Hello,
I have a Lenovo A706. I mistakenly formatted the boot partition and now I cant even go to droidboot. Is there any hope that my phone can be recovered. I will be taking it to the service centre on Friday, but... can someone assure me that it will be repaired. I just brought it it's only seven days into the purchase and I don't even feel that it can be repaired. So, can someone say if it can be repaired by the service centre, or can I attempt a repair?
It would help if you detailed ALL the steps you took to arrive at this stage. And I mean ALL details.
You think when it's this important to you that you'd at least give some details, tools used, rooted, etc
CtrlAltDelIrl said:
It would help if you detailed ALL the steps you took to arrive at this stage. And I mean ALL details.
You think when it's this important to you that you'd at least give some details, tools used, rooted, etc
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Yes sir,
Here's what I did:
I flashed my phone with CWM, then rooted my phone using the methods described in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2391801
Then I went into CWM using vol up+vol down+power and instead of erasing /cache I erased /sys_boot or something and then my phone doesn't even start into DroidBoot or CWM. Even if you tell me that the phone can be repaired by service centre I would be happy. Ask me if you want any more information!
simbaadw said:
Yes sir,
Here's what I did:
I flashed my phone with CWM, then rooted my phone using the methods described in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2391801
Then I went into CWM using vol up+vol down+power and instead of erasing /cache I erased /sys_boot or something and then my phone doesn't even start into DroidBoot or CWM. Even if you tell me that the phone can be repaired by service centre I would be happy. Ask me if you want any more information!
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I don't have this phone but you should be able to repair this ok.
I'd start by trying to reflash CWM. Let us know how you get on with that first
Good luck!
CtrlAltDelIrl said:
I don't have this phone but you should be able to repair this ok.
I'd start by trying to reflash CWM. Let us know how you get on with that first
Good luck!
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But I can't get into CWM or the recovery screen. So I am not able to flash anything and the only way to flash I think is through sd card and droidboot. So basically what I fear is I am not able to flash how will the sevice centre do it?
simbaadw said:
But I can't get into CWM or the recovery screen. So I am not able to flash anything and the only way to flash I think is through sd card and droidboot. So basically what I fear is I am not able to flash how will the sevice centre do it?
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I mean that if I cannot get into recovery how will the service centre people do it?
Anyone having a Lenovo had this problem and was it resolved?
Erasing the bootloader is like breaking your device permanently unless you reflash the bootloader/ whole rom which comes with the bootloader or else it's gone.
Lim Wee Huat said:
Erasing the bootloader is like breaking your device permanently unless you reflash the bootloader/ whole rom which comes with the bootloader or else it's gone.
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The service centre people will be able to do it? Because I am not able to enter into flash mode!
Someone may be able to help me or at least reassure me? :crying:
simbaadw said:
Hello,
I have a Lenovo A706. I mistakenly formatted the boot partition and now I cant even go to droidboot. Is there any hope that my phone can be recovered. I will be taking it to the service centre on Friday, but... can someone assure me that it will be repaired. I just brought it it's only seven days into the purchase and I don't even feel that it can be repaired. So, can someone say if it can be repaired by the service centre, or can I attempt a repair?
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I don't see anyway to fix it... no bootloader=nothing. (U can go to the service centre and see what they do)
Smack that thanks button if I helped!
Note 2 LTE powered by Illusion ROM and Plasma Kernel.
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Irwenzhao said:
I don't see anyway to fix it... no bootloader=nothing. (U can go to the service centre and see what they do)
Smack that thanks button if I helped!
Note 2 LTE powered by Illusion ROM and Plasma Kernel.
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Oh! Definitely I will! So as I understand basically if there's any hope it's only the service centre. But, could you make up a tale that I can give to the service centre? Basically since everything has been erased, they won't be able to know I rooted.
simbaadw said:
Oh! Definitely I will! So as I understand basically if there's any hope it's only the service centre. But, could you make up a tale that I can give to the service centre? Basically since everything has been erased, they won't be able to know I rooted.
