Hello.
I had searched for answer for last two days. But nothing found, only answers for rooted phones.
The problem is, when I push power on/off button it locks, but when push it to unlock it doesn't show any slide lockscreen, pattern lock or smtn. + when I hold power button, it just shutdowns, without any airplane mode etc.
Hope, u'll help me.
P.s. The only answer for this is, I've to root phone again, change that one file and unroot it back to stock? If it's possible..
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA
officialKKM said:
Hello.
I had searched for answer for last two days. But nothing found, only answers for rooted phones.
The problem is, when I push power on/off button it locks, but when push it to unlock it doesn't show any slide lockscreen, pattern lock or smtn. + when I hold power button, it just shutdowns, without any airplane mode etc.
Hope, u'll help me.
P.s. The only answer for this is, I've to root phone again, change that one file and unroot it back to stock? If it's possible..
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA
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edit keystr file inside /efs/imei (if it's not there create it), then type ON inside it and reboot, that should do it
LegendK95 said:
edit keystr file inside /efs/imei (if it's not there create it), then type ON inside it and reboot, that should do it
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As I said, I can't edit it cuz my phone isn't rooted(phone doesn't give access to Root Explorer.apk)
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That is the fix. You will have to root to do it. If you don't want to root, then you won't be able to fix it, and should flash back to a Gingerbread firmware.
Its going to need one a factory reset and two if that fails a re download of the firmware .
Probable that either flash was not 100% or firmware file not 100% .
You dont have any other choice staying in the non XDA dev world as you are restricted .
jje
same probs bro!!!
I have d same prob... I think i bcos for i choosed "phone efs clear" in odin during installing ICS. Pls help me from basic..
I tried to return to my official base rom.. but after installation passed, it gives many error while phone start up with red letters and goes to recovery screen.
Anybody knows the perfect solution.. Thn pls help me out..
Thanks..
dev_ks said:
I have d same prob... I think i bcos for i choosed "phone efs clear" in odin during installing ICS. Pls help me from basic..
I tried to return to my official base rom.. but after installation passed, it gives many error while phone start up with red letters and goes to recovery screen.
Anybody knows the perfect solution.. Thn pls help me out..
Thanks..
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no lie, clearing your phone efs was probably the dumbest thing you could do. especially if you have no backup. in no instructions i have seen do they tell you to clear efs which contains all the phone's information (imei, mac address, etc).
if you don't have a backup of your efs folder, you're done. have to send it back to samsung
akusokuzan said:
no lie, clearing your phone efs was probably the dumbest thing you could do. especially if you have no backup. in no instructions i have seen do they tell you to clear efs which contains all the phone's information (imei, mac address, etc).
if you don't have a backup of your efs folder, you're done. have to send it back to samsung
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But I'm not cleared any efs folder.. The problem started from unrooting my phone to Gingerbread 2.4.4(some time ago)
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officialKKM said:
But I'm not cleared any efs folder.. The problem started from unrooting my phone to Gingerbread 2.4.4(some time ago)
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA
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We know your thread has been hijacked by a poster who wiped efs and his keyboard .
I would .
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Clean Slate for those that balls up the firmware .Or need to return to service or decide if its hardware/firmware problem .
Backup data first if phone is working .
Boot CWM recovery ( root and cwm kernel required )
Mounts and Storage
Format cache data system and sd card .this will wipe the lot .
Remove battery
Boot to download mode
Open Odin
Install correct stock firmware GB version only this will wipe root .
Still problems use usb jig to set rom counter to zero .
Return to service centre .
jje
LegendK95 said:
edit keystr file inside /efs/imei (if it's not there create it), then type ON inside it and reboot, that should do it
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I have the power button problem, have rooted, but:
- Sorry for asking, but how do I create this file mentioned above? I googled but answers are all leading to java or programming etc.
I thank so much anyone who can help.
PS: I did go to the folder in my Android, but the file is not there
mbernstein said:
I have the power button problem, have rooted, but:
- Sorry for asking, but how do I create this file mentioned above? I googled but answers are all leading to java or programming etc.
I thank so much anyone who can help.
PS: I did go to the folder in my Android, but the file is not there
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http://www.google.com/search?q=/efs/imei/keystr+fix
ctomgee said:
http://www.google.com/search?q=/efs/imei/keystr+fix
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Thanks!
