Hi
So i lost my s5830i...but some time ago i was playing wid the rom, so i backed up my phone's ROM n also copied full contents of sdcard n thn rooted the device....is there any chance imei got backed up sumwhere in dis process???
Also i hv an disc image file named "bml15_EFS"...n i chkd sumwhere sum efs folder contains d imei number...r these two things related?? if nybdy has sum idea??
sahu.sushmita said:
Hi
So i lost my s5830i...but some time ago i was playing wid the rom, so i backed up my phone's ROM n also copied full contents of sdcard n thn rooted the device....is there any chance imei got backed up sumwhere in dis process???
Also i hv an disc image file named "bml15_EFS"...n i chkd sumwhere sum efs folder contains d imei number...r these two things related?? if nybdy has sum idea??
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Here u go for imei restore methods..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2802352
amolgosavi said:
Here u go for imei restore methods..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2802352
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hmmm...i hv lost my phone...so dont need an imei restore....just need 2 no if there is a way to get d imei number frm my ROM back up n d disc image file i mentioned
sahu.sushmita said:
hmmm...i hv lost my phone...so dont need an imei restore....just need 2 no if there is a way to get d imei number frm my ROM back up n d disc image file i mentioned
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I dont know what is your problem?if u want your imei then follow that thread..and u lost your phone means?
sahu.sushmita said:
hmmm...i hv lost my phone...so dont need an imei restore....just need 2 no if there is a way to get d imei number frm my ROM back up n d disc image file i mentioned
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To know the IMEI number of your device, switch off your phone, just take out the battery & look at the back of your phone. Once you know what your IMEI number is, you can restore it back using the guide @amolgosavi linked you in the previous post. Hope I Helped
mahithm said:
To know the IMEI number of your device, switch off your phone, just take out the battery & look at the back of your phone. Once you know what your IMEI number is, you can restore it back using the guide @amolgosavi linked you in the previous post. Hope I Helped
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My handset got stolen....Some thief stole it..so i cant luk on the back of the device for imei n i didnt note down the IMEI number while it was with me...... :'(
sahu.sushmita said:
My handset got stolen....Some thief stole it..so i cant luk on the back of the device for imei n i didnt note down the IMEI number while it was with me...... :'(
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Then check on your Box .
I think if u have bml_rfs file then u will see it in..just look in that file..i dont know it will show or not
sahu.sushmita said:
My handset got stolen....Some thief stole it..so i cant luk on the back of the device for imei n i didnt note down the IMEI number while it was with me...... :'(
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Do you have Android Device Manager installed in your device? If yes, try using the locate option in it. You can then contact the necessary authorities about the location. Hope I Helped
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Do you have Android Device Manager installed in your device? If yes, try using the locate option in it. You can then contact the necessary authorities about the location. Hope I Helped
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hmmmm....since it was a gift frm brother...n he ws havin d box n bill...n he misplaced it sumwhere abroad...
and android device manager didnt help either...wat came to help ws findmymobile on samsung site...since i ws logged into samsung account n i guess d thief did a mistake-he just removed d sim n didnt factory reset d fone... So ws able to track n get his call logs n eventually went 2 police,dey called each number rm d call log n came 2 no who d person is...
sahu.sushmita said:
hmmmm....since it was a gift frm brother...n he ws havin d box n bill...n he misplaced it sumwhere abroad...
and android device manager didnt help either...wat came to help ws findmymobile on samsung site...since i ws logged into samsung account n i guess d thief did a mistake-he just removed d sim n didnt factory reset d fone... So ws able to track n get his call logs n eventually went 2 police,dey called each number rm d call log n came 2 no who d person is...
