How to restore TA partition without backup?

[papperlapapp]

After installing CM 10.2. Milestone1 I lost my IMEI on my Sony Xperia Z.

I backed up my user data, but not the system itself...

I read in another thread you have to restore the TA partition to restore the IMEI.

Now, without having a backup, is it possible to restore the TA partition?

And where in the file system is this partition located?

Thanks in advance

 

[Dsteppa]

I'll keep it simple:

No back up = No restore (NO WAY AROUND IT!)

 

[papperlapapp]

I'll keep it simple:

No back up = No restore (NO WAY AROUND IT!)

This is really bad sh*t. If I only knew I would run into such trouble I would have made a thourough backup of the whole system. Now my phone is bricked...

I play with the nightlies, maybe it fixes something....

 

[JesusMcCloud]

I play with the nightlies, maybe it fixes something....

Your TA is gone for good, matey! I'm truly sorry for you, but there's nothing anyone can do about it.
A word of caution: if you tamper with your TA, you *will* irreversible transform your XZ into a (very stylish) paperwieght.

PS: TA has nothing to do with your IMEI

 

[indycar]

thats why forums like this exist so you can read everything you need to know before u start playing around.
before i rooted my 1st android i spent more than a week just reading and browsing bout it. now i know what i can do without makin paperweights


cheers


ps if u somehow manage to fry ur phone you might get new one (if unrepairable) but i wouldnt try it

 

[papperlapapp]

before i rooted my 1st android i spent more than a week just reading and browsing bout it. now i know what i can do without makin paperweights

You know, long time ago I used CM on a different phone and all went fine and smooth. Thus I did not expect any problems. Maybe using a CM nightly or Milestone may cause some higher risk... But, I was able to install CM from scratch and get my IMEI back. Sometimes I learn by the hard way, no pain, no gain Oh, I purchased Titanium backup yesterday, lots of people talk about this tool, they say it´s useful :laugh:

 

[shoey63]

PS: TA has nothing to do with your IMEI

Incorrect. IMEI is stored inside TA partition. Flashing some ROM's may make it seem that it has disappeared, but it is still there. Just flash a stock FTF with Flashtool and it should come back. If not, TA partition may be corrupted, and unless a restore of an unccorrupted one can be achieved, then there is no hope
Sent from my C6603 using xda app-developers app

 

[papperlapapp]

Incorrect. IMEI is stored inside TA partition. Flashing some ROM's may make it seem that it has disappeared, but it is still there.

By the way, where in the filesystem is that TA partition located? I have no such /ta .......

 

[shoey63]

/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/TA

Sent from my C6603 using xda app-developers app

 

[polykoma]

/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/TA

Sent from my C6603 using xda app-developers app

yay i got this file !
im using z3c on newest cm12.1 nightly.
ES root Explorer.

i got my TA backed up when i got my fresh phone.

there MUST be a way to inject this.....

can anyone help?