i used efs pro to back up my efs file but i need to restore it. I used version 1.4.7.0 to back it up and when i clicked the app it said i needed to turn the debugging on but it is already off. After clicking ok it says that my device is not connected but it is. i downloaded the new version (1.12.6.0) and it does the same thing.
can someone help me out please?
What ROM are you on?
Why do you need to restore it? What happened?
What files has EFS Pro created?
Do you have a non-Windows system you can use?
jeffsf said:
What ROM are you on?
Why do you need to restore it? What happened?
What files has EFS Pro created?
Do you have a non-Windows system you can use?
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ROM: resurrection remix
i need to restore my IMEI because my phone had a hard dropped. last time that my phone had a similar drop its IMEI got corrupt or lost.
last time this happened i think i used heimdall one click to restore it to original rom and i used efs pro app from the devs to backup my efs file
i only have a pc on windows xp
little extra detail: i tried to use efs pro to restore my efs file but when i click on the efs pro application it says to enable debugging (it says it even if i already have usb dubugging on) then i click the ok button and the application runs then another notification pops up and says "please wait while your device connects with the ADB server... " and it stays there. if i click cancel then another notification pops up and says "Device is NOT connected! Please connect the USB cable and try again!"
need to restore EMEI
it seemed to be a mistake on my part.
i had to unplus my usb on my phone then disable dubugging then enable it and finally plug my usb cable in and it worked.
my only problem is now that the first time i backed up my efs folder it didn't save on either my pc or my sdcard...which is weird cuz i remember it saying that i backed them up.
if anyone can help me get my EMEI back on my phone that would be great
have my efs file saved on my pc from just copy and pasting it from the mass usb mode. (efs pro was suppose to be my efs back up but i guess it didn't save) can anyone help me out?
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just tried several times to update without success. I have Vista. My problem is not one I have read about yet.
I USB connect the phone and start the ROM program, as soon as I hit run on my laptop, I get the rainbow on my phone... but, as I progress through the steps my phone some how is dumping the USB connection. The wizard gets up to a point and keeps saying no connection. I go back to the laptop and check with the sync and it shows disconnected???
ronjr1973 said:
just tried several times to update without success. I have Vista. My problem is not one I have read about yet.
I USB connect the phone and start the ROM program, as soon as I hit run on my laptop, I get the rainbow on my phone... but, as I progress through the steps my phone some how is dumping the USB connection. The wizard gets up to a point and keeps saying no connection. I go back to the laptop and check with the sync and it shows disconnected???
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Try flashing from MicroSD
AllTheWay said:
Try flashing from MicroSD
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So put the rom file from htc on micro sd and running from there. Sorry I'm a little new to the phone stuff.TY
USB connection breaking
ronjr1973 said:
just tried several times to update without success. I have Vista. My problem is not one I have read about yet.
I USB connect the phone and start the ROM program, as soon as I hit run on my laptop, I get the rainbow on my phone... but, as I progress through the steps my phone some how is dumping the USB connection. The wizard gets up to a point and keeps saying no connection. I go back to the laptop and check with the sync and it shows disconnected???
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Try a different USB cable, make sure you have firm connections, then touch nothing until flash is complete or error message shows - don't even breathe on it, let alone move it an inch! I think the connection port is fragile or unreliable.
My Tilt has the same issue with my real PC and my Virtual Machine on my Mac (via Parallels). It just won't flash reliably.
I now flash from the MicroSD card. No problems at all doing that. Much faster too.
ronjr1973 said:
just tried several times to update without success. I have Vista. My problem is not one I have read about yet.
I USB connect the phone and start the ROM program, as soon as I hit run on my laptop, I get the rainbow on my phone... but, as I progress through the steps my phone some how is dumping the USB connection. The wizard gets up to a point and keeps saying no connection. I go back to the laptop and check with the sync and it shows disconnected???
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HardSPL loaded prior to 'imaging'?
