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

Hello,
i googled and searched for hours but can't find a solution for my problem. It looks like i lost my whole EFS Folder when i wanted to flash Galnet MIUI and after that CM7.1 because it failed.
So:
- CAN'T Flash ANY CWM zip (Status 7 error)
- CAN'T use mobile connection (No SMS,no Calls,no Internet etc.)
- NO Backup of the EFS folder ...
- Able to flash any ODIN/Heimdall ROM
- Up and Downgraded 100 times from FROYO to Gingerbread and so but still no EFS rapair :/
HELP,please ...
UPDATE: If anyone is wondering what i have done - i sent it to Samsung and they repaired it for free and even 4 months later it works like a charm (with ICS )

Flash any ROM using repartition. If that doesn't help, flash any modem / kernel after flashing ROM.

Already done that,no change...

Uwe303 said:
Already done that,no change...
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Search for Ezodin rom or something like that on forums or try flash froyo

Try this out....not sure if it will help but give it a go.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=991792
Hope it helps

galaxy89 said:
Try this out....not sure if it will help but give it a go.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=991792
Hope it helps
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Yes man thats whay i say butt i didn't remember

Try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1261948&highlight=imei+unknow

miui creates a backup by itself in sdcard named backup
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Check your internal SD card, it should be there.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using Tapatalk

if you don`t have a backup of your efs folder... your imei is lost forever.... you`ll have a service imei 0040etc .Efs folder will be automatically rebuilt but this will not get your imei back... i sent my phone to a Vodafone service for another problem and didn't canceled my warranty so its no problem

Nothing what you posted works. salesale's link was good,but i dont have a backup on my sdcard so its useless ...
I was NOT able to flash MIUI/CyanogenMod so i even dont have this backup ... and all my sdcard backups are only folders like DCIM/Music/Videos but not the whole sdcard. Before i tried to flash MIUI i backuped my whole sdcard but theres no efs folder there with a backup :/
I think i cant send my phone to samsung. they will cancel my warranty because i cant call and say my IMEI / efs folder was deleted without any reason. they know i have flashed and have fu**** up my phone.
Any other suggestions? :/ can someone send me his efs folder? Maybe the phone restores the imei when i follow the tutorial from salesale's link

Flash the latest official firmware for your country and Just go to the service center and tell them that your phone doesn't work after update with KIES.
That's all! You don't know why this happened
Since there is no need to open the phone, your IMEI needs only to be rewritten. If the service center's staff is OK, they will easily recreate your IMEI without much efforts.

celeronix said:
Flash the latest official firmware for your country and Just go to the service center and tell them that your phone doesn't work after update with KIES.
That's all! You don't know why this happened
Since there is no need to open the phone, your IMEI needs only to be rewritten. If the service center's staff is OK, they will easily recreate your IMEI without much efforts.
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Yes play stupid.. it will work

I remember reading a thread where someone had a programme that i think he made, to restore a lost efs folder with the correct imei, Ill have another quick search but its out there, you just need to find it...

Can't find it,sorry ...

Right well i've just been searching since i posted and found these.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=842775&highlight=restore+imei
http://darkyrom.com/community/index...40000-instead-of-unique-original-number.1876/
http://forum.samdroid.net/f28/complete-imei-restore-how-1817/
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/archive/t-1206374.html
I realise the samdoird link is not for the i9000 but im sure they will be able to do the same for your phone...
OMG 30 mins searching and reading!!

salesale said:
Try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1261948&highlight=imei+unknow
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Check user nokia8260's method in the link from salesale.
He does some edit on /efs/imei/mps_code.dat to match CSC.
Not sure if you need to flash a stock ROM + 512.pit + rooted kernel to establish a basic filesystem.
Warning: Have not tried this myself, please read and decide.
Sent from my GT-I9000

