yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Desire C] LaputaCake:
Hello Earthlings. Have you purchased an app and what a refund? Did you not realise you could get a refund straight away within 15 mins?

Well i have your answer.

1. go to play store on a pc (Not a Mac)

2. Press the cog and select my orders

3. Go to where your purchased app is

4. Press the three dots to the left of the price and click report a problem

5. Select i want a refund.

6 Fill in your problem click submit and voila

Add a video soon
[HTC Desire C] me4488:
Keep in mind that some devs don't allow that even though is like a unofficial standard to the play store.
[HTC Desire C] pandaball:
Thread closed due to warez discussion
[General Topics] informer:
How can I use call barring without blocking all calls but specific telephone numbers?I know WMobile doesn't support this option. Is there any software doing sth like this?I want to choose specific group of phones for call barring. For instance, I want on Sunday to block incoming calls from the group of work phones and not the personal group.Can anyone give me an answer? :?
[General Topics] crino:
http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=21443

:wink:
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Boymysterio29:
I found a mod what changed my boot animation to a custom one. Anyway, I done loads and they all worked great. However one of them made my phone soft bricked. It had no animation and I had a blank screen for hours. I flashed stock and it got stuck on the blue glow Samsung logo. I got it working after a while but I want to know what actually happened because I thought that if the boot didn't work, it would just boot without a animation.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aldossir:
Hello Everyone

I've received an disassembled TF300TG, I have to replace both the lcd and the touch,

my question is about the CPU.

I've seen several TF300T opened and every one had the heat sink on the cpu, in case

of this TF300TG I can see the CPU naked, no heat sink on it nor in the parts I've received.

It seems also that the metallic shield that surrounds the cpu is only near it without contact.

Could someone post a picture or tell me if there is a copper/rubber heat sink also in the TF300?

Does someone know he part number?

The heat sink from a TF300 doesn't match perfectly with the shape of the TF300TG mainboard.

tks !
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] Crash:
Awesome my friend 5 stars hit, I will link you in my post.

I hope people read in detail and take precautions

Hugs

Sent from my GT-I9500
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] tamirda:
Thank you my friend,

In my note II I did like 20 backups before I deleted my EFS folder around 20 times ahah.

People should be aware that samsung is trying to mess up our devices.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] bafknight:
Thank you Tarmida, This is the best userful topic ever for my S4 :good:. This will saving many lives of XDA member :good:
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] » Arrow «:
Excellent my friend tamirda! :good:

regards!

5 stars! and sticky please!
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] galza:
great topic and guide tamir.5 stars from me :thumbup: will help me a lot if i get stuck with any prob like before arghhhh
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] tamirda:
I am happy to help you any time :)

Thank you friend!

Thank you friend, and yes this can be very useful for alot of users.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] AL_IRAQI:
[MENTION=2739548]tamirda[/MENTION]

Hi I'm using crash rom 5.5

I made full wipe and flash MG5

By odin and now I have fake imei

I restore crash rom 5.5 backup from cwm and the problem still exsist :(

I don't make EFS backup before

How to fix it ?

Sent From my i9500 With Crash Rom

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ادعوا لي بالتوفيق في امتحاناتي

wish me good luck for my exams
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] tamirda:
Hello,

It seems that crash backuped your Fake IMEI.

Something that I thing it might help, helped for some other, download latest modem from here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2192025

install it as a Phone in Odin.

it is importand to mark phone, and flash via odin.

Then try..

If you don't have any other backup, I think you might have to use your warranty.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] AL_IRAQI:
When I backup the rom I forget my phone in flight mode maybe this the reason why I lost my imei ?

And my baseband now is

I9500DDUBMF8

+Edit

I found these in my internal storage

The First One From Crash Rom 5.0

And The Second From Stock MG5 Where I have fake imei

Sent From my i9500 With Crash Rom

--------------------------------

ادعوا لي بالتوفيق في امتحاناتي

wish me good luck for my exams
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] tamirda:
I don't think there is connection between these two.

