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[Q] my imei is changed. should i be worried?

i have been lurking these forums for a while. but made an account for this. i have been flashing roms and what not for about 6 months. as i was fed up with waiting for updates. anyway straight to the question.
my IMEI has changed recently to the 004999010640000 generic one. does that mean is corrupted. what are the risks/problems that i will face if i leave it or try to restore? should i re flash stock and work my way back to custom roms again? or are there other methods that i can do? do these methods restore the original IMEI or a new one. is there a problem with that?
its been like that for about 2 months. i have no backups. it also makes my phone show up twice on marketplace on a desktop. i guess google can see the difference.

i found my old imei . fair sure i shouldn't tell you what it is. is there a way to change it back to that code? without to much hassle? i really dont want to flash back to froyo and start again. i would settle with a factory wipe and some instructions on preventing this from happening again

Please follow instructions at own risk. I am fairly new to all of this but below is what work for me.
If you have a backup, which I did, then you should have an efs folder inside your backup folder. This contains the files you need. (nv_data.bin.md5 & nv_data.bin)
The easiest is to place these to files in the root folder of your internal sd card. Then with something like Root Explorer copy these files & then go to the actual efs folder of your phone and paste them of the existing files in this folder.
Once you have done this delete the nv_data.bak.md5, nv_data.bak and nv_log files.
If you don't have a backup others have said the best is to flash a stock rom which should then restore your original IMEI number. I have not personally done this but it is mentioned a lot.
I don't know how to change the IMEI number any other way.

i was hoping there was an easyer way. i dont have a baack up but i guess i will have to make one when i get it back. ill try it when i get some free time. would any stock rom work or do i have to get a build thats froyo or ginger. would this idea work?
first make back up of files i need. and do a titanium backup and nand
second flash back to stock. check for restored imei
3rd make backup of efs.
4th follow steps to get custom rom working again
5th restore nand backup
6th if imei is lost again use backup.

I just wish there was an easy way to do it other than going back to old firmware
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There is if you had made a backup. Unfortunately without a back, which you should always make, you need to take the long route...

I read that the app called Galaxy_S Unlock by Helroz can fix your problem. You need rooted phone.

I have flashed alot of roms and hav alot of efs backups bt all these are just logs. R they useful?
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Sys81 said:
I have flashed alot of roms and hav alot of efs backups bt all these are just logs. R they useful?
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if i had made some im sure i wouldnt be having a hassle right now lol. just need one working one
i think i just did find a backup. from one of the installs it actualy was in the tutorial
going to try it now.

scubadude said:
Please follow instructions at own risk. I am fairly new to all of this but below is what work for me.
If you have a backup, which I did, then you should have an efs folder inside your backup folder. This contains the files you need. (nv_data.bin.md5 & nv_data.bin)
The easiest is to place these to files in the root folder of your internal sd card. Then with something like Root Explorer copy these files & then go to the actual efs folder of your phone and paste them of the existing files in this folder.
Once you have done this delete the nv_data.bak.md5, nv_data.bak and nv_log files.
If you don't have a backup others have said the best is to flash a stock rom which should then restore your original IMEI number. I have not personally done this but it is mentioned a lot.
I don't know how to change the IMEI number any other way.
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is there anything else i should do? like change permitions? wipe or restart anything????

ended up just flashing samfirmware 2.3.6 stock. then reflashed cm9. i have my imei back. is there an easy way to back it up and restore it around. most things i se involve some terminal or adb. terminal im a bit iffy with and adb i wont be able to do

SturmTyrann said:
ended up just flashing samfirmware 2.3.6 stock. then reflashed cm9. i have my imei back. is there an easy way to back it up and restore it around. most things i se involve some terminal or adb. terminal im a bit iffy with and adb i wont be able to do
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Nitrality app.

I don't think that app works with ics/cm9. Its unusually fast for. Backup. Almost like it didn't do anything at all. At backup and restore. It says done as soon. As I click backup or restore.
sent from icecreamland where everything looks cyan....

Look at your sdcard insanity/backup

just go to any CWM recovery and in backup and restore option, backup efs or vice-versa !

Missing people

A while back after a rom or two always using Titanium backup a number of contacts disappeared. I had flashed a few rom and all contacts always saved the titanium. Then after another flash many were missing and would not or could not restore. Even downloading contact apps that revealed missing contacts did not show all I uses to have. I believe this was when I went from Fasty to either rc2.1 ics, cm7, or another gb rom. Any ideas?
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I've found its more reliable to use google contacts and just sync after a flash. As for recovering the ones lost, probably no hope unless you made a Nandroid of the last ROM you remember having all of them.

Darkangels6sic6 said:
A while back after a rom or two always using Titanium backup a number of contacts disappeared. I had flashed a few rom and all contacts always saved the titanium. Then after another flash many were missing and would not or could not restore. Even downloading contact apps that revealed missing contacts did not show all I uses to have. I believe this was when I went from Fasty to either rc2.1 ics, cm7, or another gb rom. Any ideas?
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I just go into contacts and click menu and restore/backup then I click backup to storage, then when I want them back I click restore from storage and its finds the file for you
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That is another way to back up contacts. However, if that backup were not performed before flashing a wipe ROM, it goes back to not being able to recover lost contacts.

