[SOLVED] BASEBAND "unkown" EMEI "unkown" - EFS Backup available

Hundsbuah · Mar 17, 2014

Hi all,

i had to use "Clear Phone EFS" in Odin to get my 9005 back working - i thought: "Hey no problem i have multiple EFS backups..."
But now even if i restore my backup in TWRP or via the Windows Batch Backup Script, my Baseband and EMEI and EMEISV is still "unkown"

Can s.o tell me the steps i need to do, to rewrite my Baseband and EMEI with my available EFS backups?

What i have:
- EFS Professional
- 2 different EFS backups in TWRP
- 2 windows back tool EFS backups (i mean this script: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2447342)
- Working WIFI
- Working BT
- Stock N9005XXUENA6_N9005OXXENA5_N9005XXUENA2_OXX file(s)
- Stock N9005XXUENB4_N9005DBTENB1_N9005XXUENB1_HOME file(s)
- Stock N9005XXUENB7_N9005DBTENB2_DBT file(s)
- Odin + 9005 PIT Files
- Correct SerialNumber in DeviceInformation->Status

I'm on the new Bootloader and KitKat OS

Thank you very much for all your help!

Best regards,
Chris

PROBLEM SOLVED!
Look here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=51152510&postcount=4

xclub_101 · Mar 17, 2014

Hundsbuah said:
Hi all,

i had to use "Clear Phone EFS" in Odin to get my 9005 back working - i thought: "Hey no problem i have multiple EFS backups..."
But now even if i restore my backup in TWRP or via the Windows Batch Backup Script, my Baseband and EMEI and EMEISV is still "unkown"

Can s.o tell me the steps i need to do, to rewrite my Baseband and EMEI with my available EFS backups?

...

On the N9005 the IMEI is no longer on the EFS partition (mmcblk0p11) but instead in some other partition - I think mainly in MS1 (mmcblk0p12) with something else (backup?) in MS2 (mmcblk0p13). There might be something else in mmcblk0p17, mmcblk0p18 and mmcblk0p19.

If you do not have any backup (including a larger "debrick backup" - search for that post) you can try to see which one of the partitions I listed above was supposed to be the backup of what; and if that fails there is a more complex procedure described somewhere in a thread on XDA - involving manually hex-editing your SN and IMEI from under the battery or the original box of the phone.

Hundsbuah · Mar 17, 2014

xclub_101 said:
On the N9005 the IMEI is no longer on the EFS partition (mmcblk0p11) but instead in some other partition - I think mainly in MS1 (mmcblk0p12) with something else (backup?) in MS2 (mmcblk0p13). There might be something else in mmcblk0p17, mmcblk0p18 and mmcblk0p19.

If you do not have any backup (including a larger "debrick backup" - search for that post) you can try to see which one of the partitions I listed above was supposed to be the backup of what; and if that fails there is a more complex procedure described somewhere in a thread on XDA - involving manually hex-editing your SN and IMEI from under the battery or the original box of the phone.

ok thank you - bad news

Ill try this guide: (Can this guide be used with KK 4.4.2 ?)
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2567133

What about the "unkown baseband"? How can this be fixed?

Hundsbuah · Mar 17, 2014

Ok a managed it to get all back working, incl. baseband, emei etc (but you need a twrp efs backup with all 3 efs partitions --> simply a twrp backup)

If some others have the same problem, here you go:
I think some other partition was corrupted and thats why the twrp efs restore didnt worked (just a twrp efs restore).

I did following: (you need a efs backup!!!)

Folow exactly this guide http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2567133: and do all partitions, DONT! skip the efs partitions (we have a twrp backup)

Now some further steps are needed:
IMPORTANT:
1) When you put in back your battery, boot back into twrp and restore your TWRP EFS Backup!! Dont boot in the OS!!!!
2) Then reflash with odin a stock based rom without any other checkboxes (NO EFS PHONE CLEAR, NO NAND ERASE ALL!!!!), just a normal odin stock rom flash
3) Let the phone reboot into OS and YES: Baseband working again, EMEI working again

insanehadi · Mar 17, 2014

Bro whats a twrp efs backup?

Hundsbuah · Mar 17, 2014

Team win recovery Project. Its a revovery and a twrp efs Backup is a Backup from the 3 efs partitions in twrp

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akshayarajdayal · Jun 30, 2014

Hundsbuah said:
Ok a managed it to get all back working, incl. baseband, emei etc (but you need a twrp efs backup with all 3 efs partitions --> simply a twrp backup)

If some others have the same problem, here you go:
I think some other partition was corrupted and thats why the twrp efs restore didnt worked (just a twrp efs restore).

I did following: (you need a efs backup!!!)

