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SPH-L900 Nandroid backup file

Sorry if this post is in the wrong place (first post). Looking for a place where users could post nandroid backups for an SPH-L900. I had a microSD get corrupted and now I have no backup (which is why I actually need one now). Thanks in advance and again sorry if post is in the wrong place.

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dandvcastro said:
Sorry if this post is in the wrong place (first post). Looking for a place where users could post nandroid backups for an SPH-L900. I had a microSD get corrupted and now I have no backup (which is why I actually need one now). Thanks in advance and again sorry if post is in the wrong place.
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You dont want to restore a nandroid from another phone onto yours. Even if it the exact same model and everything there are still unique serials/MACs and other info on each phone and if you use someone elses it will jack things up for the both of you. All you need is just a new SDCard or fix the one you have, drop a new rom on it and flash it.

spotopolis said:
You dont want to restore a nandroid from another phone onto yours. Even if it the exact same model and everything there are still unique serials/MACs and other info on each phone and if you use someone elses it will jack things up for the both of you. All you need is just a new SDCard or fix the one you have, drop a new rom on it and flash it.
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Right you are thanks. Did some more digging and more reading and I guess a nandroid backup doesn't store or restore modem/radio info. What would I need to restore modem/radio? SD card has been formated and is good to go. Installed several ROMs but my baseband info and imei is blank with all of them.

dandvcastro said:
Right you are thanks. Did some more digging and more reading and I guess a nandroid backup doesn't store or restore modem/radio info. What would I need to restore modem/radio? SD card has been formated and is good to go. Installed several ROMs but my baseband info and imei is blank with all of them.
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Under Settings -> Update Profile - wait a minute and click ok. Should get everything back that you need I believe. SD-Card shouldn't have caused the problems you are experiencing.

dandvcastro said:
Right you are thanks. Did some more digging and more reading and I guess a nandroid backup doesn't store or restore modem/radio info. What would I need to restore modem/radio? SD card has been formated and is good to go. Installed several ROMs but my baseband info and imei is blank with all of them.
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You are in the same boat as me ****ed. You need to go to the sprint store and get a new one. it sucks but it has been happening a lot.

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dc13 said:
You are in the same boat as me ****ed. You need to go to the sprint store and get a new one. it sucks but it has been happening a lot.
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Hello friend, I hope you do not bother, this message is for help, first I would like to know if you are a user of a note L900, I have a problem, delete the EFS folder. Now I have no IMEI, I have seen a technician, he says Get the EFS folder from another note, to retrieve your IMEI.
The question is: lend me your EFS folder?

I had the phone before switching to TMO. You can try to flash a stock tar and see if that will help if not then you will need to go back to Sprint and get a new referb. It sucks I know but thats all you can do.

[Q] P936 blank IMEI, no service

Hi there!
I recently discovered that my phone has totally no service after about 2 weeks flashing with V20F rom so I flashed back to Hong Kong stock gb rom. However, the phone cannot detect the sim card thus still no service and when I check the IMEI with *#06#, only a blank box appeared. I checked the efs folder and it was blank. As my phone was unrooted, I sent it to the service center. Just now, they called me and said that they my phone is rooted and the problem cannot be fixed (did they really try to fix it??!!) and needed to change the m/b which costs HKD2000!!!
My question is do I really need to pay for the m/b or are there any cheaper ways to recover the IMEI??? I have searched on the web but there seems to be no such tutorial for P930 or P936.
Oh and by the way, I am not sure if I have a backup of the efs folder as I once installed CWR.
Thank you for your help!
(Sorry for my bad English, English is not my native language...)

YeungEthan said:
Hi there!
I recently discovered that my phone has totally no service after about 2 weeks flashing with V20F rom so I flashed back to Hong Kong stock gb rom. However, the phone cannot detect the sim card thus still no service and when I check the IMEI with *#06#, only a blank box appeared. I checked the efs folder and it was blank. As my phone was unrooted, I sent it to the service center. Just now, they called me and said that they my phone is rooted and the problem cannot be fixed (did they really try to fix it??!!) and needed to change the m/b which costs HKD2000!!!
My question is do I really need to pay for the m/b or are there any cheaper ways to recover the IMEI??? I have searched on the web but there seems to be no such tutorial for P930 or P936.
Oh and by the way, I am not sure if I have a backup of the efs folder as I once installed CWR.
Thank you for your help!
(Sorry for my bad English, English is not my native language...)
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I had the same issue well the window saying 'No network or wrong IMEI' so I too will wait to see any responses and I only put those numbers in because I heard that it may open up the internet speed or stop the drop of wifi signal, just not sure of any of that lol

