JTAG to retrieve my data - Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi all,
Timepin( lockscreen pin lock by JC) has recently lock me out of my note 3. Both my password and default password does not work. I'm rooted using URDLV and mobile Odin to x-note 7 ROM so my bootloader is old Mi7 but my Knox is still 0x0.
Author JC has advice me to factory reset and I'll not loose root and I'll have to JTAG if I want to retrieve my data before I factory reset.
My question is how do I JTAG to retrieve my data and is there an alternative before I factory reset my phone.
Thx for your help in advance.

ddogishere said:
Hi all,
Timepin( lockscreen pin lock by JC) has recently lock me out of my note 3. Both my password and default password does not work. I'm rooted using URDLV and mobile Odin to x-note 7 ROM so my bootloader is old Mi7 but my Knox is still 0x0.
Author JC has advice me to factory reset and I'll not loose root and I'll have to JTAG if I want to retrieve my data before I factory reset.
My question is how do I JTAG to retrieve my data and is there an alternative before I factory reset my phone.
Thx for your help in advance.
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If it is worth taking apart your phone, rewiring your CPU circuits and then fusing it all back together just to retrieve some data, then go do it. You don't usually use JTag for anything but fixing a bricked phone or bypassing some hardcoded security algorithm.
Using JTag to recover data makes no sense, you void your warranty and the price would be high even if you do it yourself or give it to someone else.

See my post in timepin thread, there is detailed method, there is not need to restore or install new rom.... I will write in hurry here.... Go to recovery and using file manager or using adb delete this file
/data/system/lockscreen.db and boot your phone, there will not be any pin, password or pattern etc you can use your phone fine
Sent from my SM-N9005

ravian29 said:
See my post in timepin thread, there is detailed method, there is not need to restore or install new rom.... I will write in hurry here.... Go to recovery and using file manager or using adb delete this file
/data/system/lockscreen.db and boot your phone, there will not be any pin, password or pattern etc you can use your phone fine
Sent from my SM-N9005
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I'm on stock recovery that option is not available to me
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ddogishere said:
I'm on stock recovery that option is not available to me
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Download and install aroma file manager, its a file manager in .zip. You need to flash this zip like normal cwm .zip files..... After flashing a file manager will run
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ravian29 said:
Download and install aroma file manager, its a file manager in .zip. You need to flash this zip like normal cwm .zip files..... After flashing a file manager will run
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Flash it how, via Odin or stock recovery? My PC cannot view my files as the phone is locked. And remember I don't want loose my warranty by tripping Knox
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ddogishere said:
Flash it how, via Odin or stock recovery? My PC cannot view my files as the phone is locked. And remember I don't want loose my warranty by tripping Knox
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If you have used your stock recovery to flash zip files and it flashes then you are able to use it, i never used stock recovery so i am not sure stock recoveries flash .zip tweaks and themes etc.... If they do then you are able to use it....
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ravian29 said:
If you have used your stock recovery to flash zip files and it flashes then you are able to use it, i never used stock recovery so i am not sure stock recoveries flash .zip tweaks and themes etc.... If they do then you are able to use it....
Sent from my SM-N9005
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Yeah I think it will trip Knox
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ddogishere said:
Hi all,
Timepin( lockscreen pin lock by JC) has recently lock me out of my note 3. Both my password and default password does not work. I'm rooted using URDLV and mobile Odin to x-note 7 ROM so my bootloader is old Mi7 but my Knox is still 0x0.
Author JC has advice me to factory reset and I'll not loose root and I'll have to JTAG if I want to retrieve my data before I factory reset.
My question is how do I JTAG to retrieve my data and is there an alternative before I factory reset my phone.
Thx for your help in advance.
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Do you have USB debugging still enabled on the phone and your PC USB already approved for that? Since in that case you can use ADB even without your password!

