I was installing custom rom,then i noticed that i dont have any internet trough my data.Then i reverted back to rom that i used and i knew that i had data.But i didint have it.So i flashed pure stock rom trough odin again i dont have data it is just plain blue color and i cant turn it off.
IZIPIZI135 said:
I was installing custom rom,then i noticed that i dont have any internet trough my data.Then i reverted back to rom that i used and i knew that i had data.But i didint have it.So i flashed pure stock rom trough odin again i dont have data it is just plain blue color and i cant turn it off.
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You probably messed up something, don't ever lose your efs partition backup.
Did you flash csc or home_csc with odin? Use the csc without "home".
home_csc doesn't wipe your phone completely, also backup your data, pictures etc somewhere else as it might erase those too(haven't done this since forever so I don't remember).
pauaxe said:
You probably messed up something, don't ever lose your efs partition backup.
Did you flash csc or home_csc with odin? Use the csc without "home".
home_csc doesn't wipe your phone completely, also backup your data, pictures etc somewhere else as it might erase those too(haven't done this since forever so I don't remember).
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I did select the CSC.I have read that EFS folder might be corrupted do you know anything about that?
IZIPIZI135 said:
I did select the CSC.I have read that EFS folder might be corrupted do you know anything about that?
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Does everything else work?
Which firmware files have you flashed?
Also make sure it's the right one for your sim card.
Other things: Shut down, take out sim, boot without it. Shut down again, insert sim and boot it, see if you get anything on start.
Can you make calls even though it's supposedly enabled?
pauaxe said:
Does everything else work?
Which firmware files have you flashed?
Also make sure it's the right one for your sim card.
Other things: Shut down, take out sim, boot without it. Shut down again, insert sim and boot it, see if you get anything on start.
Can you make calls even though it's supposedly enabled?
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Yes everything else work .I have flashed latest android q firmware.I tried but didint work. I dont know what to do.
I was trying to install pixle expirience rom but i installed wrong kernel so it woudnt boot then i wiped and installed another rom but then the problem started.I dont know what to do.Please help me.
IZIPIZI135 said:
Yes everything else work .I have flashed latest android q firmware.I tried but didint work. I dont know what to do.
I was trying to install pixle expirience rom but i installed wrong kernel so it woudnt boot then i wiped and installed another rom but then the problem started.I dont know what to do.Please help me.
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Did you restore any settings after flashing?
Can you make calls even though you are on flight mode?
Did you try what I said before with the sim card? Also try
putting it in the other slot.
What happens when you long press the airplane icon?
Do you see your IMEI codes when you dial *#06# or do you get zeros or NULL? Don't post them here if you do, just say yes or no
pauaxe said:
Did you restore any settings after flashing?
Can you make calls even though you are on flight mode?
Did you try what I said before with the sim card? Also try
putting it in the other slot.
What happens when you long press the airplane icon?
Do you see your IMEI codes when you dial *#06# or do you get zeros or NULL? Don't post them here if you do, just say yes or no
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No.Yes i did try it doesent even see the sim card.I tried it in sim 1 and sim 2 nothing.It just takes me to the settings for that.I dont see my IMEI.
IZIPIZI135 said:
No.Yes i did try it doesent even see the sim card.I tried it in sim 1 and sim 2 nothing.It just takes me to the settings for that.I dont see my IMEI.
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Have you flashed back twrp?
Did you make backups before you started flashing things in the first place?
pauaxe said:
Have you flashed back twrp?
Did you make backups before you started flashing things in the first place?
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Yes i am back at TWRP.I have no backups
IZIPIZI135 said:
Yes i am back at TWRP.I have no backups
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Now i have accidentally deleted efs folder.Im trying to mount it again using abd cmd tool but how do i do that using TWRP all videos are using deffrent software.Im gonna kill myself-
IZIPIZI135 said:
Now i have accidentally deleted efs folder.Im trying to mount it again using abd cmd tool but how do i do that using TWRP all videos are using deffrent software.Im gonna kill myself-
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Why and how? What happens when you boot system now?
pauaxe said:
Why and how? What happens when you boot system now?
