[Q] d2tmo - android kitchen help - T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII

Hey Guys,
I've dug around and can't find anything concrete so I'm going to post here. I found the kitchen and decided to use it instead of having to manually zipalign and deodex my apk files. However, when I go to modify my already modified rom(created via nandroid) using the kitchen no matter what I do(zipalign/deodex/boot anim) I always wind up with a bootable / working rom that does not have an IMEI.
Rolling back to a rom created via clockwork works fine.
What am I missing here?

Seems to me that your imei my be wiped. You may need to nvflash restore your imei. That's if you were aware enough to have backed it up. Search on here and you'll find a thread on backup/restore on imei's.
I'm just sayin!

princeasi said:
Seems to me that your imei my be wiped. You may need to nvflash restore your imei. That's if you were aware enough to have backed it up. Search on here and you'll find a thread on backup/restore on imei's.
I'm just sayin!
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I think you missed me saying "rolling back to a previously backed up rom works fine" - better said "my IMEI is restored when i roll back to my backed up rom so I think I am doing something wrong when using the kitchen."

osbosb said:
I think you missed me saying "rolling back to a previously backed up rom works fine" - better said "my IMEI is restored when i roll back to my backed up rom so I think I am doing something wrong when using the kitchen."
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Yes i did missed that. My bad!
I'm just sayin!

BUMP!

No one?

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[Q] How imporant is backuping up your IMEI

How imporant is it? ive been flashing roms back and forth aosp and touchwiz jb and i havent lost my imei should i back it up and if its actully necessary can someone kinda dumb it down a little so i could understand easily
Thank you!!
I would say.. if you can then you should back it up. Reason being.. it seems to be a lot easier than going through the process of putting it back onto your phone when it's missing. That being said, I have done the same thing and have not lost my imei. At the same time, I also know that there's a way to get it back so I do not worry about it. But, you could go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997and back it up. to me, it's only as important as you see fit. meaning.. if you think it's more work to fix it after it's gone then back it up now. if not then dont worry about it.
It's like insurance, you only miss it when you need it. It costs nothing to do it and is obnoxiously easy to do so.
wujiku said:
I would say.. if you can then you should back it up. Reason being.. it seems to be a lot easier than going through the process of putting it back onto your phone when it's missing. That being said, I have done the same thing and have not lost my imei. At the same time, I also know that there's a way to get it back so I do not worry about it. But, you could go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997and back it up. to me, it's only as important as you see fit. meaning.. if you think it's more work to fix it after it's gone then back it up now. if not then dont worry about it.
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how easy is it.. i dont wanna mess up my phone just trying to backup my imei? could you tell me what to download and how exactly to do it. I know i can read the posts but it seems kind of confusing. But i do want to be safe and back it up..
gunnyman said:
It's like insurance, you only miss it when you need it. It costs nothing to do it and is obnoxiously easy to do so.
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like im on AOKP 4.1.2 rom and on his kernel and the post says something different about each rom/ kernel so how would you recommend me doing it?
amzi said:
like im on AOKP 4.1.2 rom and on his kernel and the post says something different about each rom/ kernel so how would you recommend me doing it?
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I backed mine up right after rooting before I started flashing roms. It only took a few minutes and I've had to restore it once since then, and it was very easy. Back it up and keep it in a couple of places. I have a copy on my laptop and on a usb stick.
Look here for info on backing up and restoring...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997
[FIX/TOOL] Backup/Restore/Fix IMEI & Data Restore Tool v3.0 - Updated 11/01/2012!!!
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I backed mine up right after rooting before I started flashing roms. It only took a few minutes and I've had to restore it once since then, and it was very easy. Back it up and keep it in a couple of places. I have a copy on my laptop and on a usb stick.
Look here for info on backing up and restoring...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997
[FIX/TOOL] Backup/Restore/Fix IMEI & Data Restore Tool v3.0 - Updated 11/01/2012!!!
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Thanks for responding were you as well on aokp 4.1.2 and on ktoonsez kernel while backing it up? do i just download the software and say backup easy as that?
Thank you!
Edit: downloaded software now i need to know how to get on diag mode do i just copy and paste it to a script runner on my phone??
Yes, when I lost it I was on AOKP. Instead of messing with dialog mode to get into the hidden menu, I restored a nandroid of stock that I made right after I rooted. If you have a stock backup, back up your current rom, restore your stock backup and do it that way if you're not comfortable with the dialog. You can then restore your current backup after you get your imei backed up or restored. Hopefully someone can help you out if you don't have a stock backup because I'm not familiar with the other way. Just read through the thread and look for the info you need.
First thing I did after rooting, restored imei twice now. There are a couple or roms that eat imei's and gps.
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all went well except that im not sure if i backed up right because the picture isnt a phone and the backups name by default was 00000000_0 cqn i finished at 100 percent and im able to find the backup in the bin folder but i just wanna know if i did it right. can any one confirm i have a screenshot as well
Thank you!

