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Polaris read only NV item *£50 Reward*

Hi,
I have a HTC Polaris that has a blanked out IMEI, it has been like this for months and as such does not connect to the GSM network.
I have tried editing NV 550 IMEI with QPST however it is read only.
The first person to post or email me a solution will be sent £50 via Paypal. Thank you.

send the phone to a HTC repairer, they would do it for around 50 pounds!

Htc quoted almost as much as a new phone on ebay!

they what?? that just does not sound right.

maybe flashing again helps
Look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=425922
maybe this helps
try to have fun

It is stupid. I was messing around a bit with the phone so when I tried to have it warranty repaired it was sent back, so thats not an option either.

Thanks for your message Adelja.
Unfortunately the IMEI has been completely blanked out. The phone is not bricked, I just cant access the phone system because of invalid IMEI.
I have tried flashing many times, but it does not alter the NV item 550 (IMEI). I need a way of making NV 550 (IMEI) writable and not read only.

matt2324 said:
Thanks for your message Adelja.
Unfortunately the IMEI has been completely blanked out. The phone is not bricked, I just cant access the phone system because of invalid IMEI.
I have tried flashing many times, but it does not alter the NV item 550 (IMEI). I need a way of making NV 550 (IMEI) writable and not read only.
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Go to a phone shop, buy another one. Swap the phones over. Take it back to shop. Get refund. oh hangon, think thats illegal. cant find delete key.

Hey matt, go into the Athena Threads of this website. Look for a user (lady), senior member name cmonex. I think she might can help you with this.
She is phenomonal. I never have had to ask her questions....she has helped so many people that alot of her knowledge is on the thread.
Anyway, PM her and see what she says. I think I remember her been very familiar with IMEI!!!
Its a try.

Thanks for your continued advice all.. keep it coming!

Anybody have any further ideas?

Maybe you can try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=418892
It worked for a HTC Touch, maybe it works for you to.
Or try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=329170
Or try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=375338

blanking IMEI
how did you wipe out the imei in the 1st place? maybe that will give a clue of how to write it back.

tried device_info...not working for polaris
tried WST some time ago too... i remember it can only read imei but can't write...
the unlocker and hard-spl has nothing to do with imei...

How to repair imei

hi i have problem with my imei after unlocking sim code got some extra two digitals in the end... its existing any program for blackstone to edit that??? or any good idea how to fix that?

I thought that the IMEI is an unique number for every device, and it cannot be changed in any way.Someone correct me if i am wrong.

berbecverde said:
I thought that the IMEI is an unique number for every device, and it cannot be changed in any way.Someone correct me if i am wrong.
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IMEI can be changed for any phone if you have the appropriate software, but it is illegal to change IMEI number in some country.

The last two digits are your SVN "software version number" there is no need to change them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Mobile_Equipment_Identity

[Not illegal] Information about IMEI and WM device

Hello my friend,
First, this topic is not in order to ask " How to change IMEI device", because it's illegal and it's very very hard of new HTC phones.
I'm software programmor and I programm in eVC for Windows Mobile.
I would like develop a tools about IMEI and Windows Mobile Device.
I would like to know if anyone know how Windows Mobile retrieve the IMEI ?
I know that the IMEI number is stored in OTP memory ( One Time programmable memory), but where is located this OTP ?
In the mainboard ? Or directly in the cellular modem ?
So i think that the GSM driver allow to seek the IMEI ?
It's right or no ?
Thanks a lot,
regards,
Nixeus

The IMEI can be read from registry: HKLM\Drivers\BuiltIn\RIL: IMEI
It is not safe (I believe it is only updated when the device is coming up after initial boot after upgrade) and can be changed - not impacting anything, e.g. *#06# will still deliver the correct IMEI.

Thanks my friend for your answer.
When i use the *#06#, do you know how the imei is reading ?
With an AT command and the cellular modem ?

Try it out - dial *#06# and see that you get. Then change the registry value and do the same - it will not read the registry. AT command I never tried, but I suspect it will also not read the registry.
Afaik, the IMEI is stored in encrypted format in some permanent part of the device memory. It should be accessible through some API calls to the RIL. As I am no programmer I cannot help you further.

hard to think of a LEGAL reason to be doing this anyway, the only reasons i can think of are writing a fake one (illegal) or spoofing it across the network (illegal).
If you just need to know what the IMEI is in your software for some reason then the registry entry mentioned should do it for you surely

Nooot !
I need to expand my knowledge.

