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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] atarisoul:
Hello folks.

I've been reading this thread but I'm getting confused over how to backup.

The OP says do backup A (Samsung Adb) then B (synergy zip create).

Do you have to do A first for B to work? Or can you do just B on its own?

I already have EFS backups from Aroma installer when installing Omega rom, but wanted another method before flashing the new rom as I know Samsung have changed the partition.

Thanks in advance
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
They are independent of each other, but part A is really easy to do. I'd use A and B to have 2 separate types of backups, but it's up to you.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] atarisoul:
Thanks [MENTION=5181150]BadUsername[/MENTION] that explains it. Cheers
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
I don't think this works for the international GSIII. I noticed your last post reads "sent by international i9300." The US GSIII variants and the i9300 (international variant) have different partitions. If you got to this thread from Google, I sincerely hope you saw this directly linked from a popular thread in the i9300 forums.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] atarisoul:
Hello SlimSnoop. I do have the i9300. I came here from a link in the Omega thread which is for the i9300.

I did run terminal emulator for backup A and it just rebooted.

Are you saying this thread isn't for my mobile version?

Is there a i9300 version?

Thanks for your help
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
I'm saying I know this works for US dual core GSIII's. I'm not convinced this works on i9300 though. Could you provide a link to whoever said that in your Omega rom?

The best I could find in the i9300 forums for backing up your IMEI is this thread. I don't own an i9300 so idk much more than what I found there.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
That completely explains why the synergy script wouldn't work for him. But part A should still do the same thing since it's a terminal command. The partition would still exist, it just may be in a different place.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] atarisoul:
Hello.

The post is here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=45362673&postcount=60895

its the omega rom for i9300 thread.

I used the android app & followed the link. As the title doesn't show the model or the parent folder In the app so i didn't realise it was for Verizon. I'm on my PC & i can clearly see its not for my model as i can see the parent folder for this thread.

Thanks for letting me know.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Nomad1600:
Just wanted to post my thanks to the OP and to the Synnergy team for the easy to follow instructions and tools to back up my IMEI/EFS. I used both A and B and hopefully I will never need to restore but at least I have more peace of mind in case the need arises.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rashid_kutty:
Thanks OP .

successfully backed up using Backup method 2 ..

And what about using K-tool for backing up efs .

>Device:GT-I9100G

>ROM:CM 10.1 (JB 4.2.2)

>Kernel:3.0.31-cm-ga19a577inky-ghost@cyanogenmod#1

>Baseband:I9100GDDLP5
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rashid_kutty:
What will happen If I use 1st method as u said without using PC. . I mean just writing down the codes in Terminal and press enter .. Then will it reboot and backs up efs ??
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Yes, it's no different. Terminal is just adb on the phone instead of the computer.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Nomad1600:
Question about the method A (using Samsung's own tools to back up EMEI and EFS). I believe I saw a youtube that claimed using Method A also creates an automated recovery of your EMEI and in the event of it being lost or changed it automatically replaces it without you even knowing it did so.

Is that correct (I saw it on the internet, so it must be true)?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kinnerful:
Just restore my IMEI using Plan A. Thanks a lot!

A glitch though: after doing "reboot nvrestore" the phone bootloops and I restore a previous nandroid to get out of the loop.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] twistedillutions:
Can i jst download terminal emulator from Google play???
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kinnerful:
Yes you can:)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] twistedillutions:
Ok i look it up i see a lot of them.. Can someone can recommend one plz??
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Bonkurei:
just use android terminal emulator by jack palevich
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] twistedillutions:
Kool thnx.. Do i jst open the app enter the command then im done? Then run the synergy zip file??
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Bonkurei:
yup just enter the command

(remember to put 1 line at a time)

after that the phone will reboot, after it bootup to home then its all done, no need to do anything else.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wolficus:
Quick question...

If I am on ruim/sim my number is there. If I switch to NV.. Its lost. Does this mean I have to do an NV restore ?

(Edit - fixed spelling errors.)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
You're supposed to be on ruim/sim since there is a sim card in the phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wolficus:
Cool. Mainly asked for a diagnostic point. First phone with a sim really. So still getting used to what's normal.

Thanks :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 117micc:
ok so i totally screwed my self.... I didnt back up my imei and now im stuck in raoming and cant use my phone, the forum for the fix is private and I need my phone working... what can i do?????
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bsaucier0810:
Have you tried this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1904099

[ROM/RESTORE][!MD4 OTA!](5-10)Quick Return to UNROOTED STOCK WITH FLASH COUNT RESET

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] RussellAlan:
Sprint File do Not Flash

Sprint only. But thanks for the direction!:good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bsaucier0810:
Your welcome I mentioned it though because billard412 says

"INTERESTED IN SEEING THIS ON ANOTHER CARRIER/DEVICE? CLICK HERE! AND LET ME KNOW."