Downlaod this:

http://d-h.st/esG

Open odin, Select Phone, select the modem's tar, connect phoen and flash.

After that check if you have IMEI.

If not, Try to install stock XXUBMG9 or XXUBMG5 - If you had MG5 before, it seems that you can not downgrade your phone, so try to install MG5.

If after MG5 there is still no IMEI,

Flash again as Phone via odin this modem:

http://d-h.st/Xxk

If still there is no IMEI, try to restore your current EFS backup.(Make sure you have Root and busybox and all I asked in the main thread)

If after that no IMEI,

Restore to stock and use warranty( make a story that you woke up one morning and you couldn't conect to your network, and you tried to mnake factory reset and still it didn't help)

Good luck
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] AL_IRAQI:
Thanks I'll Try These Method

If not working I'll use my warranty

EDIT

I directly flash I9500_UBUBMG9_MODEM

And know it's work fine with me

I Should Try it before ask sorry for that

this is the first time I have this problem

Thank you very much :)

Sent From my i9500 With Crash Rom
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] tamirda:
Hi mate,

First of all,

I am more than happy that I helped you.

Second, this is ok to ask questions, that is why I am here.

Now backup at leat 5 times your EFS :) .img & tar.gz.

Enjoy!
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] AL_IRAQI:
I backup 3 times with every method :)

Thanks :)

Sent From my i9500 With Crash Rom

--------------------------------

ادعوا لي بالتوفيق في امتحاناتي

wish me good luck for my exams
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] pdash79:
Awesome guide.

Burned up whole weekend over the issue and now fixed my issue following the guide.

Cannot thank you enough man!

Regards,

Pdash
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] tamirda:
I am happy to help & hear that you succeed in restoring IMEI. :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] daogiahieu:
I read your post, all most the method use terminal emulator, so what is that ?, and can you give me link of that ?

thanks you very much :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] Dr.Love:
Linux command line shell on Android. Here's it, mate https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jackpal.androidterm&hl=vi
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] manu44:
Thanxs [MENTION=2739548]tamirda[/MENTION]

I could see everyday a new post related to messed up EFS folder.

It would surely help people out

Anyhow i had already backed up mine using the EFS professional Software. Is it enough or should i backup using your methods also?
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] tamirda:
I think it is enough, depands on your feeling
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] manu44:
Ya i still did it.. You never no when ur luck goes off. Thanxs
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] kpanand:
JB 4.2.2 stock upgrade/downgrade caused to lose imei

Thank you very much tamirda for the guide. But before i try the methods i want to give you my problem and seek your advice

I had a kenyan stock rom

Model: GT-I9500

Country: Kenya

Version: Android 4.2.2

Changelist: 768420

Build date: Wed, 29 May 2013 15:52:45 +0000

Product Code: AFR

PDA: I9500XXUBMEA

CSC: I9500OJVBMEA

MODEM: I9500XXUBMEA

and upgraded to

Model: GT-I9500

Country: United Arab Emirates

Version: Android 4.2.2

Changelist: 1083225

Build date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 13:59:12 +0000

Product Code: LYS

PDA: I9500XXUBMG9

CSC: I9500OJVBMG9

MODEM: I9500XXUBMG9

I felt little bit of lag and reverted back to kenyan stock, after which the phone is not registering to service provider network adn my imei is showing as 0049xxxxxx.

Again reflashed the UAE stock ROM and the phone is able to register in the network and i got back my original IMEI.

When i tried to reflash the stock kenyan ROM i have lost the IMEI. I have to revert back to UAE stock rom. Even i tried to flash the latest Omega

v11 ROM, it works but somehow i want to have an unrooted kenyan stock rom. Is there a solution for this? Please help.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] tamirda:
You can not downgrade your firmware. You will have to wait to a newer base for kenya
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] kpanand:
Thank you Tamrida. I will wait for newer base
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] webmanya:
Thank you Tamirda...

