Hello everyone!
I have accidentally factory reset my SIII and I need to recover all my photos. They are vacation photos from Disneyland. I didn't backup or put them in dropbox :crying: I know I am very stupid....I should have backup. I really need help here please...
All help appreciated! Thank you!
http://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard/free-data-recovery-software.htm
Try this, I used it when I erased my xbox's savegames on accident.
OR (and I forgot I even had this)... Download Undelete from the Market. It does require root, though.
Hello, if you have a backup, then do not worry, just what you need to restore the backed up data can be, if the phone's data if you accidentally deleted, I used a piece of software that can help you get back, you can try:http://www.freeiphonedatarecovery.com/
James R Rhodes said:
Hello, if you have a backup, then do not worry, just what you need to restore the backed up data can be, if the phone's data if you accidentally deleted, I used a piece of software that can help you get back, you can try:http://www.freeiphonedatarecovery.com/
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Ok I'm getting really tired of seeing new members post in old topics. I've pointed this out I think to you also. Why do you feel the need to do this? There is off topic for this EXACT reason
And fyi that's a link to iPhone data recovery. This is clearly an android/Windows phone site
From my CM11 S3
Hello.
I have Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 LTE (N8020). My device battery goes to 0%. I turned on device and I have charged battery.
I noticed that there is 'no service'... I checked IMEI and there is 'null / null' :/
I performed full wipe, flashed with boot+pda+modem+csc - no change.
Now I have XXBLL2 pda with root, imei on paper and 'no service'.
What I supposed to do?
Please help..
Regards.
Hope you did not flash any custom rom check the count if it is zero take it to a service center get it replaced
Run Triangle Away to reset rom counter .
Flash stock firmware and then factory reset to clear reset status from modified .
Otherwise its a no warranty job if Samsung spot its been customized or rooted .
jje
Does this help? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264021
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Mate, instead of using the recovery above and as your tablet will still be in warranty, TAKE IT BACK as long as you have restored stock.... You could go through these steps and still find you have no IMEI, need to take it back anyway. Why screw around with it more and chance Samsung charging you for replacement parts?
fards said:
Does this help? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264021
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no... in my EFS folder is... nothing :/ folder is blank.
I can do what I want with this tablet and still it can be repaired in the service, but it want to do it myself (before xmas).
I can flash / root etc. Simple question, it is possible? Can I for example take EFS folder from another tablet, and change IMEI or something like that?
can do what I want with this tablet and still it can be repaired in the service, but it want to do it myself (before xmas).
I can flash / root etc. Simple question, it is possible? Can I for example take EFS folder from another tablet,
No .
But their are illegal methods of changing the IMEI i believe .
Discussion of such is banned on XDA .
jje
JJEgan said:
can do what I want with this tablet and still it can be repaired in the service, but it want to do it myself (before xmas).
I can flash / root etc. Simple question, it is possible? Can I for example take EFS folder from another tablet,
No .
But their are illegal methods of changing the IMEI i believe .
Discussion of such is banned on XDA .
jje
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ah, I did't know. ok, so... xmas with 'no signal', and then I will take it to my samsung friends
Thanks all for help
Sounds like your EFS stuff has been fux0red somewhere along the. I'm thinking maybe there was some custom ROM flashing going on in its recent past? I've come so very close that 'oh what's the worst that could happen' moment myself mostly due to feeling like I'm the only person on the planet that has a lte vetsion of this device. N8020 just doesn't seem to have any development dome yet... anyway back on point...
Unless you have a back up of the efs partition its not something you can flash away and so will need warranty repairs or replacement by Samsung. You could try for DOA with the provider you 4ot through if its inside the timeframe, its either 14 days or 45 from memory but that's something that could backfire if you get a tech savvy sales person and the bust you. The first few posts are talking about making sure if you send it straight to Samsung that they don't bust you by the inbuilt flash counter. If they find its been flashed or the counter is >1 they will NOT cover it under warranty and you will be up for costs to repair. Can get a little expensive so best to be 100% this is sorted before submission. Ignore the poster above (mags69).. they must have not read the posts in full and are basically sending you to the wolves...
Search efs from I9100, I9000. Any of the note handsets 7xxx or whatever to learn why its so important to be sure you have that backup before going crazy. Worth a poke around in the file sysytem too IMO.. most,>90% from what I've seen, custom anythings flashed in cmw will do the backup by default. Seen it in folders, zips and nested deep in the sir structure. Like /mnt /sdcard /revo. Or /mnt /sdcard /checkrom/backup and so on.
