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I managed to brake my phone :((( help

I installed the odin one click from the CAPTIVATE .... and now the phone only flashes AT&T LOGO the usb is not working any more, not charging not doing anything, and i can't get it by any means in download mode or other mode again. The only thing it will do is flash AT&T logo.... can i get it fixed. or i will have to put it for sale as parts ? thanks hope someone can give me a good advice and help me repair it ...

MC Mate said:
I installed the odin one click from the CAPTIVATE .... and now the phone only flashes AT&T LOGO the usb is not working any more, not charging not doing anything, and i can't get it by any means in download mode or other mode again. The only thing it will do is flash AT&T logo.... can i get it fixed. or i will have to put it for sale as parts ? thanks hope someone can give me a good advice and help me repair it ...
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It can definitely be fixed, it's just a matter of how easily it can be done. Have you tried some of the unusual combinations people have come up with to get into download mode. For example removing the battery, holding power + volume down + home and then reinserting the battery whilst these buttons are held?
Also, if you can't get into download mode that doesn't mean you have to sell it as parts. Samsung will be able to repair it, if they can't tell what you did then perhaps they'll repair it for free under warranty.

Sometimes I just wonder why people try to install low-level software on their device that ISNT MEANT for their device. There is a reason, the captivate has a different model number and that is because it requires DIFFERENT software.
This comes close to me flashing the BIOS for an AMD motherboard on my X58 Intel motherboard.

reason for people installing other software is in my case because im STUPID !!! I stood almost 24 h reading forums in my country and stuff , and i googled ODIN the first link was this ODIN ONE CLIK i entered read about things there and it seamed to be for my phone, and from there we know the story. I did not think for one moment that the soft was for another phone. After i broke it i read all 42 pages and realized that.
I can't get the phone to do anything.... i can't charge it ... it's like the USB does not exist. If i start the phone unpluged, when i plug the usb in turns oFF , ass soon as i take out the USB it will start again to flash the AT&T logo...
I hope if i can't fix it, that SAMSUNG service will change it or can repair it and not charge a hunormus amount of money for that
you have give me hope telling that it can be fixed by samsung , and i still am opened for advices from u guys

Darkstriker said:
Sometimes I just wonder why people try to install low-level software on their device that ISNT MEANT for their device. There is a reason, the captivate has a different model number and that is because it requires DIFFERENT software.
This comes close to me flashing the BIOS for an AMD motherboard on my X58 Intel motherboard.
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This reply of yours was rude and not helpful to OP. He's waiting for someone to help him not bash him.

wsantiagow said:
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This reply of yours was rude and not helpful to OP. He's waiting for someone to help him not bash him.
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thanks, im not going to be upset if people make fun, they can do it because i was so stupid not to see that the soft is for another phone and brake it with my own hand. Isn't on this forum someone that works for Samsung and can tell me for sure what to do , or if the service can do ?

MC Mate said:
thanks, im not going to be upset if people make fun, they can do it because i was so stupid not to see that the soft is for another phone and brake it with my own hand. Isn't on this forum someone that works for Samsung and can tell me for sure what to do , or if the service can do ?
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if we´d have this guy here, the galaxy s would be worlds top android device out of the box, since this guy would perfectly know what the problems are with it and could easily manage to incorporate fixes found here or based on testing people made here...

FadeFx said:
if we´d have this guy here, the galaxy s would be worlds top android device out of the box, since this guy would perfectly know what the problems are with it and could easily manage to incorporate fixes found here or based on testing people made here...
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i was not referring to a developer from samsung or an engineer, i was asking for a guy that works in a Samsung service, and could tell me if my problem can be resolved in the service.

MC Mate said:
i was not referring to a developer from samsung or an engineer, i was asking for a guy that works in a Samsung service, and could tell me if my problem can be resolved in the service.
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Why don't you just call them and ask yourself?

Im sorry but you screwed up. Im sure samsung can fix it but charge you heaps of money. You could always "loose" your phone if you have insurance
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Does Recovery Work?
If not then try flashing a new recovery via fastboot using adb

Man this suck I hve the same proble and waiting for a Jtag for repair the boot
be pattient.

