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Lost my IMEI...help me to restore[im ready to donate]

HI
I lost my IMEI i havn't backed up efs folder...could any one make my IMEI restored??
plss help me !!
I will surely donate for your work.

srinivas07 said:
HI
I lost my IMEI i havn't backed up efs folder...could any one make a custom rom with my IMEI??
plss help me !!
I will surely donate for your work.
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custom roms cannot generate your IMEI ..
What caused you to lose it? Any kernel you flashed?

rudolf895 said:
custom roms cannot generate your IMEI ..
What caused you to lose it? Any kernel you flashed?
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i have flashed with burks rom from then my imei showing 000000000....i havent flashed any kernel......!!

srinivas07 said:
i have flashed with burks rom from then my imei showing 000000000....i havent flashed any kernel......!!
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try flashing fugu kernel over it..

yaa tried it.....still the same.............

srinivas07 said:
yaa tried it.....still the same.............
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there sadly there is nothing you can do.

rudolf895 said:
there sadly there is nothing you can do.
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I had taken to samsung show room and cooked a story that I tried to upgrade to official froyo and lost my IMEI.....they hav said that it would cost around 6000 rupees !!

rudolf895 said:
there sadly there is nothing you can do.
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Why does this happen?? I mean does the /efs partition get unmounted?? Or something else??
If it gets only unmounted, can t we mount it back using terminal or something??
Or is ODIN the only way by which we can remount it??

srinivas07 said:
I had taken to samsung show room and cooked a story that I tried to upgrade to official froyo and lost my IMEI.....they hav said that it would cost around 6000 rupees !!
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Press them that it is not your fault. It happened due to your official upgrade. New IMEI does not costs more than 50 rs. Ask them there names and tell them that u will go to consumer forum against them as they are trying to cheat u. Write few mails to samsung support telling your fabricated story and response of service center. Threaten them about court case if they refuse to help.

please help,i have a phone now that doesn't show imei at all and, doesn't recognize sim card...what did i do wrong???how to fix it?

Search in the xda g3 section, there was somewhere a thread about this.

i searched for two days....nothing...

There is an efs.7z attached file in imei backup thread. It mày help you

yeah found that to,copyed with odin,still nothing...

I Had also lost my EMEI.
Just went to the samsung center and behaved as if i knew nothing.
Just told that the phone is not catching the network.
They themselfs identified that the IMEI was lost and they will have to re-write the IMEI (which is written at the back of the cell).. they kept the cell for a day and fixed it with the same old IMEI.
Since the mobile was still in warranty i paid nothing.

i took it also to a repair center,but mine is not under warranty...i will have to pay 30-50 euros now......

srinivas07 said:
HI
I lost my IMEI i havn't backed up efs folder...could any one make my IMEI restored??
plss help me !!
I will surely donate for your work.
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@Srinivas - Just to make u feel better...don't take it as a serious matter though i don't know if it's rectifiable but why do u need an IMEI for..
I mean seriously it won't even come in use even if u lost ur phone(It's India)..sadly it's true !!!
As far as selling it in the future is concerned...i guess no vendor will hav any problem here (might suffer by 100-200 bucks) but thats it !!

srinivas07 said:
HI
I lost my IMEI i havn't backed up efs folder...could any one make my IMEI restored??
plss help me !!
I will surely donate for your work.
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hahahaha...just noticed even i have lost my IMEI...must hav happened when i flashed Burak's ROM some time back

Lesson #1 : Do not flash Burak's ROM!

Pwng3 said:
Lesson #1 : Do not flash Burak's ROM!
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Lesson 1:- Back up imei b4 playing with phones

N9005 Soft brick ... please help

hi all
i will try to tell my story in short
i have installed CM11 in my phone and it was just fine then i didnt like the rom for some reason so I've installed the stock rom back
then i dicovered that my phone acting wired
following Symptoms which my phone has :
IEMI : unknown
baseband : unknown
No service
phone crashes
i will be thankful for any help.

err....
have you backup your EFS folder before ??

memo880 said:
hi all
i will try to tell my story in short
i have installed CM11 in my phone and it was just fine then i didnt like the rom for some reason so I've installed the stock rom back
then i dicovered that my phone acting wired
following Symptoms which my phone has :
IEMI : unknown
baseband : unknown
No service
phone crashes
i will be thankful for any help.
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Check what ver do you have now. You can download the latest firmware from your country on Sammobile then flash again via odin. after flashing try to clear data and cache on recovery. Hope it fixes your problem.

w1ndfly3r said:
err....
have you backup your EFS folder before ??
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unfortunately No.

