For those that have been living under a rock for the past god knows how long, here is my infamous EFS Pro application which will completely automate Backup and Restore of your '/efs' partition.
It supports all Samsung Android devices except those based on a snapdragon processor.
See link below for more details and download:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1308546
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Nice work m8 that is an awesome tool and will come in handy if anything goes wrong.
Btw nice to see you working on I9305, we need more developers like you here Keep up the hard work
Thnx for being caring to ape men
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Thanks, pity I have not found your tool or heard about it before my efs got fubar
Entrio said:
Thanks, pity I have not found your tool or heard about it before my efs got fubar
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If you got missing imei then I can fix it for you. Keep an eye out in the forum. I'll make a Guide later today.
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Suggest referencing post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1946915
(also by OP) advising that EFS backup on i9305 isn't enough to backup iemi, just in case someone only makes it to this thread when searching..
EFS Professional v2.0.9 has now been released!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1308546
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I found this app while cruising the forums. sounds cool you can browse your nandroid backup for apps that you forgot to backup without having to restore your backup!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21485857
That's sick downloading now
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That, kids, is OTH.
Hastily spouted for your befuddlement.
I dunno if anyone knows or not but Titanium Backup Pro let's you go into a clockwork nand and restore apps as well......
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But I downloaded the app anyways and that's a great find, very UI friendly lol for someone like me and it got the job done! I guess I now have 2 ways to save myself after realizing I forgot to backup just an app
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strapped365 said:
I dunno if anyone knows or not but Titanium Backup Pro let's you go into a clockwork nand and restore apps as well......
*EDIT*
But I downloaded the app anyways and that's a great find, very UI friendly lol for someone like me and it got the job done! I guess I now have 2 ways to save myself after realizing I forgot to backup just an app
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titanium wont let me recover from my .img backups created by the cwm5.5 recovery. havent tried nandroid browser yet.
hootnath said:
titanium wont let me recover from my .img backups created by the cwm5.5 recovery. havent tried nandroid browser yet.
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I'm on 5.0.2.7 and It's flawless
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same problem^^^
Ok so im planning on rooting my gs3 as i do with all of my phones. However im am very confused on this imei thing. Now that the bootloader is unlockable does the imei need to be backed up? And if i dont back it up what happens? This is just very confusing as ive never had this issue with any other phones. Thank for the community help.
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When flashing Roms (mostly AOSP) there is a small chance you will lose your IMEI. It's nice to back it up so you won't have to hassle later trying to get it back. Always back up things when you flash because even though you do everything right, things can go wrong.
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Yeah back it up using QPST. I found it over at rootzwiki. The bootloader doesn't have to do with that. It's very sporadic it seems for people losing IMEI.
If you don't back it up and you lose it, you won't have data or basically a connection to Verizon. There is a way to restore it if you didn't back up but it leaves you in roaming. Backing up using QPST is very easy, do it!
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Check out the new backup method thats a flashable .zip in cwm recovery.
thanks for all you repsonses guys. Guess when in doubt backup everything!!!! i should know better, but i guess im geting a little lazy. with all the awesome devs out there i guess i expect perfection lol
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thanks for all you repsonses guys. Guess when in doubt backup everything!!!! i should know better, but i guess im geting a little lazy. with all the awesome devs out there i guess i expect perfection lol
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1792499
SynergyROM has incorporated the flashable backup into their build. I can't confirm that it's working as my IMEI has remained intact, but the backup folder was created and populated during my last install.
I'll second synergy thread as well. Great info from eschalon and TrevE.
I also did qpst backup as well. Doesn't hurt to be cautious.
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Okay I have updated this first look thread. I know many of you are curious as to what I am working on and here I can reveal to you as promised:
EFS Professional 2.0.
At present there is no download available, this is just a sneak peek. I have been working hard to add many new features with the biggest being Qualcomm support.
It has totally been rewritten and now relies on the device's PIT to correctly backup and restore to and from the correct partitions each and every time.
Enough from me, just take a look at the screenshots and see for yourself!
EFS Professional 2.0 should be available for download beginning of next week after all testing is completed!
Great!! Waiting for more!
Great job! Waiting for..
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Good stuff my man!
sweeeeeeeeeeet
Okay its finished. Its stable and working beautifully without issues and after alot of thought I have decided to implement this into a big v2 update of EFS Pro as it has more visibility and is more well established.
Look out for the EFS Pro v2 update landing in the forum very soon.
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Thread has been updated! Check out the first post guys!
Good job
Excellent work, well done
So would this be the only app/tool we need to fully backup efs?
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Obagleyfreer said:
So would this be the only app/tool we need to fully backup efs?
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So it would appear
Obagleyfreer said:
So would this be the only app/tool we need to fully backup efs?
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Yes!
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cool,, but its too late for me,, i tried everything in ur other post,, didnt work,, sent it to samsung after using triangle away and flashing to stock rom stragiht away , came back not fixed sayin it has been rooted
winxuser said:
cool,, but its too late for me,, i tried everything in ur other post,, didnt work,, sent it to samsung after using triangle away and flashing to stock rom stragiht away , came back not fixed sayin it has been rooted
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I realise you're upset mate, but what do you want us to do? Why are you posting this in every thread?
