[Q] Can i recover my imei? - Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello, after flashing a custom rom I think I've corrupted the efs and now my imei and my network are 'Unknown'
I didn't do any backups and all i want to know is if there's any solution or i'm resigned to leave my phone like that? or if flashing back to stock room would help? or if there's a way to try to recover my imei?
I've read threads about this issue and i don't mean to bother, but i haven't tried anything yet just because i don't want to keep messing things.
So please help and thank you in advance!!

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[Q] Please Help me, im really in trouble here

Guys, all of a sudden my galaxy lost signal and it seems that it cant read the simcard anymore,
i tried everything, even tried to re-flash the firmware
im really scared
im currently running JPC firmware.
please help me pplease
Try a different simcard? Maybe it went bad.
I tried that too, the simcard that i inserted is working fine on the other phone.. please
im really scared that my phone is now damaged or something..
please
please help me
try a 2.1 build e.g. JM8
Do you have valid IMEI (not 0049....)?
pls
omrij said:
Do you have valid IMEI (not 0049....)?
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i have a blank imei... it does not show anything when i press *#06# it does not show anything oh my
before i lost the signal, i just tried the download mode, since i was helping a friend on how to update his phone, then after i removed the batt, and turned on the phone, i never got any signal,
i tried my sim on a diff phone, and it was working, and i have tried diff sim on my phone but it was still not working, im really scared that my phone is broken...
Do you have backup of /efs?
if not, does your /efs folder has .nv_data.bak file?
what is the date of the file?
I have the back up of those at my external SD...
What do i do with it?
Have a look @ Richthofens posts... he explains how to solve the imei problem...
Have a look here, end of firts post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780867
sensei_renegade said:
I have the back up of those at my external SD...
What do i do with it?
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Restore your nv_data.bin from backup with root explorer or through adb
and delete your nv_data.bin.md5 file
Same Thing happened to me today but I have a valid imei number
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its still not working.. i tried all the things that you suggested... im really worried
my imei is still blank... im regreting the day i updated to JPC
Have you restored your nv_data.bin from backup and deleted nv_data.bin.md5?
yes i did, do i really need to downgrade this to JM8? or can i do this still while in JPC or JPK?
And after reboot still got no IMEI?
Thread moved to Q&A.
Yes... its not working even after reboot
maybe it's permission or ownership issue of nv_data.bin?
sounds like another IMEI issue caused by the Froyo JPH

PROBLEM: Galaxy Ace flashed with Korean ROM for SHW-M240S

Hi All, I have done something stupid and now my ACE is a little bit broken.
After flash procedure with ODIN and Korean rom for SHW-M240S, my IMEI was changed and on a main screen appears sw number. So phone is working but different IMEI persist and this stupid RED sw number on a wallpaper
I was flashing back my phone with a lot of different roms, reset to factory values and still the same. Maybe full recovery from CODEROM could help, the problem is that i don't make backup Hope to find kind user, who will make a clean backup and send it to me... I'm just a girl and probably this is real problem
maufi said:
Hi All, I have done something stupid and now my ACE is a little bit broken.
After flash procedure with ODIN and Korean rom for SHW-M240S, my IMEI was changed and on a main screen appears sw number. So phone is working but different IMEI persist and this stupid RED sw number on a wallpaper
I was flashing back my phone with a lot of different roms, reset to factory values and still the same. Maybe full recovery from CODEROM could help, the problem is that i don't make backup Hope to find kind user, who will make a clean backup and send it to me... I'm just a girl and probably this is real problem
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Why were you flashing a Korean Firmware anyway? You might get away with flash european roms on india or south american aces. But the korean ace has a different feature set. I think you have to restore nv ram which stores the IMEI. Maybe someone with experience with the matter will be able to help.
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Hope that i find someone with experience
Hey!
Maybe this can help out.
HERE!
CHEERS!
Still nothing, in Service Menu i have found menu "rebuild NV", so i did it but my IMEI are still corrupted.
maufi said:
Still nothing, in Service Menu i have found menu "rebuild NV", so i did it but my IMEI are still corrupted.
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Hey!
Try to flash to ..XKC1 firmware-s(try first ASIAN one, then european). They must be STOCK ONES from samfirmware. I hope it helps(if nothing helps, JUST TRY THEM ALL). SORRY! Still fingers crossed for you phone!
CHEERS!
Thanks for quick reply, i will try it now, hope it can help.
Still the same I think thats all what can i do without clear copy of recovery from other ACE.
maufi said:
Still the same I think thats all what can i do without clear copy of recovery from other ACE.
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Hey!
Sorry, but I think you must take it to SERVICE. Just say you tryed to FACTORY RESET. Hope it help you(knows, some others have too, to take it back to service and they sayed, that they DONE FACTORY RESET and after that, phone not started).
CHEERS!
Is there anyone who has a clean copy of backup images (clockwork mod) for galaxy ACE, and be so kind to share it to help stupid girl with phone repair?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15683036&postcount=1
here u go
You didn't understand, i need a clear copy from OTHER phone
OK, my mistake, i'm starting to try Your backup..
still the same there was no android.img
Hey, iv got the same problem. Please help us! :-(
I was looking for similar files in European and Korean software... File amss, which is in MODEM tar archive looks suspicious... In all European roms this file has the same size, in Korean rom it's bigger. Maybe it overwrites something important in ACE?
Im trying everything and searching everywhere but still found nothing :-(
maybe someone advise if this helps https://opensource.samsung.com/reception/reception_main.do?method=reception_search&searchValue=S5830
Same here.
one solution is installing VillainRom, there is no sys info on display. interesting!

