yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] stephen_w:
Yeah, I keep multiple copies of it on my PC. The reason being is that I copy it whenever I do a backup before a flash. So I have a directory with the date with 3 folders: efs, nandroid, and sdcard. I used adb to copy them:

cd efs
adb pull /efs/

Probably overkill, but better to be safe than sorry, eh?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] serialteg:
Ok, but once you lose IMEI and don't have a backup (I received this phone for repair), then what can I do?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] thomas.raines:
It's pretty much screwed without the OEM Samsung/Tmo software. You would have to send it to Samsung for repair, or you might get lucky and get an engineer to hook you up, but that is unlikely...
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] serialteg:
thanks for the answer. that OEM software isn't available in the forums or anywhere else for us? because I swear I flashed something OEM'ish without root with heimdall.

also, the imei is on the battery part of the phone, can't i fix it?

i read somewhere that you could use a phone just fine without imei on the about phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] mierkat09:
you can use the phone without imei, but it doesn't function as well as it would with it. Also, i was using titanium backup and it said my device's id was changed, and it showed my actual imei. If i were to restore it, would that fix the imei?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] nick.tansy:
EFS help on the SGH-T959V

Basically, I've had a hell of a time with some EFS drama this weekend, made a total noob mistake, but in a stroke of luck I was able to "recover" so to speak my EFS even after it was supposedly "wiped."

After some thorough research and READING and bit of thought, I realized that the PIT mapping layouts between BML and MTD are indeed different, and that in theory if one remaps to BML (in layman's terms a stock partition map) then the EFS data originally on the phone gets correctly remapped (at least in my case it did).

To reiterate:

1. I did a nandroid backup. Basic ****. I hope to god you at least did this step too.

2. I used the cm7-efs-backup.zip script to backup my EFS. This was my first mistake. In my case, I don't know why I'm still researching, this script failed to make a backup .tar on my sdcard or anywhere else for that matter. It didn't throw any error messages either on the screen in the process. Not trying to attack the authors of that script, I'm just saying it didn't work for me this time.

3. I pushed the TWRP boot.img with Heimdall

4. I used the cm7-efs-restore.zip script which also "succeeded" but did nothing to restore any sort of EFS obviously because there was no backup to begin with.

5. I flashed R11 unofficial cm7 and booted up. Everything was fine but the IMEI was corrupted and I confirmed that the new MTD EFS partition was empty. On T-Mobile I could place no calls and only got sporadic and intermittent data access.

It was at this point I was sure I had ruined my phone.

After some more careful reading I realized that the original EFS was still present on the firmware, however the new MTD layout I flashed (wisely) stores its EFS partition in a different physical location. In theory, I thought if I reverted to BML and a stock ROM then I would recover the original EFS. In my case, this was successful.

1. I accessed the most recent "boot.img" file from my most recent nandroid and pushed that back to the device with Heimdall

2. At this point you have to flip your USB drivers back to USB Composite Device.

3. I then used a Heimdall one click to return to a rooted stock KJ6 "Gremlin Remover"

4. Upon restart, everything was fine (sigh of relief)

At this point, I'm still trying to determine why my EFS cannot be backed up with a few automatic tools. I made a backup of the file structure, but even lyriquidperfection's EFS Pro 1.4.7 can't make a backup of the EFS. It can access the ADB Server, but the backup 'fails'.

I'll check back in after I figure out why.

Hopefully this info will help anyone else who has switched to MTD and has a missing EFS.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] eollie:
I had similar issues yesterday. If your trying to install the twrp and then downgrade to the version with wifi dont flash the boot.img with heimdall. Follow the instructions for installing via cwm.

Just install the zip that has twrp in it. But follow the directions for normal cwm installation.

Also when trying to make a backup of your efs, make sure system is mounted. I initially did not have any problem but I was on antonx's kernel and when you flash with that recovery it would mount properly. What is happening is system isnt getting mounted. So its making a null backup.