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I was trying to put IMEI manual trough some software on pc but i clicked on wipe efs storage.Now it is stuck at samsung logo forever and when i try putting custom rom it says in red text that i need to mount efs.
I dont know on what thread should i ask about this
IZIPIZI135 said:
I was trying to put IMEI manual trough some software on pc but i clicked on wipe efs storage.Now it is stuck at samsung logo forever and when i try putting custom rom it says in red text that i need to mount efs.
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Again, you didn't take a backup before trying something weird and later something weirder, why?
I'd suggest reflashing stock but you should wait for someone else to try and help you as it may involve fixing partitions among other things.
pauaxe said:
Again, you didn't take a backup before trying something weird and later something weirder, why?
I'd suggest reflashing stock but you should wait for someone else to try and help you as it may involve fixing partitions among other things.
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Ok,thanks i put my sim card from s9+ to my old s7 edge so im in no rush.thanks for helping me!
IZIPIZI135 said:
Ok,thanks i put my sim card from s9+ to my old s7 edge so im in no rush.thanks for helping me!
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Welcome, well good thing you had that. Worst case you'll have to take it to Samsung and them wanting to replace hardware, best case things haven't been overwritten so it's restorable through some method.
Pick a custom ROM and stick to that when you fix it.
In the future always make backups, especially since it's a Samsung phone and things that control your IMEI are more reachable than they should be.
Good luck!
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Ive locked myself out of my phone is there any way to by-pass it?
I think there is an option to send it to your email id.
Rich_RH said:
Ive locked myself out of my phone is there any way to by-pass it?
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sim card? or exactly device ?
Pin for my device not my sim
Rich_RH said:
Pin for my device not my sim
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oh is no problem !
just tern off the phone....... hold power+vol up+ home....>wipe everything
sorry you will lose all your data
Just wondering is there anyway for me to recover my contacts or sms's?
Rich_RH said:
Just wondering is there anyway for me to recover my contacts or sms's?
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dont worry about contacts ! (google will return back, when you will sigh in)
but you will lose all sms's....
I have nandroid backups but all seem to have a lock on it so what can I do?
Rich_RH said:
I have nandroid backups but all seem to have a lock on it so what can I do?
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tern off - device.
hold vol up+home+power >>>>wipe everything..
after wipe., restart the phone...and you will get clean Rom like first time
you can delete your nondroid back up (if you forgot the password), make new one again.
tried wiping through CWM no dice, flashed back to generic rom, tried to wipe it through there then it asks me for my password gg.
Rich_RH said:
tried wiping through CWM no dice.
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come on man !!
in recovery:
wipe data/factory reset
wipe chache partition
go to advenced:
wipe dalvik cache
wipe battery stats
restart phone, and wait until is load.
People have reported that you can't remove the password by doing a factory reset. I was quite surprised by this myself, but have found a way to do it. I've never forgotten my password (I have a pattern, rather than a pin/password), but I've flashed a few kernels and have noticed that whatever pattern I use will work, until I set it again.
Try flashing a new kernel and see if that helps. Like I said, I use a pattern so I don't know if it will work for a pin or password.
Good luck mate
johncmolyneux said:
People have reported that you can't remove the password by doing a factory reset. I was quite surprised by this myself, but have found a way to do it. I've never forgotten my password (I have a pattern, rather than a pin/password), but I've flashed a few kernels and have noticed that whatever pattern I use will work, until I set it again.
Try flashing a new kernel and see if that helps. Like I said, I use a pattern so I don't know if it will work for a pin or password.
Good luck mate
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yes or flash any rom with custom kernel !
No dice either, I'm pretty sure I didnt forget my password either, its full of **** i reckon. I typed my password in and my girlfriend saw me set it up plus it even asked me to confirm the password which I did now it wont let me in wtf?