Use the lineGetGeneralInfo function.

can be used for licensing method...for example a developer wants each copy can only be run on 1 device,this can be used

For example man, but i would like better to be able to read this imei in low level

Or directly from the cellular modem..

Imei unknow

Hi,
my i9505 have IMEI unknow.
It work perfect, phone, wifi etc., LTE etc.
I think that the imei is ok but is hidden.
How can I repair it ?

ronny06 said:
Hi,
my i9505 have IMEI unknow.
It work perfect, phone, wifi etc., LTE etc.
I think that the imei is ok but is hidden.
How can I repair it ?
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Hi mate ,
Not clear your problem , you can call , you have data , what you mean hidden? what do you get when you type *#06#? same imei as in the sticker behind your battery?

Hi,
if I type *#06# i see "IMEI /01" only. I not see other numbers.
When I go to settings --> info I see IMEISV /01 and IMEI: unknow.
I also check EFS folder with root explorer and it seems is ok because inside have other folders and in particular imei folder with file mps_code.dat.
Thank you

ronny06 said:
Hi,
if I type *#06# i see "IMEI /01" only. I not see other numbers.
When I go to settings --> info I see IMEISV /01 and IMEI: unknow.
I also check EFS folder with root explorer and it seems is ok because inside have other folders and in particular imei folder with file mps_code.dat.
Thank you
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If the phone works and makes calls, don't mess with it.
Messing with the IMEI is likely to break it.
This is a classic case of "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"
Who cares if it displays an UNKNOWN instead of a number? All the IMEI does is authenticate your phone on the cell network. If it's authenticating it, then it's working. Don't mess with it.

ronny06 said:
Hi,
if I type *#06# i see "IMEI /01" only. I not see other numbers.
When I go to settings --> info I see IMEISV /01 and IMEI: unknow.
I also check EFS folder with root explorer and it seems is ok because inside have other folders and in particular imei folder with file mps_code.dat.
Thank you
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Skipjacks said:
If the phone works and makes calls, don't mess with it.
Messing with the IMEI is likely to break it.
This is a classic case of "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"
Who cares if it displays an UNKNOWN instead of a number? All the IMEI does is authenticate your phone on the cell network. If it's authenticating it, then it's working. Don't mess with it.
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+1 @Skipjacks
Question just out of curiosity when you dial the 06 code you do not get the 15 digit code?

MAX 404 said:
+1 @Skipjacks
Question just out of curiosity when you dial the 06 code you do not get the 15 digit code?
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I run AOSP roms. They don't use those codes. So I can't test that.

@MAX 404
When I dial 06 code I see unknow application.
When I dial *#06# I see "IMEI /01"

Skipjacks said:
I run AOSP roms. They don't use those codes. So I can't test that.
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ronny06 said:
@MAX 404
When I dial 06 code I see unknow application.
When I dial *#06# I see "IMEI /01"
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Hi
Skipjacks , i meant the question to ronny06 anyhow thanks for the info ,is useful, did not know that happen in AOSP roms
ronny06 as Skipjacks said , if is working do not touch it ....are you in stock rom?

MAX 404 said:
Hi
ronny06 as Skipjacks said , if is working do not touch it ....are you in stock rom?
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I want to sell my phone and I cannot sell it with this problem.
Now I'm in stock ROM

ronny06 said:
I want to sell my phone and I cannot sell it with this problem.
Now I'm in stock ROM
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Hi,
It has been always like this?
The only thing i can think of is to reflash a stock rom ( odin) and see if it helps, maybe is firmware related , BEFORE you do make sure you have a copy of your EFS folder

MAX 404 said:
Hi,
It has been always like this?
The only thing i can think of is to reflash a stock rom ( odin) and see if it helps, maybe is firmware related , BEFORE you do make sure you have a copy of your EFS folder
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The problem was then I installed new 4.4.2.
I tried to install another stock rom but without success.

ronny06 said:
The problem was then I installed new 4.4.2.
I tried to install another stock rom but without success.
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Why ? what is the problem,,,
You can only install 4.4.2 rom not older .

ronny06 said:
I want to sell my phone and I cannot sell it with this problem.
Now I'm in stock ROM
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Put another SIM card in it. See if it works. If it does, then sell it with confidence. (I bet it would work)
Past that what you are asking for now is how to change the IMEI, even if you are asking how to change it to the actual IMEI. It's the same steps as changing it to a stolen IMEI so we do not discuss that on XDA.

