Hello, i have used ktool to restore my imei, but it ereased all my efs folder files, so now it is empty. I have made my imei backup using ktool app, so i have efs.img and efs.tar.gz files.
I have tried to flash stock rom with odin but not only one of them boots, they all get bootloop. My phone only works with cm9 but it has no imei and no network.
So i need these files from efs folder, could any one help with this? Or is it possible to restore them with my back up files?
cH5 said:
Hello, i have used ktool to restore my imei, but it ereased all my efs folder files, so now it is empty. I have made my imei backup using ktool app, so i have efs.img and efs.tar.gz files.
I have tried to flash stock rom with odin but not only one of them boots, they all get bootloop. My phone only works with cm9 but it has no imei and no network.
So i need these files from efs folder, could any one help with this? Or is it possible to restore them with my back up files?
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A simple copy and paste worked for me using root explorer.
If you have efs back ups:
Delete entire efs file on the root of you phone and reboot. Upon reboot a new efs file will automatically be created.
Copy the efs file back up and place into the newly created efs file at the root of your phone. Reboot into recovery and wipe cache.
This method restored a corrupted efs file on my s3.
alaska_ryder said:
A simple copy and paste worked for me using root explorer.
If you have efs back ups:
Delete entire efs file on the root of you phone and reboot. Upon reboot a new efs file will automatically be created.
Copy the efs file back up and place into the newly created efs file at the root of your phone. Reboot into recovery and wipe cache.
This method restored a corrupted efs file on my s3.
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I have only two back up files: efs.img and efs.tar.gz, but efs folder should contain much more files.
I delete efs folder in the root and restart phone, but anfter restart it only creates the efs folder which is empty.
cH5 said:
I have only two back up files: efs.img and efs.tar.gz, but efs folder should contain much more files.
I delete efs folder in the root and restart phone, but anfter restart it only creates the efs folder which is empty.
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Ok so click on efs.tar.gz and there should be the efs file. Copy that and and place into efs file at the root of your phone. Click on 'yes' when it asks if you would like to overwrite the file
alaska_ryder said:
Ok so click on efs.tar.gz and there should be the efs file. Copy that and and place into efs file at the root of your phone. Click on 'yes' when it asks if you would like to overwrite the file
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I have done this, but after reboot all these files are deleted and efs folder remains empty.
cH5 said:
I have done this, but after reboot all these files are deleted and efs folder remains empty.
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Ktool must of made a back up an empty folder. Don't know what to tell you. Do you have any files in storage called efs_backup? I think some recoveries or kernels automatically back up the efs file when doing a nandroid. Find the earliest back up and copy and paste.
alaska_ryder said:
Ktool must of made a back up an empty folder. Don't know what to tell you. Do you have any files in storage called efs_backup? I think some recoveries or kernels automatically back up the efs file when doing a nandroid. Find the earliest back up and copy and paste.
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The back up is made correctly, i open .tar file and there are all these files, but when i copy them into the efs folder in root and reboot phone, these copied files are just gone.
cH5 said:
The back up is made correctly, i open .tar file and there are all these files, but when i copy them into the efs folder in root and reboot phone, these copied files are just gone.
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I read on some other efs problem threads that flashing some newer firmware (ending with mg4 or something like that) reformats the efs file and you have to flash different firmware in order to fix from back ups. Look into other threads, they might have the proper procedures to fixing efs.
alaska_ryder said:
I read on some other efs problem threads that flashing some newer firmware (ending with mg4 or something like that) reformats the efs file and you have to flash different firmware in order to fix from back ups. Look into other threads, they might have the proper procedures to fixing efs.
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Trying to flash firmwares and roms with these endings, but the phone doesnt boot, just stucks on samsung logo and repeats animation. It might be because i was installed leaked 4.2.2 xxufme7 firmware so it cant downgrade to 4.1.2 firmware.
cH5 said:
Trying to flash firmwares and roms with these endings, but the phone doesnt boot, just stucks on samsung logo and repeats animation. It might be because i was installed leaked 4.2.2 xxufme7 firmware so it cant downgrade to 4.1.2 firmware.
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Just a thought are you doing a factory reset between flashes also doing a factory reset with stock recovery will wipe your entire internal sd
Have a look at EFS Pro to restore a tar .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1308546
neilster2020 said:
Just a thought are you doing a factory reset between flashes also doing a factory reset with stock recovery will wipe your entire internal sd
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This might be my misstake.