You saved me from a lot of work. Thank you so much. Worked as expected.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] tamirda:
Your welcome
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] Degrated Shadow:
i moved from wanam 2.0 to wanam 1.8 because of battery issues...

lost imei

i tried all your methods nothing worked.. got frustrated.

then just to do be on the same modem my efs was on i flashe mg9 moded on wanam 1.8 through odin and whoaa all started working

although i wonder when for everyone your methods worked why it didnt on mine
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] tamirda:
Because you didn't read the all thread.

I have said before you must flash the latest modem via odin first, because in some bases this is the problem
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] Degrated Shadow:
actually i did flash.. but i dont know man what was wrong. after flashing modem i install busox again from playstroe. installed busybox. then used method 2 to restore the thing. it didnt work. but i flashed mg9 again and then it worked.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] tamirda:
Yep, I said that too.. When everything doesn't work, reflahs of latest version might solve it.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] Degrated Shadow:
ohh i didnt see it anywhere man although i read everything.

but thanks a lot tamirda.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] Crash:
[MENTION=3101740]Towle[/MENTION] my friend you guys have to consider this post to Sticky Thread, since most of the users can really damage if they don´t read this tutorial

Hugs
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] ch4qr1:
Ooow great topic i have been waiting for this topic but i send my phone to warranty. If my phone isn't under warranty i will be attempt this methods for fake imei :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] tamirda:
Thanks :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] ch4qr1:
I flash modem in odin but in pda option not working yesterday. Phone is important i think
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] tamirda:
You can read some comments here, I have guided some people which modem to flash, and also in the main thread I told that you must use older version than xwubmg5. Moreover you must flash modem via Phone in odin. Not PDA.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] ch4qr1:
I flash every modem but not via phone. I doesnt think flash via Phone :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] emmanueldmc:
This post is awesome! it is certainly an excellent guide that should be carried out on all Samsung devices!

After I happened to me the loss of my IMEI, I could recover, now I have several copies xD in dropbox, my pc, my phone, skydrive, ETC ....

Congrats! This post is for many help! :highfive:
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] tamirda:
Thank you very much :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] thirthy:
Hello,

First thankx for your usefull post.

Few days ago i have had a problem with fake IMEI "Not register in the network", after resolve this problem i decided to backup my EFS.

For that i install this application "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spocky.galaxsimunlock&hl=fr". So with this application i have backup my EFS folder. Now i have 3 files : csc_backup.tar + efs_backup.tar + efs_img_backup.tar

So is it a good method ? If yes is it enought to be in securitie :D ?

Thankx.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] tamirda:
It can be good I haven't tested it yet
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] Fishawy:
[MENTION=2739548]tamirda[/MENTION] Thank you very much. I have succeeded to restore my IMEI using method 3, and even that ugly permanent yellow "safe mode" window disappeared on its own right after the restoration, with no need to apply the "Exit Safe Mode" steps.

Thank again!
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] Crash:
Yes it looks like the app can be very helpful I have made the backup and is doing great just need to test if the app can restore the backup without having errors.

[MENTION=2739548]tamirda[/MENTION] have a look mate if this works we can consider include in the rom

Sent from my GT-I9500
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] bafknight:
I have made backup EFS with GalaxSim Unlock and send backup via email easily. :good:
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] legionpr:
Hello tamirda greetings from puerto rico you writing on this great item on the IMEI i with the omega v10 XWUBMG1 my question as I know about the IMEI false when go to update the ROM to the already vercion UBUBMG9 lthough i already have the backup on the IMEI of the current vercion.There is also a free app in the playstore that makes you the backup of the IMEI which is the Andromizer and thank you for your great methods:good:
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] 95mediatech:
What a NOVEL CONCEPT!!!, what a nice topic and.the most helpful I ever read,

It saves your phone's life. Tamirda I did the first and second method

And I am really spreaded the file all across my device my accounts and dropbox for safety reasons. You should become Recognized contributor

Man! You deserves it:good:,I never had any IMEI problems but this is a life saver :D :D anytime, since most tracking service need your phone's IMEI.

Request to XDA: PLEASE make this thread sticky.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] tamirda:
You are welcome my friend, I did that to help you :)

I was Recognized Developer 6 months ago but was kicked due to bad behavior. I will be able to reapply soon.