[Q] HELP!!! Lost baseband, imei, cell signal, etc.

Okay, so Ive gone from flashing MyRom, MyRom Mods and then a softbrick.
Ive flashed stock UVTALL8 using odin (a number of times). Maybe once with repartition and once with Nand erase all because I couldnt get the soft brick fixed :/
What got me out of soft brick was when I flashed TWRP via Odin and hence got a working recovery.
I can now boot up the phone. Everything seems to be working.
Except that I have no cell service. IMEI, Baseband and other About Device information is missing.
Ive tried flashing the kernel and modem for UVTALL8. Still no fix.
And my phone internal storage says I have 0.00mb and I get occassional errors of I being full.
The fact I got a working rom gives me hope.
But if anybody awesome could point me in the right direction of full stock and fixing these issues that'd br awesome.
You flashed with Odin and repartitioned...really? Did you really do this? Sounds like you have really screwed the pooch on that one.
I have no Idea where to even begin to help you man, but when flashing in odin to prevent problems like this you ARENT supposed to check that box. That's like the first thing you are supposed to know before even using odin.
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That version isn't for the tmo Note2. Maybe that is part of the problem.
Hastily spouted for your befuddlement
You should odin UVALL4, this is stock for tmobile us
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Coug76 said:
That version isn't for the tmo Note2. Maybe that is part of the problem.
Hastily spouted for your befuddlement
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Do you suggest I ODIN UVALK8 (which I initially had).
I'm assuming I'd need a PIT file to get my internal storage working again? Right?
And what is this efs thing I keep hearing about?
teecruz said:
Do you suggest I ODIN UVALK8 (which I initially had).
I'm assuming I'd need a PIT file to get my internal storage working again? Right?
And what is this efs thing I keep hearing about?
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bro.... honestly, you are basically screwed. no easy way to say it. time to get a new device.
your IMEI is gone. you have no back up, you have flashed an odin image multiple times, wipe your device clean and dry. still no signal, obviously.
this could have been avoided had you been instructed to back up your efs parition, which is where the device ID (IMEI) is stored. this partition, for reason still unknown to me, can become corrupted during flashing of recoveries, ROMs, kernels, whatever... you are not the first person this has happened to, and there is no way to restore a backup of something if it is not backed up. like i said, not your fault, you should have been told from the get-go to back up this vital information as soon as you rooted.
sorry man. like i said, not your fault.
And how is this vitle information backed up?
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And how is this vitle information backed up?
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There are a few ways. The right way is open to debate.
There is an option in twrp. There is an app in themes and apps called Andromizer that also has an option for this. Others slip my mind.
My opinion is to back it up several ways and store the backups in more than a few locations, (SD, pc, Dropbox, other cloud storage, cd etc). The ability to restore this is vital if it gets lost.
Hastily spouted for your befuddlement
There's a number of threads on this topic, but in the case of Qualcomm modem based devices, you need NV item backups, which can be made with some tools you'll be able to find out here. Just backing up /efs isn't enough.
teecruz said:
Okay, so Ive gone from flashing MyRom, MyRom Mods and then a softbrick.
Ive flashed stock UVTALL8 using odin (a number of times). Maybe once with repartition and once with Nand erase all because I couldnt get the soft brick fixed :/
What got me out of soft brick was when I flashed TWRP via Odin and hence got a working recovery.
I can now boot up the phone. Everything seems to be working.
Except that I have no cell service. IMEI, Baseband and other About Device information is missing.
Ive tried flashing the kernel and modem for UVTALL8. Still no fix.
And my phone internal storage says I have 0.00mb and I get occassional errors of I being full.
The fact I got a working rom gives me hope.
But if anybody awesome could point me in the right direction of full stock and fixing these issues that'd br awesome.
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Since you did a NAND erase you basically deleted the partition table and all NV data. I had the same problem and simply flashing things aren't going to work. Here's my thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36010956#post36010956
You can try to flash the pit in heimdall and see what happens. What I ended up doing was restoring everything to stock, using triangle away and sending it into samsung. They replaced the mobo and sent it back to me for free. Good luck bro.
i lost my imei /baseband etc from flashing myrom v2 and i fixed it by going to TWRP and wiping the 4 main things and than flashing cyanogenmod
haldi15 said:
i lost my imei /baseband etc from flashing myrom v2 and i fixed it by going to TWRP and wiping the 4 main things and than flashing cyanogenmod
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So it really wasn't lost, it was just not displaying and registering the data