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So did you finally get your phone back? Good thing you logged into your Samsung Account and the thief wasn't a technical expert Well you know what they say, "What goes around comes around"
mahithm said:
So did you finally get your phone back? Good thing you logged into your Samsung Account and the thief wasn't a technical expert Well you know what they say, "What goes around comes around"
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well havnt got d fone yet :crying:
had informed d police 29th july nyt, n its now 4days....
dt guy ws frm housekeeping of my collg hostel....he is on leave frm 30th...may b sumone frm d person's v calld informed him abt police ,bt cant say as i cud still chk on 30th nyt on samsung site dt he ws online-so still using net....
still hoping indian police will do sum miracle
sahu.sushmita said:
Hi
So i lost my s5830i...but some time ago i was playing wid the rom, so i backed up my phone's ROM n also copied full contents of sdcard n thn rooted the device....is there any chance imei got backed up sumwhere in dis process???
Also i hv an disc image file named "bml15_EFS"...n i chkd sumwhere sum efs folder contains d imei number...r these two things related?? if nybdy has sum idea??
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If you have installed Google Play for at least one time, your IMEI is stored in your Google Profile.
Just go to your Google Dashboard, and search the Android Section.
Your IMEI will be there.
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Related
Recover IMEI on the Galaxy S II and Other Samsung Devices in Nine Steps
credits to xda and vaskodagamma
Sometimes bad things happen and you don’t even know it. Flashing modules can wreck your WiFi, kernels can bork your camera and, and flashing some ROMs can mess with your EFS folder—and thus your IMEI—on Samsung devices including the popular Galaxy S II I9100.
XDA Forum Member vaskodogamagmail has posted about a method that may help users restore their IMEI if the all-important EFS folder is modified by accident. In a nut shell, restoring your backed up IMEI involves deleting the corrupted EFS folder, creating a new one, and doing a few file modifications with a root-enabled file explorer. In the words of the developer:
so I researched. searched all the forums and didn’t find anything that could cure my phone’s IMEI and set it to the original IMEI number. so I experimented and after some hours, I fixed my IMEI.
one thing that led me to the conclusion that ” .nv_data ” file is the thing that I need to fix the IMEI is that they share a very look alike name, and they have the same 2MB size.
While the guide was written with the Galaxy S II in mind, the method should work on all Samsung devices with EFS folders. Those looking to restore their IMEI should visit the original thread for additional information and the full method. Just be sure to back up your device, including the contents of your EFS folder, before getting started.
so head over to the thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264021
bt watt if there is no efs folder....
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Acording to what I know it dosnt work for ace
Den why he post in Galaxy ace fool
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evil_penguin said:
Acording to what I know it dosnt work for ace
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according to the author and xda it works on all samsung mobiles
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Den why he post in Galaxy ace fool
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fool huh. this is an info, and just read the comments on that page and its not for someone who has fully lost imei.
Lol. it suggest to backup efs. In order to do so we need to mount the efs partition first. Doing so is the most common cause of lost imei in the first place.
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HMM now im disappointed.. ( when i saw the title I hoped somobody finally found out how to do it on ace..
an0nym0us_ said:
Lol. it suggest to backup efs. In order to do so we need to mount the efs partition first. Doing so is the most common cause of lost imei in the first place.
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precisely
OP haven't read older threads from forums
okie.. Now those who hav lost there IMEI must be on Network locked rite?? As of in INDIA we dont hav these network locked phones much.. Only some providers gave some phones but these branded devices are rarely network locked.. So i checked my phone with Root explorer and also in recovery menu no file such named as EFS(encrypted file system) which mainly holds the IMEI.. May be these nw providers afraid that the person might change the IMEi..
Prashanthme said:
okie.. Now those who hav lost there IMEI must be on Network locked rite?? As of in INDIA we dont hav these network locked phones much.. Only some providers gave some phones but these branded devices are rarely network locked.. So i checked my phone with Root explorer and also in recovery menu no file such named as EFS(encrypted file system) which mainly holds the IMEI.. May be these nw providers afraid that the person might change the IMEi..
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EFS(encrypted file system) is for Microsoft.
Android /efs is different from EFS. And our method of storing imei is different from other Samsung devices. So the OP method Won't work.