Amm try to restore imei with your app or with these method. If not try to flash moden via odin as phone (read previous posts)
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] 95mediatech:
Yeah good, hope you regain the status soon ;)
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] rawnaqkasha:
Hello

No way to copy a file(efs) the way you need Root

Load the program root Explorer

Open the program and then look for a file (efs)

After the piece Copy the file (efs)to memory card

Sorry for bad English
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] last-home:
Hi

what is your point?!

efs is a <b>folder</b>... not a file...
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] rawnaqkasha:
My friend you try Method succeeded with me

Make a backup copy in memory of the file efs
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] starscream0:
soft brick s4 using method 2! please help

im in need of urgent help..i think i soft bricked my s4 when trying to restore my efs backup.

i tried downgrading my firmware to mf8..and the modem was flashed as well.

When i checked the imei it was null.

so i went on to restore it using method 2.

After i put everything into the terminal and it was restored, i rebooted my phone.

Now my phone is stuck at samsung boot logo!!

i tried restoring from my nandroid backup but it didnt work..still stuck at boot logo, i tried restoring the rom to stock, still stuck at boot logo.

Basically no matter what i do, its not booting and its stuck at boot logo.

I can access download mode and cwm recovery. On stock recover i get the error message "failed to mount /efs (Invalid argument)"

is there anything i can do at all?

i still have multiple backups of my efs folder..i just dont know how to restore it

please help :(
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] tamirda:
You can't downgrade software to mf8, read the whole thread
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] starscream0:
i tried going back to stock mg9 and flashing with pit but im still stuck at boot logo.

The sound of the boot logo also cuts out and dosent finish.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] tamirda:
After flashing the stock via odin, go into android recovery and select wipe data factory and wipe cache and then try to reboot. About the mount problem, you can't mount efs on stock recovery, only with philz
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] starscream0:
I just tried your suggestion, still im stuck at boot screen.

Im not trying to mount the efs, thats the error that shows in red in the stock recovery.

i tried restoring my nandroid backup using philz.

Now i hear the full boot song but im still stuck at boot screen.

my phone just wont boot.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] tamirda:
Now try to wipe via philz and reboot
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] starscream0:
still stuck at bootlogo.

However i found this thread, and the guy is having the same exact problem im currently having, except he has a note 2.

http://50.23.216.69/showthread.php?t=2073654
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] iraqi92:
tamirda & AL_IRAQI >>>>>biiiiiiiiiiiiiiig thanx :(

العراقي حبيبي اني عن صارت بيه نفس المشكله وفلت وجهي صارلي يومين مشتري التلفون هههههههههه

بس هسه ركبت المودم بالاودين ورجعت الشبكه
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] tamirda:
Did you checked reparation in the odin?
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] starscream0:
yes i did check reparation in odin when i flashed my original firmware along with adonis.pit for i9500

Still even after that im stuck at the boot logo.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] nabil alami:
For backing up in method 4 i dont need to have phoenix rom for using its back file, do I?
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] tjongi:
Help

very usefull thread. it should be stick :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] tamirda:
That is why you have tbe problem, you deleted you partitions. Send it to samsung

Nope you don't have to use my rom
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] nabil alami:
Sorry for the silly question but because I'm confused with the i9500 firmware versions (had it for a month). Now I'm on MDK which if I'm not mistaken is pretty old (april probably) so I'm thinking of flashing a rom with MG9....as i understand it is better to flash the MG9 modem before flashing the ROM. Now for safety purposes should I backup now while I'm on MDK or should I flash the MG9 modem then backup. And if anything does go wrong and I need to flash a stock ROM I should flash MG9 right?

Sorry for the many questions....am not a noob just careful when its coming to the IMEI as its a serious subject and a new story for me....:D

Thanks in Advance..
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] starscream0:
even though i deleted the partitions, i get no partitions error on odin.

All firmware seem to flash fine without errors.