To make it even easier for other people (from this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22103709&postcount=5):
Tools Needed:
1. Root Explorer
Steps:'
1. Using root explorer locate the /efs/imei/ folder. In that folder there should be a file called keystr. In my case the file was missing which is why the home-button, power button and the lock screen was missing and was causing my problems.
2. using root explorer create a new file called keystr
3. also in root explorer open the file keystr in text editor and type ON
6. make sure you save the file.
7. reboot.
mbernstein said:
Thanks!
To make it even easier for other people (from this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22103709&postcount=5):
Tools Needed:
1. Root Explorer
Steps:'
1. Using root explorer locate the /efs/imei/ folder. In that folder there should be a file called keystr. In my case the file was missing which is why the home-button, power button and the lock screen was missing and was causing my problems.
2. using root explorer create a new file called keystr
3. also in root explorer open the file keystr in text editor and type ON
6. make sure you save the file.
7. reboot.
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Hello,
only need to type "on" without quote ?
Rahul-Bhutani said:
Hello,
only need to type "on" without quote ?
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Yes, no quotes, just ON
Face unlock ~ PIN problem
Hello,
My problem is that I have face unlock which unlocks fine and everything is perfect, but if it fails to recognise me it takes me to enter a PIN. I can put in a PIN, in fact any PIN no matter how long or short it is. I have attempted to put in the PIN that I remember it was and am pretty sure it is the one I have set. Also this happened suddenly and I don't know why.
Things I have tried:
>Format cache & Dalvik
>Fix permissions
>Attempted to change it (Via settings)
>Edited the file "efs/imei/keystr" to "OFF" and "ON"
Things to consider when solving this problem?
>I do not want to deleteany of my data
>Says "Android is upgrading..." after every boot
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[SOLVED]
To do the following you must've this app already INSTALLED and CONFIGURED in your phone!
I have used an app called cerberus app, previously configured in my phone steps to this if it ever happened is:
1) login Cerberus app online
2) select "LOCK" from dropdown list and type in any number as PIN>"SEND COMMAND"
3) unlock phone and go to settings>security
4) screen lock> type in the code you have set before>"NONE"
5) back on Cerberus online select "UNLOCK" from dropdown>"SEND COMMAND"> repeat step 4 just incase
6) set up a different password
This helped for me!
solved
Root + terminal required:
ref: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1750146
On terminal emulator:
FIRST:
su
echo -n ON > /efs/imei/keystr
reboot
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SECOND:
su
chmod 644 /efs/imei/keystr
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Fix without root
officialKKM said:
Hello.
I had searched for answer for last two days. But nothing found, only answers for rooted phones.
The problem is, when I push power on/off button it locks, but when push it to unlock it doesn't show any slide lockscreen, pattern lock or smtn. + when I hold power button, it just shutdowns, without any airplane mode etc.
Hope, u'll help me.
P.s. The only answer for this is, I've to root phone again, change that one file and unroot it back to stock? If it's possible..
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA
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For lock sreen solution type tis *#87976633#
Related
I have no Imei, No baseband, No reception (obviously)
ive been running cognition 1.51
and have downloaded csc selecter or something similer (that never worked) but i think that may be the issue when i opened it..
But i was wondering if there is a fix for this yet? or if someone can help me with resoring my phone to factory including the format of the efs folder?
ive searched for help about this, but noone has seemed to come up with a solution..
any help would be greatly appreciated
FIXED
cantelog said:
1st off i have a macbook running OSX 10.6.8
i take no responsibility for any bricking
make a backup of efs
NOTE: - Buy Root Explorer
- You have to have root!
- You HAVE to Have SUPERUSER installed
- USB debugging ON on your Phone (Settings>Applications>Development)
- Google is your friend and so am i
-- INSTALL SDK
1. Downloaded the android SDK http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
2. unzip the SDK and changed the folder name from "android-sdk-mac_x86" to something simple "android"
3. drop the folder into Applications
4. open up terminal and copy "export PATH=$PATH:/Applications/Android/platform-tools/" WITHOUT THE "
(now you have SDK INSTALLED)
-- THE FIX
1. plug in your phone
2. open Terminal, and open Superuser app on your phone
- NOTE: when you write "su" into Terminal, accept on the superuser app.