[email protected] said:
Check what ver do you have now. You can download the latest firmware from your country on Sammobile then flash again via odin. after flashing try to clear data and cache on recovery. Hope it fixes your problem.
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Doesn't Work.

memo880 said:
unfortunately No.
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hmmm... im afraid your phone are useless now..
btw, i have read somewhere that there is a way to recover your IMEI but i cant remember where it is.

Try to connect your phone from the KIES program in a mode of emergency restoration of firmware by Model phone type and Serial Number of the phone. This may take several hours. To do this, you need a good internet.

porcelana said:
Try to connect your phone from the KIES program in a mode of emergency restoration of firmware by Model phone type and Serial Number of the phone. This may take several hours. To do this, you need a good internet.
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No Luck, Thank though.

memo880 said:
No Luck, Thank though.
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That s modem problem. Flash back old modem and you get back IMEI

rayman95 said:
That s modem problem. Flash back old modem and you get back IMEI
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Is modem file called CSC ?
if so i tried many times i think it has to do wiht EFS file maybe.
anyway appreciate your reply

I'm wondering is there anyway to restore my EFS file back or some how re generate it ? By me or by company? or my phone is totally useless now :crying:

memo880 said:
I'm wondering is there anyway to restore my EFS file back or some how re generate it ? By me or by company? or my phone is totally useless now :crying:
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Always do backups!!
You need to go read this . From experience you're going to probably have to repartition your phone, but if you follow the steps, it works. I've done it twice now on a gs4 active and a gs3.
Good luck

Megaflop666 said:
Always do backups!!
You need to go read this . From experience you're going to probably have to repartition your phone, but if you follow the steps, it works. I've done it twice now on a gs4 active and a gs3.
Good luck
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No change....

memo880 said:
No change....
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Did you find a pit file and repartition it?

Megaflop666 said:
Did you find a pit file and repartition it?
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yes several times..
i dont know why no sounds and low performance.

Sounds like you rocked that things world

Megaflop666 said:
Sounds like you rocked that things world
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I do realize that , well i counted on XDA-DEVELOPERS
WAKE UP DEVELOPERS, I have come with new challenge for you all

memo880 said:
I do realize that , well i counted on XDA-DEVELOPERS
WAKE UP DEVELOPERS, I have come with new challenge for you all
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Can't blame that one on xda. Lol
I'm researching a couple things i thought of, but the biggest thing i hope you learned is to have a backup of your efs somewhere safe, and anyways do backups before you do any rom changes or mods.

Megaflop666 said:
Can't blame that one on xda. Lol
I'm researching a couple things i thought of, but the biggest thing i hope you learned is to have a backup of your efs somewhere safe, and anyways do backups before you do any rom changes or mods.
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just help me out and you have my word for that i do every day, lol anyway thanks

memo880 said:
Is modem file called CSC ?
if so i tried many times i think it has to do wiht EFS file maybe.
anyway appreciate your reply
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its not called csc..
flash a modem and test

S4 does not recognize my sim card

Hello guys,
I have a rooted S4 with Knox Flag and a custom rom which really worked well. But now i do not understand why i am getting a pop up which says that the phone can not recognize my sim card and wants to restart. First it just came some times. Now it totally does not find my sim card. I also bought a new card reader and built it in but i have the same problem.
I also tried to bring everything to Stock but this either doesn't worked.
I hope someone can help.
Thanks,
Musti

Reflash STOCK ROM and tell me if works ok. Looks like a hardware problem anyway.

