Is it possible to backup EFS without root. I am going to root my phone but first I want to backup my EFS folder just in case of any problems.
thanks
mohaziz said:
Is it possible to backup EFS without root. I am going to root my phone but first I want to backup my EFS folder just in case of any problems.
thanks
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hmmmm, not that i'm aware of (please anyone else, correct me if i'm wrong) but i can't see you running in to many problems which could effect your efs if you're not rooted. AFAIK it only gets corrupt, via flashing roms and etc, which requires root access (again, someone correct me if i'm wrong)
yes, you can flash a recovery and back it up using that
Glebun said:
yes, you can flash a recovery and back it up using that
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see, even i learn something new everyday on XDA.
So the answer is I cannot - I first need to root the S3 then only can I backup. thanks
mohaziz said:
So the answer is I cannot - I first need to root the S3 then only can I backup. thanks
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Is it possible to backup EFS without root. I am going to root my phone but first I want to backup my EFS folder just in case of any problems.
Glebun's reply
yes, you can flash a recovery and back it up using that.
recovery does not affect root. I recommend using TWRP or Philz as they have built-in EFS backup capabilities
mohaziz said:
Is it possible to backup EFS without root. I am going to root my phone but first I want to backup my EFS folder just in case of any problems.
thanks
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I would suggest you that first root ur phone wit the samsung galaxy s3 toolkit.
This toolkit alsoo has a option to backup the efs folder at the same time.. .
Or otherwise root and download hellcats efs backup app from play store and then u have a efs back up in seconds..
Cheers...
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mohaziz said:
Is it possible to backup EFS without root. I am going to root my phone but first I want to backup my EFS folder just in case of any problems.
thanks
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It's possible to back it up, but you can't restore it - So there's no point. And why don't you want to root your phone?
Download ADB and open CMD type the following into the command window
Code:
cd <Path-to-ADB>
adb start-server
adb devices # To make sure the ADB can "see" your device
adb pull /efs %UserProfile%\.Android\Efs_Backup\Efs<Type a number or something>
# Backup is complete - You could zip the folder up or something...
adb kill-server
Hope I could help!
mohaziz said:
Is it possible to backup EFS without root. I am going to root my phone but first I want to backup my EFS folder just in case of any problems.
thanks
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I think it is possible. Haven't tried it before and my phone is already rooted. Try and let us know if it is possible.
Install ES File Explorer and enable 'Up to Root' under Preferences. Now you should be able to navigate till the Root folders. Copy the EFS folder to the External SD card.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app
mohaziz said:
Is it possible to backup EFS without root. I am going to root my phone but first I want to backup my EFS folder just in case of any problems.
thanks
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You can't have that sort of problem with rooting. Rooting is just pushing an apk and a binary in /system partition. And efs is located on a different partition...
Use the toolkit mentioned above very convenient and you can backup it on your computer.
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I lost IMEI and baseband, i backup the EFS folder, how can i install the pack of restore from CWM ?
Many thanks !
pepe2909 said:
I lost IMEI and baseband, if i backup the EFS folder, how can i install the pack of restore from CWM ?
Many thanks !
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if ?
u either did or didnt there is no if
if u backed it up before then just use the search function and ull know how to restore it
if u didnt back it up
then contact odia he will fix it for you
http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=1465627
as u can see odia fixed his issue http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103357
pepe2909 said:
I lost IMEI and baseband, i backup the EFS folder, how can i install the pack of restore from CWM ?
Many thanks !
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If you made a complete system / nandroid backup with CWM, then you can restore it in CWM recovery mode => Backup & Restore => Restore.
Good luck !
It_ler said:
If you made a complete system / nandroid backup with CWM, then you can restore it in CWM recovery mode => Backup & Restore => Restore.
Good luck !
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I backup the entire system of CWM, but after restore it without IMEI...
I want to restore only the EFS of CWM
I want to put good EFS files over the damaged files EFS, say we have not permission
my problem was solved thanks to Gowind
"Is the problem solved. If not you can use blade buddy from market. Open it, mount system RW. Then go to root explorer, extract your efs backup. Copy the file and paste it in \
Then reboot phone."
thanks to all !
can someone tell me how i can backup the efs folder please sorry for the noobie question ive just never done it before
thanks in advance
Nitrality app from the market .
EFS Backup Pro
Some kernels and custom roms backup EFS during flash .
jje
Please can you change the thread title to better reflect the contents of the thread?
JJEgan said:
Nitrality app from the market .
EFS Backup Pro
Some kernels and custom roms backup EFS during flash .
jje
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thanks after i backup with nitrality where does the backup get saved to cant find it in my sdcard?
Baryyt said:
thanks after i backup with nitrality where does the backup get saved to cant find it in my sdcard?
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Hi,
Be carefull making efs backup. Unfortunately, I clear the "efs" the folder when I wanted to do a backup (using terminal emulator), and now I have no phone.
I have GS3 i9300 International version.
My EFS partition has been corrupted.
I already have the backup available i took with EFS backup pro but when i now connect through it it doesn't pick it up even though i have put it in the same directory.
