to take it to a guy with a z3x or octopus box so he can re-wirte your original imei, i have a phone with a similar issue, imei 35000000000 (invalid) that is common on modded phones, you can try flashing the original stock firmware with odin, but it will probably not fix the issue, now, if you just want the phone to recover the pin function, flash it but it wont fix the imei issue.
KrizzT said:
You can´t just replace the imei with another efs.img , your safest bet it´s to take it to a guy with a z3x or octopus box so he can re-wirte your original imei, i have a phone with a similar issue, imei 35000000000 (invalid) that is common on modded phones, you can try flashing the original stock firmware with odin, but it will probably not fix the issue, now, if you just want the phone to recover the pin function, flash it but it wont fix the imei issue.
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only a ineed creciver the pin function! but i cant!