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[Q] Corrupted EFS- with no restore

Hi
Last night i tired to root my phone using a firmware but kinda ran in some what a major issue. As i was updating the ROM using ODIN it decided to fail and kinda soft brick my device. After trying to find ways to get round i mange to find a stock ROM which got it back to the main screen. The issue that i've got now is that the IMEI number is 0049 and getting no service or mobile data.
Looked on a couple forums about trying to fix the IMEI. I came across one including the NV_Data and another one using EFS restore. The issue is that i haven't got a working NV_Data file or a full back up of a EFS partition. (yeah i know that i've should've backed up the EFS had it all today off my mate hehe)
Was wondering if anyone could help me or point me in the right direction.
Phone: Samsung Galaxy Note 2 GT-N7100- SIM: T-mobile
Thank you

from dr.ketam thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2420881
How to recover lost IMEI that happens with downgrading ROM
If you have lost IMEI just by downgrading (as said by above by flashing older ROM), still you can recover IMEI without having EFS backup.
-Again upgrade ROM will restore IMEI OR
-Flash latest Modem. You can find it here.. You can download MG1 modem and flash using PC Odin with 'Phone' tab instead of PDA.
Remember above said works only if IMEI is corrupted by downgrading ROM only, if it was corrupted by other things, this won't be helpful.
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try flashing DDDMG1 or DXDMF1 modem from this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2044937

Thank you for the reply.
Just to double check is it this what i need to download from the link you gave me
Modem
N7100XXALJ1 (modem version N7100XXALIH) [Thnx AdamLange]
If so for some reason the file cant be found

no i meant the latest 3 modems for 4.1.2
XXDME4
DXDMF1
DDDMG1
because flashing old modem over one of the 3 newer modems makes the same problem as yours ..
so installing the newer modem might fix things for you without having to install the whole rom
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u nead a custom recovery(philz or Twrp) to install these modems ...

Really grateful for the help
When you say i need to install the modem using a recovery (philz or twrp) would you happen to know were i can find a step by step guide on how to use the recovery??
Cheers

u already used odin so u must have samsung drivers and odin ... just dowanload twrp for ur n7100 from there site http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/115
then download the Odin Method
select the file from the pda button in odin and flash ....it should even root ur phone if it wasn't .. there is a lot of ways to reset ur phone to stock so it's not a dangerous operation
this vid is for s3 but it's the same method http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f9QdsnSTso just use the file from the link above

OOOOOSHHHHHH!!!!!!!
Thank you very much for all help manage to get it working now. Everything you said has helped.
Cheers mate really appreciate everything you done :victory:

don't want to confuse you but if u don't want to root ur phone / install custom recovery
u can download stock rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2230250
it should be same result ...
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u r welcome .....just make a nandroid backup (using the custom reecovery ) and the make sure to include the EFS and place it somewhere secure extsd and the pc to save u from alot of trouble in the future

Baseband = XXXX

Hi all!
My problem is in the title, can anybody help me? :/

Have you tried flashing stock again?

Already done, doesn't work..
(It's a GT-8160p)

Unipo said:
Already done, doesn't work..
(It's a GT-8160p)
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Have u tried the return to full i8160 guide in development section?

Hi,
I have the same problem for 3 days now and I'm still trying to fix this but nothing helps.
I have done nearly the same like user "ppero196" in thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2416791. So far I have made ​​only standard wipe (User Data Wipe/ Factory Reset, Cache Partition and Dalvik Cache) and flashed a lot of novafusion's roms without problems until I wanted to have a completely "clean" phone with new novafusion rom and formatted every partition in CWM I could find including modem partition too. (double facepalm)
I flashed several stock firmwares according to the instructions of the thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2025096. Also 4.1.2 firmwares...
Still Baseband XXXX. I guess it has something to do with the modem partition and I should do something like dd if=/storage/extSdCard/mmcblk0p12.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p12 (pperos196's thread) or am I wrong? But the file is for S3 mini...
Can anybody help please?

