Hi,
Can someone tell me in a easy way how I can repair my imei ? GRA-L09
I know Google is my friend but the most things I don't understand cause I need a step by step guide.
Thanks you
BlackSnow1058 said:
Hi,
Can someone tell me in a easy way how I can repair my imei ? GRA-L09
I know Google is my friend but the most things I don't understand cause I need a step by step guide.
Thanks you
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for repair you need root and a backup your EFS files...
did you loose your IMEI during flash different img´s?
thats what I experienced, when flashing B350 a while ago..
In my case reflashing boot and recovery solved the problem, since I had no root or EFS backup.. but you must use boot and recovery from SAME build, your system.img is from, otherwise IMEI isn´t restored..
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Hello,
i googled and searched for hours but can't find a solution for my problem. It looks like i lost my whole EFS Folder when i wanted to flash Galnet MIUI and after that CM7.1 because it failed.
So:
- CAN'T Flash ANY CWM zip (Status 7 error)
- CAN'T use mobile connection (No SMS,no Calls,no Internet etc.)
- NO Backup of the EFS folder ...
- Able to flash any ODIN/Heimdall ROM
- Up and Downgraded 100 times from FROYO to Gingerbread and so but still no EFS rapair :/
HELP,please ...
UPDATE: If anyone is wondering what i have done - i sent it to Samsung and they repaired it for free and even 4 months later it works like a charm (with ICS )
Flash any ROM using repartition. If that doesn't help, flash any modem / kernel after flashing ROM.
Already done that,no change...
Uwe303 said:
Already done that,no change...
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Search for Ezodin rom or something like that on forums or try flash froyo
Try this out....not sure if it will help but give it a go.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=991792
Hope it helps
galaxy89 said:
Try this out....not sure if it will help but give it a go.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=991792
Hope it helps
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Yes man thats whay i say butt i didn't remember
Try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1261948&highlight=imei+unknow
miui creates a backup by itself in sdcard named backup
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Check your internal SD card, it should be there.
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if you don`t have a backup of your efs folder... your imei is lost forever.... you`ll have a service imei 0040etc .Efs folder will be automatically rebuilt but this will not get your imei back... i sent my phone to a Vodafone service for another problem and didn't canceled my warranty so its no problem
Nothing what you posted works. salesale's link was good,but i dont have a backup on my sdcard so its useless ...
I was NOT able to flash MIUI/CyanogenMod so i even dont have this backup ... and all my sdcard backups are only folders like DCIM/Music/Videos but not the whole sdcard. Before i tried to flash MIUI i backuped my whole sdcard but theres no efs folder there with a backup :/
I think i cant send my phone to samsung. they will cancel my warranty because i cant call and say my IMEI / efs folder was deleted without any reason. they know i have flashed and have fu**** up my phone.
Any other suggestions? :/ can someone send me his efs folder? Maybe the phone restores the imei when i follow the tutorial from salesale's link
Flash the latest official firmware for your country and Just go to the service center and tell them that your phone doesn't work after update with KIES.
That's all! You don't know why this happened
Since there is no need to open the phone, your IMEI needs only to be rewritten. If the service center's staff is OK, they will easily recreate your IMEI without much efforts.
celeronix said:
Flash the latest official firmware for your country and Just go to the service center and tell them that your phone doesn't work after update with KIES.
That's all! You don't know why this happened
Since there is no need to open the phone, your IMEI needs only to be rewritten. If the service center's staff is OK, they will easily recreate your IMEI without much efforts.
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Yes play stupid.. it will work
I remember reading a thread where someone had a programme that i think he made, to restore a lost efs folder with the correct imei, Ill have another quick search but its out there, you just need to find it...
Can't find it,sorry ...
Right well i've just been searching since i posted and found these.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=842775&highlight=restore+imei
http://darkyrom.com/community/index...40000-instead-of-unique-original-number.1876/
http://forum.samdroid.net/f28/complete-imei-restore-how-1817/
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/archive/t-1206374.html
I realise the samdoird link is not for the i9000 but im sure they will be able to do the same for your phone...
OMG 30 mins searching and reading!!
salesale said:
Try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1261948&highlight=imei+unknow
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Check user nokia8260's method in the link from salesale.
He does some edit on /efs/imei/mps_code.dat to match CSC.
Not sure if you need to flash a stock ROM + 512.pit + rooted kernel to establish a basic filesystem.
Warning: Have not tried this myself, please read and decide.
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Uwe303 said:
Nothing what you posted works. salesale's link was good,but i dont have a backup on my sdcard so its useless ...
