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MG9 to MG5 firmware, losing imei

Hi there,
I'm just wondering why my phone is losing its imei (or rather, its changing to the generic 0049xxx) after flashing the latest MG5 firmwares (I tried three different versions now). I first came from MG1, then flashed the MG9 when it came out. Now, when I flash any other firmware, my imei gets f'ed up.
I havent rooted my phone yet, I'm just flashing firmwares I downloaded from sammobile. Is it just because of this MG5 firmwares not being compatible? Will I still be able to flash newer firmwares when it goes out?
Thanks in advance, cheers!

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I have downloaded the August version for the united arab emirates , it seems to see my imei , but whenever i lock the phone (or screen idle closes the display) 90% of times phone freezes and I need to restart it.

it seems that in the latest roms samsung(for S3,S4) change the efs structure ... thats why imei gets mess if you try to change rom after.but if you change the modem with old one it may works....

Gotcha thanks!

i have the similar problem .
updated from G1 to G5 via samobile,
same problem ... no network registration
..
since i was rooted i used cutsom rom legend and crash . working fine for the moment \
but i need to solve this issue if i want go on stock
BTW i have some EFS back up folder can it help in recovering the IMEI issue
also how to CHANGE THE MODEM WITH OLD ONe ????

Hello same problem with installing firmware from MG9 to MG5, the imei resets to 0049000 something, did you find solution to it. Please reply. Thanks in advance.

mihir880 said:
i have the similar problem .
updated from G1 to G5 via samobile,
same problem ... no network registration
..
since i was rooted i used cutsom rom legend and crash . working fine for the moment \
but i need to solve this issue if i want go on stock
BTW i have some EFS back up folder can it help in recovering the IMEI issue
also how to CHANGE THE MODEM WITH OLD ONe ????
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kunal.bodke said:
Hello same problem with installing firmware from MG9 to MG5, the imei resets to 0049000 something, did you find solution to it. Please reply. Thanks in advance.
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who flashed the MG9 firmware had their EFS partition modified.
So in case if you have to go back to earlier firmware you will have problems with IMEI. You have to:
- Restore EFS (that is backed up before this change) or
- Flash MG9 modem which can still read the modified EFS.
see here for modem collection http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192025

samersh72 said:
who flashed the MG9 firmware had their EFS partition modified.
So in case if you have to go back to earlier firmware you will have problems with IMEI. You have to:
- Restore EFS (that is backed up before this change) or
- Flash MG9 modem which can still read the modified EFS.
see here for modem collection http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192025
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Flashing or restoring efs backup doesnt work after flashing mg9.
You need to return to your firmware when you first get your phone out of the box with clean install and wiping everything in cwm before getting into download mode.
Then after flashing the firmware, root then restore efs backup.
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marc_ecko28 said:
Flashing or restoring efs backup doesnt work after flashing mg9.
You need to return to your firmware when you first get your phone out of the box with clean install and wiping everything in cwm before getting into download mode.
Then after flashing the firmware, root then restore efs backup.
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so what is new
once you flashed the MG9, the efs partition format has been changed, so if you downgrade (regardless if to the original stock) you must restore the efs partition from the backup you made or just flash MG9 modem.

samersh72 said:
so what is new
once you flashed the MG9, the efs partition format has been changed, so if you downgrade (regardless if to the original stock) you must restore the efs partition from the backup you made or just flash MG9 modem.
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Guys, If I flash with MG5 firmware and then flash with modem of MG9? Will it work ?

Galaxy note 3 sm-n900 Unkonwn baseband

hello Guys, i have a galaxy note 3 sm-n900 on my hand right now, the problem is that i have no data, unknown baseband and no imei (Null/Null)......is there any solution ??? thank you...

In normal case all this missing comes from factory, if you need help from others you must explain how this happened, what rom you are using etc etc
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Byakuya88 said:
hello Guys, i have a galaxy note 3 sm-n900 on my hand right now, the problem is that i have no data, unknown baseband and no imei (Null/Null)......is there any solution ??? thank you...
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Flash a Stock N900 ROM and hope for the best.

nicholaschum said:
Flash a Stock N900 ROM and hope for the best.
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thank you for your answer, i flashed the last 4.4.2 firmware but it's the same thing.....