Try flashing 3 part fw(i8160P)

I've 8160 (without P)
and I tried flashing 3-parted rom without success: http://uploaded.net/file/rn2ewsea (Standard_I8160XXLL2_3tlg_bitstopfen.zip.zip)
from forum: http://www.android-hilfe.de/custom-...zu-2-3-6-3teilig-i8160xxll2-germany-root.html
There seems to be problems with Odin flashing modems. So I followed the instructions:
Ok it worked.
If anyone else is having issues with the baseband not changing, do this.
Use Odin v3.04
Untick Autoreboot
Flash modem
Reboot once again into Download Mode using (Vol Down plus Home button combi)
Flash Modem once more
Once done,unplug then reboot device manually.
If this doesn't work, try repeating the flash process again while rebooting manually and with auto-reboot option turned off.
http://www.android-hilfe.de/custom-...-2-3-6-3teilig-i8160xxll2-germany-root-2.html post #2 and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192025
But with Odin 3.04 occurs another error: Complete(Write) operation failed.
Im going crazy :silly:

For all who facing still the same problem... Flash FULL 3-Parted FW accoring to your Phone (as teddytsen already mentioned) but I think some links are helpfull.
Futhermore this is also recommended if you want to go back from any CM10.1/10.2/11 ROM to Samsungs stock GB/JB.
For 8160 and 8160L we have only an GB FW 3-parted available! But you can flash any JB (according to your phone) afterwards if you like....
ONLY FOR 8160 (without NFC) (Thx to @michal_ag / http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2141930)
- FULL 3-parted GT-I8160 GB (2.3.6) Firmware SEB (Russia) CODE_GT-I8160_I8160XXLK6_CL1211243_REV00_user_SEC_KEY_LK6_4G [http://d-h.st/cwE]
ONLY FOR 8160P (with NFC) (out of my How-To Back to 8160P http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2352064)
- FULL 3-parted GT-I8160P GB (2.3.6) Firmware DBT (Open Germany) CODE_GT-I8160P_I8160PXXLK2_CL1211774_REV00_user_SEC_KEY_XL K2_4G [http://d-h.st/fWn]
OR
- FULL 3-parted GT-I8160P JB (4.1.2) Firmware DBT (Open Germany) CODE_GT-I8160P_I8160PXXME1_DBT_1106830_REV00_user_low_ship [http://d-h.st/v6N]
OR
- FULL 3-parted GT-I8160P JB (4.1.2) Firmware OXA (Open Europe) CODE_GT-I8160P_I8160PXXME1_OXA_1106830_REV00_user_low_ship [http://d-h.st/Sux]
ONLY FOR 8160L (Latin) (Thx to @teogepe / http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-ace/ace-2-general/8160l-gb-3-part-firmware-original-t2828812)
FULL 3-parted GT-I8160L GB (2.3.6) Firmware TTT (Open Trinidad/Tobago) CODE_GT-I8160L_I8160LUBLH1_CL1180407_REV00_user_SEC_KEY_LH1_4G [https://drive.google.com/folder/d/0B7OJM0GsxEc1V3VHSHRrRFA1OVk/edit]
Set ODIN as mentioned here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2426437

Thanks for your reply but after flashing still baseband xxxx
I read something about NV Rebuild could solve it finally in the service menu but I get error - FAIL to remove GUARDFIL

novavid said:
Thanks for your reply but after flashing still baseband xxxx
I read something about NV Rebuild could solve it finally in the service menu but I get error - FAIL to remove GUARDFIL
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Hi. I'm pretty sure it has to do with modemfs partition. For some reason it doesn't seem to be fully restored with stock firmware.
You should be able to restore it with someone else's backup, like in pperos thread where I helped him.
No IMEI is stored there. :good:

If I had such a backupfile, I would have already tried this. Where could I get such a modemfs backup? I'm not allowed to write to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2145464 as I have not 10 posts...

novavid said:
If I had such a backupfile, I would have already tried this. Where could I get such a modemfs backup? I'm not allowed to write to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=53152758 as I have not 10 posts...
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If someone with the same model would be kind enough to make a backup and share it, then you and others would be able to restore it.
No more baseband:XXXX :laugh:
We got it shared in the s3mini forum and it works well.