Sorry for your troubles too mate.. sucks I know but with a calm and steady approach you should be able to come back from this with a lesson learned. Calm and steady and lie your ass off to Samsung
EDIT: maybe try a different modem. Hell its not going to make thing worse at this stage provided you don't hard brick your device somehow but obviously a lte stock modem would be the winner to try. Long, long shot though... worth the time to be sure on the other hand. I bet the efs at a different block address in the rom on these Ltd ones though and so its been overwritten or whatever cause the update has been coded to write at a specific block that's fine on say wifi version but due to the software differences on 3g or lte ones.
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ok. I'm Samsung employee so I can repair it in service any time
I have another N8020 with proper imei but I don't want to have 2 devices with the same imei (its possible? I think no )... changing imei is illegal - I know, but I want to change it to original one.
The best thing - I use original PDA very long time... Without any flashing etc (never custom pda), I was a happy user and what? I loose IMEI xD
I take it to service. Too much combination = brick...
Modem can fix nothing it does not touch EFS .
CWM flash does not always backup EFS so don't rely on that read the description .Tools are available to back up EFS folder .
Occasionally flashing a stock rom/ factory reset may repair EFS but not if no EFS folder .
XDA forum member ODIA has the most knowledge on this subject .
jje
EFS folder exist, but is empty. You mean that flashing dont create EFS folder? or that not every pda?
Flashing does not create EFS folder that's why rule one is backup EFS folder .
neither does CWM recovery backup EFS .
jje
great...
I flashed back to original latest boot/pda/modem/csc and...
*#1234#: modem: unknown...
in About Phone: Baseband: Unknown
grrr
legat90 said:
ok. I'm Samsung employee so I can repair it in service any time
I have another N8020 with proper imei but I don't want to have 2 devices with the same imei (its possible? I think no )... changing imei is illegal - I know, but I want to change it to original one.
The best thing - I use original PDA very long time... Without any flashing etc (never custom pda), I was a happy user and what? I loose IMEI xD
I take it to service. Too much combination = brick...
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Ah I see... well seems like there's one Samsung employee that needs to be asking the hard questions of his bosses.. haha could you imagine "boss my phone is fux0red for no good reason... fix it or I go public with what I know" hahahaha
That's a little disconcerting to know its bugged out without any flashing.. anyway back to the problem.. couldn't be as simple as getting the IMEI off the box or an invoice or even from your cellular provider from their records and just use whatever to restore it. It cannot be an illegal act to restore it the crime would be in changing it and therefore committing fraud over wire/telephony or whatever its called.. from my understanding its not the changing the number itself thats the criminal act but registering the fake IMEI on the network and using data or calling or texting is when you actually commit the chargeable offence. Same IMEI as original means no fraud or misrepresentation has taken place so no offence committed. You need that tech guru booth that sells cases but secretly the salesman has the mad skilz. They could do it no doubt at all. Hmm I remember a thread in the sgs2 boards about rebuilding the efs but from memory it was phone specific due to the address and the manual way you write the info.. sorry buddy outside my skillset so in terms of actually helping you get the right address to write to and what to write I'm no good to you. You need to find a guru in the sgs2/3 or similar that willing to help with this.
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there is a thread on the S2 forums on recovering from an EFS fubar.
Hi,
After installing a custom ROM, the IMEI reported by Android is different from the one on the sticker under the battery.
I believe the IMEI is somewhere in the 'efs' folder, but where exactly? There are all sorts of files and folders in that folder.
There is even a folder called 'imei', but it contains just one file called 'mps-code.dat', and that is only three bytes long, which isn't enough to contain the 15-digit IMEI.
Can anyone help?
Thanks,
Steve
(Phone is Samsung Galaxy Note 2 GT-N7100)
Steve Thackery said:
Hi,
After installing a custom ROM, the IMEI reported by Android is different from the one on the sticker under the battery.
I believe the IMEI is somewhere in the 'efs' folder, but where exactly? There are all sorts of files and folders in that folder.
There is even a folder called 'imei', but it contains just one file called 'mps-code.dat', and that is only three bytes long, which isn't enough to contain the 15-digit IMEI.
Can anyone help?
Thanks,
Steve
(Phone is Samsung Galaxy Note 2 GT-N7100)
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It's inside the efs folder in the root of your phone.
Backing it up eh?
eatsleep said:
It's inside the efs folder in the root of your phone.
Backing it up eh?
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No, my phone stopped working and I think it's because the IMEI has got corrupted when I was messing with various custom ROMs - it no longer matches the sticker. I want to figure out a way to fix it - I can't bear the thought that I've just bricked a fine phone that I paid good money for.
Where in the efs folder? There are loads of files and folders in there.
Thanks,
Steve
Wait wait,
You can't text or connect to the network?
Try flashing a official firmware and see if the IMEI matches...
It's not that simple to modify your IMEI n.o, special softwares are required to do this.... It's stored in .nv_data
Don't you have any efs backups?