[Q] I am willing to be a test subject for I747 with IMEI, S/N issues

I recently lost my IMEI and didn't have a backup. Stupid move on my part. Now I know I need to do a backup before flashing ROMs. Anyways, I just got off the phone with AT&T and I will have a replacement here in 2-3 days. As I'm sure most of you know I'll have 10 days to send my old one back. Before I return it to stock and send it back I am willing to help in the research of this problem and a potential solution. I have done a lot of searching on this forum and I haven't found a solid solution. If anyone has some theories they would like to try you have a few days to let me know and I'll see if I can be of help.
Here is the history of the phone as best I can remember:
-Bought brand new December 7, 2012
-Updated to Jelly Bean 4.1.1 through Kies. No noticeable problems
-Rooted with Odin v3.04 Team Epic Root from Recovery with CWM v5.0.4 and Super User I kept the stock ROM for awhile before flashing anything else (Made a Nandroid of this ROM) No noticeable problems.
-Flashed Drew Garen's Serenity 1.2 No noticeable problems
-Flashed Pure Motive's Galaxy Mod Rls 14.1 No noticeable problems
-Flashed Pure Motive's Galaxy Mod Rls15 (This is where the problems began) Did a full wipe (data, cache, dalvik) like I always did. Rebooted after flash and noticed that my service sucked and my data wouldn't connect. I checked the APN's and they were wrong. Changed the APN's and the data would connect but I still had poor service. The phone wouldn't even make a call. It took me a little while to figure out that the IMEI was missing. It just read 0. After some searching I found a method of injecting the IMEI: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804117 I used this method and put the original IMEI back in. Of course that didn't fix my data or poor service issues.
-Then I tried Peoplearmy's method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997 Actually I only did the make a backup part with QPST. I couldn't use the QCN Generator app because I only had Windows XP and the app requires Windows 7.
-I flashed my Nandroid backup. No help.
-Flashed Stock Jelly Bean I747UCDLK3. No help.
-Rooted the phone again, using the same method as above.
-At this point I became desperate (stupid) and tried a method for the GT-i9300: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30773406 This definitely didn't work and now I lost my serial number.
-Last night: Finally got access to a Windows 7 computer. Tried The SGS3 QCN Generator app. This time it worked and made a QCN. I injected it into the phone. No help. The QCN data I used was from after I lost IMEI and had manually put it in. I'm not sure if this is part of the problem of why it didn't work or not. The way I understood things it was supposed to repair the other parts of the QCN data. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
-I actually made an EFS backup on Galaxy Mod Rls14.1 using the Aroma installer. From what I've read this wouldn't necessarily help anyways because it doesn't contain all of the data needed to do a complete backup which is kind of beside the point because it's in tar format not in zip and it's a tiny file. 58 Bytes.
-I have installed Root Explorer and looked in the EFS folder and it doesn't contain any nv_data files.
I have already installed Triangle Away and cleared my flash counter.
So, if anybody who actually knows what they're doing (cause I obviously don't) would like to help, especially if my situation can be used to fix/prevent this from happening, and wants to use me and my I747 as a Guinea Pig let me know.
-Right as I was getting ready to post this I scrolled through settings>about device>status, and my correct Serial Number was back. What the ....? The only thing I've done to the phone is toggle airplane mode a few times, turn it off and on a few times, used wifi to get online, pulled the battery, booted up in CWM recovery. I haven't flashed anything to the phone. This is odd. Any help or feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Huh? There's a perfectly good solution and a fix. Not sure why itnwouldnt work for you. It works for everyone else.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997
I tried that. Exactly step by step. I still don't have reliable data. It either doesn't connect or stays on Edge. Also the service sucks. Everyone else around me will have 3-4 bars and I'll have 1.
Opie Knievel said:
I tried that. Exactly step by step. I still don't have reliable data. It either doesn't connect or stays on Edge. Also the service sucks. Everyone else around me will have 3-4 bars and I'll have 1.
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Changing your modem can fix that.
I was thinking of that but I read on here somewhere that someone had tried it without results. I am willing to try it though. Which modem would you recommend? I already have i747UCLG1 modem on my memory card, ready to flash.
Opie Knievel said:
I was thinking of that but I read on here somewhere that someone had tried it without results. I am willing to try it though. Which modem would you recommend? I already have i747UCLG1 modem on my memory card, ready to flash.
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I can't really recommend a modem as they act completely different with your area/phone.
The only suggestion I can make is to use one from your carrier (AT&T). But it doesn't mean another one won't work better.
OK. I'll give that a shot and post the results in a few minutes.
Yeah I've used the IMEI injection tool to full effect. I have full data back. Using any other method to try to fix it would be just plain stupid. There is nothing else to test.
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Yeah I've used the IMEI injection tool to full effect. I have full data back. Using any other method to try to fix it would be just plain stupid. There is nothing else to test.
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Did you get all the missing files back in your EFS folder?
Maybe I messed up somewhere. I don't have my full data or service back yet. I'm trying a few different modems to see what that does. It really doesn't matter if I get this fixed or not. I've already got a replacement on the way. I was just hoping that it could help somebody else out and I kinda like fixing things. The 2 modems I've tried so far aren't having any better results. I've got a couple more to try.
Would it be worth a try to redo the entire QPST, QCN Generator process?
I received my new Galaxy S3 today. That was Fast!! Lol Anyways, my research proved to be right. There's more going on than meets the eye when you loose and restore your IMEI. The original phone lost signal and would hardly ever connect to HSPA, only UMTS. The replacement phone automatically connected to HSPA as soon as I had it setup. I read on here somewhere that a lot of people were having the same problem when they re-injected their IMEI. I used the SGS3 QCN GEnerator app and still couldn't get good data connection. Actually I hardly had any connection at all. It would hardly pic up incoming calls and texts were sometimes an hour or more behind coming in. Flashing different modems didn't help either.
I'm going to do the proper backups this time before doing any flashing and if I have any more problems of this nature I'll have a good backup to fall back on.