Skipjacks said:
Put another SIM card in it. See if it works. If it does, then sell it with confidence. (I bet it would work)
Past that what you are asking for now is how to change the IMEI, even if you are asking how to change it to the actual IMEI. It's the same steps as changing it to a stolen IMEI so we do not discuss that on XDA.
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It is not true. I do not want to change imei of my phone. I know very well that it is illegal!
I only want to solve the problem of IMEI / 01 because it does not seem right to me to sell with this issue.

ronny06 said:
It is not true. I do not want to change imei of my phone. I know very well that it is illegal!
I only want to solve the problem of IMEI / 01 because it does not seem right to me to sell with this issue.
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I will say this again....if you want to change it from UNKNOWN to a number, then that is changing it. Even if you are using a legitimate IMEI for the phone. The procedure to do that is the same procedure that is used for illegally changing it from a bad IMEI to a working IMEI from a donor phone.
I don't believe you are trying to do anything illegal, but the process to do what you are asking is the same process as doing it for illegal reasons. Therefor, we don't discuss it here.
Again though, your phone isn't broken. It's working fine. So you should be able to sell it without issue. You can confirm it's sellable by putting the buyer's sim card in the phone to test it for a connection to a tower. If it works, it's a good phone.
Also stop looking up the IMEI with the 06 code.
Look in SETTING -> ABOUT PHONE -> STATUS
That should show your IMEI there. If it shows it there, then stop worrying about it. It's just the text code that's being goofy, not the actual IMEI.

Generate efs.img file from my personal IMEI number

Hi all,
I've been using this forum for years and years, always finding solutions to my rooting, rom or whatever problems but I'm getting to the bottom of it with this new one.
Here is the situation :
- I tried to install a ROM, it crashed, got my EFS partition delete.
- I didn't have any backup (I know, I know, I screwed up)
- I asked a friend with the same phone to send me a TWRP backup of his phone
- Now, I have a working S8, but with no IMEI
I still have my IMEI number from my phone that I would like to inject into the EFS partition. Is there a way to do that ? I don't want to change IMEI, I only want to reinstall mine. I'm trying to find IMEI tools to do that, but in a legal way (I know it's illegal to talk about IMEI change here). Or maybe an idea would be to generate efs.img files ?
If anyone has a good idea, I'll take it !
Thanks

PonyoDC said:
Hi all,
I've been using this forum for years and years, always finding solutions to my rooting, rom or whatever problems but I'm getting to the bottom of it with this new one.
Here is the situation :
- I tried to install a ROM, it crashed, got my EFS partition delete.
- I didn't have any backup (I know, I know, I screwed up)
- I asked a friend with the same phone to send me a TWRP backup of his phone
- Now, I have a working S8, but with no IMEI
I still have my IMEI number from my phone that I would like to inject into the EFS partition. Is there a way to do that ? I don't want to change IMEI, I only want to reinstall mine. I'm trying to find IMEI tools to do that, but in a legal way (I know it's illegal to talk about IMEI change here). Or maybe an idea would be to generate efs.img files ?
If anyone has a good idea, I'll take it !
Thanks
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You can't. Imei is cert protected. It has to be wrote to the device with a new cert file. Paid service my friend only way. Try flashing your stock firmware with proper baseband and such. Btw imei isn't in the efs like it used to be. That's about all of the help you will find here on it

Hi !
That's what I was afraid of, bu thank you for your answer !

Got some help from @BIOKNOX
It sounds sketchy but it works ! Thanks to you !

PonyoDC said:
Got some help from @BIOKNOX
It sounds sketchy but it works ! Thanks to you !
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Share? I have a friend on a different phone that needs ideas. PM me if you wish. Thanks!

Hi.
I'm in same case. I losted my phone IMEIs and i'm unable to use my g960F DS.
My 2 IMEIs show only zeros. And restore efs didn't worked for me.
I wrote phone's IMEIs on paper in case with ID too.
I try secerals ways but no success.
I will be good to share the process to have success.
Thx a lot

PonyoDC said:
Got some help from @BIOKNOX
It sounds sketchy but it works ! Thanks to you !
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Is there a link to the solution?

Ok so the @BIOKNOX account has been removed. Thanks for nothing, industry!
Can we have a solution to the technical problem, please? (No need to state that looking for official service was a hopeless adventure.)
How can the Problem
"IMEI zeroed out on screen. Original IMEI available on package"
be solved, please?
Official answers welcome. PM welcome.