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Tale? My only tale for u is: got a virus from a app online that it can whatsapp without internet but in the end it wiped my phone. (Act like a complete idiot about phones.)
Smack that thanks button if I helped!
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Irwenzhao said:
Tale? My only tale for u is: got a virus from a app online that it can whatsapp without internet but in the end it wiped my phone. (Act like a complete idiot about phones.)
Smack that thanks button if I helped!
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Oh! That's quite good. From my former experience with samsung phones, I have learned how to act stupid. :angel: But, I will be going on Friday, it's quite far from my house. Would it require the main board to be changed? Or, do they have something which can flash without the bootloader being there?
simbaadw said:
Oh! That's quite good. From my former experience with samsung phones, I have learned how to act stupid. :angel: But, I will be going on Friday, it's quite far from my house. Would it require the main board to be changed? Or, do they have something which can flash without the bootloader being there?
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They may have to change the internal memory card. They should be replacing it with a card that has the bootloader on it.
Smack that thanks button if I helped!
Note 2 LTE powered by Illusion ROM and Plasma Kernel.
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Irwenzhao said:
They may have to change the internal memory card. They should be replacing it with a card that has the bootloader on it.
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I hope they will do it for free. However device is not being detected by adb or else problem could be solved. And when connecting charger the soft keys flash!
simbaadw said:
I hope they will do it for free. However device is not being detected by adb or else problem could be solved. And when connecting charger the soft keys flash!
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They should do it for free... they can't see if your phone is rooted or not. (Unless you're a complete nerd about phones)
Smack that thanks button if I helped!
Note 2 LTE powered by Illusion ROM and Plasma Kernel.
Sent from dat small country called Singapore.
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Irwenzhao said:
They should do it for free... they can't see if your phone is rooted or not. (Unless you're a complete nerd about phones)
Smack that thanks button if I helped!
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Thanks for the comforting news. Friday is not far anyway. Even if replacing the internal memory(worst case scenario-the main board) is not a choice, they might replace the phone.
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Ok I let my friend borrow my phone. Now it looks like I dont have anything and I mean anything on it. It looks like I lost the Android Operating system! I can boot into CWM but it says there are no files for anything!! When I reboot the phone its stuck on the Samsung Galaxy S II screen and deosnt do anything after that. Am I royally screwed or can something be done?? I dont know what he did and of course he says he didnt do anything. I didnt buy the phone from ATT. Should I call Samsung??? I am so pissed right now I want to punch his effing lights out!!!!!!!! I just got it working the way I wanted it and now this. My stress level is thru the ceiling!!!!!! Thanks in advance for any info you can provide!!!
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Ok I let my friend borrow my phone. Now it looks like I dont have anything and I mean anything on it. It looks like I lost the Android Operating system! I can boot into CWM but it says there are no files for anything!! When I reboot the phone its stuck on the Samsung Galaxy S II screen and deosnt do anything after that. Am I royally screwed or can something be done?? I dont know what he did and of course he says he didnt do anything. I didnt buy the phone from ATT. Should I call Samsung??? I am so pissed right now I want to punch his effing lights out!!!!!!!! I just got it working the way I wanted it and now this. My stress level is thru the ceiling!!!!!! Thanks in advance for any info you can provide!!!
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Connect the sd card to the computer and put a rom on there
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Have you read/tried this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1286432
If you saved your backup on your computer, move that onto your phone and just flash it in CWM recovery.
Since your friend says he didn't do anything with the phone, it means you can't proceed by troubleshooting, since you don't have enough information to start with. So I would suggest that you enter download mode and flash back to stock, or stock plus root, and start over. You should do a wipe data/factory reset after you flash back to stock. You will have to reconfigure your phone, but most likely that is the most inconvenience you will experience.
Thanks a lot guys!!!! Up and running again! Wow I thought for sure I was going to have a stroke!! I knew someone would come thru for me!! You all are great!! Lesson learned. Never ever let someone else use your phone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
REOGrand said:
Thanks a lot guys!!!! Up and running again! Wow I thought for sure I was going to have a stroke!! I knew someone would come thru for me!! You all are great!! Lesson learned. Never ever let someone else use your phone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Were you able to do it without going back and re rooting?
