Can i flash other firmware of s4 on my phone (shv-e300s). For example, i want to flash shv-e330s lollipop or indian's lollipop firmware for my shv-e300s. Will it work? Does my network/signal will be removed or still stays? Thanks for answer.
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Can i flash other firmware of s4 on my phone (shv-e300s). For example, i want to flash shv-e330s lollipop or indian's lollipop firmware for my shv-e300s. Will it work? Does my network/signal will be removed or still stays? Thanks for answer.
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It may work but there is no guarantee at all. Another region's firmware will include another modem version (May affect your signal / reception) and in some cases the partition table is different from the one your phone actually use, which means you can get trouble if you want to flash your region's firmware later. In any case make a backup of the phone's "EFS" partition to be sure your IMEI will not get lost and the phone become unusable.
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It may work but there is no guarantee at all. Another region's firmware will include another modem version (May affect your signal / reception) and in some cases the partition table is different from the one your phone actually use, which means you can get trouble if you want to flash your region's firmware later. In any case make a backup of the phone's "EFS" partition to be sure your IMEI will not get lost and the phone become unusable.
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I actually lost my IMEI before and lost my signal. Then i went to repair shop for a fix. They fixed the signal, but they haven't restored my original IMEI. it still shows fifteen 0(zeros)/01. how can i reshow it?
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I actually lost my IMEI before and lost my signal. Then i went to repair shop for a fix. They fixed the signal, but they haven't restored my original IMEI. it still shows fifteen 0(zeros)/01. how can i reshow it?
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You can't. For that you create a EFS backup BEFORE youn start modding your phone...
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You can't. For that you create a EFS backup BEFORE youn start modding your phone...
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but i can still backup my efs/IMEI even if it shows 000000000000000/01 ?
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but i can still backup my efs/IMEI even if it shows 000000000000000/01 ?
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"EFS" is one of the phones partitions storing somje data. You still can backup it, but thats not very usefull as the partition already got screwed up. With IMEI 0 you should not get any carrier signal // reception.
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"EFS" is one of the phones partitions storing somje data. You still can backup it, but thats not very usefull as the partition already got screwed up. With IMEI 0 you should not get any carrier signal // reception.
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so it means, backing up my efs doesn't do anything if ever i flash a different firmware and screwed up for restoring?
MarcJustCons said:
so it means, backing up my efs doesn't do anything if ever i flash a different firmware and screwed up for restoring?
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As long your phone is not usable for getting signal or accepting your simcard you will gain absolutely nothing my performing a EFS backup as there seems notghing on it that can be saved.
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As long your phone is not usable for getting signal or accepting your simcard you will gain absolutely nothing my performing a EFS backup as there seems notghing on it that can be saved.
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My phone is still usable and has signal. It means backing up still makes sense?
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My phone is still usable and has signal. It means backing up still makes sense?
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I'm really curious about it as your carrier will normally refuse establishing connections to simcard in a device with invalid IMEI but in that case backup your EFS.
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I'm really curious about it as your carrier will normally refuse establishing connections to simcard in a device with invalid IMEI but in that case backup your EFS.
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Me too. i think they changed my IMEI. i saw them holding another phone and checking the imei at the back of the phone while repairing my phone. Anyways, i will try backing up my efs. Thankyou so much! ^^
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Me too. i think they changed my IMEI. i saw them holding another phone and checking the imei at the back of the phone while repairing my phone. Anyways, i will try backing up my efs. Thankyou so much! ^^
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Please press the "thanks" button at the bottom of my posts if I helped you
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i will, for giving me a lot of informations and help.
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Hello,
I've been looking around for a solution for this issue.
My friend tried to root him phone, and I have no idea what he did... now his baseband is gone... Baseband version unknown.
I tried to install a new xxpe and then ddlf2 still no connection.
I'll get him to JellyBam A4 same as my phone. is there any file(s) I can copy from my phone to his to make it alive again?
his IMEI from *#06# is blank.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance
try this method..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1308546
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Hello,
I've been looking around for a solution for this issue.