(true life story)
I once had flash party with other junkies like me. Suddenly, people got missing!!!
But, luckily, nobody noticed it and the party went on!

Does CM use diff phone app ? cant restore contacts

Hey
So I wiped everything , trying to get my phone contacts back , but I cant
I have a full backup with Titanium Backup
I did wipe before and restored with no problems
now I have CM9 and i'm trying to restore my contacts (a backup I took before using stock ICS) but contacts won't show up
any idea ?

y0us3f said:
Hey
So I wiped everything , trying to get my phone contacts back , but I cant
I have a full backup with Titanium Backup
I did wipe before and restored with no problems
now I have CM9 and i'm trying to restore my contacts (a backup I took before using stock ICS) but contacts won't show up
any idea ?
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If you have your contacts backed up with Google you don't need to use Titanium Backup or any other system, just log in to your Google account and then go to Sync Settings and trigger a synchronization, that will restore all your contacts automatically. Contacts-Sync works across all versions of Android.

cm9 has with good reason in first post dont restore with titanium
Tip always read first post and thread.
Best way is to revert to prior rom, restore, then synch with google and check if its all there, then go to cm9 and synch back. But be safe doing it.
I guess titanium can restore apps safely but data no, no gaurantee it will run perfectly. which is why in first thread it says no.
even between stock versions I run into issues, so I dont do it. When on one version, it shouldnt be an issue, backing up and restoring.
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flashing new roms

hey... im a little new to android not tht a noobie but still just learning... i hav an SG Ace running CynogenMod 7.2... i had flashed few other roms as well... but everytime i flashed a rom i had to delete everything... apps contacts messages etc.. i hav an ext3 partition using S2E.. when i flash another rom do i hav to clear the partition as well??? is there any way i can retrieve the apps bak into the new rom? i know theres titanium backup but last time i flashed a rom the backups in titanium back up vanished n i had to restore from CWM backup... is there any other way.. any way off keeping the apps on the ext partition secure n being able to use them on the new rom?
many times i see ppl flashig roms very often do they clear everything as well?
thanx in advance=)

I don't think so ...titanium backup and nandroid backup are the only ways.

hmmm okay thanx=) is there any other option other than titanium? so tht just incase titanium fails ill hav another backup for important apps?

Why don't you try this ....CLOUD BACKUP !
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...SwxLDIxMiwiY29tLmtvdXNoaWtkdXR0YS5iYWNrdXAiXQ..

use apps backup and restore link is provided below..that is the back and restore im using..but before flashing other ROM u shud back up the apps via apps back up and restore and then back up to ur computer.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wsMSwxLDEsIm1vYmkuaW5mb2xpZmUuYXBwYmFja3VwIl0.
shoaib30 said:
hmmm okay thanx=) is there any other option other than titanium? so tht just incase titanium fails ill hav another backup for important apps?
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shoaib30 said:
hmmm okay thanx=) is there any other option other than titanium? so tht just incase titanium fails ill hav another backup for important apps?
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You can use My Backup and My Backup Pro
Works Fine for me :d

Vishrut Chhajer said:
Why don't you try this ....CLOUD BACKUP !
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...SwxLDIxMiwiY29tLmtvdXNoaWtkdXR0YS5iYWNrdXAiXQ..
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cloud backup isnt compatible with my phone=(

cennation4apprentice said:
You can use My Backup and My Backup Pro
Works Fine for me :d
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app looks good...=) does it backup app data as well? for eg. if i backup a game n restore will the game data be there? or whatsapp will the chats be there?

shoaib30 said:
cloud backup isnt compatible with my phone=(
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Weird dude ...even I have a ace...but it shows that it's compatible with mine !

Vishrut Chhajer said:
Weird dude ...even I have a ace...but it shows that it's compatible with mine !
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okay thts weird=| it doesnt even show up in playstore on the phone...

Unfortunately, nandroid and titanium are the only ways.
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(I was Chalak)

Merge multiple Viber messages databases in Samsung Captivate

Hey all, i dont know if this is possible but I flashed my captivate and before i could restore the data with titanium backup, i got a flurry of messages from my viber friends. basically, if i restore the backup now, i lose the new messages and without restoring, i cant have my old messages in the history.
is it possible to merge the viber_messages file on the captivate with the one from the backup? maybe in a sql manager or somthing? i'm sorry but i dont know sql but was wondering if it could work?
thanks

rodogg88 said:
Hey all, i dont know if this is possible but I flashed my captivate and before i could restore the data with titanium backup, i got a flurry of messages from my viber friends. basically, if i restore the backup now, i lose the new messages and without restoring, i cant have my old messages in the history.
is it possible to merge the viber_messages file on the captivate with the one from the backup? maybe in a sql manager or somthing? i'm sorry but i dont know sql but was wondering if it could work?
thanks
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hello.. I think it will not work, because when I tried that, it require me to do a data wipe, so you will lose all your messaging hisotry then on your viber,

Wolgast1 said:
hello.. I think it will not work, because when I tried that, it require me to do a data wipe, so you will lose all your messaging hisotry then on your viber,
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really? you sure you didnt do something to your phone's OS? the only time i hear about data wipe is when loading a new OS