The most important thing to do is when you are trying to make a backup of your efs is mount system!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] lyriquidperfection:
Hi have you tried the updated EFS Pro v1.7.13? It can now automatically detect the mount point of the '/efs' folder for back up and restore. Also many many bug fixes and new code to communicate with adb.exe alot more quickly and efficiently.

Head over to the forum and check it out. :)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] mierkat09:
I already solved this problem, but this would seem useful other people with the same problem. But what forums are you exactly referring to?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] eollie:
This one.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=18524176
[HTC One X] tererai:
So since there is no thread for HTC One XL thread for the Australian Telstra variant thought I would post a temporary thread here which will show you how to root the phone, unlock bootloader and flash clockworkmod recovery.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX-ptz41p7g

The video link above is a tutorial on how to do all that stuff
[HTC One X] abhijit1289:
Post in the ATT section at least it has the same hardware (S4 processer). Mods!
[HTC One X] tererai:
Yeah posted there as well but since its not written as One XL most austrlian owners will be confused and come to this thread like I did initially so juss putting one here incase
[HTC One X] mattman83:
Better off just getting in touch with admin to have the forum name changed on the AT&T forum.

M.
[HTC One X] the_scotsman:
Yea, I'm in talks with admin to get it renamed. I'll close this thread otherwise it's just going to cause more confusion I think.

All Telstra One XL Development is here: http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1541 :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mohaimed:
opened a new thread because i couldnt find any thread related to my problem.

i am plannng to buy a new phone. as the title of this thread says. i am seriously very confused about these two phones. i dunno why i have this soft corner for one x. i think its because of the classy looks and the screen. also i prefer 4.7 than 4.8. but i read some reviews and i got confused. otherwise ryt now i would have had one x in my hand. the things that is holding me back are:

1) battery issue: this is one of the BIGGEST issue.i stay out in the university from 7:00 a.m till 8:00 p.m(thats when i reach home). i need to listen to music for 2hrs. normal call and txting (NO MOBILE DATA). at max one hour of wifi usage. 1.5 hrs of gaming. or sometimes watch a movie in the free time. (thats very rare). ( 2HRS MAX)

if i do all of these in one day then i hav 10 percent left in my sgs when i reach home.( may be less but not more than 10). can HTC one x handle it? with stock rom and kernel? how much battery does custom rom saves? the pokemon one. I GUESS

2) one of my friend bought one x and said not to buy it cz battery life sucks and phone gets heated very easily and the screen flickering problem. which is obv a main issue for me.but still i dunno y i am so attracted to this phone that i opened a new thread for it.lol.

3) since my dad will be bringing my phone from UK so my physical presence wont be there because i live in bangladesh. so i am afraid of all these problems mentioned here:: xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=24516940#post24516940

and here:: xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=26000212

what should i do. once my dad buys it. i cant return in because he wont be going to UK for a long time
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RogerP:
I choosed between these two myself. After reading about both of them it was a very simple choice.

One X has alot of problems with overheating, light leakage, awful batterytime, knorking chassi. One i read about has had 12 DOA on it, after that he changed to a S III.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bloodrain954:
i'd stick with the GS3, I have the One X now, I'm planning to return it for the GS3, the extra battery space (plus the option in the future for an extended battery) is really needed. I also get dropped data/wifi like crazy and nobody has it in stock to exchange it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
Why didnt you post in the HOX vs SGS3 comparison thread? All of what your asking is relevant in that thread. :rolleyes:

sent from my Galaxy S III
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snowwhite007:
I have both and think you should get gs3 for one reason the HOX batt will never last as long as you need it but you can carry a spare for gs3, but I imagine itl last anyway.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johku12:
On our local elecronics shop/warehouse we had an opening offer in wich the hox was only 330 euros, but I prefer samsung and ordered the gsiii
[HTC Sensation] DLittle2012:
I'm trying to find the 20 mbit download for the sensation.
[HTC Sensation] DLittle2012:
For the camcorder and camera 20 mbit upgrade.
[HTC Sensation] cyber_system:
Ask here !!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1098849
[HTC Sensation] k0zmic:
It's here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1533238
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] sacliv:
Is it a possible feature for roms or mods?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] corythug:
Not yet, but cm9 has it in pretty sure, so eventually it'll happen I'm sure.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] MadRed:
Any progress in this area?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] SoberGuy:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=850464

