Is there any method that I can back up the device completely so that I can venture into other roms including imei in case of losing
TWRP does a full backup. It does NOT backup your user files though on the SD Card. Just make sure that after you make the full backup that you go to the SD Card and copy off the TWRP Folder to a PC or if you have a Duo Thumb drive like me, plug it in and set it as the save location when you are backing up with TWRP.
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TWRP does a full backup. It does NOT backup your user files though on the SD Card. Just make sure that after you make the full backup that you go to the SD Card and copy off the TWRP Folder to a PC or if you have a Duo Thumb drive like me, plug it in and set it as the save location when you are backing up with TWRP.
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but backup twrp does not work with imei
jakson7474 said:
but backup twrp does not work with imei
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Works
Efs backup (it's imei partition)
jakson7474 said:
but backup twrp does not work with imei
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Ah I see these guys have the imei issue. I'm only day 3 with the G5S Plus lol. didn't have these issues with the Turbo
drtweak said:
Ah I see these guys have the imei issue. I'm only day 3 with the G5S Plus lol. didn't have these issues with the Turbo
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They lose their imei cuz they don't know what they are doing and follow a lot of bad advice given by others that don't know what they are doing - classic case of blind leading the blind. I've run almost every rom, restored stock a couple times, never lost imei.
Phazmos said:
They lose their imei cuz they don't know what they are doing and follow a lot of bad advice given by others that don't know what they are doing - classic case of blind leading the blind. I've run almost every rom, restored stock a couple times, never lost imei.
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Same?
Idk,why people lost them imei
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i am currently in the middle of a nandroid backup that has been going for about an hour should i pull the battery? i really dont want to corrupt my card because most of my music is on it and i just bought a new computer hard drive because my old one f*cked itself. Any suggestions?
Ive had the same problem. I dont think you need to pull the battery, I just press call (green) menu and end (red). Then delete the nandroid folder on your sd card and reboot into recovery and try backing up again.
i tried what you said, cause i had the same problem just now, and its still taking long. the only difference is the little dots a coming up a little faster. help?
help? anybody? im trying it a third time right now.. hopefully its works
should not take more than 2 minutes I have had this happen once pulled battery deleted nandroid file and started again and it worked.
ive tried everything and its just not working
Try reflashing the Recovery.
repair the ext files from recovery? lol.
uansari1 said:
Try reflashing the Recovery.
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repair the ext files from recovery? lol.
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Do either of these require any type of wipe? Or will I lose anything that I should backup first?
roadrunnerx7 said:
Do either of these require any type of wipe? Or will I lose anything that I should backup first?
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no they do not.
tried those things and it didnt work
i just found out that the reason the nandroid backup wasnt ending for me was because there wasnt enough space on my sdcard. I feel soo stupid now, thanks guys
how much space did you need?
Edit: Solved by going back to Stock GB. Thanks everyone!
I've got a friend who got a new Captivate from the US. And he flashed CM10 right after getting it, without making a backup of the efs folder. Now, the efs partition is completely empty, and of course it says "Unknown baseband, unknown imei", etc".
I've looked around, but all the imei restore methods seem to require at least one efs file. However in this case we have none. So, is there any way to restore the efs/imei? Maybe mounting it to the pc and running a file restoration software (might sound desperate, but we are).
Also, I have another captivate (this one is mine) with the efs. Would it be possible to modify my backup to use his original imei and then restore it in his phone?
Any ideas are welcome. Thanks in advance.
Installing CM should automatically backup /efs to the sdcard. Look for a folder called "backup." Also, flashing to stock can sometimes resolve these issues without tampering with /efs
I can't give you a 100% guarantee, but the two phones that I've had to recover IMEI's for both regained the efs folder contents when I flashed to stock GB from an ICS or JB rom.
Waiting 5mins inbetween postings sux.
The easiest way I could find to restore my IMEI was to re-flash back to a stock (in my case it was a rogers rom) then go forth from there. Like it was mentioned above, CM9/10 save the efs and restore it after flash. I lost my IMEI while flashing Helly and was frustrated at reading the "fixes". It was just easier to format, reflash stock then go back to CM10 (Which I'm running now and it's great).
Thanks for the replies.
Apparently, he tried to flash CM9, and in the process he thinks the internal memory (/sdcard/) was somehow wiped and now he can't find that folder. I told him to use recuva or something like that to try and get them back, let's see how that goes.
But in case he can't recover that folder, is there any other way? Maybe mounting efs partition on the memory and using recuva then?
He really has bad luck...
Well, there really is NO backup. I can't find the efs backup on the sdcard. Even tried with Recuva and there's nothing there.
What's funny about it is that there's no files in the efs partition, yet the df command says it's full. Any ideas?
