I tried to search everywhere but couldn't find it.
Here is what happened. Got the note 2, used root injected stock odin file with "nand erase all"
After the reboot, went into recovery and wiped everything out.
Get into the phone, no baseband, no storage left for internal sd, no IMEI, so it's pretty much bricked.
I tried to use the boot.img file to retrieve the IMEI but it seems to me that the partition is messed up.
So I am trying to re-partition the phone with the pit file, but I could not find any on the web.
I do have a spare note 2, which my wife is currently using, and wondering if there'a way to pull the pit file from the phone so I can re-partition the phone and see if that'll work..
any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
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I did the Root66 stock Rom with root flash. I had Super User Pro installed with the OTA survival mode block ticked- then did the OTA update back in the day for the multiwindow. I of course lost root but didn't worry about it. 2 months later- my phone reset a bunch of times and wiped my MEID, IMEI, Baseband Version- etc.
I never did an efs backup before this because i didn't know too. Anyway- I have a Note 2 here now that will not connect to the cell towers at all but is seemingly in great condition. I used root explorer to copy my efs folder to my computer and i need to know what files are missing and what values i need to change to get my phone back to working. I think this would be usefull information to everyone that encounters this issue.
reference threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1997150&page=5
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2143130
threads that fix this for other phones not ours:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1968360
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=859914
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1089039
we should have a thread that lists what files are supposed to be in our efs folder and where our important details are stored in those files- i.e.- what string to use a hex editor on to restore our values back to the phone.
Thanks everyone for your help.
dd807 said:
I did the Root66 stock Rom with root flash. I had Super User Pro installed with the OTA survival mode block ticked- then did the OTA update back in the day for the multiwindow. I of course lost root but didn't worry about it. 2 months later- my phone reset a bunch of times and wiped my MEID, IMEI, Baseband Version- etc.
I never did an efs backup before this because i didn't know too. Anyway- I have a Note 2 here now that will not connect to the cell towers at all but is seemingly in great condition. I used root explorer to copy my efs folder to my computer and i need to know what files are missing and what values i need to change to get my phone back to working. I think this would be usefull information to everyone that encounters this issue.
reference threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1997150&page=5
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2143130
threads that fix this for other phones not ours:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1968360
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=859914
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1089039
we should have a thread that lists what files are supposed to be in our efs folder and where our important details are stored in those files- i.e.- what string to use a hex editor on to restore our values back to the phone.
Thanks everyone for your help.
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bump- can't believe no one wants to help wih this.
I'll pull some files off my phone and send you copies of you want me to. I'm not a developer and can't help with what you're doing but will send you copies of stuff if that's all you need.
ohh I have the same problem
AndroidStephen said:
I'll pull some files off my phone and send you copies of you want me to. I'm not a developer and can't help with what you're doing but will send you copies of stuff if that's all you need.
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I have the same problem my phone create a new efs folder but of course dont have imei no baseband and 0 storage
I have the N7105 , I have on my screen info pop telling me some specs ... we need help with another efs files if you can put a zip file we will appreciate ...... thank you
I wouldn't be giving anyone your intact efs partition. That contains all of your device specific information such as IMEI, ESN, MEID basically everything someone needs to clone your phone. And its not as simple as editing the files in efs and pushing them back to the device. You would need something like CDMA WS or equivalent to actually reprogram the values into the device. Most likely your information isn't missing it's just become hidden due to a corrupt partition. You can try doing a full repartition and restore with the lj1 firmware and then once the device boots ##786# and master reset, when it reboots after the master reset all of the missing values should be back. The repartition will un hide them and the master reset will allow the device to re read the efs and load the values properly. Once yoi get the values back the device will need to be reactivated and reprovisioned with your user info such and phone #, MIN, username and password, etc.
I like to break stuff!
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I wouldn't be giving anyone your intact efs partition. That contains all of your device specific information such as IMEI, ESN, MEID basically everything someone needs to clone your phone. And its not as simple as editing the files in efs and pushing them back to the device. You would need something like CDMA WS or equivalent to actually reprogram the values into the device. Most likely your information isn't missing it's just become hidden due to a corrupt partition. You can try doing a full repartition and restore with the lj1 firmware and then once the device boots ##786# and master reset, when it reboots after the master reset all of the missing values should be back. The repartition will un hide them and the master reset will allow the device to re read the efs and load the values properly. Once yoi get the values back the device will need to be reactivated and reprovisioned with your user info such and phone #, MIN, username and password, etc.
I like to break stuff!
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Thanks for this reply- I already tried to flash back to stock with a Pit file and the and repartitioning checked in odin. didn't work. thats why i started this thread. ulitmately i think it was a hardware failure becuase it didn't happen when i was flashing the phone- is just happened when i was sitting on the couch watching tv. my phone reset a bunch of times in a row and then no signal. i finally got a new phone so i guess it doesn't matter.
I have an AT&T S3 which, during some shenanigans I don't remember, was encrypted with a password I could not retrieve. I used Odin to erase the phone's NAND because I had a nandroid backup. This backup, however, was corrupted. I was able to use Odin to flash a stock firmware, but I now only have access to EDGE instead of LTE.
I have restored EFS and NV backups from another AT&T S3 with my IMEI and serial written to them, and my serial and IMEI display correctly in my phone's status window.
