Hello,
I bought a Samsung Note 3 and I did factory reset and now when I put my sim card it doesnt work it says "Invalid IMEI" I tried some number tricks for engineer mode ect. , but it says invalid imei.Can someone please help me?
Where did you buy it from, back of a truck?
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dr.m0x said:
Where did you buy it from, back of a truck?
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can you help me find a way to rewrite my imei cause I have it
besartlatifaj said:
can you help me find a way to rewrite my imei cause I have it
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Sounds like your IMEI has been blocked, youmay need to revisit the shop/person you bought it from.
Qpst restores imei I did it on my s3
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besartlatifaj said:
can you help me find a way to rewrite my imei cause I have it
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If you have it then find a repair shop with an octopus box, they can rewrite it.
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No-one here will tell you how to do it with a step by step guide as it is illegal in most countries.
If the IMEI is blocked and you bought it from a shop then take it back...
If you bought from someone then you have a phone that's been reported stolen and/or has been replaced by insurance. Either of these thing can get you in trouble with he law as you are using stolen property (it is the insurance companies property if replaced under insurance).
Good luck. But seriously, I wouldn't stuff around with it as you may get in big trouble... Get your money back...
Hi.
It is weared that after a factory reset you lost your IMEI. this is written in the efs partition in the root of your phone and usually gets lost if u flash custom roms.
Have u unrooted your phone and install any rom right after that factory reset?
If u r rooted, install x-plorer and look if u have any backup of your efs folder. There are some methods to restore and first save your efs partition. That is the the place where your IMEI, ip, serial no, Bluetooth and wireless no. are written. Without this u can not use your phone with your network.
I had the similar problem with my s3 and very hardly restored my IMEI. On xda are a lot of methods about this, and on other forums. For me it took 2 weeks of searching and I finally did it with a method but at least I had a efs partition saved. There are methods how to do it if u do not have efs saved but not all will work.
Try this steps:
1.If u never rooted your phone u might go back to the shop for repair.
2.if u are rooted u can flash back the stock rom, stock recovery, use Triangle Away that u can find for free on xda to reset the counter of your device to 0 so u get back your warrantee and bring it back to repair.
3.if u want to try for your own just search on xda and in Internet(youtube) about restoring imei.
4.There is a guy from Poland that can restore it through team viewer for 10 euros,if your model do not require a special cable. U can find him on xda or I might give u link but I am not home yet.
5.there is a program to install on your Windows that allows you to rewrite your IMEI in the phone but if u write another imei is illegal. I could not do it just bcs my windows 7 do not recognize the ports in device manager so neither the program could not see the phone connected even if in my computer I could see it.
6.u may try to go to a normal repairing shop to restore imei. They have that cable and a small electronic device and with a click they restore it. In Bruxelles cost me 45euros but in London and US they say is about 10-20 DOLLARS or Pounds.
I wrote u a lot but let me know in which stage u r.
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Hi,
I got my phone abroad Galaxy S passport records, and I'm tired of you had your 3 months after using the version of Froyo MIUI I decided to install. I installed 3 days ago but I did not know what happened to the EFS. And now the phone's IMEI number 40000 0049990. .. this was not the original. phone line is running, but canceled. now what should I do to return the old IMEI number, or Waiting for your help Thank you in advance masters.
I have no idea what you're saying, but if you're having problems with your IMEI, then just search for "IMEI" and the first 5 or so articles might be what you're looking for.
this problem. MIUI for downloading the IMEI number has changed. What should I do now, and I have no idea
If you don't have a backup of the efs-folder you are screwed. Phone needs a new mainboard.
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flash back to a stock firmware using ODIN, and you'll get the IMEI back
Download a firmware from samfirmware.com for your phone, flash it with odin, if it doesn't work with the firmware with 3 files (pda,modem and csc) try another with one file (like "JVH_JV3_JPO.tar") and your imei should be restored.
After, install root explorer and copy efs folder to sdcard and after on your computer. Keep it safe in case you will need it later.
Reflash an official froyo firmware using ODIN and you should be up and running, had the same problem when i tried MIUI a while back and thats how i got it sorted.
Hope it works out for you
flash to base
flash to base and after that flash to the new rom and look at the RE in the odin pro
It is possible to get the IMEI back? Super.
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I installed the original rom and has become a darky IMEI thanks a lot to address. kullanabiliyorum phone now
IINexusII said:
flash back to a stock firmware using ODIN, and you'll get the IMEI back
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This should work, it did for many others and also me.
Goodluck.
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Restore IMEI with Backup
Hello I also have a problem with my IMEI. I flashed the latest miui version but backed up my efs folder like it was described by the miui-team.
Now I want to restore my old and original IMEI but don't know how to.
Hope you can help me and I know it must be really easy for you.