My friend tried to root him phone, and I have no idea what he did... now his baseband is gone... Baseband version unknown.
I tried to install a new xxpe and then ddlf2 still no connection.
I'll get him to JellyBam A4 same as my phone. is there any file(s) I can copy from my phone to his to make it alive again?
his IMEI from *#06# is blank.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance
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since IMEI is blank, i think the only solution there is to go to service center and let them repair it..but, if u have backup the EFS folder which contains the important files then there's a 99% u can use the phone..flashing on different ROM wont make the problem to be solve since IMEI is blank, just like my phone with no IMEI, now it is just like IPOD touch..hehe
Well he didn't back anything up.. lol
What if I took my working EFS file from my phone to his, will that work?
will he get the same IMEI as me?
can I mod the file(s) to his number, which I have from under the battery slot?
the_blue_wyvern said:
Well he didn't back anything up.. lol
What if I took my working EFS file from my phone to his, will that work?
will he get the same IMEI as me?
can I mod the file(s) to his number, which I have from under the battery slot?
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you're thinking is good that you want to ask for his EFS but sadly it is not possible coz IMEI is a unique identifier for every phone just like a PRODUCT KEYS to every computer, if that detected that 2 IMEI was using, one will be blocked..that's what i think..
if we can mod IMEI then i think no one will be having problem if in case there's IMEI has been lost..right?
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you're thinking is good that you want to ask for his EFS but sadly it is not possible coz IMEI is a unique identifier for every phone just like a PRODUCT KEYS to every computer, if that detected that 2 IMEI was using, one will be blocked..that's what i think..
if we can mod IMEI then i think no one will be having problem if in case there's IMEI has been lost..right?
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well, I know it is unique, and I do have his original IMEI.
and as far as I read it can be restored in case you already made a EFS backup.
so my phone has a working IMEI files... same phone, only diff numbers.. they have to be encrypted at some level, and we are talking about android here, probably not encrypted.. I Don't know.
guess it is a long shot... but maybe I can alter my numbers to his...
IMEI and product serial number, all the data is written under the battery slot.
I'm no developer just thinking out loud... lol, maybe someone can light up the way for me, if my idea makes any sense on any level.
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well, I know it is unique, and I do have his original IMEI.
and as far as I read it can be restored in case you already made a EFS backup.
so my phone has a working IMEI files... same phone, only diff numbers.. they have to be encrypted at some level, and we are talking about android here, probably not encrypted.. I Don't know.
guess it is a long shot... but maybe I can alter my numbers to his...
IMEI and product serial number, all the data is written under the battery slot.
I'm no developer just thinking out loud... lol, maybe someone can light up the way for me, if my idea makes any sense on any level.
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i tried last night flashing the default IMEI and i can say that my phone got signal although its IMEI is not the original one..hehe but i think its ok for a while as long as u can use the phone..right?i am also seeking for the answer to be solve on IMEI issues if someone hasn;t back up there EFS like me
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i tried last night flashing the default IMEI and i can say that my phone got signal although its IMEI is not the original one..hehe but i think its ok for a while as long as u can use the phone..right?i am also seeking for the answer to be solve on IMEI issues if someone hasn;t back up there EFS like me
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So now you have 2 phones running on same IMEI number?
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So now you have 2 phones running on same IMEI number?
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wrong understanding..hehe i have 1 phone and becoz of my laziness flashing some ROMS my IMEI has been corrupted and never been use for a months, and after how many days, weeks or months searching and reading here at xda for an answer, i found out and tried that we can use fake IMEI which starts at 0049xxxx and flashed it, now i can use my phone now with fake IMEI and i am happy with that eventhough it is not the orignal one..now i am thinking what will be the risk if we use the fake IMEI and asking here at xda..i open new thread, hoping for someone will explain it to me.