Uwe303 said:
Nothing what you posted works. salesale's link was good,but i dont have a backup on my sdcard so its useless ...
I was NOT able to flash MIUI/CyanogenMod so i even dont have this backup ... and all my sdcard backups are only folders like DCIM/Music/Videos but not the whole sdcard. Before i tried to flash MIUI i backuped my whole sdcard but theres no efs folder there with a backup :/
I think i cant send my phone to samsung. they will cancel my warranty because i cant call and say my IMEI / efs folder was deleted without any reason. they know i have flashed and have fu**** up my phone.
Any other suggestions? :/ can someone send me his efs folder? Maybe the phone restores the imei when i follow the tutorial from salesale's link
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Just restore your phone to official firmware and call Samsung, tell them your phone doesn't recognize your similar card anymore and can't make or receive calls or text, thats what I did when i messed up my efs on my galaxy s 4g and i got it back within 2 weeks.
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Uwe303 said:
Nothing what you posted works. salesale's link was good,but i dont have a backup on my sdcard so its useless ...
I was NOT able to flash MIUI/CyanogenMod so i even dont have this backup ... and all my sdcard backups are only folders like DCIM/Music/Videos but not the whole sdcard. Before i tried to flash MIUI i backuped my whole sdcard but theres no efs folder there with a backup :/
I think i cant send my phone to samsung. they will cancel my warranty because i cant call and say my IMEI / efs folder was deleted without any reason. they know i have flashed and have fu**** up my phone.
Any other suggestions? :/ can someone send me his efs folder? Maybe the phone restores the imei when i follow the tutorial from salesale's link
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EFS backup not required. Do you have EFS folder? I lost my imei. With these instructions I have recovered imei and network, signal. Good luck

I have a efs folder but its completly empty! So how can i edit these things,when its empty? Can i somehow restore them? I dont even have a developer IMEI (0049 ...)

[Q] Very big problem, I've lost my efs folder

hi all,
I've lost my efs folder after i tried to install MS2G 4.0. Now i cannot use the phone to call or surfing the web. I haven't a backup of this folder, I have only 2 nandroid backup.
Anyone can help me??
sorry for my English!

Help me, pleaseeeeeee!!!!!

Try to change the baseband of you country using milestone2toolbox.apk.. search on google..
if that not work, try to flash your Operator Firmware using RSD Lite..
btw wheres is the efs folder?
Sorry for my english

go to the link and follow the procedure in case you cant see the characters in chinese, choose the option with 8068 at the end and click the option on your left. your pbone will reboot. follow the nect procedure about installing the baseband and choose 2.2.2 also click on the option on you left restart and everything should work. good luck.
algarues said:
I had exactly the same problem as yours while flashing roms a while ago
you won' t fix it with the baseband switching app that comes for instance with milestone 2 toolbox (it did not work for me)
you have to follow the full procedure described here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1182050
this should certainly work
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[ Q ] efs folder fix

Hello. I was wondering if anyone knows how or could point me in the direction on how to fix my efs folder. It seems like it is only half corrupted. I can still dial #*06# and can still get my imei number but every reboot put me in safe mode and some of my apps don't work. I have root explore and I go into efs folder and nothing is there. It almost seems like I have a semi root. I am currently rooted and on a custom ROM. If anyone could help that would be great. Thanks and have a great holiday.

Taiweanthony said:
Hello. I was wondering if anyone knows how or could point me in the direction on how to fix my efs folder. It seems like it is only half corrupted. I can still dial #*06# and can still get my imei number but every reboot put me in safe mode and some of my apps don't work. I have root explore and I go into efs folder and nothing is there. It almost seems like I have a semi root. I am currently rooted and on a custom ROM. If anyone could help that would be great. Thanks and have a great holiday.
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Reflashing the stock firmware for your CSC may help.

Thanks for your help. I will try it out.

efs
I flashed the stock firmware to csc and I still have the same problem. Anything else I could do?

EFS restore
Heeeeelp
I have no net, no wi-fi, no mobilnet. I wanted to restore EFS image file but it says I have to buy mannyvinny efs backup tool pro version. But without net it failed
I need help, how to restore img files in other way
Thanks for any help:crying:

Taiweanthony said:
I flashed the stock firmware to csc and I still have the same problem. Anything else I could do?
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Try this post.

[guide][i9305][backup and restore imei][other partitions]

Hi all, today I'm gonna share very important information about backing up your IMEI number. IMEI is not stored in only /efs partition all the ways. so only by just restoring /efs backup you can never get imei back. It is my personal experience that i lost my imei while installing custom roms and i restored /efs and my imei didn't came back thanks God fortunately, I was having the backup of other three partition listed bellow and i restored them and i got my imei back. So having just /efs partition backup doesn't really mean your imei is safe. IMEI is stored in other partitions all of them including /efs and /radio are listed bellow.
1-M9KEFS1 (mmcblk0p4)
2-M9KEFS2 (mmcblk0p5)
3-M9KEFS3 (mmcblk0p6)
4-efs (mmcblk0p3)
5-radio (mmcblk0p10)
you can backup and restore these partition by using this app by @wanam on playstore or here is the link https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ma.wanam.partitions&hl=en
Definitely you will need root and busybox for running this app. Launch and select the partitions listed above and tap backup button and you 're done.!!
For restoring go menu and select "restore a partiton" select the img in /sdcard/partitionBackup folder and carefully restore imgs to their co-responding partitons, restoring wrong partitions can seriously mess up your device.
that's it. buy me a coffee if I have saved your precious piece of hardware :good::good:

Thanks @qasim799
I never had my IMEI or EFS lost but I just did the backup in case it happens one day.
I'm pretty sure it will save some user's phone.

I had IMEI issue in past and to be honest sometime best way to fix it is just flash stock firmware. And it worked for me probably installer rebuilt messed partitions
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IMEI in cm13
i can't speak very good English language . pleqse help i have a problem with my I9305
do i can use this méthode with CM13 . or i must reflach to 4.4 ?
i lost my IMEI and i have only 2G in my phone . NO LTE and No 3G

@houss32, I recommend flashing back to the latest stock ROM to see if the imei returns. If it returns, back up the efs folder before flashing other files.

audit13 said:
@houss32, I recommend flashing back to the latest stock ROM to see if the imei returns. If it returns, back up the efs folder before flashing other files.
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thank you for your answer . i will back to 4.4 tonight and see if IMEI . and 4G fix or no

audit13 said:
@houss32, I recommend flashing back to the latest stock ROM to see if the imei returns. If it returns, back up the efs folder before flashing other files.
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Recovering IMEI And Data Connection After Flashing WRONG Root Package Intended For I9300:
Make sure you have Samsung Kies or the Samsung USB Driver installed on your PC.
Download and Extract: Odin3 3.04.zip - 457.11 KB to your PC if you don't already have it.
Download and Extract: Param_Bin_I9305.zip - 612.14 KB to your PC.
With your Phone Switched Off, press and hold: 'VOL DN' + 'HOME' + 'POWER' to enter Download Mode.
Connect your phone to your PC via USB Cable and start Odin.
Check your phone is connected by seeing if a COM Port in a Blue box is present under ID:COM.
Press the 'PDA' Button and select the 'Param_Bin_I9305.tar.md5' file you extracted from the Zip Archive earlier.
Press the 'Start' Button and wait for it to finish flashing. If successful, you will see a Green Box with 'PASS!'.
Wait for your phone to reboot then go to your Dialer and press: *#06#. You should now see your IMEI and your Data Connection will be back.
http://galaxys-team.fr/viewtopic.php?f=106&t=31881
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do i can use this medhode for i9305 in cm13 ? or i need to back to officiel firmware 4.4 . if yes do you can help me i can't find Param_Bin_I9305.tar.md5 in the zip files

Go back to stock firmware before flashing anything else. Going back to stock may restore imei

audit13 said:
Go back to stock firmware before flashing anything else. Going back to stock may restore imei
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i back to officiel Rom. 4.4
nothing change .NO IMEI .Slowly network 2G .
i try to use Odine with the Param_Bin_I9305.ZIP . nothing change . NO IMEI . do you can help me please

The only way to inject the imei would be through a JTAG service or a cell repair service that uses something like the octopus box.

Can’t read the SIM card, need of EFS backup

Hello,
I have problem.. I don’t backuped EFS and phone can’t read sim, or use any network. I have rooted and modded many phones, but this is first, witch get me there.
I tried upload QCN files with qfil and flashing stock ROM, but nothing really works.
Please, do someone kind send me EFS backup of Lavender Global?
Or help me some way?
I really thank you for any help or suggestion.

I get the problem too, but different device.
To solve this u need to flash miui rom via fastboot.

armuttaqin said:
I get the problem too, but different device.
To solve this u need to flash miui rom via fastboot.
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I tried this method many times, but without success.
Thank you for your reply

Smolson said:
Hello,
I have problem.. I don’t backuped EFS and phone can’t read sim, or use any network. I have rooted and modded many phones, but this is first, witch get me there.
I tried upload QCN files with qfil and flashing stock ROM, but nothing really works.
Please, do someone kind send me EFS backup of Lavender Global?
Or help me some way?
I really thank you for any help or suggestion.
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Try following this tutorial: link
Or this one if the first doesn't work...