Byakuya88 said:
thank you for your answer, i flashed the last 4.4.2 firmware but it's the same thing.....
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May be your imei data was corrupt.
Did you make backup for the EFS data?
If so just restore it.

i have the same issue with a friends phone, no EFS backup, he won't tell what he did to the phone but now imei is null/null and doesn't have a baseband, anyway to fix it?

jdomadia said:
In normal case all this missing comes from factory, if you need help from others you must explain how this happened, what rom you are using etc etc
Sent from my SM-N9005 using XDA Free mobile app
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similar problem
I have a sm-n900 exynos and I have lost my imei and baseband during a Samsung flash. I have a TWRP backup, efs.img backup by dr.ketan's backup tool but nothing is able to restore my efs. I have scanned emmc blocks for bricked blocks and all blocks come back as non-corrupted. may be the partition is corrupted .how do I erase my efs partition to rebuild it. I have tired to flash PIT from ODIN but that too doesn't work.
tried this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2567133&page=36
but need a guide to identify the partitions and how to rebuild them. by any chance anyone know if I could extract twrp backup to files to restore efs or from efs.img so I can use the nv_data.bin, since tried restoring the backups and it didn't restore I feel the partition might be corrupt and hence not being re-written. so might be I have to rebuild the partitions by formatting as explained in this thread. but I don't know exactly the steps for exynos variant. I tried using terminal on twrp but mkef2 command shows mmbcblkp03 doesn't exist which as I have read in posts is the efs partition on this phone and reboots to twrp recovery. and mmbcblkp12 show filesystem too small and reboots to twrp recovery

weird thing is, i sometimes find the imei and the baseband and sometimes i dont, phone's not rooted yet, trying to find a way to root it without trippong knox since is not mine, but maybe im able to recover the efs i hope it works

Same problem here...
Hey guys, I'm experiencing the same problem since i installed VN kit kat rom. I searched for the efs backup and i found it but when i use odin to flash it it doesn't work. I tried flashing back to stock but that doesn't work. Can soneone please help me?

Fixed it!!!
If you have a n900 and your imei is null and your baseband is unknown all you have to do is to flash the file beneath with cwm recovery and voila!
You don't have me to thank, DaOldMan/Thomas deserves all the credit!

V-dude said:
If you have a n900 and your imei is null and your baseband is unknown all you have to do is to flash the file beneath with cwm recovery and voila!
You don't have me to thank, DaOldMan/Thomas deserves all the credit!
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You save my life dude! Thanks alot man!

You're welcome dude! I had the same problem too so i know how you feel
Btw DaOldMan (or Thomas) is the one you need to thank...

V-dude said:
If you have a n900 and your imei is null and your baseband is unknown all you have to do is to flash the file beneath with cwm recovery and voila!
You don't have me to thank, DaOldMan/Thomas deserves all the credit!
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Thanks Man!!!!This file saved my day!!!cheers!!!!![emoji106] [emoji106] [emoji106] [emoji106] [emoji106]

You're wlecome :good:

V-dude said:
If you have a n900 and your imei is null and your baseband is unknown all you have to do is to flash the file beneath with cwm recovery and voila!
You don't have me to thank, DaOldMan/Thomas deserves all the credit!
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HI just one question my friend has the exact same problem (IMEI null/null) baseband is unkown !!! the device is SM-N900 running 4.4.2 right now he flashed the file but the problem still exist !!! pleeeeeeeeease help !!
this file only works if the device is running official 4.3 ??? or we can flash it on stock 4.4.2 !!!
it seems wiered to me that others on this forum flashed the file and it worked with them !!!!!
pleeeeeeease help

You can still flash it if you have 4.4.2. The file i uploaded to be flashed is just to flash the baseband not the rom itself.
Btw did you flash the file with cwm recovery?

