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[Q] "urgent" Restore IMEI method?

Hello,
I bought a broken screen T989 from ebay. I needed the motherboard from the device. However, upon receiving device, i swapped motherboards no problem. However, i have an "Unknown" imei and baseband number.
I know there is a way to restore the IMEI from scratch on my galaxy S III (T999) but i am not sure if that method will work on the SII (Also quite afraid to as it most likely may brick it)
Does anyone know the manual method for restoring it?
Also, google lead to a bunch of promissing looking threads about the I9100 (International version) but from what i have read the T989 uses a different partition for the EFS stuff.
Thanks everyone!!

Do you know the imei number by any chance?
Don't type it btw just answer yes or no lol
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Wolfygang said:
Do you know the imei number by any chance?
Don't type it btw just answer yes or no lol
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yes i do know the IMEI number. Its on the sticker of the case.

THis is urgent...

elesbb said:
THis is urgent...
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Another bump.. Seriously NOBODY has ANY clue?

elesbb said:
Another bump.. Seriously NOBODY has ANY clue?
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Please don't do this...
elesbb said:
THis is urgent...
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Seriously...
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ArianaGrande said:
Please don't do this...
Seriously...
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Lol I have too. I miss feeling like a n00b.
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flash the zip from my thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1611796
and flash a different radio that is supported by android version u are using

icenight89 said:
flash the zip from my thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1611796
and flash a different radio that is supported by android version u are using
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No way. So I just flash the efsfix.zip and then a radio?! Sex. If this works I'll love you forever I also cannot use Odin cause the seller failed to mention the USB port doesn't work except for charging. -.- ugh fml
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Yeah this was a no go...

elesbb said:
Yeah this was a no go...
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Did you ever fix it? If so do share please.

the-Mike_D said:
Did you ever fix it? If so do share please.
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Nope i never did. Everything i ever found lead to using a Jtag box. Which costs about 100 bucks xD And i don't know anyone who has one.

elesbb said:
Nope i never did. Everything i ever found lead to using a Jtag box. Which costs about 100 bucks xD And i don't know anyone who has one.
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I got my T-989 fixed about 30 minutes after posting my question to you. I'm just not sure which one of the steps I took was the actual bullet. But I'll post what I did here in the same order.
1. Downloaded and put onto the phone's sd card these files for future flashing back to back. They are. the "efsfix.zip" file from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1611796. Also, this rom which comes with it's own modem. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1818305. That's it. Now maybe the trick is in the steps though?
So what I did was boot into clockworkmod recovery "latest one for this phone." Used the factory reset option. Next went to mount the phone to usb option so I could access the internal memory card's files and deleted them all. I had a suspicion that maybe there's something corrupt in the data files or whatever. Really this might be silly but whatever, I did it. I still had my 2 files from before on the external sd card so no worries. Next I unmounted and disconnected from the pc. Then cleared cache again, then cleared dalvic again (I do these two steps a lot when flashing stuff back to back). Then flashed the efsfix.zip. Then clear cach, dalvic again. Then flashed the rom shown above which installed everything in one swoop like kernel, modem, system files, ect. After that finished I cleared cache, dalvic one last time. Then let it reboot.
So, it boots normally but upon the first "What is your name" screen it loads with a funky keyboard. It's a lol factor. Apparently a goof of the rom that happens sometimes. Just skip it all or figure out how to choose the T9 by using the menu key. Anyway, after changing my keyboard from inside the working settings menu to the samsung one I realized that I was so distracted by the keyboard issue that I I was just now noticing that I had a working baseband and it was connected to the network (T-Mobile) again as usual. Problem solved. Now as a last precautionary step I reboot into recovery (clockwordmod) again and use the option to backup efs folder to external sd card just for good measure. Then finally make nandroid backup of the whole working rom as well. You could probably flash any rom you want after this though. Anyway, something in there made it work so I hope it might work for you too.

NO 4g!!!!!

