i know there a thousands of tutorials for backing up your imei/efs folder.
ive tried it with two methods (efs root programm for galaxy s3 and with terminal emulator)
both failed. so i was full of anger and i hoped i can restore with a original samsung firmware with odin.
it was successfull.
so my phone is now stock and unrooted
but i still want to root my phone and flash cyanogenmod.
please can someone can poste me a link with step by step tutorial for efs backup that is already successfull?
and another question. is it normal when i wipe (Data reset/factory restore) that the internal sdcard will be wiped?
that happend with my phone.
before i got the galaxy s3 i have owned a galaxy s2. ive flashed and flashed an there were no problems with efs, etc.
**** samsung...
Ask in the EFS/IMEI thread that's why its open all the information in one place .
jonas9 said:
i know there a thousands of tutorials for backing up your imei/efs folder.
ive tried it with two methods (efs root programm for galaxy s3 and with terminal emulator)
both failed. so i was full of anger and i hoped i can restore with a original samsung firmware with odin.
it was successfull.
so my phone is now stock and unrooted
but i still want to root my phone and flash cyanogenmod.
please can someone can poste me a link with step by step tutorial for efs backup that is already successfull?
and another question. is it normal when i wipe (Data reset/factory restore) that the internal sdcard will be wiped?
that happend with my phone.
before i got the galaxy s3 i have owned a galaxy s2. ive flashed and flashed an there were no problems with efs, etc.
**** samsung...
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You can restore it this way mate. Just need a root explorer. Works with any format.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44231543&postcount=59990&nocache=1&z=5767716704867780
You can back it up the same way by just copying the EFS folder to the internalSD card also.
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I have GS3 i9300 International version.
My EFS partition has been corrupted.
I already have the backup available i took with EFS backup pro but when i now connect through it it doesn't pick it up even though i have put it in the same directory.
I also tried to backup the existing EFS folder (Which doesn't have anything in it) using Root Explorer in Phone but got an error 'Can't locate Mount Point!"
How can i restore my EFS folder again? Any suggestion will be helpful as i have been trying to read all what is available at XDA.
There is no IMEI and baseband available. I had the stocked firmware when this happened with CF root and Siyak Kernel.
I have checked in CWM Recovery mode.
All partitions are mounted except EFS and i am not able to mount it even in recovery.
So after like 24 hrs, i am finally able to restore everything back to normal .
Since the efs partition was not mounting, i used the following commands to do so manually in terminal
Code:
mke2fs /dev/block/mmcblk0p3
mount -w -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /efs
The link that helped me realize this was
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1857811
After running this command i had signals and Wifi begins working but IMEI was turned to generic.
Then i turned to EFS bakup pro and this time successfully restored my efs folder and getting my origional IMEI back.
So all this taught me that flashing and tinkering with your android phone carries a huge risk and we should all be prepared to face such issues if decided to do so.
But really, what's the fun if we don't .
Following are some issues that i faced during this whole process which i am sharing if anybody else gets in the same situations
- The first thing i did was to flash the stock firmware but this lead to an unrooted phone again
- I used CF root to gain root privileges again but supersu was asking for binary updates before giving root permission to other programs.
- So i downloaded SAMSUNG GALAXY S3 TOOLKIT which is an excellent resource for everything related to rooting, flashing and backing up GS3.
- I rooted with busybox so that EFS backup pro can be used.
- Since my GS3 was not having mobile or wifi signal, this toolkit helped a great deal.
- One small thing that i missed was place my EFS back in a folder named "EFSProBackup" which is to be placed in the same directory as the executable of EFS Pro so that it can recognize it in restoration tab.
I hope this will be helpful if anyone gets stuck in this issue.
Oh glad you resolved it
This shows how important an efs backup is
《spilled from dragon jellybean rom》
Thanks for dropping by bg
I had ruined my i9000 same way and used it for a year with generic imei. I had to copy paste the efs folder everytime i rebooted the phone. Now i am on i9100 but i havent yet backed up my efs, can you guide me how to do it?
Download EFS Pro from here EFS Pro.
Connect your phone with pc via USB and make sure you are not using USB Mass Storage mode.
Start EFS Pro. Obviously, you need to be rooted and have busybox installed for this application to run.
Your phone information will be displayed once it's connected.
Create a backup of your EFS Folder either with a .img or .tar extension.