IMEI getting corrupt is seen many times in s3 and note 2 devices....
And also, modifying your iMEi is illegal, but people out there use a software to do it.... May not be good to discuss this software here...
And one more thing, does your phone shows a generic IMEI number when you dial *#06* ?
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Wait wait,
You can't text or connect to the network?
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Thanks for replying, eatsleep. That's right - the whole phone works fine. It will see all the mobile networks in my area, and will register itself on mine (O2-UK). The only thing that doesn't work is voice telephony, SMS, and mobile data.
eatsleep said:
Try flashing a official firmware and see if the IMEI matches...
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Yeah, I've done that. No good, I'm afraid.
eatsleep said:
It's not that simple to modify your IMEI n.o, special softwares are required to do this.... It's stored in .nv_data
Don't you have any efs backups?
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Here I must admit to being a bloody fool. I didn't know what I was doing and messed about stupidly in CWM, mounting and unmounting, deleting, reformatting, and so on. Basically I was trying to follow several guides at the same time, and made a total mess of it.
And no, I didn't know about backing up the efs before I started.
eatsleep said:
IMEI getting corrupt is seen many times in s3 and note 2 devices....
And also, modifying your iMEi is illegal, but people out there use a software to do it.... May not be good to discuss this software here...
And one more thing, does your phone shows a generic IMEI number when you dial *#06* ?
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Not a generic one. It's really weird, because it's almost but not quite the same:
Sticker inside phone:
xxxxxx05861xxx3
*#06#:
xxxxxx05681xxx1
The ...86... has reversed to ...68... and the final 3 has become 1.
I'm an idiot and furious with myself.
Thanks again for any help you can give, though.
Steve
Wow! I've just seen how much it costs to buy that eight-tentacled device who's name shall not be mentioned.
$135 makes poor sense if it's only going to be used once. Perhaps the best idea is to check my local phone repairers until I find one who has the device?
Steve
Bumpety bump just this once:
Any chance of correcting the IMEI myself?
Thanks,
Steve
Steve Thackery said:
Thanks for replying, eatsleep. That's right - the whole phone works fine. It will see all the mobile networks in my area, and will register itself on mine (O2-UK). The only thing that doesn't work is voice telephony, SMS, and mobile data.
Yeah, I've done that. No good, I'm afraid.
Here I must admit to being a bloody fool. I didn't know what I was doing and messed about stupidly in CWM, mounting and unmounting, deleting, reformatting, and so on. Basically I was trying to follow several guides at the same time, and made a total mess of it.
And no, I didn't know about backing up the efs before I started.
Not a generic one. It's really weird, because it's almost but not quite the same:
Sticker inside phone:
The ...86... has reversed to ...68... and the final 3 has become 1.
I'm an idiot and furious with myself.
Thanks again for any help you can give, though.
Steve
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Hey babe..... please remove both of your IMEIs from here and never post them again in public. I'll post back in some time.... and your IMEI looks quite fine to me but still, lemme look for some time
And, your phone is not bricked, you've just got a bad IMEI
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Hey babe..... please remove both of your IMEIs from here and never post them again in public. I'll post back in some time.... and your IMEI looks quite fine to me but still, lemme look for some time
And, your phone is not bricked, you've just got a bad IMEI
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Thank you for replying! I've edited my post to remove the IMEI, as requested. Perhaps you could alter the one where you quote my message?
I realise everyone must say this, but I'm genuinely not trying to do anything questionable or immoral. I just want to restore the IMEI so it's the same as the one on the sticker.
Thanks,
Steve
Steve Thackery said:
Thank you for replying! I've edited my post to remove the IMEI, as requested. Perhaps you could alter the one where you quote my message?
I realise everyone must say this, but I'm genuinely not trying to do anything questionable or immoral. I just want to restore the IMEI so it's the same as the one on the sticker.
Thanks,
Steve
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Can't find some content for your device but please do one last precaution before following any more tutorials, backup your efs folder and place it in a safe place.......
If you don't find anything, I can provide you with some guides for s3 (my device ) but don't know if they'll work for you....
One advice, reset your phone and send it to any service center.... They may charge you if you are out of warranty.....
here is a random thread i found but I have a bad feeling about the person.... Carry on at your own risk but back up your current efs, it may be recoverable but can move to a unrecoverable state after some repair attempts so, we can have hope....
link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2141928&page=1
eatsleep said:
Can't find some content for your device but please do one last precaution before following any more tutorials, backup your efs folder and place it in a safe place.......
If you don't find anything, I can provide you with some guides for s3 (my device ) but don't know if they'll work for you....