[Q] [q] soft brick -- a little help plz?

So I was got my s3 awhile back and rooted it and ran Clean bean without any problems, well after those annoying system update messages started to get to me I decided I wanted to try and new rom and update my phone a bit as I would be leaving the country and wanted my phone updated. So I decided to flash slimbeam , It went off without a hitch. Only problem was I could not figure out how to get Titanium backup to restore all my contacts and app data. I saved all the backup files on my computer and even after putting them in the Titanium backup directory it would not let me do it. Anyway.....I decided to try and use the titanium backup program that lets you extract the data from a nandroid backup and flash it in recovery. I forgot to put it on my internal card when doing so and when I did my wipe I deleted it (epic facepalm) so I have to reflash cleanbean go back into my phone and make the .zip file to flash...
So I got tired and went to bed before flashing anything else, when I wake up. My phone is stuck on the samsung boot image screen. I try starting only to get the same thing. So I boot to CWS recovery and try to restore one of my nandroid backups. I accidentally hit backup to external sd and it started to run a backup, thenn my car charger came unplugged and the phone died....thinking it would just make that specific nandroid corrupt I thought nothing of it. So I reboot to CWS recovery again and actually try to do a restore with my oldest nandroid, But I get the error "Error updating /system" and error updating "/data".....I tried multiple backups that I have, none of them work and all produce that message.. 'm fairly new to this, What Am I doing wrong? I really love this site and all you guys do and I will be forever greatful of any help you guys can give me. I leave the country for Mexico in 2 days and I cant afford to pay the $150 to get my phone warrantied from sprint!
Thanks in advance, and sorry for spelling/grammar mistakes (at work, not suppose to be on here)
-Lucid.
Lucid420 said:
So I was got my s3 awhile back and rooted it and ran Clean bean without any problems, well after those annoying system update messages started to get to me I decided I wanted to try and new rom and update my phone a bit as I would be leaving the country and wanted my phone updated. So I decided to flash slimbeam , It went off without a hitch. Only problem was I could not figure out how to get Titanium backup to restore all my contacts and app data. I saved all the backup files on my computer and even after putting them in the Titanium backup directory it would not let me do it. Anyway.....I decided to try and use the titanium backup program that lets you extract the data from a nandroid backup and flash it in recovery. I forgot to put it on my internal card when doing so and when I did my wipe I deleted it (epic facepalm) so I have to reflash cleanbean go back into my phone and make the .zip file to flash...
So I got tired and went to bed before flashing anything else, when I wake up. My phone is stuck on the samsung boot image screen. I try starting only to get the same thing. So I boot to CWS recovery and try to restore one of my nandroid backups. I accidentally hit backup to external sd and it started to run a backup, thenn my car charger came unplugged and the phone died....thinking it would just make that specific nandroid corrupt I thought nothing of it. So I reboot to CWS recovery again and actually try to do a restore with my oldest nandroid, But I get the error "Error updating /system" and error updating "/data".....I tried multiple backups that I have, none of them work and all produce that message.. 'm fairly new to this, What Am I doing wrong? I really love this site and all you guys do and I will be forever greatful of any help you guys can give me. I leave the country for Mexico in 2 days and I cant afford to pay the $150 to get my phone warrantied from sprint!
Thanks in advance, and sorry for spelling/grammar mistakes (at work, not suppose to be on here)
-Lucid.
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Ok Lucid, stay calm.
First off, never do any work in Recovery without a fully charged phone. You're just asking for trouble if you're relying on the cable being plugged in.