TheCrow1372 said:
I had the same issue well the window saying 'No network or wrong IMEI' so I too will wait to see any responses and I only put those numbers in because I heard that it may open up the internet speed or stop the drop of wifi signal, just not sure of any of that lol
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I don't think yours is the same issue of mine as I don't have any error message. The IMEI is just literally blank. I really hope someone can help me. Anyway, thanks for your response!

There is something that may help you, it's over at the galaxy S3 forums. IT MAY. DO NOT MAKE ANY MODIFICATIONS USING THIS UNLESS YOU FIND RESULTS SIMILAR TO WHAT IS IN THE POST. PLEASE DON'T BLAME ME IF IT DOES NOT WORK. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997 USE QPST. BUT ONLY READ FROM THE SYSTEM. DON'T MOD IT AT ALL UNLESS YOU ARE SURE. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

rani9990 said:
There is something that may help you, it's over at the galaxy S3 forums. IT MAY. DO NOT MAKE ANY MODIFICATIONS USING THIS UNLESS YOU FIND RESULTS SIMILAR TO WHAT IS IN THE POST. PLEASE DON'T BLAME ME IF IT DOES NOT WORK. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997 USE QPST. BUT ONLY READ FROM THE SYSTEM. DON'T MOD IT AT ALL UNLESS YOU ARE SURE. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
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Thank you very much!!! It said it works for every phone, so I am going to try this! I will let you know if this works!

rani9990 said:
There is something that may help you, it's over at the galaxy S3 forums. IT MAY. DO NOT MAKE ANY MODIFICATIONS USING THIS UNLESS YOU FIND RESULTS SIMILAR TO WHAT IS IN THE POST. PLEASE DON'T BLAME ME IF IT DOES NOT WORK. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997 USE QPST. BUT ONLY READ FROM THE SYSTEM. DON'T MOD IT AT ALL UNLESS YOU ARE SURE. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
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Hi! No luck! Unfortunately, the above solution requires some sort of chip which this P936 hasn't. I will give the phone to a local electronic store to see if they have any clues. Thanks anyway!

[Q] imei 0

Hey guys I bought my sg3 about 3 months ago from a friend who had cynogen mod on the phone and it worked fine but I had cynogen mod on auto update and now my imei shows as 0 via *#06# and I cant call or text etc. Unfortunately I do not have a backup from when the imei worked because I didnt expect it to do this. So far Ive removed cynogen mod and reset it to stock firmware but im having the same issue any suggestions?
Its the SGH1747 version

dolee said:
Hey guys I bought my sg3 about 3 months ago from a friend who had cynogen mod on the phone and it worked fine but I had cynogen mod on auto update and now my imei shows as 0 via *#06# and I cant call or text etc. Unfortunately I do not have a backup from when the imei worked because I didnt expect it to do this. So far Ive removed cynogen mod and reset it to stock firmware but im having the same issue any suggestions?
Its the SGH1747 version
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Your baseband is probably corrupted. You may try reflashing a stock modem/baseband via recovery. I had a similar problem once, although I was on stock ROM, and re-flashing the modem zip worked.
I, however, tread very carefully here as I am aware the forum is wary about discussions relating to IMEI.

Larry2999 said:
Your baseband is probably corrupted. You may try reflashing a stock modem/baseband via recovery. I had a similar problem once, although I was on stock ROM, and re-flashing the modem zip worked.
I, however, tread very carefully here as I am aware the forum is wary about discussions relating to IMEI.
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yeah im not trying to change it which isnt allowed just tryin to figure out how to do what you said could you list me some steps or link me how to do this?

