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[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] SpyderTracks:
No. Imei is the licensing key that operators and manufacturers use to identify your phone. Rewriting it is like faking a passport.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] :
It's what I doubt. Thanks for your quick reply!
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] mattiadj:
Please help!

I have made a backup of my efs of my gs3 but now if I want to restore it I can't choose the file in restore tab!! The file is correctly present and located in backup folder but I can't restore it!

Help!

From universe with my gs3
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] MBurns2:
guys if i want to restore i have to flag all the three voice on the right? thanks

Inviato dal mio GT-I9300 usando Tapatalk 4
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] lyriquidperfection:
EFS Professional v2.0.68 has now been released!

Galaxy S4 Snapdragon NV Items Backup and Restore now working! No longer stops at 15%, implemented workaround.

Enjoy! :)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] SunSide:
My S4 has successfull finished the backup of NV items!

Thank you very much! :good:
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] lyriquidperfection:
It was just the one nv item causing the problem (10013). The other nv items either side are inactive so I would assume it's safe to skip. Samsung may have done something to make it harder to backup and restore the nv items. You never know!
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] flip3547:
?

Awesome tool if I can get it to detect my device, not sure what I might be doing wrong, but I've installed the MS framework v4, and set the phone to what is required. I am running CM10.2, maybe this is the issue. Samsung Galaxy S4, CM10.2 nightly(8-18-13), not sure what else it could be. Any info would be great to get it to detect my device. When I get home I'll try it on my home PC. Until then, any advice?

Edit: After opening a command prompt and initiating adb as root, leaving that window open, then starting EFS, the program worked. Not sure why it had to go that way, but I'm glad I got it working. Thanks for the great program.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Targitai:
Can't do backup of Galaxy Nexus L700. It always sad me: "unable to extract pit". What can it be?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Murshad007:
I have a Gt i-9100P and its IMEI is corrupted... I want to root it to extract the EFS folder and try to Repair it...

Which Root file or method should I choose.. I am currnetly on latest Jealy bean 4.1.2 O2 UK I9100PXXLSS ???????????????

Or how can I extract the efs files?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] SunSide:
Hi,i had a look at the NV Backup of my i9505 this morning (first time i saw such a file).

There are many entry with inactive items like here:

03985 (0x0F91) - Inactive item

03986 (0x0F92) - Inactive item

03987 (0x0F93) - Inactive item

03988 (0x0F94) - Inactive item

03989 (0x0F95) - Inactive item

There are some entrys like this:

04394 (0x112A) - Access denied (is this normal or a problem?)

And there are many entrys like this:

07233 (0x1C41) - Parameter bad

after that point every parameter is bad.Normal or a problem if there would be the need of a restore?

Or does that mean that my data at phone is corrupt somehow?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] lyriquidperfection:
Don't worry, this is perfectly normal.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] newsboost:
When I run this program "EFS Professional 2.0.68" and attach my pc with USB to my I9305 I get this message:

I don't like the idea of downgrading busybox because I don't know if it'll screw up anything on my system and I also am not sure how to downgrade. Do I have to downgrade busybox for using this tool and will that cause any (e.g. depenency-problems) or is it 100% safe to downgrade busybox?

If I try to backup /efs using this tool I use the "Backup"-tab + under "Backup Options" + "Device Filter" I select "*** All Partitions ***" then I get:

The program hangs and nothing happens and I have to kill it... Would appreciate any advice becuase the instructions on how to begin with the I9305 doesn't mention this problem, AFAICS. I'm having difficulties understanding exactly how to proceed from here and maybe it's good enough for me to have done the (in a terminal) "dd if=/... of=/.../efs.img" -trick?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] themissionimpossible:
All your problems come from your BusyBox.

Uninstall your current incomplete BusyBox, install 1.20 using Stericson installer, then run EFS Pro.

