Hi Guys,
I already posted a thread that I was not able to connect to network after upgrading to 4.3. here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2554836
I have successfully solved the no network problem with the help of the patched mg4 modem and moving back to my stock 4.1.2 Samsung ROM
Now i decided that i will backup my EFS this time and do everything perfectly and try the leaked 4.3 European release and did all the backups like EFS pro backup in PC and also Aroma Installer EFS backup to SD and Internal card.
I have got the complete EFS backup and hence I wanted to try the new 4.3 Leaked firmware
I downloaded the ROM flashed via odin and rooted it and again "no network" error and tried to restore the EFS pro backup from PC
But it kept saying"your device is not perm rooted,only qualcomm tools available"
So i downloaded supersu 1.80.apk and flashed the zip file.Still same error.
So i flashed the aroma EFS installer again and restored the EFS and it was successful
I restarted the phone and i thought the network will be back as i restored EFS but again i faced "no network"
I then flashed the patched mg4 modem again and then too same problem.
I did not know how to solve this though i rightly backedup and restored EFS
The only solution now was to do like before and go back to stock UAE 4.1.2 and flashing the patched modem.
I got the network back.
So i beleive the only way to use my phone with network is to stay with the UAE 4.1.2 stock ROM and any other ROM will give me "no network issue" though I have the EFS backup correctly? I can never upgrade right?
Can the experts tell me where im doing a mistake if there is something wrong in my methods.
Waiting your replies
Thanks in advance
VJ
Same problem with me http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2572397
Hei,
I was running 4.3.1 Dirty Unicorns and wanted to flash Smartdroid.
So, flashed Devil recovery and tried to flash the ROM.
It gave me message that there's an error in the zip file.
I was just playing with the options available in the recovery and selected some option, which I don't remember now.
After that, the went into bootloop. "Samsung Galaxy S3 I9300" appears on the screen and the phone reboots again and again.
This loop continued.
The phone could be put in Download mode.
Then, I flashed CWM 6.0.4.4 and flashed 4.1.2, which I downloaded some time back.
It went on well. I could boot the phone and had set it up.
However, I couldn't connect to network.
The IMEI was some default one.
Rooted the phone and tried to restore the backup of efs folder using HC-Ktool.
After restore, when I booted the phone, it didn't boot.
"Samsung Galaxy S3 I9300" appears on the screen and the phone reboots again and again.
I tried flashing the ROM again, CWM again etc etc.
Nothing worked.
In one occasion, after installing CWM 6.0.4.4, I restored from NANDROID backup. Restore was successful.
But, it wouldn't boot.
Same "Samsung Galaxy S3" appears on the screen and the phone reboots again and again.
Once, I flashed Dirty Unicorns ROM from zip via CWM. Still the same.
What is happening and how to solve it?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Babloo
Wipe Data/Factory Reset -> Download mode
Flash latest Android 4.3 from Sammy through Odin, preferably XXUGMK6 or newer.
Hei,
This worked!!!
Thanks.
Why flashing 4.1.2, Dirty Unicorns didn't work and this one worked?
If you can explain, that will be helpful to all.
Now, though the phone is booting, the efs folder is corrupted.
IMEI number is not what it should be.
I have a backup of the efs folder taken using HC-Ktool long back.
So, the ROM on which efs folder was backedup will be different that the ROM I have now. (Does it make any difference?)
Can I just root and restore that efs folder using HC-Ktool?
Thanks for the help!!
Regards,
Babloo
Edit:
If I flash CWM Recovery 6.0.4.4 and restore the NANDROID backup that I took before I started screwing my mobile, will everything be fine?
Sounds like you tried to flash a corrupt file, always check the md5 before you flash.
EFS is totally separate to the rom, format the partition, restore your backup then factory reset should return your imei on the current rom.
Nandroid will not fix the efs, unless you used a custom backup process that included the partition -the default settings would not do this.
Hei,
"format the partition, restore your backup"
For this, can I just root the phone and use Ktool to restore backup?
If you suggest any other procedure, pls give me more info.
-Babloo
Hei,
After the previous post, I could restore my phone from NANDROID backup that I took yesterday, before the whole mess.