dolee said:
yeah im not trying to change it which isnt allowed just tryin to figure out how to do what you said could you list me some steps or link me how to do this?
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Don't know if you're willing to pay to have this repaired but here's a site that does it. I've done stuff with them before. Very good service.
(no, I don't work for them - just a happy customer.)
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-imei-efs-repair/

dolee said:
Hey guys I bought my sg3 about 3 months ago from a friend who had cynogen mod on the phone and it worked fine but I had cynogen mod on auto update and now my imei shows as 0 via *#06# and I cant call or text etc. Unfortunately I do not have a backup from when the imei worked because I didnt expect it to do this. So far Ive removed cynogen mod and reset it to stock firmware but im having the same issue any suggestions?
Its the SGH1747 version
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You can look up peoplearmy's method (google it). You will not find help on how to fix IMEI on XDA. I had my IMEI wiped out a while back after flashing a bad rom. I had to get it put back, and then had to get LTE back.
Good luck.

dolee said:
yeah im not trying to change it which isnt allowed just tryin to figure out how to do what you said could you list me some steps or link me how to do this?
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Can you go to Settings => About Device and see what you have under Baseband version? Whilst you are there, also check what Android version it says and the build number.

Larry2999 said:
Can you go to Settings => About Device and see what you have under Baseband version? Whilst you are there, also check what Android version it says and the build number.
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android 4.3 base band 1747MVLUEMK5 build # JSS15J.1747MVLUEMK5

dolee said:
android 4.3 base band 1747MVLUEMK5 build # JSS15J.1747MVLUEMK5
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Everything looks OK as your baseband version would likely read 'unknown' if it's bad. You may, however, still try re-flashing the modem via the method posted in the attached thread ... Please proceed at your own peril as I offer no guarantee that this will work or will not result in damaged phones,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1831898
Please note you will need custom recovery (e.g. CWM or TWRP). You will find instructions for installing custom recovery at the bottom of the thread. If this doesn't work, then you may try doing a hard wipe from recovery and reinstalling everything including system ROM, modem and kernel.
Hope it works out for you.

Simple fix is to reinject imei which located behind the battery.. But sometimes for some reason if you do this, you'll stuck with edge network, can be fix though but you gotta go back to stock in order to do so
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk

LARMYV said:
You can look up peoplearmy's method (google it). You will not find help on how to fix IMEI on XDA. I had my IMEI wiped out a while back after flashing a bad rom. I had to get it put back, and then had to get LTE back.
Good luck.
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I'm in the same boat as you once were. I lost my imei and had to inject it back, now I have no LTE service anywhere.. It says LTE but no internet connection. Any help? Sorry if I threadjacked here but I've been dealing with this for a year now and I really need a solution...

karmasblade said:
I'm in the same boat as you once were. I lost my imei and had to inject it back, now I have no LTE service anywhere.. It says LTE but no internet connection. Any help? Sorry if I threadjacked here but I've been dealing with this for a year now and I really need a solution...
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you will have to google peoplearmy imei lte and find the tutorial on how to restore imei and get LTE back.
You will not be able to find the thread on XDA because XDA deleted it sometime ago. I was like you and lost my imei. Once I re-injected it using a tutorial on XDA, I was stuck on edge. Then I finally found peoplearmy's tutorial, downloaded the programs and followed the steps to get LTE back. I got it back and haven't lost it since.

LARMYV said:
you will have to google peoplearmy imei lte and find the tutorial on how to restore imei and get LTE back.
You will not be able to find the thread on XDA because XDA deleted it sometime ago. I was like you and lost my imei. Once I re-injected it using a tutorial on XDA, I was stuck on edge. Then I finally found peoplearmy's tutorial, downloaded the programs and followed the steps to get LTE back. I got it back and haven't lost it since.
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I can't find the link, can you PM me it?

I had that happen to me with a 0 on my phone and was able to get it back I had no backup either what I did is go on the NV Data restore or NV writer thread and downloaded the NV writer and put myself back on stock ...I went thru a few pages in the post and someone had a file where you could put your IMEI into that file maybe it was set up thru notepad but you could fill in the zeros with your IMEI and name it I think a txt.file after then open the NV writer and instead of backing it up cause you can't just restore that file where you fill in you're IMEI and it went right back into my phone. There also a video on that page how to do it. You just need basically that file to put your IMEI back in. I might still have it if not keep going thru the post took find it. There a picture of what it looks like to restore if you list it but every time I tried to open that link to restore it wouldn't let me. Hope it wasn't to confusing but it's basically a white box with a bunch of zeros and replace the zeros with your IMEI and save it as atxt. File I believe and just restore it as shown in the video for backing it up but just restore instead it does work cause I didn't have an IMEI on my phone it just had a zero
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http:// http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804117

NV writer
heres the NV txt file to write your IM?EI back to the phone.extract the zip.

britt21 said:
heres the NV txt file to write your IM?EI back to the phone.extract the zip.
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could you link the video or the thread with the video?
instructions werent so clear

dolee said:
could you link the video or the thread with the video?
instructions werent so clear
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I believe this is it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804117

karmasblade said:
I believe this is it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804117
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I got a message saying failed phone did not answer when writing any ideas

QPST instructions and NV files PLEASE!