xclub_101 said:
Do you have USB debugging still enabled on the phone and your PC USB already approved for that? Since in that case you can use ADB even without your password!
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Yeah i think so, so how do I use ADB?
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ddogishere said:
Yeah i think so, so how do I use ADB?
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You start the phone, leave it in the locked screen and then plug-in the USB and then you run something like
adb shell
If that works it means you can do some stuff from there. Like reading/writing anything (as long as you also gave adb root permissions). Run just
adb
on the PC and you will see a list of commands, for instance with
adb pull
you can get files from the phone.
If the password problem is strictly in a program (and not in the OS) you can also uninstall that program with
adb uninstall

nicholaschum said:
If it is worth taking apart your phone, rewiring your CPU circuits and then fusing it all back together just to retrieve some data, then go do it. You don't usually use JTag for anything but fixing a bricked phone or bypassing some hardcoded security algorithm.
Using JTag to recover data makes no sense, you void your warranty and the price would be high even if you do it yourself or give it to someone else.
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Using JTAG to recover data is a common way of doing so, and an advisable way when it appears to be some data corruption (which is the likely cause of this issue). Getting someone to dump the data shouldn't cost more than $35-50usd unless you need someone with forensic background for some reason (not needed) here.

jcase said:
Using JTAG to recover data is a common way of doing so, and an advisable way when it appears to be some data corruption (which is the likely cause of this issue). Getting someone to dump the data shouldn't cost more than $35-50usd unless you need someone with forensic background for some reason (not needed) here.
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But the thing is, I wouldn't ever take apart my phone, voiding all warranty just to recover some data. I believe the majority of the people won't either.
Unless the phone is not broken, people would just give that data up.

nicholaschum said:
But the thing is, I wouldn't ever take apart my phone, voiding all warranty just to recover some data. I believe the majority of the people won't either.
Unless the phone is not broken, people would just give that data up.
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Many people yes. This user told me in email he had no adb access, it now appears to be a different case.
With adb he can dump the info, or just use root (since he is rooted) to delete /data/data/com.cunninglogic.dynamicpin/shared_prefs/* and the /data/system/password.key (or likely on his device I think elsewhere, possible /data/system/LockSettings.db).
Data recovery via jtag is common.

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[Q] Help! Warranty question for T-Mobile!

So I spoke with T-Mobile yesterday and they agreed to send me a new phone for exchange because of a faulty pin on my connector. I can charge my device but it will not detect a USB storage device when plugged in.
It just occured to me that I cannot ODIN to stock! Is there a method that does not involve a Phone to PC connection which will allow me to make this thing appear to be stock? (I am on custom rom and recovery obviously).
If not, what will happen to me if I just send in my current phone with the rom/recovery it is on? Do they actually check? My damage/issue is physical and not software related at all so would my warranty still be voided?
Any input would be immensely helpful! Thanks folks
Last time i sent an Android phone in, i accidentally forgot to remove the custom ROM!
They sent me the new phone, and I've never heard from them since
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Lo N Slo said:
So I spoke with T-Mobile yesterday and they agreed to send me a new phone for exchange because of a faulty pin on my connector. I can charge my device but it will not detect a USB storage device when plugged in.
It just occured to me that I cannot ODIN to stock! Is there a method that does not involve a Phone to PC connection which will allow me to make this thing appear to be stock? (I am on custom rom and recovery obviously).
If not, what will happen to me if I just send in my current phone with the rom/recovery it is on? Do they actually check? My damage/issue is physical and not software related at all so would my warranty still be voided?
Any input would be immensely helpful! Thanks folks
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Cwm a stock nandroid image then maybe dd the stock recovery or find a flashable zip then format internal SD
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This happened to me too. Out of desperation I used a toothbrush and just scrub the crap out of the port, and it worked! Worth a try
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Got the same issue on my wifes GS2. I never rooted her phone, so at least I don't have to return it to stock. As far as I know, her USB port has never worked except for charging.
Holy chit
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1347899
I can ODIN without a computer now? What the eff??
EDIT: Nevermind our device is not on the list of supported.... SAD FACE
defconoi said:
Cwm a stock nandroid image then maybe dd the stock recovery or find a flashable zip then format internal SD
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Whats DD?
OK So I think I may have figured out a solution, someone please comment on if its a good idea or not.
download these files and move to my External SD (I have a seperate reader besides the phone)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312736
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1311229
Next steps would be to somehow return to stock recovery and remove SU without ODIN.
How would I go about doing these?

