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How can I restore IMEI from backup?

Hi,
I've flashed a new ROM, and found that my IMEI is now 004999010640000 (Generic)
I have a backup of my efs folder.
How do I restore it from the backup?
It looks like when I delete the efs folder, the system recreates it automatically...
What's the way to do it?
Thanks
Gil

I fixed this problem and it took me 4 hours to fix it!
Your real IMEI show on under the battery where you see the model phone.
You need to copy the numbers (without the / if u have this) to this website http://www.adamek.biz/md5-generator.php this website make ur imei to md5 .
After you have created the md5 go to efs folder via root explorer and you need to see the file (.nv_data.bak.md5 or nv_data.bak.md5) On this file you see the md5 of the currety copy the md5 u created to the files and close everything and restart ur phone

I already have a working efs backedup
I already have a working efs backed up!
The thing is that when I copy the files from the backup on the efs folder, they get reverted automatically... I don't know what's doing it...
The backup date is older than the current files... this might be the problem...
but how do I make it work?

Is the security and permissions set up correctly on your backup efs?

gilamran said:
I already have a working efs backed up!
The thing is that when I copy the files from the backup on the efs folder, they get reverted automatically... I don't know what's doing it...
The backup date is older than the current files... this might be the problem...
but how do I make it work?
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Did you tried to delete the folder and replace the efs folder backup?

I think you have to copy both the files and the hidden files (starting with a dot) from your backup..
The files with a dot are there to prevent you from accidentally deleting your originals and be left with nothing

The only files I see are:
1) .nv_state
2) bluetooth
3) imei
4) lost+found
5) nv.log
6) nv_data.bin
7) nv_data.bin.md5
Should I choose the file that says: "nv_data.bin.md5"?

If you have backuped your efs folder, this thread can help you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22195291&postcount=1008

I think there is a lot of confusion going on around here... so just to be clear...
What file should I have in my efs backup, including the hidden one?
Thanks!

No backup of EFS folder. I believe it was during my attempt to backup that I corrupted the folder.

tamaratee said:
No backup of EFS folder. I believe it was during my attempt to backup that I corrupted the folder.
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I have the same situation, same files as posted above, anyone has any idea?

[Q] nandroid backup quiestion

I currenty running Thor rom 14.2 and i want to return to stock 3.1.
I have a nandroid backup but accidentally i deleted .txt files inside.
Could i restore it or my tablet will brick

anyone??

First of all: Remember xda-developers is quite international so the person with the answer to your question may be asleep or working at the time you post...
Other than that: If you deleted part of your backup that's bad. You may get away with a partial (possibly non-functional) restore, or restore may fail altogether... Both shouldn't brick your tab, but you might have to do a full wipe and configure your rom from scratch; it may well be worth trying a restore, though, as you won't be causing any more damage anyway if your tab doesn't work anymore. Just make another nandroid backup in case you decide things were better before you hit the restore button... As long as you don't accidentally kill your recovery, android devices are incredibly hard to brick.

jimmis1996 said:
I have a nandroid backup but accidentally i deleted .txt files inside.
Could i restore it or my tablet will brick
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I just checked a number of nandroid backups of mine and the only ".txt" file that I could see was uid.txt in the main backup directory that contained the ".img", ".tar", and ".md5" files.
You could just run another nandroid BU of your current system and copy over the uid.txt file from that one to replace the one that you deleted. The uid.txt file should be the same from one BU to the next.
Jeff.

Thanks
Thanks for your help
So if i create a .txt file with my id number my restore will work?
Is there another way to restore to stock.

jimmis1996 said:
Thanks for your help
So if i create a .txt file with my id number my restore will work?
Is there another way to restore to stock.
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If you just put a text file with some random information in it, it may not work right.
Here is the procedure that was suggested:
Make a backup of your current settings
make a copy of the text file in that most recent backup
place that copied text file in the backup with the missing text file
try to restore the backup that was missing the text file, which you just copied the text file to

Psichi said:
If you just put a text file with some random information in it, it may not work right.
Here is the procedure that was suggested:
Make a backup of your current settings
make a copy of the text file in that most recent backup
place that copied text file in the backup with the missing text file
try to restore the backup that was missing the text file, which you just copied the text file to
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I will try it.
I remember when i downgraded to 3.0 from 3.2 i use something called APX mode could this restore my tab to full stock

problem solved
ok backup my rom copy uid file and everything is ok.thanks

[Q] [Help[ Recovery does not recognize backup files

Hey guys, hope is a simple problem solving (!)
I have a galaxy i9500 and I have made a nandroid backup with Rom Manager, using Omega v10. Then Realize a Full Wipe (pretending change wanamlite). Now I want to restore the Omegav10 rom but backup folder it´s not .zip and has the following files (attached)View attachment 2123305
From Recovery not allow me to do a restore with externalSD .Zip, nor from RESTORE/BACKUP as indicated. Md5 missmatch.
Please help!

problem solved... DONT RENAME BACKUP FOLDERS :good:

Need to recover files from a TWRP backup

Hey all, like the title said, I need to recover some files from a TWRP backup. But I do not want to flash the backup. I changed the extension to .tar and was able to browse just fine, but am unable to find the home folder which is where the files I need were stored. Specifically Storage\Emulated\0\ProgramData but of course this path doesn't exist since it's essentially little more than a link to the real path, so where would I find the correct path in a twrp backup? Thank you for any advice or help!

How to restore backup

I have a big TWRP backup, but I only want to restore data for only 1 app, so I extracted it's "com.insertappname" file to my PC. Now how do I restore that to my phone?
Big thanks,

ultigigantic said:
I have a big TWRP backup, but I only want to restore data for only 1 app, so I extracted it's "com.insertappname" file to my PC. Now how do I restore that to my phone?
Big thanks,
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If you have root access, copy this folder to /data/data then reboot.

TWRP custom restore data ??