i was wondering if i can change the ESN and stuff to get my yet to be delevered xv6800 on page plus? like call it a touch pro 2 or something?
No your esn doesnt tell them what phone you have and if u do change ur esn u can lose the chance to ever use your phone on a network again it will show as bad esn
Yes the esn tells the network what kind of phone you have, junjlo is incorrect in saying it doesn't. But you can not discuss esn changing because it is against the rules.
oops lol yea should get this thread deleted ... i was thinking since the board deals mostly with illegal stuff it be ok .. how to find a mod lol
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Hi all
I was wondering if anyone knew the answer to the above question.
to explain a bit better:
If i change the IMEI on my XDA it will obviously show up on the phone. What i want to know is will the network see the new of old IMEI. Ie whis is sent out by the phone.
Also:
From that i have found out the new service which blocks off stolen phones work that runs in the UK work by the IMEI code of the phone.
How do i make sure i don't change my IMEI to a number that is registered as stolen and in turn block my phone off.
Also again:
If at a later stage my phone does get blocked will changing it back to the original IMEI unblock it?
After all this i'm wondering if i should bother changing the IMEI. Although it would be nice to have my DOB there.
Oops I think I posted this in the rwong place!!
To Adminstrators:
Sorry
If it is in the wrong place could you move it?
The IMEI is stored in two places: one is displayed, the other is used to send to the network. The Manipulator changes both locations. The chance you'll change your IMEI to one of a stolen phone is small, very small. (It's six digits if you exclude the manufacturer part, so the chance is definitely bigger than getting hit by a meteorite, but still)
We included the IMEI change bit because:
a) We could
b) Privacy concerns: we'd like to live in a world where people can have multiple identities that are hard to connect, even if their opponents happen to run the country / telco.
WOW!!
Thanks for the great answer. As soon as it is possible to change my imei and unblock my phone i'll be doing it. (I have version 4.20 so it don't work yet).
Does anyone know of a web site where it list all the imei that are recognised as stolen or a number i can call in the UK to find out. The local police are useless and don't know anything.
A number to report a stolen phone would be useful as well cos my little sis got her knicked.
so..my buddies phone keeps 'searching' for signal.. im thinking they have disabled the imei #.. it was working the other day with with his cingular sim in it but now its constantly searching and when he goes into the network tab to select manual it says 'cant read settings from network'
Theoretically, yes. When you report a phone as stolen, the carrier will usually block the SIM card and mark the IMEI number as stolen*. I've never heard of a carrier just randomly blocking a IMEI number though. And as far as I know there's no way for them to know that the phone had another carrier's SIM card in it.
* Of course, in the case of Cingular, they do absolutely nothing with that information. When my phone was stolen (later returned, thankfully) I was on the phone with them for a long time. The only thing that would happen with a blacklisted IMEI is, IF the person took it to a store, and the associate saw it was stolen and took the initiative to take it from them and call the police.
well hes changed the rom to different verisons and also different radio verisons trying to fix and nothing is picking up signal.. so u have any ideas what could be going on?
jacob-mda said:
well hes changed the rom to different verisons and also different radio verisons trying to fix and nothing is picking up signal.. so u have any ideas what could be going on?
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Try a new sim card. I had my Tmobile sim card take a dump on me and that is exactly what my SDA did, kept searching for a signal. So my advice is try another sim card and if the phone picks up signal then tell him to go to his carrier and get a new one. They should do it for free.
we tried multi carrier sim cards.. tmobile cingular and cellular one.. stuck on searching.
I dont know how it is donw over in the US, but in the UK i believe that the Imei can be blockd so the phone will not work correctly. So the phone is dead to the world!!!
thats how its looking. and i cant get the imei change tool from the site to work!
funman said:
I dont know how it is donw over in the US, but in the UK i believe that the Imei can be blockd so the phone will not work correctly. So the phone is dead to the world!!!
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Yeah i beleve Europe and the UK will block an IMEI reported stolen. The US carriers dont care. They would rather sell you another phone, even if its a free phone, and rope you into another contract. Think about it, blocking stolen IMEIs requires effort that does not pay the company back. Giving away a free phone requires effort that makes them money because you are stuck in another contract, and they can collect the termination fee if you decide to dump said contract.