Thought it might help good luck!

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] El Queson:
New to vzw samsung gs3 . Now do i need to be rooted in order to do part a ?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
Yes
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Bloodykiller86:
can someone upload an efs backup of their phones & some pictures of your phone settings to a PM for me please. i need it to restore a verizon s3 that i messed up by mistake and i need the efs backup because the phone is wiped completely. dont worry i wont use your imei or anything like that. I flash phones for a side job and i wouldnt mess with your settings at all just need it to make a general recovery of this phone so i can reset it up back to working order before the customer wants to complain more. i'd be very appreciative of it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
This is probably against XDA rules, the EFS backup has the imei included. Even if someone were to believe you you'd still have a copy of the imei despite your intentions. There are ways to re-provision a phone without an EFS backup.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wolficus:
anyone? i am trying part 2 and getting the same error...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] flydeep:
If the synergy zip, part B backup only works on TW rom, I need to flash a touchwiz rom, eg Synergy's rls16? I am running liquidrom 2.10 with TWRP. The part A of backup method using terminal went through fine but there is no way to validate that!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Correct, just perform a backup in recovery then flash whichever TW rom you want. Sign in and make sure calls/texts work fine and that your IMEI is correct in Settings then boot into recovery to flash the Synergy zip. Keep the ensuing folder that it generates (titled: Synergyrom) backed up in multiple places.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Dgameman1:
I used this backup method of su

reboot nvbackup

a while ago and I just recently flashed slimbean and my rom didnt have service anymore.

I downloaded Terminal and ran

su

reboot nvbackup

and now my phone bootloops =/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
You just told the phone to backup your IMEI partition a second time, when you had no signal. So it may have backed up a bad one this time. The command you wanted to run is:

Su

reboot nvrestore

You can try reflashing Slim Bean and checking in Settings/Mobile Networks/CDMA Subscription is set to RUIM/SIM however you probably want to go back to a TW rom. Make sure you have signal/calls/data, then do another IMEI backup by typing in Terminal:

Su

reboot nvbackup

Failing that, you'll want to go all the way back to stock with Odin.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] emckai:
Just wondering, will this work on the AT&T Galaxy S4?

Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AZNair:
Did you mean odin stock restore will restore lost/unknown IMIE?? If so thats good to know I figurwd brick once that happens...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
It may but probably not. If it doesn't then you'd have to reprovision your sim which formats /sdcard. if you have an IMEI backup then you're already covered though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] skyss07:
I did a backup of my IMEI using the Terminal Emulator. How can I find my backup, it seems like I don't know where it is, and when things get bad after flashing a lot of custom rom, can I still restore my IMEI backup and how to do that because I use only Terminal Emulator to backup?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
There's no convenient way to ensure that it is backed up when you run the terminal command. But just know, if you input the proper command exactly as its written then it's backed up. When you flash the Synergy zip, it will create a new Synergy folder which contains two folders and one of which would be your actual IMEI backup that you use to flash if you ever lose your IMEI.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] skyss07:
But I am using a non-TW rom, how can I flash it? So I need to flash a TW rom to flash the synergy.zip?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cr4ck3r4lif3:
I'm on cm11 and the backup works. I had to dig to find the synergy folder tho
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] skyss07:
Don't know why it is failed using Synergy.zip

I did a backup using Synergy.zip on CM10.1.3 Stable and the result is
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] countryfolk07:
You need to be on a Touchwiz ROM.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cr4ck3r4lif3:
Did you complete Part A prior to Part B? And again, this works on aosp but you have to compete the steps in the right order.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] skyss07:
Yes! I use part A to backup my IMEI using Terminal Emulator but I don't know where to see this files.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cr4ck3r4lif3:
You won't. If "part b" isn't working for you, you'll have to settle for your 'part a" method.

What recovery/version are you using?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] skyss07:
I'm using the latest build of TWRP which is 2.6.3.1.0 on CM10.1.3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cr4ck3r4lif3:
I'm using the same recovery. Not sure what to tell you bud.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Well, [MENTION=2547527]countryfolk07[/MENTION] already told em what they need to do.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Kavourosaurus:
So i managed to restore my imei using the QPST method, however I am still having issues with poor connectivity. I'll have data the first few minutes i start up the phone (albeit no LTE) but it slowly decays into no data at all. Also, texting/phone calls work rather intermittently and I'm left with a phone that basically has a mind of its own and works only when it wants to work.

