Hi all,
i had to use "Clear Phone EFS" in Odin to get my 9005 back working - i thought: "Hey no problem i have multiple EFS backups..."
But now even if i restore my backup in TWRP or via the Windows Batch Backup Script, my Baseband and EMEI and EMEISV is still "unkown"
Can s.o tell me the steps i need to do, to rewrite my Baseband and EMEI with my available EFS backups?
What i have:
- EFS Professional
- 2 different EFS backups in TWRP
- 2 windows back tool EFS backups (i mean this script: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2447342)
- Working WIFI
- Working BT
- Stock N9005XXUENA6_N9005OXXENA5_N9005XXUENA2_OXX file(s)
- Stock N9005XXUENB4_N9005DBTENB1_N9005XXUENB1_HOME file(s)
- Stock N9005XXUENB7_N9005DBTENB2_DBT file(s)
- Odin + 9005 PIT Files
- Correct SerialNumber in DeviceInformation->Status
I'm on the new Bootloader and KitKat OS
Thank you very much for all your help!
Best regards,
Chris
PROBLEM SOLVED!
Look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51152510&postcount=4
Hundsbuah said:
Hi all,
i had to use "Clear Phone EFS" in Odin to get my 9005 back working - i thought: "Hey no problem i have multiple EFS backups..."
But now even if i restore my backup in TWRP or via the Windows Batch Backup Script, my Baseband and EMEI and EMEISV is still "unkown"
Can s.o tell me the steps i need to do, to rewrite my Baseband and EMEI with my available EFS backups?
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On the N9005 the IMEI is no longer on the EFS partition (mmcblk0p11) but instead in some other partition - I think mainly in MS1 (mmcblk0p12) with something else (backup?) in MS2 (mmcblk0p13). There might be something else in mmcblk0p17, mmcblk0p18 and mmcblk0p19.
If you do not have any backup (including a larger "debrick backup" - search for that post) you can try to see which one of the partitions I listed above was supposed to be the backup of what; and if that fails there is a more complex procedure described somewhere in a thread on XDA - involving manually hex-editing your SN and IMEI from under the battery or the original box of the phone.
xclub_101 said:
On the N9005 the IMEI is no longer on the EFS partition (mmcblk0p11) but instead in some other partition - I think mainly in MS1 (mmcblk0p12) with something else (backup?) in MS2 (mmcblk0p13). There might be something else in mmcblk0p17, mmcblk0p18 and mmcblk0p19.
If you do not have any backup (including a larger "debrick backup" - search for that post) you can try to see which one of the partitions I listed above was supposed to be the backup of what; and if that fails there is a more complex procedure described somewhere in a thread on XDA - involving manually hex-editing your SN and IMEI from under the battery or the original box of the phone.
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ok thank you - bad news
Ill try this guide: (Can this guide be used with KK 4.4.2 ?)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2567133
What about the "unkown baseband"? How can this be fixed?
Ok a managed it to get all back working, incl. baseband, emei etc (but you need a twrp efs backup with all 3 efs partitions --> simply a twrp backup)
If some others have the same problem, here you go:
I think some other partition was corrupted and thats why the twrp efs restore didnt worked (just a twrp efs restore).
I did following: (you need a efs backup!!!)
Folow exactly this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2567133: and do all partitions, DONT! skip the efs partitions (we have a twrp backup)
Now some further steps are needed:
IMPORTANT:
1) When you put in back your battery, boot back into twrp and restore your TWRP EFS Backup!! Dont boot in the OS!!!!
2) Then reflash with odin a stock based rom without any other checkboxes (NO EFS PHONE CLEAR, NO NAND ERASE ALL!!!!), just a normal odin stock rom flash
3) Let the phone reboot into OS and YES: Baseband working again, EMEI working again
Bro whats a twrp efs backup?
Team win recovery Project. Its a revovery and a twrp efs Backup is a Backup from the 3 efs partitions in twrp
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Hundsbuah said:
Ok a managed it to get all back working, incl. baseband, emei etc (but you need a twrp efs backup with all 3 efs partitions --> simply a twrp backup)
If some others have the same problem, here you go:
I think some other partition was corrupted and thats why the twrp efs restore didnt worked (just a twrp efs restore).
I did following: (you need a efs backup!!!)
Folow exactly this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2567133: and do all partitions, DONT! skip the efs partitions (we have a twrp backup)
Now some further steps are needed:
IMPORTANT:
1) When you put in back your battery, boot back into twrp and restore your TWRP EFS Backup!! Dont boot in the OS!!!!
2) Then reflash with odin a stock based rom without any other checkboxes (NO EFS PHONE CLEAR, NO NAND ERASE ALL!!!!), just a normal odin stock rom flash
3) Let the phone reboot into OS and YES: Baseband working again, EMEI working again
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Will a TWRP boot ,data and system backup work as well for restoring baseband? I have the same problem -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2796948&page=6
No u need an efs backup
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Hundsbuah said:
No u need an efs backup
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So have I run out of options? Please have a look at my thread. The last few posts especially . Any help would be appreciated.