[Q]Mobile network stopped working after Installing Custom Recovery!!! Urgent!!!

Hi Guys!!
This is emergency!! I was trying to install recovery . I was successful in flashing recovery through the Nexus 4 Toolkit. After a while non of the networks are connecting. Wifi dosen't even startup, no mobile network! Please HELP!!
Thanks
In settings, does it display an imei number or is it 0's/garbage?
Maybe you need to input your apn settings for your carrier again? I know one of the tool kits I used had an option to backup apn settings probably for this exact reason. Try rebooting your phone also.
champ1919 said:
In settings, does it display an imei number or is it 0's/garbage?
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It says unknown
SysAdmNj said:
Maybe you need to input your apn settings for your carrier again? I know one of the tool kits I used had an option to backup apn settings probably for this exact reason. Try rebooting your phone also.
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I tried rebooting nothing works...I also tried master reset the phone.. Still no luck!
Did you make a backup of your efs folder? Or any backups? What you have is a missing imei number.
Ship it to me and I'll fix it for you.
Did you try flash the AOSP image from Google's website?
champ1919 said:
Did you make a backup of your efs folder? Or any backups? What you have is a missing imei number.
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Unfortunately i did not make any backup am i messed up ??
asawoszc said:
Ship it to me and I'll fix it for you.
Did you try flash the AOSP image from Google's website?
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Ah man!! Can you guide me to that link ??
Another weird thing, when i connect my phone in MTP mode the internal storage is completely empty!! what is happening ??? Please help guys!!
Download a toolkit, reflash stock system image. If you've got stuff on your SD back it up on the Toolkit, the flash and you're back to stock again
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will444 said:
Download a toolkit, reflash stock system image. If you've got stuff on your SD back it up on the Toolkit, the flash and you're back to stock again
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Can you please provide me the link for the stock system image ? Thanks
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34552123
All the info and resources you need are there.
Sent from my Nexus 4
What you did and don't realize is that you had to unlock the bootloader to root and install a custom recovery and by doing that you wiped your phones data, all of it. Unlocking the bootloader puts the phone back into the state when you first received it and it has to be setup all over again.
Flashing the stock image will also take you back to a state where the phone was when you first received it and you will have to set it up again.
I'm not absolutely sure you need to do that or just set the phone up again like you did when you first got it. If you can't get it working again then reflash the stock image and restart from there. To do it with the toolkit you have to download it manually then place it into the folder in the toolkit directory for flashing files. The toolkit should have instructions on how to do this.
Unfortunately at this point anything you had stored on the phone is gone for good.
El Daddy said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34552123
All the info and resources you need are there.
Sent from my Nexus 4
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Thanks mate!! Giving it a try!!
kzoodroid said:
What you did and don't realize is that you had to unlock the bootloader to root and install a custom recovery and by doing that you wiped your phones data, all of it. Unlocking the bootloader puts the phone back into the state when you first received it and it has to be setup all over again.
Flashing the stock image will also take you back to a state where the phone was when you first received it and you will have to set it up again.
I'm not absolutely sure you need to do that or just set the phone up again like you did when you first got it. If you can't get it working again then reflash the stock image and restart from there.
Unfortunately at this point anything you had stored on the phone is gone for good.
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Dude i had already unlocked the boot loader. Now i am in the Start screen and the Lock Status Says : Unlocked. Luckily my Nexus is jus 1 day old and am yet to load stuff! So not much to bother about loosing data on the storage. I am downloading this : Factory Images "occam" for Nexus 4 - https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images i hope it is correct!! Thanks
Edit:
Re flashing the factory image fixed my problem. Thanks a lot guys.