Prashanthme said:
okie.. Now those who hav lost there IMEI must be on Network locked rite?? As of in INDIA we dont hav these network locked phones much.. Only some providers gave some phones but these branded devices are rarely network locked.. So i checked my phone with Root explorer and also in recovery menu no file such named as EFS(encrypted file system) which mainly holds the IMEI.. May be these nw providers afraid that the person might change the IMEi..
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EFS is not a folder btw its partition which is never mounted to use with some file explorer things as you can see how much loss you can get just by mounting this thing manually
sergeantgeneral said:
EFS(encrypted file system) is for Microsoft.
Android /efs is different from EFS. And our method of storing imei is different from other Samsung devices. So the OP method Won't work.
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The truth .
Herpderp Defy.
madman_amit said:
EFS is not a folder btw its partition which is never mounted to use with some file explorer things as you can see how much loss you can get just by mounting this thing manually
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But no one couldnt find it.. Leave that mounting later!! First we need to find it.. I searched in Mounts and storage its not thr....
BTW EFS thing i found here...
So say it honestly.. do you guys think theres ever going to be a method to do this on ace..?
Hello Guys,
I have an 8 month old i9100 that never had a custom rom or even root, but for more than a week los it's baseband information/IMEI and all the rest. The EFS folder was intact, no file missing and I tried all the known restore methods of restoring the IMEI but with no succes.
My question is: can it be a hardware problem? The service said the board need replacement. I have to mention that the phone had some serios drops in it's lifetime, but non of them when this problem occured.
I need some advices...
Thank you!
hardware prblm cause no root,custum roms,or changes,tweaks u made ..but phone had serious drops u say...so the board mus b damaged..do u hav efs bckup,if yes then root an restore using helcats tool..
rocky23 said:
hardware prblm cause no root,custum roms,or changes,tweaks u made ..but phone had serious drops u say...so the board mus b damaged..do u hav efs bckup,if yes then root an restore using helcats tool..
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It's not my phone and I had to use the EFS folder I found. I tried with other nv_data.bin files but no result. is like phone refuses to read the file. No previous EFS backup as the user of the phone has no idea about custom FW and stuff like that... he uses what he buys.
go in efs and delete nv data.bin and nv data.bin md5 an there is a imei folder u can delete and replace with the backdup efs.....but sure u hav the good efs bckup or the phone is fu---ed up
rocky23 said:
go in efs and delete nv data.bin and nv data.bin md5 an there is a imei folder u can delete and replace with the backdup efs.....but sure u hav the good efs bckup or the phone is fu---ed up
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already did everything I could... nothing seems to work. Also, afik if you delete the efs folder, the system creates another one with nv_data.bin inside, ofcourse not a good one. In reality, in this phone if I delete the efs, at reboot it gets recreated but with no nv_data.bin inside...weird
Wow M8! I just posted a question regarding a GS2 i bought from a friend with the exact same problem. If you find something let me know, If i do ill let you know then. But i guess its not because of the drops the phone has taken because the one i bought is intact. But exact same issue here....
Hello all!
I guess the APP Chainfire broken my IMEI, i already changed my rom and nothing happen.
When i did #*06# my IMEI is 0000000000000
reading some tutorials I saw that I need to back up the EFS folder but this folder does not exist!
What can I do to restore my imei?
If someone pass me the backup of the EFS folders I use it?
You're basically screwed and you need to send it for service
This was sent from a Galaxy Ace. Problem?
Aw! Thank anyway!!!: (
At times flashing a stock rom and not a custom one might help... and data abt imei stored in efs folder... so i feel no one wud share his efs folder with u... and in the future do use an app named nitrality for making a copy of ur efs folder...
sbnaul said:
At times flashing a stock rom and not a custom one might help... and data abt imei stored in efs folder... so i feel no one wud share his efs folder with u... and in the future do use an app named nitrality for making a copy of ur efs folder...
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Hey I used the app nitrality to backup efs folder.. But when I go to the nitrality /backup /efs its empty
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Good luck trying to back up ace's imei and at the same time doesnt messed it up and lose it forever.
See the irony? U wanna back it up and in the process u actually ****ed it up.
Why would backing up something ruin it?
