Good afternoon all,
I apologize if this is a duplicate thread but i've spent the better part of the past week trying to find information on this. I have CM10.2 installed on my GTi9300. Initially i had Touchwiz with 4.1.2, I created a backup in CWM and then flashed CM10.1 and then upgraded now to CM 10.2... I really would like to go back to my original TOuchwiz and as i previously stated, I have a backup of the state before installing my initial CM...
How do I go about doing this?
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nkomonc said:
Good afternoon all,
I apologize if this is a duplicate thread but i've spent the better part of the past week trying to find information on this. I have CM10.2 installed on my GTi9300. Initially i had Touchwiz with 4.1.2, I created a backup in CWM and then flashed CM10.1 and then upgraded now to CM 10.2... I really would like to go back to my original TOuchwiz and as i previously stated, I have a backup of the state before installing my initial CM...
How do I go about doing this?
Regards
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you need to search and read. go to stickies in general section. you will find this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2323847 read it . if you are confused you need to indicate what you dont understand so someone can help you
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you need to search and read. go to stickies in general section. you will find this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2323847 read it . if you are confused you need to indicate what you dont understand so someone can help you
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That's not what he wants. He wants to restore his backup
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you need to search and read. go to stickies in general section. you will find this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2323847 read it . if you are confused you need to indicate what you dont understand so someone can help you
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I understand but what I'm wondering as well is if possible and how I can just restore form my CWM backup. This pretty emuvh says I have to wipe and flash the firmware I want to have on my phone.
you can just go into recovery and resore. if your nandroid backup is not there than it may have gotten corrupted. which cwm are you using. ? is it up to date?
Don't forget to take into account what I said about sdcard. I don't say this stuff for fun
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right 4.2 and 4.3 change the storage file system . probably why cwm cant find the backup
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I understand but what I'm wondering as well is if possible and how I can just restore form my CWM backup. This pretty emuvh says I have to wipe and flash the firmware I want to have on my phone.
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All my backups are there. I have CWM 6.xxx. So with my backup I can just wipe and recover?
What do I need to wipe etc? And I read about EFI backups... I don't have one of that.
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you can just go into recovery and resore. if your nandroid backup is not there than it may have gotten corrupted. which cwm are you using. ? is it up to date?
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I have CWM 6 and all my backups show up. What do I need to do? Just wipe and restore? What wipes do I use?
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i have not used cwm in a long time . also never on this device but it is usually safe to wipe cache and dalvik cache. probably fine to wipe data if your backup is on extsdcard. i would not wipe system though . in case your backup is corrupted wiping system will leave you with no rom. if you have the option to restore backup from cwm recovery than try that . if your phone doesnt boot usually factory reset will get it to boot. good luck
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i have not used cwm in a long time . also never on this device but it is usually safe to wipe cache and dalvik cache. probably fine to wipe data if your backup is on extsdcard. i would not wipe system though . in case your backup is corrupted wiping system will leave you with no rom. if you have the option to restore backup from cwm recovery than try that . if your phone doesnt boot usually factory reset will get it to boot. good luck
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Well i restored and it worked... now when i try to use the OTA update feature it says my device has been modified and cannot use this feature... Any fix?
The Only way to be eligable for . ota updates is to have stock everything Firmware,recovery,andkernel must all be stock. also need to be NOT rooted. and on the correct csc for your region. please read this link in its entirety http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2323847. read the stickies in general section http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2344125 . read and understand what it is you are doing and what it is that you want to accomplish from modifying your phone. the best way to learn is to read. good luck
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The Only way to be eligable for . ota updates is to have stock everything Firmware,recovery,andkernel must all be stock. also need to be NOT rooted. and on the correct csc for your region. please read this link in its entirety http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2323847. read the stickies in general section http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2344125 . read and understand what it is you are doing and what it is that you want to accomplish from modifying your phone. the best way to learn is to read. good luck
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Thanks man... Worked like a charm!
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Hi guys,
I need to install and run Triangle Away but have one problem. As I have deleted the EFS partition on my phone, I can not get wifi or radio to work which is stopping triangle away from downloading and installing the add-on that it requires when you run it the first time. Does anybody know how I might be able to get this working. Can I download this addon from my laptop and then copy to phone ? USB is working, just not wifi or radio.
Thanks for any help.
download and install perseus kernel (probably others also) and it shouldn't ask you for addon (at least it didn't on mine).. that is if you have ICS.
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whoops sorry. i did read the rules but missed that part. cheers.
You deleted the EFS? I'd be worrying much more about that than resetting the binary flash counter... you essentially have a $800 MP3 player right now. Either way I think what you are asking for is the flash kernel, I might be able to get that for you in the morning.