No idea of it will work. I'm sure that with more time searching than the 2 minutes that took, you can probably up with something viable, or at least learn the methods to do it yourself.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] vn1977:
I can't remember any specific ones at the moment but I think there are a few camera apps in the Play Store that will let you do this. I think Camera FV-5 is one of them.

Sent from my HTC One X
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] SoberGuy:
I was wondering if Tasker would handle that as well. I've never installed it, though. I imagine that anything is possible with root and a little effort.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] sbreen94:
I currently have my bionic rooted and have the safe strap installed. When going into ROM manager it says that i must have clockworkmod recovery installed in order to access some of the things. Would i brick my phone (or have a chance of it?) if i install it having also installed the Bionic Safestrap. Thanks for any help!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] projektorboy:
Safestrap does not have any interactions with ROM Manager. Bionic Bootstrap has provisions for ROM Manager.

Use only 1 of the recovery methods. Do not use both. You could cause a lot of problems by running Bootstrap+Safestrap.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] sbreen94:
So baisically i shouldnt use rom manager to reboot into recovery? If i install Clockwork Mod from the ROM manager app does that then install the bionic bootstrap? thanks
[Motorola Droid Bionic] projektorboy:
Bionic Bootstrap is a standalone APK that exists separately from ROM Manager. It enables a secret spot that ROM Manager can access to activate recovery functions, such as when you use ROM Manager to reboot to recovery. Alternately, Bootstrap has a button that you can use to reboot to bootstrap recovery.

On the other hand, Safestrap runs as a secondary bootloader when you start your phone. ROM Manager does not know how to interact with it.

Pick one, and stick with it.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] .SoFLy.:
tl;dr - TB is losing connectivity, almost no 4G, do I flash new radio? Which one? (post sounds less ignorant)

Out of nowhere I started to experience some really crippling internet & data issues. To be fair, I'm running CM7.1.1 which says that it has some known data issues, but I think these are a bit much.

I started to lose 4G connectivity completely - the symbol will show up on the screen, but just won't connect to anything. If I change the network mode to CDMA / EvDo it usually will pick up 3G at OK speeds, and will usually have 2-3 bars for regular cell coverage. 3G will work in and out, in for the most part. 4G I have managed to get up for about an hour, and now I can't get it at all.

Previously, I had a few disconnect issues but I'd reboot and everything would fix up quickly. I've done about 15-20 reboots in the past three days to no avail.

I figured that it might have something to do with radios... I spent a solid half hour or so researching flashing RUU's (how to, problems, etc.) and there is a LOT of conflicting information. Would flashing a new RUU help my issue? I think that it might... I'm currently on baseband 1.39.00.0627r (From the 1.70.605.0 RUU), and the latest is MUCH more recent.

I'd love some help / advice with if I should flash a new radio, which one, and if there is anything beyond the regular flashing / warnings that I need to worry about. Also, should I flash both LTE & CDMA separately? The names of the zip files are the same...one at a time? probably a noob question?

Hope this wasn't a repost of something, but I did a search first and couldn't see anything quite the same as this. Googled as well.

Cheers :)
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] disconnecktie:
Try ThunderShed it is much more up to date than the version you're running.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] .SoFLy.:
Thanks! If I flash a new radio is it going to wipe the device anyway? I wouldn't mind keeping my current setup, but if it's going to wipe there's no reason NOT to just upgrade to ThunderShed.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] disconnecktie:
No. Try the radio that came with the newest ota. That's the one I'm using and it is working well.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] .SoFLy.:
Those didn't help much at all... I'm just going to flash ThunderShed and I'll bet anything I'm going to have better luck with that!
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ndjose:
Exact samething started to happen with me except I'm running liquid gingerbread 3.2. Out of nowhere. My wife's thunderbolt gets great 4g connection but mine only 3g. I flashed latest radio but no dice. Wonder what's going on. I'm about to reset.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xtermmin:
I've had the same problem twice before.

