[WARNING! + GUIDE] Backup and Restore IMEI / NV Data Procedure for GT-I9305

[stunnaman0147]

I flashed the qspt file from the OP. That's it. My problem might not have been the same as yours.

OK, thx for the reply.

Sent from my GT-I9305 using XDA-Developers mobile app

 

[teflonmike1]

No IMEI

Earlier this week I attempted to trade my old S3 for an S6 at a local retailer. They couldn't accept it as it had been rooted, no prob's I thought I'll just un-root it... During that process my power failed and after restart the fone had soft bricked. I manged to get it back from that using a stock rom but somewhere along the way the fone lost it's imei and baseband version. Kies has restored original settings and re-instated the baseband, but imei shows as unknown so of course I have no network ect.

Following this tutorial I have backed up and have the saved .qcn unfortunately despite the average file size posted here as being circa 250k mines is a lowly 130k! Having done all this I'm now in the dark as to what to do next. How do I get my old imei back into the saved file? Or should I be doing that at all?

I have tried the param.bin fix which didn't work on mine so am now completely out of my depth. I can send pictures of my phone, serial number and imei sticker etc.. so I'm not trying to do anything dodgy here just use my own imei with my own phone.
All advice and help would be really appreciated.

 

[teflonmike1]

Earlier this week I attempted to trade my old S3 for an S6 at a local retailer. They couldn't accept it as it had been rooted, no prob's I thought I'll just un-root it... During that process my power failed and after restart the fone had soft bricked. I manged to get it back from that using a stock rom but somewhere along the way the fone lost it's imei and baseband version. Kies has restored original settings and re-instated the baseband, but imei shows as unknown so of course I have no network ect.

Following this tutorial I have backed up and have the saved .qcn unfortunately despite the average file size posted here as being circa 250k mines is a lowly 130k! Having done all this I'm now in the dark as to what to do next. How do I get my old imei back into the saved file? Or should I be doing that at all?

I have tried the param.bin fix which didn't work on mine so am now completely out of my depth. I can send pictures of my phone, serial number and imei sticker etc.. so I'm not trying to do anything dodgy here just use my own imei with my own phone.
All advice and help would be really appreciated.

Update : Seems to be sorted now following advice elsewhere on this forum will update when fully tested.

 

[kennedy roberto]

quando eu vou no ODIN e vou em arquivo PDA não aparece o aquivo que extrair não

 

[ernell]

The QPST download contains this ****: https://www.microsoft.com/security/...n32/Sasquor!blnk&threatid=227171&enterprise=0

 

[Androido123]

I lost my IMEA and Baseband. Now i want to install the backuped file.

I dial in my phone app: *#7284# on my phone to access PhoneUtil and select 'Qualcomm USB Settings in my GT-I9305 but nothing happen!
Nothing open there is just happen nothing
With *#06# there is written IMEA and a ok button.

I have Android 6.0.1 now

What make i wrong?

 

[西村大一]

I lost my IMEA and Baseband. Now i want to install the backuped file.

I dial in my phone app: *#7284# on my phone to access PhoneUtil and select 'Qualcomm USB Settings in my GT-I9305 but nothing happen!
Nothing open there is just happen nothing
With *#06# there is written IMEA and a ok button.

I have Android 6.0.1 now

What make i wrong?

Dumb-dumb, you need to be on stock ROM to be able to access PhoneUtil. JUST STOCK ROM.

 

[Kapoted]

I've been flashing roms yesterday, to fix GPS, and I lost my broadband in the way.

I've tryed the param.bin fix, and now my IMEI is gone too! I have another one that is not the correct one.

If I unroot it, by flashing stock rom from SamMobile, will i solve this, or is there a better solution?

 

[ralex76]

HI all, is there any way to re-write IMEI different from the original one for a S4 mini LTE?
If so, what tool/box should I use ?
Thanks

 

[soroush_si]

HI

Thank you for good news.
Is it possible to recover the IMEI after two times reset, using the same mentioned methodology?

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Setting up QPST with your PC:

• Dial *#7284# on your phone to access PhoneUtil and select 'Qualcomm USB Settings' at the bottom. Now select 'RNDIS + DM + MODEM' and press 'OK' to return to the previous screen. Now press your 'Back' key to exit PhoneUtil. Your phone is now in DIAG Mode.
  
• Download and Install: SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones_1590.exe - 23.06 MB if you don't already have Kies or a USB Driver installed.
  
• Download and Install: QPST v2.7.378.zip - 14.68 MB
  
• Now connect your phone to the PC with a USB cable and wait for Drivers to install.
  
• Start the 'QPST Configuration' application and select the 'Ports' tab then press the 'Add New Port...' button.
  
• Select the COM Port that has 'USB/QC Diagnostic' next to it, change the Port Label if you like to 'Samsung GT-I9305' then press 'OK'.
  
• You should now see your phone listed in the 'Ports' tab and the 'State' should indicate 'Enabled'.
  
• You can now Close this application.

Backing Up IMEI / NV Data:

• Start the 'Software Download' application and select the 'Backup' tab.
  
• Press the 'Browse' button and choose a Save Location for your QCN File.
  
• Press the 'Start' button and wait for it to finish. This will back up all your phones NV Items and save them to the QCN Backup File.
  
• The resulting QCN Backup File should be 250KB.

Restoring IMEI / NV Data:

• Start the 'Software Download' application and select the 'Restore' tab.
  
• Press the 'Browse' button and select your QCN Backup File.
  