I've just tried the app efs to restore internal NVRam after it was not possible for me to do it via the service menu. -> no success
So I'm now trying to catch 5 more post to be able to write to the nvram backup/restore thread (mentioned in post #11)

Problem solved! Look for: http://www.android-hilfe.de/root-cu...d-xxxx-kein-mobiles-internet.html#post7813122
Its indeed so as tys0n says. :highfive:

Good to see you got it solved :thumbup:

hope not to come there
Its indeed so as tys0n says. :highfive:[/QUOTE]
mai o mai. reden ned alle deutsch! i a ned, aber i hob di scho.
i hope that i m not going to come in that situation that i need it :cyclops:
thanks!
ps: i made some other mistake.. baseband also. but tomorrow is a new day! today! :good:

Need help
please #novavid give me another link the devhost link is dead and i need the file modemfs_i8160_i8160p.rar please

I took the file offline (it was from me)... Please be patience... I will do new files for an easy CWM Rec. install...

fluffi444 said:
I took the file offline (it was from me)... Please be patience... I will do new files for an easy CWM Rec. install...
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Thank u very much I . I searched for the file everywhere but I didn't find it . I hope u'll give me the link as soon as possible . thnx again :fingers-crossed:

faroukovic3 said:
Thank u very much I . I searched for the file everywhere but I didn't find it . I hope u'll give me the link as soon as possible . thnx again :fingers-crossed:
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Please look here:
http://www.android-hilfe.de/root-cu...xxxx-kein-mobiles-internet-2.html#post7835468
DJM is me....

LOSING IMEI while flashing twrp

HELLO DEVS.
i have already lost my IMEI while i was flashing TWRP
anyway i had a backup bit when i do restore nothing happens
i tried a lot of programs and even the programs that i had a backup bythem but nothing happens still null/null
and when i triend a program i restored EFS.img in efs partition and its showing /Null without the first one
and i checked out this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2255943
i did the instructing step by step and although the screen shows that all the recoveries that i have done is successful but it is NOT
what i should do to have my IMEI back
leave the box solution for the last please
thank you !
Sorry for my bad English

chill bro dont worry
hye,from my experience,i just flashing a new radio firmware
and then the problem lost of imei is solve
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2044937
click that link and just choose the correct modem firmware for your country
flash using twrp
hope can help u buddy

Fendy Kacak said:
hye,from my experience,i just flashing a new radio firmware
and then the problem lost of imei is solve
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2044937
click that link and just choose the correct modem firmware for your country
flash using twrp
hope can help u buddy
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there is no modem with 4.4.2

Hello
I had same problem, exactly like topic starter says
I fixed it following this guide, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2088809
I didn't use TriangleAway like the thread guide says, but still worked.
Can anyone tell me how to avoid wiping my IMEI from my Note 2 when i try to install TWRP?
Thank you

alexokanenas said:
Hello
I had same problem, exactly like topic starter says
I fixed it following this guide, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2088809
I didn't use TriangleAway like the thread guide says, but still worked.
Can anyone tell me how to avoid wiping my IMEI from my Note 2 when i try to install TWRP?
Thank you
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did you use Odin to flash TWRP? I have never had any problems flashing 1st TWRP via Odin.
Make backup of EFS and keep it in safe place, everything else is not so important

yaro666 said:
did you use Odin to flash TWRP? I have never had any problems flashing 1st TWRP via Odin.
Make backup of EFS and keep it in safe place, everything else is not so important
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Yes I used Odin, maybe with wrong TWRP file? is that possible?
Thanks for your anwser. I did that with a program called Titanium Backup
Do i restore it the same way i did the backup (same app) ?
What if it fails to restore it? Im afraid to try it again, it was a shock, though i bricked it

Some versions of TWRP don't do that. I used 2.8.0.0. But I just got tired of it and just used CWM philz advanced. I only use TWRP when i need to fix permissions.Also you can restore your IMEI by using Kies.