First off, I normally use only around 4GB of data a month, except during months that I have to travel. I never, ever tether (too risky).

In December 2011, I went to go visit some family over the Christmas/New Year's break. They rarely use the internet, so they opted for a cheap dialup home connection. Luckily for me though, the area was covered by LTE. In order to keep myself occupied, I streamed some Netflix, Hulu, Youtube, and other videos to my phone. After around 20GB of usage, 4G and 3G just died. Despite me changing around from CDMA Only to CDMA Only (PRL) to LTE, I was only able to pick up 1x. Flashing new radios didn't fix it, flashing new ROMs didn't fix it, leaving the battery out overnight didn't fix it, travelling an hour away to another family member's house (different tower) didn't fix it, getting a new SIM card didn't fix it, getting escalated to Tier 3 support didn't fix it, completely formatting the phone and installing official RUUs didn't fix it. I spent about a week trying to diagnose the problem, and was about to just use my insurance to get a replacement. Put my phone in the charger one night, went to bed, woke up, and 4G and 3G were back, about exactly 7 days after it first went down. Very odd, but I just chalked it up to a system glitch.

However, the same thing happened again in May 2012. Again, I visited my family and watched videos streamed to my phone to keep me occupied. About 10GB into the month, I had to leave for a trip to the other side of the country. While there, I had some downtime a couple of evenings to watch some movies. At 15GB, a similar thing happened. I was unable to connect to 4G, but 3G (albeit terrible connection) and 1x (faster and more reliable than 3G actually) worked fine. I thought that maybe the tower I was connected to was just experimenting with 4G before officially flipping the switch. However, no matter where I went, I was still restricted to 3G and 1x. After a 2000 mile flight back home, I was still restricted to terrible 3G and 1x. Again, after about a week, the problem went away and I was able to get on 4G again.

So, either my phone gets finicky when I have a lot of data usage, or Verizon likes to temp. ban 4G users who use lots of data in a short period of time.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] disconnecktie:
You, my friend, were being throttled. That is exactly what happens when you get throttled.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] .SoFLy.:
My data usage was less if anything. You sound like you were getting throttled, I wasn't... mine are just obnoxious connectivity issues.

I flashed (and am still working on) Thundershed now, it's a beautiful ROM - I'd recommend to anyone running CM7.1.1 on TB to just switch over... it's the same thing (base CM9) and you get ICS as well which seems to have increased the performance anyway.

There were other annoying bugs with the TB build of CM7.1.1 such as the inability to have headphones in the phone while talking (people just couldn't hear you) and some weird proximity sensor issues on phone calls.

Hopefully this new ROM is going to take care of the issues that previously annoyed me... the TB is a great phone and I'm glad I'm going to be able to get the most out of it now.

Thanks for the tip off to that ROM, disconecktie!
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] disconnecktie:
Yea its a fantastic rom. I ran sheds stuff on the Eris for around 2 years and if it wasn't for him that device would have died quick.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] .SoFLy.:
And now you're running this on your TB? Yeah, seems like the dev community over there really has a lot of respect... he's active and does bug fixes too, really great stuff. Cheers :)
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] disconnecktie:
He's a great dev but you wont see him on xda. People over here pissed him off. I didn't like 1.5 much but the fixes he brought to 1.6 made this rom awesome again.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teddyastuffed:
As far as ur radio issue I was having the exact same problem yesterday and I live in the southern California area. My girl was perfect 3g on her dinc, I couldn't get any data at all and when I did, only 3g. Killed my battery quick too cuz it kept having to reconnect. Quite annoying, seems to b better today tho. Could of been just an off day. It was weird too cuz i finally shelled out for a rezound battery and that was my first day experience. Lol I thought it was the battery till today when its been solid all day. Running gsb 3.3b btw with imos kernel.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] watt9493:
Tshed isn't cm9. Its themed cm7.