By the way, this is solved already. I flashes stock 4.0.4 version and used ktool to restore .img and .tar files, after reboot network came back and all efs folder files were also back, then flashed atock MG6 So now i am on this stock firmware.
But i still cant install leaked version FMU7, it gives me fake IMEI and no network, any ideas?
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I have included a script in a initd script segment to create a file called efs.autobackup.img
The forum is filled withon how to creating the .img file but i couldnt find about how to restore.Ktool doesnt work on this.
I am asking this in behalf of a fellow xda member.He got a factory efs files in some old Indian firmware, flashed it by using clear phone efs in odin and now he has some generic IMEI.How to extract the files inside the .img file atleast??
Atleast he can use the files to change his IMEI using nv_data.bin and nv_data.bin.md5
If it's a raw .img (20MB in size) kTool should work fine.
Just rename the file to "efs.img" and put it to /sdcard (root of the internal storage when mounted to the PC).
Then run a restore via kTool (be sure to use latest version).
HellcatDroid said:
If it's a raw .img (20MB in size) kTool should work fine.
Just rename the file to "efs.img" and put it to /sdcard (root of the internal storage when mounted to the PC).
Then run a restore via kTool (be sure to use latest version).
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Yes its 20MB size!!Ohk hellcat.Am PMing him.he is a new user and he his too terified
Thank god he had flashed my ROM,The wickedrom v1.1 which had auto efs script.
I will ask him to report here.
One thing he has fake IMEI now.This should work right?
Doing a search uncovers a ton of threads/posts about restoring efs
chetan_mohanty said:
I have included a script in a initd script segment to create a file called efs.autobackup.img
The forum is filled withon how to creating the .img file but i couldnt find about how to restore.Ktool doesnt work on this.
I am asking this in behalf of a fellow xda member.He got a factory efs files in some old Indian firmware, flashed it by using clear phone efs in odin and now he has some generic IMEI.How to extract the files inside the .img file atleast??
Atleast he can use the files to change his IMEI using nv_data.bin and nv_data.bin.md5
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MistahBungle said:
Doing a search uncovers a ton of threads/posts about restoring efs
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I have been trying to help him with zillions of links from xda.Nothing has worked.I am not a noob man
I do the homework before posting
chetan_mohanty said:
I have been trying to help him with zillions of links from xda.Nothing has worked.I am not a noob man
I do the homework before posting
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If the .img is OK and not already of a broken EFS, or the image itself is corrupted (all these things can happen, sadly) then it can surely be restored.
HellcatDroid said:
If the .img is OK and not already of a broken EFS, or the image itself is corrupted (all these things can happen, sadly) then it can surely be restored.
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He is saying that restoring with efs.img makes his phone go to unknown baseband and IMEI.
I have asked him again to post it in this thread
Is there any way to extract that .img file???
chetan_mohanty said:
Is there any way to extract that .img file???
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In a shell, type:
Code:
su
mkdir /sdcard/mnt
mount -t ext4 /sdcard/efs.img /sdcard/mnt
Then use your fav. filemanager to go to "mnt" on the internal storage.
If the mount command gives you an error, it's likely the .img is corrupted.
My s3 stopped recognizing the Sim yesterday, so i searched for a solution. i read in xda that its the EFS partition. I got no IMEI and no Baseband. Somehow i found 2 files on the internal SD Card: "efsbackup.tar" and "efsdev-mmcblk0p3.img".
I read this thread, but it didnt help me.
Any idea how i could fix it?
Btw, Android Revolution HD 11.0 with stock kernel
I'm guessing your Rom auto backs up the efs, so best to ask on their thread about reinstalling it
Restore your EFS backup .
jje
im going to install now arhd 11.3 and then do the restore of the efs backup.
i noticed that the backup was built yesterday evening, when the problem already was. well it seems like i got no backup, when it was working
I followed in this thread this post:
Process:
1. make a copy of your EFS folder using root explorer and store it somewhere safe (on your SD card and external SD card should do it).
2. delete the EFS folder from the root of your phone using root explorer.
3. reboot the phone
4. open root explorer and go to the EFS folder (yes, it is still there! The Android OS has generated a new one for us) and delete the following files:
nv_data.bin
nv_data.bin.md5
nv.log
.nv_data.bak
.nv_data.bak.md5
nv_data.bin.bak
and the entire IMEI folder.
