Hello ! I have samsung galaxy s4 I9505 lock sfr. When I put a sim cart i can surf in the internet but I can't phone (i test with a sfr sim and a bouygues. it's the same problem for the two sim). I search on the internet for a long time to resolve this problem. I want to know what is the problem and how can i resolve it ?
Sounds like blocked imea number
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dazza7111 said:
Sounds like blocked imea number
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so is there any solution ?
m123huii said:
so is there any solution ?
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First of all check that your IMEI is the same as the one on the sticker under the battery.
If not your IMEI is borked somehow, search here on xda for IMEI restore/repair.
If the IMEI is the same as on the sticker contact your provider and ask them if that IMEI is blocked on their network.
Cheers.
qsec said:
First of all check that your IMEI is the same as the one on the sticker under the battery.
If not your IMEI is borked somehow, search here on xda for IMEI restore/repair.
If the IMEI is the same as on the sticker contact your provider and ask them if that IMEI is blocked on their network.
Cheers.
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Is it normal that the phone don't work for two different provider ? if IMEI is blocked, it must be blocked in one provider not two ?
I call one of the provider, they tell me that the phone is blacklisted. What can I do ? Is there an other solution ?
m123huii said:
Is it normal that the phone don't work for two different provider ? if IMEI is blocked, it must be blocked in one provider not two ?
I call one of the provider, they tell me that the phone is blacklisted. What can I do ? Is there an other solution ?
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Give it to the police.....
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It could also be your APN.. T-Mobile NL also has two different apns. One for tablets, which doesn't have calling included and one for phones, which does have calling included.
Me Gusta!
m123huii said:
Is it normal that the phone don't work for two different provider ? if IMEI is blocked, it must be blocked in one provider not two ?
I call one of the provider, they tell me that the phone is blacklisted. What can I do ? Is there an other solution ?
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Of course they block all of the providers. It would not be much usefull to block a IMEI if you just could choose antother provider, right?
If your IMEI is blocked and you have bought the phone second hand it is probably reported stolen. If it is like that you should hand it over to the police like mentioned before.
m123huii said:
Hello ! I have samsung galaxy s4 I9505 lock sfr. When I put a sim cart i can surf in the internet but I can't phone (i test with a sfr sim and a bouygues. it's the same problem for the two sim). I search on the internet for a long time to resolve this problem. I want to know what is the problem and how can i resolve it ?
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Probably a stolen phone as mentioned before It's best to hand it over to the police so they can return it to their rightful owner. Not sure what you can do with the guy who sold you the thing, though.
Related
About phone
No phone number?
What gives?
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About phone
No phone number?
What gives?
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Just saw that on mine as well.
Strange. My phone number shows up fine. Silly question - you guys both have T-Mobile SIMs in your phones right?
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Strange. My phone number shows up fine. Silly question - you guys both have T-Mobile SIMs in your phones right?
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Yeah I do, not sure about the OP until he speaks up...
Yes I have T-Mobile sim as well
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Hahaha, so what gives then?
When I dole out blackberrys at work (T-Mobile) only about half of them show the phone number. I think it's a T-mobile issue.
beetlejelly said:
When I dole out blackberrys at work (T-Mobile) only about half of them show the phone number. I think it's a T-mobile issue.
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Haha yeah it isn't a big deal at all, its the least of my problems with this phone right now haha, trying to get root with permission denied staring you in the face is hard to do hahaha
it happened to me also...a reboot fixed it...it was weird though...it happened after i installed the new market and after reboot the # showed up but the market reverted to the old one...idk if it's connected or it was just a coincidence...
Some of the apps need to read the number from the phone for them to work properly
So this will cause an issue for sure
I have tried rebooting and it doesnt seem to fix the problem at all
It has something to do with the sim card. You can call T-Mobile and have them resend it to the sim. If that don't work just get a new sim.
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Mine shows unknown number too. What are the odds of us all have an issue with the sim card? Could it just be a gingerbread or nexus s bug?
May (or may not) be the same issue....
If your phone number isn't recorded on your SIM card then android won't display a number (Stating the obvious I know....)
Just grab an old(er) phone (Sony Ericsson seem to work ok for this) and add in your number to the SIM. I think the menu option is something like "My Number".
If you search the Nexus One forums, there should be some non-crap instructions....
May also be of help:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=8519
I have this problem on a o2 uk sim. the phone also fails to collect the network time and date values. Could this be something to do with the gps issue I'm having? Maybe its not reading the mobile network properly?
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Guitarfreak26 said:
I have this problem on a o2 uk sim. the phone also fails to collect the network time and date values. Could this be something to do with the gps issue I'm having? Maybe its not reading the mobile network properly?
