[Q] [HELP]EFS Folder how to make it as .IMG file - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello, i got my efs backup folder, but it is just a "Folder" i want it to make it, as .IMG file or tar, to finally recover my phone have being dead like 6 months ! HELP ! I can't go into "Home screen" the phone can only being on CWM Mode, and Download Mode.

You could just use adb to push the folder content to /efs. Plenty of adb guides around
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You could just use adb to push the folder content to /efs. Plenty of adb guides around
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The question is, in wich menu, i can get into adb? CWM?

Google "adb guide" you boot into recovery and use adb from a computer.
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I've put a step by step adb guide if it helps in general > sticky roll-up thread > "IMEI / EFS - Know this stuff"

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Google "adb guide" you boot into recovery and use adb from a computer.
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Help! im trying to install a apk via adb on recovery mode, but i get this error "/sbin/sh: pm: not found" Please HELP !

Dump !! Help, i really need to fix this "/sbin/sh: pm: not found" that appears when i try to install any apk, and i need to install rootexplorer to put back my efs backup, because i got the backup as "Folder" not .IMG dunno why ! HELP !

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Dump !! Help, i really need to fix this "/sbin/sh: pm: not found" that appears when i try to install any apk, and i need to install rootexplorer to put back my efs backup, because i got the backup as "Folder" not .IMG dunno why ! HELP !
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1) what command is pm?
2) my guide tells you how to restore the folder. You do not need to use root explorer.
3) how will root explorer help if you can't boot your phone?
Just follow the guide man
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[Q] recovery IMG name CWM.

I have been attempting to apply a work around from tjayz thread for restoring recovery. In the CWD folder we are supposed to search for 5) Navigate to clockworkmod/download/download.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/
There you will see some two files - recovery-clockwork-4.0.0.4-p7100.img and recovery-clockwork-4.0.0.3-p7100.img
I only see files with names like -2110140792 and -21108160.
Does anyone know if you can rename these files as described in his post?
Thanks
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[Q] This just puped up when i was restoring my EFS !

