Hello,
I reformatted my system. internal storage, and whatnot. I hade kept countless copies of my efs, of which, primarily, is one the created by Alexndr's rom. I restored that using the command in the txt file provided by Alexndr. Irregardless of my restoring efs in TWRP recovery, I boot up in to the OS with IMEI 1 and IMEI 2 as unknown, because I have a dual sim model. What am I missing here?
Thanks
CynicalHeight00 said:
Hello,
I reformatted my system. internal storage, and whatnot. I hade kept countless copies of my efs, of which, primarily, is one the created by Alexndr's rom. I restored that using the command in the txt file provided by Alexndr. Irregardless of my restoring efs in TWRP recovery, I boot up in to the OS with IMEI 1 and IMEI 2 as unknown, because I have a dual sim model. What am I missing here?
Thanks
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I figured it out. I flashed the latest modem of S9+ in TWRP .
CynicalHeight00 said:
I figured it out. I flashed the latest modem of S9+ in TWRP .
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Oh, thank you so much for this, man. I was in the same situation and I thought I ****ed my phone
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Hello guys, I'm a user of Moon ROM and when I tried to upgrade to v10 .. It was upgraded successfully .. through AROMA installation I backed up EFS, It was backed up into a folder .. not a tar or IMG file, And I found out that I lost my IMEI, and I couldn't find out how to restore the " folder " EFS backup .. So I tried various ways, In the end I tried to make an IMG file of that folder by ImgBurn and then restored it using this script
I got into a FOREVER boot loop, I tried to unroot, i tried to go back to stock firmware, I tried to reflash v9 Moon ROM and v10 again, I tried everything .. Also getting failed to mount /efs in recovery.
It's just killing me and I actually lost hope
So I was wondering if there's a way to reset my counter so I can send it to warranty.
Since I can't boot up to use Triangle away, Any solution ?
Cheet0z said:
Hello guys, I'm a user of Moon ROM and when I tried to upgrade to v10 .. It was upgraded successfully .. through AROMA installation I backed up EFS, It was backed up into a folder .. not a tar or IMG file, And I found out that I lost my IMEI, and I couldn't find out how to restore the " folder " EFS backup .. So I tried various ways, In the end I tried to make an IMG file of that folder by ImgBurn and then restored it using this script
I got into a FOREVER boot loop, I tried to unroot, i tried to go back to stock firmware, I tried to reflash v9 Moon ROM and v10 again, I tried everything .. Also getting failed to mount /efs in recovery.
It's just killing me and I actually lost hope
So I was wondering if there's a way to reset my counter so I can send it to warranty.
Since I can't boot up to use Triangle away, Any solution ?
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Sorry, but, you pretty much screwed your EFS partition by doing serious mistakes.
First of all, that script is backing up/restoring as RAW image that is taken by DD
I never tried to backup EFS using TWRP. But probably it's taking the file(s) in /EFS partition, not taking a RAW image.
So you tried to create a raw image from TWRP's EFS files using ImgBurn and restored it using DD (that script does that). Big mistake.
All you had to do was restoring EFS back using TWRP
However I think you can still restore EFS if you still have the EFS backup taken by TWRP?
If yes
Find a EFS raw image of Note 2 from somewhere (from a friend or internet...)
It has to be taken by DD (script also will work)
Then restore it using that script
Then enter into TWRP and restore your EFS which you took using TWRP before.
[email protected] said:
Sorry, but, you pretty much screwed your EFS partition by doing serious mistakes.
First of all, that script is backing up/restoring as RAW image that is taken by DD
I never tried to backup EFS using TWRP. But probably it's taking the file(s) in /EFS partition, not taking a RAW image.
So you tried to create a raw image from TWRP's EFS files using ImgBurn and restored it using DD (that script does that). Big mistake.
All you had to do was restoring EFS back using TWRP
However I think you can still restore EFS if you still have the EFS backup taken by TWRP?
If yes
Find a EFS raw image of Note 2 from somewhere (from a friend or internet...)
It has to be taken by DD (script also will work)
Then restore it using that script
Then enter into TWRP and restore your EFS which you took using TWRP before.
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Thanks in advance, So let me get this straight .. I have to look for a EFS img backup from a friend or from internet and restore it then restore the folder backup that I took using AROMA ?
should he be using the same ROM/baseband/kernel/etc or even from my country ?
Cheet0z said:
Thanks in advance, So let me get this straight .. I have to look for a EFS img backup from a friend or from internet and restore it then restore the folder backup that I took using AROMA ?
should he be using the same ROM/baseband/kernel/etc or even from my country ?
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As long as the device model matches like n7100, it should work. It doesn't has to be same ROM/baseband/kernel.
[email protected] said:
As long as the device model matches like n7100, it should work. It doesn't has to be same ROM/baseband/kernel.
