Empty EFS folder, changed IMEI - Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Sorry, i speak horrible english .. But i have a problem, i have note 4, but imei is changed, efs folder is empty, i cant call, send message.. Any solution?
Btw i am from czech republic .

flash stock file through odin or repair through kies.If that doesn't help then you have to contact samsung care,if you don't have an efs backup
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[Q] imei null/null

how can do
i9500
baseband unknown
imei null/null
please help me
Unfortunately in this situation there's not a lot you can do without an EFS backup. A service centre can fix it.
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What did you do to it ? Beware the a service might refuse to fix it if you have a custom rom into it...

[Q] Sprint Galaxy S4(L720) IMEI null

Hi, I just got the phone with IMEI null. I don't know the reason how it became "NULL". I read lot of posts and everybody says that problem with EFS partition. Will this work if i flash with somebody else EFS partition on my phone?
Its illegal to use someone else imei, try using kies
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imei

I recently bought an Samsung Galaxy 4 and the imei is locked. I need an program in which i can unblock or change the imei number so i can use it.
tkenne0301 said:
I recently bought an Samsung Galaxy 4 and the imei is locked. I need an program in which i can unblock or change the imei number so i can use it.
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You're not going to find it here. Changing your imei isn't legal.
jd1639 said:
You're not going to find it here. Changing your imei isn't legal.
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How can I fix my problem?
I have a samiliar problem
I flashed a stock frimware using odin on my galaxy s4 (i9500)
After that i my imei changed to
(Xxxxxxxx94600)
And i tried flashing a couple of frimwares and couple of modems it didnt get my old imei back how to fix pls !?
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If you tried different modems and you can't get back your imei then it got damaged you must restore a backup but if you don't have there must be a way to change it with a hex editor.(Its just a guess)
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That's why you make a nandroid backup

Galaxy s4 i9500 imei

Hello guyz.
I have a galaxy s4 i9500
I flashed a firmware without efs backup and now my imei is changed to 0049.... generic imei.
Is there any way to fix it??
Urgently help needed
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Eklovya said:
Hello guyz.
I have a galaxy s4 i9500
I flashed a firmware without efs backup and now my imei is changed to 0049.... generic imei.
Is there any way to fix it??
Urgently help needed
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Oh dear, no efs backup, I think you might be in a bit of bother aka screwed :-\
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Eklovya said:
Hello guyz.
I have a galaxy s4 i9500
I flashed a firmware without efs backup and now my imei is changed to 0049.... generic imei.
Is there any way to fix it??
Urgently help needed
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u can try rooting it , get root explorer and then go into efs folder se if u can se any .bak files if so rename the back to .bin
try to flash back the original firmware that was before you flashed the new one.
Yes there are bak files. All have to be changed to .bin extension???
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hanna211 said:
u can try rooting it , get root explorer and then go into efs folder se if u can se any .bak files if so rename the back to .bin
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Tried flashing few firmwares.
But still its the same.
I don't remember what firmware it was in earlier
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IMEI null/null and baseband unknown

Hello guys !! I have a i9500 I was on Official lollipop and tryed to degrade to kitkat And there i lost my imei and baseband as i didn't backup my efs I'm stuck now without no service !! Visited service centre but all they tell is to change the motherboard !!
Could anyone suggest something please
Anyone had the same problem please comment
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hv1997 said:
Hello guys !! I have a i9500 I was on Official lollipop and tryed to degrade to kitkat And there i lost my imei and baseband as i didn't backup my efs I'm stuck now without no service !! Visited service centre but all they tell is to change the motherboard !!
Could anyone suggest something please
Anyone had the same problem please comment
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as far as i know, if you dont have a efs backup, ur screwed
Won't others efs work? I hav my friends efs backup
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hv1997 said:
Hello guys !! I have a i9500 I was on Official lollipop and tryed to degrade to kitkat And there i lost my imei and baseband as i didn't backup my efs I'm stuck now without no service !! Visited service centre but all they tell is to change the motherboard !!
Could anyone suggest something please
Anyone had the same problem please comment
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You have to reinstall Official lollipop
If you flash and custom rom that make EFS Backup automatically, for example Ozcan ROM, you have to search a folder with this name "efs_Backup" in your "internal memory"
If you have this folder and backup
Make this instruction for downgrade to Kitkat: Here
But if i go to lollipop also still my imei and Baseband will be unknown !!
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hv1997 said:
But if i go to lollipop also still my imei and Baseband will be unknown !!
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No. also faced same problem while degrading.
But reflashed the official lollipop via odin and everything restored.
search my thread and you see how to downgrade to 4.4.2
i was downgrade to 4.4.2 and OK
hv1997 said:
But if i go to lollipop also still my imei and Baseband will be unknown !!
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No it's not so. Revert back to Lollipop and your baseband, imei will be recovered.
I have already experienced this, have been jumping between Kitkat and Lollipop since a week because of the same problem, I guess Lollipop has updated the EFS which makes Kitkat unable to read it properly.
Hope this helped you!
Unknown imei = go to lollipop, null, generic etc need a efs backup, however you can go to a mobile shop with a octopus box or something like that.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4/general/i9500-easy-to-downgrade-official-t3036258
See if the steps in there are of help.
Hey i have the same problem on my i9500 .. i want to the care and they said the same (replace motherboard). Also they tried installing three different firmware's and i still have the same error ..unknown baseband and Imei null .. Did you fix your problem ?

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