I've done something that I haven't been able to remedy yet and it had made it so no matter what touchwiz ROM I use the phone app won't even open and getting a call reboots or locks up the phone. I have successfully installed AICP and all is working. Any ideas what I've done? Boot loader is mdk.
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I'm just guessing here but did you anything that would've touched your efs folder? If you've made an efs backup (or a full backup, they usually include efs by default) I would suggest restoring it
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joshm.1219 said:
I'm just guessing here but did you anything that would've touched your efs folder? If you've made an efs backup (or a full backup, they usually include efs by default) I would suggest restoring it
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When this first happened I restored a backup I had from Hyperdrive Rls 15 (tw rom) and everything was there however the phone didn't work. I just ran through a tutorial of backing up and restoring my efs folder using terminal emulator and the results i got were the same on the video so I believe that to be in order.
I did flash one file which could possibly have caused this but if so I'm not sure how to reverse it. It was an NC2 WIFI fix after trying to install gdux v2.0
dogg94 said:
When this first happened I restored a backup I had from Hyperdrive Rls 15 (tw rom) and everything was there however the phone didn't work. I just ran through a tutorial of backing up and restoring my efs folder using terminal emulator and the results i got were the same on the video so I believe that to be in order.
I did flash one file which could possibly have caused this but if so I'm not sure how to reverse it. It was an NC2 WIFI fix after trying to install gdux v2.0
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So personally when there's a problem I can't fix, I use odin to start my phone over. If I were you I would flash the full wipe tar that matches my boot loader. It's up to you though. That's a totally fresh stock start so you have redo root and everything.
I would also suggest PMing surge1223 and jkruse if you really can't lose the data on your phone and don't wanna go through Odin. Keep in mind they're both very busy.
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Thank you for the advice I will probably end up using Odin as this seems to be a unique situation
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Do I need to restore the ROM I made my nandriod from first? Or can I restore my previous nandriod off any ROM I'm currently using?
I'm sure this has had to been asked before, but maybe I'm using the xda search wrong.
Thanks
platinumthomas said:
Do I need to restore the ROM I made my nandriod from first? Or can I restore my previous nandriod off any ROM I'm currently using?
I'm sure this has had to been asked before, but maybe I'm using the xda search wrong.
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Just wipe in Aron Ra and then restore from your nandroid. I commonly jump from Rom to Rom, just make sure you wipe in between.
Yupyup your nandroid reverts you to whatever that particular nandroid saved..
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Thanks guys. I'm not sure what is wrong with my phone. Clean ROM 4.3 was the only one that would work for me, until this morning. I finally got RAGE1.8 to work. All other ROMs would boot loop, including all Clean ROMs after 4.3. I had been reinstalling Clean ROM and then restoring the nandriod, I'm glad I can skip one step if I need to go back.
Make sure you wipe before you restore a nandroid. If you don't it could cause it to bootloop.
Also if you're s on it could be an issue with kernel compatibility
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I am S on. Maybe I'm wrong, but I thought loading the PH98IMG file in the bootloader was loading the kernel.
First, you really should S-Off, it will make it a whole lot easier, it will allow you to jump from Rom to Rom a lot easier. Be careful because some new roms call for the latest firmware to run correctly.
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I am S on. Maybe I'm wrong, but I thought loading the PH98IMG file in the bootloader was loading the kernel.
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It has to be the ph file from the rom you are on
I just flashed the latest stable 10.1.3 from CyanogenMod (released September 23) and now my IMEI is blank. Is there any way for me to restore it? I stupidly do not have a backup of the efs folder. When I check the efs folder now, it's empty. Is there anything I can do? Any help is appreciated.
Try this.maybe it could help.
Take out your provider card.Boot the Rom without it.then turn it off and put the provider card in. Boot your rom now.Is your imei back?
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I tried this on mine when my IMEI number was changed by a rom. It didn't work for that. I reflashed to stock and mine came back. Can't get a back-up because it won't stay rooted same reason I can't restore it with Titanium. I started a thread on that issue.