Thats why in the UK most of us pay abit more each month so if the phone is taken or lost we get a new on on the same contract and the company gets no more money as no new contact!!!!!
And now you are saying to your self in the USA why did we not stay with the Brits!!! We would be better off!!!
Rule Britannia, Britannia rules the wave
God save our people and that DUMB Queen as well!
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okay,i have a family plan with my dad.
the asshole put a password on my account and i cant activate it now.
is there any posible way or trick or something that i can do to acitvate my phone!!!
i have alltel when i lived in virginia.but now im in pr and i cant activate the phone over here cause theres no alltel here,can i activate the phone with sprint?
how bout explaining the situation, instead of random facts.
i have no clue what your asking.
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okay,i have a family plan with my dad.
the asshole put a password on my account and i cant activate it now.
is there any posible way or trick or something that i can do to acitvate my phone!!!
i have alltel when i lived in virginia.but now im in pr and i cant activate the phone over here cause theres no alltel here,can i activate the phone with sprint?
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I think you said:
1. I am on a family plan with my dad on Alltel.
2. Even though my dad pays for my cell phone service, I call him rude names.
3. I have moved to a location that Alltel does not serve.
4. I would like to activate my phone with Sprint service, which presumably is available in my new location.
Does Alltel allow you to use roaming service in your new location? Did your dad deactivate your phone? Maybe you could try respectfully asking him about that...
If you activate service with a different carrier, you will not be on your dad's family plan anymore. That probably means you will have to pay for your own cell phone service, but does not give you permission to call him more rude names. You can try activating the phone with Sprint, but usually they will only accept phones that were originally sold for Sprint service and the ESN (unique phone serial number) is on their list.
i still pay the bill cause its under my name first of all!!!
and yes hes an asshole,cause he tried to beat up my three month old kid!!
how can i get that password?
1. if its in YOUR name and YOU pay the bill why cant YOU call sprint and activate it ?
2. Pops sounds like a loon if he did try to fight an infant.
Here are the Facts:
You cannot hack service into your phone if it has been deactivated...
You cannot retrieve the password unless your dad speaks it to you or you locate it elsewhere...
You cannot activate your account via Alltel, Sprint, etc without your dad's relevant information...
You cannot utilize a device in a area that is not supported by your device's carrier services...
You can likely switch your service on your device to another, however... it will not be easy...
You can likely get a phone activated into your own name and free yourself from parental obligation...
And you most likely need to keep your kids away from your dad if he is abusive...
thanx again for all your help,it just sucks having a cool phone with a whole lot of apps and no service :/
komechocha said:
i still pay the bill cause its under my name first of all!!!
and yes hes an asshole,cause he tried to beat up my three month old kid!!
how can i get that password?
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If the account is under your name and you pay the bill, call Alltel and get them to reset the password.
OR, if the account is under your name and you pay the bill, close the account and open a new one without your dad on it.
Really????
Are you kidding, this has nothing to do with the Titan and everything to do with needing Dr. Phil. I believe you are in the wrong forum my friend.
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Are you kidding, this has nothing to do with the Titan and everything to do with needing Dr. Phil. I believe you are in the wrong forum my friend.
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yup, things we don't need to know for $200 Alex.
1) We don't want to hear about your family problems, this is an XDA forum.
2) We don't want to see posts denegrating other people, again, the XDA forum thing.
3) We'd love to answer your questions, if you are up front with all of the details in your OP.
As far as I can tell, you still aren't giving us the details. I'd say, but the looks of your posts, you are trying to scam your Father. Otherwise, you'd be able to change the password on "your" account because it is in "your" name, and "you" pay for it.
Something isn't quite right with your story.