Edit: Tried all of the above no dice.
Rich_RH said:
No dice either, I'm pretty sure I didnt forget my password either, its full of **** i reckon. I typed my password in and my girlfriend saw me set it up plus it even asked me to confirm the password which I did now it wont let me in wtf?
Edit: Tried all of the above no dice.
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dude maybe call to samsung ?
Rich_RH said:
No dice either, I'm pretty sure I didnt forget my password either, its full of **** i reckon. I typed my password in and my girlfriend saw me set it up plus it even asked me to confirm the password which I did now it wont let me in wtf?
Edit: Tried all of the above no dice.
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same problem here did you resolve this?
Hmm, CWM flash didn't do it, id try flashing through ODIN, just flash a completely new stock rom through odin
unleashed12 said:
Hmm, CWM flash didn't do it, id try flashing through ODIN, just flash a completely new stock rom through odin
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Tried that dont work only way i can get into my phone is to flash cm7 ! For some reason that rom dont see the password from fresh ?!? only thing ive not done is flashed odin and re partioned ?!?
The lock passwords, pins, and patterns are saved on the /efs partition which is not touched during flashing. That is why flashing is not fixing anything
CM7 would bypass it since it uses the original Android lock setup not the Samsung modified.
shadowofdarkness said:
The lock passwords, pins, and patterns are saved on the /efs partition which is not touched during flashing. That is why flashing is not fixing anything
CM7 would bypass it since it uses the original Android lock setup not the Samsung modified.
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Yep thought that was the problem after having a poke around my phone last night, now luckly I have a backup of that folder on my computer so will see about restoring these file and going from there.
again thanks for the tip
I haven't downloaded anything recently, I literally just picked up my phone after I woke up and I got a message saying "the application tasks provider has stopped working unexpectedly" and it gives me the option to force close. When I close it, a similar message pops up for email, messaging, social hub, tw launcher, facebook and it keeps going on and on without giving me a chance to use the phone. Do you guys know what I can do? I would be extremely grateful if you could help me out.
Bwahahahaa ;-) Gold.
Yes i've tried that. I've take the battery pack, memory card and sim card out, then replaced them but the loop keeps occuring. It's gotta be more of a software issue and that's why I need your help.
You haven't told us anything whatsoever about your setup/rom/kernel/etc. We're not mind readers
Try a factory reset in the first instance.
If you're running anything other than stock firmware, go back to stock firmware.
i recomendeed to change your rom..
i think that is a crush from your system, mate..
About 4 months ago I had exactly the same problem.
Is there Debugging-Mode enabled in you're phone?
Is you're phone rooted?
Try to take out only the SIM Card and then connect it to you're PC. Then turn the S2 on and try to backup all you're data.
If you're phone is rooted, try to boot up in CWM Recovery Mode and go to "advanced" and then "Fix Permissions". It shuold solve you're problem.
If you're phone isn't rooted, then you have to flash a stock or custom ROM.
MistahBungle said:
You haven't told us anything whatsoever about your setup/rom/kernel/etc. We're not mind readers
Try a factory reset in the first instance.
If you're running anything other than stock firmware, go back to stock firmware.
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Sorry about that man, but I have no idea what my setup/rom/kernel is, don't even know what most of that means. The thing is I can't even go to the settings on my phone to check because the popups won't allow me to.
okries said:
i recomendeed to change your rom..
i think that is a crush from your system, mate..
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I am an absolute and toal amateur, any advice at all of how to to that?
Dr.MacHack said:
About 4 months ago I had exactly the same problem.
Is there Debugging-Mode enabled in you're phone?
Is you're phone rooted?
Try to take out only the SIM Card and then connect it to you're PC. Then turn the S2 on and try to backup all you're data.
If you're phone is rooted, try to boot up in CWM Recovery Mode and go to "advanced" and then "Fix Permissions". It shuold solve you're problem.
