The method given below has been tested on T-Mobile LG G2 D801 but it should also work on other US variants and International model of the device. The method described above can help in restoring the EFS only if you already made a backup, but what about those who do not have an EFS backup? Don’t worry, we have a tested solution for you. In case you lose your phone’s IMEI, you can flash the efsbackupflashable.zip file to restore your IMEI and NV data.Do not forget to make a copy of the backed up zip to your computer as a precaution.At the completion of the installation, your phones EFS/IMEI data will be backed up to /sdcard/EFS_Backup folder as efsbackupflashable.zip.Flash the LG_G2_Backup_EFS_Final.zip file using Install option in TWRP.Download LG G2 EFS backup script in flashable zip: LG_G2_Backup_EFS_Final.zip.Make sure your LG G2 is rooted and you have installed TWRP recovery on it.
But before we learn how to restore lost IMEI on LG G2, let’s see first how to backup it. If you happen to be an LG G2 user and are facing the same issue, the method described below might help you get back its IMEI. After struggling for some days and trying different things, he was finally able to restore lost IMEI on LG G2. Recently, a friend of mine lost the IMEI of his LG G2. The EFS partition on an Android device contains data like contains device specific essential information such as its IMEI, wireless device MAC address, baseband version, product code, system ID and NV data. The cases of lost of EFS data or IMEI is commonly found on Samsung Galaxy devices but it can also happen to LG devices including the Nexus series. But why is the corruption the EFS partition and loss of IMEI is so serious an issue that results in a nightmarish experience? Actually, people do not feel bad because their device does not show that long series of digits that we know as IMEI, but because the corruption of EFS/IMEI leaves the device with no network signal or data connection at all.Īll other functions work without a problem but a phone without a network is just a useless gadget without a soul. Losing the IMEI of an Android device is one of the most awkward situations a user can find him/herself fallen into.