I don't think titanium does imei... Reboot to stock or restoring an efs folder backup are the only ways I know how to restore an imei
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Flash to stock with Odin. Get cwm recovery from the essential hard to find files thread in Dev section. Then flash cm7.2.0 backup imei from cm7 then flash to what ever ROM you want
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Sorry, didn't mean to hijack this thread!
Cooptx said:
I don't think titanium does imei... Reboot to stock or restoring an efs folder backup are the only ways I know how to restore an imei
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You were correct. Titanium restores Android ID. It had been a while and had forgotten what is corrected by Titanium. Thanks clicked.
cannondaleV2000 said:
Flash to stock with Odin. Get cwm recovery from the essential hard to find files thread in Dev section. Then flash cm7.2.0 backup imei from cm7 then flash to what ever ROM you want
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I used SOC, got root to stick, was able to load RemICS without IMEI changing. Thanks clicked.
Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I was at work when it happened, so I kind of panicked, lol. When I got home I flashed the stock image with Odin and now it's working fine. But I have since made a backup of the efs folder so I can just restore the folder if it ever happens again. You always learn the hard way, lol.
I got the Note 3 the day it released, but doing a nandroid restore caused a bootloop that I never was able to recover from.
Has anyone else had any issues like this at all with nandroid restores/backups?
Anything odd that caused bootloops?
Has anyone successfully done nandroid backups and restores with no issues at all?
I want to get the Note 3 again, but I want to make sure noone else experienced this issue before I get it.
I want to make sure everyone is fully able to do nandroid backups and restores using twrp just fine with this phone?
This broke my last one, but if anyone can vouch for this working I might try it again. Also, does titanium backup restores work now? They didn't when it first came out.
talktojer said:
I want to get the Note 3 again, but I want to make sure noone else experienced this issue before I get it.
I want to make sure everyone is fully able to do nandroid backups and restores using twrp just fine with this phone?
This broke my last one, but if anyone can vouch for this working I might try it again. Also, does titanium backup restores work now? They didn't when it first came out.
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no I had the same problem had to return it . try odin back to stock tryed reroot tried new rom . just wouldn't pick up recovery just got my new one and stuck again. so trying to flash update to mj4 and still not working
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Has anyone successfully done nandroid backups and restores with no issues at all?
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Works fine for me; between TWRP 2.6.3.7 and the newest version of Titanium Backup I have no issues restoring backups and/or apps
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Works fine for me; between TWRP 2.6.3.7 and the newest version of Titanium Backup I have no issues restoring backups and/or apps
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ditto for me....initially it did...but all is well now...
Try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2514434
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I have tried every recovery I can find...but won't boot after installing Cm11/gummy 4.4...but nameless omni and gpe 4.4 work fine...my efs partition won't mount and I'm stuck in factory mode in all touchwiz Roms...efs file shows no files even with root privileged browser...imei is good and data/phone as well as messaging all work...any ideas or known fixes would be appreciated... Believe me I have been searching for over a week for fixes...so if you are gonna tell me to utilize search fuction or just post an unnecessary troll save yourself the time and go sit on a stick... Thank you!
Sounds like you are not on MDK
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chriskader said:
Sounds like you are not on MDK
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Been on mdk since day 1...if I wasn't I wouldn't be able to install any 4.4...but I think something is damaged in my build...only certain Roms will boot...used to be able to run everything under the sun until I lost imei and all that...the efs backup tool I used backed up sbl1 instead of efs which was totally useless...I'm trying to figure out how to restore all the files inside efs...or at least get back to being able to flash cm...I'm running the danvdh gpe 4.4 right now and its okay...but I miss my cm
You can install any rom on any version (MK2, etc.) It just may not work right
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chriskader said:
You can install any rom on any version (MK2, etc.) It just may not work right
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You can only install safestrap recovery and only touchwiz boots...I have cwm installed...
I can install anytging, it just won't work is what I am getting at.