Re: Coming Soon: EFS Professional 2.0 with Qualcomm Device Support!!!
EFS Professional v2.0.9 has now been released!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1308546
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thanks for your great work but i have one small problem it backs up my efs and other files then wen i move on to back up my nv files it just makes my phone reboot could u advise if i have done something wrong plz as it does say if these functions are not suitable the device will reboot
Just tried to back up my efs using this program and it fails too.
It says:
EFS - read: /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 - write: efs.img.........
Operation failed!
This is an example, it does this for every partition....
Any ideas?
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thanks for your great work but i have one small problem it backs up my efs and other files then wen i move on to back up my nv files it just makes my phone reboot could u advise if i have done something wrong plz as it does say if these functions are not suitable the device will reboot
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What device are you using?
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Obagleyfreer said:
Just tried to back up my efs using this program and it fails too.
It says:
EFS - read: /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 - write: efs.img.........
Operation failed!
This is an example, it does this for every partition....
Any ideas?
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Is there a problem with the sdcard in some way? EFS Pro writes its backups to:
/sdcard/EFSProBackup
If in mass storage mode then ull face problems.
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lyriquidperfection said:
What device are you using?
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hi there thanks for getting back to me in have the s3 lte it backed up my efs with out a problem its just backing my nv it reboots
Is it possible to restore a nandroid backup from another device if it's the same model.
Ie backup my nexus 5 in twrp copy it to my friends nexus 5 storage and restore it twrp?
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I've done it before with other devices. Worked fine
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TWRP now gives the option to include the EFS partition in the nandroid backups....Make sure you do not restore an EFS partition from one device onto the other.
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I've tried this on my Xperia and it didn't work
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TWRP now gives the option to include the EFS partition in the nandroid backups....Make sure you do not restore an EFS partition from one device onto the other.
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Yeah i'm aware of that
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I've done it before with other devices. Worked fine
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Ben36 said:
I've tried this on my Xperia and it didn't work
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So which is it lol?
what if i just backup and restore the /data partition? that's guaranteed to work or is it better to restore /system with it also?
I've done this switching between mytouch4g, captivates, and gs2s. No problems at all...
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Yeah i'm aware of that
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OK, great...I hope you don't think I was being patronizing... My intent was more of a friendly FYI and I hope that's how it was received by you
Now that I have a little more time I can say that if it were your own phone you were doing this on, I'd say go ahead and try it. There are many threads here in the various nexus forums where people have said they've done it without any problem with their own devices (after a RMA for example).
If it doesn't work and causes problems you can always restore the factory images if need be.
However, since it's a friend's phone you want to restore the nandroid on to it's a little different.
Are you trying to just get the same apps and app data installed on your friends phone as you have on yours? Or is it something more than that?
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OK, great...I hope you don't think I was being patronizing... My intent was more of a friendly FYI and I hope that's how it was received by you
Now that I have a little more time I can say that if it were your own phone you were doing this on, I'd say go ahead and try it. There are many threads here in the various nexus forums where people have said they've done it without any problem with their own devices (after a RMA for example).
If it doesn't work and causes problems you can always restore the factory images if need be.
However, since it's a friend's phone you want to restore the nandroid on to it's a little different.
Are you trying to just get the same apps and app data installed on your friends phone as you have on yours? Or is it something more than that?
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Lol sorry didn't mean to sound like that, I sometimes forget that things like tone/facial expression etc are lost when writing. Good advice, appreciate your help!
It's a bit complicated but basically I'm buying the phone off him, so it's for my personal use so I have no problem troubleshooting if anything goes wrong.
I'll give or a shot then, thanks for all the answers
Hi everyone and happy new year! Suddenly i deleted my EFS folder with root explorer and i don't have a backup.. :/ i9300 efs not working with Xcover 3. PLZ help i need a working backup My imei is 0 and i cannot call. I buyed my phone since yesterday
Somebody?
Why don't you flash a right rom with odin?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=64814860
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Because it doesn't contain the EFS
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Xcuse my ignorance thought roms would contain everything useful for your baseband now I know! If I send you a zip of my efs partition is there any security problem (forum please answer) like imei or unique phone data? Thanks
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Xcuse my ignorance thought roms would contain everything useful for your baseband now I know! If I send you a zip of my efs partition is there any security problem (forum please answer) like imei or unique phone data? Thanks
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Thank's for reply and your help. As soon as when you send my your efs i edit the nv_data.bin IMEI with my original IMEI.
Xcuse I don't want to be rude but so THERE IS a huge security problem. No offense but I'm not sure to give my imei etc to an unknown person nothing personal. Anyone on this forum can provide my any tips(if possible) to send my efs without sensible data? I repeat no offense to anyone...
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maurensen said:
Xcuse I don't want to be rude but so THERE IS a huge security problem. No offense but I'm not sure to give my imei etc to an unknown person nothing personal. Anyone on this forum can provide my any tips(if possible) to send my efs without sensible data? I repeat no offense to anyone...
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Ok, no problem thx for help. But how can I repair my phone?
Flashing the right rom from odin will rewrite your imei back to its orignal. Give it a try.. i did it with past s4 and moto x 1st gen..
I flashed million times.. :/
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