One advice, reset your phone and send it to any service center.... They may charge you if you are out of warranty.....
here is a random thread i found but I have a bad feeling about the person.... Carry on at your own risk but back up your current efs, it may be recoverable but can move to a unrecoverable state after some repair attempts so, we can have hope....
link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2141928&page=1
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Thank you again, eatsleep! I really appreciate your continuing help.
I've gone about as deeply into this as I think I can, without trying even more bits of dodgy software from around the web which might make the situation worse. So, I think my next step should be to take it to a reputable service centre on a no-fix-no-fee basis. If they can't fix it either, then I'll regard it as a write-off and - on the grounds that there is nothing to lose - I'll have one last go with anything/everything I can find on the net.
Whatever the outcome I will report back so that others can benefit from my mistakes!
Thanks everyone who tried so hard to help - have a good weekend.
Steve
Steve Thackery said:
Thank you again, eatsleep! I really appreciate your continuing help.
I've gone about as deeply into this as I think I can, without trying even more bits of dodgy software from around the web which might make the situation worse. So, I think my next step should be to take it to a reputable service centre on a no-fix-no-fee basis. If they can't fix it either, then I'll regard it as a write-off and - on the grounds that there is nothing to lose - I'll have one last go with anything/everything I can find on the net.
Whatever the outcome I will report back so that others can benefit from my mistakes!
Thanks everyone who tried so hard to help - have a good weekend.
Steve
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Yeah, samsung can definitely help you, but again, be sure to make a backup of current efs to get back if situation gets worse!
And if you fail, then we can try some softwares out there, which might me improper to discuss here, but leave that for only when everything fails....
Wish you all the best
Sooo, my gf and I have same phones. S7 edge. I made back up of mine superstock rom. And made back up of hers rom. We decided to change phones becouse I bought rose gold very cheap and she has gold. So, my back up i transfered to pc, which later got corrupt I dont know why. And her back up tranfered to my phone. Wiped everything. Restored her back up, and by mistake recovered her efs in my phone. Now imei shows 000000. As I said, my back up corrupted, cant open on pc, twrp shows errors of corupted file...how can i recover my imei? Flashing stock clean rom via odin or samsung swich doesnt help...
Wixcee said:
Sooo, my gf and I have same phones. S7 edge. I made back up of mine superstock rom. And made back up of hers rom. We decided to change phones becouse I bought rose gold very cheap and she has gold. So, my back up i transfered to pc, which later got corrupt I dont know why. And her back up tranfered to my phone. Wiped everything. Restored her back up, and by mistake recovered her efs in my phone. Now imei shows 000000. As I said, my back up corrupted, cant open on pc, twrp shows errors of corupted file...how can i recover my imei? Flashing stock clean rom via odin or samsung swich doesnt help...
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Time to send it back to Samsung for a new board. That's if they have one. Other then that you can try flashing a compete stock rom but normally that doesn't happen.
You learned a lesson. Never restore a backup from a different device.
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Sooo, my gf and I have same phones. S7 edge. I made back up of mine superstock rom. And made back up of hers rom. We decided to change phones becouse I bought rose gold very cheap and she has gold. So, my back up i transfered to pc, which later got corrupt I dont know why. And her back up tranfered to my phone. Wiped everything. Restored her back up, and by mistake recovered her efs in my phone. Now imei shows 000000. As I said, my back up corrupted, cant open on pc, twrp shows errors of corupted file...how can i recover my imei? Flashing stock clean rom via odin or samsung swich doesnt help...
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Without an IMEI/EFS backup that was created before doing this, you're not gonna find much of a solution for restoring the device.
DO NOT CONTACT ME VIA PM TO RECEIVE HELP, YOU WILL BE IGNORED. KEEP IT IN THE THREADS WHERE EVERYONE CAN SHARE
eatsleep said:
Wait wait,
You can't text or connect to the network?
Try flashing a official firmware and see if the IMEI matches...
It's not that simple to modify your IMEI n.o, special softwares are required to do this.... It's stored in .nv_data
Don't you have any efs backups?
IMEI getting corrupt is seen many times in s3 and note 2 devices....
And also, modifying your iMEi is illegal, but people out there use a software to do it.... May not be good to discuss this software here...
And one more thing, does your phone shows a generic IMEI number when you dial *#06* ?
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Hi
I am using SM-N9500 samsung note 8 model, i frequently change the roms.. but last time i tried to install a custom rom and then i lost IMEI. i am getting error like IMEI-unknown, baseband- unknown, no network and sim cards not working..
i tried installing stock rom, custom roms, it was installing successfully but IMEI is not working. i didnt even back up my EFS folder. So, kindly help me to get back my IMEI.
please find below link to see all the procedures i followed and failed. kindly help me to restore my IMEI.
https://www.google.com/url?q=https:...246000&usg=AFQjCNF056_y5gTI2xpc9jM_I0ZlfkgpkA