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Because it wasnt a folder to begin with. Its a hidden partition that intentionally left unmounted on boot. In order to backup it u need to see it, in order too see it u need to mount it. This when disaster strike. Forget to unmount it and it'll be lost forever. And even if u do manage to back it up its still useless because theres still no known method to use it to recover ace's imei. this have been said many, many times before, yet u who is a senior member with over 300 post still clueless. Thats what amaze me the most :/
an0nym0us_ said:
Because it wasnt a folder to begin with. Its a hidden partition that intentionally left unmounted on boot. In order to backup it u need to see it, in order too see it u need to mount it. This when disaster strike. Forget to unmount it and it'll be lost forever. And even if u do manage to back it up its still useless because theres still no known method to use it to recover ace's imei. this have been said many, many times before, yet u who is a senior member with over 300 post still clueless. Thats what amaze me the most :/
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Sorry I am not as bright as you
Thank you for your help
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plz help i pressed on the fix premmision on the recovery mode (see pic http://www.google.co.il/imgres?hl=i...429,r:0,s:0,i:68&tx=97&ty=93&biw=1280&bih=880 )
and now all my game cache (progress in games ) are deleted helf of my game dont work helf of my game are sending a force close massage and the few one who still works.. i need to start al over..
what can i do to make all my games (79 games) to work again and not just 10?
ty for helpers!!
dokvader114 said:
plz help i pressed on the fix premmision on the recovery mode (see pic http://www.google.co.il/imgres?hl=i...429,r:0,s:0,i:68&tx=97&ty=93&biw=1280&bih=880 )
and now all my game cache (progress in games ) are deleted helf of my game dont work helf of my game are sending a force close massage and the few one who still works.. i need to start al over..
what can i do to make all my games (79 games) to work again and not just 10?
ty for helpers!!
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I don't think you can really do anything...if you have backed up all of them with titanium backup you can just restore. But otherwise I guess you'll just have to install all of them again
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Sorry for you u nothing can be done , but in case u have nandroid backup u can restore it ,
This has happened with me too and have loosed all my apps :'( , had to start all over after formatting my phone
But if u r flashoholic like me u wont be much sad ( like i was not becoz i hv 2 phones one is stable unrooted htc explorer )
Deleted files cant be restored on android unlike pc ( where it can be restored by by undeleting softwarez) as it is just deleted from index only.
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rishabho1 said:
Sorry for you u nothing can be done , but in case u have nandroid backup u can restore it ,
This has happened with me too and have loosed all my apps :'( , had to start all over after formatting my phone
But if u r flashoholic like me u wont be much sad ( like i was not becoz i hv 2 phones one is stable unrooted htc explorer )
Deleted files cant be restored on android unlike pc ( where it can be restored by by undeleting softwarez) as it is just deleted from index only.
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i didnt fully understand your comment..what can i do again? i didnt backed up not with titanum and not with nandroid.. theres any thing i can do?
sorry theres nothing you can do. you should always create a backup once you are up and running stable otherwise, well, this type of thing might happen. you should try using CWM or another backup/recovery tool.
ok guys 1st thing is 1st i want to say i love you all 2nd of all i want to say that thanks to all the devolopers and to the xda support team and members for helping each other when problems happen that i respect and this is why i love you all ok lets get started.
this thread is for people having a imei 004999010640000 and emergency calls message when u dial or se message on screen
also if u deleted your efs folder then this is what u need
phone needs to be rooted + super user accessed
as some people may know here i been around many times asking people to help me but all i was giving is thread links non helped me out but i did lots of hours of research and found the solution to problem i had and it is super super easy fix 1 click done + free messing around.
bare in mind imei may remain as it is but phone will be fully working and unlocked no need to worry
ok lets start steps
read before you do this u only get 1 chance if u blow it u cant do it no more so read
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extra incase below method dont work
if you got some firmwares in hand that are working its good u can use it
firmware
csc
modem
factory resset
clear chauch
reinstall all 3 firmware files
after its done let mobile boot up all software etc after all that installion process on mobile is done and ready and idle u can go ahead with below steps.
