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EFS Folder deleted - SGS fu** up - NO BACKUP

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.
Sent from my GT-I9000

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 ...)

SGS3 - IMEI corruption :(

Hello everyone,
I am trying to fix my IMEI on SGS3 but without success. I cannot select RMNET+DM+MODEM in hidden menu (*#7284#). On UART there is only (MODEM, PDA) and USB (MODEM, PDA).
I've even tried SGS3-Exploiter-GeeK.exe but when I select this mode nothing happend, it just goes back to MTB+ADB.
TNX

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31051731

exploit20 said:
Hello everyone,
I am trying to fix my IMEI on SGS3 but without success. I cannot select RMNET+DM+MODEM in hidden menu (*#7284#). On UART there is only (MODEM, PDA) and USB (MODEM, PDA).
I've even tried SGS3-Exploiter-GeeK.exe but when I select this mode nothing happend, it just goes back to MTB+ADB.
TNX
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try using HC-kTools app from play store...

Dehaani thank you but I know already for that thread... I cannot enter that diag mode... :/
and don't have backup to restore using hc-ktool
dehaani said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31051731
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exploit20 said:
Hello everyone,
I am trying to fix my IMEI on SGS3 but without success. I cannot select RMNET+DM+MODEM in hidden menu (*#7284#). On UART there is only (MODEM, PDA) and USB (MODEM, PDA).
I've even tried SGS3-Exploiter-GeeK.exe but when I select this mode nothing happend, it just goes back to MTB+ADB.
TNX
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Are you using International or US Galaxy S3 ?
Methods using Diag mode and software like SGS3-Exploiter-GeeK or QPST (Qualcomm Product Support Tools) are made to work ONLY with the United States variant of Galaxy S3 (based on Qualcomm SoC).
Now, I don't know software to fix International SGS3 without EFS folder backup (Sorry :crying: ) when nv_data.bin and .nv_data.bak are broken.

lelinuxien52 said:
Are you using International or US Galaxy S3 ?
Methods using Diag mode and software like SGS3-Exploiter-GeeK or QPST (Qualcomm Product Support Tools) are made to work ONLY with the United States variant of Galaxy S3 (based on Qualcomm SoC).
Now, I don't know software to fix International SGS3 without EFS folder backup (Sorry :crying: ) when nv_data.bin and .nv_data.bak are broken.
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I had this problem on my S£ (international) a while back. It happened after flashing cm10, I had a generic IMEI code. I f'd around with it a bit using root explorer and the EFS folder and the .bak files but this did not work.
I tried ktools etc. nothing seemed to work..
oddly enough, i got it back by flashing back to the stock ics rom via Odin, since then my IMEI has been fine after flashing JB roms.
worth a try!

@lozfromcorby : I just saying they have not software to do that now on I9300. But I'm agree with you ! Sometimes, we can recover wrong IMEI when flahsing stock ROM.

Yep it's international ((
Ok I will try to flash stock rom again :/ I will post result here....
TNX
lelinuxien52 said:
Are you using International or US Galaxy S3 ?
Methods using Diag mode and software like SGS3-Exploiter-GeeK or QPST (Qualcomm Product Support Tools) are made to work ONLY with the United States variant of Galaxy S3 (based on Qualcomm SoC).
Now, I don't know software to fix International SGS3 without EFS folder backup (Sorry :crying: ) when nv_data.bin and .nv_data.bak are broken.
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IMEI is still corrupted after going back to stock ROM
I've tried with my friend Z3X box to repair IMEI but without success ...

exploit20 said:
IMEI is still corrupted after going back to stock ROM
I've tried with my friend Z3X box to repair IMEI but without success ...
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Why do you care anyway when your device is working? You corrupted it so deal with it.
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exploit20 said:
IMEI is still corrupted after going back to stock ROM
I've tried with my friend Z3X box to repair IMEI but without success ...
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I have seen that the Z3X box can fix all Samsung Galaxy devices excepted SGS3 !
I think you need send your phone to repair center.
But before, you can try this :
Save remaining files contain on your EFS folder. For that, use EFS Tool Pro for example :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1308546
Try this tutorial (with a full official stock firmware/kernel | Flash it with ODIN before trying repair) :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264021
Caution : DO IT ON YOUR OWN RISK.
If it doesn't work, you must :
- reset binary counter (with Chainfire tool : Triangleaway)
- perform total wipe data / wipe cache (from recovery mode)
- flash the latest stock firmware corresponding to your region
- verify the phone status : must be "Normal" and not "Modify".