5.Now go to your backed up EFS folder on your sd card and copy the IMEI folder and the " .nv_data" file (note the dot) to your new EFS folder.
6.Make another copy of the ".nv_data" file in your new EFS folder. Rename one of them to "nv_data.bin" and the other one to "nv_data.bin.bak".
7. Connect your phone to your PC and start up EFS PRO. After your phone has been detected, press the "Repair nv data" button to correct the ownership and permissions.
8. Reboot your phone into recovery mode using the three botton combo and flash the original modem firmware (the modem.bin file that you extracted earlier) to your phone using Odin (use the "phone" button for the upload) or Heimdall (use the "radio" partition for the modem.bin file upload).
9. Reboot the phone normally and your IMEI number will be restored and you will be able to connect to your mobile network again
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and now i got an IMEI, but its still not mine: 004999010640000 / 01
If you have an efs.tar file why dont you put it in PDA in Odin?.
wont work.
deleted
Ok....then I dont understand why it backs up as a tar file then
yesterday i flashed siyah kernel, siyah probably made a efs backup. but that backup was already after that problem happened.
well i got now the 0049 imei
So you dont have a back up of you original IMEI is that what your saying?.Flashing ROMs normally is what makes a backup not flashing a kernel so Id say the backup is original.
Read this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30682712
i read this but i dont know what to do with it. i understand that this are options to backup the efs partitions but not how to restore it how to restore it if already lost
x Schieby said:
i read this but i dont know what to do with it. i understand that this are options to backup the efs partitions but not how to restore it how to restore it if already lost
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you need to read better then
You'll need to perform an "IMEI injection" which is a kludgy last-resort restore method that manually writes the IMEI to NVRAM; the link I provided in Part C of "Backup" will tell you how to do it.
x Schieby said:
My s3 stopped recognizing the Sim yesterday, so i searched for a solution. i read in xda that its the EFS partition. I got no IMEI and no Baseband. Somehow i found 2 files on the internal SD Card: "efsbackup.tar" and "efsdev-mmcblk0p3.img".
I read this thread, but it didnt help me.
Any idea how i could fix it?
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That's what the efs backup is for xD
Calm down, or you'll make things worse. Unzip the efs.tar to /efs and reboot your phone (DON'T PULL THE BATTERY)
Everything should work like a charm again
Hope I could help!
LG familyguy59/Beatsleigher
slaphead20 said:
you need to read better then
You'll need to perform an "IMEI injection" which is a kludgy last-resort restore method that manually writes the IMEI to NVRAM; the link I provided in Part C of "Backup" will tell you how to do it.
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sorry, but i still dont get it with the qpst. thats the part c you are thinking of right?
familyguy59 said:
That's what the efs backup is for xD
Calm down, or you'll make things worse. Unzip the efs.tar to /efs and reboot your phone (DON'T PULL THE BATTERY)
Everything should work like a charm again
Hope I could help!
LG familyguy59/Beatsleigher
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going to try this now
familyguy59 said:
That's what the efs backup is for xD
Calm down, or you'll make things worse. Unzip the efs.tar to /efs and reboot your phone (DON'T PULL THE BATTERY)
Everything should work like a charm again
Hope I could help!
LG familyguy59/Beatsleigher
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well, thats how my phone ended. i did that yesterday and my phone finally didnt even booted.
then i went to my carriers shop and told them it wont boot, and today i got a brand new phone
anyway thanks to all help!
Problem solved!
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I think my problem happened because a flashed a ROM with MG4 baseband, and then flashed UltimaROM with another baseband which caused my baneband to corrupt.
I tried to flash Stock ROM and install different baseband but non of this worked.
finally I flashed BTU stock ROM (Which comes with MG4) but the problem still here.
Then I installed root, deleted the efs folder and replaced all the files with the files in the backup - restart and everything is working! my IMEI returned to normal.
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Original question
Hello devs,
I have Siyah kernel which auto backup my EFS, i have backup named "efs_28Aug2013-1852.tar.gz"
I want to restore from this backup because I lost my IMEI when I flashed UltimaROM
I renamed it to "efsbackup.tar.gz" and put it in the root of the sdcard
then I started adb shell & run the code
Code:
su
umount /efs
mke2fs /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
mount -w -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /efs
busybox tar zxvf /sdcard/ efsbackup.tar.gz -C /
I granted ADB shell root access
then i went to recovery and run the command (because I can't run umount /efs while device's running it gives resource busy message)
However when I run the first command "su" in gives me this message
Code:
/sbin/sh: su: not found
so I skipped to the next command
but I get the message
Code:
umount: can't umount /efs: Invalid argument
Please guys any help appreciated
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Unzip it with a file manager and use a root explorer to replace manually
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I've backup my efs with adb but how do you have a file on tar format, i've got a file on .img, it's normal ?