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If you have deleted efs folder,
install a stock official rom via odin.
It will re create your efs folder.
You will have every thing but imei
however you need to bother this if you want to send it for warranty repair. Otherwise you can send it as it is for paid repair.
GaryLiao said:
You deleted the EFS? I'd be worrying much more about that than resetting the binary flash counter... you essentially have a $800 MP3 player right now. Either way I think what you are asking for is the flash kernel, I might be able to get that for you in the morning.
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hey thanks. Yeah. I am starting to come to terms with the fact that I have an expensive mp3 player. Anything you might be able to do to fix this would be very much appreciated.
Cheers.
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hey thanks. Yeah. I am starting to come to terms with the fact that I have an expensive mp3 player. Anything you might be able to do to fix this would be very much appreciated.
Cheers.
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Also wanted to mention that I did not intentionally delete the EFS. This occured somewhere between install Omega JB (including Siyah Kernel post Omega install) and then down grading to Omega ICS. I do recall seeing the sdcard partition name change from sdcard0 and back to sdcard from JB to ICS though nobody has commented on whether this was any reason to be concerned.
Hi...were you able to.recover your imei? How?
Im having the same problem due to.efs folder.
Thanks
Why choose to resurrect this long dead thread? Search for the hundreds of identical efs folder threads and you will quickly learn that there is no way to recover the efs unless you made a backup. Take it to a repair centre and have them recode it for you, make sure it works on 4.3 before you pay.
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Before you ask I have read the info on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2393289 regarding this issue but either it doesn't work or I am not executing it properly (probably the latter) and I'm not sure what is going wrong.
Here's my situation. I flashed Android Revolution HD 32.0 with XXUFME7 firmware (which I believe is later than MG4) and have the "no service" problem due to corrupt efs folder. After panicking because I didn't backup my efs folder I flashed back to unrooted stock via Odin and hooray, everything was working again (signal and registering on network). So then I rooted (and it was still working) and used EFS Pro to make a back up of efs folder. I then reflashed Android Revolution HD 32.0 and restored the efs folder but it still didn't work
Could someone give me any advice on how to rectify this problem? I think I might be doing the wrong thing with the efs folder. I'd quite like a TouchWiz ROM so would like to get this one working.
Thanks in advance for any replies
ME7 is older than MG4
Suggest you stop at the point it was working and read the basics .
Basics read first.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2344125
Critical you read the first two posts .
rajivpatel36 said:
Hey
Before you ask I have read the info on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2393289 regarding this issue but either it doesn't work or I am not executing it properly (probably the latter) and I'm not sure what is going wrong.
Here's my situation. I flashed Android Revolution HD 32.0 with XXUFME7 firmware (which I believe is later than MG4) and have the "no service" problem due to corrupt efs folder. After panicking because I didn't backup my efs folder I flashed back to unrooted stock via Odin and hooray, everything was working again (signal and registering on network). So then I rooted (and it was still working) and used EFS Pro to make a back up of efs folder. I then reflashed Android Revolution HD 32.0 and restored the efs folder but it still didn't work
Could someone give me any advice on how to rectify this problem? I think I might be doing the wrong thing with the efs folder. I'd quite like a TouchWiz ROM so would like to get this one working.
Thanks in advance for any replies
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go through the link under my signature.
my bad! in a hurry just read the heading!
sriram231092 said:
go through the link under my signature.
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I did say that I've already looked at that link but didn't know what was going wrong. However thanks to JJEgan I have sorted this out. I was assuming that ME7 was newer than MG4 because Android revolution 32 is after 29 but ME7 is older! The stock rom I flashed (without making a backp of efs) was MG4 and so this is why it wasn't working when flashing the ME7 rom. I switched to adnroid revolutoin 29 which is MG4 and it works fine now.
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I did say that I've already looked at that link
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I was assuming that ME7 was newer than MG4
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Why assume? My link explains exactly what ME7 and MG4 means as a code
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Why assume? My link explains exactly what ME7 and MG4 means as a code
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Because I am a fool! And in the panicking mode I was in I didn't think why G = July and realise that E = May and simply went by the release dates of the roms. Apologies to all for this silliness!
No worries. One piece of advice (which can be hard to follow).... never panic. It's hard but important
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hey i'm reading guides in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2344125 to understand s3 more
but i have a question about mine ( sorry for being rushing in but i do need to change my phone these days )
my s3 is on leaked 4.2.2 israel , i need to flash back into 4.1.2 stock EGYPT ( or any good custome ROM ).
when i flashed 4.1.2 EGY before it made " restarting bootloader ". so rootSU told me to make factory wipe.but it didnt work
while am reading i found that restarting bootloader is a good sign that my phone isn't brick ( note : its working normally but the leaked ROM 4.2.2 having alot of issues ).
what should i do , please ask me for what u exactly need to know of info about my phone so i can provide and fix this.
