Hi. Sry for spamming here but im a little freezed. I didnt have an efs folder backup:s and my efs folder is gone so baseband is unknown now and unable to use phone. can anyone help me to restore even in pm or whatever,i got imei from box so i think its possible. I googled a lot how to restore but cant find a normal way which is working for my s plus and i dont wanna risk to brick my phone by flashing a wrong way. If some has a little time pls help . Thanks
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For a test dial #*06#..
Does your imei starting with 49 or 0000 then you have an problem..
ty for the tipp, after 2 hours of googling i make it
Problem solved or? Did you mean something else?
Next time make an backup from your efs with adb or root explorer..
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ty for the tipp, after 2 hours of googling i make it
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Could you give us tutorial in q&a section? That would be nice just on case, when someone start searching for answer probably will find this thread.
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i found an old nandroid backup and i that restore my efs folder so im lucky
On my old phone GT-I9000 aka Galaxy S, to restore an imei you just needed to flahs any stock ROM via ODIN and that will restore your imei. Although I'm not sure if that the case with I9001. Never tried.
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alexpowermetal said:
On my old phone GT-I9000 aka Galaxy S, to restore an imei you just needed to flahs any stock ROM via ODIN and that will restore your imei. Although I'm not sure if that the case with I9001. Never tried.
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I flashed a lot of Stock ROMS to get my imei back ... no one will bring your emei back. Most problems with emei are caused that sometimes on custom roms the baseband is missing. just flash a modem than anf basebabd and emei will be there.
flashing stock is doing the same, it flashes basebend and thats the only thing.
restoring your imei by flashing stock doesn't work!
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My phone was stuck on searching for 3 weeks, after five resets I upgraded to CM7 then GummyMutt ICS, still did not work so I ualsed one click heimdall back to 2.3.6 GB, I checked phone stats and it said IMEI unknown so I rooted and upgraded to TeamAcid CM9 and still nothing can someone help me because all I can do is use Wi-Fi I'm willing to put up screenies on request but please help
Thnx, MrPapito429
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If you lost your IMEI on stock GB and do not have a backup - you have a problem. If you made a nandroid backup when your IMEI was good - you are good. If you flashed one of the newer GB custom ROM's that used the Aroma Installer - you might have a back up.
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If you lost your IMEI on stock GB and do not have a backup - you have a problem. If you made a nandroid backup when your IMEI was good - you are good. If you flashed one of the newer GB custom ROM's that used the Aroma Installer - you might have a back up.
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Before I rooted and flashed , my fone had been on searching for over a week
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MrPapito429 said:
Before I rooted and flashed , my fone had been on searching for over a week
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Can you provide a little more information? Did you do anything before your phone lost its IMEI number (e.g., upgrade from Froyo to GB using Kies Mini)? That will help the people here hopefully help you.
Manumission said:
Can you provide a little more information? Did you do anything before your phone lost its IMEI number (e.g., upgrade from Froyo to GB using Kies Mini)? That will help the people here hopefully help you.
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Yea I upgraded from froyo to GB with Kies mini
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Before you did anything to your phone your IMEI was bad?
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Before you did anything to your phone your IMEI was bad?
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Yea because fone stayed on searching after leaving it off for a day, 2 soft resets, and 5 master resets over the fone from tmobile
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Then take it to T-Mobile. Flash bhundven's KJ6 stock one-click in the second link of my signature before you take it in so you will be unrooted and on complete stock.
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Then take it to T-Mobile. Flash bhundven's KJ6 stock one-click in the second link of my signature before you take it in so you will be unrooted and on complete stock.
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Alright, I will try that thnx
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I want to flash custom roms but I don't want to be that guy to lose his imei. Now question is. If I backup my stock rom via cwm and flash a rom and get unlucky and lose my imei and then just restore my stock backup will I be okay?
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imablackhat said:
I want to flash custom roms but I don't want to be that guy to lose his imei. Now question is. If I backup my stock rom via cwm and flash a rom and get unlucky and lose my imei and then just restore my stock backup will I be okay?
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easiest is to just flash synergy. it backs it up for you without doing anything and, in my opinion, an awesome rom to try first anyways
I don't believe restoring your nandroid will fix your imei. You should backup using qpst and also with the flashable zip that synergy has now implemented to be safe
synergy made a script you can flash in cwm to back it up but it's not proven to restore yet since no one has had to
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imablackhat said:
synergy made a script you can flash in cwm to back it up but it's not proven to restore yet since no one has had to
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How rare is this issue? Like how many people has it happened to?
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werdna87 said:
How rare is this issue? Like how many people has it happened to?
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16
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16
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In total? How do you know?
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Haha yeha how do you know? I've flashed like a total of three times today and just reverted back to stock. Stock rom still the best for me.. I miss the jelly bean awesomeness from my gnex. Can't wait for it to be stable.
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I want to flash custom roms but I don't want to be that guy to lose his imei. Now question is. If I backup my stock rom via cwm and flash a rom and get unlucky and lose my imei and then just restore my stock backup will I be okay?
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What if! If we always waited for what if we would get no where. Take your chances live life to fullest and just have fun! Take all the precautions and take your licks as they come. This is strong commuity and there is always help here. So go out there and flash some roms and enjoy.