so last night I planned to come back and find a new ROM to install and I did found one ( PardusHDRom_412_final ). After installing the rom as it said how to do, the phone started up normally but I noticed there is something wrong with the network. it just show Emergency calls only!
so I started looking up for the cause of the problem and I got that it was the EFS. the recovery made a backup before the installation which I didn't knew that has been done. so I tried to just easily copy and past the folder with my backup and everything will be good to go. IT WORKED xD I got network and made calls and everything working very normally but it wasn't the ROM I wanted to have. I said if it happened once and worked then it will happen again after installing the rom I want. I installed the official ROM and Rooted it and tried doing what I did before but it didn't work and now im getting this msg all the time.
the rom it worked on was paranoid1.4
I tried doing factory reset and it showed me the same thing.
I installed another Official ROM but no luck and still this msg showing up..
Any help?
Its called factory mode and its documented in the imei / efs sticky thread from general > sticky roll-up
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You mean it's a forum here or its director in my phone?
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Theres a link in my signature. General is a forum here in the s3 forum.
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Theres a link in my signature. General is a forum here in the s3 forum.
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ok I tried both steps it provided and no luck yet so now im trying restock and give it a try with the backup I have of efs. wish me luck xD thanks for the fast replay
I tryed this, and it worked very well:
Go into Root Explorer. Go to /efs/FactoryApps/ and open the file "factorymode" with a texteditor.
Then delete "OFF" and write "ON" there. Now reboot and it will work.
Next time if you have to copy your EFS, just change it on your computer before copying.
Mikey94 said:
I tryed this, and it worked very well:
Go into Root Explorer. Go to /efs/FactoryApps/ and open the file "factorymode" with a texteditor.
Then delete "OFF" and write "ON" there. Now reboot and it will work.
Next time if you have to copy your EFS, just change it on your computer before copying.
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No, it didn't work. I tried with both ES file explorer and Root explorer ( blue icon ) it didn't do anything!
Maybe you screwed permissions up by copying your backup the way you did.
You should put your backup on pc and follow the adb guide in my thread to delete and restore efs again.
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rootSU said:
Maybe you screwed permissions up by copying your backup the way you did.
You should put your backup on pc and follow the adb guide in my thread to delete and restore efs again.
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you mean this?
I'm stuck in factorymode, is this related?
Yes, factorymode is caused by corrupt efs. It is possible to fix it with root and a terminal emulator.
Firstly try these commands (case sensitive)
Code:
su
echo -n ON >> /efs/FactoryApp/factorymodeIf they fail, use the more detailed commands:
Code:
su
rm /efs/FactoryApp/keystr
rm /efs/FactoryApp/factorymode
echo -n ON >> /efs/FactoryApp/keystr
echo -n ON >> /efs/FactoryApp/factorymode
chown 1000.1000 /efs/FactoryApp/keystr
chown 1000.1000 /efs/FactoryApp/factorymode
chmod 0744 /efs/FactoryApp/keystr
chmod 0744 /efs/FactoryApp/factorymode
rebootThis should hopefully return you to user mode. If not, restoring to stock and / or restoring an efs backup may be the next things you try before sending for repair.
I followed every step you said and I even read it again. cant I just do fix permission from recovery?
I hope you not laughing at me right now! lol
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you mean this?
I'm stuck in factorymode, is this related?
Yes, factorymode is caused by corrupt efs. It is possible to fix it with root and a terminal emulator.
Firstly try these commands (case sensitive)
Code:
su
echo -n ON >> /efs/FactoryApp/factorymodeIf they fail, use the more detailed commands:
Code:
su
rm /efs/FactoryApp/keystr
rm /efs/FactoryApp/factorymode
echo -n ON >> /efs/FactoryApp/keystr
echo -n ON >> /efs/FactoryApp/factorymode
chown 1000.1000 /efs/FactoryApp/keystr
chown 1000.1000 /efs/FactoryApp/factorymode
chmod 0744 /efs/FactoryApp/keystr
chmod 0744 /efs/FactoryApp/factorymode
rebootThis should hopefully return you to user mode. If not, restoring to stock and / or restoring an efs backup may be the next things you try before sending for repair.
I followed every step you said and I even read it again. cant I just do fix permission from recovery?
I hope you not laughing at me right now! lol
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wow I did it!!!!! I just flashed an earlier stock rom ( 4.0.4 ) and its just working fine!
any steps before I upgrade to 4.1.2?
Oh no it didn't work. It's still there but it's just not showen
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Oh no it didn't work. It's still there but it's just not showen
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Sorry, could you elaborate?