Device is working... but no network thats why ((
Jack Barrett said:
Why do you care anyway when your device is working? You corrupted it so deal with it.
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Thank you, it seems thats the only thing I can do right now :/
lelinuxien52 said:
I have seen that the Z3X box can fix all Samsung Galaxy devices excepted SGS3 !
I think you need send your phone to repair center.
But before, you can try this :
Save remaining files contain on your EFS folder. For that, use EFS Tool Pro for example :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1308546
Try this tutorial (with a full official stock firmware/kernel | Flash it with ODIN before trying repair) :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264021
Caution : DO IT ON YOUR OWN RISK.
If it doesn't work, you must :
- reset binary counter (with Chainfire tool : Triangleaway)
- perform total wipe data / wipe cache (from recovery mode)
- flash the latest stock firmware corresponding to your region
- verify the phone status : must be "Normal" and not "Modify".
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I had the same problem tried different ways but no luck so I have sent off to Samsung been 2 weeks now, luckily for me a service centre isn't that far from me so I didn't have to pay postage
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I might be able to help you. Pm me your efs backup + partition backup made with efs pro. If the information is still present I should be able to recover it.
@can't see who in tapatalk
Could you tell me which ics stock room version helped you recovering your imei?
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I have a temporary solution for you. if you still have the backup of the the EFS folder in your internal or external sd card than follow the following steps,
1. copy ALL the files from the EFS BACKUP FOLDER.
2. go to the root of your your phone with root explorer of ES file explorer and find the folder EFS. it should be with all the system folders like acct, config,data,dev,efs,etc so on and on.
3. now paste all the copied files in to EFS folder. tap on REPLACE THE FILES if ASKED...
4. close the app. and go to the home screen and wait for few seconds.
if your simcard have pin than it will ask the pin after few seconds and if it doesnt have any pin than it will just get the network.
good things is you have your IMEI number restored and can use the phone like regularly. NO PROBLEMS AT ALL. WITH NETWORK.
bad thing is NEVER LET YOUR PHONE SWITCH OFF. If it will switch off than you will have to follow all the steps again... annoying but works... let me know the progress buddy... best of luck...

Your other option is to to flash the stock rom but not let it finish. You will get a loop screen. Then just send it off for repair saying it doesn't turn on.. It will be diagnosed as a broken bootloader and fixed and the imei number will be back to the original. This happened with my old s1
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No, I don't have a backup of the EFS folder I will try to send EFS folder to Spocky12 and hope that he can recover information...
Chaitanyapatel8880 said:
I have a temporary solution for you. if you still have the backup of the the EFS folder in your internal or external sd card than follow the following steps,
1. copy ALL the files from the EFS BACKUP FOLDER.
2. go to the root of your your phone with root explorer of ES file explorer and find the folder EFS. it should be with all the system folders like acct, config,data,dev,efs,etc so on and on.
3. now paste all the copied files in to EFS folder. tap on REPLACE THE FILES if ASKED...
4. close the app. and go to the home screen and wait for few seconds.
if your simcard have pin than it will ask the pin after few seconds and if it doesnt have any pin than it will just get the network.
good things is you have your IMEI number restored and can use the phone like regularly. NO PROBLEMS AT ALL. WITH NETWORK.
bad thing is NEVER LET YOUR PHONE SWITCH OFF. If it will switch off than you will have to follow all the steps again... annoying but works... let me know the progress buddy... best of luck...
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Sorry buddy... I hope you will recover it...

exactly the reason i stopped messing around with my s3 :| i had screwed up my s2 like this and all the efs backups were corrupt too -_- hope you get your s3 fixed man.

[Q] IMEI null/null, baseband unknown, no EFS backup

Hello everyone;
I flashed BAM-Android on my Galaxy S4 i9505 yesterday (first flash) and the network was working very poorly, every 2 min I would lose the signal.
Therefore I flashed other AOSP and Custom roms, flashed other modems to test better options and this morning I noticed my IMEI was null/null and my baseband was "unknown".
I tried flashing a stock samsung rom twice but it didn't change either. I bought my phone on ebay so no warranty at all. I don't have a backup of my EFS partition.
After browsing through forums I didn't find any solution... Do you guys have any other idea ? Or have a efs.img in stock so I can flash it in my phone ?
Thanks a lot !

You cant flash other phones's imei on ur phone.No other option than service centre
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RISHI RAJ said:
You cant flash other phones's imei on ur phone.No other option than service centre
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Don't you have IMEI written on your box or receipt?
Using other phones's IMEI is kind of identity theft
Go to the service center ... :good:

slappyx said:
Hello everyone;
I flashed BAM-Android on my Galaxy S4 i9505 yesterday (first flash) and the network was working very poorly, every 2 min I would lose the signal.
Therefore I flashed other AOSP and Custom roms, flashed other modems to test better options and this morning I noticed my IMEI was null/null and my baseband was "unknown".
I tried flashing a stock samsung rom twice but it didn't change either. I bought my phone on ebay so no warranty at all. I don't have a backup of my EFS partition.
After browsing through forums I didn't find any solution... Do you guys have any other idea ? Or have a efs.img in stock so I can flash it in my phone ?
Thanks a lot !
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Can you access /efs through root explorer?

fran41 said:
Can you access /efs through root explorer?
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Yes it's empty.

slappyx said:
Yes it's empty.
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If you go to recovery it says can't mount /efs? or can you mount it

I can but nothing is shown on the computer any other suggestion?