Please help sm-n900
Hundsbuah said:
Ok a managed it to get all back working, incl. baseband, emei etc (but you need a twrp efs backup with all 3 efs partitions --> simply a twrp backup)
If some others have the same problem, here you go:
I think some other partition was corrupted and thats why the twrp efs restore didnt worked (just a twrp efs restore).
I did following: (you need a efs backup!!!)
Folow exactly this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2567133: and do all partitions, DONT! skip the efs partitions (we have a twrp backup)
Now some further steps are needed:
IMPORTANT:
1) When you put in back your battery, boot back into twrp and restore your TWRP EFS Backup!! Dont boot in the OS!!!!
2) Then reflash with odin a stock based rom without any other checkboxes (NO EFS PHONE CLEAR, NO NAND ERASE ALL!!!!), just a normal odin stock rom flash
3) Let the phone reboot into OS and YES: Baseband working again, EMEI working again
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just went to the above mentioned link but none of the multiupload files link work.
could you upload the NOTE 3 - Fix soft bricked.rar and the Samsung drivers.
I want to extract the NOTE 3 - Fix soft bricked.rar and modify it for use in sm-n900
Sorry I don't have these files anymore try to get them from the thread owner
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Hundsbuah said:
Ok a managed it to get all back working, incl. baseband, emei etc (but you need a twrp efs backup with all 3 efs partitions --> simply a twrp backup)
If some others have the same problem, here you go:
I think some other partition was corrupted and thats why the twrp efs restore didnt worked (just a twrp efs restore).
I did following: (you need a efs backup!!!)
Folow exactly this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2567133: and do all partitions, DONT! skip the efs partitions (we have a twrp backup)
Now some further steps are needed:
IMPORTANT:
1) When you put in back your battery, boot back into twrp and restore your TWRP EFS Backup!! Dont boot in the OS!!!!
2) Then reflash with odin a stock based rom without any other checkboxes (NO EFS PHONE CLEAR, NO NAND ERASE ALL!!!!), just a normal odin stock rom flash
3) Let the phone reboot into OS and YES: Baseband working again, EMEI working again
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Hi, I have the same problem as you did, my baseband is showing unknown and the imei is showing null. This happened when I was installing a different modem via ODIN. I do have a EFS backup, however, it was done with philz recovery instead of TWRP and has 4 files ('efs.ext4.tar'; 'efs.ext4.tar.a'; 'nandroid.md5'; and 'recovery.log'). Are these the same that you would get with a TWRP?
I also have another efs backup that I did which is one file only, 'efs_20140531_122400.img'. Would I be able to use this for anything?
The phone is an N9005 on Kitkat.
Thanks for any help in advance and please let me know if you need any other info.
Cheers
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Just to let you know,
I had tried flashing flash latest full UK NF4 system before and it didn't work. However, desperate as I was, I went again and gave it another shot and incredibly enough, it worked!!!! Phone is back together again!!!! Yeeahh!!! There goes an incredible load off my shoulders. I guess I did something in between that actually helped, we may never know.
Cheerio
Hundsbuah said:
Hi all,
i had to use "Clear Phone EFS" in Odin to get my 9005 back working - i thought: "Hey no problem i have multiple EFS backups..."
But now even if i restore my backup in TWRP or via the Windows Batch Backup Script, my Baseband and EMEI and EMEISV is still "unkown"
Can s.o tell me the steps i need to do, to rewrite my Baseband and EMEI with my available EFS backups?
What i have:
- EFS Professional
- 2 different EFS backups in TWRP
- 2 windows back tool EFS backups (i mean this script: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2447342)
- Working WIFI
- Working BT
- Stock N9005XXUENA6_N9005OXXENA5_N9005XXUENA2_OXX file(s)
- Stock N9005XXUENB4_N9005DBTENB1_N9005XXUENB1_HOME file(s)
- Stock N9005XXUENB7_N9005DBTENB2_DBT file(s)
- Odin + 9005 PIT Files
- Correct SerialNumber in DeviceInformation->Status
I'm on the new Bootloader and KitKat OS
Thank you very much for all your help!
Best regards,
Chris
PROBLEM SOLVED!
Look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51152510&postcount=4
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Hi Hundsbuah,
I upgraded my Note 3 9005 Hong Kong Version 32 GB from Jelly Bean to KitKat without taking backup of EFS and now I have IMEI Null and Baseband unknown. I found backup of other user's note3 EFS at "http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2447342". So, if I tried EFS restore from above link will it resolve my IMEI null and baseband unknown issue?
Regards,
Asif
Hi,
I had a problem with signal when the screen locks..every time it lost the signal
I tried to do the steps at description but I didn't had success
Can someone help me?