I finally did it. Alls I had to do was uninstall active sync then reinstall it. Now when I try to restore via my storage car and sprite backup it tells me that "this back up file was not made on this device or operating system. Restoring from this file may cause significant problems. Do you wish too continue?" Not sure what to do. Anyone?
Like to like . . .
ronjr1973 said:
I finally did it. Alls I had to do was uninstall active sync then reinstall it. Now when I try to restore via my storage car and sprite backup it tells me that "this back up file was not made on this device or operating system. Restoring from this file may cause significant problems. Do you wish too continue?" Not sure what to do. Anyone?
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Yeah . . . you don't want to restore a backup from one ROM onto a new different ROM - it will make a big mess.
If you didn't sync your data with your PC before you flashed this new ROM, I would flash back to the original ROM and then restore your backup, do a sync to your PC, also copy \My Documents to your storage card, and also run dotFred's PIMBackup - you can use that to restore data from one ROM to another.
All of this has been discussed on the forums here before, so I would also suggest you do a lot more reading before embarking on ambitious but potentially dangerous things like flashing a new ROM as you are doing.
TY, for the heads up. I did do the sync. So contacts and such will be ok. Just have to redo my tweaks. Thanks. again for the advice.
Hi to all here. i just want to ask anyone what to do with my phone. well first of all, my phone is a sky pantech vega racer im-a760s, not really a match for samsungs popularity but budget wise this is the model for me. it has a dual core. now my problem starts when i started editing the build.prop in its system (tweaked for some texting problem of limited character sending). of course i know what im doing on that part, but the only thing i didn't think that would happen was, i copied it in my computer, i edited it there, then i saved it as "all" in file type so it wont become a ".txt" format. but when i placed it in my phone. the file instantly disappeared, i think it was only hidden and the phone just cant identify it nor read it like something. now i restarted the phone, it booted up to its logo then it just went blank and it just stops there. i tried pushing recovery with adb in my pc cmd. but it cannot detect my device(no problem with my adb installation to eliminate this from the question), i also tried putting an sd card with a recovery file but there was no option for sd card path. but the phone can still function well, i know because it can still be loaded under flashboot, download screen and S / W upgrade menu and it can still perform wipes for all partition and caches and can reset for factory settings etc. but whenever i will reboot, its not going to complete. anyone please help me how to make my phone be detected by my pc. The usb drivers are just fine, updated it many times, read all procedure for making the driver connect perfectly. i reformatted the sd so it wont be a problem when i put it in. but in the recovery menu i just cant see my sd card, theres just the option for "update from external storage" but it doesn't have anything inside. what a mess. i cant make my phone reflashed cause its not responding with the connection with my pc. but when i am opening an odin (just used for connection monitoring) there are two yellow boxes with com port like these: 0:[com7] and 0:[com9], so i know it is still somehow communicating with my pc. please help any advice, i dont want to resort to jtag for im not sure if it will support my phone and it's already avialable for the model but definitely not going to send my phone for repair cause it will be costly. thanks to all who will respond. Please help thank you. additionally: OS was ics version 4.0.4 and rooted. already gone through rooting several times with no problem. just the editing part.
to edit Android files on Windows use only Notepad++ anyway do not use Windows notepad this is for Windows files formatting only
well, you have to get build.prop from your phone edit on PC then copy back
so enter recovery connect phone to PC create a folder say C:\tmp
to get build.prop from phone
Code:
adb devices
adb shell
mount system
exit
that's to mount system partition then
Code:
adb pull /system/build.prop C:\tmp\build.prop
edit it and copy back to phone
Code:
adb push C:\tmp\build.prop /system/build.prop
maybe is not your case ? but I wanted to give you an idea
@ruscan.calin
Thanks, great. i will try this one once i get my phone recognized by my pc, adb seems not able to find my devcie have this message like this one:
"
c:\>adb devices
adb server is out of date. killing...
*daemon started successfully *
list of devices attached "
and that's it nothing happens.
thanks for the advice i will definitely use this once i get my phone connected with my system. thanks a lot
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@ruscan.calin
Thanks, great. i will try this one once i get my phone recognized by my pc, adb seems not able to find my devcie have this message like this one:
"
c:\>adb devices
adb server is out of date. killing...