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Yes. I just copied the ROM file over to my sd card on my pc and then put the card back in my phone. Downloaded the file off the card to my phone as I could still get into CWM. I was pretty worried about what I was going to do. This worked!!
REOGrand said:
Yes. I just copied the ROM file over to my sd card on my pc and then put the card back in my phone. Downloaded the file off the card to my phone as I could still get into CWM. I was pretty worried about what I was going to do. This worked!!
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What???
That's all.
You just copied the so-called ROM files over and thing suddenly worked again?
Amazing!!!
Everything seems to be working. Just testing to make sure. Right now I'm using CM 9 Euroskank. Good to go!!!!
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votinh said:
What???
That's all.
You just copied the so-called ROM files over and thing suddenly worked again?
Amazing!!!
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Obviously he means he copied the file over and flashed it in CWM.
MaxRabbit said:
Obviously he means he copied the file over and flashed it in CWM.
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Yes thats what I did. Sorry about the confusion. I was a little stressed!! Life is good again!
That's better
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HI.
Can anyone share Huawei Mediapad buckup created by Clockworkmod recovery?
Thank you.
You don't need that, you can just download and install the official rom...
http://www.huaweidevice.com/worldwide/technicaIndex.do?method=gotoProductSupport&productId=3779
I know about official roms, but i have device, which is bricked, and i need buckup, i need partitions structure for repair via JTAG.
david19 said:
I know about official roms, but i have device, which is bricked, and i need buckup, i need partitions structure for repair via JTAG.
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Off topic, but the word is "backup"
you wiped partitions via cwm, right?
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you wiped partitions via cwm, right?
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maybe,
i got device bricked.
device not powering, only connecting to pc as QHSUSB_DLOAD.
Forget about it. 1st Bootloader deleted and Modem-Firmware wiped. This is something Huawei service has to fix.
Rumbi said:
Forget about it. 1st Bootloader deleted and Modem-Firmware wiped. This is something Huawei service has to fix.
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Thanks to all for discussion, but i need buckup,
Can anyone share it?
If you keep spelling it with a "u", nobody's going to help you
Honestly though, the ports of CWM to the Mediapad are not producing prior backups anyway. I don't see how it'd be more useful than the official ROM.
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david19 said:
maybe,
i got device bricked.
device not powering, only connecting to pc as QHSUSB_DLOAD.
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Mine was in the same state. Sent it in for repair. Seems like they couldn't fix it with jtag at the german Huawei service partner, as they stated the mainboard has been replaced.
The device arrived today and is waiting for me at home. I will check the serial number to see if the board really got replaced. If yes, I guess there will be little chance of a jtag repair, as I cant imagine that it is cheaper to replace the whole board than just flash it...
Anyway, good look with your brick.
€: Yup, they replaced the board. SN and IMEI are different.
So I just got the phone today and decided to upgrade to ics, that was a big mistake. The phone won't turn on . When I plug it into the computer it has the green charging led but when I plug it into the charger nothing just a dark green led that will blink every 10 seconds or so. don't care if I have to downgrade I just want it to work. Also when it's not plugged in it does the same dark green blink and when I try turning it on nothing no vibration or anything.
Use flashtool to unbrick your device.
Search on general section
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Weird, maybe you flashed it wrong. Anyways, go back to GB and then flash again to ICS if you'd like to, you shouldn't get any troubles downgrading.
anerik said:
Weird, maybe you flashed it wrong. Anyways, go back to GB and then flash again to ICS if you'd like to, you shouldn't get any troubles downgrading.
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But that's the problem how do I downgrade without breaking my contract?
GadgetNoob said:
But that's the problem how do I downgrade without breaking my contract?
