[Q] Making tar using efs.rfs - Galaxy 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi
I have lost my imei due to flashing the wrong ops files GOD knows why ?but I had backed up my imei earlier and I have efs.rfs file in my sdcard but I dont know how to make a unix compatible tars .I have dont a lot of searching as well as tried different methods with no success .Please somebody help urgently PLEASE PLEASE HELP

Use total commander to open an existing .tar kernel or rom file, delete everything inside and copy efs.rfs in the .tar file.
Or send it to me then I'll do it for you
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rdass3646 said:
Hi
I have lost my imei due to flashing the wrong ops files GOD knows why ?but I had backed up my imei earlier and I have efs.rfs file in my sdcard but I dont know how to make a unix compatible tars .I have dont a lot of searching as well as tried different methods with no success .Please somebody help urgently PLEASE PLEASE HELP
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Download total commander, put your efs file in drive, open total commander,u will see two windows tab, in first select your efs and in second select any path where u want to make your tar I.e. desktop, then in first window select efs.rfs then click on pack then tick on tat then click ok,then brows your selected output path.

RafayelG said:
Use total commander to open an existing .tar kernel or rom file, delete everything inside and copy efs.rfs in the .tar file.
Or send it to me then I'll do it for you
Sent from my GT-I5800 using XDA App
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Thank you so much for your quick rply I understood it now I will try today

Mohanshbhr said:
Download total commander, put your efs file in drive, open total commander,u will see two windows tab, in first select your efs and in second select any path where u want to make your tar I.e. desktop, then in first window select efs.rfs then click on pack then tick on tat then click ok,then brows your selected output path.
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Thank you so much for guiding me

How can I get the efs.rfs file from Samgun I9003?

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Need Help using ODIN & Tar file

Need help. I am trying to restore my Skyrocket to factory. I down loaded the necessary files
-ODIN
-SGH-I727-UCKJ2-k0nane
The thing is that when I open Odin, click PDA and browse, I don't see the tar file(SGH-I727-UCKJ2-k0nane)? Do I have to convert the file to tar?
The SGH-I727-UCKJ2-k0nane is in the download file and I see it but when I use Odin to browse, I don't see the file?
Am I doing something wrong or am I missing a step?
I am using Window's Vista. Does it make any difference?
I have read instructions many many times and I can't figure it out.
anyone out there?
Sorry bro. I would help you but seeing as I have yet to have my SkyRocket in Hand and have not gone through the rooting and ROM process on THIS device. I am not comfortable giving advice. Best to wait for someone who has more experience with the SkyRocket than I.
Juroid said:
Need help. I am trying to restore my Skyrocket to factory. I down loaded the necessary files
-ODIN
-SGH-I727-UCKJ2-k0nane
The thing is that when I open Odin, click PDA and browse, I don't see the tar file(SGH-I727-UCKJ2-k0nane)? Do I have to convert the file to tar?
The SGH-I727-UCKJ2-k0nane is in the download file and I see it but when I use Odin to browse, I don't see the file?
Am I doing something wrong or am I missing a step?
I am using Window's Vista. Does it make any difference?
I have read instructions many many times and I can't figure it out.
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the .tar file is INSIDE the file you downloaded. the file you downloaded is a .7z or 7zip file. 7zip is a free archive/extractor. unzip it with 7zip and you will find your tar file.
i find it always helps to have your WINDOWS configured to show file extensions to keep confusion like this to a minimum, since you would have actually seen the file extension type.
careful! this method trips the ROM counter. why are you returning to stock?
I figuered it out. I bricked my phone trying to update to 2.36.
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You know there is a cwm flashable rooted zip for 2.3.6 right? Its here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1361144

for all N8010 users please help me

hello guyz i need from u a help cause my device in factory mode and i want to return to the normal mode so i just want from u to upload for me the "" efs "" folder if u have a rooted deice you can open any dile manager wiith root explorer and find it its i suggest to use root explorer and when u open it u can find it please upload it to any site and give the link for me u can copy it from it current place to sd card hen upolad it please help me because my efs folder is empty and i need these files
thanks
bilal.23 said:
hello guyz i need from u a help cause my device in factory mode and i want to return to the normal mode so i just want from u to upload for me the "" efs "" folder if u have a rooted deice you can open any dile manager wiith root explorer and find it its i suggest to use root explorer and when u open it u can find it please upload it to any site and give the link for me u can copy it from it current place to sd card hen upolad it please help me because my efs folder is empty and i need these files
thanks
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You must be joking EFS is individual to each phone / tablet and giving you a copy would allow you to clone my phone or replace a stolen product with my details .
jje
JJEgan said:
You must be joking EFS is individual to each phone / tablet and giving you a copy would allow you to clone my phone or replace a stolen product with my details .
jje
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all the efs folder or only imei and u can read my issuses with my deivce to know how i got that trouble or please give a solution to got out from that trouble
There is a thread just above that explains how to fix this problem.
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[Q] IMEI has gone after wipe