Also i imported my phone and im ot sure my service carrier in my country would have a look at it, and there isnt a samsung service center in my country :(
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] ketan_naik:
Dear Tamirda Please help me.

I am from India. I have installed latest stock firmware downloaded from sammobile.

PDA: I9500XWUBMG5

CSC: I9500ODDBMG5

MODEM: I9500DDUBMF8

Now message appears that no registered network found. I think my IMIE no. has been changed. But unfortunately I have no back of the same. In this case what can I do?

Please help me.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] nabil alami:
Method 2 isnt working with me...anyone else having this problem i copied the code exactly..

---------- Post added at 11:24 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:15 AM ----------

For Method 1&2 Im having the same problem where it is telling me no such file or directory....Im on MDK...

should i flash MG9 modem or just MG9 and try again?

Method 3 worked fine for me..

EDIT

Method 2 worked after I copy pasted the code into the emulator
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] starscream0:
just an update, i would like you to know i just fixed my phone using this method here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2204960&page=2

After searching scouring the internet for hours, i came across it.

After i restored my phone i used your method 4 to restore my EFS backup and had to manually turn of factory mode using the 2nd method.

Everything is working great again :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] umoraes:
FAKE IMEI on modem versions different than I9500UBUB MG9

Hi,

I have no idea how - but... IF I use any modem version different than I9500UBUB MG9, my S4 gets fake IMEI. The problem is this modem version is no good to my region.

So, everytime I change my modem - the fake IMEI comes on settings->about - and no calls, no data 3G, etc...

When I flash again the modem version MG9, it works and it shows correct IMEI.

Any reason on how I can solve it ?

I have a backup after upgrading to MG9... I can downgrade modem and restore back - but it doesnt work either.

thanks! Help is very very appreciated!
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] nabil alami:
Why dont you stay on this modem?
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] umoraes:
thank nabil alami for the fast answer!

Well, this modem version has terrible 3G service in my area.... MF8 or MF3 were the best one.

any idea what can cause this ?
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] nabil alami:
My guess would he to flash back to the version in which you have an efs backup of....then restore the efs backup if the imei doesnt come back automatically. .
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] umoraes:
Hummm.. maybe I know what's causing this!!!

from Post #1: " ... very important since in the latest versions samsung prevented the option to install old modems/kernels, so if you install old kernell/modem it can show you wrong IMEI."

so maybe this is the reason why everytime I make a downgrade on modem - I got a wrong IMEI !!!!

so, the question is: If this is true, how to downgrade modem once we're in latest version ???

thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] nabil alami:
Try flashing older software for your country and then restoring the backup or flash the older modem so old software=old modem....?
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] nabil alami:
So what happened did it work? [MENTION=749776]umoraes[/MENTION]
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] umoraes:
No success nabil :(

that's so strange. I push firmware through ODIN... Bootloader, modem, CSC and system. I tried i9500 BMG1, BMg9, BMF8, BMF5, ...

everytime running full wipe.

maybe I'm doing something wrong. I bought this I9500 in US... should I delete /efs filesystem ? I do have a backup - but I dont want to have any risk to have my device bricked... any additional idea ? And... for sure... thanks for the support! :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] nabil alami:
Wow...it is weird thats one of the reasons im afraid of flashing a ROM lol. Anyways did you try restoring the backup being on the same firmware you were on?

and did you try old firmware+MG9 modem? just to see if it is restored..?
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] tamirda:
Hi

Sorry for late reply, just got back from a vacation and had alot of unfinished businesses.

For your problem.

Try to read some older posts of mine here, flashing modems via odin must be as Phone and not as PDA.

Moreover, I published some modems in my comments and people confirmed that it fixed the problem.

Try to read the all thread and try my ideas there.

Good luck

Tamir

Sent from my GT-N7100 boosted by PhoeniX ROM
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] nabil alami:
Hope you had a good vacation..I just have a small question...

If I backup the imei on the current version im on(old version) then flash to mg9 and lost my imei, then flashed back to the version i was on and restored the backup will it work?

sorry for the long question I'm just checking all the scenarios