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People still losing their imei's?

Im going to root my phone tomorrow, but im curious if people are still losing imei's?
Any feedback is great. Thanks
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You can just back it up before you root your phone, but I haven't seen anything posted last couple days.
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You back it up before rooting? How would I go about doing this? Thanks
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Only thing I've really seen regarding the imei in the past few weeks are threads asking if its still a problem!
Imo, at this point its just not really worth worrying about.
It probably will happen again and probably will never really be solved, but we have the ability to backup and restore now and both cwm and twrp have since been updated.
Its just not as big an issue anymore as people seem to think.
Just how I see it anyway.
Don't let the imei bug ruin your fun!
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PulseMonkey said:
You back it up before rooting? How would I go about doing this? Thanks
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804123
use that. i think this is the standard for backing up your IMEI. i just rooted today after holding off because of this issue. i havn't flashed anything yet but i have gone through most of the major ROM forums and nothing pertaining to the search term "IMEI" has popped up in the past few days besides just asking about it. I am still a tiny bit apprehensive on flashing just because of the potential issues and the fact that this phone works pretty well on its own. things were so much easier in the MT4G days ha.

There's also a thread by peoplearmy that should be linked in geeks thread as well.
If you're to nervous about what could happen, you should probably just skip rooting altogether. Not trying to be rude, but all things dealing with root come with risk. The number of imei losses is really quite low when you think about how many people have rooted dozens of times with no issues.
Id bet there have been more bricked S3's due to flashing international roms than there have been imei problems.
Just thought id try to add a little perspective!
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Hey would you mind linking the people army thread? I feel like rooting usually comes with risk but that risk is generally user error and a inability to read instructions or use common sense. This imei issue however is scary because no matter how careful you are it could get lost. I have even read about people after losing their imei and restoring it still not getting 4g
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997
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PulseMonkey said:
Im going to root my phone tomorrow, but im curious if people are still losing imei's?
Any feedback is great. Thanks
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Yep ive lost mine for the first time its backed up but ive read and read and read and dont see how to use the tar.gz files. Any help would be cool. thanks

Rayn1328 said:
Yep ive lost mine for the first time its backed up but ive read and read and read and dont see how to use the tar.gz files. Any help would be cool. thanks
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Just follow the back up and restore guide if you were able to backup you can restore
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Jms122589 said:
Just follow the back up and restore guide if you were able to backup you can restore
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I've seen a ton of guides including the k tool which won't work on our T-Mobile version? My backup was done automatically when I flashed something else so now I have an efs backup file I can't figure out what to do with. Thought it was a simple flash through odin but that isn't the case it seems, and the nv viewer keeps not opening. Thanks again.
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Rayn1328 said:
I've seen a ton of guides including the k tool which won't work on our T-Mobile version? My backup was done automatically when I flashed something else so now I have an efs backup file I can't figure out what to do with. Thought it was a simple flash through odin but that isn't the case it seems, and the nv viewer keeps not opening. Thanks again.
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Ok, every thing on the t-mobile sgs3 xda thread should work for our phone...so if you try anything else I guess that's your fault. Also nothing backs up when you flash it you have to make a back up with your recovery. Also if you read any of the stickied guids before you rooted you would have known odin had nothing to do with imei.. you can PM me for more help
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PulseMonkey said:
Im going to root my phone tomorrow, but im curious if people are still losing imei's?
Any feedback is great. Thanks
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Definitely something to think about. I've read that even tho you can backup your imei, some of those that has restored, began having problems with extremely slow data service.
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Jms122589 said:
Ok, every thing on the t-mobile sgs3 xda thread should work for our phone...so if you try anything else I guess that's your fault. Also nothing backs up when you flash it you have to make a back up with your recovery. Also if you read any of the stickied guids before you rooted you would have known odin had nothing to do with imei.. you can PM me for more help
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OK....I understand what odin is I've been doing this stuff for a couple years so I also understand the importance of reading everything I can. I assumed since the efs file is a .tar file it was as simple as flashing it through odin. Again I will scour the site to find the right tools and procedure . I am looking at the correct file its an efs backup .tar.gz file? Thanks again and is there one specific link that is a proven working guide?
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Rayn1328 said:
OK....I understand what odin is I've been doing this stuff for a couple years so I also understand the importance of reading everything I can. I assumed since the efs file is a .tar file it was as simple as flashing it through odin. Again I will scour the site to find the right tools and procedure . I am looking at the correct file its an efs backup .tar.gz file? Thanks again and is there one specific link that is a proven working guide?
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Yea this imei stuff can be confusing but for guides how to back up and restore look at my post in the first page of this thread. Its a guide how to back up, restore, and create an imei ifn you didnt back up but lost it.
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Jms122589 said:
Yea this imei stuff can be confusing but for guides how to back up and restore look at my post in the first page of this thread. Its a guide how to back up, restore, and create an imei ifn you didnt back up but lost it.
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Has anyone, that has backed up with the su > reboot nvbackup, reported that they have lost their IMEI?

I just lost my IMEI and like an idiot I never backed it up. Is there a method for re-injecting it without a backup or am I screwed?

Check peoplearmy and geeks threads.
Check in dev section.
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lost my emei 2 weeks ago but followed peoplearmy's thread but now i have it backed up and its good to go
PulseMonkey said:
Im going to root my phone tomorrow, but im curious if people are still losing imei's?
Any feedback is great. Thanks
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HELP PLEASE...beats Audio/Softbrick on Mac

Hello,
well I just installed beats audio on my Galaxy S3 I747M, it asked me to reboot the phone and now I am stuck at the Samsung screen the only
computer that I have is a MAC is there anyway to unbrick my S3???