MC Mate said:
thanks, im not going to be upset if people make fun, they can do it because i was so stupid not to see that the soft is for another phone and brake it with my own hand. Isn't on this forum someone that works for Samsung and can tell me for sure what to do , or if the service can do ?
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Maybe you should just ease off the pedal.
/hunormus....definitely re-using that at some point

celtichazard said:
Man this suck I hve the same proble and waiting for a Jtag for repair the boot
be pattient.
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what is Jtag ? i will go on monday at service because in weekend u can't find operators or services open
maybe i will get a nice service guy that will say oh doesn't start (battery empty ) doesn't charge , here is another one
Amz95 said:
Does Recovery Work?
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nothing works, only AT7T logo
kgk888 said:
Maybe you should just ease off the pedal.
/hunormus....definitely re-using that at some point
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i did not get your post
ickyboo said:
Im sorry but you screwed up. Im sure samsung can fix it but charge you heaps of money. You could always "loose" your phone if you have insurance
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you don't have these option very often in this country... i know only one person that has these type of insurance...

Well there is a way of getting your phone working by putting a file on your sd card but you'd have to look for that .

Amz95 said:
Well there is a way of getting your phone working by putting a file on your sd card but you'd have to look for that .
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can u give a link or more details pls

Darkstriker said:
Sometimes I just wonder why people try to install low-level software on their device that ISNT MEANT for their device. There is a reason, the captivate has a different model number and that is because it requires DIFFERENT software.
This comes close to me flashing the BIOS for an AMD motherboard on my X58 Intel motherboard.
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Actually, you should try it... I've been told that flashing Intel boards with AMD firmwares allows unlimited overclocking! or not.

wsantiagow said:
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This reply of yours was rude and not helpful to OP. He's waiting for someone to help him not bash him.
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Rude ? He is right ^^
There is no easy way to tell someone he is a moron^^

Mynx said:
Rude ? He is right ^^
There is no easy way to tell someone he is a moron^^
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I'm sorry for that. It's a little bit of frustration speaking there. But I guess you have a way bigger problem. Although that post about putting the right file on the SD seems interesting (but I haven't heard of anything like that before).
But if you can, returning the phone and hoping that samsung will fix it will be the easiest fix.

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I'm sorry for that. It's a little bit of frustration speaking there. But I guess you have a way bigger problem. Although that post about putting the right file on the SD seems interesting (but I haven't heard of anything like that before).
But if you can, returning the phone and hoping that samsung will fix it will be the easiest fix.
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im sure samsung can fix it evan by changing the sd in the phone with the correct soft will solve it, but i want to see if there is another way of doing it

[Q] 16gb Flash drive is read only

I have a 16GB flash drive sent from HP as a restore drive. I no longer have the laptop and would like to use the flash drive as my current laptops restore device. It is showing everywhere as read only. I have already opened the flash drive to see if they put a switch inside. Which they didn't. So any help with this would be appreciated.

Have you tried formatting it???

MacaronyMax said:
Have you tried formatting it???
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Yep. It won't let me. I can't even remove the partition and add it back. In computer management it says the entire drive is read only

Hmm... Perhaps then the hardware is actulay only read only....
Seeing that they sent it you as a restore drive

MacaronyMax said:
Hmm... Perhaps then the hardware is actulay only read only....
Seeing that they sent it you as a restore drive
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Well i was hoping that wasn't the case
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MacaronyMax said:
right click and select properties.. See what you can find there
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nothing is there. It doesn't come up with read-only or any options like that. I have tried low level format. Destructive partitioning in Unix. Many things. I am really starting to think the hardware itself is like ROM instead of RAM. I dunno

Have you looked up any chip details, or identified a manufacturer?
Often, these devices have a "programming" tool that can be used to lock or unlock them. I know I can unbrand some of those free ones companies give out, since I have the programming tool.
If you can find the right tool, you might be half way there

pulser_g2 said:
Have you looked up any chip details, or identified a manufacturer?
Often, these devices have a "programming" tool that can be used to lock or unlock them. I know I can unbrand some of those free ones companies give out, since I have the programming tool.
If you can find the right tool, you might be half way there
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I know it is a kingston flash drive....other than that i don't have much info on it.

right click and select properties.. See what you can find there

Google "rumored" full backup

How do you guys think about the rumored cloud backup of Google? I think it would be great to have such a function and! I just don't want to use apps like titanium etc. I just want my phone to recover settings, apps, mail accounts and more when doing a restore after flashing.
Back to the topic. Is there any more news on this subject?
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lowtje said:
How do you guys think about the rumored cloud backup of Google? I think it would be great to have such a function and! I just don't want to use apps like titanium etc. I just want my phone to recover settings, apps, mail accounts and more when doing a restore after flashing.
Back to the topic. Is there any more news on this subject?
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In all honesty I am not a big fan of titanium backup at all.