If you like, after the backup you can uninstall 1.20 and reinstall your version of BusyBox.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] newsboost:
Ok, that's good to hear. What I don't understand is that I followed the I9305 "[IMPORTANT][GUIDE] What to do after you have bought your Galaxy S3 4G GT-I9305?" and then this version of BusyBox was installed on my phone. I have been very afraid of breaking something if I uninstalled particularly this version of busybox, because I only followed the "[IMPORTANT][GUIDE]" and nobody else described this problem, which I think is weird. I've been afraid if it like on linux, that this particular version has dependencies to other system apps.

But it sounds like I have absolutely nothing to be afraid of, correct? I'm very grateful if someone can confirm that there's nothing to worry about if I uninstall busybox, reinstall the older version, perform the backup and reinstall the new version again...

By the way: What if I should ever restore my /efs-partition - maybe it's better to leave the old version of busybox on the phone so I'm sure that this tool doesn't cause problems if I should ever reinstall /efs?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] themissionimpossible:
Nothing to worry about, this method will perfectly work.

If I were you, I'd keep BusyBox 1.20 instead of the instable and unreliable 1.21...;)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] newsboost:
There's also a newer 1.21.1 AFAIR - anyway, I now did as you proposed and used 1.20 - but normally I always use the latest version, because they typically have bugfixes.

But based on the help here, I think I'll keep 1.20 on the phone so I don't get problems if I should ever restore... Thank you very much - I'm very grateful for you help and time... I took backups of partition 1-15 + partition 3-7. Partition 16 is huge (userdata), I tried to backup 10GB but ran out of space on the internal SDCARD. I guess this is just all my apps etc - no need to back them up, as they can always be reinstalled with google play etc... I'm very happy now! I think I can now safely play with other ROMs etc, thank you very much :cool:
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] bbogdann:
I restored my IMEI on my Galaxy S3 but the Serial number is 00000000. I have also tried a factory reset with Odin but I have got the same result.

Is there a way to restore the serial number?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] newsboost:
Isn't this also in the EFS-backup? In any case, I suggest you describe what kind of backup you have, how you made your backup, what you did to remove the serial number, maybe how you tried to restore etc... Otherwise I don't think you get any good answers.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] E:V:A:
This is very nice!! Good work.

Now, for some constructive feedback. First, I think it can be confusing using the terminology of transmit/receive in the console log. These should be reserved by RF related event/items only. I suggest you use sent/received or "command/response", instead. Second, the "ASCII" output is not really ascii, as there are no special characters in ASCII. Call it something else, like "characters"...

Cheers,
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] donalgodon:
Yes, there is. Flash the ICS bootloader, and your serial number will be back. This is the I9300 ICS bootloader. Flash it in CWM recovery.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/iphy78qe6zkps2b/Restore_Bootloader_XXBLFB_S3.zip
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] itechengine:
Will it work on Xolo Q800 Mediatek 6589 device?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] lyriquidperfection:
It's not a Samsung device, so no.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] SunSide:
Hi,i'm here again with a question,sorry,but i dont know where to ask else.

For the i9505 a new firmware is out.People who flashed this firmware reportet that the IMEISV Number has changed from 01 to 73.

What does that mean?Can old backups still be used? Is it better to do a new backup?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] lyriquidperfection:
SV stands for software version so backups will be fine.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] lyriquidperfection:
EFS Professional v2.0.70 has now been released.

Application screenshots have also been updated.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] donalgodon:
This is caused by the bootloader on your device. It has nothing to do with the backup. If you flash the ICS bootloader in CWM recovery, your serial number will be restored.

If you need a link to it, and you have the I9300, PM me.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] IC-USER1:
Just a question about compatibility

Any idea if this tool is compatible with the method described in a tread called:

[TOOL/GUIDE] Full NV Backup and Restore [SIMPLE] [08-03-2012]

Located in:

AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III > AT&T Galaxy S III Android Development

Since I am a new member I cant post in the development area, thus I cant request any help w/ the software provided on that thread ( in my case, my phone just doesn't answer to the NV backup software ) so I was thinking that "maybe" I can use this software for the same purpose....

Any help would be greatly appreciated,

I am not having problems w/ my phone, but rather just trying to be cautious and prevent a catastrophic failure.