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Might be related to o2 not sending the info over their network. I've not managed to get this to work on my N1 as of yet - will try and confirm on the S later today.
The phone is the Samsung Galaxy S4 SHV-E300L.
See screenshot.
All samsung phone when a new simcard is inserted or changed sends a msg to samsung server to register your phone I think it failed sending msg to samsung server
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The phone is the Samsung Galaxy S4 SHV-E300L.
See screenshot.
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The shop you purchased from have to register your mobile to local carrier if not it cannot be used. I think they register your mobile using IMEI then it recognizes the sim card you put in then you will be able to get a signal.
Or the phone could be stolen and it's IMEI has been blocked by the networks. But if you bought it new that's highly unlikely.
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Or the phone could be stolen and it's IMEI has been blocked by the networks. But if you bought it new that's highly unlikely.
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This was bought brand new and hopefully it's not stolen or blacklisted. So guys thinks I should tell the person that whom I bought it from to try get it the IMEI registered to the carrier or might need the carrier's SIM card to activated.
Hi, my cousin bought a note 3 SM-N9005ZWEXSI for me from UAE and he said there is no region lock sticker on it! It is the LTE model. Can this be possible?
hayat55 said:
Hi, my cousin bought a note 3 SM-N9005ZWEXSI for me from UAE and he said there is no region lock sticker on it! It is the LTE model. Can this be possible?
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Asian and middle east phones doesn't have this issue AFAIK.
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Apparently one bought in kuwait has same restriction. Refer here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46011608
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The way the region lock works is that you have to use a Sim from THAT region you bought the phone when you first activate it. Then you can use it elsewhere. If you activate it with a different region Sim then its locked to THAT region of the Sim you used to activate the phone.
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Jammol said:
The way the region lock works is that you have to use a Sim from THAT region you bought the phone when you first activate it. Then you can use it elsewhere. If you activate it with a different region Sim then its locked to THAT region of the Sim you used to activate the phone.
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So even though it is from UAE and doesn't have the sticker on it should I still put the UAE sim in first? Thanks
Jammol said:
If you activate it with a different region Sim then its locked to THAT region of the Sim you used to activate the phone.
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Is that locking which you describe to the SIM of THAT different region a process which:
- requires no further Samsung intervention as it all happens automatically courtesy of the software with which the phone originally shipped; OR
- requires you to go to the local Samsung service centre to get it unlocked and realigned to that different region.
If the locking to THAT different region is embedded in the phone software which it ships with, is there any way of explaining the source of this information because it would seem to imply every phone will contain in advance of activation the different whitelists/ blacklists applicable to all the different region locks so that it can cope with whatever SIM happens to be the first one inserted?
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So even though it is from UAE and doesn't have the sticker on it should I still put the UAE sim in first? Thanks
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Yes I would still put the Phone's origin Sim in there to activate it that way it doesn't lock out others. Apparently ALL of the N3 are like that no matter where you get them unless you get the Unlocked International ones.
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Is that locking which you describe to the SIM of THAT different region a process which:
- requires no further Samsung intervention as it all happens automatically courtesy of the software with which the phone originally shipped; OR
- requires you to go to the local Samsung service centre to get it unlocked and realigned to that different region.
If the locking to THAT different region is embedded in the phone software which it ships with, is there any way of explaining the source of this information because it would seem to imply every phone will contain in advance of activation the different whitelists/ blacklists applicable to all the different region locks so that it can cope with whatever SIM happens to be the first one inserted?
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http://www.talkandroid.com/176951-s...onal-sim-lock-situation-not-so-bad-after-all/
This is where I got my information from. I did some more digging into it and it appears that it is legit. Unfortunately for the US, I'm pretty sure they are going to have it locked down even MORE.
Lol, i don't have a uae sim.
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Yes I would still put the Phone's origin Sim in there to activate it that way it doesn't lock out others. Apparently ALL of the N3 are like that no matter where you get them unless you get the Unlocked International ones.
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Yes I would still put the Phone's origin Sim in there to activate it that way it doesn't lock out others. Apparently ALL of the N3 are like that no matter where you get them unless you get the Unlocked International ones.
http://www.talkandroid.com/176951-s...onal-sim-lock-situation-not-so-bad-after-all/
This is where I got my information from. I did some more digging into it and it appears that it is legit. Unfortunately for the US, I'm pretty sure they are going to have it locked down even MORE.
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If you read the comments on that article..phone bought in the Netherlands..was using multiple dutch sim card...than when the guy popped in a Thai sim...walla..still locked!
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hayat55 said:
Hi, my cousin bought a note 3 SM-N9005ZWEXSI for me from UAE and he said there is no region lock sticker on it! It is the LTE model. Can this be possible?