A solution for all those affected by the ,,forgot pattern'' bug

Finally, i have solved it !!! A couple of days ago, i forgot my pattern and clicked on forgot pattern, but i didn't get a prompt to turn on wifi. So basically, i was stuck, unless i wanted to do a factory reset and lose all of my data. Here's my unique solution to this problem, :
First of all, you need to be rooted and to have usb debugging ON. Otherwise, it won't work.
Second, you need to install wug's nexus toolkit, because it gives you an option to boot with a modified boot.img which has root privileges, go to advanced, you'll see it (if you know of any other way to boot up such an image, use it, because when you get locked out with the ,,forgot pattern'', your root won't work, that's why you need this boot image).
Here's what i did:
First, i booted the modified boot image and by using either adb or the toolkit, i pulled /data/data and /data/app to my pc.
Second, I made a full wipe and set up my N7 as usual. At this point, you need a good root file explorer in order to get to the /data folder. I installed colornote (from the app backup i made, because i wan't sure that there was a new version and,if there was, it could be a possible failure, because i wasn't sure how it would behave with the last version's data) and rebooted (in order for colornote to get into the dalvik cache).
Third, i opened up colornote's folder in /data/data and just replaced the databases folder with the one from my backup and i went to /data/dalvik-cache and deleted the corresponding color note dalvik file. Afterwards, i just rebooted and voila, all my stuff that i had written in color note was staring at me.
Now, i want to mention that i've only tried this with colornote (as it was my foremost priority to get to the essays that were stored there) and i've tried this on only 4.1.2. I can't guarantee that it will work on other apps or that you won't get damage to your precious Nexus 7, so please, proceed with caution, and don't blame me if something unexpected comes up. Good luck !!!
P.S. If you get more than one device or emulator, it's because you have bluestacks, disable or uninstall it, and you're good to go !!!
Did you try any of the suggestions offered to you in the other thread you started on this topic?
They seem like way less effort and some of them don't involve any wiping.
BTW when you do an adb pull you lose all file ownership and mode information; it is important to restore those correctly.
iAndroidOS said:
Second, you need to install wug's nexus toolkit, because it gives you an option to boot with a modified boot.img which has root privileges, go to advanced, you'll see it (if you know of any other way to boot up such an image, use it, because when you get locked out with the ,,forgot pattern'', your root won't work, that's why you need this boot image).
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You can do whatever you want with the custom recovery - it is unaffected by the lock condition. You are complicating things by using a toolkit.
good luck
If you have USB debugging enabled you can just use adb to delete the pattern file and then unlock the tab.
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NIMBAH said:
If you have USB debugging enabled you can just use adb to delete the pattern file and then unlock the tab.
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I tried that and it didn't work
bftb0 said:
Did you try any of the suggestions offered to you in the other thread you started on this topic?
They seem like way less effort and some of them don't involve any wiping.
BTW when you do an adb pull you lose all file ownership and mode information; it is important to restore those correctly.
You can do whatever you want with the custom recovery - it is unaffected by the lock condition. You are complicating things by using a toolkit.
good luck
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Thank you for reminding me, it is imperative to restore the permissions
iAndroidOS said:
I tried that and it didn't work
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Weird I've done it a few times and its always worked. How did you do it ?
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NIMBAH said:
Weird I've done it a few times and its always worked. How did you do it ?
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I dunno, i went into adb and used the adb shell rm /data/system/gesture.key
command and as soon as it finished, i unplugged my N7 and rebooted it, and the login prompt was still there.

I think it's BRICKED this time!