Musti222 said:
Hello guys,
I have a rooted S4 with Knox Flag and a custom rom which really worked well. But now i do not understand why i am getting a pop up which says that the phone can not recognize my sim card and wants to restart. First it just came some times. Now it totally does not find my sim card. I also bought a new card reader and built it in but i have the same problem.
I also tried to bring everything to Stock but this either doesn't worked.
I hope someone can help.
Thanks,
Musti
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Things you can do.
-Flash stock again.
OR
Update your modem.
maybe its hardware related. go to phone repair shops if they can help you.

Hey,
so I flashed the stock rom via Odin but it is still the same problem.
What do you mean with updating the modem? Maybe I should read and try that out thanks!

xDroidZz said:
Things you can do.
-Flash stock again.
OR
Update your modem.
maybe its hardware related. go to phone repair shops if they can help you.
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Thanks for the help. Tried Stock rom and flashed a new Modem. Tried it from this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192025 but it doesnt worked. Again the same problem.

Musti222 said:
Thanks for the help. Tried Stock rom and flashed a new Modem. Tried it from this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192025 but it doesnt worked. Again the same problem.
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then its hardware related try to clean your sim tray or however is it called. or give it to a repair guy and let it fix. shouldnt be a big problem at all i think
Goodluck :good:

Musti222 said:
Hello guys,
I have a rooted S4 with Knox Flag and a custom rom which really worked well. But now i do not understand why i am getting a pop up which says that the phone can not recognize my sim card and wants to restart. First it just came some times. Now it totally does not find my sim card. I also bought a new card reader and built it in but i have the same problem.
I also tried to bring everything to Stock but this either doesn't worked.
I hope someone can help.
Thanks,
Musti
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Hi mate
Check your imei , dial *#06# see if you have the same imei as in the sticker behind the battery of your phone

xDroidZz said:
then its hardware related try to clean your sim tray or however is it called. or give it to a repair guy and let it fix. shouldnt be a big problem at all i think
Goodluck :good:
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I bought one sim slot because i thought the same. But it didnt solve the problem.
MAX 404 said:
Hi mate
Check your imei , dial *#06# see if you have the same imei as in the sticker behind the battery of your phone
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Checked it. The Imei number from behind the phone is the same when i dial *#06#

Musti222 said:
I bought one sim slot because i thought the same. But it didnt solve the problem.
Checked it. The Imei number from behind the phone is the same when i dial *#06#
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then its time to go to a repair shop. thats your last option :good:

Musti222 said:
I bought one sim slot because i thought the same. But it didnt solve the problem.
Checked it. The Imei number from behind the phone is the same when i dial *#06#
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Hi mate ,
The problem may be in the EFS partition , do you have an EFS back up? if not you may have to take it to a local service shop , you need a Z3X box or similar to fix it.

[Q] Help! IMEI LOST

Hello! everyone firstly this post is for my friend! he has a G2 d800 and accidentally his IMEI got NULL due to something unexpected he did now he is trying to resolve it but its not happening and he even tried going to service center but they said they can repair it as it is not a n india piece! so please help me guys everything working fine just his IMEI has gone to NULL and sim slot not working please help guys!

use EFS pro..

rahul8040 said:
he has a G2 d800 and accidentally his IMEI got NULL due to something unexpected he did
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Before giving an answer we're going to need a little more information. What steps did he do prior to losing his IMEI, did he flash a custom rom, custom radio, or did it just magically vanish?

d00lz said:
Before giving an answer we're going to need a little more information. What steps did he do prior to losing his IMEI, did he flash a custom rom, custom radio, or did it just magically vanish?
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when i tried to install TWRP using AutoRec.apk nd due to different model it goes to fastboot mode to fix this i tried to flash laf.img nd aboot.img nd boot.img bt then again due to wrong model phone got hard bricked then to fix this i had to open the back cover and short circuit to points and after several different flashes of different files i recovered the phone but with null imei nd unknown baseband

Sindroid said:
use EFS pro..
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dont know how to use it! is there or something! can u please tell me how to use it?

HELP ME?!!!
CAN ANYONE PLEASE HELP ME? what kind of forum is this?