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i bought mine from bahrain last night, had no sticker on it either...
Here in Malaysia also without those stickers
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nope.. it doesn't happen
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Bought my device today in Qatar....no sticker as well.
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The way the region lock works is that you have to use a Sim from THAT region you bought the phone when you first activate it. Then you can use it elsewhere. If you activate it with a different region Sim then its locked to THAT region of the Sim you used to activate the phone.
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Please don't quote PR messages that were not verified before. Everybody should be aware now that this is not true at all, moreover, Samsung intend to enforce this policy to older devices through kitkat and 4.3 upgrades.
refer to the SIM Region lock here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2457964
Didn't quote anything or anyone. I posted what was supposed to be a work around that worked for someone else. If you don't like it or know of another way or NO way, then go let them know.
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Region Lock?
Ather said:
i bought mine from bahrain last night, had no sticker on it either...
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I have the Note3 from O2 here in the UK and although I have registered it with the O2 sim it will NOT accept a sim from another region. I made a call to O2 and was told they will send me the Sim unlock key within 7days.
Ok it may solve the problem but why Samsung do we have the problem in the first place!!
Canadian phones do not have the sticker either!
Hello I bought an used ATT Note4 unlocked and I use it with TMobile. I have two problems maybe related. I have very low signal and the phone dont connect in my home and my previous phones didnt have that problem. In works in other places but you know it disconnects inside buildings and low signal areas. I was thinking in flash a TMobile modem and I think its not possible. The other problem is the IMEi that shows in settings is not the same as the sticker behind the battery so something has be done to the phone. Its possible to fix the IMEI to the real one?
Thanks a lot.
carlosgardel said:
Hello I bought an used ATT Note4 unlocked and I use it with TMobile. I have two problems maybe related. I have very low signal and the phone dont connect in my home and my previous phones didnt have that problem. In works in other places but you know it disconnects inside buildings and low signal areas. I was thinking in flash a TMobile modem and I think its not possible. The other problem is the IMEi that shows in settings is not the same as the sticker behind the battery so something has be done to the phone. Its possible to fix the IMEI to the real one?
Thanks a lot.
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The IMEI is the digital serial number of your device - It can NOT be changed (legally) - Did you purchase the phone from a reputable source? If you did return it.
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shaggyskunk said:
The IMEI is the digital serial number of your device - It can NOT be changed (legally) - Did you purchase the phone from a reputable source? If you did return it.
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I dont know if it is reputable but it is a store that sells new and used phones. Its illegal to change original IMEi what I like to do is change it to the real IMEI and make it legal.
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I dont know if it is reputable but it is a store that sells new and used phones. Its illegal to change original IMEi what I like to do is change it to the real IMEI and make it legal.
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it's possible that the case has been changed and the sticker that you see is from another device - You CAN'T legally change the IMEI - It's just like it's illegal to change the serial number on a vehicle!
Are you certain that the device was not stolen?
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it's possible that the case has been changed and the sticker that you see is from another device - You CAN'T legally change the IMEI - It's just like it's illegal to change the serial number on a vehicle!
Are you certain that the device was not stolen?
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OK no Im not certain of anything.
carlosgardel said:
OK no Im not certain of anything.
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Good luck ?
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Good luck
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Thanks a lot!!
The original IMEI on the sticker probably is bad. Call AT&T to check it
Hey Community,
I have Samsung SM-G935F with one Sim IMEI , its possible make new IMEI (Dual Sim) ?
if thats work maybe can get SM-G935F -> SM-G935FD for Dual Sim , work nice if somebody cracked that :victory:
sorry no, imei is a hardware issue not software. currently you can not make a SM-G935F into a SM-G935FD, there a thread discussing the reasons why.
here is the thread
xda-developers Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion Simultaneously using 2 SIM with SD Card in Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge by bcdtech
Cosmic Blue said:
sorry no, imei is a hardware issue not software.
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WoW never hear that IMEI Hardware source ! :silly:
dayl1ght said:
WoW never hear that IMEI Hardware source ! :silly:
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that is how your provider identifies the phone, it is burned into the eprom chip as which cannot be accessed by users. there have been cases where some roms have changed the imei to generic but that causes the provider not to recognize the phone.
Your imei is broadcast to the cell towers when you turn on the phone and when you make calls.
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that is how your provider identifies the phone, it is burned into the eprom chip as which cannot be accessed by users. there have been cases where some roms have changed the imei to generic but that causes the provider not to recognize the phone.
Your imei is broadcast to the cell towers when you turn on the phone and when you make calls.
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What´s if take right IMEI (nobody used) maybe the cell towers get signal on second sim card?
the first sim card is orginal IMEI