I just bought an Sprint Htc mogul off of ebay. It was a good $30 bucks cheaper than a Verizon Mogul. WORST regret of my life. I thought I could just buy it, unlock it (which I did), and write the ESN (I have been spending hours on end trying to do this). I REALLY need help changing the esn to another phone, because Im going on vacation in about a week, and I dont have time to purchase another phone off of Ebay. My goal is to get this phone working on the Verizon Network. I have tried using CDMA workshop to change the esn, no luck, even after entering the correct SPC. I have tried to use CDMA workshop on another computer to and it still doesnt work. Other things ive tried to do: use QXDM to try to change the esn in the NV browser but it wont let me because its read only, I have tried to use EFS explorer to also get into the NVM folder and change the ESN, AND i've probabley tried to do something else I cant remember. PLEASE help if you can ,I need this working by next week. I know esn changing is usually illegal, but not in this case as I own the smartphone I want to clone, and I do not plan to do anything bad with this. Thank You
-Dany
NVM, got it working. Previously cdma workshop gave me an annoying Failed To change Esn error. But I supercid'ed it using mtty and WINDOWS XP - NOT vista, and after that using cdmaworkshop I succesfully changed the esn.
Move to general as not rom development
bought cdma workshop nov. 2011, free upgrade until nov. 2012. interested in transfering the license to you please leave a private message
Hello everyone,
Well, here I am again... Seems like the last question is too long or maybe too hard so, no one reply or give me some idea...
This one is easier... After over a month that my Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 can't use as a phone... I decided to call Samsung Service today and the Samsung engineer there told me that... because the phone that I have is the outside country phone so, when the operator knows that I use the phone that is not paid tax to import they cut off my signal that's why I can't use this S4 phone as a PHONE!!!
The Samsung engineer advise me that I need to change the board which will cost me about 6500 bahts and because my phone is not in warranty I have to pay another 1000 bahts for service, which means I have to pay about 243 US. Dollars for them...well let's say 245 US.Dollars...in case the currency change tomorrow...
The status of the phone is all unlock... Since the very first day that I bought the phone it can make call and connect 3G, can connect WiFi...can do anything this S4 phone supposed to do for me until the efs corrupted and imei and serial numbers changed... after I fix all the problem the phone works fine except can't make any call... said not registered on network...
So, my friends... please, advise... Do I really need to change the board(for 245 US.Dollars) to make the phone becomes a PHONE again or...there is another solution for this...(Maybe I should buy new phone...that's not Samsung...)
Is it true that...when your operator knows that you use the phone that's not for your country they will block your signal...?(I use prepaid phone...) I asked my operator they said it's the phone's problem...well the Samsung guy said it's the phone's problem also and the only way to fix it is to change the board...(Seriously???... :crying
I've ever use the phone that I bought from outside country before... It works fine... maybe because it never had imei problem...
Please, I need your opinion... tomorrow I'll go see the Samsung guy... :fingers-crossed:
Best regards,
Angel S.
666.NightAngel said:
Hello everyone,
Well, here I am again... Seems like the last question is too long or maybe too hard so, no one reply or give me some idea...
This one is easier... After over a month that my Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 can't use as a phone... I decided to call Samsung Service today and the Samsung engineer there told me that... because the phone that I have is the outside country phone so, when the operator knows that I use the phone that is not paid tax to import they cut off my signal that's why I can't use this S4 phone as a PHONE!!!
The Samsung engineer advise me that I need to change the board which will cost me about 6500 bahts and because my phone is not in warranty I have to pay another 1000 bahts for service, which means I have to pay about 243 US. Dollars for them...well let's say 245 US.Dollars...in case the currency change tomorrow...
The status of the phone is all unlock... Since the very first day that I bought the phone it can make call and connect 3G, can connect WiFi...can do anything this S4 phone supposed to do for me until the efs corrupted and imei and serial numbers changed... after I fix all the problem the phone works fine except can't make any call... said not registered on network...
So, my friends... please, advise... Do I really need to change the board(for 245 US.Dollars) to make the phone becomes a PHONE again or...there is another solution for this...(Maybe I should buy new phone...that's not Samsung...)
Is it true that...when your operator knows that you use the phone that's not for your country they will block your signal...?(I use prepaid phone...) I asked my operator they said it's the phone's problem...well the Samsung guy said it's the phone's problem also and the only way to fix it is to change the board...(Seriously???... :crying
I've ever use the phone that I bought from outside country before... It works fine... maybe because it never had imei problem...
Please, I need your opinion... tomorrow I'll go see the Samsung guy... :fingers-crossed:
Best regards,
Angel S.
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Sounds like a bogus story to me, bought my I9505 in Germany yesterday and use it without problems in the Netherlands. Connected to the T-Mobile network (data and speech). Maybe your phone (Imei) is listed as stolen and blocked from the networks.