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As for my knowledge this is not possible! but next time use the "MyPhoneExplorer" it keeps contacts in PC so whenever u flash firmware, install its client on phone and run this software on PC and then it will put all the contacts that u had on ur phone before flash. last night i had done rooting on my phone by following steps hope it will also help u for flashing a firmware via flashtool.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1842366
Provided you updated via seus try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1676565
I don't think you'll void your contract because you are re flashing the service providers update .
Your problem may be due to incomplete flashing .
Press thanks if I helped you!
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obaidshera said:
As for my knowledge this is not possible! but next time use the "MyPhoneExplorer" it keeps contacts in PC so whenever u flash firmware, install its client on phone and run this software on PC and then it will put all the contacts that u had on ur phone before flash. last night i had done rooting on my phone by following steps hope it will also help u for flashing a firmware via flashtool.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1842366
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To tell you the truth i'm not worried about contacts I just want it to work again without blowing off the contract.
GadgetNoob said:
To tell you the truth i'm not worried about contacts I just want it to work again without blowing off the contract.
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Which provider do you have? You are scared if you flash an international firmware instead of the one from your provider, you can't use sim card or what's the problem about that?
GadgetNoob said:
But that's the problem how do I downgrade without breaking my contract?
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You mean your provider, right? Not your contacts like everyone else are saying. Well, nothing will happen, it's just an international firmware, you won't lose the contract... Don't worry
Don't worry bro, It has nothing to do with your Provider. Go ahead.
anerik said:
You mean your provider, right? Not your contacts like everyone else are saying. Well, nothing will happen, it's just an international firmware, you won't lose the contract... Don't worry
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So your saying if I do the rooting guide to go back I won't lose my contract with At&t.
GadgetNoob said:
So your saying if I do the rooting guide to go back I won't lose my contract with At&t.
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Exactly, at least i didn't lose anything (Movistar-Argentina). You might wanna take the SIM off just in case
anerik said:
Exactly, at least i didn't lose anything (Movistar-Argentina). You might wanna take the SIM off just in case
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The other thing is can I root it if the phone won't turn on? Its not like it overheated since there is still a slight green light that blinks.
GadgetNoob said:
The other thing is can I root it if the phone won't turn on? Its not like it overheated since there is still a slight green light that blinks.
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Wait, what? I don't think so, just downgrade to GB, and then root.
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Wait, what? I don't think so, just downgrade to GB, and then root.
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How though and if I did not flash root it before I did it legally with the upgrade tool.
GadgetNoob said:
How though and if I did not flash root it before I did it legally with the upgrade tool.
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I still dont understand what you're saying... You wanna root it or not?
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I still dont understand what you're saying... You wanna root it or not?
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1.He upgraded his device to ics and the phone won't boot.
2.He doesn't want to downgrade (gb) or reflash (ics) using international ftf firmware (flashtool method) .
3. He always used official update software and he is afraid of voiding the CONTRACT with his service provider if he uses flashtool method.
4. Please read the op clearly he doesn't mean CONTACTS he means the CONTRACT with his service provider.
5. To the op,
Please post your problem step by step clearly and highlight the important words by using upper case letters or different color.
6. As I've never used a network contract phone I cannot comment on this thread confidently. So others please try to help the op.
Press thanks if I have helped you .
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GadgetNoob said:
How though and if I did not flash root it before I did it legally with the upgrade tool.
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One won't lose the warranty if he/she fails in an official upgrade, send it to the dealer for repair before trying oneself with Flashtool, which may alter the build.prop, and else. Right?
By the way, my Xperia Mini Pro fails to change the input method by long pressing the text input area with.431 ics ROM, any hints? Thanks.
GadgetNoob said:
How though and if I did not flash root it before I did it legally with the upgrade tool.
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If you have never rooted and bootloader is locked (and I think it is), please send it to service or give it to the shop where you've bought it. This is better, and because it was an official update, you should be able to claim your warranty.