_____________________________________Read more write less and be smart

rahul8040 said:
CAN ANYONE PLEASE HELP ME? what kind of forum is this?
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What kind of a user are you? Anyway, do you still have the box of your phone with the imei on it?

roboMr.Burns said:
What kind of a user are you? Anyway, do you still have the box of your phone with the imei on it?
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yes i have it!

Sindroid said:
use EFS pro..
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I have the same problem, however EFS pro can't read from the phone. It keeps disconnecting...

EFS Messed up!! Had efs folder backed up.. still cant get proper imei back!!

Device i9500 exynos version
location :india
I recently tried to downgrade my s4 on aurora s6 rom directly to kit kat.. people said --take an efs backup so--there was a folder named "efs_backup" (containing .tar.nz files) ( containing efs of different dates each file ~1kb !!!!!) in my phone storage.. so i thought that must be it.. so i just copied it for later
now.. i flashed the kit kat stock.. (II9500XXUFNB3_I9500ODDFNB3_I9500DDUFNA4_HOME.tar.MD5) lost my signal.. and started to panic .. played around with the basebands ... and also played around with my efs folder.. (as it showed up blank at that time)
since i couldnt get it to work.. restored cwm recovery.. i still had the same problem .. no signal
after restoring to lollipop and kitkat and again to lollipop now..
...in the end i am left with ---
phone shows signal (the range bars- are present)...
baseband shows up okay DDUBMF8 ..
imei is different than before its 004999010640000 now ( fake imei? new imei?)
network shows unknown
i can connect to wifi download stuff etc.. i just cant call
i do have screenshots of previous imei.. so i do have my old imei.. but it dosent match the new fake imei
im presently restored back to stock rooted 5.0.1 lollipop samsung firmware.. ( restored from philz recovery- i had an old 4gig recovery in times like this) alas.. the problem persists
my efs folder isnt empty if thats what u think::
it does have nv_data.bin.. idk why things arent working...
help!!!pls
:angel:

I have same problem.. From my samsung s2 ..my Baseband is unknow ..
Sent from my GT-S6310 using Tapatalk

Maybe this will help: http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...ol-updated-09-06-14-efs-professional-t1308546
Or this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...warning-guide-backup-restore-imei-nv-t1946915
Edit: my apologies. Those links are for Qualcomm phones.

audit13 said:
Maybe this will help: http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...ol-updated-09-06-14-efs-professional-t1308546
Or this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...warning-guide-backup-restore-imei-nv-t1946915
Edit: my apologies. Those links are for Qualcomm phones.
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Please.. if there's any hope for my phone .. please help me..
Should I research more ? If yes where?

Sorry, I'm not sure what to suggest. Your phone may need to be repaired by jtag.

mymutatedmind said:
Please.. if there's any hope for my phone .. please help me..
Should I research more ? If yes where?
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Start with flashing a stock Lollipop rom with .pit and re-partition.

You have link for stock lolipop rom?
I try flasing with costum rom lolipop but nothing chance..
Mt phone is no signal
Sory for bad english
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Lennyz1988 said:
Start with flashing a stock Lollipop rom with .pit and re-partition.
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'sent phone over to samsung care... they said that the phone might die.. no gurantee if things will work out..
i just wanna know if recovry is even possible.. i mean is there any hope ? cz if there isnt ill see the phone spares instead of investing in further care for the device!!! just hope things work.. have had the phone from when it was released u know.. i love that thing
i dont want it to leave m

mymutatedmind said:
'sent phone over to samsung care... they said that the phone might die.. no gurantee if things will work out..
i just wanna know if recovry is even possible.. i mean is there any hope ? cz if there isnt ill see the phone spares instead of investing in further care for the device!!! just hope things work.. have had the phone from when it was released u know.. i love that thing
i dont want it to leave m
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If it's hardware failure then you have two options:
1. Swap motherboard
or
2. Replace EMMC chip on the motherboard en reflash your IMEI on it.

Lennyz1988 said:
If it's hardware failure then you have two options:
1. Swap motherboard
or
2. Replace EMMC chip on the motherboard en reflash your IMEI on it.
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gave phone to samsung care they sorted it out....lol
ty anyway

Glad it got fixed. Did Samsung replace the motherboard? Any idea how they fixed it?