[Q] how to flash efs in aefs format - Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

i have the efs file but it is in aefs format how can i flash it no tools even like heimdall is able to do it

Which tool did you use to create backup?

Gw|n said:
Which tool did you use to create backup?
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i did'nt backup it i got it from a website luckily
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f684/i-need-file-efs-samsung-s3-mini-i8190-1676425/

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[Q] How to make a rom backup (from rom manager) to become a flashable version of CWM?

I've just flash a rom (download from xda, which is in *.zip format JB4.12) by CWM to my note 1, successfully.
Now I've just backup the rom, with some apps and data, by rom manager. However, the backup come with several files include a *.img instead of a zip file.
Anybody know, how can I make these files to become one *zip file, which I can flash it to the system and make it become factory default??
Please help...
garytako said:
I've just flash a rom (download from xda, which is in *.zip format JB4.12) by CWM to my note 1, successfully.
Now I've just backup the rom, with some apps and data, by rom manager. However, the backup come with several files include a *.img instead of a zip file.
Anybody know, how can I make these files to become one *zip file, which I can flash it to the system and make it become factory default??
Please help...
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I would suggest you taking a nandroid using CWM recovery..its easy to backup & restore..about your question regarding rom manager, may be you can put all the .img files into 1 .zip file, but i really don't know if it will make a flashable rom..
simply say, how to backup thwart whole roman with data which is flashable to cwm?
Nandroid backup backs up the entire rom and is restorable via cwm.
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nokiamodeln91 said:
Nandroid backup backs up the entire rom and is restorable via cwm.
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Thanks for prompt reply.
Will it create *.zip files that can be used to flash to factory default rom?
Not .zip AFAIK..it does on .tar format & another format (forgot the name)..anyways, u should be able to flash .tar using mobile odin..
It doesnot make a zip file. it makes a folder with the date and time when you made the backup. in it has ext4 files of you system,data cache, modem kernel etc.. all you need to do is boot into recovery and go to backup & restore and choose the folder you want to restore and it will do the job.. it doesnot require a zip file this way.