I also tried to backup the existing EFS folder (Which doesn't have anything in it) using Root Explorer in Phone but got an error 'Can't locate Mount Point!"
How can i restore my EFS folder again? Any suggestion will be helpful as i have been trying to read all what is available at XDA.
There is no IMEI and baseband available. I had the stocked firmware when this happened with CF root and Siyak Kernel.
I have checked in CWM Recovery mode.
All partitions are mounted except EFS and i am not able to mount it even in recovery.
So after like 24 hrs, i am finally able to restore everything back to normal .
Since the efs partition was not mounting, i used the following commands to do so manually in terminal
Code:
mke2fs /dev/block/mmcblk0p3
mount -w -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /efs
The link that helped me realize this was
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1857811
After running this command i had signals and Wifi begins working but IMEI was turned to generic.
Then i turned to EFS bakup pro and this time successfully restored my efs folder and getting my origional IMEI back.
So all this taught me that flashing and tinkering with your android phone carries a huge risk and we should all be prepared to face such issues if decided to do so.
But really, what's the fun if we don't .
Following are some issues that i faced during this whole process which i am sharing if anybody else gets in the same situations
- The first thing i did was to flash the stock firmware but this lead to an unrooted phone again
- I used CF root to gain root privileges again but supersu was asking for binary updates before giving root permission to other programs.
- So i downloaded SAMSUNG GALAXY S3 TOOLKIT which is an excellent resource for everything related to rooting, flashing and backing up GS3.
- I rooted with busybox so that EFS backup pro can be used.
- Since my GS3 was not having mobile or wifi signal, this toolkit helped a great deal.
- One small thing that i missed was place my EFS back in a folder named "EFSProBackup" which is to be placed in the same directory as the executable of EFS Pro so that it can recognize it in restoration tab.
I hope this will be helpful if anyone gets stuck in this issue.
Oh glad you resolved it
This shows how important an efs backup is
《spilled from dragon jellybean rom》
Thanks for dropping by bg
I had ruined my i9000 same way and used it for a year with generic imei. I had to copy paste the efs folder everytime i rebooted the phone. Now i am on i9100 but i havent yet backed up my efs, can you guide me how to do it?
Download EFS Pro from here EFS Pro.
Connect your phone with pc via USB and make sure you are not using USB Mass Storage mode.
Start EFS Pro. Obviously, you need to be rooted and have busybox installed for this application to run.
Your phone information will be displayed once it's connected.
Create a backup of your EFS Folder either with a .img or .tar extension.
And keep flashing hassle free .
TSKXDA said:
Download EFS Pro from here EFS Pro.
Connect your phone with pc via USB and make sure you are not using USB Mass Storage mode.
Start EFS Pro. Obviously, you need to be rooted and have busybox installed for this application to run.
Your phone information will be displayed once it's connected.
Create a backup of your EFS Folder either with a .img or .tar extension.
And keep flashing hassle free .
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Thanks alot man. I'll do this asap.
TSKXDA said:
So after like 24 hrs, i am finally able to restore everything back to normal .
Since the efs partition was not mounting, i used the following commands to do so manually in terminal
Code:
mke2fs /dev/block/mmcblk0p3
mount -w -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /efs
The link that helped me realize this was
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1857811
After running this command i had signals and Wifi begins working but IMEI was turned to generic.
Then i turned to EFS bakup pro and this time successfully restored my efs folder and getting my origional IMEI back.
So all this taught me that flashing and tinkering with your android phone carries a huge risk and we should all be prepared to face such issues if decided to do so.
But really, what's the fun if we don't .
Following are some issues that i faced during this whole process which i am sharing if anybody else gets in the same situations
- The first thing i did was to flash the stock firmware but this lead to an unrooted phone again
- I used CF root to gain root privileges again but supersu was asking for binary updates before giving root permission to other programs.
- So i downloaded SAMSUNG GALAXY S3 TOOLKIT which is an excellent resource for everything related to rooting, flashing and backing up GS3.
- I rooted with busybox so that EFS backup pro can be used.
- Since my GS3 was not having mobile or wifi signal, this toolkit helped a great deal.
- One small thing that i missed was place my EFS back in a folder named "EFSProBackup" which is to be placed in the same directory as the executable of EFS Pro so that it can recognize it in restoration tab.
I hope this will be helpful if anyone gets stuck in this issue.
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Thanks TSKXDA !
With this i able to mount /efs and sucessfull recover my EMEI !
Thanks again !
Hi there.
I'm with the exact same problem and I can't solve it cause shell says "Permission Denied".
Anything I can do?
RE
Press
su
before entering the commands
Unable to mount efs (same problem) but..
my phone just keep boot looping i tried to flash to stock and every time i wipe and clear cache i says unable to mount efs please help thanks
jhemartija said:
my phone just keep boot looping i tried to flash to stock and every time i wipe and clear cache i says unable to mount efs please help thanks
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As per identical posts .
Restore your backed up EFS folder ..
If you failed to backup your EFS folder then its a paid for service centre repair .
jje
JJEgan said:
As per identical posts .