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1: as long your phone is booting & able to visit google play your good
2: leave your simcard inside
3:download this https://play.google.com/store/search?q=GSII_repair
after u installed it
do step 1 then
step 2 , after u done step 2 u will get message saying reboot now , do not reboot , now do step 3 on screen as shown
wala after hitting the step 3 the phone will shut off without noticing and restart there u go your phones working again enjoy:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:
no negetive post i tested it , and it works
i deleted efs folder 15 times done lot more so u cant say i had backup
you've got to be joking right?
and just for the info: it's not a 100 % fix
king_below_my_lord said:
First of all you should apologize to wishmas7er, he is right this is not a 100% fix, and you were able to recover your imei because your efs folder was still intact with the file containing the imei info, some people are not so lucky, if anyone gets their efs folder wiped clean or overwritten he/she is screwed and the only option for recovery would be warranty, otherwise he/she is stuck with a expensive media player.
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wishmaster sorr
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my friend my efs got multip deleted got twisted the purpos of this post is for that what else do u think its for ?
my phone got screwed no backup was made no files was inside i deelted the entire efs , rebooted it made a new folder of efs and then i reflashed it then done that worksed ?? try it before complain to keep these threads short of negetive post thanks try it thanks.
hanna211 said:
wishmaster sorr
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my friend my efs got multip deleted got twisted the purpos of this post is for that what else do u think its for ?
my phone got screwed no backup was made no files was inside i deelted the entire efs , rebooted it made a new folder of efs and then i reflashed it then done that worksed ?? try it before complain to keep these threads short of negetive post thanks try it thanks.
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You deleted your efs folder?
(technically it's a partition)
?? I'm at a loss of words, but as far as I have heard an efs wipe = screwed uptill now, I don't know how your imei got restored with the above process(just think about it how will a phone recover information not present on the device) anyway I am sorry if I offended you, I personally am not willing to take the risk of deleting my efs folder, so I won't be able to try it.
Anyway is your current imei same as the imei given on your phone box?
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hanna211 said:
hey dumb nuts listen dont be clever , i seen it i done it u just a pek head got nothing to do but pekkk
read my thread all is said there why are u spamming ???????????
everything is try click my username and check my previouse post u dumb ****er ul se i asked for help all the dumb **** around that is 1 of u is posting links to threads why because u dont no **** u get me i hope this gets it strait then
**** face delete ur efs try my method until then let the peopel who is stuck let them read u get the **** out mf spammer knob
technically its partieion smart ass no do u no what mouse click is when u point ur finger on a folder and u read a text says delete ? emmm u tell me what it means u only no others u am waiting u ass
listen u dont need help why are u making post here as i said in post1 ? i wil report u
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Sigh..listen mister I was and still will be polite, because I took into consideration that you are just a misunderstood newbie, we don't come here to insult or make fun of people but to help people in trouble in any way we can and a false piece of information like yours will be misleading to other noobs and will cause a lot of trouble I never in my comments went about calling you names or insulted you, and for your information let me tell you some thing's you should know
your efs,system,sd card,ext-sdcard,usb(if pluged),etc.. all are partitions and when they are mounted they appear as folders because linux architecture(which android is made up off) mainly shows them as folders ,even if you delete the efs folder only the data within maybe lost and not the actual efs partition wont get deleted. Now since you were very adamant about this efs deletion thing, even though I was sure that it was impossible, I went out of my way to ask one of the elite dev's about this :
Originally Posted by king_below_my_lord
This guy is saying that he recovered his imei without his efs folder, without any backups and after deleting it completely, is it possible?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2268012
salesale:
dont think so. probably is a joke
That is a copy of pm with salesale who is a developer who made the NeatRom for several devices like the S2,S3..
You see that^^^ the devs think that you are telling a joke.
So I am telling you admit your mistake and correct your statements about the efs deletion foolishness or one of us here will report this "wrong information" thread to a moderator who will delete this post, frankly I don't mind that in the least considering your rude and impolite behaviour.