[EFS-cwm-Restore] Restore zip for your EFS

Story behind this zip file:
I messed up my tablet and I could only get into download mode , meaning I could flash a insecure boot.img and custom recovery.
I noticed that my EFS partition was erased when I entered a stock recovery, I got all kind of EFS error messages in recovery.
At first I tried to restore my system with a original ROM ODIN package but that doesn't restore your EFS. So no luck and still stuck in a bootloop.
So what to do? No adb , no EFS backup on my internalSD , I couldn't get acces to my internal SD.
I google around and I didn't find anything to restore EFS from within recovery or Odin. I didn't have a EFS.img backup on my internalSD so the emwo recovery was no help.
I do have a EFS backup that I took with EFS pro.
That generates a .tar and a .img file.
So I made myself a update package that I could flash from cwm. As I made the recovery I knew in what partition EFS is stored so that was easy.
This is the updater script , it should work on GT-N51... (10, 00, 20) as they all store the EFS in this partition.
Code:
show_progress(0.3,72);
ui_print(" ");
ui_print("1. START INSTALLATION");
package_extract_file("EFS.img", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p3");
set_progress(0.99);
ui_print("------------------------------------------");
set_progress(1.0);
I renamed the EFS image backup that I took with efsPro to EFS.img and dropped it in the zip I made with the updeter script.
Flashed it with cwm and voila, running again without any problems.
SO in the attachments is the zip .
Open it with 7zip or winrar , drag and drop your EFS.img (needs to be this name) into the zip where the EFS-dummy text file is. put it on your externalSD , boot to recovery and flash it.
So I hope this helps the people out that come into the same situation as I did.
Thanks for the zip, I have my EFS backup, but I didn't know what to do if I had this problem!
You are a life saver!!!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH​
Long story short, I was like you. my battery died, and for no apparent reason, I couldnt boot. I had download and recovery but no matter what rom i used no boot. Then i noticed in the logcat it was getting stuck on network initialization and also that twrp couldnt mount the efs partition.
I was looking for a way to restore the efs using adb sideload when i found this, popped in my efs backup and volia!
o yea i'm on the GT-i9300 (s3) but it worked like a charm! deffo keeping a copy of that zip just in case.
I have a .tar.gz efs backup compressed file. So how do I use it to flash via CWM?
android addicts said:
I have a .tar.gz efs backup compressed file. So how do I use it to flash via CWM?
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open it using 7zip or winrar and you will find the efs.img inside
copy it and put in the zip file
no luck for me
ephidor said:
open it using 7zip or winrar and you will find the efs.img inside
copy it and put in the zip file
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It keeps on returning to recovery..
Anyone with a link to this efs pro? I fint efs in app store with lots of problems but no efs pro. I buy my apps so not trying to get around that but which app? Thanks
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k9time said:
Anyone with a link to this efs pro? I fint efs in app store with lots of problems but no efs pro. I buy my apps so not trying to get around that but which app? Thanks
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Never mind. ? Found it. Thanks civato..
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OMG...thankkkkks so much....
Anyone have any idea how to proceed if you don't have a backup image of "EFS.img"? Luckily, I am able to boot and run fine, but I understand fixing the EFS will also fix my GPS. Thanks in advance.
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Anyone can help me to flash my EFS using this method? MY note 4 N 910G has damaged EFs and showing unknown basband and null IMEI. Phone rebooting every minute and canot restore EFs in normal mode. My EFS backup has 4 files. Need to restore all this files with flasheble zip. (efs.img.ext4, mdm1m9kefs1.bin, mdm1m9kefs2.bin, mdm1m9kefsc.bin)
arminrr said:
Thanks for the zip, I have my EFS backup, but I didn't know what to do if I had this problem!
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can you pls upload your n5110 efs backup in 4 shared mediafire or mega i down back my efs so i brick my phone need help ls.. :crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
Problem!!!
I flashed it via TWRP Recovery It shows that INSTALLATION SUCCESSFUL but after my phone boots up. I tried to found the EFS folder it only contains bluetooth folder. but I had so many files and folders in my EFS Backup.img file. Why It could not work.
Hi Please take a minute to reply
civato said:
Story behind this zip file:
I messed up my tablet and I could only get into download mode , meaning I could flash a insecure boot.img and custom recovery.
I noticed that my EFS partition was erased when I entered a stock recovery, I got all kind of EFS error messages in recovery.
At first I tried to restore my system with a original ROM ODIN package but that doesn't restore your EFS. So no luck and still stuck in a bootloop.
So what to do? No adb , no EFS backup on my internalSD , I couldn't get acces to my internal SD.
I google around and I didn't find anything to restore EFS from within recovery or Odin. I didn't have a EFS.img backup on my internalSD so the emwo recovery was no help.
I do have a EFS backup that I took with EFS pro.
That generates a .tar and a .img file.
So I made myself a update package that I could flash from cwm. As I made the recovery I knew in what partition EFS is stored so that was easy.
This is the updater script , it should work on GT-N51... (10, 00, 20) as they all store the EFS in this partition.
Code:
show_progress(0.3,72);
ui_print(" ");
ui_print("1. START INSTALLATION");
package_extract_file("EFS.img", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p3");
set_progress(0.99);
ui_print("------------------------------------------");
set_progress(1.0);
I renamed the EFS image backup that I took with efsPro to EFS.img and dropped it in the zip I made with the updeter script.
Flashed it with cwm and voila, running again without any problems.
SO in the attachments is the zip .
Open it with 7zip or winrar , drag and drop your EFS.img (needs to be this name) into the zip where the EFS-dummy text file is. put it on your externalSD , boot to recovery and flash it.
So I hope this helps the people out that come into the same situation as I did.
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Will this method work for stock recovery too? thanks
i know this is old but i find this video that explain how to recovery the efs bad i try and works:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-LZvVLEC5o
adb shell
su
cd /dev/block/platform
cd dw_mmc
cd by-name
ls -l
(copy de code of block and put in .....)
example: mmcblk0p3
mke2fs /dev/block/......
mount -w -t ext4 /dev/block/.......
reboot
can any one uploda efs.img for n5100.. tia

[Q] How to use other people's cwm backup file???