As a last resource thing, I was thinking about using the efs from MY captivate and see what happens. Thoughts?
I really apreciate any comment!! Thanks in advance.
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Well, there really is NO backup. I can't find the efs backup on the sdcard. Even tried with Recuva and there's nothing there.
What's funny about it is that there's no files in the efs partition, yet the df command says it's full. Any ideas?
As a last resource thing, I was thinking about using the efs from MY captivate and see what happens. Thoughts?
I really apreciate any comment!! Thanks in advance.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1300843 Go there and get one of the One-Clicks that will take you to stock GB. As several other people have said that is your best bet for getting the efs folder back.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1300843 Go there and get one of the One-Clicks that will take you to stock GB. As several other people have said that is your best bet for getting the efs folder back.
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I can't believe my eyes, it worked! Thank you very much!! :laugh:
moikop said:
I can't believe my eyes, it worked! Thank you very much!! :laugh:
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Now before you go anywhere else back up your efs folder!
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could anyone help with this, i bade a backup of the efs, and imei folder,I can find it no prob. just dont know how to restore it. cant get into diag mode to try a qpst restore either
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could anyone help with this, i bade a backup of the efs, and imei folder,I can find it no prob. just dont know how to restore it. cant get into diag mode to try a qpst restore either
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Just do a search on xda, there are losts of threads than can help you work through this.
I was able to restore my IMEI using this method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264021
I did it via the terminal emulator on the phone.
I didn't have a good backup of my original /efs folder, either.
it just happened, that my solution for restoring imei on sgs3 i9300 came by installing Android Revolution HD rom. Maybe it happened because it's based on stock. You should try, maybe it will help. :good:
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I was able to restore my IMEI using this method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264021
I did it via the terminal emulator on the phone.
I didn't have a good backup of my original /efs folder, either.
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I just used the method you linked and it worked like a charm. Thanks!
Cant restore imei
I updated me galaxy s5 g990f and lost network etc due to no imei even *#06# shows null imei.. I had phone direct from o2 brand new..ive tried nv read write..qpst tools..qdxm tools and when reboots still no imei flashed firmware before recent update and same thing..any one know how to solve this as o2 ridicukus tell me not covered by insurance or warranty..i looked at rooting but the apps for imei just fool websites not a network..i know can have fixed online but id rather attempt myself to get imei bk or edit system so I can put the imei on..its a galaxt s5 g900f on marshmellow 6.0.1 with snapdragon processor/qualcom..thanks
Can I just restore the twrp generated nandroid on a replacement nexus 6?
not recommended, but you can try; just be prepared to restore it from scratch if it locks up..
NiNJAwitaRaZR said:
Can I just restore the twrp generated nandroid on a replacement nexus 6?
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Do NOT do this. A nandroid contains files that are device specific. You could end up needing a new replacement.
The replacment is another nexus 6 and I'm talking about the backup that twrp makes.
NiNJAwitaRaZR said:
The replacment is another nexus 6 and I'm talking about the backup that twrp makes.
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I know what you are talking about. Apparently you do not know just what the nandroid does or what its purpose is. A nandroid is a back up off the partitions on your device and some contain files made per device.
Just save yourself the head ache and set it up fresh. Doesnt take too long.
K thank you for the info
ok, all you people saying no, ive done this a few times with absolutely no issues after. BUT, it has to be done right, or you will have issues. just be sure that you create a nandroid on the new n6 first. then delete that new nandroid and stick the old nandroid in that same exact spot, within that folder. if the nandroid is from a phone thats not a n6, then make sure that only data is backed up and restored, nothing else.
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ok, all you people saying no, ive done this a few times with absolutely no issues after. BUT, it has to be done right, or you will have issues. just be sure that you create a nandroid on the new n6 first. then delete that new nandroid and stick the old nandroid in that same exact spot, within that folder. if the nandroid is from a phone thats not a n6, then make sure that only data is backed up and restored, nothing else.
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Then you are running a very big risk of messing your imei and baseband up permanently. Nandroid backups include all partitions. They should only be restored on the device it was pulled from. Too many people trying to take the easy way out and being lazy. This leads to people doing warranty returns which to be honest unless you always remained stock and never modded then you should never use.
I'd done this to my one plus one but restore only boot , system and data partitions none other , no problem.. But thus is Nexus 6 , I don't want to take risk.
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Then you are running a very big risk of messing your imei and baseband up permanently. Nandroid backups include all partitions. They should only be restored on the device it was pulled from. Too many people trying to take the easy way out and being lazy. This leads to people doing warranty returns which to be honest unless you always remained stock and never modded then you should never use.