Cheers!
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] droideastcoast:
can you please also use xda-developers to host the file?

asking because works blocks all the download sites even the dev-host site. but can download from xda-developers.

Thanks,
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] xian78600:
samsung L710 SPC

hi

you can add samsung l710 read wirte efs NVM/NUM/85 button

i test use you now tools not can work in L710 L720 read write spc

thansk
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] lyriquidperfection:
I don't understand what you are asking me.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] ferparedes:
Having this issue also. Busybox apparently doesn't include tgz command. Could that be it?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] lyriquidperfection:
You need to follow the messages when prompted and downgrade your busybox to 1.20.2.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] ferparedes:
That's the one I have:

BusyBox status: Installed.

BusyBox binary version: 1.20.2-cm9

The logs this tool shows are very limited so I don't know how to see where it's failing. Is there somewhere within the device I might check (using terminal)?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] lyriquidperfection:
Post a screenshot or something. Does the app load at all?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] ferparedes:
Yes of course. I didn't think of posting a screenshot since someone already did of the same problem, but here they go.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] lyriquidperfection:
It's failing to greater the archive indicating a problem with the busybox tar module. Change your busybox to the Stericson build of 1.20.2 and all should be well.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] ferparedes:
Thanks! Uh..stupid question..how do I uninstall the old one?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] lyriquidperfection:
Just download the Stericson busybox installer from the market place and perform a normal install over the top of the you have making sure you have the correct version selected.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] ferparedes:
Thanks! It worked!

Donated.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] xian78600:
SAMSUMG L710 SPC read write

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2034555

Here is an easy way to do. So easy a cave man can do it.

I am assuming that you know your MSL code, if you don't there are many guides on this forum for that.

I am using QPST 2.7 Build 374.

1)You must downgrade your radio to LG2 (search the forum, there are guides to do that)

2)After you downgrade, you will be able to read the phone in QPST EFS explorer.

3)Read the phone with EFS explorer

4)Move NV item 85 to a folder to your desktop. Change it to "000000" hex code 303030303030

5)Load back the NV item back to your phone and Voila, you are done.

After your change your SPC to "000000" you can upgrade your radio again.

Do not PM me, feel free to ask questions on here.

i want you add to EFS Professional tools

thanks you
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] droideastcoast:
the file size for the Galaxy s3 i747m EFS is 13.62MB does this sound correct?

in the attached photo is where I got the efs file

also any easyway that I can grab the nv ? can I get it like I did with the efs?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] lyriquidperfection:
The file size is larger because other partitions may be backed up aswell. To backup NV, use Qualcomm NV Tools.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] IC-USER1:
Hello,

I think i have the same problem, maybe?

I installed EFS-Pro on my pc, ran windoz update to get latest .NET framework 4 (at least everything that said .Net 4)

Ran EFS-Pro a couple of times with same result, everything goes fine till it just stops at: cant create backup file. Tried un-mount extSdCard then run EFS-Pro, same result.

Running Deadly Venom ROM v7.xx at the time I tried EFS-Pro

________________///

some background info:

________________///

Rooted phone using "mrRobinson" STOCK Rooted method.

Then upgraded to UCDMG2 ROM [ no firmware ] w/ "loserskater" method.

Then flashed full MG2 Firmware [ no ROM ] by "enewman17"

Then flashed Supreme Deadly Venom v7.x

_______________/////

________

______________/////

Could you please, piont me in the right direction, what am i doing wrong?

Do i need to replace my busybox?

Here's a screenshot of my busybox version.

Yor software seems very easy to use but still I'm kind of lost here, please help :(
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] lyriquidperfection:
Yes replace your busybox with v1.20.2-Stericson
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] IC-USER1:
Thank you for your prompt reply.

I replaced busybox and your app finished the process and created some files.

One .PIT (placed inside EFS-Pro own directory)

one in a EFSProBackup folder (it weighs about 6.16 Mb.)

and one on my phone called: SGH-I747 xxxx.xxxx - xxxx.xxxx .tar.gz

(Same weight @ 6.16Mb)

I hope these results are normal.

Question: what settings do I need to use in the NV backup?