If you try to do it yourself with flashtool, you will modify your phone and if they find out, your warranty is lost. So please don't flash it, give it to service
Hello, so I ran out of battery on my way home, when I got home I plugged the phone and went to sleep. Today when I woke up, I turned on the device, but it got stuck @ galaxy s3 boot animation, the animation you get before your ROM's boot animation kicks in, so I went to recovery and tried to recover one of my recoveries. it didn't help. I did a factory reset, it still was the same, stuck on galaxys3 boot animation. So I decided to flash stock samsung rom using ODIN. But now I'm stuck at the samsungs stock ROM boot animation, I tried factory reset couple of times but it didn't help.
Any idea what might be the issue, I have flashed this rom
Edit: Also the line "E: failed to mount /efs" is something to worry about when you boot into recovery?
So flashing via Odin works w/o errors?
Glebun said:
So flashing via Odin works w/o errors?
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Yeah, when i flashed using odin, I didn't encounter any error, more one thing to mention, when I boot to recover I get
E: failed to mount /efs
Is that something to have concern about?
oh yes. do you have an efs backup? that's the first thing you should do before flashing anything. if yes, restore it. if not, send it to service
Glebun said:
oh yes. do you have an efs backup? that's the first thing you should do before flashing anything. if yes, restore it. if not, send it to service
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Nope I got no efs backups... I had a custom ROM installed will it void my warranty?
alentor said:
Nope I got no efs backups... I had a custom ROM installed will it void my warranty?
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Yes you will find that the vendor or Samsung refuse warranty .
Your option is to fight that as not relevant to your problem .
jje
JJEgan said:
Yes you will find that the vendor or Samsung refuse warranty .
Your option is to fight that as not relevant to your problem .
jje
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You are kidding me, so basically if I didn't root my device, vendor/samsung wouldn't had a choice but to replace my device, but because of I did root my device, vendor/samsung will refuse to replace my device, am I correct?
Is there any other way to unbrick my device?
alentor said:
You are kidding me, so basically if I didn't root my device, vendor/samsung wouldn't had a choice but to replace my device, but because of I did root my device, vendor/samsung will refuse to replace my device, am I correct?
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you are correct, in the EU you still can get lucky due to some regulations and you have to show that the root did not cause the problem, outside the EU I am not sure. The restriction of the internals of every device is not for nothing in place don't you think so? Otherwise manufacturers would get hundreds of complains because someone messed up something...
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you are correct, in the EU you still can get lucky due to some regulations and you have to show that the root did not cause the problem, outside the EU I am not sure. The restriction of the internals of every device is not for nothing in place don't you think so? Otherwise manufacturers would get hundreds of complains because someone messed up something...
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Can yon give me a few examples on how can I prove that the ROOT didn't cause the problem? I belong to EU regolations.. Is there any other way to fix it?
Thank in advance.
alentor said:
Can yon give me a few examples on how can I prove that the ROOT didn't cause the problem? I belong to EU regolations.. Is there any other way to fix it?
Thank in advance.
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I got not really an example but maybe this helps: Link
chrismast said:
I got not really an example but maybe this helps: Link
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Hey, I just came back from my vendor, they say they can't fix it. Can I some how restore EFS? I have the Phones IMIE/S/N written, on the back of the phone, can I make a new efs folder/files? using this DATA?
Thank you!
EDIT: If I'll have to ship to samsung, do I have to talk with them first? or just find their ARMA address and ship there?
alentor said:
Hey, I just came back from my vendor, they say they can't fix it. Can I some how restore EFS? I have the Phones IMIE/S/N written, on the back of the phone, can I make a new efs folder/files? using this DATA?
Thank you!
EDIT: If I'll have to ship to samsung, do I have to talk with them first? or just find their ARMA address and ship there?
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Do you not have a local Samsung service centre ??
jje
JJEgan said:
Do you not have a local Samsung service centre ??
jje
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I don't know.. I just sent an email to their support, asking if they have a samsung service center in my area..
But if they don't, can someone provide me with the details how to restore your lost EFS folder using ADB or at least try to?
Thank you!
alentor said:
I don't know.. I just sent an email to their support, asking if they have a samsung service center in my area..
But if they don't, can someone provide me with the details how to restore your lost EFS folder using ADB or at least try to?
Thank you!
