Hi all,
was just filling my warranty card.. and I was thinking.. where is the serial number of the phone?
Should be inside your phone. Behind the battery maybe. The IMEI number is what're they want i think.
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jorgenask said:
Should be inside your phone. Behind the battery maybe. The IMEI number is what're they want i think.
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ah.. nope, it's not the IMEI because they are asking of that as well.
It's on the box under the IMEI number... look under the barcode for the numbers.
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Anyone know how to get the imei for the evo? The old trick was *#06# but it doesn't work on the evo.
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The evo doesnt use imei numbers, only gsm phones use those features. you have to look for esn in the form of hex and dec..just pull the battery and youll see.
Ok thought so. I'm trying to get a register key from a developer and he wants the number for some reason. I don't know why he wont just give me the key. I had to replace my old evo
But thanks anyway
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I bought a hero gsm on ebay and it has a blacklisted emei #. Does anyone know how to get this working?
thats very risky dude , you could be in prison by now but lucky you Hm However its bit impossible to get it back you can contact your carrier or complaint it to the police. explain it to them they might can help you
Report it to the carrier and the police and you might get it unlocked.
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XDA isn't here to help you use blacklisted phones. Closed per rule 9
I sent my old X10 to sony ericsson to get repaired. when i sent the phone. It was unlocked. Now i received it today to find out it was locked. The imei number is the same. And even the sticker behind the phone is the same / same imei.
Am confused to why / how the phone is locked again. And why the phone looks like it had a new housing on it. ?? It was just a charging fault. .. No complaints tho my screen looks new and the same unlock code i purchased a while back worked..
Just confused to how the phone was locked again. And the case was replaced ? Did they just put my board into a new housing?
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carrier or sony service?? if it was the first is normal if it was sony then idk it just suck you can unlock it again or call them saying you had an unlocked phone idk
What charging problem was it....I think i have a charging problem ;(
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I sent my old X10 to sony ericsson to get repaired. when i sent the phone. It was unlocked. Now i received it today to find out it was locked. The imei number is the same. And even the sticker behind the phone is the same / same imei.
Am confused to why / how the phone is locked again. And why the phone looks like it had a new housing on it. ?? It was just a charging fault. .. No complaints tho my screen looks new and the same unlock code i purchased a while back worked..
Just confused to how the phone was locked again. And the case was replaced ? Did they just put my board into a new housing?
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ZAIGHAM ALI said:
What charging problem was it....I think i have a charging problem ;(
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When the charging cable was plugged ali, it would illuminate the led light, but the battery wouldnt charge. Unless you replug the cable.
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alankstiyo said:
carrier or sony service?? if it was the first is normal if it was sony then idk it just suck you can unlock it again or call them saying you had an unlocked phone idk
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I purchased the unlock code on ebay and used it again. So works fine now . Just dont know why the phone was came back locked
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Maybe they sent you a different phone
pngface said:
Maybe they sent you a different phone
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But the imei was the same . And Same label on the back. But the screen did look newer :/ it wasnt even a screen fault. :/
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haha, i had a charging problem too ( i had to hold it for it to charge ) and they had to hard reset it for no reason...
duffy1807 said:
I sent my old X10 to sony ericsson to get repaired. when i sent the phone. It was unlocked. Now i received it today to find out it was locked. The imei number is the same. And even the sticker behind the phone is the same / same imei.
Am confused to why / how the phone is locked again. And why the phone looks like it had a new housing on it. ?? It was just a charging fault. .. No complaints tho my screen looks new and the same unlock code i purchased a while back worked..
Just confused to how the phone was locked again. And the case was replaced ? Did they just put my board into a new housing?
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can you purchas unlock code for me please
sahhar1993 said:
can you purchas unlock code for me please
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omg, just stop spamming, kid...
I had a replacement handset from Rogers sent out that was SIM locked. They say the refurb phones came from SE. Bunch of morons sometimes. I mean honestly, how does that happen?
So my usb port is wacked on my phone and the sprint store won't repair it cause of "signs" of water damage. So I bought a epic with a clean esn that had been thrashed, slider messed up, no touch, colors are wonky but good battery good charge and it boots fine. My questions are, is the esn tied to the logic board or a specific chip somewhere else in the phone? Also would the dramage describe lead anyone to think that the board would have any issues? Thanks in advance.