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chriskader said:
I can install anytging, it just won't work is what I am getting at.
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Gotcha...lol...but I'm saying I could flash all Roms for jfltevzw and it would boot without issue...now...not so much...I even tried older Roms that booted before
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I can install anytging, it just won't work is what I am getting at.
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I would load a new clean MDK odin file and start over
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I would load a new clean MDK odin file and start over
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Done over and again...that's what fixed my imei and data...but it doesn't replace the files in efs...I am going to try the efs pro tool from the gs2 forum...it was updated recently to help on anything with Qualcomm processors... If it doesn't help I'm at a complete loss
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I have tried every recovery I can find...but won't boot after installing Cm11/gummy 4.4...but nameless omni and gpe 4.4 work fine...my efs partition won't mount and I'm stuck in factory mode in all touchwiz Roms...efs file shows no files even with root privileged browser...imei is good and data/phone as well as messaging all work...any ideas or known fixes would be appreciated... Believe me I have been searching for over a week for fixes...so if you are gonna tell me to utilize search fuction or just post an unnecessary troll save yourself the time and go sit on a stick... Thank you!
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so are you saying the nameless, Omni, and gpe 4.4 run normally even with a bad efs partition ??
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so are you saying the nameless, Omni, and gpe 4.4 run normally even with a bad efs partition ??
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Yes...gpe has no lockscreen but fixed with go locker...the others run fine so does my cm10.2.1 backup...cant install it but it runs from the backup i made...any ideas
jamesd1085 said:
Yes...gpe has no lockscreen but fixed with go locker...the others run fine so does my cm10.2.1 backup...cant install it but it runs from the backup i made...any ideas
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I use TWRP and nandroid my EFS partition as part of a full backup - have you tried to restore just the EFS partition on any/all of the roms that you can run? Other than that - you got me - I always thought ODIN was the holy grail of restoration, and utilizing the right .tar, every partition would be restored.
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I use TWRP and nandroid my EFS partition as part of a full backup - have you tried to restore just the EFS partition on any/all of the roms that you can run? Other than that - you got me - I always thought ODIN was the holy grail of restoration, and utilizing the right .tar, every partition would be restored.
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I don't have a clean backup to restore...I used an app to back up efs but it copied sbl1 instead...no help there...if i could get a clean efs copy to restore i could edit it to have my imei and all my other info so it wouldnt be a clone...but no one is just going to fork over their efs info for fear of being cloned...samsung service says they will fix it for free but it will come back to me on 100% lockdown 4.4.2 firmware...
that totally sucks - wish I had more for ya......
Fixed!!!!...two weeks of tinkering and editing to get it done...I will definitely be doing a write up on fixing it hopefully over the weekend...hopefully it will help if this happens to anyone else
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Fixed!!!!...two weeks of tinkering and editing to get it done...I will definitely be doing a write up on fixing it hopefully over the weekend...hopefully it will help if this happens to anyone else
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Glad you finally fixed it!
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Not sure what went wrong, but I've just had to use flashtool. I decided to flash one of the stock roms available. I don't feel any of what resulted was fault of the Rom so I won't specify. I made another backup of my tweaked Rom, and wiped as instructed and installed. Everything flashed ok but the Rom was a little buggy so I decided to restore my tweaked backup. Rebooted to reovery, wiped then selected which backup to restore. In short, the backup was showing no partitions available to restore and wouldn't work. So, I chose my original backup of stock and that showed everything so I restored. From there, the backup said complete so I rebooted. I ended up with the flashing red and blue led and could only boot to twrp. I tried to reflash the Rom zip but it failed to open. So here I am after using flashtool, which was an adventure as well. I'm curious if anyone else at all has had a similar experience? Is it possible my twrp was corrupt in some way?
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Had you ever tried to restore you backups prior? Just to make sure you had a good backup.
Did you use compression in TWRP? It's been an issue in the past. At least with the OG it was.
I have no other ideas. Sorry you had to go through that. But at least you got it fixed.