After that, I tried to restore the efs folder using HC-Ktool from efs.img.
It gives the message that restore is completed.
But, after reboot, the IMEI remains the same wrong one (the generic 004999...)
The size of efs.img is 20.48 MB.
I tried to restore using the terminal method.
With the command "unmount /efs" I get error message "sh: unmount: not found"
How can I restore the efs and get back my IMEI?
When I tried to "open" the img file in Windows, it couldn't open. It says that the file is corrupted.
Could it have been really corrupted or it is just that Windows is unable to open it?
I restored the efs using the same backup file.
Why is it not working now?
-Babloo
You are trying to skip essential stages and hurry to finish, but your partition is still corrupt -you can't restore anything to a corrupt partition.
Search and read someone who has succeeded doing the same thing, follow their guide exactly.
Hei,
boomboomer said:
You are trying to skip essential stages and hurry to finish, but your partition is still corrupt -you can't restore anything to a corrupt partition.
Search and read someone who has succeeded doing the same thing, follow their guide exactly.
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I have been searching for a proper procedure to format the efs partition since your post.
Whatever I found didn't work for me.
Can you please point me to any post that you know?
-Babloo
Guys,
Any ideas?
-Babloo
Hello, I'm new member in here. Today I flashed UltimaROM to my SGS3. Before the flashing I installed Philz touch recovery and saved Nandroid, modem and EFS backups in my PC. After the flashing no IMEI number was shown and I got a message saying " Insert SIM card....". So i tried to restore EFS in custom restore option in philz recovery. Even though it showed restore successful , IMEI number is still unavailable and i couldn't connect to mobile network. I also tried ktools to restore efs but no result. Can someone please help me regarding this issue.
What version firmware did you have before you first flashed? If it was really old then that could be the problem.
Flash a 4.3 stock rom, factory reset them boot and see if your efs is read again.
boomboomer said:
What version firmware did you have before you first flashed? If it was really old then that could be the problem.
Flash a 4.3 stock rom, factory reset them boot and see if your efs is read again.
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Thanks for the reply. I had 4.1.2. If I flash 4.3 stock ROM can i retrieve my IMEI ?
If you flash a 4.3 stock it will update your efs to v2 and should enable it to be read in all newer firmwares.
I was downgrading from CM14 to OrionOS MM and now i have lost my imei and baseband. I tried the efs recovery guide but i am not able to restore imeis. And my wifi and bluetooth are not working too. Please help.
I made a backup in twrp but restoring it doesnt give me back the imei numbers. What should i do now??
What happened with me is just this case- http://forum.xda-developers.com/red...ion-firmware-failed-to-restore-t3404901/page2
I restored frimware and alka formatted it but failed to restore. Can anyone give me the link to that recovery zip file they are talking about.
I foolishly forgot to do a nandroid backup before wiping and attempting to flash a custom ROM, and it ended up turning out that I needed to update to UBOOT version 2.10.0000, and I was still on 2.09.0000.
I haven't seen anything about how to reflash the phone except through RUU, which only works when the OS is still present and boots.
Perhaps there's some kind of OTA update I can flash from Fastboot/UBOOT that will restore the missing data in /system, but I haven't had any luck finding something like that yet.
AFAIK I'm pretty much dead in the water unless someone has some kind of Nandroid backup, flashable .zip file, or system.img file that I can use to restore my device.
Thanks,
Alec
Alec M said:
I foolishly forgot to do a nandroid backup before wiping and attempting to flash a custom ROM, and it ended up turning out that I needed to update to UBOOT version 2.10.0000, and I was still on 2.09.0000.
I haven't seen anything about how to reflash the phone except through RUU, which only works when the OS is still present and boots.
Perhaps there's some kind of OTA update I can flash from Fastboot/UBOOT that will restore the missing data in /system, but I haven't had any luck finding something like that yet.
AFAIK I'm pretty much dead in the water unless someone has some kind of Nandroid backup, flashable .zip file, or system.img file that I can use to restore my device.
Thanks,
Alec
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you need to go itno bootloader , relock the bootloader and run RUUfrom this webiste https://www.htc.com/us/support/rom-downloads.html.