I have tried flashing every available modem for the phone.
I have tried numerous APN settings and *#*#INFO*#*# settings.
I have tried damn near every solution to similar problems in this forum.
Any more ideas?
Where did you get your EFS and NV, and how did you restore them?
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Where did you get your EFS and NV, and how did you restore them?
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I used EFS Pro + Qualcomm tools to backup the EFS folder and NV data from a working AT&T S3. Doing this brought back my IMEI, but did not much else otherwise.
EDIT: To clarify, I used the tools to write my specific imei and serial to the backup before restoring that to my phone.
Ok, a lot of these usually don't get fixed, but I'm going to stick to here what worked for some.
First, I'm going to assume that you injected your IMEI correctly. I would next use the EFS Pro to format your EFS from the restore option at the top (then clicking format EFS), since that EFS came from another phone. Your EFS folder will automatically be re-created when you later reboot.
Next, I would download and unzip the attached file. Inject the .txt file with the nv reader /writer. The nv reader writer can be found in this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29514032&postcount=1
Follow steps 1-4, but instead of reading, you're writing the .txt file that you unzipped to your NV. It only contains missing information and should not touch your IMEI. Do not change the dec or hex range.
Reboot the phone and see what happens.
OK so currently I'm using AOSB with AGNi kernel. System partition is around 2gb, but I'm currently using about 600mb. I figured I could use a pit file and edit the partitions but I'm having some doubts. Hope somebody can clear my doubts. So, here goes the questions.
1) I have the pit file, it there a way for me to edit it easily?
2) Instructions on flashing it? Are there anything else I need other than the pit file?
A) Can I use mobile ODIN to flash it?
3) from my research, I will lose my data. I can make a backup and restore it without any issues right?
4) will there be any stability issues?
5) What partitions can I modify and how much memory can I remove from each partitions for my user memory?
6) are there anything that I have to be careful about when doing this?
Thanks in advance
Hi,
I am running Carbon Mod Nightly Rom, I was looking at the Volume Blaster Mod (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2563209) to raise the volume up on the external speaker. I edited the file system/etc/snd_soc_msm/snd_soc_msm_2x. Somehow I screwed the file up after editing. After I edited it and rebooted, it gets stuck at the Carbon Logo and doesn't go any further :crying:. I have a nandroid backup, but I didnt backup until after I edited the file (before reboot). So I'm wondering can I or how do I replace the edited file (snd_soc_msm_2x) with the original file. I have the original file on the SD card in the phone. I went into the TWRP Recovery and into file manager, but I could not locate the location of the edited file from within there (system/etc/snd_soc_msm/snd_soc_msm_2x). Can someone please help me restore this one file so that my phone will boot up or tell me how would be the best way of getting my phone up and working again ASAP. Oh, I have tried exploring the backup created with Nandroid Backup Manager, well I found the file thats corrupted and opened it with File manager, select all- then delete, then pasted the contents from the working file, and then try to save, and I get an error "Operation Failed". So any help would be greatly appreciated.!!
Thanks in Advance
If you cant see files in /system, you just need to mount it first. Otherwise, just dirty flash the same rom.
DocHoliday77 said:
If you cant see files in /system, you just need to mount it first. Otherwise, just dirty flash the same rom.
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Dirty Flash? I'm new to all this, so I need some help with the slang. I can explore the contents of the Nandroid backup, are there anyway possible to delete a file in the Nandroid backup and replace it with another file?? If I can do that, then I can replace the corrupted file and then restore from backup. I just dont want to reflash the clean ROM and then have to manually restore all my apps, sms and photos...
If I flash the backup Rom that has the corruted file, and before reboot, can I use the file manager to pull the clean file from the external card and replace the one that corrupted in the root folder. If I can do this, then it should boot normally. Otherwise if I boot with the corrupted file it gets hung after it processes all the apps. (Gets hung on Starting Apps).
I figured it out!!! What I did was I went into recovery, and selected the recovery nandroid backup file that was corrupted. Instead of restoring all the available options, I unchecked System. So it restored everything but the system data. The system data already installed was from the newly installed rom that was working, so by leaving the system unchecked it didnt install the corrupted system from backup! I hope I explained this where you can understand it.
Thanks for all the help DocHoliday77!! I'm just glad that worked and I dont have to manually install everything back over!!
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Hello,
I have a problem with my tablet N5100, I've tried every thing and googling for 3 days without solution.
I can't format or wipe anything with TWRP, can't mount system, data and efs
I'vetried also to reinstall original firmware through md5 file and firmaware with 4 files, using odin but not succeded, it gives operation fail
I've also tried to re-partition with a PIT file
but nothing works
mrcooll said:
Hello,
I have a problem with my tablet N5100, I've tried every thing and googling for 3 days without solution.
I can't format or wipe anything with TWRP, can't mount system, data and efs
I'vetried also to reinstall original firmware through md5 file and firmaware with 4 files, using odin but not succeded, it gives operation fail
I've also tried to re-partition with a PIT file
but nothing works
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Defective flash perhaps? Luckily, I haven't had that kind of trouble with mine yet, but sadly that means I've got no solution either
Traffic hereabouts is quite low, so no need to "up". I guess many people visit every couple days only (like myself).