Hi,(I asked a similar question on the hawkish rom thread. But maybe someone here knows a solution)
I flashed hawkish rom, and made a nandroid backup, and backed up all my apps, but not the EFS partition.
After flashing, I can't see my network operator. I'm in germany, and I see
o2 - de, E-Plus, Vodafone.de, but I can't see telekom.de. Instead, the first line of the operators is empty - has no name.
*#06# showed as IMEI 0049999....
After much fussing with the EFS directory, I managed to get to a state where my IMEI shows up correctly with *#06#.
I also tried flashing various modems, but nothing helped.
When I click on the empty line among the operators, the phone does evenually register to that network, but nothing changes -still emergency only.
"About device" shows in Status: Network Telekom.de, signal strength -101dBm 5asu, Service state "Out of service"
What could be wrong? How can I fix things?
Thanks!!
Turns out I have an efs backup
It seems I do have a backup of the efs folder as a tar.
What is the best way to restore it?
I tried mounting as r/w and just overwrite the folder, but that didn't seem to change anything - I still can't see the network operator
(the imei is correct, though...)
So, what's a good way to restore the efs?
ghostwheel said:
It seems I do have a backup of the efs folder as a tar.
What is the best way to restore it?
I tried mounting as r/w and just overwrite the folder, but that didn't seem to change anything - I still can't see the network operator
(the imei is correct, though...)
So, what's a good way to restore the efs?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2389426 this will solve your prob on restoring if not then can try https://play.google.com/store/apps/...GwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5oZWxyb3ouR1NJSV9SZXBhaXIiXQ..
shhbz said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2389426 this will solve your prob on restoring if not then can try https://play.google.com/store/apps/...GwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5oZWxyb3ouR1NJSV9SZXBhaXIiXQ..
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Thank you! I already did things that superficially do exactly what is described in the thread, and no luck. I'll try again.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...GwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5oZWxyb3ouR1NJSV9SZXBhaXIiXQ says that it is for GSII only - does it also work on
Note2?
What about http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1918601 ? Does that work?
ghostwheel said:
Thank you! I already did things that superficially do exactly what is described in the thread, and no luck. I'll try again.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...GwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5oZWxyb3ouR1NJSV9SZXBhaXIiXQ says that it is for GSII only - does it also work on
Note2?
What about http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1918601 ? Does that work?
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it wont work for you sorry for my previous reply try to see if the playstore version works and what about the nadroid backup u created does it restore
does flashing the XXDMG1 modem solves the prob
shhbz said:
does flashing the XXDMG1 modem solves the prob
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Not yet, but I think that might be my problem, as described here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43037352&postcount=134
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Not yet, but I think that might be my problem, as described here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43037352&postcount=134
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Thats what I asked you as if you have flashed the latest dmg1 modem as that would have solve your prob as on first post u mentioned that you already tried flashing different modem just search fr the modem its uploaded by a user ,as now on phn cant search even ketan thread has that modem uploaded just flash via mobile odin n see if it solves
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31986738&postcount=6 here is the modem others can work too but since hawkish rom u flashed was based on dmg1 so better try this dmg1
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Thats what I asked you as if you have flashed the latest dmg1 modem as that would have solve your prob as on first post u mentioned that you already tried flashing different modem just search fr the modem its uploaded by a user ,as now on phn cant search even ketan thread has that modem uploaded just flash via mobile odin n see if it solves
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31986738&postcount=6 here is the modem others can work too but since hawkish rom u flashed was based on dmg1 so better try this dmg1
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I'll try. Could it have something to do with the fact that my Note 2 was 4.1.1 before I flashed? Is the format of efs different on 4.1.1 and on 4.1.2?
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I'll try. Could it have something to do with the fact that my Note 2 was 4.1.1 before I flashed? Is the format of efs different on 4.1.1 and on 4.1.2?
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well there may be some change in file maybe few extra or less but that might be an issue as its not restoring the efs backup well try the modem thing and if rectified then don't ever go back to 4.1.1 . as the prob is with the modem so it should solve the problem u facing
shhbz said:
well there may be some change in file maybe few extra or less but that might be an issue as its not restoring the efs backup well try the modem thing and if rectified then don't ever go back to 4.1.1 . as the prob is with the modem so it should solve the problem u facing
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No, that didn't help. hawkish extreme actually flashes a modem during installation (which could be where all my problems started...)
I tried now a couple of other sim cards. The problem where one of the lines in the list of network operators is empty seems to be a separate issue. On other cards I also see Telekom.de, which is missing on mine. But on all cards I get
"Registered on Network", when I select register automatically, but Service state "out of service" in About Device->status.
I checked my IMEI, and it doesn't seem registered as lost/stolen.
Not sure what to do.....
Ok, http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1918601 worked after
installing a stock rom.
Great!