In Terminal Write -
adb shell
su
cp -r /efs /sdcard
3. Mount your Sdcard
4. copy and save a backup of the folder efs
5. download hexedit for mac
6. open Hexedit and open NV_data.bin, search for i9100
-should be something like "XX 1.500XSAGT-I9100XXXXSAXXXXXXXX"
7. change the RED codes to your CSC country code and save
here are some country codes
8. open /IMEI/mps_code.dat in Hexedit
- change the Code for your country code aswell and save
9. unmount Sdcard
10. MAKE SURE U HAVE A BACKUP OF EFS
11. Goto Root Explorer and copy contents of sdcard/efs to efs/
12. reboot
13. Yippee
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Did you back up your efs folder?
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cantelog said:
I have no Imei, No baseband, No reception (obviously)
ive been running cognition 1.51
and have downloaded csc selecter or something similer (that never worked) but i think that may be the issue when i opened it..
But i was wondering if there is a fix for this yet? or if someone can help me with resoring my phone to factory including the format of the efs folder?
ive searched for help about this, but noone has seemed to come up with a solution..
any help would be greatly appreciated
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Just reflash modem.
If you didn't back up your efs folder, you might be out of luck. Try flashing the stock firmware for your provider and see if that helps.
Sent from my GT-I9100
all the flashing i have done over the past year with my sgs i9000 and now sgs2 i9100 i have never seen anything todo with efs.
so no i havnt backed up that folder, that cant be the only way to fix this?
i have looked in my efs folder and there is some files with .bak in them so im thinking some of the roms ive flashed in the past may have done a backup or something?
cantelog said:
all the flashing i have done over the past year with my sgs i9000 and now sgs2 i9100 i have never seen anything todo with efs.
so no i havnt backed up that folder, that cant be the only way to fix this?
i have looked in my efs folder and there is some files with .bak in them so im thinking some of the roms ive flashed in the past may have done a backup or something?
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If you are missing baseband, there can't be imei either so flashing modem should restore it.
Happened to me a couple of times.
Daagen said:
Just reflash modem.
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ill do that now
cantelog said:
ill do that now
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ive just reflashed the modem KH3 and still
NO IMEI
Baseband Unknown
WTF
cantelog said:
ive just reflashed the modem KH3 and still
NO IMEI
Baseband Unknown
WTF
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It means you still dont have modem for some reason.
If you have flashed new kernels recently, go back to kernel which worked and then reflash modem.
Daagen said:
It means you still dont have modem for some reason.
If you have flashed new kernels recently, go back to kernel which worked and then reflash modem.
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Im going to flash stock KH3 Kernel, Rom and Modem
because that worked for me in the past
do you recommend i re partition from odin? (could it help/hurt?)
No need for repartition.
Daagen said:
No need for repartition.
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I flashed Stock kernel KH3, Stock Rom KH3, and Stock Modem KH3, Still have NO Baseband still NO IMEI and still NO Reception. aarrgghh
djnoicatse said:
If you didn't back up your efs folder, you might be out of luck. Try flashing the stock firmware for your provider and see if that helps.
Sent from my GT-I9100
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Telstra Firmware for I9100 isnt available at samfirmware.com yet, so i cant flash that Branded Rom
cantelog said:
Telstra Firmware for I9100 isnt available at samfirmware.com yet, so i cant flash that Branded Rom
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When you changed CSC, Your IMEI got corrupted. Only way to restore is efs back up or reverting back to original firmware. This should work ...
If not , You may try this one , http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=837239
I was able to solve it using this method. You need to be rooted to do this ...
This will void your warranty ... so be careful.
I would definitely not recommend using a i9000 method of getting the baseband, imei back on a i9100.
The EFS folder contains critical files for the IMEI, Baseband, serial number of the phone etc.
Check in the Q&A threads and in here someone else also had the same issue and they managed to resurrect their phone with some developer support.
Good luck, only other option is a repair job and just say kies crashed through the firmware update and now the phone doesn't boot.
Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
Moving to Q&A
Virtualsk said:
When you changed CSC, Your IMEI got corrupted. Only way to restore is efs back up or reverting back to original firmware. This should work ...
If not , You may try this one , http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=837239
I was able to solve it using this method. You need to be rooted to do this ...
This will void your warranty ... so be careful.
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Thankyou for putting me in the right direction Virtualsk
if you arent using a pit file dont touch the re-partion box or your will screw your phone completely and dont tick the EFS box either although now that doesnt matter as its already to late.