Ok, I was on a custom ROM for LS980 and all of a sudden it rebooted and I had no control of anything. There was no service either.
So first thing I did was a reboot. no good. Then I went booted into TWRP and restored my last backup, thought this would surely fix it but nothing. Still booted but had no functionality, plus now it started to go into a boot loop. Tried recovering different versions and no luck.
Then, I decided to use the Flash Tool recovery method. It worked in the sense that there was no longer a boot loop, but I still had no service and could not use a lot of the functions like updating PRL/PROFILE and few of the apps would not launch like the quick remote, it would say "SIM not ready"
I'm pretty much out of ideas at this point as I only have the flash tool option and since I lost recovery.
Is this considered BRICKED or does anyone have an idea? thanks
centro714 said:
Ok, I was on a custom ROM for LS980 and all of a sudden it rebooted and I had no control of anything. There was no service either.
So first thing I did was a reboot. no good. Then I went booted into TWRP and restored my last backup, thought this would surely fix it but nothing. Still booted but had no functionality, plus now it started to go into a boot loop. Tried recovering different versions and no luck.
Then, I decided to use the Flash Tool recovery method. It worked in the sense that there was no longer a boot loop, but I still had no service and could not use a lot of the functions like updating PRL/PROFILE and few of the apps would not launch like the quick remote, it would say "SIM not ready"
I'm pretty much out of ideas at this point as I only have the flash tool option and since I lost recovery.
Is this considered BRICKED or does anyone have an idea? thanks
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If you are still able to enter in the ROM it's not Bricked....
Put the phone in Fastboot and flash a recovery via Fastboot commands.
Then you can wipe everything (except internal) and flash a new ROM.
I've never fastbooted before. Is there a quick tutorial link for this?
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There is no normal fastboot mode as on other phones. Best thing i think try to go back to stock via kdz/tot method and reinstall root and recovery
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basti2909 said:
There is no normal fastboot mode as on other phones. Best thing i think try to go back to stock via kdz/tot method and reinstall root and recovery
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So I tried the flash tool again using different TOT files. ZV8 and ZVA files caused boot loops. The only file that almost worked was the ZVC file. By almost I mean, there's no boot loop, and i'm able to use the stock ROM however certain things don't work, like when launching the quick remote app, it says "SIM not ready", or stock video cannot play "Unsupported file type" error, and most importantly I'm not able to get any service.
The good part is, my wifi is working. So next I tried to root, however I get this a "unable to open /system/xbin/su: no such file or directory" (i'm attaching the photo for reference).
Thanks for any other tips of directions.
remove sim card and reinsert try that. Not working.
also check your imei. If its not there you may need to recover it from a twrp backup, (recover the efs that is) at least from the time you had no issues. Not working?
Also I read nothing about wiping. (wipe everything except internal sd) before performing a clean instal. Check for same issues, not there victory.
be carefull with full backups, they might contain the issue you are experiencing.
bachera said:
remove sim card and reinsert try that. Not working.
also check your imei. If its not there you may need to recover it from a twrp backup, (recover the efs that is) at least from the time you had no issues. Not working?
Also I read nothing about wiping. (wipe everything except internal sd) before performing a clean instal. Check for same issues, not there victory.
be carefull with full backups, they might contain the issue you are experiencing.
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this is a ls980 so I can't remove the Back cover unless there's a way I don't know.
Also, I lost twrp recovery when I used the flash tool and tot method. Now, i'm trying to root and get recovery back but can't even root.
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I am not very familiar with your model. But on the d802 there is a small slot on the side of the phone with a small hole. With the phone in box was a small metal device which you could poke in hole and the slot would open. Maybe other user could confirm.
Did you backup your twrp backup of the phone? Then now is also the time to put it back if the tot method deleted it.
Anyway did you check your imei, (dial *#06#, it should show your imei). usually when service is lost there is something wrong with imei, or simcard.
imei can be recovered by the efs backup in a twrp backup. Simcard via putting out back in, reboot, etc.
bachera said:
I am not very familiar with your model. But on the d802 there is a small slot on the side of the phone with a small hole. With the phone in box was a small metal device which you could poke in hole and the slot would open. Maybe other user could confirm.
Did you backup your twrp backup of the phone? Then now is also the time to put it back if the tot method deleted it.
Anyway did you check your imei, (dial *#06#, it should show your imei). usually when service is lost there is something wrong with imei, or simcard.
imei can be recovered by the efs backup in a twrp backup. Simcard via putting out back in, reboot, etc.
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Thanks for all your help! sounds like its definitely a imei and Sim related issue.
I don't have any backups but I can get to the factory recovery which has an adb side load option. Do you think I can side load a stock ROM this way? If so, what type of file do I use?
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centro714 said:
Thanks for all your help! sounds like its definitely a imei and Sim related issue.
I don't have any backups but I can get to the factory recovery which has an adb side load option. Do you think I can side load a stock ROM this way? If so, what type of file do I use?
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you can go to download mode and flash a stock rom, but that wont help get you imei back sir if thats whats gone cant help you with that without a backup. Even though there are guides somewhere
bachera said:
you can go to download mode and flash a stock rom, but that wont help get you imei back sir if thats whats gone cant help you with that without a backup. Even though there are guides somewhere
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Yup, that's what I figured after numerous flash tool and tot files.
I found this link that sounds suspiciously like what i'm facing:
http://www.droidviews.com/how-to-backup-and-restore-lost-imei-on-lg-g2/
Itching to get home and try it.
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Can't get the software to recognize that the phone is connected via USB even though I reinstalled drivers and restarted.
I'm pretty much stuck.
Since I have no imei does this also mean it's a bad esn?
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With no imei.. It's confirmed gone.
Lim Wee Huat said:
With no imei.. It's confirmed gone.
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Damn. now I have a small lg tablet:banghead:
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Found this, it may help. I haven't tried it, so it's up to you....
http://www.droidviews.com/how-to-backup-and-restore-lost-imei-on-lg-g2/
matt_tee said:
Found this, it may help. I haven't tried it, so it's up to you....
http://www.droidviews.com/how-to-backup-and-restore-lost-imei-on-lg-g2/
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Yea tried this but stuck on step 8 like one of the commenters.
Anyone else have last ideas before this phone goes on the auction block?
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centro714 said:
this is a ls980 so I can't remove the Back cover unless there's a way I don't know.
Also, I lost twrp recovery when I used the flash tool and tot method. Now, i'm trying to root and get recovery back but can't even root.
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uy can remove sim, on left side there is a tray just use any sim removal & bingo.
I wonder how can people use a phone & dont even know that they can remove sim... lol
RohanM said:
uy can remove sim, on left side there is a tray just use any sim removal & bingo.
I wonder how can people use a phone & dont even know that they can remove sim... lol
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So I removed Sim and reinserted it and still no imei. At least I know there's a Sim card access.
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Well if you got no imei and no backup, you can't fix it home.
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Note 3 - SM-9005 - How to root in 2018 - help needed!