Sent from my ADR6400L
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Az Biker:
.19 radios

I'm running Thundershed 1.6 w/ imo lean 184 6.2.1 using the .19 radios and other than having the GSM and LTE options ALL available to choose from, I'm having no issues at all. The 605.9 radios are very stable too. Hope this helps!
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bond32:
I suspect Verizon was working on the network for the past week or so. I had issues too, nothing big and I saw a few posts on AC where people had issues too. It seems to have resolved itself now.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] intense21:
I am in southern Cali too having the.same issue 4G goes in and out, 3g is solid I don't think I am near anywhere 4gigs...
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jbt816:
similar problem

Hello all. First post. I'm a noob. Watched the video.

I see this post is 3 months old.

I'm having similar issues at home in Tyler, TX (we have 4G). One day my Verizon thunderbolt signal drops to 1X or nothing at all as far as data. This happens for several days. Verizon creates a ticket and calls me 2 days later to tell me it's not them. I travel to northern Kentucky (cincinnati area) to visit my son. Issue follows me to Kentucky. I root phone but am still using stock rom b/c I don't have a clue what I'm doing!

I travel to Dallas and my phone is healed. Blazingly fast. I can't keep up with it - it's so awesome. I decide I like this piece of crap after 1 year of hating it.

I travel home to Tyler today. I'm back to 1X or nothing at all.

Questions: So do I flash a rom with a different radio??? Is that how I can get a better signal? Scared straight b/c I have an E-key app that I use to get me into homes (home inspector) and I can't afford to have that app not work.

Thanks in advance

Bruce Noob
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] disconnecktie:
I live in overton tx and I don't have that problem. Maybe try getting a new sim. You may also check to make sure the golden tabs on the back of your phone are in good shape and make contact with the gold pads on the battery cover.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jbt816:
Overton!!! What are the odds?

OK, I will try that. Tonight at church, I'm having my signal issues and the guy next to me with a TB (also with android 2.3.4 and the same software update) has 3G - albeit with 1 bar of signal strength.

Someone suggested I backup all of my data, photos, etc... and do a factory reset. What do you think?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] disconnecktie:
Meh... that's what Verizon would tell you to do and they are never right. If you're rooted I would suggest using 4ext to do a wipe all except SD card and see if that helps.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jbt816:
Thanks for the quick response. Should I try to do a backup to save any data or would that possibly just bring the problem back?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] disconnecktie:
I would do a backup. If it is even possible for something on the system level to affect that then it will get wiped and reinstalled.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jbt816:
Thanks for continuing to provide some thoughts on this problem.

Well, I got a new SIM card an hour ago. I'm still having problems.

You mentioned the gold tabs on the back of the cover. That flew over my head. I keep my TB in a Trident case and you don't use the battery cover with this case.

Now having said that, while I went up to the verizon store, I removed it from the trident case and just used the regular battery cover. After the new sim...still didn't work.

Verizon is now suggesting a hard reset (a tech friend suggested it earlier).

Have you ever flashed a radio? Is that something that I should do?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] disconnecktie:
If you are s off it is pretty easy to do. You need to know how to check md5 sums because if they don't match and you flash a bad file you're bricked. I think there is a sticky in the development thread.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jbt816:
I've done a lot of reading today. Thanks for your suggestions. I see your name in other forums and you've been doing this for a while it seems.

I ended up flashing killasense 3.7.19 and liked it so far. I'm in Dallas today and my signal/data/connectivity is good when I'm here, so I won't know if anything is fixed until I get to Tyler tomorrow.

Also flashed imoseyon's leankernel with the video camera fix.

I would be interested in knowing about your thundershed. read some stuff on aosp - kinda scared
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] disconnecktie:
Its not posted here. You will have to go to rootzwiki to get it. Its really good stuff though.