*daemon started successfully *
list of devices attached "
and that's it nothing happens.
thanks for the advice i will definitely use this once i get my phone connected with my system. thanks a lot
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start phone in recovery mode do not connect to PC at this time
open Device Manager now connect phone to PC
if you see ADB Interface connecting in Dev Manager it's ok if not you have a problem with phone drivers so install it again
ruscan.calin said:
start phone in recovery mode do not connect to PC at this time
open Device Manager now connect phone to PC
if you see ADB Interface connecting in Dev Manager it's ok if not you have a problem with phone drivers so install it again
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Hi, cant still afford to make the adb component in my device manager to appear, but it's good to inform you that it helped me a bit because i was able to see the storage of my phone and i was also able to put some files in there without any hassle that alone was satisfying me that my phone is not really dead. sad to say i did everything i could to have my pc detect my phone via recovery menu, but still no devices found. it's really weird that some links are saying that i should make my phone's "usb debugging" enabled, wherein fact i cant even go beyond my original problem(bricked phone), i can't even see the inside of my phones directory, only the storage one that was activated just recently. i even did a reinstallation of my usb, uninstalled every other phone related usb installation to avoid conflicts reinstalled my phones proper usb installer then restart. no progress still to be called. it makes me feel that the phone was just trap in the state of booting and not knowing what to do because it cant see any command inside its system. i cant go into the systems directory as well. and that's the only way i think i could revive my phone in replacing a new build.prop, as you advised to be edited in a notepad++ which i recently acquired and installed. by the way how do i save the build.prop to its original file format, and what is the extension. thanks alot for helping out. im getting a little brighter each step of the way, im not loosing it to come to smashing my phone to pieces instead of keeping a very expensive paper weight.
usb debugging enabled is not useful in this case (you can't set it )
build.prop is a file with .prop extension save file with notepad++ name it build.prop then check location of file it should be build.prop notepad from Windows saves it as build.prop.txt that's not good also notepad adds some formatting characters inside file that's wrong so use only Notepad++ when working on Android files (or VIM for Windows editor etc anyway do not use Windows editors they are good for Windows files only)
-try these things on another computer (to install drivers etc)
-I advised somebody to send a mail to manufacturer and he got a reply with a link to stock rom... that's great !
-if you link me your build.prop file I can tell you if it's ok
-pc link - that's to be solved firstly check manufacturer site for sync software/ drivers even send mail
isa. rgiespea
ruscan.calin said:
usb debugging enabled is not useful in this case (you can't set it )
build.prop is a file with .prop extension save file with notepad++ name it build.prop then check location of file it should be build.prop notepad from Windows saves it as build.prop.txt that's not good also notepad adds some formatting characters inside file that's wrong so use only Notepad++ when working on Android files (or VIM for Windows editor etc anyway do not use Windows editors they are good for Windows files only)
-try these things on another computer (to install drivers etc)
-I advised somebody to send a mail to manufacturer and he got a reply with a link to stock rom... that's great !
-if you link me your build.prop file I can tell you if it's ok
-pc link - that's to be solved firstly check manufacturer site for sync software/ drivers even send mail
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that's great news, you actually come to emailing the phones manufacturer? wow, im flattered. well you're a very nice guy to help me out on this. and i have good news too. i found out that i have a little conflicting usb drivers, as i have installed samsung for my previous phone(samsung galaxy 1) i had it liquidated for this new one. but a little hard on the support. you gave me a new idea about the usb. so i uninstalled all the related usb drivers and have it reinstalled. now i am able to communicate with OTA firmware server, and i got a reading that was not happening before(stucked in just detecting the phone) now i have a percentage reading of downloading or so. but i still have to wait if it will complete and have it repaired. so by now you can give me a little more help cause im still not at it in pushing through the use of adb programming. and the link you mentioned, i'll wait for the progress about it and see what really was it. and thanks a lot. really appreciate it.
fixed bricked phone via OTA by fixing link to pc.