(sorry my bed english, i'm new in this forum and i'm brazilian)
Backup your EFS via recovery
Then flash stock
Then flash the rom again
If you lose your imei just restore EFS backup
RubbaBand said:
Backup your EFS via recovery
Then flash stock
Then flash the rom again
If you lose your imei just restore EFS backup
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I don't think he has problems with his EFS. Because he only loses his signal when his screen is off.
This is a sympton of using the rom when your are on the old bootloader with an incompatible modem.
You need to flash the correct modem for your bootloader or flash a newer bootloader.
Guys i need a help here i flashed official rom for s4 i9500 , and i did efs backup ,,
after finishing flashing i cant get any signal and null/null IMEI .. now how to restore efs folder ??
anyone can help
My guess is your were on lollipop and flashed kitkat.
Flash a lollipop modem and your imei is back.
New Life said:
Guys i need a help here i flashed official rom for s4 i9500 , and i did efs backup ,,
after finishing flashing i cant get any signal and null/null IMEI .. now how to restore efs folder ??
anyone can help
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If you did a backup then you should be able to restore that backup using the same method. Eg: If you used an app, that app should be able to restore the efs folder.
The problem with the EFS folder on the latest versions of Android is that it doesn't contain the IMEI, last time I checked. The IMEI is now stored in hidden partitions, which is why when it comes to backing up this important stuff I recommend Wanam's EFS Backup tool from the Play Store. Not only does it back up the EFS folder, but also backs up those hidden partitions as well as the modem..
In this instance however, Lennyz1988 I believe has the right answer.
I was doing some rather regular restores from TWRP when all of a sudden I lost my Baseband with no [apparent] way to recover it.
I flashed 4.4 and 5.0 stock ROMs. Nothing. I flashed the modem [CP_N9005XXUGBPB1_MODEM.tar.md5] a zillion times. No luck.
I tried flashing this baby, made by a fellow XDA'er:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507403
It's based on a script that supposedly fixes this issue. Also no luck. Still stuck on "unknown" baseband, no mobile network
Any help is MUCH appreciated. It's 00:18 and for the past 3 hours I've tried to recover from this...
P.S.: I have a full backup of ALL my partitions, so I think I can recover from this. Somehow...
Can you restore your EFS folder from a backup?
audit13 said:
Can you restore your EFS folder from a backup?
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Well, I tried to restore the entire OS via TWRP from my full backup. And now, since you mentioned it, I also tried restoring ONLY the EFS. No go
Do you have an actual backed up EFS folder .
JJEgan said:
Do you have an actual backed up EFS folder .
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I have these files among my TWRP backup files:
efs1.emmc.win 14 MB
efs2.emmc.win 3 MB
efs3.emmc.win 3 MB
I always back up all partitions.
Upon restore, I can see an "efs" folder in the root (along side etc, acct, mnt etc) but the folder is empty.
I have NOT taken any manual backups of the efs folder (as in copy the folder itself), nor did I use a tool such as EFS Professional. I found out about these too late
I was hoping that TWRP does what it says when it "backs up" data. Am I to understand that I just destroyed my phone because TWRP didn't back up my efs?
Sadly thats not an EFS backup .
A shop with a JTag should be able to fix it .
JJEgan said:
Sadly thats not an EFS backup .
A shop with a JTag should be able to fix it .
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Ouch. Much appreciated, despite the bad news .
I'm quite angry on TWRP now. What did they mean by "efs" backup, if there's no actual backup?
So this means they have to access the phone motherboard to do... what? What should I ask them to do? Flash me a new IMEI?
Hi guys
Does anyone have a TWRP A2017G backup their willing to share?
I've lost IMEI and MEID and am trying to recover
Seconded. I seem to be in the same situation. Don't know if a TWRP backup will help, but I've been unable to connect to the cellular network after restoring a full TWRP backup which I suppose I shouldnt've restored. Re-entering my IMEI via a TWRP module didn't help as well. Neither does the adb shell dd command that formats the EFS partition found in another thread... Restoring EFS I backed up a while ago didn't help me as well.
Thanks in advance.
I have tried going back to stock boot/recovery backups, flashing every single A2017G update and even tried Tenfar's tool to restore the removed backups in his thread. Cannot seem to fix
Only had this phone for 3 days and it's now useless.
Controllerboy said:
Restoring EFS I backed up a while ago didn't help me as well.
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Do you have a backup you could share?
As far as I know, the EFS bit is unique to each device. It contains your IMEI code, for example, which is unique for each device.... I can give you mine, but I'm not sure if that will help you.
I'll probably make a new thread asking for some help because I've tried about everything and I can't fix this mess on my own... I hope I won't have to send it back, no way of knowing they'll believe me
I've been doing some googling and perhaps we need a modem.bin file from a A2017G?
this is really not looking good