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wrong understanding..hehe i have 1 phone and becoz of my laziness flashing some ROMS my IMEI has been corrupted and never been use for a months, and after how many days, weeks or months searching and reading here at xda for an answer, i found out and tried that we can use fake IMEI which starts at 0049xxxx and flashed it, now i can use my phone now with fake IMEI and i am happy with that eventhough it is not the orignal one..now i am thinking what will be the risk if we use the fake IMEI and asking here at xda..i open new thread, hoping for someone will explain it to me.
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care to share how to set up phone with the fake IMEI?
would be grateful..
Hello everyone,
I wanted to move all the contents of one Nexus 5 to another one, but I'm learning that I might have failed to properly account for the EFS partition and now my phone has an IMEI of "0" and won't register with T-Mobile. I'm not sure how to restore it at this point, as no backup of this phone was ever taken (it was stock).
Can anyone point me in the right direction? I did find someone else who had this problem here:
http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/85807/nexus-5-imei-0-how-to-restore-imei
and that led me to
http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...t/modem-nexus-5-flashable-modems-efs-t2514095
which had a script for, I think, helping to download or export the EFS information. Problem is that this phone doesn't have any IMEI info any longer! I do have another N5 I can use if needed to extract what I need and then perhaps I can edit the IMEI manually?
Thanks a lot everyone
Sorry to say, but there is no fix short of sending it to LG and they'll charge you
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I lost my IMEI a while ago when flashing a openmaster build (that's pure aosp). Reflashed stock by factory images/flash-all.sh, got my IMEI back no sweat.
a maguro wrote this.
beekay201 said:
I lost my IMEI a while ago when flashing a openmaster build (that's pure aosp). Reflashed stock by factory images/flash-all.sh, got my IMEI back no sweat.
a maguro wrote this.
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That's a lot different than flashing a nandroid from a different device with the efs partition
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Not sure if it's possible but you could try... I'm thinking it may be possible to edit the nandroid with the EFS part to the IMEI of the 2nd device. Your device should have the IMEI sticker on the back, so you could try to replace the IMEI in the nandroid to the one on the back of the phone. Hopefully you understand what I'm trying to stay and good luck with it.
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Tampering with the imei is illegal
procitysam said:
Not sure if it's possible but you could try... I'm thinking it may be possible to edit the nandroid with the EFS part to the IMEI of the 2nd device. Your device should have the IMEI sticker on the back, so you could try to replace the IMEI in the nandroid to the one on the back of the phone. Hopefully you understand what I'm trying to stay and good luck with it.
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This is what I was thinking of doing. How would I get the EFS part from the 2nd device? Would I use TWRP to back that part up, then try to restore only that onto the old phone (after replacing the original, proper IMEI from the label)?
Thanks!
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Tampering with the imei is illegal
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Only if your changing it to another. In this case the OP would be legal to try and restore the correct IMEI to the phone.
I've done a backup on the other phone of just EFS, and have three files:
efs1.emmc.win
efs2.emmc.win
recovery.log
But I can't get anything out of the two .win files. I tried changing their extensions to .zip, .tar, and .tar.gz, but none allow me to open them with 7-Zip. And even if I did, they're each about 3MB in size and I wouldn't know where to look for the IMEI. If anyone has any thoughts I would appreciate them.
Thanks
jd1639 said:
That's a lot different than flashing a nandroid from a different device with the efs partition
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still, recovering /efs... forget copying it from another device.. just flash factory images.
beekay201 said:
still, recovering /efs... forget copying it from another device.. just flash factory images.
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I've tried that twice already. Factory images would be awesome for me if they worked. After I do it, the IMEI is still zero.
It seems that everyone feels I am trying to do something illegal. On the contrary, I'm just trying to get the phone to work with its own IMEI short of sending it back to LG, which I will do if I have to, but I thought this would be a lot easier to do given that I have two Nexus 5s right hear to play with, and the IMEI stickers still on both of the phones. I read that on the Nexus 5 that stuff is stored in EFS, and erasing it was a total noob mistake (even though I've been flashing phone ROMs for years and years now), since I never suspected that IMEI info would be in non-hardware areas of the phone. Live and learn, I guess.
beekay201 said:
I lost my IMEI a while ago when flashing a openmaster build (that's pure aosp). Reflashed stock by factory images/flash-all.sh, got my IMEI back no sweat.
a maguro wrote this.