I would actually love this, it would be good if it wasn't Nexus 5 specific but android specific so I could move to any other phone when its out and not reconfigure it.

Yeah there was some info at first, but now its all silentmode
http://m.digitaltrends.com/mobile/nexus-5-leaks-time-hints-cloud-backup-android-4-4-kitkat/
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Helium is a great alternative to Titanium, and you don't need root. Looks much nicer as well, very Google-esque

I for one used to HATE titanium, and I found the GUI very confusing and hard to understand. But. Once I got used to it I found it to be one of the most useful apps i've purchased. Just my thoughts
On the google backup thing, I think it would be cool. But i'd have to see how it was implemented.

titanium bu is for noobs. I would NEVER use it. I'd rather lose all my data,
Backing up / restoring user data is never a good idea in IMO. I'm not saying it doesn't work, but, show me the thread with the guy/gal that has issues from not restoring from a other brand/model phone....... its just not a good idea. Even with the same model phone, its just poor practice.

apristel said:
titanium bu is for noobs. I would NEVER use it. I'd rather lose all my data,
Backing up / restoring user data is never a good idea in IMO. I'm not saying it doesn't work, but, show me the thread with the guy/gal that has issues from not restoring from a other brand/model phone....... its just not a good idea. Even with the same model phone, its just poor practice.
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Why? I've been doing it for years across a dozen different phones and I've never had an issue. As long as you're not restoring system data, any problems are usually due to user error.
I get that you personally don't like TB, but you can't just make a broad generalization based on your own opinion. There's already too much of that going on in the N5 forums.

Same here. Been using TB since the Captivate days and still do. Never had an issue restoring user apps and data.
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apristel said:
titanium bu is for noobs. I would NEVER use it. I'd rather lose all my data,
Backing up / restoring user data is never a good idea in IMO. I'm not saying it doesn't work, but, show me the thread with the guy/gal that has issues from not restoring from a other brand/model phone....... its just not a good idea. Even with the same model phone, its just poor practice.
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just because YOU don't know how to use it, you shouldn't call them as 'noobs.'
been using titanium for years. it works fine. user friendly.

maxpower7 said:
Why? I've been doing it for years across a dozen different phones and I've never had an issue. As long as you're not restoring system data, any problems are usually due to user error.
I get that you personally don't like TB, but you can't just make a broad generalization based on your own opinion. There's already too much of that going on in the N5 forums.
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Actually. I did just make a broad generalization based on my own opinion. Something i am granted to do. You won't see the threads with people complaining that their device is working fine after doing the b/u manually. These apps that fleece users for doing the dumbest **** piss me off.
1 Figure out WHY.HOW it can do the backup.
2.DO it yourself.

apristel said:
Actually. I did just make a broad generalization based on my own opinion. Something i am granted to do. You won't see the threads with people complaining that their device is working fine after doing the b/u manually. These apps that fleece users for doing the dumbest **** piss me off.
1 Figure out WHY.HOW it can do the backup.
2.DO it yourself.
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I've gotten more utility out of TB than any other app I've ever paid for. My experience with TB has been the exact opposite of whatever your definition of "fleecing" is. But whatever, bro. If you need to be unpleasant, knock yourself out.

I'd really like the ability for a back up app to remember my Google music "pins". Since I tend to pin a ton, I don't have the space to backup the music app itself.
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esskayy said:
Helium is a great alternative to Titanium, and you don't need root. Looks much nicer as well, very Google-esque
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Helium is terrible, it looks nice but it has tons of problems(read the reviews). It has trouble restoring many apps data especially if you use the cloud storage option.

apristel said:
Actually. I did just make a broad generalization based on my own opinion. Something i am granted to do. You won't see the threads with people complaining that their device is working fine after doing the b/u manually. These apps that fleece users for doing the dumbest **** piss me off.
1 Figure out WHY.HOW it can do the backup.
2.DO it yourself.
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You next to chill dude. I agree that tibu has its limitations and is over sold for what it claims it can do. But it has its place. Others opinions are just as valid as yours.

aohus said:
just because YOU don't know how to use it, you shouldn't call them as 'noobs.'
been using titanium for years. it works fine. user friendly.
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I don't recall saying i never used it. weird....my computer must be posting for me.
jd1639 said:
You next to chill dude. I agree that tibu has its limitations and is over sold for what it claims it can do. But it has its place. Others opinions are just as valid as yours.
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I'll agree with your point. Very valid. While it does work most of the time, it seriously cannot be trusted to restore between devices/versions of android.. These are my opinions, however, it has sold/worked for many.
thanks. ( i did actually thank you buy limited to 8 per day.)