Hi, i thank you for your help. i managed to fix the phone myself. i just missed the simple step that you advised me. fix the link first to pc. i have installed another model of the phone for the same manufacturer with different type so that was causing the mixed up for updating and recovering via the OTA site of the phone. so yey. you helped a lot. i thank you. i am now running at ics version 4.0.4 and now rooted. i will not commit the same mistake of saving the build.prop with another format. that was bad. so then i'll be very careful in editing the build.prop and first of all, i will keep a backup inside where i can access it even if it will be hard bricked. never forget that one from now on. so this is it. i thank you. of all the place ive been circling around for answer. here is where i found it. and just one person. hooray. thank you very much.
cruelink said:
Hi, i thank you for your help. i managed to fix the phone myself. i just missed the simple step that you advised me. fix the link first to pc. i have installed another model of the phone for the same manufacturer with different type so that was causing the mixed up for updating and recovering via the OTA site of the phone. so yey. you helped a lot. i thank you. i am now running at ics version 4.0.4 and now rooted. i will not commit the same mistake of saving the build.prop with another format. that was bad. so then i'll be very careful in editing the build.prop and first of all, i will keep a backup inside where i can access it even if it will be hard bricked. never forget that one from now on. so this is it. i thank you. of all the place ive been circling around for answer. here is where i found it. and just one person. hooray. thank you very much.
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that's good news ! and thanks for feedback
feedback is an invaluable resource ! (some just forget about that from my experience :laugh: NOT your case ! )
Hi ,
After backing up my ZTE V967S imei with mobile uncle i flashed lewa os unfortunately i have lost my imei and baseband and i cant restore the backup , im assuming this is because the efs folder was overwritten and may need to be reformatted, replacing the rom with the stock rom didn't resolve this issue . To compound issue i cant connect to pc at all, i installed all drivers and nothing . So what i think i need is a rom that will repartition the efs from the sd card or some zip file that could rewrite the baseband , any ideas would be helpful.
Kind regards
Jim
jimennis said:
Hi ,
After backing up my ZTE V967S imei with mobile uncle i flashed lewa os unfortunately i have lost my imei and baseband and i cant restore the backup , im assuming this is because the efs folder was overwritten and may need to be reformatted, replacing the rom with the stock rom didn't resolve this issue . To compound issue i cant connect to pc at all, i installed all drivers and nothing . So what i think i need is a rom that will repartition the efs from the sd card or some zip file that could rewrite the baseband , any ideas would be helpful.
Kind regards
Jim
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I have managed to locate a spfalshtool backup of another V967S but as i said the phone will not connect to PC here is the list of files in the backup ,boot.img,EBR1,EB2,expdb,logo.bin,mbr,misc,mt6589 android scatter emmc.txt,pmt,pro info,protect f,protect s,recovery.img,rom ver2.txt,seccfg,secro.img,system.img,uboot.bin . can the be flased to phone without pc ?
Hope you can help
Hi All , i have manged to resove the issue and will post a tutorial shortly
jimennis said:
I have managed to locate a spfalshtool backup of another V967S but as i said the phone will not connect to PC here is the list of files in the backup ,boot.img,EBR1,EB2,expdb,logo.bin,mbr,misc,mt6589 android scatter emmc.txt,pmt,pro info,protect f,protect s,recovery.img,rom ver2.txt,seccfg,secro.img,system.img,uboot.bin . can the be flased to phone without pc ?
Hope you can help
Hi All , i have manged to resove the issue and will post a tutorial shortly
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OK , files needed are spflash_tool.exe , full backup and MTK usb Vcom driver .
Take out phone battery and attach to pc , i used win 7 , hold the volume down and power button and phone should appear in device manager as unknown device install the driver manually and phone will show up as MTK Port in device manager , it may disconnect and reconnect but do not worry , unplug the phone ,open spflash_tool and load the scatter file(contact me for full backup files) select all files including the preloader and choose auto format now reconnect the phone with battery in and hold down volume and power button as soon as you hear it connect hit download and it will format and flash the stock rom to the file when done just restart your phone and your imei will be back
Hi All, this is my first post so sorry if etquette or sthg is wrong
I have been able to connect my OPO to my computer and open diagnostic port and see it as a modem (COM11).