Yesterday I posted that I was having issues with my 4g. I noticed that my IMEI was at 0.. I was able to put the IMEI back but for some reason I still can only connect to G or edge. I have done a reset, flashed a radio, flashed offical firmware. Nothing has worked. Any ideas????

wellsey1126 said:
Yesterday I posted that I was having issues with my 4g. I noticed that my IMEI was at 0.. I was able to put the IMEI back but for some reason I still can only connect to G or edge. I have done a reset, flashed a radio, flashed offical firmware. Nothing has worked. Any ideas????
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Did you follow the complete guide?
You have to do more than just inject your IMEI back.
-IMEM Injection
-QCN Backup
-Use data restore app for the QCN you just made
-QPST Restore
I've done this twice on two different phones. If you truly and completely followed her guide, then let her know.

Try to unroot. Then reroot with TWRP instead of CWM, flash a new stock rom, and fix permissions before you flash the new rom. PM me if it works... I'm desperately trying to find a fix for this and I think this will work.
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Don_Perrignon said:
Did you follow the complete guide?
You have to do more than just inject your IMEI back.
-IMEM Injection
-QCN Backup
-Use data restore app for the QCN you just made
-QPST Restore
I've done this twice on two different phones. If you truly and completely followed her guide, then let her know.
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Just curious where is detail on this ?

bikrame said:
Just curious where is detail on this ?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997
It's easier when back on TouchWiz if not already.

That one doesn't work for the 4G problem.
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Works for everyone else.
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Don_Perrignon said:
Did you follow the complete guide?
You have to do more than just inject your IMEI back.
-IMEM Injection
-QCN Backup
-Use data restore app for the QCN you just made
-QPST Restore
I've done this twice on two different phones. If you truly and completely followed her guide, then let her know.
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He is VERY correct follow the guide to the letter.. I have done this more then once and peoplearmy tread is what you need http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29461950&postcount=3

Qverse said:
He is VERY correct follow the guide to the letter.. I have done this more then once and peoplearmy tread is what you need http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29461950&postcount=3
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Same here it works just follow the guide
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Qverse said:
He is VERY correct follow the guide to the letter.. I have done this more then once and peoplearmy tread is what you need http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29461950&postcount=3
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+1 I've helped two of my friends restore their imei & data using that thread. Just follow the instructions and it should work perfectly. :good:

All hope lost after incorrect flash?

Hello everyone, firstly I'd like to apologize in advance if this has been answered before. I searched and could not find a resource to help me with my problem. Here goes, I recently purchased a SGH-T889 Galaxy Note II. I managed to unlock the device and popped in a AT&T sim card. All was well until I decided to flash the AT&T varient stock firmware on it and that's when everything went wrong. Odin failed at the very end of the flash and the phone would not boot. I flashed back to TMobile stock and the phone boots into the OS fine but now the IMEI is blank, the baseband is unknown, and it says there is no SIM inserted. I also noticed when the phone is connected via USB the internal storage is not accesible, says there is 0 space. After searching around and reading up a bit it seems I have screwed up my EFS partition. Being the extreme noob that I am unfortunately a backup was not made prior to flashing. Am I screwed? I've tried reflashing different versions of the stock but I still get the same results. Is it possible to use a EFS backup from a different phone and insert the IMEI from my phone? Any help will greatly be appreciated.
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(Please forgive me if you are an advanced user) Are you sure that you are following the step-by-step instructions for flashing that are available here on the forum? I have resolved many problems myself by reading from the list of steps as I flash rather than relying on memory.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2145967
Nailed it!!!!!!!!! My 4g is back again
See if that helps u
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bellator7 said:
(Please forgive me if you are an advanced user) Are you sure that you are following the step-by-step instructions for flashing that are available here on the forum? I have resolved many problems myself by reading from the list of steps as I flash rather than relying on memory.
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Hi bellator7, I have followed the flash back to stock directions exactly with different variations of the stock rom the phone has available since release.