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wrong.. nandroid backup have whatever partition you included in the backup. DO NOT BACKUP YOUR IMEI!
simms22 said:
wrong.. nandroid backup have whatever partition you included in the backup. DO NOT BACKUP YOUR IMEI!
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Before telling someone they are wrong. Let alone me. You have to take into account how normal people will do it. Now just from your statement people will be expecting an IMEI partition. When they dont see one they will do a full nandroid and then guess what happens? You have to remember that people understanding what they are doing is not the people that need help with something like this. No one that has any real clue would restore a nandroid from one device to another. Hell most dont even bother with nandroids anymore. They are more noob tools then anything else.
Hey everyone thanks to @BIOKNOX who recently helped me get my Note 9 working again, I want to make a complete software backup. A complete IMAGE of the current software so just in case something goes wrong, I could have somewhere to come back to. So I need help with that. I use twrp will that work? Is their a better software? Will Twrp work the way i want it to? Thank you in advance
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Hey everyone thanks to @BIOKNOX who recently helped me get my Note 9 working again, I want to make a complete software backup. A complete IMAGE of the current software so just in case something goes wrong, I could have somewhere to come back to. So I need help with that. I use twrp will that work? Is their a better software? Will Twrp work the way i want it to? Thank you in advance
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Since you're using TWRP then that's the best. Make a backup of all partitions. If there is a problem while restoring try to restore one by one, maybe some cannot be restored, can't say nothing here. But a nandroid TWRP backup is the way to go, yes.
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Since you're using TWRP then that's the best. Make a backup of all partitions. If there is a problem while restoring try to restore one by one, maybe some cannot be restored, can't say nothing here. But a nandroid TWRP backup is the way to go, yes.
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You made me really happy then really sad. xD
anyways thanks
ill try them both.
koragg97 said:
Since you're using TWRP then that's the best. Make a backup of all partitions. If there is a problem while restoring try to restore one by one, maybe some cannot be restored, can't say nothing here. But a nandroid TWRP backup is the way to go, yes.
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Hey, I backed up the file in steps, cause I did not had a big SD card at hand. The problem I am facing is I cannot backup system image. How can I backup that file? Is it important? Btw all back ups are done using twrp and I just realised that I could have just backed everything up in the phone storage and then copied it all as one file on to my laptop.
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Hey, I backed up the file in steps, cause I did not had a big SD card at hand. The problem I am facing is I cannot backup system image. How can I backup that file? Is it important? Btw all back ups are done using twrp and I just realised that I could have just backed everything up in the phone storage and then copied it all as one file on to my laptop.
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I haven't had any experience with TWRP or such things on phones newer than the Galaxy S5. I don't see a point to root or tinker with my Note 9 as it's perfect stock so can't really test if i can backup the system image myself. All things are important in a backup, is it grayed out or something? I'd always do a full 1 backup though, not in parts. Seems easier to restore later.
I recently installed Project Elixer custom rom on my Poco M2 device, everything worked fine. However, calls and sms are not working, I tried a lot of things but no good. So, I decided to go for other custom rom like PixelPlusUI, but when I went to twrp and tried to install it, shows me error -> ERROR 1: unable to extract rom.zip, I tried other roms and versions too. but same issue, so I guess this is something wrong with my system instead of roms. I am really stuck without sms and calls pls help me
For the sms and calls problem...
Did you make an IMEI Backup? Because is the most common way of lossing mobile services, if you did make a backup, just restore it in TWRP, if not, you're screwed, is impossible to restore the IMEI completely without any backup.
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For the sms and calls problem...
Did you make an IMEI Backup? Because is the most common way of lossing mobile services, if you did make a backup, just restore it in TWRP, if not, you're screwed, is impossible to restore the IMEI completely without any backup.
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I followed this guide
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I followed this guide
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So did you make the full backup? When everything was working? Like SMS and Calls
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So did you make the full backup? When everything was working? Like SMS and Calls
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So did you make the full backup? When everything was working? Like SMS and Calls
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Hey there, thanks for helping me.
I want to give you an update.
What happened is that I took the backup when my phone was working fine, however my pc got resetted and I lost that eventually.
After reading your post I was totally scared that I nuked the phone.
And the info was correct, w/o backup, if IMEI is gone we are screwed.
However, a friend of mine helped me and told that the issue is not with IMEI, so I somehow managed to boot back into original rom.
Thanks a lot
devchaudhary78 said:
Hey there, thanks for helping me.
I want to give you an update.
What happened is that I took the backup when my phone was working fine, however my pc got resetted and I lost that eventually.
After reading your post I was totally scared that I nuked the phone.
And the info was correct, w/o backup, if IMEI is gone we are screwed.
However, a friend of mine helped me and told that the issue is not with IMEI, so I somehow managed to boot back into original rom.
Thanks a lot
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Great!