And keep flashing hassle free .
TSKXDA said:
Download EFS Pro from here EFS Pro.
Connect your phone with pc via USB and make sure you are not using USB Mass Storage mode.
Start EFS Pro. Obviously, you need to be rooted and have busybox installed for this application to run.
Your phone information will be displayed once it's connected.
Create a backup of your EFS Folder either with a .img or .tar extension.
And keep flashing hassle free .
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Thanks alot man. I'll do this asap.
TSKXDA said:
So after like 24 hrs, i am finally able to restore everything back to normal .
Since the efs partition was not mounting, i used the following commands to do so manually in terminal
Code:
mke2fs /dev/block/mmcblk0p3
mount -w -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /efs
The link that helped me realize this was
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1857811
After running this command i had signals and Wifi begins working but IMEI was turned to generic.
Then i turned to EFS bakup pro and this time successfully restored my efs folder and getting my origional IMEI back.
So all this taught me that flashing and tinkering with your android phone carries a huge risk and we should all be prepared to face such issues if decided to do so.
But really, what's the fun if we don't .
Following are some issues that i faced during this whole process which i am sharing if anybody else gets in the same situations
- The first thing i did was to flash the stock firmware but this lead to an unrooted phone again
- I used CF root to gain root privileges again but supersu was asking for binary updates before giving root permission to other programs.
- So i downloaded SAMSUNG GALAXY S3 TOOLKIT which is an excellent resource for everything related to rooting, flashing and backing up GS3.
- I rooted with busybox so that EFS backup pro can be used.
- Since my GS3 was not having mobile or wifi signal, this toolkit helped a great deal.
- One small thing that i missed was place my EFS back in a folder named "EFSProBackup" which is to be placed in the same directory as the executable of EFS Pro so that it can recognize it in restoration tab.
I hope this will be helpful if anyone gets stuck in this issue.
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Thanks TSKXDA !
With this i able to mount /efs and sucessfull recover my EMEI !
Thanks again !
Hi there.
I'm with the exact same problem and I can't solve it cause shell says "Permission Denied".
Anything I can do?
RE
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su
before entering the commands
Unable to mount efs (same problem) but..
my phone just keep boot looping i tried to flash to stock and every time i wipe and clear cache i says unable to mount efs please help thanks
jhemartija said:
my phone just keep boot looping i tried to flash to stock and every time i wipe and clear cache i says unable to mount efs please help thanks
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As per identical posts .
Restore your backed up EFS folder ..
If you failed to backup your EFS folder then its a paid for service centre repair .
jje
JJEgan said:
As per identical posts .
Restore your backed up EFS folder ..
If you failed to backup your EFS folder then its a paid for service centre repair .
jje
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i failed to back up, is there any other way? thanks by the way..
jhemartija said:
i failed to back up, is there any other way? thanks by the way..
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As per ten thousand plus identical posts no .
jje
Any way if converting a .win backup of my EFS to .img? That's how my EFS got backed up. Also what's this I hear of a generic imei?
Sent from my Nexus 7 using XDA Premium HD app
Just read what the generic imei means. 0049
baseband unknown and imei null
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Dear JJEgan,
i had done a back up of efs via EFS PRO and restored it via EFS PRO and restore was successful but the baseband is still unknown and imei still null.plz help this time i had read everything and done as per instructions and i have a backed up efs in my phone and pc as well
thanks in advance
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bala_gamer said:
Oh glad you resolved it
This shows how important an efs backup is
《spilled from dragon jellybean rom》
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Dear bala_gamer,
my name is gaurav.i've a gti9300 and l was on stock 4.1.2,i flashed resurrection remix rom and now i've following issues:-
1) BASEBAND VESRION-UNKNOWN
2)IMEI-UNKNOWN
3)MOBILE NETWORK-UNKNOWN
4)NO CALLS,no network although wifi is running smoothly and rest all is fine with the phone.i flashed back stock 4.1.2 and restored EFS via EFS PRO(which i had earlier taken backup on my pc) but the problem still remains although EFS PRO restore was successful
Further info:-
1)i can locate an EFS folder in the normal file manager which is empty
2)in the root explorer i can see an EFS folder with 18 files in it.
plz help thanks in advance,waiting for a quick response from your side
file manager shows empty because it is not operating with permissions to see it. This is not relevant.
use root explorer only
Just flash MG5 stock ROM from India. If it is still broken, send it for repair. Simple as that
TSKXDA said:
Download EFS Pro from here EFS Pro.