cbper66 said:
Hi bellator7, I have followed the flash back to stock directions exactly with different variations of the stock rom the phone has available since release.
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Flashing to stock is not your problem. If you're booting you're fine. You will need to restore your imei now. There is a guide in development (edit I actually didn't find it when I just checked, but that guide above should work). I'm sure you realize this now, but never Odin something not made for your phone.
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moabizzi said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2145967
Nailed it!!!!!!!!! My 4g is back again
See if that helps u
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Thanks for the links. I don't have the phone on me at the moment but will give this a try and hopefully this will fix the issue. When this happened to you were you able to see any internal storage from your PC and or the phone itself? When I went into the storage area under settings it displayed how much space was being used by the apps but it also said 0 was available.

kintwofan said:
Flashing to stock is not your problem. If you're booting you're fine. You will need to restore your imei now. There is a guide in development. I'm sure you realize this now, but never Odin something not made for your phone.
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Oh believe me I've learned my lesson. I will never flash without making a full backup first and stay away from roms not made for the device. I hope I can get this fixed otherwise it will be a very expensive music player

cbper66 said:
Oh believe me I've learned my lesson. I will never flash without making a full backup first and stay away from roms not made for the device. I hope I can get this fixed otherwise it will be a very expensive music player
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I think you'll get it. If it's booting and showing life there's a way to fix it. It may just take a lot of work. When you get the phone check out that link above. It should fix you up.
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try this i backed up my imei.... Also i fixed my borked imei on the s3 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804117 .. If you need help let me know btw the imei generator program link doesn't work in thread i Have it in my dropbox... Here's a youtube video demonstrating.
http://bit.ly/ZCHWMI
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deeznutz1977 said:
try this i backed up my imei.... Also i fixed my borked imei on the s3 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804117 .. If you need help let me know btw the imei generator program link doesn't work in thread i Have it in my dropbox... Here's a youtube video demonstrating.
http://bit.ly/ZCHWMI
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Very cool, I will try this when I get home. Thanks for the links. Since the phone is booting ok into the OS I'm hoping these options will bring this will do good

cbper66 said:
Very cool, I will try this when I get home. Thanks for the links. Since the phone is booting ok into the OS I'm hoping these options will bring this will do good
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I believe it Will let me know when you do I'll help you along if you need,,
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So I was able to generate my IMEI file with my phones number but I cannot write it to the device. The only way I can get my phone to communicate with my PC is if its in download mode. I really screwed up my partition along with the EFS.

cbper66 said:
So I was able to generate my IMEI file with my phones number but I cannot write it to the device. The only way I can get my phone to communicate with my PC is if its in download mode. I really screwed up my partition along with the EFS.
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Did you watch the youtube video,. i told you the program you need is in my dropbox
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deeznutz1977 said:
Did you watch the youtube video,. i told you the program you need is in my dropbox
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When I dial *#7284# there is no Qualcomm USB settings option. Only UART modem\pda and USB modem\pda. (save and reset)

cbper66 said:
When I dial *#7284# there is no Qualcomm USB settings option. Only UART modem\pda and USB modem\pda. (save and reset)
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Try again.... What rom are you on

deeznutz1977 said:
Try again.... What rom are you on
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Stock T889UVBMB4

cbper66 said:
Stock T889UVBMB4
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And it doesn't show like it did in my pic
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deeznutz1977 said:
And it doesn't show like it did in my pic
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No it doesn't. Only the settings I mentioned are shown

Not registered on network error please help

There are guaranteed original imei after installing the rom on my phone, but the phone can not make calls or writes is not registered on the network do not have backup efs please help

maxaljin said:
There are guaranteed original imei after installing the rom on my phone, but the phone can not make calls or writes is not registered on the network do not have backup efs please help
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Flash original stock firmware or other rom and see if problems persists.
Also provide more details when posting in the future

Unfortunately, a lot of the same ROM installed modem I've tried countless Olmuyor not installed the latest DMF3 rum pacth again when I load supply is not only original, but I do want to use the root please help

Ok, what rom are you installing, where are you living? what settings are you using? how are you flashing the rom?

i have the same problem...i flash the stock rom,cygenmod rom,but nothing.
Different modem,still nothing

Nazgul1379 said:
i have the same problem...i flash the stock rom,cygenmod rom,but nothing.
Different modem,still nothing
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When did the problem start exactly. My guess is that its an efs structure problem. Done by updating to a newer samsumg rom TW etc..
Also, are your imei and serial intact Nazgul?