V-dude said:
You can still flash it if you have 4.4.2. The file i uploaded to be flashed is just to flash the baseband not the rom itself.
Btw did you flash the file with cwm recovery?
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Thanks man for the reply
anyway !! yes of course we flashed the file with CWM recovery tha recovery that we used is ( n900-cwm-recovery-6.0.4.7-kk(0125) )
we flashed it 2 times but nothing !! after flashing the baseband stays unkown and IMEI (null/null)
just one thing that the system is 4.4.2 rooted is that a problem ? should we flash the official stock 4.4.2 and then flash the file ?!!
we'v tried to wipe factory data/cash partion/ delvic cash then flashed the file still nothing !!
please help my friend is going crazy !!!

V-dude said:
If you have a n900 and your imei is null and your baseband is unknown all you have to do is to flash the file beneath with cwm recovery and voila!
You don't have me to thank, DaOldMan/Thomas deserves all the credit!
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its work, thanks a lot dude : good::laugh:

ghassano015 said:
Thanks man for the reply
anyway !! yes of course we flashed the file with CWM recovery tha recovery that we used is ( n900-cwm-recovery-6.0.4.7-kk(0125) )
we flashed it 2 times but nothing !! after flashing the baseband stays unkown and IMEI (null/null)
just one thing that the system is 4.4.2 rooted is that a problem ? should we flash the official stock 4.4.2 and then flash the file ?!!
we'v tried to wipe factory data/cash partion/ delvic cash then flashed the file still nothing !!
please help my friend is going crazy !!!
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That s due to a modem you update so go back to original modem. ..

Ohw ok.... When i flashed the file my sim card got the read the first time i restarted my phone. I don't get why it doesn't work for your friend. What you can try to do is to download (google) other basebands for n900 and try to see if those work (it doesn't necessarily have to be 4.4.2 cuz i flashed the same 4.3 file on my 4.4.2 phone and it worked). If that doesn't work you can try to flash a stock rom and then flash a baseband ( while still in recovery mode), try the one i uploaded. just be sure to have a backup of the current rom if the stock one doesn't seem to be solution.
Maybe start with these :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2475714

[Q] Galaxy note 3 sm-n900 repair imei without efs backup

Hello everybody, I have a galaxy note 3 sm-n900 and I have flashed another rom on my phone ,
but what I have got is null imei and I don't have any backup for efs file
I have tried to flash a stock rom but still have the same problem.
All what I want is a simple way to re-enter my IMEI that I have under my battery into my note 3.

mo.programmer said:
Hello everybody, I have a galaxy note 3 sm-n900 and I have flashed another rom on my phone ,
but what I have got is null imei and I don't have any backup for efs file
I have tried to flash a stock rom but still have the same problem.
All what I want is a simple way to re-enter my IMEI that I have under my battery into my note 3.
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There is no simple way to enter the IMEI manually.
After flashing stock rom, try to reflash the modem (baseband) 1 or 2 times more.
Does the baseband stick after flashing? Check the Baseband Version with Phone INFO ★Samsung★ app (under FIRMWARE INFO section).

Re-flash stock rom and modem
vndnguyen said:
After flashing stock rom, try to reflash the modem (baseband) 1 or 2 times more.
Does the baseband stick after flashing? Check the Baseband Version
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I need a way to patch my IMEI .
But if I have to flash stock rom how I can determine which version because I have lost mobile info after this operation,
and how I can reset efs if I want that.

mo.programmer said:
I need a way to patch my IMEI .
But if I have to flash stock rom how I can determine which version because I have lost mobile info after this operation,
and how I can reset efs if I want that.
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As you can see in the screenshots, your baseband is null so you have to flash the modem or the stock firmware again.
The screenshot shows your original CSC is KSA (Saudi Arabia). Try to download this stock firmware and flash again.
Open Phone INFO ★Samsung★ app > Menu > 'Firmware Browser' > enter KSA into the CSC textbox > tap Go button to search for the firmware.