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pyunny said:
I don't believe restoring your nandroid will fix your imei. You should backup using qpst and also with the flashable zip that synergy has now implemented to be safe
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Isn't there a way to also back up using terminal emulator right on your device? I believe the file gets back up right on your SD card and then you can restore from there....
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Isn't there a way to also back up using terminal emulator right on your device? I believe the file gets back up right on your SD card and then you can restore from there....
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That backs up your EFS partition, block or what ever you want to call it. Restoring that will allow you to get data back but you will always be roaming. I have backed up my EFS, backed up using QPST and did the manual way of backing up Synergy style. You can never be too safe. Synergy is a nice rom but if you don't want to flash it there is directions on how to pull the info that the Synergy script does.
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That backs up your EFS partition, block or what ever you want to call it. Restoring that will allow you to get data back but you will always be roaming. I have backed up my EFS, backed up using QPST and did the manual way of backing up Synergy style. You can never be too safe. Synergy is a nice rom but if you don't want to flash it there is directions on how to pull the info that the Synergy script does.
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Thanks for the info.
So if you just root and unlock there is nothing to worry about with this I assume? Also, TW ICS Roms should be safe? Is it just when flashing an JB ROM this issue can arise?
Just rooting and unlocking you should be fine. Flashing any ROM has the possibility of losing your IMEI but it seems more prevalent on AOSP ROMs.
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Moral of the story is even if you back up your imei your probably gonna be stuck on roaming forever.
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Moral of the story is even if you back up your imei your probably gonna be stuck on roaming forever.
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So what's the point of backing it up if you lose it and restore it you are still stuck with a roaming device. And not functioning how it should be stock.
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So what's the point of backing it up if you lose it and restore it you are still stuck with a roaming device. And not functioning how it should be stock.
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I think it shows an R for roaming but you are actually not roaming. So your device supposedly is working, just has a graphical glitch. At least the device works I guess but still sucks and would send back for another one anyway.
Wonder why if this gets screwed they make it impossible to recover from. Even if you bring it to Verizon they can't do anything about it?
If this happens and you have insurance. You 'lost your phone' and get a new one haha
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Hi fellow Tab 7.7 users
Days ago i installed Paranoid Android 2.55 ROM and everything went fine but today when i reverted back to Stock ICS ROM, my IMEI changed to something like this 004999010640000 which is not my original one. i could not use dialer codes or the likes and hardware id missing prompts me whenever i connect my Tab via Kies... Pls help me solve this problem i need my original IMEI back
Thanks so much..
You would need to restore your efs backup.
In the mean time check for a software update as you now have a generic imei which might give you a development build of Samsung firmware.
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Thanks for the reply... Im actually a noobie in dealing with efs or the likes.. Anyways i ordered a software online to do the job and it was restored successfully and permanently plus unlocking simlock too.. Now im happy..
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IMEI shows 004999010640000 after repairs
vzscrd said:
Thanks for the reply... Im actually a noobie in dealing with efs or the likes.. Anyways i ordered a software online to do the job and it was restored successfully and permanently plus unlocking simlock too.. Now im happy..
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I am a newbie to this site - I have a Galaxy tab 7.7 that died recently. I sent it to Samsung who replaced some pcbs (probably motherboard). After this my IMEI shows 004999010640000 and serial no. 00000000000000. Samsung is unable to fix my problem. Can someone help me as I cannot use the phone functions of this tab?
Pls tell me my problem is imei repaired but networ not register in p3100
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Pls help...:crying:
How? What exact steps did you do to get to this stage?
Try restore a recent nandroid backup
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How? What exact steps did you do to get to this stage?
Try restore a recent nandroid backup
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That is my problem now i have no nandroid back up damn... i think i was installing ROMS before, and my serial number was intact by those times, i just noticed it when i last installed PA 2.55 and tried some unlocking softwares for sim lock in the play store.. my imei is ok but my serial number are all zeros.... is it maybe because of efs? i have no back up of it..
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That is my problem now i have no nandroid back up damn... i think i was installing ROMS before, and my serial number was intact by those times, i just noticed it when i last installed PA 2.55 and tried some unlocking softwares for sim lock in the play store.. my imei is ok but my serial number are all zeros.... is it maybe because of efs? i have no back up of it..
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Hey, did you ever find a resolution for this? I've got the same problem on a Tab 10.1
Hi Guys..
I've tried all methods but I can't fix my SIII international version. Basically flashed incorrectly without saving the efs folder.
Anyway.. I've taken in to a few shops but none can fix it. I need a shop which is more knowledgable about this.
Can anyone recommend somewhere to take my phone in?
Many thanks
Why not try to fix by ur own,in the section they say just flash modem xxmeg4 then everything goes rite,i have on potition like u then i read the general disc for s3 and it back normaly
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I have read all info and tried everything available to me on XDA.
The modem is currently XXEMG4 but I'm still getting a 004999010640000 IMEI
Did you use qpst? I erased my imei while flashing a cm Rom and qpst restored it. It's not hard at all. Remember to do a factory reset afterwards it doesn't mention that in the instructions.
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If you have nandroid backup of your stock rom then just restore it..i think this works.. becouse i solved my imei problem from this method..
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Ive tried QPST and a nandroid backup of stock rom. None can restore the efs folder.
jenjenX said:
Ive tried QPST and a nandroid backup of stock rom. None can restore the efs folder.
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Not sure why qpst didn't work it. Are you sure you did it properly?
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