1st off i have a macbook running OSX 10.6.8
i take no responsibility for any bricking
make a backup of efs
NOTE: - Buy Root Explorer
- You have to have root!
- You HAVE to Have SUPERUSER installed
- USB debugging ON on your Phone (Settings>Applications>Development)
- Google is your friend and so am i
-- INSTALL SDK
1. Downloaded the android SDK http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
2. unzip the SDK and changed the folder name from "android-sdk-mac_x86" to something simple "android"
3. drop the folder into Applications
4. open up terminal and copy "export PATH=$PATH:/Applications/Android/platform-tools/" WITHOUT THE "
(now you have SDK INSTALLED)
-- THE FIX
1. plug in your phone
2. open Terminal, and open Superuser app on your phone
- NOTE: when you write "su" into Terminal, accept on the superuser app.
In Terminal Write -
adb shell
su
cp -r /efs /sdcard
3. Mount your Sdcard
4. copy and save a backup of the folder efs
5. download hexedit for mac
6. open Hexedit and open NV_data.bin, search for i9100
-should be something like "XX 1.500 XSA GT-I9100XXX XSA XXXXXXXX"
7. change the XSA codes to your CSC country code and save.
here are some country codes
8. open /IMEI/mps_code.dat in Hexedit
- change the Code for your country code aswell and save
9. unmount Sdcard
10. MAKE SURE U HAVE A BACKUP OF EFS
11. Goto Root Explorer and copy contents of sdcard/efs to efs/
12. reboot
13. Yippee
I was trying to make a call, the person on the other side could not hear me. I reboot and...lost my baseband. Checked IMEI, it was also missing. Tried the solution above, but when I get to the below command:
cp -r /efs /sdcard
I get the message: "-r /efs /sdcard: not found"
I'm using Windows 7, BTW.
Please, please help.
Thanks.
Hi Guys , sorry for my bad english i'm European.
I dont know why but on my SGS II i9100 on every ICS rom , Samsung or Unofficial i get no lock screen or power off menu. The only fix i attempted is Permissions Fix from CWM but lockscreen is still missing.
Any fixing methods?
Hi,
just want to make sure, you happened to choose "No scree lock" for Screen security?
Settings>Security>Screen lock
kkipsy said:
Hi Guys , sorry for my bad english i'm European.
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That would be a terrible excuse if you were from the UK
Anyway, have you wiped data and caches?
re
hehe ^^
does not matter what i chose from settings , no lock , slide , pattern or pin. screen lock simply does not work.. and when i press the power button ( lock button ) for 2 seconds the phone shuts down , without the power off confirmation. pretty annoing.
Yes xethor , i did. Steps i did : permission fix from CWM , data / cache delete , factory reset.. still nothing
i dont think it's beacause of the custom ROM , i get no lockscreen in oficial sammy rom or any ICS rom.
Pretty sure this is the 3rd fail thread on this in as many days. Why you guys make new threads every time instead of using dedicated threads is beyond me.
Anyway, see posts in other threads.
Odia said:
# echo -n ON > /efs/imei/keystr
# reboot
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oinkylicious said:
There's plenty of other information in the threads dealing with these ROMs too. If only people would ask/read there, rather than making new threads for every issue they encounter.
(potential original source in T989 forums http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1438451)
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re
# echo -n ON > /efs/imei/keystr
# reboot
i'm a noob in this kind of stuff... i dont know how to operate those commands.
ew
please , can someone redirect me to a thread where those commands are explained , how i run those commands on a rooted ICS sgs2?
hmmm , my first quess , is that i must use some app to navigate to efs/imei , and edit keystr file ... i will try that! also make a backup of EFS folder!!
kkipsy said:
please , can someone redirect me to a thread where those commands are explained , how i run those commands on a rooted ICS sgs2?
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- Download "Terminal Emulator" app from market
- open it
- type into the command shell you just got:
Code:
su
echo -n ON > /efs/imei/keystr
sync
reboot
re
thank you HellcatDroid and oinkylicious ! problem solved !
my problem solved to!!!! thank you man !!!
thanks!!! it's help me also!
don't wanna be the scrub, but my lock screen is still gone. restored all of my efs backups and it's still not back any other thoughts?