Wifi Problem. Please HELP!ASAP!

Hi again! Well I unbricked my phone and now I've restore back from my backup. However, there's one problem- after I unbricked my phone, I can't seem to get any access to the Internet even though I've connected my wifi. So I thought that restoring my backup would clear off this matter, well, it doesn't fix it in any ways. Can anyone help my with this? I'm urge to use my phone's wifi(certain uses) Please and Thank you.
What Android ROM are you using ?
Try to restart your modem first.

Help me Please!!!

my galaxy mini dont have imei.. I made a tutorial to unlock the phone and lost my imei. not to do, I'm desperate
help me please...
i tried flash stock rom, custom rom and nothing... i read that the problem has to do with a file called StL5, but i dont know... i hope you can help me... thanx
you are in a big trouble dude
do you have any backup of your imei partition
I lost my IMEI too, when I installed a custom from. But it's not a big problem if you have signal. Just, you can't install apps from PC through play store and you can't use the anti-theft function. And I think you can't recover your IMEI. I tried all the methods, but not success. And if you return your phone to the Samsung service, they will know that your phone is rooted, etc... Only if you hard brick your phone...There are some methods...
So which means he has to purposely hard brick his phone...
sent from a human's mind.
it means he possibly now have an Apod
I Dont have signal, i dont do nothing, the device reboot very much, Dont have Sound.... I think that is dead x.x
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jamesmuking5 said:
So which means he has to purposely hard brick his phone...
sent from a human's mind.
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Soft Brick, cause OS still running.
Maybe we can call it Phone Brick (no signal, IMEI, etc...)
When Samsung sc changes mobo of the phone, does we get knew IMEI??
maybe, maybe not
bad luck!
bad luck man , i never have see this , but try re-install the stock rom from samsung via odin wipe everything , if this happen with me i made that xp
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delgamarco said:
my galaxy mini dont have imei.. I made a tutorial to unlock the phone and lost my imei. not to do, I'm desperate
help me please...
i tried flash stock rom, custom rom and nothing... i read that the problem has to do with a file called StL5, but i dont know... i hope you can help me... thanx
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you still got the imei at the back of your phone after you put out the battery xD

help flashing sgh-1337

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i removed touchwiz with titanium bkup which has soft bricked my phone. i have tried factory reset doesnt make a difference. tried flashing the original rom with 4 different versions of odin and they all fail . can anyone help me out here please? i have posted some long detailed posts but seem to go ignored. if im doing something wrong please let me know. thanks in advance
i have been reading lots of posts and finding problems similar to mine but nothing that is of help.

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