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Actually I don't have any friends with a Note II, And I read previously that not a lot of people would share there IMEI, so can I ask You for it please ?
Cheet0z said:
Actually I don't have any friends with a Note II, And I read previously that not a lot of people would share there IMEI, so can I ask You for it please ?
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For the same reason, no, I won't give you mine either.
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For the same reason, no, I won't give you mine either.
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*sigh*
What to do then
Would this method work ?
I came across it while googling for an EFS backup.
Cheet0z said:
*sigh*
What to do then
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Find a friend
Cheet0z said:
Would this method work ?
I came across it while googling for an EFS backup.
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Your EFS partition corrupted because of your writing improper image.
That's why you can't get your EFS partition mounted.
You still need a raw image of EFS partition of Note 2, then restore your EFS backup properly.
[email protected] said:
Find a friend
Your EFS partition corrupted because of your writing improper image.
That's why you can't get your EFS partition mounted.
You still need a raw image of EFS partition of Note 2, then restore your EFS backup properly.
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Ok a guy was nice enough and gave me his IMG backup ..
Now I'm stuck at how to restore it !
I mean I can't use the script because it needs the phone to be booted up and android debugging on.
Cheet0z said:
Ok a guy was nice enough and gave me his IMG backup ..
Now I'm stuck at how to restore it !
I mean I can't use the script because it needs the phone to be booted up and android debugging on.
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Don't do anything. I'm going to make CWM update zip for you. I'm a bit busy right now.
Put your efs.img file into the root folder of the zip file
Then flash it via CWM or TWRP
Then restore you original EFS files
Hi Friends in deep trouble..
i am on dn4 v2.1
i just flashed twrp-2.8.6.0-t03gub.img.tar from here http://twrp.me/devices/samsunggalaxynote2n7100.html
i thought this is the latest TWRP
now i have lost my mobile network
can some one help me plz ...
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Hi Friends in deep trouble..
i am on dn4 v2.1
i just flashed twrp-2.8.6.0-t03gub.img.tar from here http://twrp.me/devices/samsunggalaxynote2n7100.html
i thought this is the latest TWRP
now i have lost my mobile network
can some one help me plz ...
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Just restore efs
erljayp said:
Just restore efs
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My friend had the same problem..he has a efs backup but both of us dont knw how to restore it back (tried few methods post googling but none worked even after saying successful)
Unbelievable how many of us fell into the same trap. I also flashed this recovery because I wasn't paying enough attention to what I downloaded. And I also lost my IMEI. I hope you backed up your EFS or you could be in trouble.
If you backed up your EFS then just recover it with the same program that you used to make the backup. If that doesn't work try flashing the stock Samsung ROM and try again. You can also try to flash the modem. This helps sometimes.
I had a backup of my EFS. I tried to restore it in CM12, didn't work. I tried to restore it in Ditto4, didn't work. Then I used an old STOCK Samsung ROM. First I got a generic IMEI whereas I got null/null on custom ROMs before. Making progress. Then I tired to recover my IMEI eith EFS. Didn't work. Then I flash the modem with modem_XXDME4__ (i'm from central Europe) and voila, IMEI back.
This is of course all possible only if you backed up your EFS file. If you did not, chances of getting the phone back are quite slim. I've read about a hunderd threads while trying to recover my phone and some say that when you don't have a backup of your EFS partition, just flashing your stock Samsung rom might work. By stock Samsung ROM I mean the one that was preloaded when you bought your phone.
Good luck.
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My friend had the same problem..he has a efs backup but both of us dont knw how to restore it back (tried few methods post googling but none worked even after saying successful)
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As what @Sheeptar (Thanks ) said, you can try to restore the efs using the method you used to back it up.
Else, try flashing a stock rom. This happened to me too and I was in the middle of flashing a new rom, so I flashed a stock rom using odin, and didn't have a problem while using the new rom.
I guess that version has no modem support, trying flashing previous version
thanks a lot guys ...
had a full twrp back and restored same ....
u ppl are so supportive ....keep up d good work ..
lolz i restored d full backup
didnt tried only efs...
another possible way..
This worked for me once.. Restore the stock version. E.g. Verizon. Then use the setup/phone/reset to factory option. I flashed the wrong note 2 room onto my i605 . Restoring via twerp didn't work, but the above did.
Hallo
after formating in philz touch everything, i have no sim card detected in every ROM i choose.
i posted this in the SlimROM Thread:
SIM CARD won't be detected on any ROM.
No IMEI number in status menu.
What can i do?
SIM Card is working in another Handy (no Smartphone).
please help me
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User @malimukk wrote this answer:
Do you have the backup of your EFS partition when you unlocked your bootloader?
If you've unlocked with freegee there should be a folder on sd card named FREEGEE. Inside of it try to find files named something like m9kefs1-backup.img
If you have them leave a reply and we'll continue
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Now, i have the freegee app installed, what should i do?