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I will do it again. I flashed factory quite a few times with no luck. I then installed TWRP again just in case I find a way to recover or reinstall the EFS partition. So that's the current state of the phone.
sshanky said:
I will do it again. I flashed factory quite a few times with no luck. I then installed TWRP again just in case I find a way to recover or reinstall the EFS partition. So that's the current state of the phone.
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You could try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51823398. But from my experience the only way you're going to get the imei back is to send it to LG
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theesotericone said:
Only if your changing it to another. In this case the OP would be legal to try and restore the correct IMEI to the phone.
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Suppose it depends on the law you read and how you interoperate it but most of them generically say something like "tamper" or "modify". Either way though, all discussion of it is banned.
jd1639 said:
You could try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51823398. But from my experience the only way you're going to get the imei back is to send it to LG
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I just checked that out, and it looks interesting. However, someone asked if it rebuilds EFS and the answer was "no".
If anyone has any way to explain something to me in general terms, so that they do not feel they are discussing anything illegal, I would appreciate it a lot. Or a PM, or any roundabout way of discussing it...anything that can help me would be great.
Thanks
Did you ever do a TWRP backup?
Tried LG flash tool but it did not restore the IMEI.
sshanky said:
Tried LG flash tool but it did not restore the IMEI.
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As mentioned. Unless you have an efs backup from the second device before restoring. You're screwed. Send it to LG for paid repair. It won't cost much.
After multiple flashing of ROMs and kernels, suddenly my baseband has gone (Unknown) and IMEI too . After reading multiple forums, I figured out that it might be a corrupted EFS and my phone is not under warranty everything works fine...wifi, bluetooth etc...only no cellular signal...please help guys already flashed factory images (KK and Lollipop) and tried few custom roms....but same problem Was on latest optipop with Code blue r793 :crying:
Thanks in Advance
Fastboot flash stock cache.img usually fixes this. Not seen many EFS issues on nexus 5. Mainly Samsung has this problem
rootSU said:
Fastboot flash stock cache.img usually fixes this. Not seen many EFS issues on nexus 5. Mainly Samsung has this problem
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Thanks for the reply but it did not work mate flashed entire stock rom by method 1 and 2 and also flashed cache.img seperately
rootSU said:
Fastboot flash stock cache.img usually fixes this. Not seen many EFS issues on nexus 5. Mainly Samsung has this problem
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Please help friend, went to Lg Service Center and they say motherboard needs to be changed...about $230 ...tried flashing many custom roms, stock KK and Lollipop latest versions...I backed up my modemst1 and modemst2 and flashed a friend's EFS...the situation improved...baseband shows correctly but IMEI 0 and no cellular network though signal is there....I can see the signal bar full and also E for EDGe written but whn I try to call, no network. When I reflash my EFS files, it is back to unknown IMEI and baseband Please help mate as I see you are very much experienced in this...Thanks a ton in advance
No offence but can also donate you some $$s for your cause....
Try using this
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Please help friend, went to Lg Service Center and they say motherboard needs to be changed...about $230 ...tried flashing many custom roms, stock KK and Lollipop latest versions...I backed up my modemst1 and modemst2 and flashed a friend's EFS...the situation improved...baseband shows correctly but IMEI 0 and no cellular network though signal is there....I can see the signal bar full and also E for EDGe written but whn I try to call, no network. When I reflash my EFS files, it is back to unknown IMEI and baseband Please help mate as I see you are very much experienced in this...Thanks a ton in advance
No offence but can also donate you some $$s for your cause....