apristel said:
I don't recall saying i never used it. weird....my computer must be posting for me.
I'll agree with your point. Very valid. While it does work most of the time, it seriously cannot be trusted to restore between devices/versions of android.. These are my opinions, however, it has sold/worked for many.
thanks. ( i did actually thank you buy limited to 8 per day.)
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I just used TB and Box storage to migrate from my N4 to my N5. No problems. TB has supported syncing backups to / from cloud storage for some time now.

rg1003 said:
I just used TB and Box storage to migrate from my N4 to my N5. No problems. TB has supported syncing backups to / from cloud storage for some time now.
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i never said it didn't do cloud backup... local/cloud backup has nothing to do with it.....what would the difference be?
I guess i am coming off wrong... You can't expect your phone to function normally doing something it isn't intended to do.
My honda civic is running wrong. I've been beating the ish out of it all week. whats wrong? damn honda.

apristel said:
I guess i am coming off wrong...
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Maybe just cluttered. I think your trying to say restoring app DATA along with the app is a bad idea. I agree with you if you are referring to system apps. Migration from ROM to ROM will cause issues. Phone A to phone B would be an epic failure. However I see very few problems when restoring user apps and data. I personally stopped using TB and now use Android Tuner. It has about everything you could ask for in a root package app.

theesotericone said:
Maybe just cluttered. I think your trying to say restoring app DATA along with the app is a bad idea. I agree with you if you are referring to system apps. Migration from ROM to ROM will cause issues. Phone A to phone B would be an epic failure. However I see very few problems when restoring user apps and data. I personally stopped using TB and now use Android Tuner. It has about everything you could ask for in a root package app.
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fair statement. I still don't believe in backing up any data (besides full nandroid). 9/10 times you won't have issues starting freshhhhh.

Uninstalled ItsOn, now problems

So, I made the mistake of uninstalling ItsOn on my Sprint HTC One M8. Now I am unable to use data, sms, make calls, wifi report it's unstable. What the hell is going on? I have attempted to reinstall an RUU and even after that I get the same errors. I am on the verge of going into the Sprint store tomorrow for a replacement. I called HTC and they think the SIM card might be bad. I checked it and it looks fine. Is there something I can reinstall to fix this or is my phone dead just from that one uninstall?

Try flashing a stock 4.4.4 rom it will come stock with itson. Then do a ##72786# reset to attempt to restore your original data settings. Which way did you remove itson?

I used ROM Toolbox to uninstall ItsOn. I have reinstalled a stock rom on my phone in the hopes it would restore, but I still can not use any of the radios. This is crazy.

Just speculating. I almost wonder if this ItsOn also handles the phones antenna encryption. Possible there is some partician this is saved on and by uninstalling it I also wiped the partician. Add in the RUU do not contain it. Either way, guess I have to stop in at the Sprint store today and get a replacement.

ItsOn is in the /carrier partition aswell you cannot simply remove it. To attempt to fix your problem can you go into ##3282# and enter your msl go into data profile and hit restore and reboot. Also to remove itson on a stock rom flash this in recovery https://www.dropbox.com/s/md83hn4um0i5p09/Remove_ItsOn.zip?dl=0

Crud, don't think I have the MSL number.

If you are s-off download msl reader from play store otherwise youll have to get it from sprint

EVOuser94 said:
ItsOn is in the /carrier partition aswell you cannot simply remove it. To attempt to fix your problem can you go into ##3282# and enter your msl go into data profile and hit restore and reboot. Also to remove itson on a stock rom flash this in recovery https://www.dropbox.com/s/md83hn4um0i5p09/Remove_ItsOn.zip?dl=0
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Now that I think about it. I think Sprint tech support had me do this. I recall a menu where it did this last night.

Most techs will give you the ##786# code to do this. Try a simpler ##72786# that one wont require msl

Ok, got the code and ran what you said. Still dead. HTC just had me do a recovery wipe. I think this is hardware related now. Software would have been restored at some point. I would think it would have restored once I loaded the RUU stock ROM.