I was able to access it with QPST Software Download application to make a backup. ( I can describe how to do it if necessary)
Unfortunately I am Unable to restore QCN file with QPST Software Download application.
It all works OK to the end (100%), until it says resetting, then it says connection lost and it fails.
Any idea what I am doing wrong?
Best Regards,
Ahmet TURAN
Yes, i know of titanium backup
however, i find it extremely cumbersome. especially for my nexus 5, where the backups will NOT show up in the folder when i connect it to my pc, although i created a folder in TB in a location visible on my pc.
anyway, i was wondering if there is an itunes-like program for windows that allows me to connect my phone to the pc and use that program backup everything, including apps, to the computer and restore when needed? does something like that exists?
murfi said:
Yes, i know of titanium backup
however, i find it extremely cumbersome. especially for my nexus 5, where the backups will NOT show up in the folder when i connect it to my pc, although i created a folder in TB in a location visible on my pc.
anyway, i was wondering if there is an itunes-like program for windows that allows me to connect my phone to the pc and use that program backup everything, including apps, to the computer and restore when needed? does something like that exists?
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If your bootloader is unlocked, you can flash or boot into TWRP recovery, it supports MTP.
This means if you are in TWRP recovery, you can view all /sdcard files on phone and backup any folder, including
Titanium Backup folder via windows explorer directly to PC.
Also, it is a good safety practice to make a full backup in TWRP. Again with the MTP capability of TWRP recovery , you can view and backup
the TWRP directory directly to PC via windows explorer.
Simple:good:
If you have any connection problems between PC and TWRP MTP, it is likely driver related.
You will need to look in Device manager on PC while phone is connected.
Download the howto_driver.zip from the "15 seconds ADB Installer thread" and follow the picture tutorial contained in the zip file. This should fix your connectivity issues.
If you are sill having connection issues, You could try and install ADB drivers . It might help the pc detect.
64bit
32bit
Then go back through the picture tutorial in the howto_driver.zip
Best of luck
Use Titanium Backup.But I prefer Helium
Use NexusRootToolkit. It is somewhere here on XDA. Cannot give you the link now, but search and you'll find it.
murfi said:
Yes, i know of titanium backup
however, i find it extremely cumbersome. especially for my nexus 5, where the backups will NOT show up in the folder when i connect it to my pc, although i created a folder in TB in a location visible on my pc.
anyway, i was wondering if there is an itunes-like program for windows that allows me to connect my phone to the pc and use that program backup everything, including apps, to the computer and restore when needed? does something like that exists?
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This is a problem with MTP not TiBu. Even on a good day, it's flaky.
joegestes said:
If your bootloader is unlocked, you can flash or boot into TWRP recovery, it supports MTP.
This means if you are in TWRP recovery, you can view all /root files on phone and backup any folder, including
Titanium Backup folder via windows explorer directly to PC.
Also, it is a good safety practice to make a full backup in TWRP. Again with the MTP capability of TWRP recovery , you can view and backup
the TWRP directory directly to PC via windows explorer.
Simple:good:
If you have any connection problems between PC and TWRP MTP, it is likely driver related.
You will need to look in Device manager on PC while phone is connected.
Download the howto_driver.zip from the "15 seconds ADB Installer thread" and follow the picture tutorial contained in the zip file. This should fix your connectivity issues.
If you are sill having connection issues, You could try and install ADB drivers . It might help the pc detect.
64bit
32bit
Then go back through the picture tutorial in the howto_driver.zip
Best of luck
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thats interesting, didnt know that. will give it a shot!
murfi said:
thats interesting, didnt know that. will give it a shot!
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Yes,
I meant to say In TWRP recovery, you can view all /sdcard files on phone.
Not all /Root files
You can also MPT from Android. But for me, transfer seem more reliable from TWRP.