[ATTENTION] Before Changes In Rom With Odin, Kies (Update Firmware) Or Flashing Save Your EFS Folder
Its Always Better To Save Your EFS Folder, Just To Be SAFE...
Why?
If You Lose Your IMEI # You Can't Download Apps Through Market Or Etc. In Turn Making You Spend Money At A Samsung Repair Center...
What If I Already Odined, Used Kies (Update Firmware) Or Flashed A Rom?
As Long As Your IMEI # In Settings And The One Under The Battery Match Your Fine...
How Do I Get My IMEI # Back If It Ever Changes?
As Long As Your Device Is Rooted Replace Backup With Root Explorer Or Use The App To Repair...
Must Be Rooted And Have Busybox...
Use This App:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1308546
Remember Its Really Important...
App Thanks To Lyriquidperfection...
I Dunno If T-Mobile GS II Needs To Do This But Its Always Better To Be Safe...
it doesn't work on the T989
Samsung made changes to the EFS folder, the bin files are not there anymore
they are just redirect links to some hidden locations in the FS dagentooboy is still trying to crack the case
AllGamer said:
it doesn't work on the T989
Samsung made changes to the EFS folder, the bin files are not there anymore
they are just redirect links to some hidden locations in the FS dagentooboy is still trying to crack the case
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Hey I Got An Alternative Use Root Explorer Go To Root Find EFS And Press And Hold It When Menu Pops Up Press Copy, Go To SD Card And Press Paste... There Should Be A Copy Of It Now On The SD Card Plus The Original....
Edit:
I Found That Its Exactally The Same As The Tar From The Tool I Refered Everyone To, All The Files Match Up...
Also If You Look In Etc/Firmware/Misc_mdm/Image You Find 3 EFS MBN Files, I Didn't See Anything In FS... So Im Guessing Its In The Rest Is In Firmware...
Still no update on where the nv-data.bin or nv-data.bak files are, huh? The i9100 has them in the efs folder but still cannot locate them for t989.
I'm having these same issues with an unknown IMEI, IMEI SV, and baseband.
pretty visible whole directory files nvm/num ... but I need to know what number is AKEY stored
then copy it to android phone
any suggestions? or it can be done with another method?
thanks
Can someone list the files that belong in the EFS folder and in the respective IMEI folder?
file and extension. I might have to manually place some of these files in the folder to get my IMEI issue sorted......
I am pretty sure im missing the nv_bin file so i can update my IMEI.....
Thanks
i have a T-Mobile SGS3
I use root explorer for efs folder backup. Any other suggestions that are compatible with grand?
Problem with root explorer if you do not know how to set permissions then restoring will not work.
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bongski55 said:
I use root explorer for efs folder backup. Any other suggestions that are compatible with grand?
Problem with root explorer if you do not know how to set permissions then restoring will not work.
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Try using ES File Explorer, on the settings panel, select root explorer > mount r/w > select rw for both / & /system.
But why do you need to backup the EFS folder? Your IMEI won't get lost if you are using Custom Kernel or anything. In case if you want to restore to your region's CSC code, view my topic here.
There us always a danger that you will accidentaly wipe the efs folder when flashing. This efs folder backup is highly emphacised here in xda and elsewhere. It is very difficult to get back the imei in case it gets erased. So I put up the question here. I also learned that it is even illegal to change the imei in India.
I have rooted F240K. Previously i lost my IMEI and signals butt now i have repaired my IMEI but still no signals. and i also don't have EFS folder in root explorer.. after installing FREEGEE i backup my EFS folder and now there is a folder in sdcard by the name of EFS backups..snapshot attached.. but i want to know why there is no EFS folder in root of my phone..??? If it is sufficient that backup from freegee???