Does anybody know how to use QPST and can give me a NV file so I can use it for my IMEI because my phone is hardbricked(QHSUSB_DLOAD) and somehow its on download mode so I basically can't do anything without someone giving me instructions. Or you can help me build a .mbn so I can repartition the phone

I've read your post a few places now on bricking your g3. While I have no help to offer I am curious how you got to this point.

dreamsforgotten said:
I've read your post a few places now on bricking your g3. While I have no help to offer I am curious how you got to this point.
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5 straight days of research with only few hours of sleep and still I have no idea to fix my partition without the communities. I REALLY REALLY WANT TO FIX THIS DAMN PHONE

xmagiicsx said:
5 straight days of research with only few hours of sleep and still I have no idea to fix my partition without the communities. I REALLY REALLY WANT TO FIX THIS DAMN PHONE
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I meant how did you brick and wipe your efs in the first place?

dreamsforgotten said:
I meant how did you brick and wipe your efs in the first place?
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Misclicked format sd partition.......

xmagiicsx said:
Misclicked format sd partition.......
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So you have no idea what you really have. You can't tell me you have nothing cause the phone won't boot up. Lg tool.watch the video fully and follow the directions.
BAD ASS G3

IMEI lost, questions about backing up another MOTO Z Play "EFS".

Hi, I've been trying to find a solution for the problem of null IMEI I'm having after wiping EFS partition on the Chinese TWRP, maybe it's not that and it is because I've erased modemst1, modemst2 and flashed modem+fsg.
I'm pretty sure it had to do with one of those procedures, when I wiped the EFS I've got some error saying it couldn't be done but something went missing.
I've got a more direct question now, my brother just bought a Moto Z Play yesterday, if I backup his EFS on my phone (he already asked if I want to do that) will both of us would be able to use our phone normally?

can anyone backup their "efs" and upload it here so that i can restore it and get back my imei.
plzzz. needed indian efs

kkarora said:
can anyone backup their "efs" and upload it here so that i can restore it and get back my imei.
plzzz. needed indian efs
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No way, like you already now, each phone has an individual IMEI. Your phone is unfortunately unusable.
What did you attempt to do? Flash another firmware package ?
Sent from my XT1635-02 using XDA-Developers Legacy app

flashallthetime said:
No way, like you already now, each phone has an individual IMEI. Your phone is unfortunately unusable.
What did you attempt to do? Flash another firmware package ?
Sent from my XT1635-02 using XDA-Developers Legacy app
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isn't there ANY way of rewriting this thing back?

mcaxtr said:
isn't there ANY way of rewriting this thing back?
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Unfortunately no

mcaxtr said:
isn't there ANY way of rewriting this thing back?
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Lenovo could generate it. But they probably instead replace the main board. You may ask them how much the repair is.

I think I'll just take it there and see if they can do anything about.
well, lesson learnt hard way

mcaxtr said:
I think I'll just take it there and see if they can do anything about.
well, lesson learnt hard way
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New motherboard unfortunately

Now you know not to use fishy Chinese recoveries.

efs
Hey you can use sigma box to restore imei which will cost you around 800 rs,same thing happened for me but still not fixed just using with wifi

If partition can be wiped, then is not read only. If is not read only, should be possible to write backup back. Otherwise, what's the point of the backup?!
Each phone should/must have different IMEI, depending of the network. In theory, should be possible to take partition from one phone and write to another. However, Moto maybe prevents that checking some hash, serial number... If it's possible to write partition from another phone, again question is can those two phones be on the same network in the same time. I also saw a way to change IMEI, I think even on this sub forum.

If someone solve this problem I definitive pay to that sir, he would be rich In the first day..

kkarora said:
can anyone backup their "efs" and upload it here so that i can restore it and get back my imei.
plzzz. needed indian efs
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did u got efs, im too wiped my efs partition