EDIT: after a bit of derp on my part, I realized that the EFS folder wasn't keeping my changes despite all the attempts to restore the keystr file. In order to fix this, I had to set all permissions to 777, then reset the keystr file to ON. Once I had my lockscreen and boot menu back I just rebooted into CWM and proceeded to fix permissions.
in short, if the editing doesn't work:
1) Change permissions of the EFS and IMEI folder to 777
2) edit the keystr file
3) fix permissions in CWM
And how did I set efs and imei permission. Plz?
It fixed mine too!!! however the IMEI still starts with 00... I know thats not right since samsungs imei starts with 3 soemthing. please help how i can restore my original imei
thanks
After hours of trying to fix this issue where my lockscreen wouldnt show up on ics and my power menu wouldnt work and my home button wouldnt work sometimes. Here is a fix
ok so the problem is this-The efs partition is corrupted
1.) You must have the Samsung drivers installed for the i777, available from samsungs website
2.) Once installed, download the attached zip, its a copy of ADB with the needed file inside
3.) Unzip to any location
4.) Boot phone into cwm
5.) Go into Mounts and Storage, and select "mount /efs". Once done connect usb cable to phone and computer
6.) Open command prompt and navigate to the unzipped adb. Issue the following command "adb devices" it should list phone
7.) Now issue the following command "adb push keystr /efs/imei"
8.) Reboot phone and check presence of keystr file in /efs/imei directory with Root Explorer
An alternative for all the noobs-
1.Download Root Explorer
2.Navigate to Efs in the root of youre gs2
3.Create a folder called imei {if not already there}
4.Create a file in the folder imei called "keystr" -Ex. http://db.tt/Pk2U8Nws
5.Hold on the file keystr till you see a menu pop up in root explorer
6.Click on text editor
7.Type "ON"
8.Click save and exit
9.Enjoy and hit thanks
If you're efs partition is totally corrupted then flash this-
http://d-h.st/oZ2
ymcmbforever said:
After hours of trying to fix this issue where my lockscreen wouldnt show up on ics and my power menu wouldnt work and my home button wouldnt work sometimes. Here is a fix
ok so the problem is this-The efs partition is corrupted
1.) You must have the Samsung drivers installed for the i777, available from samsungs website
2.) Once installed, download the attached zip, its a copy of ADB with the needed file inside
3.) Unzip to any location
4.) Boot phone into cwm
5.) Go into Mounts and Storage, and select "mount /efs". Once done connect usb cable to phone and computer
6.) Open command prompt and navigate to the unzipped adb. Issue the following command "adb devices" it should list phone
7.) Now issue the following command "adb push keystr /efs/imei"
8.) Reboot phone and check presence of keystr file in /efs/imei directory with Root Explorer
An alternative for all the noobs-
1.Download Root Explorer
2.Navigate to Efs in the root of youre gs2
3.Create a folder called imei {if not already there}
4.Create a file in the folder imei called "keystr" -Ex. http://db.tt/Pk2U8Nws
5.Hold on the file keystr till you see a menu pop up in root explorer
6.Click on text editor
7.Type "ON"
8.Click save and exit
9.Enjoy and hit thanks
If you're efs partition is totally corrupted then flash this-
http://d-h.st/oZ2
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Thanks for this, I've had to manually make sure to have a keystr && keystr.bak, both ON, and through root-explorer have had to go to efs/imei to reenable my lock screen.
Such a huge pain
Same here but i had to figure it out manually after posting multiple threads and nobody awnsering
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777 using XDA
ymcmbforever said:
Same here but i had to figure it out manually after posting multiple threads and nobody awnsering
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777 using XDA
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nobody answers because its obviously a very very rare case. This is the first I've ever heard of anything like this.
But none the less. glad you found a fix for it man. Good find!
I already had the file there with ON properly set and I still got the black screen on wake up..
Sent from my SGH-I777 using Tapatalk
Slavestate said:
I already had the file there with ON properly set and I still got the black screen on wake up..
Sent from my SGH-I777 using Tapatalk
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This isn't supposed to fix that. And what black screen ? And when does it occur
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777 using XDA
Umm. I downloaded the file and flashed through CWM and yet my keystr file remains empty. No matter what I do to text edit keystr it won't save even if I save it. I feel like I have no options left .
Coak5 said:
Umm. I downloaded the file and flashed through CWM and yet my keystr file remains empty. No matter what I do to text edit keystr it won't save even if I save it. I feel like I have no options left .