I was NOT able to flash MIUI/CyanogenMod so i even dont have this backup ... and all my sdcard backups are only folders like DCIM/Music/Videos but not the whole sdcard. Before i tried to flash MIUI i backuped my whole sdcard but theres no efs folder there with a backup :/
I think i cant send my phone to samsung. they will cancel my warranty because i cant call and say my IMEI / efs folder was deleted without any reason. they know i have flashed and have fu**** up my phone.
Any other suggestions? :/ can someone send me his efs folder? Maybe the phone restores the imei when i follow the tutorial from salesale's link
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Just restore your phone to official firmware and call Samsung, tell them your phone doesn't recognize your similar card anymore and can't make or receive calls or text, thats what I did when i messed up my efs on my galaxy s 4g and i got it back within 2 weeks.
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Uwe303 said:
Nothing what you posted works. salesale's link was good,but i dont have a backup on my sdcard so its useless ...
I was NOT able to flash MIUI/CyanogenMod so i even dont have this backup ... and all my sdcard backups are only folders like DCIM/Music/Videos but not the whole sdcard. Before i tried to flash MIUI i backuped my whole sdcard but theres no efs folder there with a backup :/
I think i cant send my phone to samsung. they will cancel my warranty because i cant call and say my IMEI / efs folder was deleted without any reason. they know i have flashed and have fu**** up my phone.
Any other suggestions? :/ can someone send me his efs folder? Maybe the phone restores the imei when i follow the tutorial from salesale's link
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EFS backup not required. Do you have EFS folder? I lost my imei. With these instructions I have recovered imei and network, signal. Good luck
I have a efs folder but its completly empty! So how can i edit these things,when its empty? Can i somehow restore them? I dont even have a developer IMEI (0049 ...)
Hey I'm from india and own an i9500
bought 5 months ago
I was using my phone normally and flashed a stock rom with ODIb
the phone booted up.
The problem is that I have emergency calls only and my IMEI has been changed to Fake IMEI
1) my phone is out of warranty as some moisture traces have gone into iy and samsung asks for 200$ for every small problem they need to change the board
2) I don't think so I have the EFS backup
Please Oh please someone guide me what to do?
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Hey I'm from india and own an i9500
bought 5 months ago
I was using my phone normally and flashed a stock rom with ODIb
the phone booted up.
The problem is that I have emergency calls only and my IMEI has been changed to Fake IMEI
1) my phone is out of warranty as some moisture traces have gone into iy and samsung asks for 200$ for every small problem they need to change the board
2) I don't think so I have the EFS backup
Please Oh please someone guide me what to do?
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There's a thread on that here. You could try that, but I think that without a backup, it's going to be pretty hard to get it back up. First thing I do when I get a new phone is to backup the EFS.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2346136
no help man.
any other help please anyone?
Flashing a different stock rom did not help?
usama492 said:
no help man.
any other help please anyone?
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Did you actually tried to flash your original Stock ROM with Odin? If not, try other stock ROMs.
There's another ref link here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2393289
I recommend you read through that thoroughly.
Cloxed said:
Did you actually tried to flash your original Stock ROM with Odin? If not, try other stock ROMs.
There's another ref link here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2393289
I recommend you read through that thoroughly.
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Yes I did flash the stock rom with ODIN which I successively used before
I read it but this is actually getting impossible for me.
After the phone shows generic IMEI.
will backing up the efs help now?
Also I flashed CM 10.
that also didn't give me back my IMEI.
really appreciate your help
and would be really grateful if someone guides me through this catastrophe.
Also I forgot to mention that I update to stock MJ5 4.3
I read that it changes the directory of efs?
Please someone help me!
usama492 said:
Also I forgot to mention that I update to stock MJ5 4.3
I read that it changes the directory of efs?
Please someone help me!
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Since you updated to mj5 you'll have to use that firmware version in odin.
maybe
Maybe you could wipe Dalvik and cache memory, then do a factory reset through the recovery menu. This will reset everything of your phone, so your IMEI should go back to it's real number(you'll lose all your data so make a backup before doing it).
Have you also tested if it's not the SIM that doesn't work by putting it into another cell-phone?
Eastkap said:
Maybe you could wipe Dalvik and cache memory, then do a factory reset through the recovery menu. This will reset everything of your phone, so your IMEI should go back to it's real number(you'll lose all your data so make a backup before doing it).
Have you also tested if it's not the SIM that doesn't work by putting it into another cell-phone?
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Sim isn't the problem.
Also wipin dalvik Cache might now fix the problem. But I will try it
thanks
any more suggestion?
A factory reset/wipe Dalvik ain't magically fixing this. If you've gone back to stock (a rom released by your carrier) & your IMEI hasn't returned & you have no backup, you're boned. Service centre (more expensive option), or ask around local mobile repair shops; they might be able to help more cheaply.