Hello Gentlemen,
Let me try to keep this short.
I got a new Android phone recently and had planned to port all my app backups from the N9005.
As things happen, I ran the Samsung app for backup and did a factory reset before checking the same.
The backup made a fool out of me, nearly all the crucial stuff is missing.
So now I need to recover the settings from the post "factory reset" Note 3.
What would be the fastest and least painful way to-
a. Root the SM9005;
b. Recover the backup (XML files for tasker, Aquamail, Biz Calendar and so on);
c. Unroot the app and be done with it.
I need to unroot as the last step as I plan to have the phone loaded with a kid friendly UI and keep it for the kids for long trips. Do not want anything wary taking over it.
Any suggestions and help is welcome!
Thanks,
CKhurana
Your data were erased during the factory reset.
Agreed
zlazaar said:
Your data were erased during the factory reset.
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Agreed.The data is gone.Poof removed from existance.Unless you have a Partition on your phone intact.
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Atifbaig786 said:
AgreedAgreed.The data is gone.Poof removed from existance.Unless you have a Partition on your phone intact.
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Yeah, I know. But a recovery is possible AFAIK until the free space is overwritten? Just like any disk based data recovery happens?
Can you help me with options on the root?
Thanks,
Chetan
Well the simplest one without hassle is either flashing recovery IMG and rooting via SuperSU.
Atifbaig786 said:
Well the simplest one without hassle is either flashing recovery IMG and rooting via SuperSU.
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ok, so this should work, right?
ckhurana said:
ok, so this should work, right?
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Hell yeah

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