If you're phone isn't rooted, then you have to flash a stock or custom ROM.
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I know about technology but not like this. I have no idea what debugging mode/rooted or cwm recovery is. Any chance of explaining it to me in really, REALLY easy terms?
Sorry about my lack of knowledge guys, but I wholeheartedly appreciate you taking the time out to give me a hand.
1. Try wiping all data (fixed when i had the problem)
1. U need a kernel with CWM recovery (recommend siyah kernel)
2. Install with odin look on these forums for odin dont remember link
3. go to recovery (vol up+home button+power) and wipe data/cache (wipes everything apps, passwords, etc)
4. Try now if works click the thanks button
klawz said:
I know about technology but not like this. I have no idea what debugging mode/rooted or cwm recovery is. Any chance of explaining it to me in really, REALLY easy terms?
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No problem man
Okay...when you have root permissions on youre phone you can write in system files and do other administrative work.
You can root youre phone by flashing a rooted kernel. The kernel is something like the heart of youre Android OS. You have to know some facts about youre S2, to root it successfully.
You have to know which Kernel version is installed at the moment. This information you can find in Settings -> About Phone -> Kernel Version (or something like that...my S2 is in German ). But when youre phone is bricked or youre system is damaged, its really hard or impossible to find out the kernel version. I think you won't be able to root it successfully :-(
So the only one possibillity to rescue youre S2 is, to flash a new firmware.
I am on stock firmware. I can no longer use buttons to boot to recovery ir download mode and when im in GB, holding the power button no longer gives me a menu to shut off of restart. It just shuts down. Any ideas?
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potatoman83 said:
I am on stock firmware. I can no longer use buttons to boot to recovery ir download mode and when im in GB, holding the power button no longer gives me a menu to shut off of restart. It just shuts down. Any ideas?
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It look like you haven't backup your efs. When on GB do you have a lockscreen or it only get on the home screen? If you don't have any lockscreen then you probably lost your efs. Wich rom have you flashed, CM9 for the 4.0? If you did maybe you still have your efs backup on your sd card. Look if you have a file called efs.tar. If you got this you can probably restore it but you would need to ask to the devs how because I don't know. Maybe just unpacking it in the efs partition would do it but I'm not sure.
ti-pich said:
It look like you haven't backup your efs. When on GB do you have a lockscreen or it only get on the home screen? If you don't have any lockscreen then you probably lost your efs. Wich rom have you flashed, CM9 for the 4.0? If you did maybe you still have your efs backup on your sd card. Look if you have a file called efs.tar. If you got this you can probably restore it but you would need to ask to the devs how because I don't know. Maybe just unpacking it in the efs partition would do it but I'm not sure.
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There is no lockscreen either. I do not have an efs.tar. Is there a stock version of this file that can be installed?
potatoman83 said:
There is no lockscreen either. I do not have an efs.tar. Is there a stock version of this file that can be installed?
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If by stock you mean a backup that is available on xda the answer is no as this file contain uinque identification. So you need to use the one you have.
welp then i guess im done for..i dont got one. Oh well. Time to sell it.
potatoman83 said:
welp then i guess im done for..i dont got one. Oh well. Time to sell it.
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Are you sure you don't have any efs.tar on your sdcard, the same place where you have music and download. When you flash cm9 it automatically do an efs backup. If you really don't have this file then you can take a chance and ask a dev if they have something. I've heard somewhere of a generic efs that just got the not unique thing but I'm not sure. But even if you don't have it the device should be usable. But you should have done an efs backup before flashing as it is mentionned to do in the nebula thread.
Thanks. Just went ahead and sold it. Appreciate the help!
And this is why you read the instructions before flashing, or at least my signature for pity sake! Come on people, it takes a matter of seconds to backup the efs, and saves you and others hours of headache later on, JUST DO IT!
I don't get how this same thing can happen to dozens of people, and yet people still don't bother to take care to backup before flashing.
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Ok i need help with my device.