Imei is clean...
gee2012 said:
Sounds like a bogus story to me, bought my I9505 in Germany yesterday and use it without problems in the Netherlands. Connected to the T-Mobile network (data and speech). Maybe your phone (Imei) is listed as stolen and blocked from the networks.
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Hello there,
Nope... the imei is clean... because at first start I can use it... so, it's mine... I bought it new not second hand... so, not the imei I check on the web also...just in case but it's all clear...
Thank you
666.NightAngel said:
Hello there,
Nope... the imei is clean... because at first start I can use it... so, it's mine... I bought it new not second hand... so, not the imei I check on the web also...just in case but it's all clear...
Thank you
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So, turn it in for repair or request a new device. Should be covered by warranty, so no issue if you`re legit. Don`t go asking here how to change the Imei number or i`am going to report you to a moderator.
Do you understand English...?
gee2012 said:
So, turn it in for repair or request a new device. Should be covered by warranty, so no issue if you`re legit. Don`t go asking here how to change the Imei number or i`am going to report you to a moderator.
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I think I make myself clear enough... I posted in here 3 threads. All questions about how to fix my phone's problem. In those threads I told everyone that my phone has no warranty with Samsung... That's why I need some advise from people here...
This thread... is about... DO I REALLY NEED TO CHANGE THE BOARD? FOR FIXING MY PHONE'S PROBLEM...(CAN'T MAKE ANY CALL...) NOT HOW TO CHANGE IMEI...!!!!!
Can't you see?... DO YOU UNDERSTAND ENGLISH???...
I need your opinion... if you think there's no way I can fix the phone back to normal to make it can call in or out...then I will go to Samsung and said I give up... Just change the board no matter what it cost...
So what do you want from me huh???... Just read the thread carefully before point your finger at me... I REALLY HATE THAT!!!
666.NightAngel said:
I think I make myself clear enough... I posted in here 3 threads. All questions about how to fix my phone's problem. In those threads I told everyone that my phone has no warranty with Samsung... That's why I need some advise from people here...
This thread... is about... DO I REALLY NEED TO CHANGE THE BOARD? FOR FIXING MY PHONE'S PROBLEM...(CAN'T MAKE ANY CALL...) NOT HOW TO CHANGE IMEI...!!!!!
Can't you see?... DO YOU UNDERSTAND ENGLISH???...
I need your opinion... if you think there's no way I can fix the phone back to normal to make it can call in or out...then I will go to Samsung and said I give up... Just change the board no matter what it cost...
So what do you want from me huh???... Just read the thread carefully before point your finger at me... I REALLY HATE THAT!!!
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If you haven`t backed up your EFS folder and so cannot restore it then yes a new board is the only way to get it to work again. Here is a link about EFS http://www.google.nl/url?sa=t&rct=j...2dkJLSsPmgeBTBMgifxyhGA&bvm=bv.49641647,d.ZWU. There are many more links on Google.
Thank you...
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If you haven`t backed up your EFS folder and so cannot restore it then yes a new board is the only way to get it to work again. Here is a link about EFS http://www.google.nl/url?sa=t&rct=j...2dkJLSsPmgeBTBMgifxyhGA&bvm=bv.49641647,d.ZWU. There are many more links on Google.
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Ok...thanks for the link... and sorry for my temper... you have no idea how much stress I have, it's been over a month now that all I can do is searching through internet read thousands of threads and comments and here I am...only few steps to the goal...but I can't reach it...
So, please let me explain a little bit more of my situation...
The phone works... I can connect to internet. Use social app like whatsapp, line, facebook, twitter and many more... but can't make any call... the imei is also fine... when I dial *#06# it shows up my original imei... the serial number is fine...when I check the phone's status it shows the original S/N, The baseband is also shows in phone's status too... the signal bar is full most of the time...
So, the only thing is not fine is... I can't make any call...(even the signal is full...) that's all... when I dial number and make call it said "Not registered on network" I have the efs backup now. The good one...so, thank you for the link...actually I've ever tried that before but I guess it doesn't hurt to do it again...
Tomorrow I'll meet Samsung technician... to see what he can do...
Best regards,
Angel S.