I hadn't restored prior to this, no. I think I did use compression on the second backup. Good point. One good thing, I don't have the ugly yellow spark boot ani any more. [emoji6]
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Evolution_Freak said:
I hadn't restored prior to this, no. I think I did use compression on the second backup. Good point. One good thing, I don't have the ugly yellow spark boot ani any more. [emoji6]
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Is this after Flashtool? The only way I know of to get it back is ##RTN#. And you'll need your MSL.
You shouldn't have Wi-Fi calling either then. That's the clincher.
Be safe and backup your EFS first though.
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I hadn't restored prior to this, no. I think I did use compression on the second backup. Good point. One good thing, I don't have the ugly yellow spark boot ani any more. [emoji6]
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i also used compression for my backup did you figure out if that was what caused the problem?
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i also used compression for my backup did you figure out if that was what caused the problem?
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To be safe, boot into recovery and try to restore your backup. If you don't see the partitions listed, then it's probably compression.
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Don't wipe anything though!
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Evolution_Freak said:
To be safe, boot into recovery and try to restore your backup. If you don't see the partitions listed, then it's probably compression.
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Don't wipe anything though!
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Yep yep - Im glad this is my second LG, I never use compression thanks to all I've learned from the lgog. That sucks though dude, but lesson learned.
For the record, I've flashed several things and restored several backups already(I have two, odexed stock and deodexed stock) without any issues.
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Not sure what went wrong, but I've just had to use flashtool. I decided to flash one of the stock roms available. I don't feel any of what resulted was fault of the Rom so I won't specify. I made another backup of my tweaked Rom, and wiped as instructed and installed. Everything flashed ok but the Rom was a little buggy so I decided to restore my tweaked backup. Rebooted to reovery, wiped then selected which backup to restore. In short, the backup was showing no partitions available to restore and wouldn't work. So, I chose my original backup of stock and that showed everything so I restored. From there, the backup said complete so I rebooted. I ended up with the flashing red and blue led and could only boot to twrp. I tried to reflash the Rom zip but it failed to open. So here I am after using flashtool, which was an adventure as well. I'm curious if anyone else at all has had a similar experience? Is it possible my twrp was corrupt in some way?
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Noticed that you said you wiped before restore. I did that once on my G2 and ended up having to use flashtool.
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Noticed that you said you wiped before restore. I did that once on my G2 and ended up having to use flashtool.
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You should always wipe first IMO. There's always ghosts in the machine. It's just an added measure to give you a clean restore/flash. Most people that have issues with roms don't wipe, and dirty flash/restore.
I've never had an issue wiping all 4. And compression just seems to never work right. At least with all the G series.
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You should always wipe first IMO. There's always ghosts in the machine. It's just an added measure to give you a clean restore/flash. Most people that have issues with roms don't wipe, and dirty flash/restore.
I've never had an issue wiping all 4. And compression just seems to never work right. At least with all the G series.
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If you wipe all four and your twrp isn't on your external SD card you're screwed if you want to restore.
I always wipe when installing roms, just not restoring. Habit from using phones without ext.
I also thought I saw a wipe script built into the restore option.
I called Sprint today to get my MSL. I needed to use the ##RTN# code to get the WiFi calling app and the other stuff back after flashtool. They had me do a factory reset first to see if that would do it but then gave me my MSL without question.
Thanks again for all the info learned in this thread. I finally got around to re-rooting and re-bumping and all were smooth and easy.
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engine95 said:
You should always wipe first IMO. There's always ghosts in the machine. It's just an added measure to give you a clean restore/flash. Most people that have issues with roms don't wipe, and dirty flash/restore.
I've never had an issue wiping all 4. And compression just seems to never work right. At least with all the G series.
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I only had a problem with compression once on my OG for the rest of the time it worked fine and was a necessity because it had no external storage but anyway i just checked the compressed backup i made and the partitions show up under restore, but i havent tried it yet because i have no reason to. maybe when aosp comes out