I've never had good luck with trying to restore data in TiBu from a nandroid backup.
I'm not going to go into how to make your backups work. I'm honestly more concerned with just getting your phone back into working order. This thread has the most current Stock Rom in TAR form. Odin instructions can be found in this post within that thread.
After you're back to 100% stock, unrooted, you can follow the rooting guide to gain root back.
THANKS
topherk said:
Ok Lucid, stay calm.
First off, never do any work in Recovery without a fully charged phone. You're just asking for trouble if you're relying on the cable being plugged in.
I've never had good luck with trying to restore data in TiBu from a nandroid backup.
I'm not going to go into how to make your backups work. I'm honestly more concerned with just getting your phone back into working order. This thread has the most current Stock Rom in TAR form. Odin instructions can be found in this post within that thread.
After you're back to 100% stock, unrooted, you can follow the rooting guide to gain root back.
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Thanks man! Most appreciated! You just relieved a large amount of stress! I'll pay it forward!
topherk said:
Ok Lucid, stay calm.
First off, never do any work in Recovery without a fully charged phone. You're just asking for trouble if you're relying on the cable being plugged in.
I've never had good luck with trying to restore data in TiBu from a nandroid backup.
I'm not going to go into how to make your backups work. I'm honestly more concerned with just getting your phone back into working order. This thread has the most current Stock Rom in TAR form. Odin instructions can be found in this post within that thread.
After you're back to 100% stock, unrooted, you can follow the rooting guide to gain root back.
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Do what he said, I can vouch that restoring data through tibu from a nandroid has never worked for me either. If you backed up your contacts with Google you can just export them into a file (either .csv or .xml i forget) and then import that into your contacts
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sevenpioverthree said:
Do what he said, I can vouch that restoring data through tibu from a nandroid has never worked for me either. If you backed up your contacts with Google you can just export them into a file (either .csv or .xml i forget) and then import that into your contacts
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And after looking through the sextape forums thread a bit more, you don't actually have to reroot, just use the following TAR file:
"Restore" Versions - Wipes your user data
SPH-L710_MD4_1130792_Stock_Restore [EXE|TAR.MD5.GZ]
SPH-L710_MD4_1130792_Rooted_Restore [EXE|TAR.MD5.GZ]
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They also have really good instructions for the Odin work on there.
Hope you get it working!
GOT IT! Thanks for the help man, worked like a charm. Even learned a thing or two .....So can you tell me how I get my stuff back using titanium backup? I got the backup files on my computer and I'm flashing a rom as I type this.
Lucid420 said:
GOT IT! Thanks for the help man, worked like a charm. Even learned a thing or two .....So can you tell me how I get my stuff back using titanium backup? I got the backup files on my computer and I'm flashing a rom as I type this.
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Here is a link to a post where I talked about Tianium Backup and what not to restore. It should be fairly informative.
In TiBu for SMS and call logs hit menu from the main screen and backup data as XML, select save locally when it's done. Move the xml files to external SD if you're gonna flash a 4.2.2 rom, flash new rom move the xmls back to internal, go to tibu, same menu, restore from xml and select which one you want to restore. It'll open a quasi file explorer, locate the corresponding xml for the option you chose(call log, SMS, wifi, bookmarks) and select it. It will restore the data via XML and you'll have all your call logs, sms, bookmarks and wifi accesspoints back like you never left your previous rom.
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Constant Rebooting