(( do i need to just wait for 4.3 official release )) ?
thanks in advance
i really wanna make it to the factory state so i can backup nandroid and save my phone so i can start trying
darki0xox said:
i really wanna make it to the factory state so i can backup nandroid and save my phone so i can start trying
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backup efs. then flash stock firmware of your region via odin. so simple.
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backup efs. then flash stock firmware of your region via odin. so simple.
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there is a little thing about EFS i wanted to ask about , all i done was flashing stock roms no custom , EFS was changed or not ? ( i rooted the phone with CF-autoroot )
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there is a little thing about EFS i wanted to ask about , all i done was flashing stock roms no custom , EFS was changed or not ? ( i rooted the phone with CF-autoroot )
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efs is not related to rooting or custom roms mate. it is related to the network connection and your imei number. you need to back it up and keep safe so that if you face network problem after updating the phone to the latest 4.1.2, that might help you restore. refer to the thread under my signature for any queries relating to efs/imei.
sriram231092 said:
efs is not related to rooting or custom roms mate. it is related to the network connection and your imei number. you need to back it up and keep safe so that if you face network problem after updating the phone to the latest 4.1.2, that might help you restore. refer to the thread under my signature for any queries relating to efs/imei.
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thanks for the info , can u tell me the easiest simplest way to backup EFS?
Read imei /efs thread from general > sticky roll-up
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darki0xox said:
thanks for the info , can u tell me the easiest simplest way to backup EFS?
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already told you and again telling you to go through the link IMEI PROBLEMS under my signature or the link under rootSU signature.
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Hi, i've been trying to restore data using cwm recovery but i don't know what i'm doing wrong, i have the files on my computer and i sent them to the external SD card but i can't find anything when rebooting into recovery mod. Can anyone help me please? I really need my data ((contacts and important stuff)) back. Any help is appreciated.
I'm using Cyanogenmod 10.2
Current Recovery : 6.0.3.1
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Then read the rules first this is the wrong forum for questions .
Please read the faqs and guides before posting a repetitive question .
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Hi, i've been trying to restore data using cwm recovery but i don't know what i'm doing wrong, i have the files on my computer and i sent them to the external SD card but i can't find anything when rebooting into recovery mod. Can anyone help me please? I really need my data ((contacts and important stuff)) back. Any help is appreciated.
I'm using Cyanogenmod 10.2
Current Recovery : 6.0.3.1
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Read this carefully.
In old cwm recovery, they're in /data/media/clockworkmod however in android 4.2, /sdcard is mounted at /data/media/0
This is all covered in the stickies
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My bad. I edited my post to direct him to thread you created about finding 4.2 data.
Model GT-i9300
Current Android version 4.1.2 (Stock samsung)
Baseband: I9300XXEMB6
Kernel: 3.0.31-1160235
Build: JZO54K.I9300XXEMD3
CWM recovery 6.0.3.6 installed, and root access.
Im planning an install of cm-10.1.3-i9300.zip and gapps-jb-20130812-signed.zip (CyanogenMod 10.1 stable) and it's my first installation of a custom ROM. Im also new to this forum, and customs ROMS in general, the last couple of days I have been reading alot of forum posts, stickies, trying to learn this.
Now I don't wanna do anything wrong and brick my phone or make EFS folder unreadable. So I have some questions ..
First, I have read http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2393289 and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2035141.
But.. Im having trouble understanding, if I should do someting about EFS or not.
Will this ROM make my EFS folder unreadable? If so, what can I do about it? If I must, do I flash v2 before or after I have installed CM?
I have already backed up EFS with EFSprobackup.
As I can see I have EMB6 = 2013 Feb Rev6 which is "v1"?
You backup your EFS at least twice in case of EFS fail .
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You backup your EFS at least twice in case of EFS fail .
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Yes, I have done 1 backup. That should do it?
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Yes, I have done 1 backup. That should do it?
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Yes it is
Done and done.
So what you are saying that i should just flash, and if it doesnt work with GSM / SMS / MMS afterward, I just restore EFS and it should be OK?
Put one on your PC as enough have wiped the backup from the phone .
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Put one on your PC as enough have wiped the backup from the phone .
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Done that, but do i restore after ROM install? Will that work if ROM changes the EFS folder file system, making it unreadable?
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Done that, but do i restore after ROM install? Will that work if ROM changes the EFS folder file system, making it unreadable?
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Dont touch unless you get EFS /IMEI problems if you do see EFS/IMEI faq.