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Afraid not mate . Messing with the EFS is illegal in some countries - and there's not much we can do anyway. The only ones who can help you are the guys at LG - keep pestering them until they agree to rewrite your efs.
Why did you not flash your own number. It's on the box and inside the back cover of the phone. To use a friends is stupid and illegal. You can't have two phones with the same number. It's highly illegal.
2G Only
Well, Managed to get back my IMEI as one of the local repair guys injected it...donno how bust maybe using Octoplus Box....But now stuck with 2G only as if I try to switch to 3G/4G, it does not work and phone reboots. Tried multiple roms, LG Flash tool...no resort....any help wud be highly appreciated
RajRockyBalboa said:
Well, Managed to get back my IMEI as one of the local repair guys injected it...donno how bust maybe using Octoplus Box....But now stuck with 2G only as if I try to switch to 3G/4G, it does not work and phone reboots. Tried multiple roms, LG Flash tool...no resort....any help wud be highly appreciated
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Bring it back to the repair shop. To riffbox it he would of had to solder some stuff to make it work. I'd bet that solder got somewhere it's not supposed to.
theesotericone said:
Bring it back to the repair shop. To riffbox it he would of had to solder some stuff to make it work. I'd bet that solder got somewhere it's not supposed to.
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The Local Guy did not open the phone....he did some software only changes...
RajRockyBalboa said:
The Local Guy did not open the phone....he did some software only changes...
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Interesting. He just used an IMEI switcher app then? Check and make sure your APNs are correct. That could cause loss of 4g but shouldn't ever cause the phone to reboot.
theesotericone said:
Interesting. He just used an IMEI switcher app then? Check and make sure your APNs are correct. That could cause loss of 4g but shouldn't ever cause the phone to reboot.
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I checked my APNs and am using the same ones I had earlier. Reboot does not happen if I fix my connection to 2g...anyways, I read on XDA that flashing back my QCN file of any other D821 using QPST might solve this..I also have a file which this person shared. (QCN does not hold IMEI info but only NV backup). Can someone guide me whether this will work and if yes, how do I do it?
RajRockyBalboa said:
I checked my APNs and am using the same ones I had earlier. Reboot does not happen if I fix my connection to 2g...anyways, I read on XDA that flashing back my QCN file of any other D821 using QPST might solve this..I also have a file which this person shared. (QCN does not hold IMEI info but only NV backup). Can someone guide me whether this will work and if yes, how do I do it?[/QUOTE
You may have to use the tools capable of flashing stuff to swap CDMA carriers to get AA passwords n stuff back. And its illegal to swap ESN/imei in some countries but i don't see harm in repairing what u broke as long as info is original to Device
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Tampering with the imei is illegal
dicecuber said:
Tampering with the imei is illegal
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You sure like saying that.
(d) Exception- Subsection (b) shall not apply to the manufacturer of a mobile device or a person who repairs or refurbishes a mobile device unless the manufacturer or person knows that the mobile device or part involved is stolen.'.
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From here:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:S.3186.IS:
That bill didn't pass but one like it did. I can't find it right now but you get the idea. FCC regs also allow for REPAIRING of it.
XDA however won't really allow any talk of how to do that because in some countries it is illegal. Plus they gotta cover their arse. So I'll just leave it it that.
No tampering with IMEI here
Thanks for the replies. But I am at all not wanting to tamper with my Imei.. Infact the imei is stable and fixed... I just want my 3g back... Rest of the phone is working perfectly fine
TL: My efs partition got screwed so my phone doesn't get service which is sad, But when I turn it on, after just working for a few minutes, it just reboots, which is very annoying, does anyone have a solution for this?
Long Version:
I was on the bus home when my phone went out of charge and died, after getting home I plugged it in, but it was stuck on a Loop, which led to me flashing a bunch of Kernels, and ROMs, later one ROM did work and the phone booted up, but my IMEI was gone so I knew my efs partition was screwed, and I just gave up, I still want to use my Nexus 5 as a normal but without the phone feature, which is somewhat okay,
and One weird problem that came to mind is I cannot install any ROM with version 5.0.2, it just won't boot up, but 5.0.1 is okay...but my phone just Reboots every 1-10 mins, I don't know what the problem is, and I don't know how to check whether or not its the power button, anyone have a good idea for solving this ?
