[Q] Help please - Selected Odin EFS Clear

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This is a warning to others and a call for help in the unlikely event that someone has a fix. I forgot what the Phone EFS Clear checkbox did in Odin. In trying to fix another issue, I selected the box. I now get a Sim card initialization failed error after boot.

So - don't check the EFS clear checkbox, backup your EFS folder (I think you can do this with root explorer). Does anyone know how to restore the EFS data if you cleared it with Odin?

Thanks.

I believe you fried your sim card

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Originally Posted by papi92

I believe you fried your sim card

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Thanks for the suggestion, but they tried two new sim cards and it didn't fix the problem.

I'll see if I can get my efs for you

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Originally Posted by papi92

I'll see if I can get my efs for you

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Thanks - that would be great.

Originally Posted by trebores1

Thanks - that would be great.

Did this work? I have the same issue, and I have been unable to find another solution, or even a EFS file on my own.

Any other solutions are welcome as well. Thanks for reading.

Wouldn't you restore that info if you replace your sim and odin back to stock ee4 or is it something more hardware oriented?

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I'm contacting Verizon today, the replacement SIM they have sent me is showing as not recognized or registered. I did Odin back to stock before I put the new card in. I'll do it again when i get home from work, just in case.

Phone is acting like it doesnt know what network to connect to.

Under Phone status it says Searching for service.
Mobile Network Type: UNKNOWN

Update: After talking with Verizon Techs the sim card seems fine, however, my phone is unable to contact their tower to update information on the Sim.

AFAIK, you can't recover from EFS clear. Could be wrong, but I've never seen anyone get back to a fully working device after selecting it.

Originally Posted by imnuts

AFAIK, you can't recover from EFS clear. Could be wrong, but I've never seen anyone get back to a fully working device after selecting it.

Long story short, I bought a bricked charge, got it unbricked and noticed it has the IMEI but no MEID(all zeros) in the settings menu. The phone is clear on VZW but I am stuck. I am guessing when it was bricked (or unbricked by who I used to fix it) my MEID was wiped cuz the unbricker gave me the phone with a custom ROM.

I was wondering if someones charge with a good efs restore could be edited with a hex editor or something to match for example my valid IMEI less the extra digit to fix this?