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When you are doing it make sure to go to cwm and go to mounts and storage and unmount efs and try all the methods above
Sent from my SGH-I777 using xda premium
My phone lost his Imei after restoring to factory settings. I have root, and I was trying to do it because I have root so unrooted&wipe but after wipe my imei lost again, (once happened again, that time i sent it to service and came in good condition) but I found the EFS backup ing and editing with a hex editor will set things to order but even I have root and giving permissions to any program wont see SU.
Galaxy Toolbox prog. can't find any EFS and I could not be able to edit it. There is no Galaxytoolbox folder (or YGSxyz folder) in sdcard. And if I look with root explorers, there is no things in efs folder.
I mean to use this method but I do not have anything in my efs folder.
Any Ideas?
SweetyVolty said:
My phone lost his Imei after restoring to factory settings. I have root, and I was trying to do it because I have root so unrooted&wipe but after wipe my imei lost again, (once happened again, that time i sent it to service and came in good condition) but I found the EFS backup ing and editing with a hex editor will set things to order but even I have root and giving permissions to any program wont see SU.
Galaxy Toolbox prog. can't find any EFS and I could not be able to edit it. There is no Galaxytoolbox folder (or YGSxyz folder) in sdcard. And if I look with root explorers, there is no things in efs folder.
I mean to use this method but I do not have anything in my efs folder.
Any Ideas?
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try to do this tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1968360 there is a
guide with adb but you have to root youe device then for me it?s normal that root explorer doesn't see
efs partition for security i think and so you see that is empty...
flash stock kernel..u will get your imei back..works for me every time
Sent from my GT-S5830i using xda app-developers app
angel.sea said:
try to do this tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1968360 there is a
guide with adb but you have to root youe device then for me it?s normal that root explorer doesn't see
efs partition for security i think and so you see that is empty...
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My device is rooted and its giving permission to applications but applications can't read the given SU permission. Somehow weird situation, oh by the way my phone could not connect to wifi on by own, i have to enter values of my wifis parimeters of ip gateway etc. and I could not update SU binary.
srt99 I'm not a professional android user, not linux anyway, so I dont want to interact with changing roms because there is no Turkish rom in sammobile or any like (I do not use Turkish language on my phone, but still my guarantine is continue and will send if I could not make it. )
AW: Can't Backup'ing EFS Partition
SweetyVolty said:
I'm not a professional android user, not linux anyway, so I dont want to interact with changing roms because there is no Turkish rom in sammobile or any like (I do not use Turkish language on my phone, but still my guarantine is continue and will send if I could not make it. )
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You don't have to be a professional, like everybody can do this. Just flash this through cwm and you have stock kernel again.
¿U mad bro¿
SweetyVolty said:
My phone lost his Imei after restoring to factory settings. I have root, and I was trying to do it because I have root so unrooted&wipe but after wipe my imei lost again, (once happened again, that time i sent it to service and came in good condition) but I found the EFS backup ing and editing with a hex editor will set things to order but even I have root and giving permissions to any program wont see SU.
Galaxy Toolbox prog. can't find any EFS and I could not be able to edit it. There is no Galaxytoolbox folder (or YGSxyz folder) in sdcard. And if I look with root explorers, there is no things in efs folder.
I mean to use this method but I do not have anything in my efs folder.
Any Ideas?
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try this new script http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2177118..bml15 is the partition that contain the imei
or write this code on terminal emulator
su press enter
busybox dd if=/dev/bml15 of=/sdcard/bml15.img press enter
a line at a time
and see the sd card try with hexeditor like the guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1968360
Thanks for posting with this much helpful contains. But my device can not gain root acces even have the app superuser in main menu. I couldnt figure out why, while I'm trying to update binary it couldn't gain root access even given permission to superuser inself. Tried to install SuperSU from chainfire but it does not install it. even with ccw mod installer.
SweetyVolty said:
Thanks for posting with this much helpful contains. But my device can not gain root acces even have the app superuser in main menu. I couldnt figure out why, while I'm trying to update binary it couldn't gain root access even given permission to superuser inself. Tried to install SuperSU from chainfire but it does not install it. even with ccw mod installer.