vndnguyen said:
As you can see in the screenshots, your baseband is null so you have to flash the modem or the stock firmware again.
The screenshot shows your original CSC is KSA (Saudi Arabia). Try to download this stock firmware and flash again.
Open Phone INFO ★Samsung★ app > Menu > 'Firmware Browser' > enter KSA into the CSC textbox > tap Go button to search for the firmware.
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Actually I have flashed KSA rom on my phone and tried more than one stock rom ,and I have tried to flash five different modem files that I have found on the internet but nothing have changed, and that is the reason why I want a way to batch my IMEI because flashing new stock rom and new modem file have no sense.
Pleeeeeeeease Help I'm in need for solution.

mo.programmer said:
Actually I have flashed KSA rom on my phone and tried more than one stock rom ,and I have tried to flash five different modem files that I have found on the internet but nothing have changed, and that is the reason why I want a way to batch my IMEI because flashing new stock rom and new modem file have no sense.
Pleeeeeeeease Help I'm in need for solution.
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OK no problem.
The problem now is that your baseband is NULL, so you must reflash a vaild baseband.
Follow this instruction: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/general/ref-galaxy-note-3-sm-n9005-gsm-modems-t2842806

vndnguyen said:
OK no problem.
The problem now is that your baseband is NULL, so you must reflash a vaild baseband.
Follow this instruction: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/general/ref-galaxy-note-3-sm-n9005-gsm-modems-t2842806
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It's for sm-n9005. Don't flash that modem on sm-n900.
Sent from my SM-N900 using Tapatalk

mo.programmer said:
Actually I have flashed KSA rom on my phone and tried more than one stock rom ,and I have tried to flash five different modem files that I have found on the internet but nothing have changed, and that is the reason why I want a way to batch my IMEI because flashing new stock rom and new modem file have no sense.
Pleeeeeeeease Help I'm in need for solution.
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Flash this modem."N900_XXUENE1_MODEM_CWM"
Need a file?pm me.
Sent from my SM-N900 using Tapatalk

meetpatel said:
It's for sm-n9005. Don't flash that modem on sm-n900.
Sent from my SM-N900 using Tapatalk
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I mean the instruction to flash the modem. The OP should find the proper modem by himself.
Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk

unfortunately
meetpatel said:
Flash this modem."N900_XXUENE1_MODEM_CWM"
Need a file?pm me.
Sent from my SM-N900 using Tapatalk
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unfortunately,none of the above solution have worked for me
1. should I flash a specific stock rom for sm-n900 (how I can determine which one because I have lost the original information)
2. should I try to clear EFS with odin ( when try to flash modem).
3. should I try a custom rom that make sense for this kind of problems ( help to choose !!!).
4. should I apply an update a zip file from CWM mode ( which file should I Use)
5. Is there any ADB command that can batch my IMEI.
6. Is it useful to take EFS backup from another note 3 sm-n900 (what I have to do after that).
I feel so lost, I need a help PROFESSIONAL

Tried this? Worked for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507403

Finally got the solution
Dear all thanks for everyone who try to help me
I have got the solution for my problem
1- just try to flash a stock rom for note 3.
2- and then root it.
3- delete the efs folder.
4- reboot the phone.

mo.programmer said:
Dear all thanks for everyone who try to help me
I have got the solution for my problem
1- just try to flash a stock rom for note 3.
2- and then root it.
3- delete the efs folder.
4- reboot the phone.
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How can you restore the IMEI by deleting the EFS folder?

IMEI
vndnguyen said:
How can you restore the IMEI by deleting the EFS folder?
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I have not restored it, but I got a new IMEI , now my wireless work, and the baseband appear.

mo.programmer said:
Dear all thanks for everyone who try to help me
I have got the solution for my problem
1- just try to flash a stock rom for note 3.
2- and then root it.
3- delete the efs folder.
4- reboot the phone.
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How can I delete efs folder ?
can you give a details, thanks

hi everyone my mobile note 3 exynos imei null and baseband unknown how to repair imei can anyone help me.