Connect your phone with pc via USB and make sure you are not using USB Mass Storage mode.
Start EFS Pro. Obviously, you need to be rooted and have busybox installed for this application to run.
Your phone information will be displayed once it's connected.
Create a backup of your EFS Folder either with a .img or .tar extension.
And keep flashing hassle free .
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Dear TSKXDA,
I did exactly the same way and took a back up then flashed a custom rom and lost baseband version and imei, i then flashed back to stock rom restored EFS via EFS pro but the issue still remains.You can see my numerous posts in this forum,plz help me out thanks in advance
Hi
After losing my imei because of cm10.1 install i tried to restore it through efsbackup pro - it mounted phone ok and started recovering imei from my backup img file, but at the end it said that this was an inproper backup and files dont work proper, and told me NOT to use them, but it auto rebooted before i could do any thing
and now its impossible to to delete/mount efs dir cant install new rom from cwm or odin only stock 4.04 installs ok but same problem persist no matter what if i try flashing newest stock rom 4.1.1 it wont write to nand - pit files from sammy site does the same no writing to nand
I have no imei and unable to format efs dir!! tried rooting it through galaxy 3 toolkit 6.0 and it workng ok i get root and recovery- but from here there no way to mount efs dir same says efsbackup pro when i try to recover/format efs
seems like its missing a pit file..or at least at total format of internal sd, but havent been able to do that until now!
Does anyone have a idea whats going on ? PLS help
Happy new year all
Hey Guys
My i9300 was running stock rom and i decided to flash the illusion rom. but i downloaded and flashed the wrong file. so now my imei number is lost and i get no signal.
I have backup of IMEI from the software EFS pro but it does not restore. the software shows all ok but the IMEI on phone is still unknown.
Also there is a file on my sd card with the backup of efs. maybe a rom previously flashed may have taken the backup. I can try and restore that.
Please help me how to do so. its a tar.gz file
Please help me restore my IMEI number. i have no phone signal and dont want to go to service center because my phone is rooted and its voided warranty.
also i had a nandroid backup i restored it and all my data has been restored but not the IMEI
thanks in advance.
Can't help you to get your IMEI back, but to use https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.triangleaway , use Odin (or mobileOdin) or unroot it you don't need a IMEI.
Tar files are flashed via Odin .
jje
Actually this may be simpler than expected.
tar.gz can be flashed from odin since now it has an /efs field. That alone may be enough. But please do another backup before trying anything. Really, just copying all the files over to somewhere safe is enough.
But Tar.gz is a compressed file (like zip). Have you tried to check what's inside that tar.gz? I'd decompress it to somewhere and compare it to what's inside your /efs partition on your phone. If it seems the same, i'd do a new /efs backup and try replacing the contents of the /efs with the uncompressed backup.
You may need to do this through adb on recovery mode - once, brain went full retard and wiped my /efs partition by not thinking about what i was doing, phone instantly rebooted on the spot to never normally boot again until fixed (had an awesome weekend trying to figure how to fix it , posted somewhere around here how i did it). Doing it from recovery is just to avoid that. Also, all this is assuming some file on your /efs is just corrupted and your backup is in good shape.
If you're still feeling unsure you can (and should) search for related stuff around here in xda. There is PLENTY of info about lost/corrupted /efs around, happens quite often.
Hey guys,
Thank you very much for your replies
It's quite shocking but an official firmware flash via odin solved the problem.
I guess my imei was just corrupted.
Thanks
Hey guys, I had the same problem, but now I know what went wrong, thanks!
hi im currently using samsung galaxy s3 i9300 with a 4.1.2 rooted version. Due to my phone wifi grey out issue, i made a backup using cwm recovery before i do anything that can solve the issue including factory reset. After backing up the file to my external storage card, i updated my firmware to 4.2.2 jellybean which had solved my wifi issue. Now the problem is that, how do i restore back my backup data which i had done with cwm recovery. My external sd card now have clockworkmod folder in it what should i do? and which version of odin and CF ROOT should i download? PLS HLP!