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If you do not have an EFS backup I guess it will be difficult to restore. Only solution then will be to send it in for service if I am not wrong.
chrismast said:
If you do not have an EFS backup I guess it will be difficult to restore. Only solution then will be to send it in for service if I am not wrong.
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You are correct, it would be difficult to restore, or there is another option, make my cellphone not boot at all, so the vendor won't be able to check flash counter.. in that case the vendor won't have a choice but to replace the device.. got any suggestion how to brick your device so it won't boot at all? disconnect the cable while flashing?
alentor said:
You are correct, it would be difficult to restore, or there is another option, make my cellphone not boot at all, so the vendor won't be able to check flash counter.. in that case the vendor won't have a choice but to replace the device.. got any suggestion how to brick your device so it won't boot at all? disconnect the cable while flashing?
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Not the correct forum/website to ask such a question.
alentor said:
You are correct, it would be difficult to restore, or there is another option, make my cellphone not boot at all, so the vendor won't be able to check flash counter.. in that case the vendor won't have a choice but to replace the device.. got any suggestion how to brick your device so it won't boot at all? disconnect the cable while flashing?
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that would be warranty fraud , hence I don't think you will get an answer here.
I have tried 3 ROMs.
One did not have a phone app and anyway did not register on the mobile network. The other two showed full bars on the network but said 'failed to register' even though 'registered on network' was reported when I connected to a network following a scan.
So I am assuming that there is no modem?? - though why a ROM should be produced without one I can't imagine.
I looked around for a modem to download. I can't find one. Further, virtually everywhere I look Odin is used to do installations. As I use Linux there is very little information to help me, I might be on the wrong track anyway.
So, my phone is non-operational atm :crying: Can anyone help please?
Check if your imei is still there ! Sometimes after flashing ROM s the imei is gone ! Poof ! No connection
it hurts when I help someone and they say thanks Instead of pressing the button
professor_proton said:
Check if your imei is still there ! Sometimes after flashing ROM s the imei is gone ! Poof ! No connection
it hurts when I help someone and they say thanks Instead of pressing the button
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Thanks for that (pressed the button) but, no, I checked and it is there.
Did you try Odin ?
it hurts when I help someone and they say thanks Instead of pressing the button
professor_proton said:
Did you try Odin ?(
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No, as I said in my original post, I use Linux. Afaik there isn't a version for Linux.
technoboi2 said:
No, as I said in my original post, I use Linux. Afaik there isn't a version for Linux.
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Tough luck buddy ! Cant you borrow some friend's PC /laptop that runs windows and flash the ROM ???
it hurts when I help someone and they say thanks Instead of pressing the button
technoboi2 said:
Thanks for that (pressed the button) but, no, I checked and it is there.
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Does it match the sticker though?
Heimdall is the Linux equivalent to Odin
rootSU said:
Does it match the sticker though?
Heimdall is the Linux equivalent to Odin
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You've put your finger right on it. No, it does not match the sticker it is totally different.
I'll read the blurb, as instructed, and see if I can find a solution.
technoboi2 said:
You've put your finger right on it. No, it does not match the sticker it is totally different.
I'll read the blurb, as instructed, and see if I can find a solution.
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Please read my thread.
General > Sticky roll-up thread > IMEI / EFS - Know this stuff
rootSU said:
Please read my thread.
General > Sticky roll-up thread > IMEI / EFS - Know this stuff
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A bit of a learning curve to put back the stock ROM. The reason why I wanted a new ROM is because of all the trouble I've had since the last Samsung firmware update. Multivarious problems! Of course I should have done a back up but I have flashed ROMs on other phones before and been perfectly OK - oh well, lesson definitely learned!!
Anyway, should the worst come to the worst, which it probably will, and I need to get it fixed, do I send it back to Samsung or is there somewhere local that you know [you are located about 7 miles from me ]
It depends on the issue really. If the imei and serial are correct, no need to do anything.
Sending to samsung can be a long process so sometimes if your imei has gone, a mobile phone repair shop can fix for say £20. It shouldn't affect warranty.
Where are you?
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