Any ideas?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Either:

1) Replace the sim card

or

2) Odin flash VRALF2 or VRALG1 ICS tar then reprovision your sim card. This formats your internal storage. You also have to be cautious of how you return to rooted/unlocked form since the 4.3 OTA is officially out.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ibawanzingee:
I backed up my IMEI successfully using method 1.

However, trying to backup EFS (method 2), and I got:

"Preparing device

setting up 7z

Baking up EFS if unlocked

Not unlocked skipping backup"

What exactly does this mean? should I not flash anything just yet?

Never mind, I got it sorted by reading a few posts back.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Slic|<:
So I backed up my phone using the first method through adb but I was wondering if a nanderase would erase the backup on the phone? Also I tried using the synergy keys but it won't load and says EFS is not unlocked? But when booting up underneath the samsung logo there is a unlocked sign... so my bootloader is unlocked? What is the problem?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Goose306:
Apparently I can't quote you Slick...

Anyways, regarding the Synergy backup the unlocked sign below the Samsung logo actually means you have a locked BL, but a custom /system partition. The unlocked BL doesn't show any of that. You can flash the unlocked BL using Casual or EZ Unlock v1.2 as long as you didn't take the 4.3 OTA.

As an aside I did the terminal commands myself and have never lost my IMEI after flashing probably around 300 times since having the device. I did have the synergy backup but recently formatted my SD and haven't done it again as the terminal/ADB method has more or less proven to fix the issue AFAIK, although there is nothing wrong with more backups.

Sent from my 4.4.2 Gummy S3 with Lean Kernel
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] brewmoon:
I did part a using terminal emulator and when it rebooted the SD card was corrupt. Has this happened to anyone else?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Slic|<:
Wierd-I quoted you just fine. :\

Ah, I realized that earlier when my phone locked up again... -__-. I knew something was wrong. It's been so long since I flashed anything lol... maybe half a year? :eek: Funny thing is I did flash the unlock bootloader with casual and it still didn't work.. not quite sure why though :\.

Well i was worried if a nanderase with ODIN would erase that block. i already backed up with adb, I just still can't get synergy zip to work.. I guess I'll try again when my bootloader finally gets unlocked. :\

My bootloader is not unlocking lol.. and I need it unlocked to get my recovery so I can flash the band and then the rom.. -___-.

Thanks though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] joedajoester:
What was causing it to not work? I did the synergy method on cyanogenmod, if cyanogenmod was the issue. Now i just hope that the backup made actually works.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ibawanzingee:
I didn't get it to work. I just read you basically don't need EFS if you have IMEI.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] joedajoester:
I see, but say your imei is wiped, how would we repair that? I realise theres samsung meid repair tool which does it all, but not everyone can get their hands on that; so what else could we possibly do to fix it if needed?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ibawanzingee:
I believe it's hard coded into the board or whatever, as it should've been but wasn't, at the factory. I could be wrong, but I believe this method to be pretty solid.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jhr5474:
Not sure

If I have the right thread here. I am having issues with my phone dialing? I flashed back to MF1 and then back to ML1 after I realized I couldnt make calls and I am now in the same position. No calls, just text and data. I did not back up my imei of efs, i do have my same imei number. I am not even sure this is the right thread that can help I am at a loss.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] en11gma:
us cellular note (stock touchwiz android 4.4.2) rooted and twrp 2.6.3.8 (special version for this phone)

i am set to NV_Only Subscription mode not RUIM/SIM

i used efs pro 2.0.91 to backup all my partitions

during that operation there was some failures so i would just uncheck the failure partition and rerun the full backup of partitions until it was ok

took about 10 tries (about 10 unchecks of partitions)

ok after that i then used efs tools nv backup option (not qualcom nv backup in the same tool)

it pretty much instantly rebooted the phone

missing imei and no signal

i do have wifi

to my understanding it does the nv reboot command that you guys mentioned above that looks for the nv backup file

anyhow i know i dont have S3 but it looks like same exact problem

the phone has a bad esn. i was using it with pageplus that is why i was set to NV_Only in the first place.

got lucky that my TWRP Backups have me in that mode

i have tried odin the stock touchwiz rom nab (android 4.4.2) and it is successful and it stalls at the activation screen

i have a few used sims laying around including a used us cellular (deactivated recently) and a new verizon unactivated sim and some tmobile and att sims.

none do anything. that signal stays off.

i extracted the twrp backup image and i can see efs1 efs 2 and efs3.

can i convert these to flashable tar or zip files and flash them or am i way off?

thanks for any info you can provide

i never used efs pro to write anything

only trying to do a backup

the dev says its because of that nv reboot command i think i got the command right
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 23rdstreet:
Simple IMEI Injection

Hi WildZontar,

Thanks for this post. Unfortunately, I've gotten to it too late. I didn't do any sort of IMEI backup before I lost my IMEI while flashing a nightly of PAC ROM 4.4.2.