[Q] Samsung Note 2 N7100 Soft-Bricked (Solutions not working)

My Samsung note 2 won't move from the boot screen. It does boot into recovery when I press the buttons but it won't mount any files. Sideloading works through ADB but then that's just about it as it gives me errors. Tried to use Odin to unbrick it but it keeps giving me errors. What do I do? How do I unbrick my phone? I have posted a screenshot of the errors I am getting. Can someone please advise on what I should do?

boshez said:
My Samsung note 2 won't move from the boot screen. It does boot into recovery when I press the buttons but it won't mount any files. Sideloading works through ADB but then that's just about it as it gives me errors. Tried to use Odin to unbrick it but it keeps giving me errors. What do I do? How do I unbrick my phone? I have posted a screenshot of the errors I am getting. Can someone please advise on what I should do?
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I have almost a same situation here with my brothers phone. I don't know why, but every time he manages to brick it like that. When booting into recovery from rom (power menu), it crashes the phone and it gets in a bootloop trying to get into the recovery.
What I did:
- Reflash recovery through odin (odin succes, phone fail)
- Reflash recovery through odin and erase nand (same...)
The only fix I found was to flash the stock rom and nand erase through odin, then flash the recovery (twrp 2.8.6.0), erase almost everything (sys, data, cache) and flash custom rom.
Looking at your pic, after nand write it fails, it could be that your nand chip is dead, and if it is like that, move to an other phone, it isn't worth to get a new mobo for your phone, those things cost more than 100 euro and a great new phone would get about 250 from you (like that asus zenfone, I think that is the one you should aim for if you want mid class to high class phones)

boshez said:
My Samsung note 2 won't move from the boot screen. It does boot into recovery when I press the buttons but it won't mount any files. Sideloading works through ADB but then that's just about it as it gives me errors. Tried to use Odin to unbrick it but it keeps giving me errors. What do I do? How do I unbrick my phone? I have posted a screenshot of the errors I am getting. Can someone please advise on what I should do?
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The firmware you trying to flash xxalj3 (saw at screenshot) is very old 4.1.1 with sds bug also. Probably your phone has newer bootloader and 4 this you can't flash it, download latest firmware from Sammy and try again.
Sent from my GT-N7100

So I found out that my phone went through SDS. Had to get a new eMMC chip. the imei number got screwed up as well.

boshez said:
So I found out that my phone went through SDS. Had to get a new eMMC chip. the imei number got screwed up as well.
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Sorry to hear this.
Sent from my GT-N7100

vagsvag said:
Sorry to hear this.
Sent from my GT-N7100
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Got my phone to start working again after I installed a new eMMC. However when I updated it to a 4.4.2 Stock ROM, it won't register on to the network.

boshez said:
Got my phone to start working again after I installed a new eMMC. However when I updated it to a 4.4.2 Stock ROM, it won't register on to the network.
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Your imei is normal or something 0004....? Corrupted general imei
Sent from my GT-N7100

vagsvag said:
Your imei is normal or something 0004....? Corrupted general imei
Sent from my GT-N7100
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IMEI is the same as the one on the phone. I believe I must have installed the wrong ROM. I installed the N7100XXUFNL1 one which said Pakistan but then now that I checked it again, I found out it was for Nigeria, UAE, etc (which share the same CSC). Now I am downloading the N7100XXUFND4 one. Hope it makes a difference. I did backup my IMEI etc incase there is an issue.