Thanks for your help!
Did you try to restore a rom backup?
Well it's too late right now to do anything with freegee. How did you unlock your bootloader and do you have the EFS backup?
You just need the EFS backup that was created when you unlocked the bootloader first time
Also another great suggestion is to restore a rom if you have any backup
Sent from my LG-E975 using XDA Free mobile app
Thanks for your help!
I restore to stock kitkat LG Rom.
Now it works and i'm flashing aicp rom.
Backup your EFS / IMEI first
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Backup your EFS / IMEI first
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yes i have backed up first!
I have no mobile network and while I wait for the firmware to download from filefactory, does anyone have an EFS backup who is on the RETEU software channel?
If someone had one from RETBR would be good too, I have the same problem as you, I lost my IMEI don't exactly how but I think it had something to do with the EFS
In the meantime I've been going down the QPST route to restore my IMEI with no success. I have thw two IMEIs set to 0, so a TWRP backup + IMEI editing should work well if anyone could upload one for us.
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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You may as well give up
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Unfortunately it doesn't work like that. It's either a motherboard replacement from Motorola or a new phone. Sorry, but I learnt the hard way. (£120 mobo replacement) Don't use the chinese TWRP.
Really_Rekt said:
Don't use the chinese TWRP.
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Do you know what action did the problem? For me the Chinese twrp works fine.
But there are two Chinese twrp! One from the all-in-in guide, and I've from another thread. Both are same version, but different in size. Having a look at both, I'm using the one from the all-in-one thread (don't remember why but I found it to be better). Maybe you had problems with the other?
Hello what have you done to lose the imei? thank you very much
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Do you know what action did the problem? For me the Chinese twrp works fine.
But there are two Chinese twrp! One from the all-in-in guide, and I've from another thread. Both are same version, but different in size. Having a look at both, I'm using the one from the all-in-one thread (don't remember why but I found it to be better). Maybe you had problems with the other?
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I accidentally wiped my efs partition with it. I think the one from the original rooting guide thread.
tag68 said:
Do you know what action did the problem? For me the Chinese twrp works fine.
But there are two Chinese twrp! One from the all-in-in guide, and I've from another thread. Both are same version, but different in size. Having a look at both, I'm using the one from the all-in-one thread (don't remember why but I found it to be better). Maybe you had problems with the other?
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Do you use alberto's? Thank you
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No but everyone should from now on. He told me his recovery has no risk of efs wiping
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I accidentally wiped my efs partition with it.
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If you really tapped efs, then wipe, it is not the problem of the twrp. Thought it would misbehave in some way. It is a really bad idea to change anything on efs partition, but a recovery is not intended to prevent you from doing things you shouldn't do.
TWRP doesn't normally have access to the efs partition. That's why Alberto's one has no risk of wiping it.
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TWRP doesn't normally have access to the efs partition. That's why Alberto's one has no risk of wiping it.
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Hello then with the one of alberto you can do wipes format and restore nandroid backup without any risk? Why did some people say they lost it by installing their own firwmare via rsdlite or fastboot? I feel my English
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iron maiden said:
Hello then with the one of alberto you can do wipes format and restore nandroid backup without any risk? Why did some people say they lost it by installing their own firwmare via rsdlite or fastboot? I feel my English
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I restored from nandroid with alberto's twrp, there is no problem
Hi, I have reset the EFS partations of the phone with TWRP to write new IMEI. I had a QCN backup before resetting, but I hadn't taken an EFS backup. Now when I try to restore the IMEI of the phone with QCN, the phone does not switch on and goes to the TWRP screen. I found patched QCN files from some forums. But they only fix IMEI 2. I can write IMEI numbers with IMEI Dual Write. However, the network does not come at that time. Please help me. How do I fix phone original IMEI?
Aki_15f said:
Hi, I have reset the EFS partations of the phone with TWRP to write new IMEI. I had a QCN backup before resetting, but I hadn't taken an EFS backup. Now when I try to restore the IMEI of the phone with QCN, the phone does not switch on and goes to the TWRP screen. I found patched QCN files from some forums. But they only fix IMEI 2. I can write IMEI numbers with IMEI Dual Write. However, the network does not come at that time. Please help me. How do I fix phone original IMEI?
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try following this post
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try following this post
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I did the same. no results
Aki_15f said:
I did the same. no results
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try flashing stock rom with mi flash first and then try restoring it maybe.
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try following this post
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I tried but did not get results
Aki_15f said:
I tried but did not get results
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try flashing stock rom with mi flash first and then try restoring it maybe. If that doesn't work flash stock rom via mi flash and select "clean all and lock". Then visit service center
here the EFS backup u can put it back using TWRP my issue is the QCN file that I didn't backup I tested many and all those with 2 IMEI didn't work only with 1 IMEI and my phone hase 2 IEMI