My friend got his EFS folder deleted and doesn't have a backup. What should he do? He doesn't have a backup
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Make a new one? Lol
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Make a new one? Lol
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How would we do that? How would we get the old data and permissions?
We can't take any files right?
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What did your friend do to delete their EFS folder? And what's happening to the phone since it's been deleted?
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SlimSnoopOS said:
What did your friend do to delete their EFS folder?
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He flashed a CM nightly(I wasn't there)
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He flashed a CM nightly(I wasn't there)
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I don't see how that would happen unless he flashed a CM rom meant for a different phone on his VZW GSIII. So your friend no longer has the /EFS folder correct? What is his phone doing now or rather what is he unable to do presently? Does it boot? Able to get into download mode or recovery? Not making calls/texts/data?
I'm a little surprised by this, I'm not too sure how to fix an entire missing EFS folder.
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SlimSnoopOS said:
I don't see how that would happen unless he flashed a CM rom meant for a different phone on his VZW GSIII. So your friend no longer has the /EFS folder correct? What is his phone doing now or rather what is he unable to do presently? Does it boot? Able to get into download mode or recovery? Not making calls/texts/data?
I'm a little surprised by this, I'm not too sure how to fix an entire missing EFS folder.
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I ready don't know how he did this but what should he do? Should he send it to Samsung?
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This topic needs more clarification if your going to get any help.
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Here's the story:
He said he flashed a CM nightly and now his EFS folder is gone.
He is thinking of reseting then download counter and sending it back to Samsung because it still is under warranty
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Why doesn't he just make a new efs backup?
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faehsemc said:
Why doesn't he just make a new efs backup?
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But he doesn't have a previous EFS backup to begin with. How does he make a new one?
I keep a EFS backup in my internal sdcard with a list of the various permissions, so I have one just in case something terrible happens
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Same way he made the first one. There's a whole thread on it. Did you even look at the sticky roll up thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1852255
Its easily searched via google as well.
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Quick question: if I make a nandroid back up of this skyrocket and I get a new skyrocket via att can I move the nandroid to the new phone and restore it to the new phone and have my new phone running right where I left off??
Has any one done this? Is this safe to do or can it mess up the new phone?
Thanks for the help!
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ive tried once and had absolutely no successful the files wouldnt restore at first and then when i did restore got nothing but FC all over you can try maybe it might work
I just did this yesterday.. Everything is exactly how my previous phone was, without any problems at all
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mbrian27 said:
I just did this yesterday.. Everything is exactly how my previous phone was, without any problems at all
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what recovery were you using?
The newest CWM Touch.. V14 I believe
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Nandroid from one Skyrocket to another
I just had to replace my Skyrocket and had no issue flashing my backups of Beatz and Liquid. No FC's. Using TWRP 2.3.1
Good luck............
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I just did this yesterday.. Everything is exactly how my previous phone was, without any problems at all
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I've moved to new devices twice with no issues whatsoever. CWM was what I was using at the time.
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Is there a blue folder available for the s3? I'm using the Galaxy mod ROM now and really like it but I'd like to keep checking out new rooms. Is there a convenient way to boot up another rom without having to wipe out what I'm running?
Muddy
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Boot manager ... Not blue folder... Damn autocorrect!
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muddychief said:
Boot manager ... Not blue folder... Damn autocorrect!
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It gets me all the time too! But as of now there is not, there are some in the works from what I hear. So right now the easiest way is to make a backup and flash then just restore when you're ready to go back
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Yes unfortunately no Boot Manager yet. Init2winit apps is unable to support the app anymore. The good news is that they are currently trying to find a reputable dev to take it over. Hopefully someone will.
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I was really excited when it came out for the droid x. I bought it and really never used it, it just didn't work right. Cool idea but never work for me. I am sure the dx having a locked bootloader really held it back.
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Thanks for the feedback. i used safe strap 3 for my motorola razr it allowed you to create a seperate boot partition,boot into recovery and choose the active-one . Is there something similar?
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Thanks for the feedback. i used safe strap 3 for my motorola razr it allowed you to create a seperate boot partition,boot into recovery and choose the active-one . Is there something similar?
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No there isn't, but it you just make a nan of your stock system before flashing it is basically the same thing
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I restored a backed up rom in the recovery and now the phone wont turn on. It wont even enter recovery mode or download mode.
It doesn't do anything? No sign of life? What recovery are you using? You where trying to restore a nandroid?
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Did you restore a Nandroid backup meant for a different phone?
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It doesn't do anything? No sign of life? What recovery are you using? You where trying to restore a nandroid?
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Did you restore a Nandroid backup meant for a different phone?
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It had 50% of battery life before it went off. i dont really know the name of the recovery but it has "sK8" in it. i flashed it with ODIN. And no, I restored i backup i made myself on my own phone.
If you don't mind satisfying my curiosity, which ROM was the backup made of?
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bps119 said:
If you don't mind satisfying my curiosity, which ROM was the backup made of?
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I'm pretty sure it was AOKP.
Are you using an I727? Just curious cause I saw you had a post in the T Mobile section.
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Are you using an I727? Just curious cause I saw you had a post in the T Mobile section.