Hello people ,
I destroyed my EFS without a backup , i went with the phone in service but nothing...the guys from service try to write a couple of cert files but nothing, i hues the haven't a valid octopus box ,certs or baseband...
So I decided to try a EFS from a different phone ...
Can someone upload a efs files from 910F , baked with TWRP ?
I can destroy something by writing a EFS from a differet phone?
Can I edit my actually efs to put back the imei ?
(WARNING , STUPID QUESTIONS AHEAD)
If I'm dreaming please correct me...
Mrsbeebbs said:
Hello people ,
I destroyed my EFS without a backup , i went with the phone in service but nothing...the guys from service try to write a couple of cert files but nothing, i hues the haven't a valid octopus box ,certs or baseband...
So I decided to try a EFS from a different phone ...
Can someone upload a efs files from 910F , baked with TWRP ?
I can destroy something by writing a EFS from a differet phone?
Can I edit my actually efs to put back the imei ?
(WARNING , STUPID QUESTIONS AHEAD)
If I'm dreaming please correct me...
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Sorry to hear about that but first of all you did not mention about your model or current rom you are running so someone can help you sadly efs backup from different phone will not do the job.tell me your model number and I'll give you link for repair firmware with cert files.
Trex888 said:
Sorry to hear about that but first of all you did not mention about your model or current rom you are running so someone can help you sadly efs backup from different phone will not do the job.tell me your model number and I'll give you link for repair firmware with cert files.
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I specified in my post... the model is sm N910F ..
Can someone upload for me the efes folder ?
I need a working efs to do something...to modify it...
I want so specify , i need the efs folder not a backup...
Hello,
I have problem.. I don’t backuped EFS and phone can’t read sim, or use any network. I have rooted and modded many phones, but this is first, witch get me there.
I tried upload QCN files with qfil and flashing stock ROM, but nothing really works.
Please, do someone kind send me EFS backup of Lavender Global?
Or help me some way?
I really thank you for any help or suggestion.
I get the problem too, but different device.
To solve this u need to flash miui rom via fastboot.
armuttaqin said:
I get the problem too, but different device.
To solve this u need to flash miui rom via fastboot.
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I tried this method many times, but without success.
Thank you for your reply
Smolson said:
Hello,
I have problem.. I don’t backuped EFS and phone can’t read sim, or use any network. I have rooted and modded many phones, but this is first, witch get me there.
I tried upload QCN files with qfil and flashing stock ROM, but nothing really works.
Please, do someone kind send me EFS backup of Lavender Global?
Or help me some way?
I really thank you for any help or suggestion.
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Try following this tutorial: link
Or this one if the first doesn't work...
Hi Everyone
is anyone here having IMEI Null Issue after OTA Update, Possible any fixes for this
would someone be able to help ?
Same here, Is a strange problem.
Have you open engineer Activity app before to apply the ota update?
Helping thread
I found a solution for this problem.
I tried almost every imei repair or imei changer stuff, only " QMSL IMEI & SN Tool v1.4 " fixed it.
You need to unlock bootloader and root first,
And go to link , follow the guide, you can read imei first and you'll find that both imei are still in you phone.
Write your imei back, it might report error but just ignore it, try read & write several times and reboot, your imei will come back.
At the end you can unroot and relock the bootloader.
You have this tuto to xda dev writing by @text1
[GUIDE] Repair IMEI on Qualcomm Snapdragon Devices
I tried with that post and no luck.
businessman9 said:
I tried with that post and no luck.
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And your previous link has been tested by you an d it's good ?
Yes, I try it with my own phone 1 with null imei.
businessman9 said:
I found a solution for this problem.
I tried almost every imei repair or imei changer stuff, only " QMSL IMEI & SN Tool v1.4 " fixed it.
You need to unlock bootloader and root first,
And go to link , follow the guide, you can read imei first and you'll find that both imei are still in you phone.
Write your imei back, it might report error but just ignore it, try read & write several times and reboot, your imei will come back.
At the end you can unroot and relock the bootloader.
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Have been stuck all night because of this problem, thank you so much for the solution.
businessman9 said:
I found a solution for this problem.
I tried almost every imei repair or imei changer stuff, only " QMSL IMEI & SN Tool v1.4 " fixed it.
You need to unlock bootloader and root first,
And go to link , follow the guide, you can read imei first and you'll find that both imei are still in you phone.
Write your imei back, it might report error but just ignore it, try read & write several times and reboot, your imei will come back.
At the end you can unroot and relock the bootloader.
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Hiç bir şey 1 nasıl diag mode açabiliriz. nothing phone 1 how can we open diag mode?
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Write qcn will be solve the issue