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hi everyone.. i just bought Samsung Galaxy Note II 4G on first december, from Optus Australia..
and last night i try to root, and flashing Omega v7.3 Rom from N7100, it is work well but the IMEI and Signal is gone, and also the S-pen is not working..
and i try use N7105 custom rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1985200
and also my signal is still not detected, but my S-Pen is working back..
somebody please help me...
how to fix my signal problem
benatis said:
and flashing Omega v7.3 Rom from N7100
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Why in first case did you flash a ROm which isn't intended to be for your device?
Well you killed your EFS partition (bricked)
I hope you mad a EFS backup BEFORE you flashed. So you can restore it and all will be fine.
You could try the Stock Firmware via Mobile Odin if it fixes your EFS problem. No Guarantee here, sometimes it dsoes work and sometimes not.
Good luck to you
Higgins12 said:
Why in first case did you flash a ROm which isn't intended to be for your device?
Well you killed your EFS partition (bricked)
I hope you mad a EFS backup BEFORE you flashed. So you can restore it and all will be fine.
You could try the Stock Firmware via Mobile Odin if it fixes your EFS problem. No Guarantee here, sometimes it dsoes work and sometimes not.
Good luck to you
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hmm.. i never used Samsung device before.. this is my first Samsung device i have ever..
different with my old HTC devices..
i will try ODIN now... use Stock ROM....
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and also, i have tried to wipe data from CWM, why my Note2 device still can boot?
i mean, like not wiped the data completely
benatis said:
hmm.. i never used Samsung deviced before.. this is my first Samsung device i have ever..
different with my HTC devices
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I believe the reason you are experiencing this issue is because this new firmware you flashed doesn't contain a custom radio and the n7100 firmware did. You will need to find a n7105 radio, flash that through CWM or TWRP and you should be back in business mate.
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I believe the reason you are experiencing this issue is because this new firmware you flashed doesn't contain a custom radio and the n7100 firmware did. You will need to find a n7105 radio, flash that through CWM or TWRP and you should be back in business mate.
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where i can download n7105 radio ???
and how to flash the radio?
where i can download the stock Radio, Firmware, and rom of N7105 ???
i Have tried Odin, and flash Stock rom... but i dont know how to wipe data and chache from odin..
i just flash it..
and now, my Signal is appear... lol...
thanks for everyone...
Would be glad to help you but you seem to have skipped the first rule : read, read, read before you do anything else. You even admitted that this is your first Samsung device, so why did u assume that everything should have been htc like ?
Anyhow, you can try to flash the newest 4.1.2 update for the 7105, even though I fear that your problem is your efs folder, and since this is unique for each device, no flashing any rom will put it back in place.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2027586
Good luck,
P_
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Would be glad to help you but you seem to have skipped the first rule : read, read, read before you do anything else. You even admitted that this is your first Samsung device, so why did u assume that everything should have been htc like ?
Anyhow, you can try to flash the newest 4.1.2 update for the 7105, even though I fear that your problem is your efs folder, and since this is unique for each device, no flashing any rom will put it back in place.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2027586
Good luck,
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yah.. i have flash that ROM just now..
but, why my signal is verry in poor level? only showing 2 bar?
im sorry, im not experienced with samsung devices
Since you said that the phone is from Australia and Optus you may want to flash its original firmware back in place :
http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&model=GT-N7105&pcode=OPS&os=1&type=1#firmware
If you do not use the phone in Australia you may want to find a firmware (if available) for your device/geographical region.
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benatis said:
i Have tried Odin, and flash Stock rom... but i dont know how to wipe data and chache from odin..
i just flash it..
and now, my Signal is appear... lol...
thanks for everyone...
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I am facing the same problem you had before, however when i try to Odin the stock 4.1.1 firmware back to the phone, it stops at the Samsung logo when restarting. I have to force back to recovery mode to flash the omega back to have it start again. Can you please tell me the steps you did on putting back to stock firmware? thanks
If you haven't yet reflashed the EFS partition (don't do that, ever ! unless you have a good reundant set of backups), you actually don't need to reflash to stock firmware at all (and I doubt that it'd do any good anyways. It just puts back a generic EFS with the files set at default values, but certainly can't put back the data you had in your own device's EFS, this is unique to each phone).
Just head on over to the Galaxy S2 forums and look for a thread called "Restore your IMEI in 9 steps" (something like that. There's actually quite a number of threads describing the same procedure, you can find them by searching "samsung restore imei" in all forums, works just as well).
I had the same problem the other day (and no backup of course, silly and impatient me... ), it worked like a charm..
It's topics like this that i know that People Will get Hurt on. Come on, read and study before doing anything on a smartphone. There's a reason why android doesn't come with administrator rights from factory.