Possibly, You could always try to connect to a wifi and do a handsfree activation aswell
All these "fixes" are speculation, I couldnt know your exact problems unless i had the device in hand. Just know Im trying

EVOuser94 said:
Possibly, You could always try to connect to a wifi and do a handsfree activation aswell
All these "fixes" are speculation, I couldnt know your exact problems unless i had the device in hand. Just know Im trying
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Tried the wifi route, but wifi is also messed up. It will connect to my wifi network, but reports the connection is unstable.

Cataract2 said:
Tried the wifi route, but wifi is also messed up. It will connect to my wifi network, but reports the connection is unstable.
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Yeah, at this point id also agree its hardware. Getcha a replacement haha

EVOuser94 said:
Yeah, at this point id also agree its hardware. Getcha a replacement haha
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Lol, I better hope it's hardware. I figured it best to come clean with HTC and let them know it was rooted. So, they will have their diagnosis team look at it and if they determine the root caused it then I might be out some $$$ for the repair of it.
Still don't see how the root could cause this in the end. Unless there is a section that the RUU doesn't get.

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Lol, I better hope it's hardware. I figured it best to come clean with HTC and let them know it was rooted. So, they will have their diagnosis team look at it and if they determine the root caused it then I might be out some $$$ for the repair of it.
Still don't see how the root could cause this in the end. Unless there is a section that the RUU doesn't get.
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Id hold your tongue on that, HTC doesnt really care too much they just see it as a defective device and they RUU themselves and if that doesnt fix it they pretty much use it as spare parts or remelt and rebuild a new one that will work. silence and claiming ignorance is key to winning them over lol

EVOuser94 said:
Id hold your tongue on that, HTC doesnt really care too much they just see it as a defective device and they RUU themselves and if that doesnt fix it they pretty much use it as spare parts or remelt and rebuild a new one that will work. silence and claiming ignorance is key to winning them over lol
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Bit late on that. I told the care personel over chat that I did. They still offered the swap program that they were offering in the beginning. We'll see what happens. Dunno if they tag my account with regards to it or not. I just was thinking since the bootloader says **relocked** they might notice that and freak.

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Bit late on that. I told the care personel over chat that I did. They still offered the swap program that they were offering in the beginning. We'll see what happens. Dunno if they tag my account with regards to it or not. I just was thinking since the bootloader says **relocked** they might notice that and freak.
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Lol, nah, you got lucky but they hardly ever look at that stuff

EVOuser94 said:
Lol, nah, you got lucky but they hardly ever look at that stuff
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First time warrantying a phone, let alone a smart phone. Wasn't sure. Will remember that in the future. Guess I should always remember the human condition. Everyone is lazy.
Lesson learned on this though. Do not uninstall ItsOn. Just in case this truly is a software issue. Though I doubt it.
BTW, does that uninstaller you sent me work? Is it based on the Bad Boyz uninstaller? I'm just a bit leary after this experience to attack that again. Though I do not like it using 40% of my battery.

Cataract2 said:
First time warrantying a phone, let alone a smart phone. Wasn't sure. Will remember that in the future. Guess I should always remember the human condition. Everyone is lazy.
Lesson learned on this though. Do not uninstall ItsOn. Just in case this truly is a software issue. Though I doubt it.
BTW, does that uninstaller you sent me work? Is it based on the Bad Boyz uninstaller? I'm just a bit leary after this experience to attack that again. Though I do not like it using 40% of my battery.
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The one i sent you is for stock, bad boys is for his rom

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The one i sent you is for stock, bad boys is for his rom
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Just because I want to read up some more. Where did you get yours from? Is there a thread about it or a how to?

What is EFS?

What is it? And for that matter, is it dangerous to mess with? I don't mess with it, but these are questions for knowledge mostly. What does it do and what is stored in there? If it got corrupted, is that fixable at all? Thanks! Might be a noob question, but I've always modded my stuff without ever touching it or even knowing what it is! I always choose to back it up with my TWRP backups an then restore the EFS with my backups.

As far as I know EFS partition contains some vital info of your phone's IMEI, serial number, radio info and other similar information. It's good to have a backup of your EFS partition all the time, because if it becomes corrupted you can quite easily render your phone useless (at least cell part of it). I learned my lesson with my old Nexus S ...

If it gets corrupted, and you don't have a backup then you lose your IMEI number and with that the ability to connect to any cellular network. So yes, back it up and keep it in a secure place.