You must have corrupted persist partition. Same as here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/nexus-5-bootloop-t3047895 the strange thing you both have is that you experience reboot. Are you on lollipop rom?
Also to fix persist follow this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/guide-to-fix-persist-partition-t2821576
bitdomo said:
You must have corrupted persist partition. Same as here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/nexus-5-bootloop-t3047895 the strange thing you both have is that you experience reboot. Are you on lollipop rom?
Also to fix persist follow this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/guide-to-fix-persist-partition-t2821576
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Yes I'm on a Lollipop rom, and I already applied the presist fix, it didn't change anything.
Did you try to flash stock google image?
Sharo93 said:
Yes I'm on a Lollipop rom, and I already applied the presist fix, it didn't change anything.
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kirmr said:
Did you try to flash stock google image?
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Try to flash cache.img in fastboot. If it still does not help, then your EFS is indeed corrupted. I wish I knew a method to fixing efs.
kirmr said:
Did you try to flash stock google image?
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Yes I already did, I have almost tried everything, short of sending it to repairs which I can't because where I live there is no such place.
bitdomo said:
Try to flash cache.img in fastboot. If it still does not help, then your EFS is indeed corrupted. I wish I knew a method to fixing efs.
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I already did that...I know the efs is corrupted...the only fix i think is using something like Octoplus Box or something
Sharo93 said:
TL: My efs partition got screwed so my phone doesn't get service which is sad, But when I turn it on, after just working for a few minutes, it just reboots, which is very annoying, does anyone have a solution for this?
Long Version:
I was on the bus home when my phone went out of charge and died, after getting home I plugged it in, but it was stuck on a Loop, which led to me flashing a bunch of Kernels, and ROMs, later one ROM did work and the phone booted up, but my IMEI was gone so I knew my efs partition was screwed, and I just gave up, I still want to use my Nexus 5 as a normal but without the phone feature, which is somewhat okay,
and One weird problem that came to mind is I cannot install any ROM with version 5.0.2, it just won't boot up, but 5.0.1 is okay...but my phone just Reboots every 1-10 mins, I don't know what the problem is, and I don't know how to check whether or not its the power button, anyone have a good idea for solving this ?
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I have pretty much the same issue you do so I'm going to stay posted here.
Do you have an old TWRP backup?
Try to restore any TWRP backup you made of your phone.
Unless you unchecked If you checked that option before making the backup, the EFS partition should be present in the backup.
Best of luck
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I have pretty much the same issue you do so I'm going to stay posted here.
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The efs is not gonna get fixed unless you have special tools for it, but the random reboots have spotted ever since I installed the Pure White ROM
joegestes said:
Try to restore any TWRP backup you made of your phone.
Unless you unchecked that option before making the backup, the EFS partition should be present in the backup.
Best of luck
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Unfortunately I don't have such a back up, I do however have access to two other Nexus 5s, which i don't want to mess with their IMEI because google might block something and them getting screwed is a no-no...I don't know if my Phone service provider would mind if They see the same IMEI coming up on there system twice, but I don't wanna risk it..
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Unfortunately I don't have such a back up, I do however have access to two other Nexus 5s, which i don't want to mess with their IMEI because google might block something and them getting screwed is a no-no...I don't know if my Phone service provider would mind if They see the same IMEI coming up on there system twice, but I don't wanna risk it..
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Do not try to restore an efs from another device. It won't work and you'll make your problem worse.
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Sharo93 said:
Unfortunately I don't have such a back up, I do however have access to two other Nexus 5s, which i don't want to mess with their IMEI because google might block something and them getting screwed is a no-no...I don't know if my Phone service provider would mind if They see the same IMEI coming up on there system twice, but I don't wanna risk it..