• Press the 'Start' button and wait for it to finish. This will restore all your phones NV Items from the QCN Backup File.
  
• Your IMEI / NV Data should now be fully restored. Dial *#06# on your phones keypad to check your IMEI is restored.

Restore USB Settings after Backup / Restore:

• Dial *#7284# on your phone to access PhoneUtil and select 'Qualcomm USB Settings' at the bottom. Now select 'MTP + ADB' and press 'OK' to return to the previous screen. Now press your 'Back' key to exit PhoneUtil. Your phone is now back to default USB operation.

Recovering IMEI And Data Connection After Flashing WRONG Root Package Intended For I9300:

• Make sure you have Samsung Kies or the Samsung USB Driver installed on your PC.
  
• Download and Extract: Odin3 3.04.zip - 457.11 KB to your PC if you don't already have it.
  
• Download and Extract: Param_Bin_I9305.zip - 612.14 KB to your PC.
  
• With your Phone Switched Off, press and hold: 'VOL DN' + 'HOME' + 'POWER' to enter Download Mode.
  
• Connect your phone to your PC via USB Cable and start Odin.
  
• Check your phone is connected by seeing if a COM Port in a Blue box is present under ID:COM.
  
• Press the 'PDA' Button and select the 'Param_Bin_I9305.tar.md5' file you extracted from the Zip Archive earlier.
  
• Press the 'Start' Button and wait for it to finish flashing. If successful, you will see a Green Box with 'PASS!'.
  
• Wait for your phone to reboot then go to your Dialer and press: *#06#. You should now see your IMEI and your Data Connection will be back.

If I have saved your bacon then please buy me a coffee!

 

[Andrei.Hulk]

Hi there.
I have a galaxy S4 sgh i337
I tried to change the imei by 2 methods but it didn't worked out.
Neither by NV items reader writer , or with the WRITEIMEI APP
with the NV items.... I get the error with the numbers introduced like the guy in the video I saw witch were 550 550 in the range boxes, and with the writeimei it says phone is not responding . make sure it's powered on

 

[stephen.booth54]

Dumb-dumb, you need to be on stock ROM to be able to access PhoneUtil. JUST STOCK ROM.

Its easy to call someone dumb but I have been unable to find any guidance in the OP that the procedure only works on stock ROM. I have flashed Resurrection Remix 5.8.0-5 Nougat and lost GPS service. I have a .qcn backup file but cannot access sysutils (i get connection error). Presumably I need to revert to stock before I can restore using QPST.

Is there any other way to correct the GPS problem without reflashing?

 

[stephen.booth54]

Presumably I need to revert to stock before I can restore using QPST.

Is there any other way to correct the GPS problem without reflashing?

This thread is very quiet at the moment so I answered my own question. I flashed stock ROM from the ROM collection here https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...m-samsung-stock-4-4-4-rom-collection-t3124027
and used QPST to restore my phone. GPS now working! Flashed latest RR Rom 5.8.1 and pleased to have fully functioning phone. Thanks to all developers.

 

[aldo leal]

DESPUES DE ACTUALIZAR MI S6 G920I TELCEL ME QUEDE SIN SEÑAL Y MI IMEI CAMBIO PODRA ESTO AYUDARME A RECUPERAR MI SEÑAL PORFAVOR AYUDA SE LO AGRADECERIA MUCHO GRAXCIAS

 

[NewtoneMr]

My network appears after uploading the ODIN file "param_bin_i9305.md5"
Thanks a lot, you have a beer with me or two Good job

PS
And by the way, my code does not work * # 7284 # and I do not have in the application list "phoneutil"
How to put phoneutil.apk into it can not be installed (installation error)
I have a question if it can upload phoneutil through recovery and where do you find the zip package ??

 

[fw190]

I can't download the param bin file. I get a 500 error. Where can I download it? Is there an alternative for the OP download link?

 

[rodman01]

download worked for me without problems

 

[fw190]

Could you drop them somewhere for me? For both odin and param after hiting the blue download buton the page reloads and after that I click again and get the 500 error. I have tried to disbale ublock plugin but still the same server error except some crappy page openning in the background.

 

[MigoMujahid]

Dev-Host seems to have an issue in downloading (error 500).
however, i searched for the param file and found it, i attached the Param file and Odin 3.04 in the post here

 

[Massedil]

Hello,

I was on the latest version of LineageOS on my GT-I9305.

This weekend I have tried to create an invite profile, normally, through the Android profile interface.

Doing this has destroyed my network access : Now, I cannot receive SMS and I cannot make a call... =/

1. Is it a known problem ?

The phone ask me a "network unlocking code". I have tried to understand what happens and I think my /efs partition is corrupted and I have no backup of this partition.

I still can see my IMEI in Android but I don't have the /efs/nv_data.bin file. I think the invite profile creation has deleted it.

2. Can you help me ? How can I do for restoring my phone call and SMS ?

3. Just to be sure it's normal : do you have the file /efs/nv_data.bin in you efs folder ?

For now I have tried to come back in an official Android 4.4.4 Samsung ROM, but the problem is still here.

However, I can now use the Qualcomm NV Tools from here https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...ol-updated-09-06-14-efs-professional-t1308546, but I don't know what to do.

I can read in Secure Ops. :
ESN : 0
MEID : 0
IMEI : (my IMEI)

4. Is everything normal ? Can I recreate here the lost nv_data.bin ?

Thanks in advance for your help.


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