BUMP

Are you rooted? If so then can you get into recovery. If so I hope you have a backup handy.if not then search heimdall its a program like odin for Mac I believe
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carhustler said:
Are you rooted? If so then can you get into recovery. If so I hope you have a backup handy.if not then search heimdall its a program like odin for Mac I believe
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Hey my phone is rooted but I don't have a backup!!...I also already have Hemidall already downloaded so what is the next process??

I've never used heimdall, I have Windows but go to galaxys3root.com and there is a guide there on how to root. Just follow those steps and it should work. You will lose all the data on your internal sdcard though
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TheModifier said:
Hello,
well I just installed beats audio on my Galaxy S3 I747M, it asked me to reboot the phone and now I am stuck at the Samsung screen the only
computer that I have is a MAC is there anyway to unbrick my S3???
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Did you install that from the market? If so that app has bricked countless sg3's including mine. That app should have a warning or just be removed from the market its terrible, there are other ways to get beats installed without bricking your device!!
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What other ways are there could you please help me out
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rmayesjr said:
What other ways are there could you please help me out
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Give pimp my rom a try it has an installer for beats audio
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carhustler said:
I've never used heimdall, I have Windows but go to galaxys3root.com and there is a guide there on how to root. Just follow those steps and it should work. You will lose all the data on your internal sdcard though
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DO NOT! AND I MEAN DO NOT USE GALAXYS3ROOT.COM! STAY on this Forum and search a little and you will find your answer!
And carhustler, dont direct anyone else to that page, its is known and has been said HUNDREDS of times that his method has hardbricked numerous devices..

qbking77 is the best dude to follow how to root thats how i rooted my phone

Tdiliplane said:
DO NOT! AND I MEAN DO NOT USE GALAXYS3ROOT.COM! STAY on this Forum and search a little and you will find your answer!
And carhustler, dont direct anyone else to that page, its is known and has been said HUNDREDS of times that his method has hardbricked numerous devices..
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I agree DO NOT USE that site. But my main reason for visiting this thread was to say Beats sucks. Get good headphones and PowerAmp and you should get way better sound quality.

amzi said:
qbking77 is the best dude to follow how to root thats how i rooted my phone
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im sorry then i thought it was a ZEDOMAX site, he had the galaxys2root webpage. either way stay here, xda has all the answers you need if not, create a thread.

i softbricked my s3 the same way,noob mistake of not backing up my rom :/ . all i did was flash recovery, went on search for a custom rom flashed it and was back to using my s3 again .

[Q] Where is the 4G toggle?

Hi guys I need help finding out on how to turn on 4G because I am constantly on Edge/2G, there's nothing in settings and I have tried several apps from the Play Store but nothing helps. Any suggestions?

Check your IMEI.

Aerowinder said:
Check your IMEI.
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EDIT: Okay I see its 0...

Im doing Odin back to stock maybe that would help?
Edit: I just realized that when I tried getting my IMEI back I deleted the efs folder but I did make backup of it so now im in Factory Mode and even if I Odin back to stock it didn't do a thing, everything I had is still there.
Edit 2nd time: Out of factory mode but I cant figure out how to restore IMEI, any help?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997

Thetenthdr said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997
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THanks you saved me from having a heart attack :highfive:

Still no 4g
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52me52 said:
Still no 4g
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Read and search there are plenty of talks about this. You'll find your answer quicker instead of waiting to be spoonfed.
T-Mobile SGS III

52me52 said:
Still no 4g
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Is your IMEI still at 0, or did you get it back to what it should be?
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If your IMEI is at 0, you need to follow the IMEI injection section of the first post of the thread I linked. If you have recovered your IMEI and still have data connection issues, you need to see Post 3 of the same thread.

Thanks for the help I got it working
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Good to hear
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[Q] IMEI corrupted at&t galaxy s 3

Hello, ok i need some help, i was running my at&t galaxy s3 on cyanogenmode 10.1 RC4, upgraded it to RC5, out of the sudden my IMEI was gone, super poor signal and very limited connection. I went back to factory settings thinking it would help, needless to say nothing happened.
Does anybody knows a way to fix that issue?

Two second search just for you
These forums are chalk full of info a search away
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804117
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KorGuy123 said:
Two second search just for you
These forums are chalk full of info a search away
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804117
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thanks, but for some reason that file is not working.... anybody else , man i really need to fix it...

alexrangel said:
thanks, but for some reason that file is not working.... anybody else , man i really need to fix it...
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My t989 is network lock(region lock)now if i flash it what happen .it will unlock or

I bring tmobile galaxy s2 in india from america now the question is how i unlock sim lock.i rooted this device if i flash it then it work properly or not ?.i try several other methods but it will not work like
1-i use RegionLock Away app
2-i also use*#197328640#method
I tired now please if any one have idea about to how get this problem over then please let me know. Thanks
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This is a free method to carrier unlock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024514
Read the instructions in the opening post very carefully.
It requires being on ICS 4.0.4. Read through the thread from last page back for help finding links that work.
It works, I've done it recently.

If you are referring to flashing a new ROM, then no it would not carrier unlock your device.
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Me? Lol
Yes, what I linked works.

KJ said:
Me? Lol
Yes, what I linked works.
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I was referring to "if I flash it then it work properly or not?" . :sly:
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Ah! Lol