So my friends Boss' son tried to be all "l33t h4x3r" and mess with his S6(sm-g920p). First he ruined his EFS section of the phone, the Baseband is Unknown, no IMEI number, Software Version is Unknown, and his radio wasn't working. I think he then tried to do some crazy **** in ODIN, "No Clue he doesn't remember". Well i've never ran into a constant reboot issue with any Android phones i've owned. I've had bootloops but this is throwing me for a loop. I've tried:
Loading TWRP wiping everything and trying a Custom ROM
Using Odin to Recover back to Stock
Honestly im not sure whats up anymore or if his phone is even fixable at this time.
Link to Probs: http5://youtu.be/QVLgYF_7tGU
Hi, you certainly have a challenge there. It sounds like you need to restore both the partitions and the stock OS.
If the phone is a 32 GB model, please see the whole thread at http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-galaxy-s6/help/operating-smg920p-t3263325
There is a PIT file linked at post 16, instructions for using it at post 22. Also a link for the latest stock TAR file.
Again, this would be for 32 GB model, but you want to flash first the PIT and then the TAR.
I think I may have done that already too but I'll look again once in home and see if maybe I did it in the wrong order. Thanks for the quick reply friend. ?
Well i did as instructed but Baseband is still unknown and it is still rebooting over and over :/
jbowman21 said:
Well i did as instructed but Baseband is still unknown and it is still rebooting over and over :/
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If he messed up the efs partition, like it's empty, without a backup. I'm pretty sure the phone is done.
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elesbb said:
If he messed up the efs partition, like it's empty, without a backup. I'm pretty sure the phone is done.
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I recommend he brings it to Sprint, after they "diagnose" it and declear its broken they should be able to replace it. Just make sure its as close to stock as possible that way it does not seem rooted.
1619415 said:
I recommend he brings it to Sprint, after they "diagnose" it and declear its broken they should be able to replace it. Just make sure its as close to stock as possible that way it does not seem rooted.
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That is about the only option left. There are other options to restore the efs (pretty much rebuild it from scratch) but that is not something an every day user can do. I had an efs issue on my S4. I was tinkering with things I shouldn't have, forget exactly what I was doing, it was on T-Mobile so I think I was trying to remove the data cap (was on prepaid). Was pretty much in the same boat as OP but was able to completely from scratch rebuild the stuff that belongs in the efs directory. Some stuff I never restored but didn't seem to affect the device.
elesbb said:
That is about the only option left. There are other options to restore the efs (pretty much rebuild it from scratch) but that is not something an every day user can do. I had an efs issue on my S4. I was tinkering with things I shouldn't have, forget exactly what I was doing, it was on T-Mobile so I think I was trying to remove the data cap (was on prepaid). Was pretty much in the same boat as OP but was able to completely from scratch rebuild the stuff that belongs in the efs directory. Some stuff I never restored but didn't seem to affect the device.
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Huh, if you remember, write a guide that way you can help people.
1619415 said:
Huh, if you remember, write a guide that way you can help people.
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This was many many years ago. What saved me was the fact that Notepad++ keeps a copy of the file you have open even when you close the program. I just had to remember what things needed to be reverted back and the edits undone. I guess I didn't really rebuild it from scratch lol.
elesbb said:
This was many many years ago. What saved me was the fact that Notepad++ keeps a copy of the file you have open even when you close the program. I just had to remember what things needed to be reverted back and the edits undone. I guess I didn't really rebuild it from scratch lol.