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ok here is what happened. I tried finding a way to fix this. I don't know if it possible to just wipe the efs folder out to just reset it to default as it was so then I can be able to get the F*** out from this factorymode ( its really annoying ).
I flashed official ROM 4.0.4 and that's the full name ( I9300XXALE8_I9300HTSALE2_I9300NELE4_HOME.tar.md5 ). Network worked fine, I could make and receive calls and sms but that was the weird this that I noticed which there was no setup steps in the beginning as every new setup roms. so I did an update and another one and then another one then I got to the 4.1.2 now and im having the msg right now again.
can I format the efs partition ? is there is any other way than the one provided in your sticky forum?
btw changing from OFF to ON didn't work because it was already ON.
You'd only have the set up wizard if you factory reset.....
You need to delete EFS contents and restore your efs backup.
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You'd only have the set up wizard if you factory reset.....
You need to delete EFS contents and restore your efs backup.
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Ok all done. this time its DONE and working as normal again and here is what I did exactly.
after installing lots of Roms to find a way to get the hell out of the factorymode, the last rom I been using was Pardus HD. I tried changing from OFF to ON in factorymode file by text editor but it wasn't any luck by that because it was already ON. after I read what RootSU said in the last replay ( thanks a lot for your help ) deleting all efs partition files and restore the backup I hade. I deleted everything in this folder and just went into recovery ( philz touch ) did a factory reset and then chose installing new rom so it deleted everything. I went to mount and partition and did a format to cache and system again and then I installed a new rom ( Omega V48.1 ). the phone started but it was in factorymode still. opened ES file explorer and went to efs/factoryApp/ and then I opened the factorymode file with text editor and it was off so I changed it from OFF to ON and restarted the phone.
phone started in startup setup and after that everything back to normal. Im NOT gonna try flashing any roms for now, I will just enjoy my phone that back from factory f*** mode and maybe later I will see something new to flash or just back to stock.
im posting this because there is lots of people in factorymode and I know how they feel about being in this **** mode. it is really pain in the ass.
thank you so so so much RootSU and everyone helped me out.
Kevin out
mahmoudsalem91 said:
Ok all done. this time its DONE and working as normal again and here is what I did exactly.
after installing lots of Roms to find a way to get the hell out of the factorymode, the last rom I been using was Pardus HD. I tried changing from OFF to ON in factorymode file by text editor but it wasn't any luck by that because it was already ON. after I read what RootSU said in the last replay ( thanks a lot for your help ) deleting all efs partition files and restore the backup I hade. I deleted everything in this folder and just went into recovery ( philz touch ) did a factory reset and then chose installing new rom so it deleted everything. I went to mount and partition and did a format to cache and system again and then I installed a new rom ( Omega V48.1 ). the phone started but it was in factorymode still. opened ES file explorer and went to efs/factoryApp/ and then I opened the factorymode file with text editor and it was off so I changed it from OFF to ON and restarted the phone.
phone started in startup setup and after that everything back to normal. Im NOT gonna try flashing any roms for now, I will just enjoy my phone that back from factory f*** mode and maybe later I will see something new to flash or just back to stock.
im posting this because there is lots of people in factorymode and I know how they feel about being in this **** mode. it is really pain in the ass.
thank you so so so much RootSU and everyone helped me out.
Kevin out
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Thanks for the update.
Hey, have a look at custom backup jobs in Philz. The EFS backup done by Philz is very good. Now you have a working one, it's easy to restore. Highly recommended.
rootSU said:
Thanks for the update.
Hey, have a look at custom backup jobs in Philz. The EFS backup done by Philz is very good. Now you have a working one, it's easy to restore. Highly recommended.
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doing it now :good:
I am having this same issue. stuck in factory mode.
I ran a root browser and my EFS folder is EMPTY ??? what do I do?
I don't have a backup of the EFS folder as I just got the phone (used) and never touched it prior.
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doing it now :good:
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So you have a backup of the efs folder?
Just read through everything we wrote here. Hope it helps
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factory mode reroot
i rooted my s3 i535 actidenally erased all data and my fone is in factory mode i have back up efs files and program to restall them but fone is not rooted no more i tryed using rootdegfs but it dont pick up my fone... so how do u root a fone that is in factorymode ty