Hello, I have a jiayu G3T ( G3QCT ) with JB Android 4.2.1 installed , but yesterday it occurred to me to look for a custom rom 4.2.2 , I downloaded the rom, and follow the instructions ( wipe data / factory reset wipe cache && && wipe dalvik ) then install the new rom, everything seems to be right , but when the phone rebooted , I noticed that said " INVALID IMEI " and did not detect the SIM card ...
I have no backup of the IMEI ( if I have the sticker underneath the battery)
I reinstalled the rom I had before jiayu , which comes standard rooted ,I have tried uncle tools and the application of jiayu , I entered the engineer mode so I went to connectivity CDS information Radio information, phone 1 & 2 wrote 2 lines (one for each option )
AT + EGMR = 1.7, " IMEI "
AT + EGMR = 1.10 , " IMEI "
but when you click on send command says " command failed to send, even after pressing repeatedly says " command was mSent " but on reboot, nothing has changed, and the IMEI is still not valid .
I tried the mtkdroidtools but says it was all right , the result is the same, nothing changes
I also tested the MAUI META 3G & IMEI and SN WRITER but I have not gotten any results ...
Someone could tell me how to fix it? thanks
I'd suggest you re flash stock rom using SP Tools, then use SN Gen to create a MP0B_001 file. Then place the generated file on your SD card, use root explorer, copy the file you have placed on the SD card and move it to /data/nvram/md/NVRAM/NVD_IMEI/, and set the file's permission to rw-rw----.
Then reboot and enjoy.
stock rom
and where i cant get that stock rom? could you link it to me?
sn_gen
ViKtory36 said:
I'd suggest you re flash stock rom using SP Tools, then use SN Gen to create a MP0B_001 file. Then place the generated file on your SD card, use root explorer, copy the file you have placed on the SD card and move it to /data/nvram/md/NVRAM/NVD_IMEI/, and set the file's permission to rw-rw----.
Then reboot and enjoy.
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the stock rom could be any of http://www.jiayu.es/software.php?soft&jiayu=G3QCT ?
I have used (4.2.1)ROM Oficial Jiayu.es 20131203-000001 (the latest) and sn_gen to recover my IMEI.... but after copy and set the permissions, and reboot, anything changes, what Im doing wrong?
tdguchi said:
the stock rom could be any of http://www.jiayu.es/software.php?soft&jiayu=G3QCT ?
I have used (4.2.1)ROM Oficial Jiayu.es 20131203-000001 (the latest) and sn_gen to recover my IMEI.... but after copy and set the permissions, and reboot, anything changes, what Im doing wrong?
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I see that the website is in Spanish, so I may interpret the files incorrectly.
I'm gonna presume that you have already downloaded and installed the required MTK VCOM Drivers, and the device's drivers which are also given on the website. Install both if you haven't already.
I see there is a scatter loading file present under the downloads. Download the scatter loading and the latest ROM. Extract both the ROM files and the Scatter Loading file to a same single folder. Then use SPFlashtool and select the scatter loading file from the extracted folder, and check ALL the boxes.
Then remove the battery from your phone, connect the phone to the PC, and click "Download" on SP Flash Tool. After it finishes, you should see a box with a green circle, which indicates the flashing was successful.
After that, put the MP0B_001 file on your SD card, and follow the steps given by me on post #2.
And don't forget to hit thanks if I have helped. =]
tried.....but no working
ViKtory36 said:
I see that the website is in Spanish, so I may interpret the files incorrectly.
I'm gonna presume that you have already downloaded and installed the required MTK VCOM Drivers, and the device's drivers which are also given on the website. Install both if you haven't already.
I see there is a scatter loading file present under the downloads. Download the scatter loading and the latest ROM. Extract both the ROM files and the Scatter Loading file to a same single folder. Then use SPFlashtool and select the scatter loading file from the extracted folder, and check ALL the boxes.
Then remove the battery from your phone, connect the phone to the PC, and click "Download" on SP Flash Tool. After it finishes, you should see a box with a green circle, which indicates the flashing was successful.
After that, put the MP0B_001 file on your SD card, and follow the steps given by me on post #2.
And don't forget to hit thanks if I have helped. =]
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Well... that is what I did... was unsucccessful... imei is till missing... i have contacted jiayu support.. they said me that some phone are not able to restore IMEI in a easy way..... the ask me 18€ ( $24) aswell they ask me to pay the Shipping rates... so they could try to fix it...
tdguchi said:
Well... that is what I did... was unsucccessful... imei is till missing... i have contacted jiayu support.. they said me that some phone are not able to restore IMEI in a easy way..... the ask me 18€ ( $24) aswell they ask me to pay the Shipping rates... so they could try to fix it...
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They want to just rip money off you.. All MTK devices have only that one way of restoring device's IEMI which I have listed above., as far as I know.
You can try doing the following (This is just speculation, I have never tried this but it MAY work, as a MP0B_001 file and a backup generated by Mobileuncle MTK tools have the same output when opened via a text editor.)-
After generating an IEMI file, open it using Notepad. Then copy everything written in it, make a new notepad file and paste it there. Save that file as "IEMI.bak" file, and put that in your sd card.
Then install Mobileuncle MTK tools from Play Store, give it root access and go to IEMI backup/restore option. You should find your saved backup there. Hit restore from SD card, and pray that it works.
If it doesn't work, then I'm sorry. Send the phone over to your manufacturer if all else fails.
ViKtory36 said:
They want to just rip money off you.. All MTK devices have only that one way of restoring device's IEMI which I have listed above., as far as I know.
You can try doing the following (This is just speculation, I have never tried this but it MAY work, as a MP0B_001 file and a backup generated by Mobileuncle MTK tools have the same output when opened via a text editor.)-
After generating an IEMI file, open it using Notepad. Then copy everything written in it, make a new notepad file and paste it there. Save that file as "IEMI.bak" file, and put that in your sd card.
Then install Mobileuncle MTK tools from Play Store, give it root access and go to IEMI backup/restore option. You should find your saved backup there. Hit restore from SD card, and pray that it works.
If it doesn't work, then I'm sorry. Send the phone over to your manufacturer if all else fails.
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well.... or Im not generaing a valid file... or it doesnt work.....:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
I did everything right but when I press "send AT Command" appear An error on my screen "failed to send AT command" what did I do wrong? what can I do to fix it?
How to create that MP0B_001 file ?
ViKtory36 said:
I'd suggest you re flash stock rom using SP Tools, then use SN Gen to create a MP0B_001 file. Then place the generated file on your SD card, use root explorer, copy the file you have placed on the SD card and move it to /data/nvram/md/NVRAM/NVD_IMEI/, and set the file's permission to rw-rw----.
Then reboot and enjoy.
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How to create that MP0B_001 file please help!