As above.
Back it up once, forget about it. I've never seen any EFS related issues on the Nexus 5 or 6. Samsung on the other hand, every day,

EFS usually only get wiped when your doing something in the grey area... Such as *ahem* swapping IMEI's and other device identifiers to circumvent carrier/network blacklisted devices which we don't discuss on XDA, buy is common practice in the local phone shops you may find on craigslist. If you're good now and plan to stay that way, leave it alone. Backing up is a good practice when flashing ROMS, radios, system IMG., etc. You never know what may go wrong.
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Really, the loss of an IMEI isn't even the worst scenario. It's the authentication certificates that are almost impossible to replace on a GSM network, and on CDMA it's the AAA password and HA KEY that are unique to each device. Anyways, point being, back up--and store on external drive somewhere

Alright! Thanks guys for all your answers! So in short, if I were to lose that data and not have a backup, the device is fubar? No cellular data ever again?
Sent from my Nexus 6

No cellular anything.

Yeah, I owned mine that I broke. I was trying to get that galaxy nexus from Sprint flashed to pageplus/Verizon. No backup=no data for me. I never tried the donor thing, but I learned how to do all of it right here on XDA. @autoprime had a great thread about it back in the day. That phone is still awesome running OMNI ROM, but with a crappy camera... I like this nexus 6 only somewhat better, actually. Gnex was one of the greatest nexus devices ever, in part, I think at least, because Samsung was the manufacturer. Great model... Wish they made this nexus or the newest 6p, but I digress.

jbeezley said:
Yeah, I owned mine that I broke. I was trying to get that galaxy nexus from Sprint flashed to pageplus/Verizon. No backup=no data for me. I never tried the donor thing, but I learned how to do all of it right here on XDA. @autoprime had a great thread about it back in the day. That phone is still awesome running OMNI ROM, but with a crappy camera... I like this nexus 6 only somewhat better, actually. Gnex was one of the greatest nexus devices ever, in part, I think at least, because Samsung was the manufacturer. Great model... Wish they made this nexus or the newest 6p, but I digress.
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I never had the Galaxy Nexus, did Samsung do a good job with it? My personal preference here has to be this Motorola Nexus 6! Motorola made an impressive build in my opinion and the device is sturdy, big, and all around amazing to me! I could say that they should have taken more consideration in the speakers, they work great and provide superb sound! But that hissing crackling sound when the battery is low........ Only complaint!
This Huawei 6P on the other hand............... Hahahaha
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Ok guys. Lets clearify something real fast. The reason that XDA frowns on editing the IMEI is due to the fact that it is illegal in many countries to mess with it at all.
With that being said. The EFS partition should always be backed up when you can. Samsung and other OEM have a habit of making the partition to be erasible and once erased without a backup you are hosed.

zelendel said:
Ok guys. Lets clearify something real fast. The reason that XDA frowns on editing the IMEI is due to the fact that it is illegal in many countries to mess with it at all.
With that being said. The EFS partition should always be backed up when you can. Samsung and other OEM have a habit of making the partition to be erasible and once erased without a backup you are hosed.
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What would be the best way to back it up? With TWRP or is there a more ideal solution than that? And I own this device, I'm definitely not asking about illegal stuff in here. Lol
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H4X0R46 said:
What would be the best way to back it up? With TWRP or is there a more ideal solution than that? And I own this device, I'm definitely not asking about illegal stuff in here. Lol
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I was say using an ADB command to back it up to your pc.
As for owning it that really doesn't apply. Even the owner is not legally allowed to mess with the IMEI numbers.

zelendel said:
I was say using an ADB command to back it up to your pc.
As for owning it that really doesn't apply. Even the owner is not legally allowed to mess with the IMEI numbers.
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What would be the command to use? I'm not great with adb. I have used it but I'm not great with it lol
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If you are most comfortable with TWRP, just use that to create the backup. Connect to your computer in MTP, find it in the TWRP folder and copy the file over to your computer.
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And yes, the galaxy nexus was a fantastic build that really helped to put the nexus phones on the map. First phone to use NFC, IIRC. The device performance overall was to notch, especially with custom ROMS. Had a lot of features that made it an exceptional phone for the starting price. Only true downfall of the device was a crappy camera.

H4X0R46 said:
What would be the command to use? I'm not great with adb. I have used it but I'm not great with it lol
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No worries, To be honest I am not sure of the mounting points for this device or where the efs is stored on this device. If twrp works as stated then I would just use that and copy it some where safe.

zelendel said:
No worries, To be honest I am not sure of the mounting points for this device or where the efs is stored on this device. If twrp works as stated then I would just use that and copy it some where safe.
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Thanks guys! You all are awesome! Always helpful here on XDA!
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