As per multiple threads restore your backed up EFS folder.
OR Read this thread
Or try flashing stock firmware via Odin .

bro i have flashed two times with odin and flash v4.3 also but not got any solution ,
bro if you know about any tool for repair or restore imei of this device please tell me,
i am trying to repair imei with z3x tool but in this tool not showing n900 exynos model.

Suggest a phone repair shop.
Illegal methods of IMEI fixes etc are not allowed on XDA .

Thanks for your suggestion
but i am a hardware mechanic and i am trying to learn software for better experience THANKS

[Q] HELP NOTE 3 N900 UNKNOWN BASEBAND, NULL IMEI completely out of Nowhere!

Hello Fellas, am posting here as I haven't found help elsewhere. Kindly Respond to my woes. I have a rooted Galaxy Note 3 N900 running official Lollipop with IMEI Null/Null and No Baseband version. The IMEI just disappeared totally out of the blue as no custom ROM has been flashed on the device!! This has happened 2 months after updating from 4.3 Jelly bean. With no prior EFS Backup here's what I have tried:
1. EFS Professional (backup&restore complete but no luck)
2. EFS Restore express ( backup.bat>Odin restore)
3. GSII Repair tool
After hitting no luck with the above tools and without any "/EFS mount errors" in recovery either and WIFI working fine, I came to a conclusion that most probably the EFS folder partition on my Note 3 is still intact and most probably this could be a case of a bad modem which would explain the loss of Baseband Version and thus the Null IMEI. So I tried flashing back to KitKat with N900XXUENG1 firmware and separately flashed a few modems compatible with Samsung's new EFS System: N900XXUENG1_MODEM, N900_XXUENF2_MODEM_CWM and also gave a shot at recommended N900_XXUENE1_MODEM_CWM.ZIP which seems to restore baseband for many users with this issue but this failed as well. After much searching I found a 4file_N900XXUGBNL8 Lollipop Firmware with PIT from Dev-Host, flashed all files in Odin&even repartitioned the device but still no baseband!!! WIFI&everything else runs smooth except the damn baseband/Null IMEI! Almost Exhausted my options...
Now I trust we have some informed members and developers here, NEED YOUR VALUABLE IDEAS HERE mates! Someone, anyone.....Thanks!

Have got any guarantee of the device?If so,send it to service ıf your guarantee continiues.
If you bought the device from another country,This may occur ıf you didn't register it.(In my country this is how it works.Turkey)
Or someone cloned your imei,check your imei ıf it is valid.
This is not because you upgraded your device to android 5.
If ıt was the case,you would have already faced the problem after just the flash.
I would say flash another modem
But,You say you tried flashing other modems.So no luck with that.
I had seen s3 with the same problem.I had flashed a modded modem.
It worked.I dont know if there is one for your device.
Briefly this is an imei/modem problem.
I don't know ıf the suggestions above help you.
I hope so.
Good luck.

try flashing stock rom from sammobile via odin. you need to backup efs folder everytime you flash a new rom, that's my opinion. may be wrong.

I think I used to had this problem with my Note 2 as well. If you come from 4.3 you should flash stock ROM Jelly bean 4.3 from Sammobile or Samsung-updates website. Then flash lollipop 5.0 over 4.3 when you can see your IMIE. Maybe it will work.

So. If u in L bootloader. U must! Flash the L modem that sometimes didnt get flashed by the odin while flashing stock rom. So just extract the modem.img and things for modem. Then just flash it using dd command or make flashable zip. Then it works fine. I have it on s4 exynos. That if i in L bootloader then even i install kitkat rom with L bootloader. U must still flash the L modem. K. Hope it works

1. İf you couldnt recover with efs professional , probably you've been lost your original imei files like nv_data.bin etc. and there is no backup...
2. So try to remake this kind of files with-again- with efs professional. But there is not so much info about this "creation" process.
3. I had the same situation. . . . And i'm still sorry. . . ( . . . The other solution is JTAG, more easy, cheaper in total and psychologicaly healty !!!)
GOOD LUCK....