[Q] HELP missing factoryapp folder cannot exit factory mode

So, like the title suggests, my factoryapp folder is missing, I've used Terminal Emulator to try and fix the factory mode problem but it tells me that it can't find efs/factoryapp, I've done a factory reset but my factoryapp folder's still missing, I didn't backup my efs folder, is there any other way, besides service center, that I can exit factory mode?
zachlag said:
So, like the title suggests, my factoryapp folder is missing, I've used Terminal Emulator to try and fix the factory mode problem but it tells me that it can't find efs/factoryapp, I've done a factory reset but my factoryapp folder's still missing, I didn't backup my efs folder, is there any other way, besides service center, that I can exit factory mode?
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Are you doing it with root access?
Best way is to set up adb and list the folder contents of efs that way.
Have a look at the general > Sticky roll-up thread > IMEI ? EFS - Know this stuff thread. I have instructions.
If your list does indeed show the factoryapp folder is missing, I can supply you one.
my error you posted twice
Alright, so the lockscreen and power menu came back but there's yellow text covering a part of my screen, any solution to that?
zachlag said:
Alright, so the lockscreen and power menu came back but there's yellow text covering a part of my screen, any solution to that?
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Need to exit factory mode. See my last post please.
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Need to exit factory mode. See my last post please.
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Yeah, my factoryapp folder is indeed missing...
zachlag said:
Yeah, my factoryapp folder is indeed missing...
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https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/20471345/SUroot/Tools/efs.rar - Here is FactoryApp folder. Unrar to windows desktop
Connect to USB, boot recovery, mount EFS (as per my guide)
Run commands
Code:
adb push c:\users\rootsu\desktop\efs /efs/
adb shell
chmod 755 /efs/FactoryApp
where c:\users\rootsu\desktop\ is where you put the efs folder extract
Where's your efs guide?
zachlag said:
Where's your efs guide?
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Please read my first post in this thread :/
rootSU said:
Please read my first post in this thread :/
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OH, sorry didn't read it carefully! Alright, I'll try this, will keep ya updated, thanks in advance
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OH, sorry didn't read it carefully! Alright, I'll try this, will keep ya updated, thanks in advance
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Cool. Cheers
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Cool. Cheers
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I'm getting an "error: cannot connect to daemon", is this normal?
zachlag said:
I'm getting an "error: cannot connect to daemon", is this normal?
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nope
is that running the adb shell command?
Try a reboot (of the computer)
Also, look at things liek AV etc, maybe they are blockign. Run CMD as Administrator... Things like that
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nope
is that running the adb shell command?
Try a reboot (of the computer)
Also, look at things liek AV etc, maybe they are blockign. Run CMD as Administrator... Things like that
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Still, can't man.... :\ I'm really at my wits end here...I've followed the instructions but I always get that error
Have you Googled the error?
Dont have dell pc suite installed?
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Have you Googled the error?
Dont have dell pc suite installed?
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If you have a terminal program installed on ya phone, you can always use that instead. Kust dont use the adb part of the commands.
True but it would be better to get adb working as this is something I'd prefer done when android isn't running.
Its clearly an issue on the pc, just finding out what it is. Im not sure I've even got the full error
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True but it would be better to get adb working as this is something I'd prefer done when android isn't running.
Its clearly an issue on the pc, just finding out what it is. Im not sure I've even got the full error
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Thanks for the help anyway, I've removed all traces of root and sent it to the service center, got it back within 3 hours and all's working well so far (knock on wood). If I root and flash Omega v46.1 or any other ROM running on 4.2.2, and do a titanium restore, will it restore my old efs? Or will it just flash the ROM and work without problems?
Titanium doesn't touch EFS. Use philz recovery and backup efs before flashing anything
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Titanium doesn't touch EFS. Use philz recovery and backup efs before flashing anything
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Alright man, thanks so much for your help so far! One last question, will there be any problems if I flash a ROM running 4.2.2 (Omega v46.1) when I'm currently on 4.1.2 (Stock)?

Recovering efs backup file with the file type .tar

Hey
im trying to restore my efs backup, but its in .tar format and no one of the recovery tools detect it.
Maybe its a folder dump.
Please read general > sticky roll-up thread > imei /efs - know this stuff.
There really is no need for these threads to be created at a rate of 10 a day
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[Q] How can I make flashable ringtone, and also delete the shutter sounds?

I know how to manually move a ringtone into my phone, and delete the camera shutter sound files, but is there a way to make a script or flashable file that does this automatically?
Every time I flash a CM10.2 update, it restores the camera sounds and deletes my custom ringtone. It gets annoying having to do this every udpate.
There are lots of guides to make flashable zips. You can even just use one from a mod you have already. You just need to reproduce the directory for the file in the rom - within the zip...
So you're flashing /system/media/audio/ringtones/MyTune.ogg, ensure in the zip that /system/media/audio/ringtones/MyTune.ogg exists... you also need to make sure that the updater-script mounts /system... so if you're using a donor zip, use one that flashes something in /system (gapps for example).
Delete command would be
delete("/system/media/audio/ui/camera_click.ogg");
...for example.....
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There are lots of guides to make flashable zips. You can even just use one from a mod you have already. You just need to reproduce the directory for the file in the rom - within the zip...
So you're flashing /system/media/audio/ringtones/MyTune.ogg, ensure in the zip that /system/media/audio/ringtones/MyTune.ogg exists... you also need to make sure that the updater-script mounts /system... so if you're using a donor zip, use one that flashes something in /system (gapps for example).
Delete command would be
delete("/system/media/audio/ui/camera_click.ogg");
...for example.....
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