There's about nine different ways to backup the efs, .img is fine but a little on the large side at 20mb. A .tar of the same is only 5mb.
rootSU said:
Unzip it with a file manager and use a root explorer to replace manually
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Thank you for your reply, I did as you said but this only changed my IMEI from "Unknown" to the generic IMEI "004999..."
Is there something wrong in the method or my backup may be corrupt
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Read the imei / efs thread in general.
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Thank you again, I read the thread in the past but it looks like it has been updated recently.
I think my problem happened because a flashed a ROM with MG4 baseband, and then flashed UltimaROM with another baseband which caused my baneband to corrupt.
I tried to flash Stock ROM and install different baseband but non of this worked.
finally I flashed BTU stock ROM (Which comes with MG4) but the problem still here.
Then I installed root, deleted the efs folder and replaced all the files with the files in the backup - restart and everything is working! my IMEI returned to normal.
Thank you RootSU for your help.
hey bro,
i am stuck
help me out
- my efs(folder) is blank
- i installed stock with pit file but no help!
- right now my cell is in bootloop!
- it goes to recovery, download mode.
i have efs.tar.gz file and a folder named efs in my ext sd
how do i copy that to int memory?
can't even create a cwm flashable zip file of the same?????
help me bro.....
You are posting in a thread that tells you how to restore an efs backup, how much more could you possibly need?
Go to recovery, factory reset.
Get the phone to boot, unpack the .tar file and follow the instructions in the OP.
boomboomer said:
You are posting in a thread that tells you how to restore an efs backup, how much more could you possibly need?
Go to recovery, factory reset.
Get the phone to boot, unpack the .tar file and follow the instructions in the OP.
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Dear boomboomer,
i am sorry, but my phone is in "bootloop" how am i suppose to delete the "EFS" ? that s what i am asking!!!!!
i have both efs.tar.gz and extracted folder ready in my ext-sd......
i wonder if somebody can help me with creating a cwm.zip from the .tar file
thanks ....
try to install stock again via odin but this time install a diffrent version (for example if you installed INU this time try INS).. before that factory reset your phone and wipe cache via recovery mode.. don't lose your efs backup it's very important copy it to your PC in case something wrong happens
i already did so
almousawi said:
try to install stock again via odin but this time install a diffrent version (for example if you installed INU this time try INS).. before that factory reset your phone and wipe cache via recovery mode.. don't lose your efs backup it's very important copy it to your PC in case something wrong happens
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bro, thanks for your help recently i tried cm 10 also but nothing happened.
believe me i tried everything now the only option is left that is
to restore efs backup from efs.tar.gz (which is about 12 MB)
OR
create a cwm flashable zip from the efs folder which is about 22 MB)
OR
take my phone to download mode and try to push whole "efs" folder to the location with help of "ADB"
hello
mikks said:
bro, thanks for your help recently i tried cm 10 also but nothing happened.
believe me i tried everything now the only option is left that is
to restore efs backup from efs.tar.gz (which is about 12 MB)
OR
create a cwm flashable zip from the efs folder which is about 22 MB)
OR
take my phone to download mode and try to push whole "efs" folder to the location with help of "ADB"
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hello nobody is here to help......??????
mikks said:
hello nobody is here to help......??????
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Correct this is not a paid for service .
Suggest you take it to a service centre .
know that i did that already....
JJEgan said:
Correct this is not a paid for service .
Suggest you take it to a service centre .
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thanks for the reply, respect to your reply and interest no disrespect ...
i took that to the center but they failed and by the way they come to me in some cases... so they give me free service...
my phone is in boot loop, i have efs.tar.... can i use phills recovery ????? or can i use someone elses backup... just to boot up my device ...then i'll be good .... i just need to get my device booted up.....