boshez said:
IMEI is the same as the one on the phone. I believe I must have installed the wrong ROM. I installed the N7100XXUFNL1 one which said Pakistan but then now that I checked it again, I found out it was for Nigeria, UAE, etc (which share the same CSC). Now I am downloading the N7100XXUFND4 one. Hope it makes a difference. I did backup my IMEI etc incase there is an issue.
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Samsung had made efs partition update when released 4.3 if I remember well. This update was making by the kernel when was flashing the fw was updating the efs too. If you haven't flash original firmware via odin 4.3 or later probably your efs is not updated. Try to flash original fw via odin, I think it will work.
Sent from my GT-N7100

I need your all help. dead s9 / bricked

So i have a samsung s9 SM-G960F/DS version. i had have run TWRP on it and magisk + exposed and it worked fine. i had to uninstall exposed to log into some apps and then i would reinstall it agian. but when i ran the exposed unintaller the phone would not boot. i tryed diffrent things and it would not boot unless it had the exposed intalled on it. i did a complete wipe of the phone with TWRP and now i can´t install stock rom. i downloaded the latest stock ROM for my model and the latest odin that can handle the lz4 compression. bur when i but in BL AP CP CSC it just get stuck on system.img all the time. i there is simply nothing i have not tryed. and nothing works for me. The only think working is if i flash the TWRP then i can boot into recovery TWRP. thats it. i am at a point where i will pay anyone who can help me figure this out cause i almost lost all hope for this to work agian. So i really really hope someone here have an ide to what could work for me. every tip and trick i will test and if someone offer help via discord or somthing i would also be glad to hear from you.

Hi
Extract and flash bootload.img or hidden.img file from the main stock rom.
I'll check the actual file name for you when I get home later. Did experience that problem sometime back on my s6 edge.

Usually there is a small error message on the screen of the s9 if odin fails or stalls. It's small blue text, I have a feeling it's either 'magic string error' or 'SYSTEM not [Sec]' or close to it. I find this happens when flashing the wrong firmware for that model. Example, flashing G960N firmware for a G960F.
I just did a reflash and here are my exact steps for my G960F.
1. Download Odin 3.13.1
2. Make sure Samsung Drivers are installed
3. Grab the latest firmware for your device, my device is a G960F so I just picked the latest BRJ3 firmware with November patch from Updato. Just get the firmware for your exact model.
4. Extract the files from the ZIP file
5. Add all the correct BL, AP, CP and CSC files to odin.
6. Select nand erase
7. Boot S9 into download mode
8. Flash to phone.
Don't try to flash TWRP before installing the full firmwares and until the phone is setup.
If all fails, and because you seem to be able to install TWRP, then you can download TGP Kernel ROM and flash that. It is based on stock G960F firmware, has a nice aroma installer for selecting various things and tweaks. It also provides a clean install of Magisk if that's something you like.
Also be sure to flash no-DM Verify.

Make sure you're not trying to downgrade the bootloader, I'm sick of writing out the same guide each time and I just did it earlier today so shouldn't be hard to find

*Detection* said:
Make sure you're not trying to downgrade the bootloader, I'm sick of writing out the same guide each time and I just did it earlier today so shouldn't be hard to find
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thanks for the replies. the issue is fixed and the problem was the i last my "magic string" but a friendly person on the forum sent me the things needed to restore it and then restore to prerelease rom so i could upgrade to latest rom agian.

zalik20 said:
thanks for the replies. the issue is fixed and the problem was the i last my "magic string" but a friendly person on the forum sent me the things needed to restore it and then restore to prerelease rom so i could upgrade to latest rom agian.
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Why not ot share those items to help others in the forum.

nsnobel2 said:
Why not ot share those items to help others in the forum.
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You should look for samfirm or frija tool . Those would help you get latest firmware for your phone. Download it , flash it with odin and everything should be fine. Just remember that its possible that as you would be on latest firmware, you might not be able to downgrade in future.