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hello, my imei is null/null and samsung kies doesn't detect my phone ( i cant update the frimware with kies...)
i saw that we can fix this probleme with a custome rom or somthing like this but i did flash it with this rom the issue still the same http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2016575
can anybody post for me a working link for a rom that can fix my problem or give me a working solution
thank you all
and no i dont have an efs backup because it was sold for me like that ...
Check HERE for help with your issue!
Hope it helps you
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264021
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thanks but i cant find the nv_data.bin file in the efs folder
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thanks but i cant find the nv_data.bin file in the efs folder
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@Bajanman sorry but that guide is useless for the LTE Note 2 variants. Look for guides from the LTE Note 2 or the North American SGS3 as your main starting points to try and solve this. (My T889V LTE guide has some links to those.)
One method I'd like to hear reports about is the reboot nvrestore one, I've seen it discussed mostly on a Verizon SGS3 thread, but nothing IMHO says it wouldn't be relevant for the HSPA/LTE versions either.
Edit: The EFS and other related partitions are of a significantly different layout between the dual-core SGS3 and the LTE Note 2 or GT-I9305. adb reboot nvrestore doesn't seem to do anything on our devices.
Good luck,
Darkshado
hey i didn't find anything...i've heard that there's some custom roms that contains EFs backup that can solve my problem is this true ? if so can anybody give me a link for one of those roms ? thank you
Try to flash with odin the stock rom that you got your note 2 with. It happened to me once where i flashed something and lost my imei. I didnt backup or anything. After i flashed the stock and unrooted my phone my imei reappeared and my phone worked again. BTW it was a att note 2. I found the rom somewhere at this forum. No rom contain you Efs i think(could be wrong) but each phone has it own imei.
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hey i didn't find anything...i've heard that there's some custom roms that contains EFs backup that can solve my problem is this true ? if so can anybody give me a link for one of those roms ? thank you
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soprano1993 said:
hello, my imei is null/null and samsung kies doesn't detect my phone ( i cant update the frimware with kies...)
i saw that we can fix this probleme with a custome rom or somthing like this but i did flash it with this rom the issue still the same http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2016575
can anybody post for me a working link for a rom that can fix my problem or give me a working solution
thank you all
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Flash Rogers rooted rom from link below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2004650
Or if that fails try method below
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261153
ok thank you bro i will test and tell you if somthing wrong happens
i cant connect to kies with my phone ... and the stock rom didn't change anuthing...still imei null/null and base band is unknown
The method doesn't always work ...
And you may be facing a damaged device needing a repair service...
However ...it is worth a repeated try ...g
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Hello to everyone, I was wondering if anyone can help with this. I have a Galaxy Note 2 branded by an Italian company (3hg Italia). It recently received its update to Android 4.3 (update N7100XXUEML2). It was the official update OTA, the phone is not rooted and it had the stock ROM on it. The update somehow messed up my IMEI making it appear as the generic 0049 forcing me on "Emergency calls only" mode. I already tried flashing the same ROM with Odin and repeating the update with KIES, but while the updates always results successful the IMEI remains 0049. I never made a backup of the EFS folder for this phone since I haven't rooted it or flashed any different ROM on it yet. There is any chance that the phone made an automatic backup? I live in the States right now and Samsung tells me I need to ship it back to Italy to have it fixed, but that costs a lot and would take forever, and I would much prefer try to solve the problem locally. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, if not for any fix that I can try myself, at least some place on the West Coast that can fix the problem!
Thank you!
Lorenzo
Oh I forgot to add that because of Hardware problems I recently sent my phone to Samsung and they replaced the motherboard, which fixed the problem I was having. I don't know if that could be related!
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Oh I forgot to add that because of Hardware problems I recently sent my phone to Samsung and they replaced the motherboard, which fixed the problem I was having. I don't know if that could be related!
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Here's solution : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2539731
phluid01 said:
Here's solution : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2539731
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I'm afraid that fix works just if you have your actual IMEI, I instead have the generic IMEI that starts with 0049. But I will check it out! Thanks!
rext said:
I'm afraid that fix works just if you have your actual IMEI, I instead have the generic IMEI that starts with 0049. But I will check it out! Thanks!
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Then you should simply flash another modem from here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2044937 ... flash a custom recovery first.
phluid01 said:
Then you should simply flash another modem from here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2044937 ... flash a custom recovery first.
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Thank you so much! I'll take a look into it tomorrow and try it!
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Thank you so much! I'll take a look into it tomorrow and try it!
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So I found someone nice enough to give me a hand with this situation, but still no luck yet! Here what they say:
At first glance, the EFS data on the phone was corrupt. I re-generated
that data and restored it to the phone without success.
The GSM radio itself is operational, and the firmware for it is
installed and functional. diagnostic data flows to the towers and back
to the phone but it's not reading the IMEI from the copy of
nv_data.bin contained within EFS. I've re-generated and installed
those files as well, again with no luck.