I have GT-I9300 never rooted or never flash a rom in it.... as there are some great customized rom so i think to root it and flash it but before flash and even root to my s3 i just realize from different thread that it is necessary to backup my efs folder so i just install es file manager and look for the efs folder in main internal memory.. i found the folder but it is empty when i open it did i done something wrong if not then what the hell is happened to my efs folder how it became active
PLEASE help me
EFC folder is wrong its the
EFS folder back it up then look inside .
shakeebfarhat said:
I have GT-I9300 never rooted or never flash a rom in it.... as there are some great customized rom so i think to root it and flash it but before flash and even root to my s3 i just realize from different thread that it is necessary to backup my efc folder so i just install es file manager and look for the efc folder in main internal memory.. i found the folder but it is empty when i open it did i done something wrong if not then what the hell is happened to my efc folder how it became active
PLEASE help me
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no need to back up efs folder just for rooting your phone! you can not find any files in efs folder until your phone is rooted and es file manage is enabled root permission.
sriram231092 said:
no need to back up efs folder just for rooting your phone! you can not find any files in efs folder until your phone is rooted and es file manage is enabled root permission.
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means is it okay to have an empty efs folder utill i rooted my devise... and whenever i root my device the m enable to backup my efs folder which has IMEI and all other important information
JJEgan said:
EFC folder is wrong its the
EFS folder back it up then look inside .
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Thanx for realizing my mistake.. i make it correct so that other user who have same question easily find it
shakeebfarhat said:
means is it okay to have an empty efs folder utill i rooted my devise... and whenever i root my device the m enable to backup my efs folder which has IMEI and all other important information
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yes, when ever you root your device, back up efs via philz recovery or any apps you would like to.
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I have my EFS backup as a .tar.gz. After I extracted it shows me several files. I think, I should copy/push all these files to /efs folder. But the problem is I have no idea about the zip file contain updater-script.
How to I make a updater-script?
Thanks!
android addicts said:
I have my EFS backup as a .tar.gz. After I extracted it shows me several files. I think, I should copy/push all these files to /efs folder. But the problem is I have no idea about the zip file contain updater-script.
How to I make a updater-script?
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1) the search will give this answers
2) .tar files can be flashed with Odin as "PDA"
3) The normal method is here
If you Have a Backup and you want to restore it, this is one method
1) Download Root Explorer, or Xplore, or any root browser from Play Store and use it to
2) Search you internal SD card for sdcard/backup/efs or any other backup you have for your efs
3) Copy nv_data.bin, nv_data.bin.md5 paste them (means overwrite existing files) into /efs in your Internal Phone memory
4) Fix permissions by Click on efs folder and keep it pressed to open the menu and click on permissions and set them to rw_r_r_ ( Owner = read & write - Group = read only and Others = Read only), after this Save using menu and exit using menu
5) Power down phone and reboot into recovery and wipe cache before rebooting phone to get back your original IMEI
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Check this out! Links to useful Guides and " Banned " Documentaries
xsenman said:
1) the search will give this answers
2) .tar files can be flashed with Odin as "PDA"
3) The normal method is here
Check this out! Links to useful Guides and " Banned " Documentaries
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Thanks xsenman. Looks like my CWM zip not working. I added a sample test file inside the efs folder, but after flash the zip, it still remain in there. My update-script file has delete("/efs/"); command.
android addicts said:
Thanks xsenman. Looks like my CWM zip not working. I added a sample test file inside the efs folder, but after flash the zip, it still remain in there. My update-script file has delete("/efs/"); command.
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sorry man, I do not want to mess with this command or file, as it can cause serious problems for you. . Since this deals with IMEI, it would also be illegal in this server (XDA) but not others.( MOD's would be inclined to close it where editing or deleting of IMEI is discussed) Like I already mentioned earlier the root explorer method would be the safest way to overwrite existing IMEI. and Odin3 has a phone EFS clear function.
Check this out! Links to useful Guides and " Banned " Documentaries
Ops i guess you misunderstands. I don't want edit my SGS3 IMEI. Because I already have my i9300 working efs backup. I want to make CWM flashable EFS restore zip file (my phone efs).
Yesterday after I reseted flash counter my efs wiped. Then I can't even boot ( can boot into cwm)
After that I had to flash Samsung firmware and restore my old efs backup using root file app (like you mentioned this thread, yes its easier).
Normally I use aosp (CM) ROM. Specially cm. In future if it again wipeout my efs folder, I want to flash my backup efs using cwm (without flashing stock firmware with Odin). Its faster.
In my previous post I mention added a sample file mean, I added a text file to that zip. Not a edited or hacked nv_data.bin and nv_data.bin.md5 files .
I guess this is not an illegal.
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very informative, im glad i was turned on this topic. i learned alot.. thanks..