m6112 said:
1. İf you couldnt recover with efs professional , probably you've been lost your original imei files like nv_data.bin etc. and there is no backup...
2. So try to remake this kind of files with-again- with efs professional. But there is not so much info about this "creation" process.
3. I had the same situation. . . . And i'm still sorry. . . ( . . . The other solution is JTAG, more easy, cheaper in total and psychologicaly healty !!!)
GOOD LUCK....
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All EFS folder files are present including nv_data.bak&.bin Am a bit reserved to go the JTAG way just yet.

white7561 said:
So. If u in L bootloader. U must! Flash the L modem that sometimes didnt get flashed by the odin while flashing stock rom. So just extract the modem.img and things for modem. Then just flash it using dd command or make flashable zip. Then it works fine. I have it on s4 exynos. That if i in L bootloader then even i install kitkat rom with L bootloader. U must still flash the L modem. K. Hope it works
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Thanks for that but as I already said I was lucky to find a 4file partitioned Lollipop ROM with separate modem. Flashed that through Odin and even repartitioned the device but that hit a rock as well!

longcoming said:
Have got any guarantee of the device?If so,send it to service ıf your guarantee continiues.
If you bought the device from another country,This may occur ıf you didn't register it.(In my country this is how it works.Turkey)
Or someone cloned your imei,check your imei ıf it is valid.
This is not because you upgraded your device to android 5.
If ıt was the case,you would have already faced the problem after just the flash.
I would say flash another modem
But,You say you tried flashing other modems.So no luck with that.
I had seen s3 with the same problem.I had flashed a modded modem.
It worked.I dont know if there is one for your device.
Briefly this is an imei/modem problem.
I don't know ıf the suggestions above help you.
I hope so.
Good luck.
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It's an old device, no warrants. Am indeed looking at the possibility of someone else allocating the IMEI to their device, though i doubt. But if that was the case shouldn't the Baseband at least be present?

Did you try downgrading to 4.3 with official stock files?
If not,give it a shot.

Droidsan said:
It's an old device, no warrants. Am indeed looking at the possibility of someone else allocating the IMEI to their device, though i doubt. But if that was the case shouldn't the Baseband at least be present?
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I have explained it earlier, Actually it is kernel. Newer kernel makes some changes on EFS partition and that changes can not be read by old kernel but in this case once you flash newer modem it will be solved. If your issue doesn't solved by flashing latest stock ROM then only possibility is messed up EFS partition and for that you must have a backup which was created when your device was normal. If your EFS partition is corrupted and you don't have backup then i think only option you have is to go to service station they can repair it easily. Though your device is not under warranty but you have official bill then still they can do it with paid service. Now a days samsung have changed policy and restoring IMEI they needs to do it online with samsung server (this information I got from service center owner in my city who is my friend and he did same for one of my friend)

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dr.ketan said:
I have explained it earlier, Actually it is kernel. Newer kernel makes some changes on EFS partition and that changes can not be read by old kernel but in this case once you flash newer modem it will be solved. If your issue doesn't solved by flashing latest stock ROM then only possibility is messed up EFS partition and for that you must have a backup which was created when your device was normal. If your EFS partition is corrupted and you don't have backup then i think only option you have is to go to service station they can repair it easily. Though your device is not under warranty but you have official bill then still they can do it with paid service. Now a days samsung have changed policy and restoring IMEI they needs to do it online with samsung server (this information I got from service center owner in my city who is my friend and he did same for one of my friend)
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Thank you Dr.Ketan for that information. You have been a great help to many. I have followed your posts about this issue and I feel there is still hope.
UPDATE:
I WAS ABLE TO RESTORE THE BASEBAND AND NOW THE IMEI IS GENERIC, READS 004999010640000. [/B] I was able to restore nv_data backup from /Efs folder and deleting bad nv_data. Here's what I did:
Using root Explorer in /EFS:
Deleted corrupt files;
nv_data.bin ( 18 April 2015)
nv_data.bin.md5 (18 April 2015)
Renamed backup files (dated 31 Jan 2015) to apply;
.nv_data.bak > nv_data.bin
.nv_data.bak.md5 > nv_data.bin.md5
Using ADB shell:
Code:
adb shell
su
umount /efs
mke2fs /dev/block/mmcblk0p3
mount -w -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /efs
Reboot
However, the baseband and generic IMEI come&go across reboots and seems not to stick permanently. Any possible steps from here???