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I'm using the AT&T version. the post in the T- Mobile section was about UBUNTU.
I nver done it im rooted i use one click casual and not familiar with odin is ther a very simple way to do it as it dummy proof
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30679476&postcount=5732
This will help. Download .zip and flash in CWM/TWRP. it will do it all for you. Keep it safe.
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This will help. Download .zip and... unlocked ELF backup failed ..??? Solutions
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1852255
Follow at least steps A and B.
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I wish I had backed mine up but now my imei is at 0 and I don't know how to fix it without qspt
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TreasureMan said:
I wish I had backed mine up but now my imei is at 0 and I don't know how to fix it without qspt
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Ever since I uploaded from 4.0.3 ICS my phone has been getting "stuck"... The screen gets crazy if I touch it, the other buttons won't respond. The only way I seem to fix it for like 2 minutes is by locking it and unlocking it... When I bough it, it came with 4.0.3... Since then I moved from ROM to ROM...
4.0.3=>4.1.2
4.1.2=>4.2 Cyanogenmod
4.2=>4.1.2
4.1.2=>4.0.4
4.0.4=>4.3.1 BeanStalk
4.3.1 BeanStalk=>4.3 PAC
4.3 PAC=>4.3.1 BeanStalk
4.3.1 BeanStalk=>4.1.2
I left cyanogenmod because I didn't liked the look of my phone and because I wasn't able to play some of my favorite games.
I left BeanStalk because the camera.app kept crashing and forcing reboot.
I left PAC because the keyboard wouldn't show up and I wasn't able to finish the set up.
I left 4.0.4 because some apps were too new for it.
On 4.1.2 I get a lot of times stuck, but in other ROMs (even on Stock 4.0.4) the frequency of stucks were less...
I'm sorry for my awful english. I am from Argentina.
I'm really freaking out because each day my cellphone gets stuck even more!
Flash back to stock and if you still have problems it's probably a hardware problem. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26056924
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Flash back to stock and if you still have problems it's probably a hardware problem. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26056924
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I am on stock. I placed 4.1.2 without any name because I was trying to say "stock. Not a custom". But if it worked before perfect on 4.0.3. How is that possible? I mean my phone fell a couple of times but from by bed... I don't think it would harm it a lot since I have a carpet...
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How did you go back to stock though? Flashible zip or through Odin?
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How did you go back to stock though? Flashible zip or through Odin?
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Odin. I didn't felt safe through the flashable .zip
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Only thing I can think of is try a different cable going back to stock or you have faulty hardware??
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Only thing I can think of is try a different cable going back to stock or you have faulty hardware??
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I am on stock!! Everything was working great until I went from 4.0.3 to 4.1.2
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I am on stock!! Everything was working great until I went from 4.0.3 to 4.1.2
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They are saying do it again. Either something went wrong or your phones screwed quit being so hard headed about the advice we're giving. You came to us asking for answers remember that.
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TheCybertronian said:
They are saying do it again. Either something went wrong or your phones screwed quit being so hard headed about the advice we're giving. You came to us asking for answers remember that.
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Oh sorry I didn't understood before. Maybe it's screwed but the thing is that in BeanStalk it didn't got stuck but I wasn't able to use the camera. Also it didn't got stuck in PAC but the keyboard wouldn't show up and display error messages all the time. I might go back to 4.0.4 since it works better than 4.1.2 (in my case).
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Use Odin bro
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Use Odin bro
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I used it again to flash 4.1.2 (the one I was before) and still the same.
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xeiks said:
I used it again to flash 4.1.2 (the one I was before) and still the same.
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Move all your files(pics,movies,music etc) to your computer. Format everything and try Odin again. Make it like the phone was new right out of the box never used. Troubleshoot from there.
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xeiks said:
I used it again to flash 4.1.2 (the one I was before) and still the same.
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Did you try a different cable?
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Did you try a different cable?
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Yeah I bought a new samsung USB cable.
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EQ2192012 said:
Move all your files(pics,movies,music etc) to your computer. Format everything and try Odin again. Make it like the phone was new right out of the box never used. Troubleshoot from there.
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Ok I will try that.
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Move all your files(pics,movies,music etc) to your computer. Format everything and try Odin again. Make it like the phone was new right out of the box never used. Troubleshoot from there.
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Thanks!! So far my phone is working perfectly! I'm going to download my old apps one-by-one to see which doesn't work or could cause a problem.
EQ2192012 said:
Move all your files(pics,movies,music etc) to your computer. Format everything and try Odin again. Make it like the phone was new right out of the box never used. Troubleshoot from there.
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It's working good. It still happens sometimes but not as frequent as before
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xeiks said:
It's working good. It still happens sometimes but not as frequent as before
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I think it's cache/data from previous rom that was causing your full "stuck".
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I think it's cache/data from previous rom that was causing your full "stuck".
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But when I move from ROM to ROM I wipe it.... Thanks for the info anyway
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xeiks said:
But when I move from ROM to ROM I wipe it.... Thanks for the info anyway
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You think it's clean I'll bet there are some artifacts, also I'm doubting you format your SD cards.
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