Go to service center. Cant do anything. Or you could grab someones IMEI and null theirs. Having 2 phones with same IMEI is illegal and your carrier might penalize you.

slappyx said:
I can but nothing is shown on the computer any other suggestion?
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really? it's strange you've lost all /efs.
try in terminal:
su
mount
post here what it gives and let's see if /efs is mounted

fran41 said:
really? it's strange you've lost all /efs.
try in terminal:
su
mount
post here what it gives and let's see if /efs is mounted
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My old Galaxy S2 has an EFS backup on it... I'm quite new to IMEI/EFS issues, is it device linked or can I flash my Galaxy S2 EFS into my new S4 ? If yes how to flash it via img/tar ? Odin ?
@fran41 : thanks I'll try tomorrow !

slappyx said:
My old Galaxy S2 has an EFS backup on it... I'm quite new to IMEI/EFS issues, is it device linked or can I flash my Galaxy S2 EFS into my new S4 ? If yes how to flash it via img/tar ? Odin ?
@fran41 : thanks I'll try tomorrow !
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No that won't work. Each phone has different partition structures. Efs is not the same in S2 as in S4. Btw you can't use efs from one S4 on another S4. Efs is unique for each phone (IMEI, wifi mac, serial number...)

[Q] Invalid IMEI

Hello,
I bought a Samsung Note 3 and I did factory reset and now when I put my sim card it doesnt work it says "Invalid IMEI" I tried some number tricks for engineer mode ect. , but it says invalid imei.Can someone please help me?

Where did you buy it from, back of a truck?
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dr.m0x said:
Where did you buy it from, back of a truck?
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can you help me find a way to rewrite my imei cause I have it

besartlatifaj said:
can you help me find a way to rewrite my imei cause I have it
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Sounds like your IMEI has been blocked, youmay need to revisit the shop/person you bought it from.

Qpst restores imei I did it on my s3
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besartlatifaj said:
can you help me find a way to rewrite my imei cause I have it
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If you have it then find a repair shop with an octopus box, they can rewrite it.
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No-one here will tell you how to do it with a step by step guide as it is illegal in most countries.
If the IMEI is blocked and you bought it from a shop then take it back...
If you bought from someone then you have a phone that's been reported stolen and/or has been replaced by insurance. Either of these thing can get you in trouble with he law as you are using stolen property (it is the insurance companies property if replaced under insurance).
Good luck. But seriously, I wouldn't stuff around with it as you may get in big trouble... Get your money back...

Hi.
It is weared that after a factory reset you lost your IMEI. this is written in the efs partition in the root of your phone and usually gets lost if u flash custom roms.
Have u unrooted your phone and install any rom right after that factory reset?
If u r rooted, install x-plorer and look if u have any backup of your efs folder. There are some methods to restore and first save your efs partition. That is the the place where your IMEI, ip, serial no, Bluetooth and wireless no. are written. Without this u can not use your phone with your network.
I had the similar problem with my s3 and very hardly restored my IMEI. On xda are a lot of methods about this, and on other forums. For me it took 2 weeks of searching and I finally did it with a method but at least I had a efs partition saved. There are methods how to do it if u do not have efs saved but not all will work.
Try this steps:
1.If u never rooted your phone u might go back to the shop for repair.
2.if u are rooted u can flash back the stock rom, stock recovery, use Triangle Away that u can find for free on xda to reset the counter of your device to 0 so u get back your warrantee and bring it back to repair.
3.if u want to try for your own just search on xda and in Internet(youtube) about restoring imei.
4.There is a guy from Poland that can restore it through team viewer for 10 euros,if your model do not require a special cable. U can find him on xda or I might give u link but I am not home yet.
5.there is a program to install on your Windows that allows you to rewrite your IMEI in the phone but if u write another imei is illegal. I could not do it just bcs my windows 7 do not recognize the ports in device manager so neither the program could not see the phone connected even if in my computer I could see it.
6.u may try to go to a normal repairing shop to restore imei. They have that cable and a small electronic device and with a click they restore it. In Bruxelles cost me 45euros but in London and US they say is about 10-20 DOLLARS or Pounds.
I wrote u a lot but let me know in which stage u r.
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[Fixed by claiming warranty] Note 2 N7100 EFS partition corrupt :(

Well something went really wrong and i have a corrupt IMEI/EFS partition.
so i followed this and this threads to restore my EFS partition.
But for some reason, my IMEI number / EFS partition is not being restored. Also my mobile network (not able to make and receive calls/ no mobile data) is not working.
Please help ASAP My N7100 is still under warranty but i tripped the knox counter.
Also i am able to go into bootloader mode but odin is not recognizing the device. I installed kies and it is updated.
edit - flashed official stock rom via mobile odin so that i can take it to samsung service centre. But as a last resort, still searching for methods to restore efs.
If anybody still has any suggestions or help, please please comment here.
Thank you vry much,..