NOTE: Previously I have been able to restore Unknown Baseband and Null IMEI in Galaxy S2 i9100 using the above adb method (Code Only) http://www.selftechgenius.com/?p=284

NOTE: Previously I have been able to restore Unknown Baseband and Null IMEI in Galaxy S2 i9100 using the above adb method (Code Only) http://www.selftechgenius.com/?p=284

Try this out
I always have that problem when I downgrade to jellybean but solving it is easy. Just flash THIS modem file under the AP option Odin. Tell me if it works.

Muthumbi said:
I always have that problem when I downgrade to jellybean but solving it is easy. Just flash THIS modem file under the AP option in odin mode. Tell me if it works.
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If flashing modem via Odin you MUST turn off the phone then start it in DL mode. Simply doing a 'reboot' into DL mode will not let the modem be flashed.

Help Needed [IMEI-00000]

Dear Xda Members
My phone Details
Model : SM-G950U ( UNLOCKED NOW U1 )
Chipset : Snapdragon MSM8998
Issue : I backedup efs from engboot and selected clear & restore but after reboot it is showing imei all zeros
My phone now rooted using PartCyborgRom
is there any way restore my imei ??
I have z3x imei backup .tar file ( sadly with zeros )
Please some one help me to restore my EFS

https://youtu.be/LFag6emUYAw

rajeshca911 said:
Dear Xda Members
My phone Details
Model : SM-G950U ( UNLOCKED NOW U1 )
Chipset : Snapdragon MSM8998
Issue : I backedup efs from engboot and selected clear & restore but after reboot it is showing imei all zeros
My phone now rooted using PartCyborgRom
is there any way restore my imei ??
I have z3x imei backup .tar file ( sadly with zeros )
Please some one help me to restore my EFS
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Wrong forum..
Install a factory test rom, backup efs, install whatever rom you want to install and restore efs if it doesn't work already.

skks said:
Wrong forum..
Install a factory test rom, backup efs, install whatever rom you want to install and restore efs if it doesn't work already.
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Thanks for your reply man !!
if anything went wrong with my android i approach xda only for help.
I tried flashing factory bianary and backed up efs then reflash with latest firmware still zero

guys
thanks i restored it. using efs pro.
Thanks to lyriquidperfection who have developed efs pro tool

rajeshca911 said:
guys
thanks i restored it. using efs pro.
Thanks to lyriquidperfection who have developed efs pro tool
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hello friend please help me imei ta 000000 in my s8

I have an s8 950f I had installed soldier pie rom 9.0....before installation I backed up my rom using twrp...after the installation I end up with imei 000000...I had try restore EFS folder using twrp with no success ..can someone help me please ..everybody is telling me that I have to change de moderbaord ..I don't have that kind of money I need help

rudmar said:
I have an s8 950f I had installed soldier pie rom 9.0....before installation I backed up my rom using twrp...after the installation I end up with imei 000000...I had try restore EFS folder using twrp with no success ..can someone help me please ..everybody is telling me that I have to change de moderbaord ..I don't have that kind of money I need help
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Restore backup then flash official stock firmware using odin.without factory rest or hard rest.
If its same no changes.get new imei using online remote service.search on Ebay or imeiguru website.

can u explain
rajeshca911 said:
guys
thanks i restored it. using efs pro.
Thanks to lyriquidperfection who have developed efs pro tool
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sir can u explain that with more details because my phone its verizon how to fix that