Folow exactly this guide http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2567133: and do all partitions, DONT! skip the efs partitions (we have a twrp backup)

Now some further steps are needed:
IMPORTANT:
1) When you put in back your battery, boot back into twrp and restore your TWRP EFS Backup!! Dont boot in the OS!!!!
2) Then reflash with odin a stock based rom without any other checkboxes (NO EFS PHONE CLEAR, NO NAND ERASE ALL!!!!), just a normal odin stock rom flash
3) Let the phone reboot into OS and YES: Baseband working again, EMEI working again

Will a TWRP boot ,data and system backup work as well for restoring baseband? I have the same problem -> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2796948&page=6

Hundsbuah · Jun 30, 2014

No u need an efs backup

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akshayarajdayal · Jun 30, 2014

Hundsbuah said:
No u need an efs backup

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So have I run out of options? Please have a look at my thread. The last few posts especially . Any help would be appreciated.

mithudas28 · Jul 3, 2014

Please help sm-n900

Hundsbuah said:
Ok a managed it to get all back working, incl. baseband, emei etc (but you need a twrp efs backup with all 3 efs partitions --> simply a twrp backup)

If some others have the same problem, here you go:
I think some other partition was corrupted and thats why the twrp efs restore didnt worked (just a twrp efs restore).

I did following: (you need a efs backup!!!)

Folow exactly this guide http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2567133: and do all partitions, DONT! skip the efs partitions (we have a twrp backup)

Now some further steps are needed:
IMPORTANT:
1) When you put in back your battery, boot back into twrp and restore your TWRP EFS Backup!! Dont boot in the OS!!!!
2) Then reflash with odin a stock based rom without any other checkboxes (NO EFS PHONE CLEAR, NO NAND ERASE ALL!!!!), just a normal odin stock rom flash
3) Let the phone reboot into OS and YES: Baseband working again, EMEI working again

just went to the above mentioned link but none of the multiupload files link work.

could you upload the NOTE 3 - Fix soft bricked.rar and the Samsung drivers.

I want to extract the NOTE 3 - Fix soft bricked.rar and modify it for use in sm-n900

Hundsbuah · Jul 4, 2014

Sorry I don't have these files anymore

try to get them from the thread owner

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paieneso · Jul 13, 2014

Hundsbuah said:
Ok a managed it to get all back working, incl. baseband, emei etc (but you need a twrp efs backup with all 3 efs partitions --> simply a twrp backup)

If some others have the same problem, here you go:
I think some other partition was corrupted and thats why the twrp efs restore didnt worked (just a twrp efs restore).

I did following: (you need a efs backup!!!)

Folow exactly this guide http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2567133: and do all partitions, DONT! skip the efs partitions (we have a twrp backup)

Now some further steps are needed:
IMPORTANT:
1) When you put in back your battery, boot back into twrp and restore your TWRP EFS Backup!! Dont boot in the OS!!!!
2) Then reflash with odin a stock based rom without any other checkboxes (NO EFS PHONE CLEAR, NO NAND ERASE ALL!!!!), just a normal odin stock rom flash
3) Let the phone reboot into OS and YES: Baseband working again, EMEI working again

Hi, I have the same problem as you did, my baseband is showing unknown and the imei is showing null. This happened when I was installing a different modem via ODIN. I do have a EFS backup, however, it was done with philz recovery instead of TWRP and has 4 files ('efs.ext4.tar'; 'efs.ext4.tar.a'; 'nandroid.md5'; and 'recovery.log'). Are these the same that you would get with a TWRP?

I also have another efs backup that I did which is one file only, 'efs_20140531_122400.img'. Would I be able to use this for anything?

The phone is an N9005 on Kitkat.

Thanks for any help in advance and please let me know if you need any other info.

Cheers

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

Just to let you know,

I had tried flashing flash latest full UK NF4 system before and it didn't work. However, desperate as I was, I went again and gave it another shot and incredibly enough, it worked!!!! Phone is back together again!!!! Yeeahh!!! There goes an incredible load off my shoulders. I guess I did something in between that actually helped, we may never know.

Cheerio

Matrixit · Sep 20, 2014

Hundsbuah said:
Hi all,

i had to use "Clear Phone EFS" in Odin to get my 9005 back working - i thought: "Hey no problem i have multiple EFS backups..."
But now even if i restore my backup in TWRP or via the Windows Batch Backup Script, my Baseband and EMEI and EMEISV is still "unkown"

Can s.o tell me the steps i need to do, to rewrite my Baseband and EMEI with my available EFS backups?

What i have:
- EFS Professional
- 2 different EFS backups in TWRP
- 2 windows back tool EFS backups (i mean this script: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2447342)
- Working WIFI
- Working BT
- Stock N9005XXUENA6_N9005OXXENA5_N9005XXUENA2_OXX file(s)
- Stock N9005XXUENB4_N9005DBTENB1_N9005XXUENB1_HOME file(s)
- Stock N9005XXUENB7_N9005DBTENB2_DBT file(s)
- Odin + 9005 PIT Files
- Correct SerialNumber in DeviceInformation->Status

I'm on the new Bootloader and KitKat OS

Thank you very much for all your help!

Best regards,
Chris

PROBLEM SOLVED!
Look here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=51152510&postcount=4

Hi Hundsbuah,

I upgraded my Note 3 9005 Hong Kong Version 32 GB from Jelly Bean to KitKat without taking backup of EFS and now I have IMEI Null and Baseband unknown. I found backup of other user's note3 EFS at "http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2447342". So, if I tried EFS restore from above link will it resolve my IMEI null and baseband unknown issue?

Regards,
Asif

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