I got a s6 edge SMG925I a while ago, yesterday an update (i guess its called OTA) popped up and i installed it. after the installation was completed but now i'm not registered on network, and i can't detect my SIM card.
Note: my IMEI is NOT blocked.
So far all my efforts were for nothing.
All the info i got so far by searching
Problems:
Not registered on network
when typing *#06# it only show S/N
About device it shows IMEI: Unknown
did not back up the efs folder (but i GUESS the folder is still there and somehow the new stock can't access it)
Android ver. 6.0.1(marshmallow)
Possible cause:
EFS Folder corrupted
Bad Stock installation
Already tried:
Rooting (i wasnt able to root)
Installing latest stock rom
installing the old rom
QPST to change IMEI
Please help me guys
EDIT:
I figured out what happened, my efs got deleted somehow, i got no backup, is there a way around this? help me please
brunao90 said:
Ok i need help with my device.
I got a s6 edge SMG925I a while ago, yesterday an update (i guess its called OTA) popped up and i installed it. after the installation was completed but now i'm not registered on network, and i can't detect my SIM card.
Note: my IMEI is NOT blocked.
So far all my efforts were for nothing.
All the info i got so far by searching
Problems:
Not registered on network
when typing *#06# it only show S/N
About device it shows IMEI: Unknown
did not back up the efs folder (but i GUESS the folder is still there and somehow the new stock can't access it)
Android ver. 6.0.1(marshmallow)
Possible cause:
EFS Folder corrupted
Bad Stock installation
Already tried:
Rooting (i wasnt able to root)
Installing latest stock rom
installing the old rom
QPST to change IMEI
Please help me guys
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How about a simple reset from the settings menu? But I am pretty sure, if you somehow deleted the IMEI imformation, your chances are not the best. You'd have to find a way, to get write thatbinfo back. What you could do is ask someone else to backup that partition for you and change the values according to your phone ( IMEI, serial number,...) Then flash this partition info back. Good luck!
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CM recovery
brunao90 said:
Ok i need help with my device.
I got a s6 edge SMG925I a while ago, yesterday an update (i guess its called OTA) popped up and i installed it. after the installation was completed but now i'm not registered on network, and i can't detect my SIM card.
Note: my IMEI is NOT blocked.
So far all my efforts were for nothing.
All the info i got so far by searching
Problems:
Not registered on network
when typing *#06# it only show S/N
About device it shows IMEI: Unknown
did not back up the efs folder (but i GUESS the folder is still there and somehow the new stock can't access it)
Android ver. 6.0.1(marshmallow)
Possible cause:
EFS Folder corrupted
Bad Stock installation
Already tried:
Rooting (i wasnt able to root)
Installing latest stock rom
installing the old rom
QPST to change IMEI
Please help me guys
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i think you can install CM recovery (TWRP) then you can process the backup of your old rom from the recovery.
just enter in recovery mode then you'll find "restore" choose all the files ( i think there will be like this: System, Cashe, Efs, Boot...) then hit Restore botton, and wait for it to boot up hope this helps you bro
N00BY0815 said:
How about a simple reset from the settings menu? But I am pretty sure, if you somehow deleted the IMEI imformation, your chances are not the best. You'd have to find a way, to get write thatbinfo back. What you could do is ask someone else to backup that partition for you and change the values according to your phone ( IMEI, serial number,...) Then flash this partition info back. Good luck!
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Ok, the reset didn't work, is there a way to write it back? it can be done?
g3nius85 said:
i think you can install CM recovery (TWRP) then you can process the backup of your old rom from the recovery.
just enter in recovery mode then you'll find "restore" choose all the files ( i think there will be like this: System, Cashe, Efs, Boot...) then hit Restore botton, and wait for it to boot up hope this helps you bro
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Thank you, i'll try that now
edit: it didn't work, its kinda obvious the backup file was empty
try
brunao90 said:
Ok, the reset didn't work, is there a way to write it back? it can be done?