Because my charging port is completely broken on my phone, I'm unable to connect it to a PC via USB. So, I can't complete the QPST method (the last step of injecting / writing the IMEI to the phone).

My question is: how is a simple IMEI injection different from the QPST method? Is it something that I can do without having to connect the phone via USB?

I would love any sort of help you could give me on this.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bamaredwingsfan:
I originally did the part A backup over a year ago. The other night my phone bricked so bad, my only option was to Oden back to tar66 an start over again. I reunlocked bootloader, rooted again and managed to to load an old nandroid to get back to where I am now. My question is since I had to Oden back does the tar file get deep enough into the file system to over write my old backup of IMEI?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
It shouldn't, that tar file doesn't contain an efs partition.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Gizmoman:
Synergy_Backup_HWKeys_signed.zip

I am getting an error when I perform Part B of the IMEI / EFS backup under standard recovery on my Galaxy III. Error stating signature verification failed. Has anyone else expereinced this ? What do I need to do to address this
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
Something in the zip might be really old preventing a flash, I have an old cwm recovery posted in the general section. Try to load that up and flash the script with it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Masaker514:
Anyone having problems connecting to QPST because of 4.4.2? I'm not able to backup it hangs at 99% but says it's complete. Then when I go to restore is says cannot connect to phone communication error NV restore failed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lyriquidperfection:
Use EFS Professional, I have a utility with it called Qualcomm NV Tools. You can backup the full nv item range but be warned, you will encounter issues with some nv items so you will need to go through and add the bad ones to the skip list then ull be able to perform a full backup. Simpler way would be to just backup the modemst1 and modemst2 partitions.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Masaker514:
Are we able to modify the nv files once backed up? Do you mind if I send you a pm about my phone?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lyriquidperfection:
If you backup the nv items in diag mode then yes because the output is saved in plain text CDMA Workshop format. Feel free to PM me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] projectdood:
will this work on other phone?

I have a different phone. Rooted, bootloader unlocked, and flashed with a custom recovery. Will this work on my phone?? I just wanna play it safe as I might lose my imei when flashing custom roms..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] thesefardi12:
Yes it will work. ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] big_edd:
"Preparing device

setting up 7z

Backing up EFS if unlocked

Not unlocked skipping backup"

New-to-me phone with OTA 4.3, ML1 & Safestrap... Can I complete Part B with this setup?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Nope. You need an unlocked bootloader to perform Part B. There is no bootloader unlock available for those on 4.3 VRUCML1 or VRUCNC1, so there is nothing more that you can do.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] royta:
I did backup using Part A, but I wanted to run Part B before flashing a custom ROM.

I'm getting the following message when trying to back up using Part B:

Preparing device...

Setting up 7z

Backing up EFS if unlocked

***EFS Backup Failed***

It does create the "synergyrom" directory, but because the backup failed, the "backup" sub-directory is empty. I'm using stock 4.1.2 MF1, rooted, have an unlocked bootloader, and am using TWRP 2.6.3.1. I do not have a SIM card installed yet, as I wanted to get this phone all set up before transferring over from my shattered screen S3. I wonder if not having the SIM card could be the reason?

Thanks.

*ETA - I did search this thread for "backup failed", but I didn't find a solution. Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] OMG_VTEC:
does anyone know how to fix a meid of 00? i lost my imei and fixed it but now my network says unknown and meid says 00 and im stuck on roaming. vzw geniuses dont know how to fix it and i just want my phone to work again.

any ideas?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lyriquidperfection:
Try my app EFS Professional, theres a utility called Qualcomm NV Tools and it allows you to write IMEI / MEID / ESN for repair purposes. Link to thread is in my sig.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] OMG_VTEC:
i have that. i didnt see any instructions on how to do the meid though.

is there directions for the meid there too?

if not could you pm me a quick how to?

edit-that might actually be what i couldnt get to work...it wouldnt connect to the phone maybe...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lyriquidperfection:
Download the latest version, older versions only supported writing imei. Its pretty self explanatory.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Dullawolf:
is there a way to repair the ERI once i move to 4.3? I tried using revskills and it says "efs subsys locked"

Any suggestions?