Meaning, if I should use those that appear by default or......

What do you recommend is best in case of a catastrophic failure on my phone?

Thanks for your time and help.

Cheers!

:beer:
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] IC-USER1:
NV backup Fails

In fact I keep trying to do a NVbackup but i cant get it to work at all. :confused:

Here is what i do:

- Plug phone w/ OEM usb cable at same USB laptop port used to perform an EFS backup with this software

- Double click on EFSPro .exe file

- Wait for software to load and say its ready then, << ( STEP 1 Screenshot )

- Click on the tab at top of screen called: Qualcomm, << ( STEP 2 screenshot )

-Go click on windows start button > right click on computer > click on properties > select device manager on the tasks tab

( just to check if phone is being recognized by PC ) << (Device Manager Screenshot )

- Click on " Qualcomm NV Tools " button << ( STEP 3 A Screenshot )

- Click on " Connect " button << ( STEP 3 B Screenshot )

- I get following error << ( STEP 3 FAILS Screenshot )

What am I doing wrong ? :mad:

Thanks for your help
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] elbildozer:
Thanksssssssssssssssssssssssss
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] IC-USER1:
Happy Monday you guys.

Hope everyone's having a good week so far.

Has anyone been able to make a NV BACKUP?

If so, what steps did you take?

I'm having trouble getting my phone to do an NV backup. I believe that it's just me not knowing what to do with all those settings. :)

Please see one of my previous posts #1491

My phone works just fine (as far as I know) I'm just trying to be diligent and prepare for one of those catastrophic failures that are an impending danger every time you try a new ROM.

Cheers!
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] iphoneandroidworld:
efs profesional download

when i try to download the tool i get 404 error?

are you uploading a new version or did you changed download link

http://d-h.st/coO
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Cosanostra_OG:
Download link seems to be back up again, for EFS_Professional_2.0.70.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] donalgodon:
Which S3 do you have?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] IC-USER1:
NV backup

I have a

AT&T -- GS3-- 16Gb

I have in fact, tried to use NVBackup Pro v2.0.70 but I can't get it to work with my phone. you can see my prior posts on this thread for some screen shots.

I was actually able to make a EFS backup, but as things are right now I'm not sure such backup is even trustworthy in case of a catastrophic failure. ( I'm basing this statement on the fact that i can't get the NV backup to work, but I may be wrong? )

Thanks in advance for your help.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] donalgodon:
Do you have busybox installed? Don't use the newest one. The previous version works better. I think the backup tool requires busybox.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] IC-USER1:
Yes.

I have posted some screen shots on post 1491 of this thread and the steps I have taken so far.

Thank you.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] eltonpestana:
hi

I have one galaxy s3 GT-I9300 i not have to do backup only error the and why?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] quebec1:
hello

j have download efs 2.70 it's ok.

j have a galaxy s3 no brand ita and I would use this program to back up the efs folder but I do not understand how to use it.

Help me please.

Sorry for my english
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] themissionimpossible:
Here there is an Italian forum wiìth a guide for using EFS Pro with S4, maybe it could be useful also for S3:

http://www.androidiani.com/forum/mo...lefono-prima-di-iniziare-col-modding-gs4.html
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] qwerty22:
EFS_Professional_2.0.70_Release (04.09.2013)

Samsung Galaxy S3 (I9300) international, EFS_Professional_2.0.70, backup all partitions.

...
USERDATA - read: /dev/block/mmcblk0p12 - write: userdata.img... Okay.
4546207744 bytes transferred in 685.924 secs (6627859 bytes/sec)
Verifying MD5 Checksum... Failed!
Device MD5 Hash: b777c650ef8b31225fa685d07ed85235
Backup Data MD5 Hash: fccb1a32f2f3c1298582c5904299a4d4
Error: MD5 Checksum Mismatch!!!
DO NOT USE THIS BACKUP!!!
Operation failed!