Try arizapatch this is the link
https://db.tt/JXo5Y2oB
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wada7o said:
Try arizapatch this is the link
https://db.tt/JXo5Y2oB
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Read up on that before you install it. It may not be exactly what you are looking for. Just a heads up.
Its usually used for no imei and serial. Not the same issue you are having. But as I said, read up on it

Its used for patching your existing imei and restoring not only for no imei
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skavis said:
Ok, what rom are you installing, where are you living? what settings are you using? how are you flashing the rom?
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I'm having turkey for Turkey stock rom DMF3 installed and registered on the network says it's not the same as normal, but still there is no network only fault imei patch was installed, but I do not want to root stock would I want to use my phone with original rom thanks for the help. .

Unknown imei

How can I obtain my imei again ? It says unknown imei and imeisv also baseband is unknown. I don't have esf backup . anyone help ? Thanks
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Jaimesco12 said:
How can I obtain my imei again ? It says unknown imei and imeisv also baseband is unknown. I don't have esf backup . anyone help ? Thanks
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What did you do right before you lost it? That may help the conversation develop.
Hastily spouted for your befuddlement

Coug76 said:
What did you do right before you lost it? That may help the conversation develop.
Hastily spouted for your befuddlement
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i bought it like this

I know there is a nvwriter tool you can use to fix it up. Ill try to find a link for u.
Here u go
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804117
Here is the generator tool since the link does not seem to work on that other page.
http://d-h.st/vVV
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Jaimesco12 said:
How can I obtain my imei again ? It says unknown imei and imeisv also baseband is unknown. I don't have esf backup . anyone help ? Thanks
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rail205 said:
I know there is a nvwriter tool you can use to fix it up. Ill try to find a link for u.
Here u go
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804117
Here is the generator tool since the link does not seem to work on that other page.
http://d-h.st/vVV
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OP did this method work for you?
i'm in the same situation with an i9505g, and am a little apprehensive about using an sgs3 tool to fix an sgs4

themetatron said:
OP did this method work for you?
i'm in the same situation with an i9505g, and am a little apprehensive about using an sgs3 tool to fix an sgs4
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I didn't give it a try since I sold my note 2 for dirt cheap and got a Nexus 5
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Jaimesco12 said:
How can I obtain my imei again ? It says unknown imei and imeisv also baseband is unknown. I don't have esf backup . anyone help ? Thanks
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i did a bad flash one time and i lost all my information my IMEI and my BASEBAND . the way i fixed it was via the KIES SAMSUNG SOFTWARE i did a full recovery.
1. open program
2. click on tools
3. select firmware upgrade and initialization
4. type in model number with caps and dash click ok
5. it will ask for serial number
6. if you do everything correct this should work and it will tell you you will lose all information on phone click yes and it will start to download new firmware and it will update your phone to new firmware . and you should also be able to get your IMEI back and the BASBAND back . that's how i fixed my phone for a min i thought i had a brick . this happen to me twice and twice i was able to recover my SGH-T889

Jaimesco12 said:
How can I obtain my imei again ? It says unknown imei and imeisv also baseband is unknown. I don't have esf backup . anyone help ? Thanks
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I had the same problem when I was flashing different roms . later I found out that I was flashing Roms using twrp recovery. Try to flash a new ROM using cwm recovery. It fixed the issue for me. My imei and baseband came back. Im currently running omnirom 4.4.2