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bryanfritz1 said:
So my usb port is wacked on my phone and the sprint store won't repair it cause of "signs" of water damage. So I bought a epic with a clean esn that had been thrashed, slider messed up, no touch, colors are wonky but good battery good charge and it boots fine. My questions are, is the esn tied to the logic board or a specific chip somewhere else in the phone? Also would the dramage describe lead anyone to think that the board would have any issues? Thanks in advance.
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I would think the board should be fine to swap out. It should be easy to switch them. Don't even have to take phone all the way apart, just remove the screws and carefully pull the back off. As far as I know its not tied to anything that would prevent you from having it work.
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brooksyx said:
I would think the board should be fine to swap out. It should be easy to switch them. Don't even have to take phone all the way apart, just remove the screws and carefully pull the back off. As far as I know its not tied to anything that would prevent you from having it work.
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The board is most definitely tied to the esn, and it's not on some sort of removable part or anything. The esn *should* be flashed to the memory of the cdma chip, but I'm not exactly sure where.
Either way, each board is unique in that each has a different serial that can not be changed without really special software.
That's isn't to say you couldn't just swap the board over and change your esn with sprint. Of course that'll work.
Actually, looking back, I'm not sure i interpreted your post correctly lol.
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squshy 7 said:
The board is most definitely tied to the esn, and it's not on some sort of removable part or anything. The esn *should* be flashed to the memory of the cdma chip, but I'm not exactly sure where.
Either way, each board is unique in that each has a different serial that can not be changed without really special software.
That's isn't to say you couldn't just swap the board over and change your esn with sprint. Of course that'll work.
Actually, looking back, I'm not sure i interpreted your post correctly lol.
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Yeah u definitely read that wrong...
The board is the only part tied to the esn. The whole point of the OP question was to swap boards and change the esn registered to his account to the new one. I really think u missed the point of his question and my response. He just wants to swap hardware. No software modding.
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brooksyx said:
Yeah u definitely read that wrong...
The board is the only part tied to the esn. The whole point of the OP question was to swap boards and change the esn registered to his account to the new one. I really think u missed the point of his question and my response. He just wants to swap hardware. No software modding.
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If he can read the esn off the other board he can just activate the new esn since he said it was clean.
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If he can read the esn off the other board he can just activate the new esn since he said it was clean.
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Yep. Even if there is no sticker. He can go to settings, about phone, status and it has the meid hex there as well.
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Wow thanks guys I thought the esn would be tied to the logic board, which happens to be the board with the usb port on it, so I will need to switch the esn once I move the new board to my old phone. Also side note I booted the broken phone into recovery 2e and I can't get it back out because the captivate buttons are shot. I left the battery out all night but it still just boots right into recovery, anything I should worry about? I figure I can just boot out of it after I make the swap, since my captivate buttons do work. Sorry if my post is kinda jarbled.
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Expert opinion and tester for this
http://sigmakey.com/en/Sigma-News/Sigma-Software-v.2.10.01.html
hazam1992 said:
Expert opinion and tester for this
http://sigmakey.com/en/Sigma-News/Sigma-Software-v.2.10.01.html
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some more info
It should work, but is going to be over $100. It spoofs the IMEI to be one that is unlockable by Motorola, unlocks it, and then reverts back to your old IMEI.
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Shouldn't we be able to spoof the imei without paying $100 for some hardware?
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The biggest problem with that is the fact XDA would not stand for this method.
Spoofing the imei could be seen as immoral as would tricking Motorola.
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I don't think morality really would be the issue there, as refusing to fix a flawed last firmware or even making it high impossible to put your own on us immoral enough by Motorola. But isn't spoofing the imei illegal in the US? I think the main issue.
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Tinkering with IMEI is not allowed I.e. against XDA rules...
I thought so. Pity that's the way we would have to go about unlocking the boot loader.
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rahimali said:
Tinkering with IMEI is not allowed I.e. against XDA rules...
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Really? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1734558 Than why this??
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Really? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1734558 Than why this??
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there's a bit of a discussion on it here and a moderator has also commented on said discussion here. regardless, if you're feeling lucky, go ahead...
where would one get an unlockable IMEI?
I would assume from Motorola directly.
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hazam1992 said:
where would one get an unlockable IMEI?
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By purchasing a device that is eligible to be unlocked by Moto.
Well that's redundant....
hazam1992 said:
Well that's redundant....
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It's not ethical to obtain an unlockable IMEI, probably even illegal.