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Lol
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Lol
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Yeah sadly I have no idea how the efs is populated. The second instance I get a new phone, dd is done on the efs partition and created into a .img file.
jbowman21 said:
So my friends Boss' son tried to be all "l33t h4x3r" and mess with his S6(sm-g920p). First he ruined his EFS section of the phone, the Baseband is Unknown, no IMEI number, Software Version is Unknown, and his radio wasn't working. I think he then tried to do some crazy **** in ODIN, "No Clue he doesn't remember". Well i've never ran into a constant reboot issue with any Android phones i've owned. I've had bootloops but this is throwing me for a loop. I've tried:
Loading TWRP wiping everything and trying a Custom ROM
Using Odin to Recover back to Stock
Honestly im not sure whats up anymore or if his phone is even fixable at this time.
Link to Probs: http5://youtu.be/QVLgYF_7tGU
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Koop's firmware didn't work with my phone either. This version of it fixed mine for some reason. Try flashing it to yours
mediafire.com/download/c55xaeb7geq0i2d/G920PVPU3BOJ7_G920PSPT3BOJ7_SPR.zip
Now i got same issue i accidently restored efs and ah man ive tried every thing it reboots after 2 or 3 mins no matter what rom back up i have and i have efs and radio with all my back ups ive restored it also no luck. Guess im going to the sprint store tomorrow even after i flashed stock 6.0.1 i can get to about half way through wifi setup before it reboots no matter what 2-3 minutes phone reboots unless in twrp
Still no luck becareful and dont try to restore efs i suppose in twrp. Your phone may never stop rebooting ive flashed 2 different 6.0.1 builds one was the revo other was from sammobil both @koop1955 has them PB6 6.0.1 odin doesnt fix this.
YOYOYO
Well wtf or omg it completely died left it for a day. Now its working so far it hasnt rebooted in 30 mins LOL but dude sucks going to a phone with kitkat after using marshmallow and one of the fastest phones made for awhile. I did pull the sim card out and try it in a old boost maybe that reset something idk its working though.My problems were Rebooting constantly after 2-3 mins no matter what rom i had even stock.
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Saafir said:
Backed up my EFS before ever even rooting. Stuck that bad boy in Dropbox for safety. *pats self on back*
Last one of these topics I seen, end result was JTAG.
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BEcareful if u restore that efs. i backed up too but once in twrp. Now all i did was check restore efs by accident just tried restoring a renegade rom system,boot, and data. Tell you what i wont be rushing through crap and am fine with stock for awhile. Probably will still take the replacement when it comes its white the black one i got is too blue.
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I've got a raw partition backup as well as one through TWRP. If you check md5/sha hashes for data integrity, and only install software instances specific to your device, aside from manually monkeyin around
Hey needless to say im researching full partition backups did you use a app by wanam partitions back up and restore? Or just simple adb commands. Last used adb on a moto e 2nd with success on unlocking. Once i got a new harddrive haven't needed it.
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Theres similar issues happening on sprint note 5s as well and has a couple threads currently speaking about this problem. Strange strange. It happened to me after updating to mm and then rooting.
Well i did try the note rom right before and when i did hit restore efs it after wiping system data boot from moar MM rom phone rebooted for days then after few resets and odin flashes i let it die then a day later it worked.
Correct but have always preferred the 925p roms.
Well i helped another with the rebooting issue on any rom.
He tried everything then but let it die after battery died plug it in and bingo his worked to
IF CONSTANT REBOOTING.
LET THE BATTERY COMPLETLY DRAIN.
AFTER FLASHING STOCK.

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