Restore your backed up EFS folder ..
If you failed to backup your EFS folder then its a paid for service centre repair .
jje
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i failed to back up, is there any other way? thanks by the way..
jhemartija said:
i failed to back up, is there any other way? thanks by the way..
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As per ten thousand plus identical posts no .
jje
Any way if converting a .win backup of my EFS to .img? That's how my EFS got backed up. Also what's this I hear of a generic imei?
Sent from my Nexus 7 using XDA Premium HD app
Just read what the generic imei means. 0049
baseband unknown and imei null
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Dear JJEgan,
i had done a back up of efs via EFS PRO and restored it via EFS PRO and restore was successful but the baseband is still unknown and imei still null.plz help this time i had read everything and done as per instructions and i have a backed up efs in my phone and pc as well
thanks in advance
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bala_gamer said:
Oh glad you resolved it
This shows how important an efs backup is
《spilled from dragon jellybean rom》
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Dear bala_gamer,
my name is gaurav.i've a gti9300 and l was on stock 4.1.2,i flashed resurrection remix rom and now i've following issues:-
1) BASEBAND VESRION-UNKNOWN
2)IMEI-UNKNOWN
3)MOBILE NETWORK-UNKNOWN
4)NO CALLS,no network although wifi is running smoothly and rest all is fine with the phone.i flashed back stock 4.1.2 and restored EFS via EFS PRO(which i had earlier taken backup on my pc) but the problem still remains although EFS PRO restore was successful
Further info:-
1)i can locate an EFS folder in the normal file manager which is empty
2)in the root explorer i can see an EFS folder with 18 files in it.
plz help thanks in advance,waiting for a quick response from your side
file manager shows empty because it is not operating with permissions to see it. This is not relevant.
use root explorer only
Just flash MG5 stock ROM from India. If it is still broken, send it for repair. Simple as that
TSKXDA said:
Download EFS Pro from here EFS Pro.
Connect your phone with pc via USB and make sure you are not using USB Mass Storage mode.
Start EFS Pro. Obviously, you need to be rooted and have busybox installed for this application to run.
Your phone information will be displayed once it's connected.
Create a backup of your EFS Folder either with a .img or .tar extension.
And keep flashing hassle free .
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Dear TSKXDA,
I did exactly the same way and took a back up then flashed a custom rom and lost baseband version and imei, i then flashed back to stock rom restored EFS via EFS pro but the issue still remains.You can see my numerous posts in this forum,plz help me out thanks in advance
Hi is is safe to flash stock roms with odin.
can the imei be erased flashing a stock roms?
if so, how can i prevent it?
back up efs with k tools or one of the other backup tools before doing anything, then copy backup to computer/dropbox/flash drive....as many places as you can!
Odin much safer than kies, straight forward to use, just make sure you know what you are doing before proceeding
Odin is the best! Go ahead, you will have no problems if you know how to flash correct.
Be sure to backup efs in first place.
It is better to be safe than sorry.
Is there any way to copy EFS folder without root? from pc or something?
i want to stay stock.
As far as I know, there isn't. You have to root and then use something like EFS backup pro for efs folder backup.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2
0mega007 said:
Is there any way to copy EFS folder without root? from pc or something?
i want to stay stock.
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You need root access to backup the efs folder.
Before Installing Recovery / Rom what should be backed up (except personal data) ?
I heard EFS should be backed up and made into several copies.
UD3R said:
Before Installing Recovery / Rom what should be backed up (except personal data) ?
I heard EFS should be backed up and made into several copies.
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you are right.
First thing after root = backup your efs folder
Then after you got a custom recovery, making a nandroid backup is always a good idea.
and yes personal data is also good to be saved.
in addition i highly suggest you to read the stickies
after that happy flashing :laugh:
Darkened_Sky said:
you are right.
First thing after root = backup your efs folder
Then after you got a custom recovery, making a nandroid backup is always a good idea.
and yes personal data is also good to be saved.
in addition i highly suggest you to read the stickies
after that happy flashing :laugh:
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Well I rooted the device.
Used kTool(Verification screenshot: http://oi57.tinypic.com/s2gl01.jpg) to backup the EFS, got two files: efs.IMG & efs.tar.gz one is 20MB the other is 0KB this is normal? Cause the verification said there's an error of some sort..
I have SuperSU as Root controller, this ok?
UD3R said:
Well I rooted the device.
Used kTool(Verification screenshot: http://oi57.tinypic.com/s2gl01.jpg) to backup the EFS, got two files: efs.IMG & efs.tar.gz one is 20MB the other is 0KB this is normal? Cause the verification said there's an error of some sort..
I have SuperSU as Root controller, this ok?
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i suggest you to use philz touch as custom recovery and make an efs backup within the recovery...
Darkened_Sky said:
i suggest you to use philz touch as custom recovery and make an efs backup within the recovery...
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Last time I did that somehow ****ed my phone up.. Not going to try. Also last time I lost my IMEI & Serial using the backup that I made via kTool restored it properly!
* All of the above was on the previous Motherboard! *