Hi guys,
does anyone know how to use downloaded CWM backup file?
download as the "M7 CWM Nandroid Backup CID OPTUS001 1.29.980.x.rar"
but what should i do with it?
Extract it or copy it direct to sdcard/clockworkmod/backup?
Plz help
smallsen said:
Hi guys,
does anyone know how to use downloaded CWM backup file?
download as the "M7 CWM Nandroid Backup CID OPTUS001 1.29.980.x.rar"
but what should i do with it?
Extract it or copy it direct to sdcard/clockworkmod/backup?
Plz help
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I haven't used CWM in ages, but up to version 6.0.4.6, the backup location used to be /data/media/clockworkmod/backup/
not sure if it was ever updated to /data/media/0/...
extract the .rar file on your PC, it will give you a folder called similar to "2013-mm-dd.hh.mm.ss" place it in your adb folder then push it:
adb push 2013-mm-dd.hh.mm.ss /data/media/clockworkmod/backup/2013-mm-dd.hh.mm.ss <- replace mm, dd etc. to what the download gave you
in recovery select RESTORE, it should show you the above backup, so select "2013-mm-dd.hh.mm.ss" and restore it.
Thanks for you reply nkk71,
I've exact the file but got a folder called 2013-04-30.10.59.31 without SS.
Can I add the ss as the file type and push it into backup folder on the phone?
smallsen said:
Thanks for you reply nkk71,
I've exact the file but got a folder called 2013-04-30.10.59.31 without SS.
Can I add the ss as the file type and push it into backup folder on the phone?
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i dont think the name of the folder matters, just push it to the right location on your, phone.
Thanks Guys, problem solved!!!!!!!
Thanks so much

Bootloop after editing build.prop and hw_easywakeupmotion_config.xml

So I edited the build.prop and one other file in the EMUI folder and now I get bootloops any way to fix this without flashing a rom and losing my data?
Tried to download a fix from Huawei eRecovery but it says that it couldn't get files from the server
You could try to backup your current system partition, then open it to restore the build.prop. After that, save and try to restore the system partition
Potato997 said:
You could try to backup your current system partition, then open it to restore the build.prop. After that, save and try to restore the system partition
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How to do that?
Boot in to TWRP recovery
Make a backup of system partition and move it to your computer
Search for the build.prop file and edit it with some note editor
Save and move it back to your phone and restore it
I DO NOT KNOW IF IT WORKS
Maybe you can wait for some other response to see if there are other solutions.
Potato997 said:
Boot in to TWRP recovery
Make a backup of system partition and move it to your computer
Search for the build.prop file and edit it with some note editor
Save and move it back to your phone and restore it
I DO NOT KNOW IF IT WORKS
Maybe you can wait for some other response to see if there are other solutions.
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Though of it but when I open the backup folder this what I find in it
If you have Meticulus' TWRP you can do a pure dump of the system partition (you get system.img)
Potato997 said:
If you have Meticulus' TWRP you can do a pure dump of the system partition (you get system.img)
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How do I know if it's meticulus's TWRP or not?
If you installed the TWRP from his blog, meticulus.co.vu, it his recovery
Potato997 said:
If you installed the TWRP from his blog, meticulus.co.vu, it his recovery
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Can I try to flash his recovery using fastboot in the current state of the phone?
I just did flash it \o/ I'm doing a system dump as writing this; I may comeback to you to walk me through what to do next, if you agree
If you are able to edit the build.prop and .xml files, just move the dump back on the phone and click on the Restore Dump button
Unfortunately couldn't edit the files so I'm going to fresh install a new ROM

Please: were i found EFS folder in system, Oreo Roms?

TWRP ok, i create backup and i can restore too, but i need manage this EFS folder with root Explorer, whats the directory?
system/?
Thanks for attention.
joaonds said:
TWRP ok, i create backup and i can restore too, but i need manage this EFS folder with root Explorer, whats the directory?
system/?
Thanks for attention.
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Hi, this directory Is not available for the user from 6.0 onwards
EmiAndroid said:
Hi, this directory Is not available for the user from 6.0 onwards
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How TWRP get this folder to backup?
Is there in some local, with root i not found.
I need this directory, because twrp dont restore my IMEI when i update my rom, i lose imei and backup not save me, i dont know why.
joaonds said:
How TWRP get this folder to backup?
Is there in some local, with root i not found.
I need this directory, because twrp dont restore my IMEI when i update my rom, i lose imei and backup not save me, i dont know why.
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Mmmm look, check this theard https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g5s-plus/how-to/how-to-fix-imei-g4-pesist-flashed-t3780837 and tell me, good look!

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