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you tried to do the Unroot with cwm and redo the root process?
if you type in terminal emulator su on what you said?
angel.sea said:
you tried to do the Unroot with cwm and redo the root process?
if you type in terminal emulator su on what you said?
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Uhm i do with normal recovery mode, not with cwm. If I write "su" "$" changes to "#" but if I write "whoami" returns with this line "whoami: not found"
SweetyVolty said:
Uhm i do with normal recovery mode, not with cwm. If I write "su" "$" changes to "#" but if I write "whoami" returns with this line "whoami: not found"
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what is whoami?
so if with su changes with # you are in root.....so try the command that wrote before for bml15
and to upgrade su bin try super user fix by chainsdd in playstore if forse fix then you have to remove the battery
angel.sea said:
what is whoami?
so if with su changes with # you are in root.....so try the command that wrote before for bml15
and to upgrade su bin try super user fix by chainsdd in playstore if forse fix then you have to remove the battery
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whoami - who am i
However, this is used on Linux to check the username of the User
It is useless for s5830i
If your phone gets #
Then it's rooted
Try my Tool In Development section for backing up EFS partition
angel.sea said:
what is whoami?
so if with su changes with # you are in root.....so try the command that wrote before for bml15
and to upgrade su bin try super user fix by chainsdd in playstore if forse fix then you have to remove the battery
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Yes i have the bml15 and when open it with hex editor at line 0x80000 I can see my imei number, what should I do now?
dd if=/sdcard/bml15.img of=/dev/block/bml15 line prints "dd: not found" how ever, the opposite command token the bml15.img to sd card.
SweetyVolty said:
Yes i have the bml15 and when open it with hex editor at line 0x80000 I can see my imei number, what should I do now?
dd if=/sdcard/bml15.img of=/dev/block/bml15 line prints "dd: not found" how ever, the opposite command token the bml15.img to sd card.
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if you can see your emei that's a problem of incompatibility between your firmware....but you had installed cronemode's scripts?
try to reflash stock kernel and will see that your emei wiill come back....LINK [STOCK KERNEL] ----- http://www.mediafire.com/?8amfqkqq28v1h9f
stock kernel modules ---- http://www.mediafire.com/?7tckgiclaq80aoc
flash with cwm that take from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1551156
angel.sea said:
if you can see your emei that's a problem of incompatibility between your firmware....but you had installed cronemode's scripts
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Hm.. My firmware is in its orginal state, I only rooted my phone and OS started to flikering so I decided to wipe data, delvik clean cache wipe etc. after that my imei is became unknown...
Edit: I didnt install any scripts, or cronemode?
SweetyVolty said:
Hm.. My firmware is in its orginal state, I only rooted my phone and OS started to flikering so I decided to wipe data, delvik clean cache wipe etc. after that my imei is became unknown...
Edit: I didnt install any scripts, or cronemode?
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try to use the file of this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1551156 to unroot and root then reflash stock kernel that there were a mistake in os
your rom will be the same....try and tell me if work fine...for me work fine
no you have to use a little apk bmlunlock and then to use the command to mount the partition or viceversa and then
busybox dd if=/sdcard/bml15.img of=/dev/block/bml15 but i don t remember if you have to use chmod command also
My dear sir, I have complated my mission with odin and lastest sammobile rom. Thank you all for your greatest effords and helps. :angel:
SweetyVolty said:
My dear sir, I have complated my mission with odin and lastest sammobile rom. Thank you all for your greatest effords and helps. :angel:
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iM happy to you....
I have a weird problem
I tried restoring IMEI with every possible method
But it didn't get restored
Even flashed stock firmware
Didn't help
Though after some retries, I was able to restore it back but then too, I disappears after some reboots
iamareebjamal said:
I have a weird problem
I tried restoring IMEI with every possible method
But it didn't get restored
Even flashed stock firmware
Didn't help
Though after some retries, I was able to restore it back but then too, I disappears after some reboots
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Using any cronmod scripts?
Sent from my GT-S5830i using xda premium
uchihachi said:
Using any cronmod scripts?
Sent from my GT-S5830i using xda premium
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Yes
But I was using them for last 5 months without a problem
Bought and activated used phone 2 weeks ago. Phone worked fine thru Friday night. Woke up Saturday to find I could not connect to cell network. Call to carrier revealed my IMEI number does not match the number they have. Somehow my phone IMEI changed to 350000000000006. Internet search revealed many others with same problem. The main difference between their situations and mine is the fact that in almost all of their cases their phone was rooted and they flashed many different ROMS to their phones and something obviously went wrong. My phone is NOT rooted and I have not tried to modify anything. Simple as that. Went to bed working, woke up broken.