[Q] joining TWRP backup files

I recently did a backup using TWRP (v.2.8.1.0) and now have multiple files (data.ext4.win000, data.ext4.win001, data.ext4.win002 etc).
Can anyone please help by proving information on how to easily merge these files together in Windows 7?
Ultimately I would like to be able to view these using 7-zip.
Thanks!
toggly said:
I recently did a backup using TWRP (v.2.8.1.0) and now have multiple files (data.ext4.win000, data.ext4.win001, data.ext4.win002 etc).
Can anyone please help by proving information on how to easily merge these files together in Windows 7?
Ultimately I would like to be able to view these using 7-zip.
Thanks!
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That's normal. You don't want to merge them. They're all in a folder that is the backup
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Those files are separate archives, open then like any other tar.gz
GR0S said:
Those files are separate archives, open then like any other tar.gz
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I get an invalid archive error when I try to open the data backups though I don't on any of the other backup files (cache.ext4.win, system.ext4.win etc).
I'm pretty sure they need to be concatenated together though I am not sure if this is easily to accomplish in Windows 7. Here is an other post with a similar problem that was solved using the Ubuntu.
On ubuntu I've just appended .tar to file name and it works.
You should try merging files with total commander and renaming to .tar
GR0S said:
On ubuntu I've just appended .tar to file name and it works.
You should try merging files with total commander and renaming to .tar
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Gave that a shot but it didn't work
Should work just copying and pasting them into the same folder. TWRP treats the backup for a partition to be separate and complete from another. I've mixed and matched restoring partitions from different backups and it's worked. You'll have to use your judgment as to whether the restored partitions will play nice with each other.
EDIT - A workaround is to restore the partitions that you want and then back them up into a new archive.

[GUIDE] [HOW TO] Generate bin.md5 file

As title says everything, i was trying to find out how to generate bin.md5 file for ported ROM's files but not found anything on google even on XDA too
So finally i decided to start from me,i researched and guess what? i have successfully generated bin.md5 file for
ported ROM and flashed costume qualcomm ROM to my mobile
so Lets start guid...
Today i will show you how to generate bin.md5 file of multiple files in directory
yes, can be used for ported ROM's too ....
ok
download the sfk application
Here is file...
Password-
ONNTECHSOFT
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Note:- A software Creadit gose to StahlWorks Technologies
now move/copy that file to any good location
here is, i am using D drive and so,moved that file in new folder called tools
again i have moved to multi_download (because my ROM Files is located in multi_download folder )
ok
Now create new text fine any other location (f.e. desktop ) and type
all file name(which you want to generate for) with there extension's
for example- system.img system_1.img (don't forget to add "space" between files)
ok
now open CMD to locating that folder
by pressing shift button + mouse R click
Now in CMD, Enter
sfk
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press Enter
ok now type following
sfk md5gento=outfile
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after outfile past all that file names written in new text file
for example-
sfk md5gento=outfile system.img system_1.img
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and press enter
it will genrate md5 file
(file with name output will generated )
now rename output file to bin.md5 file
Thats it......
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