Failed because the EFS_Professional_2.0.70 stored all images to /storage/sdcard0/EFSProBackup/temp, where sdcard0 - FUSE disk on mmcblk0p12. Thus, mmcblk0p12 stored to mmcblk0p12... Is it possible to store data on /storage/extSdCard?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] quebec1:
I said in that forum,

in any case if someone can tell me how to use the version 2.0.70 try the program

sorry for my english
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] themissionimpossible:
In that Italian forum there is also a specific guide for S3:

http://www.androidiani.com/forum/mo...pro-fate-sempre-il-backup-della-efs-root.html

I myself couldn't explain how to use EFS Pro better than how it's written there!:)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] IC-USER1:
Any ideas you guys?

I haven't been able to figure it out, please help.

Cheers !
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Kurotsuchi:
Someone please help, I can't make it work on my GT-I9500 Galaxy S4, when I choose the internatioanl Variants and hit ENTER

I have the LATEST busybox installed and I can't install the required one as in the screenshot, any help is highly appreicated!
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] laehtis:
Hey,

I am trying to restore my efs.tar.gz

But when I open EFS Pro with admin priveileges, and usb debugging and android 4.2.2 usb debug all settings done, EFS Pro just sits at Initializing ADB server...

What to do? Have anyone expreienced same problem?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] themissionimpossible:
Yes you can, as many others here have unistalled the slimmed down BusyBox 1.21 to revert back to the recommended, more reliable and complete version 1.20 or 1.20.2.

Just uninstall your current BusyBox in the same way as with any other app on the phone, then download Stericson Busybox installer form the Playstore, run it and choose to install version 1.20 or 1.20.2.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Kurotsuchi:
Many Thanks Buddy! Did That and worked PERFECT!

appreciate it man!
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] IC-USER1:
Please help me w/ post #1491

Hello

Has anyone had this kind of problem?

I have changed my busybox ( as directed by OP ) to version 1.20.x .... After doing that I was able to make an EFS backup, but now I am trying to do an NV backup.

I'm on AT&T

Stock based ROM (Supreme Deadly Venom v7.xx) I believe Venom v7.x runs on a stock bootloader and kernel

16Gb. Model

Custom Recovery : TWRP

Thank you in advance.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Mohamedselim:
Hi I have international n7100 note2 and tried the latest version and recommended busy box ,but the partition to backup does not appear in the window

what should I do for the partition to be backed up to appear in window of app ???

Thanks alot
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] broky:
can somebody refresh the link for the tool or upload a new one .

i m not able to download,thanks!

EDIT:worked,problem was on my network.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] DumF0rGaming:
SOLVED. If you need a mirror - tell me
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Drug_Store:
Hello,

I´m trying to read and write the IMEI info, since unit is with IMEI Null / Null

I get this error.

screen shots
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] monkeydrufy:
Sorry guys,

I have an s4, I try to write a new imei, the software say ok but then if I read it again, it show me the old imei :confused:
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] lyriquidperfection:
That's because its for restoring ORIGINAL IMEI to repair damaged or null IMEI NV item!
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] monkeydrufy:
that's my problem

I have a i9505, I see an imei that is not the same that I have on the back of the battery and I want to restore it

the nv file is missing into the efs folder
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Drug_Store:
i9305 fail to connect, even so... seems to be connected... :(

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=45939055&postcount=1515
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] IC-USER1:
Dear OP

Would you be so kind as to look at post 1491 on this thread... I haven't been able to figure out how to get your software to work w/ my phone, I have attached screen shots of my problem ( screenshots in post 1491 ) I'm kind of lost, please help.

I followed your instructions and downgraded to stericson 1.20

I on ATnT

GS3 -16Gb

Rooted
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] soulfreem:
I have installed omega rom 4.1 and had problem with my imei it was lost and the phone got 0049 imei.I managed and fixed the phone now its ok but i want to use this tool to backup my efs folder for samsung galaxy s3.How do i back up the efs folder with this tool?Is there any guide?And how do i restore if a custom rom corrupts it again?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] camhoi:
I run EFS backup with S4 SHV-E330s (korean vesion) :rolleyes:when backup done the phone is restart. when restarted IMEI is NULL/NULL. Hic hic hu hu hu hu uh
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] viethungyp:
this is really strong tool , tks