Thank you, i'll try that now
edit: it didn't work, its kinda obvious the backup file was empty
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sorry to hear that try to install the 4 files rom with PIT file hope that will work
g3nius85 said:
sorry to hear that try to install the 4 files rom with PIT file hope that will work
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Sorry for the noob question but how do i do that?
By the way, I managed to figured out what happened.
Long story short, my efs got deleted somehow and now its lost forever. What should i do?
brunao90 said:
Sorry for the noob question but how do i do that?
By the way, I managed to figured out what happened.
Long story short, my efs got deleted somehow and now its lost forever. What should i do?
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You need someone to write a new cert in your phone and fix the imei.
FakeSmile said:
You need someone to write a new cert in your phone and fix the imei.
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Ok but i don't know anyone who can do this, u got any advice?
brunao90 said:
Ok but i don't know anyone who can do this, u got any advice?
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Try to get the efs partition holding the information from someone else, change it to your IMEI, serial,... And flash that partition to your phone and you should be good. I guess you'd have to use a hex editor to get that done. I am not rooted, so I can't back it up for you.
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After unlocking the bootloader flashed magisk and data decrypt imei and baseband are lost can I restore it?before going to service center:crying:?
Download a global Stock ROM for your device and just run the flash all.bat file and let it run may take awhile and phone will be fresh again
HELP !!! I'm getting the same issue but don't care if i brick the phone.
No matter how many times i flash use different roms i still lose my IMEI/Baseband
I have an external SD card but it looks complicated to backup the EFS file to the SD card and then restore it to the phone but is that my only option ?
Doubtpablo said:
Download a global Stock ROM for your device and just run the flash all.bat file and let it run may take awhile and phone will be fresh again
HELP !!! I'm getting the same issue but don't care if i brick the phone.
No matter how many times i flash use different roms i still lose my IMEI/Baseband
I have an external SD card but it looks complicated to backup the EFS file to the SD card and then restore it to the phone but is that my only option ?
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Don't disable forceencrypt, that's your problem.
Doubtpablo said:
Download a global Stock ROM for your device and just run the flash all.bat file and let it run may take awhile and phone will be fresh again
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Already flash stock ROM, but my IMEI still null.
I flashed 10.2.8.0.
Please anyone, I'm stuck with my phone without my IMEI and Baseband
whothehellami said:
Already flash stock ROM, but my IMEI still null.
I flashed 10.2.8.0.
Please anyone, I'm stuck with my phone without my IMEI and Baseband
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Did you flash a recovery rom or a fastboot rom? You should find flashing the fastboot rom restores everything correctly.
Robbo.5000 said:
Did you flash a recovery rom or a fastboot rom? You should find flashing the fastboot rom restores everything correctly.
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I tried restoring the phone using a fastboot rom, but the baseband and IMEI errors still appear. Does anyone know about another solution or tool for this? I know both of my IMEI numbers, by the way.
Spikyman said:
I tried restoring the phone using a fastboot rom, but the baseband and IMEI errors still appear. Does anyone know about another solution or tool for this? I know both of my IMEI numbers, by the way.
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Every time I got this problem I found that flashing a fastboot ROM fixed it. I never managed to find any other solution that actually worked. Googling the problem I did find some solutions, but I didn't try them all. I just gave up and kept stock ROM with Magisk, then debloated it as much as I could. All I can suggest is seeing what Google throws up and seeing if any solution works for you.
anyone found a fix yet?
I have the mistake of rooting my device and disabling the encrypt, Now I have unknown baseband and my imei is blank. What do i do now?
Anuvind98 said:
After unlocking the bootloader flashed magisk and data decrypt imei and baseband are lost can I restore it?before going to service center:crying:?
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It happens to me only when i flash decrypt,if i try to flash another decrypt it doesn't work and data remains crypted.
It's not a big problem bit i would like to have a solution of this problem
still have this problem. any fix?
try this youtube