I have now researched this the last few days and have no clear answer. Is it possible to set my IMEI back to my correct, legal,clean and not blacklisted value? Any help is greatly appreciated.
My guess is without a backup of the original, you can't do anything about it. Best bet is probably return it to the store you got it from and get a refund/exchange.
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Fastest and safest bet would be refund/exchange.
Little research has shown other people had a similar issue. Check Nox to make sure the phone hasn't been rooted before, if it has, you know what happened. If it hasn't, chances are the phone was flagged as lost/stolen after being sold (if 2nd hand).
As for a fix, I found this:
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f898/g925f-imei-350000000000006-a-2044425/
Recover corrupt IMEI (without prior EFS backup folder)
Items needed
Root Explorer
Efs folder (no need to have a backup of this prior to the disappearance of IMEI folder, but it has to be this folder on the phone)
Obviously having a rooted phone
Instructions
1- With the Root Explorer to back efs folder to the SD Card
2- For safety make a second copy of the folder to the PC
3- Once both copies made to proceed to erase the original EFS folder on your phone
4 Restart the phone
5- When you start the phone, it will automatically create a new folder EFS, Root Explorer to delete the files and nv_data.bin.md5 nv_data.bin found inside the new EFS folder.
6 Copy the folder from the SAI IMEI folder we saved on the SD card and stick it on the new EFS folder created in the root directory of your phone
7- Since the SAI folder we saved on the SD card .nv_data file copy, paste into the new folder EFS generated in the root directory and rename it nv_data.bin phone, then recopy again .nv_data file rename it nv_data.bin.bak
8- With Root Explorer /efs/nv_data.bin change the owner
9. Restart the phone
If all went well you should have recovered the IMEI can check if recovered by entering * # 06 # on the phone dialer.
Thanks for the response ProdigyThirteen.
The Knox is clean 0x0. Everything I have found says the original IMEI is clean and not flagged.
I will definitely look into the procedure you provided. It looks promising. I'll take any sign of hope I can get.
Just tried the recommended procedure but no luck. It is possible that I screwed up steps 7 + 8 because they were not clear to me.
Shaggydoo said:
Just tried the recommended procedure but no luck. It is possible that I screwed up steps 7 + 8 because they were not clear to me.
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Copy the nv_data file from the SD card to the newly generated EFS folder on the phone and name it nv_data.bin. Then make another copy in the same EFS folder and name it nv_data.bin.bak.
Then you need to set the permissions for EFS folder/nv_data.bin file. They need to be set to rw-r-r. However for this procedure you need to be rooted.
Shaggydoo said:
Just tried the recommended procedure but no luck. It is possible that I screwed up steps 7 + 8 because they were not clear to me.
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Could you tell me did it work?
No, unfortunately it did not work. After following all the steps again, the IMEI still comes up incorrect. The search continues ..........
Shaggydoo said:
No, unfortunately it did not work. After following all the steps again, the IMEI still comes up incorrect. The search continues ..........
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Have you tried flashing the stock firmware again? Either by smart switch or odin?
Will try again tonight when I get home.
Callumbr1, No dice on the stock flash. I installed Smart Switch and tried to do the reinitialization. It gets along in the process and then fails in the " Device does not have DRK" error. Also have DM-verity error. I tried to find solution briefly but didn't get far. Ran out of time tonight. Will try again tomorrow. Still appreciate your help.
Shaggydoo said:
Callumbr1, No dice on the stock flash. I installed Smart Switch and tried to do the reinitialization. It gets along in the process and then fails in the " Device does not have DRK" error. Also have DM-verity error. I tried to find solution briefly but didn't get far. Ran out of time tonight. Will try again tomorrow. Still appreciate your help.
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I remember I did have the exact DRK error on my s6 edge one and dm verity fail. The way I fixed it was by flashing stock firmware through Odin. Quote me when you try again and I'll do my best to help mate.
IMEI
If you want to get back your IMEI try Dashboard .
you will find all your devices there, then try to find a way to write your IMEI in your phone (may need root)
Dashboard (https://myaccount.google.com/dashboard?hl=en)