Derrik926 said:
hi im currently using samsung galaxy s3 i9300 with a 4.1.2 rooted version. Due to my phone wifi grey out issue, i made a backup using cwm recovery before i do anything that can solve the issue including factory reset. After backing up the file to my external storage card, i updated my firmware to 4.2.2 jellybean which had solved my wifi issue. Now the problem is that, how do i restore back my backup data which i had done with cwm recovery. My external sd card now have clockworkmod folder in it what should i do? and which version of odin and CF ROOT should i download? PLS HLP!
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You don't restore data from one OS build to another .
But if you want to try you can choose advanced restore data only .
Any odin any CF root but use the same CWM as you backed up with .
Basic stickied faqs and guides are still free read them .
jje
JJEgan said:
You don't restore data from one OS build to another .
But if you want to try you can choose advanced restore data only .
Any odin any CF root but use the same CWM as you backed up with .
Basic stickied faqs and guides are still free read them .
jje
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meaning that if i want back all my data including phone contacts, the only way to restore them is by downloading back 4.1.2 firmware to my phone and then root it with CF root then restore data using cwm recovery? Thanks anyway!
Derrik926 said:
meaning that if i want back all my data including phone contacts, the only way to restore them is by downloading back 4.1.2 firmware to my phone and then root it with CF root then restore data using cwm recovery? Thanks anyway!
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Titanium backup is what you're looking for, you can use the. xml method to restore call logs txt etc
Don't restore system data but apps /data should be fine
What you could do is restore your nandroid, run titanium, reflash, then restore
Derrik926 said:
hi im currently using samsung galaxy s3 i9300 with a 4.1.2 rooted version. Due to my phone wifi grey out issue, i made a backup using cwm recovery before i do anything that can solve the issue including factory reset. After backing up the file to my external storage card, i updated my firmware to 4.2.2 jellybean which had solved my wifi issue. Now the problem is that, how do i restore back my backup data which i had done with cwm recovery. My external sd card now have clockworkmod folder in it what should i do? and which version of odin and CF ROOT should i download? PLS HLP!
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If you still have the NANDROID backup from CWM than you can try ADVANCED RESTORE from CWM.
Go to Advance Restore and just restore the DATA from the nandroid backup.
It will just restore your data but it will not change your OS 4.2.2 But IT MIGHT GIVE YOU SOME FORCE CLOSES as the data that you backed up is from 4.1.1 or 4.1.2. But it is worth try. If it doesnt work than you can flash the whole backup again anyways... Hope it works...
slaphead20 said:
Titanium backup is what you're looking for, you can use the. xml method to restore call logs txt etc
Don't restore system data but apps /data should be fine
What you could do is restore your nandroid, run titanium, reflash, then restore
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im sorry but what is the first time i should do now? root my 4.2.2 and then install titanium backup? can u teach me a step by step instructions? ur hlp is very appreciated tq!
Derrik926 said:
im sorry but what is the first time i should do now? root my 4.2.2 and then install titanium backup? can u teach me a step by step instructions? ur hlp is very appreciated tq!
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Its all in the stickied faqs and guides .
XDA is not a spoonfeeding forum .
Read the How to return to stock for warranty thread .
Once back top stock leave your firmware as it is .
jje4
otg problem
hi everyone. i have a problem with my galaxy s3 - i9300. i bought an official samsung otg cable and i started to transfer some music to my pendrive. the mp3 files are fully transfered but the album covers didnt. before the official samsung otg i used a noname otg and everything worked. please help me.
hi guys.
this is my first post. first off thanks to all of you out there who have helped me root 3 different devices and install custom roms on 2 of them.
my third device is my gti9300 phone.
i have rooted and installed twrp but before i install a custom rom i made a back up of my efs files using ktool. after backing up the files i ran the check.
under sdcard/efs.img found section everything checks out 100%
under sdcard/efs.tar.gz found i get the message /!\nv_data.bin NOT FOUND in back up!!!
in my files/device storage the files have been created
could any tell me if the back up i have created will work. dont want to flash a rom until i am sure
the phone works fine and the emei number appears as it should in the phones status menu
hope someone can help
thanks
If in doubt then make other backups, philz recovery custom backup, copy and paste efs contents etc.
You can't have too many backups of your efs, store them on your pc and cloud storage.
IMEI
More than one backup of EFS is best .Save one on your PC .
thanks for the advice guys.