I rolled the device back to it's original factory firmware and radio
baseband, then ran through the update for the radio baseband, which
also regenerates the contents of EFS, and still no luck.
Given the situation, anyone have other suggestions?
HI,
I have a S3 with a good IMEI but need to change the board due to bad signal. I have tried everything reflashing checking my imei everything is ok. Can I buy a bad imei unlocked board and change the imei on it to my imei number.
blainville10 said:
HI,
I have a S3 with a good IMEI but need to change the board due to bad signal. I have tried everything reflashing checking my imei everything is ok. Can I buy a bad imei unlocked board and change the imei on it to my imei number.
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Have you tried flashing a different modem?
I would think I'd just need to flash my backup nv file that a backed up. But I've heard that the old imei may come back after a while.
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I would think I'd just need to flash my backup nv file that a backed up. But I've heard that the old imei may come back after a while.
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You didn't answer my question. Flashing a modem might save you all this trouble.
As for playing with IMEI, it's never a good idea and guides are being removed everywhere due to being illegal in some places.
Flash you mean with a jtag or flash like installing a rom with a program. Ive flashed roms through usb and I would know how to flash my nv file on another board
well if I cant change the imei forget it than
blainville10 said:
Flash you mean with a jtag or flash like installing a rom with a program. Ive flashed roms through usb and I would know how to flash my nv file on another board
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blainville10 said:
well if I cant change the imei forget it than
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By flash, I mean in recovery mode. I suggest you start reading on how to do it.
Changing the IMEI is possible but will be hard to find a good guide on how to do it.
BWolf56 said:
By flash, I mean in recovery mode. I suggest you start reading on how to do it.
Changing the IMEI is possible but will be hard to find a good guide on how to do it.
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I have flashed custom roms in recovery mode but still doesnt solve my problem. What are you suggesting I should flash in recovery mode. Maybe a link
blainville10 said:
I have flashed custom roms in recovery mode but still doesnt solve my problem. What are you suggesting I should flash in recovery mode. Maybe a link
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Searching is cool
Directly from the stickied: [MODEM] Complete Modem List for both I747U & I747M
BWolf56 said:
Searching is cool
Directly from the stickied: [MODEM] Complete Modem List for both I747U & I747M
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I had done that lol and didn't work. I did solve my problem though. I read nv file from another board with nv-reader-writer and replaced imei with mine and works. I guess the nv file was corrupt.
hi all
after installing custom ROM my phone imei has been changed so i am not able to make calls
and i am getting error message that says "not registered on network" I searched about that issues and found that changing imei may cause that problem so anyone can help me to restore original imei for my phone
the below youtube show steps to do it but my problem that am not able to access engineering mode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNGalucyFJc
please HELP ME !
do you have a backup of your EFS? if you have, follow what i did here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2055736&page=352
but i suggest you only do it IF you have a backup of your EFS. otherwise, it's up to you.
edong23 said:
do you have a backup of your EFS? if you have, follow what i did here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2055736&page=352
but i suggest you only do it IF you have a backup of your EFS. otherwise, it's up to you.
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ah, no i don't have backup for EFS, :crying: what must i do?
ghost_j1 said:
ah, no i don't have backup for EFS, :crying: what must i do?
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try flashing your official firmware through Odin. other users solve their imei problem by doing that. see also if you can access engineering mode with that official firmware.
edong23 said:
try flashing your official firmware through Odin. other users solve their imei problem by doing that. see also if you can access engineering mode with that official firmware.
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i tried to flash it with an official firmware but thats does not help the imei still wrong and i am not able to access engineering mode too
any other suggestion or anyone can help
ghost_j1 said:
i tried to flash it with an official firmware but thats does not help the imei still wrong and i am not able to access engineering mode too
any other suggestion or anyone can help
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lets wait for others specially those who are expert in android for some advice. I'm just an ordinary security guard so i can't help you much with your problem. what i have suggested you from my previous post was the last thing I did when my phone finally worked. for 4 days i been searching for solution because i also have an IMEI problem. i flash back to official rom, flash patched modem, flash other roms to no avail until such time when my phone doesn't boot because of broken partition :laugh:. if you still have warranty restore it back. if you're already out of warranty and you have money, you can it send it to service center.
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you can also try this if you have courage. i was able to make some secret codes work but i have'nt tried if it works with engineering mode by modifying hiddenmenu in /efs/carrier/hiddenmenu. use efs explorer to open hiddenmenu and change it to ON.save it and restart your phone and see if engineering mode work. remember that you have to be in official firmware and also rooted to do this. if its not working then you'll just have to wait for a much better solutions from devs.
Same question
I have the same problem, as owner of the thread. Any help?
"CF Auto root" after imei has been deleted. you have installed the fix: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2333216