A_U said:
Well something went really wrong and i have a corrupt IMEI/EFS partition.
so i followed this and this threads to restore my EFS partition.
But for some reason, my IMEI number / EFS partition is not being restored. Also my mobile network (not able to make and receive calls/ no mobile data) is not working.
Please help ASAP My N7100 is still under warranty but i tripped the knox counter.
Also i am able to go into bootloader mode but odin is not recognizing the device. I installed kies and it is updated.
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Try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2088809
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or try efs tool restore found here
put efs.img inside folder, open command prompt in the folder (shift + right button of mouse) and choose efs restore

cosmyndemeter said:
or try efs tool restore found here
put efs.img inside folder, open command prompt in the folder (shift + right button of mouse) and choose efs restore
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i tried this tool but its not working..
the tool shows that there is some data transfer, but nothing is happening in my phone.
just to confirm..how much is the size of a properly working efs.img file ?
mine is around 20,048 Kb

It's 20 mb the image, besides I doubt that you can do anything without a XwZ BOX,which will cost you over $100 so my advice is that you take it to a dealer for a repair , that's if you don't have an EFS back up, however I'm not sure if the things are easier if you have a back up either, since it didn't work for me.

hagba said:
It's 20 mb the image, besides I doubt that you can do anything without a XwZ BOX,which will cost you over $100 so my advice is that you take it to a dealer for a repair , that's if you don't have an EFS back up, however I'm not sure if the things are easier if you have a back up either, since it didn't work for me.
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wats a XwZ BOX ?
and i do have a backup..but for some reason i tried all the tools listed in this forum and none of the methods are working..
will the dealers be able to fix this issue ?
i live in india..how much will it cost to fix this mess ?

A_U said:
i tried this tool but its not working..
the tool shows that there is some data transfer, but nothing is happening in my phone.
just to confirm..how much is the size of a properly working efs.img file ?
mine is around 20,048 Kb
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Just a question... How did you make the efs backup you have? Size should be correct
If you remember how did you make backup, it'd be easier...
Have you got just a backup? The file you're using could be a corrupted file...

A_U said:
edit - flashed official stock rom via mobile odin so that i can take it to samsung service centre. But as a last resort, still searching for methods to restore efs.
If anybody still has any suggestions or help, please please comment here.
Thank you vry much,..
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Can you enter in download mode and flash via odin? I can send you .pit file and try repartiton and flash stock rom...
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A_U said:
wats a XwZ BOX ?
and i do have a backup..but for some reason i tried all the tools listed in this forum and none of the methods are working..
will the dealers be able to fix this issue ?
i live in india..how much will it cost to fix this mess ?
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Yes the dealers can fix it, will cost somewhere between $30 To $40,at least that's the way the things are where I live. That is why I'm gonna keep my Note II on 4.1.2 until it dies away and will get THIS biggi and forget about Samsung alltogether,I have learned my lesson the hard way..
http://consumer.huawei.com/en/tablets/gallery/7d-501l-en.htm

A_U said:
Well something went really wrong and i have a corrupt IMEI/EFS partition.
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dit you fixed your phone?
if no, just try this efs_fix and report
flash from recovery

I claimed the warranty..service centre guys fixed it for free.
They replaced the motherboard..costs around 9000 rupees in india without warranty
And guess wat ! They even reset my knox counter
My note 2 is now like a brand new device.
But thanks a lot guys; for all the help u provided in this thread...appreciated .

A_U said:
I claimed the warranty..service centre guys fixed it for free.
They replaced the motherboard..costs around 9000 rupees in india without warranty
And guess wat ! They even reset my knox counter
My note 2 is now like a brand new device.
But thanks a lot guys; for all the help u provided in this thread...appreciated .
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i'm glad to hear that... :good:

zygzoo said:
dit you fixed your phone?
If no, just try this efs_fix and report
flash from recovery
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u r the man thanks i have been working on 4 a week
thanks thanks thanks
my note 2 was dead on Samsung logo after i have update your zip it open but every one should be a wear cuz it is a Dummy version any one should not use it if he don't have a efs backup to restore