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Man that sucks
Lesson learned I guess, always make a full backup of your device in its original factory state when you buy it.
Sorry for your loss
After numerous reinstallations CM and other roms I caught a strange bug.
Now I is not working WiFi and BT, fm radio. it does not matter at what firmware. on miui or custom rom. also after the installation of any version of miui version puts custom it is not work... black screen(
MAC address blank in the information about phone.
Are there any ideas how to deal with it and how to fix the phone?
I use fastboot and twrp for install rom. not use mi recovery
to @sharan.nyn There is a special version of tvrp that makes backups of absolutely all partitions. You can do it and send me?
Can you tell me how to take backup and what exactly will be the file size. I think it would big files.
sharan.nyn said:
Can you tell me how to take backup and what exactly will be the file size. I think it would big files.
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Yes, they are big, but probably can not backup such as the cache systems date. then the backup will be small.
Oh damn. I have a very limited bandwidth. It would take me hours or even days to upload such a file. I hope someone with a better bandwidth can help you
sharan.nyn said:
Oh damn. I have a very limited bandwidth. It would take me hours or even days to upload such a file. I hope someone with a better bandwidth can help you
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByzOayL0qwKaa0UwMFlkaG1XNEE/view?usp=sharing
It tvrp backup for all sections.
Make a backup without system, Dalvik cache, data, cache. Maybe he will not be big, and you can upload it. I have no one else to ask.
Where did you get the recovery image? And is it compatible with our device? I think it must be compiled for our device for it work.
This changed magdag twrp recovery. It is fully compatible. it makes a full backup.
backup size ~100-150mb without system cash data dalvikcash
PavelPerm said:
This changed magdag twrp recovery. It is fully compatible. it makes a full backup.
backup size ~100-150mb without system cash data dalvikcash
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Sorry dude I didnt get a notification for the quote. I have backed up. It was about 30 partitions and its 380MB. I'll try to upload it ASAP and send you the link.
Update: Haha compressed it with winrar 5. Used the best compression and got it to be 30MB.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4UT4dU4LpjJMExhSlJtVE9FeUk
Thank you man! I will test it tonight or tomorrow!
PavelPerm said:
Thank you man! I will test it tonight or tomorrow!
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Ok great. Keep us posted on the status
sharan.nyn said:
Ok great. Keep us posted on the status
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PavelPerm said:
Thank you man! I will test it tonight or tomorrow!
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I would advise you not to flash ALL PARTITIONS of one device on to another. This is due to the fact that it includes EFS partition which is unique in a way that it contains your IMEI # and other details which are unique to every device. This can brick your phone permenantly. A flash without ESF partition can be great.
Good luck !
Usually BT, WiFi, Radio trouble occurs it you have messed up with your motherboard hardware values. Try going back to the ROM you were before on and make sure you haven't flashed any wrong radio for your device. ( like your radio was meant for India and you flashed China or any other firmware. )
Do quote back in case you expect an answer!
after installing a full backup does not run the sim card. If you load Fail ESF from its own backup, the SIM card is starting to work, but the WiFi did not work. From this it follows that mi4i imei stored somewhere else and booting phone compares it imei. The question is, where are still kept IIMEI files?
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after installing a full backup does not run the sim card. If you load Fail ESF from its own backup, the SIM card is starting to work, but the WiFi did not work. From this it follows that mi4i imei stored somewhere else and booting phone compares it imei. The question is, where are still kept IIMEI files?
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I have a similar problem to you : after a hardbrick, my IMEI files are uknown. How did you manage to install the backup given by sharan.nyn ?
BTW, when you backup the EFS with Mi4i toolkit, two files are shown : /dev/block/mmcblk0p20 and mmcblk0p21. I don't know what to do with that, but I'm pretty sure they have IMEI in them.
i am facing similar issue but my sim is not detecting on first slot but it is detecting on second slot
even my imei is showing correctly should is go for replacement coz i bought it few days back