Greetings from Hamburg,GER
addicted90
All I had to do was to copy the nv_data.bin and nv_data.bin.md5 files from the backup back to the /efs folder on the phone and reboot.
bodobari said:
I installed the original rom and has become a darky IMEI thanks a lot to address. kullanabiliyorum phone now
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kullanabiliyorum? WT:...
i have z3x box.
when trying to repair imei
make *#9090# and select RM DUM OVER MODEM (4 or 5) (Now service mode, Just Black Screen)
after phone restart and Clear EFS Folder.
Now, Phone NO Network. No Read SIM CARD
What do I do now
ufukkoktas said:
i have z3x box.
when trying to repair imei
make *#9090# and select RM DUM OVER MODEM (4 or 5) (Now service mode, Just Black Screen)
after phone restart and Clear EFS Folder.
Now, Phone NO Network. No Read SIM CARD
What do I do now
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I would say restore via Odin.
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tino_b said:
I would say restore via Odin.
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I Try new firmware flashed 3 time.. but not solution
Phone completely clear EFS folder. dont have Backup.
Did you fix it i have the same problem?
ufukkoktas said:
i have z3x box.
when trying to repair imei
make *#9090# and select RM DUM OVER MODEM (4 or 5) (Now service mode, Just Black Screen)
after phone restart and Clear EFS Folder.
Now, Phone NO Network. No Read SIM CARD
What do I do now
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Hi mate do you know how to get out of service mode?
Well in here we are only a few box owners, I do not have z3x,I only have spt, asansam and riff, but if I where you I would head over to gsmhosting to the official product section
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jay7862 said:
Hi mate do you know how to get out of service mode?
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Have you tried with a sat stock rom? In SGS flashing a stock rom imei came back.
If you decide it and don´t find the files, send me a mp
Luck
jatar said:
Have you tried with a sat stock rom? In SGS flashing a stock rom imei came back.
If you decide it and don´t find the files, send me a mp
Luck
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hi , need efs files for i9505 for efs pro , imei lost and efs folder clear , can any body send efs from one good phone hier on forum ?
sen_igor said:
hi , need efs files for i9505 for efs pro , imei lost and efs folder clear , can any body send efs from one good phone hier on forum ?
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Dont think that will work.each phone has his own imei.
Hate to say this but if u dont have ur imei backed upped i think ur screwed.
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flash stock rom and do reset / factory reset to make it back to official roms to get back warranty, then send it to Samsung service centre.They will get ur imei as normal..
it done less than an hour..
Discussion of changing IMEI methods are not allowed as its illegal in most countries.
If you didn't read the giudes and didn't backup before messing with your phone then tough, should have read them in the first place and you won't find help on IMEI changing on here.
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Well something went really wrong and i have a corrupt IMEI/EFS partition.
so i followed this and this threads to restore my EFS partition.
But for some reason, my IMEI number / EFS partition is not being restored. Also my mobile network (not able to make and receive calls/ no mobile data) is not working.
Please help ASAP My N7100 is still under warranty but i tripped the knox counter.
Also i am able to go into bootloader mode but odin is not recognizing the device. I installed kies and it is updated.
edit - flashed official stock rom via mobile odin so that i can take it to samsung service centre. But as a last resort, still searching for methods to restore efs.
If anybody still has any suggestions or help, please please comment here.
Thank you vry much,..
A_U said:
Well something went really wrong and i have a corrupt IMEI/EFS partition.
so i followed this and this threads to restore my EFS partition.
But for some reason, my IMEI number / EFS partition is not being restored. Also my mobile network (not able to make and receive calls/ no mobile data) is not working.
Please help ASAP My N7100 is still under warranty but i tripped the knox counter.
Also i am able to go into bootloader mode but odin is not recognizing the device. I installed kies and it is updated.
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Try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2088809
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or try efs tool restore found here
put efs.img inside folder, open command prompt in the folder (shift + right button of mouse) and choose efs restore
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or try efs tool restore found here
put efs.img inside folder, open command prompt in the folder (shift + right button of mouse) and choose efs restore
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i tried this tool but its not working..
the tool shows that there is some data transfer, but nothing is happening in my phone.
just to confirm..how much is the size of a properly working efs.img file ?
mine is around 20,048 Kb
It's 20 mb the image, besides I doubt that you can do anything without a XwZ BOX,which will cost you over $100 so my advice is that you take it to a dealer for a repair , that's if you don't have an EFS back up, however I'm not sure if the things are easier if you have a back up either, since it didn't work for me.
hagba said:
It's 20 mb the image, besides I doubt that you can do anything without a XwZ BOX,which will cost you over $100 so my advice is that you take it to a dealer for a repair , that's if you don't have an EFS back up, however I'm not sure if the things are easier if you have a back up either, since it didn't work for me.
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wats a XwZ BOX ?
and i do have a backup..but for some reason i tried all the tools listed in this forum and none of the methods are working..
will the dealers be able to fix this issue ?
i live in india..how much will it cost to fix this mess ?
A_U said:
i tried this tool but its not working..
the tool shows that there is some data transfer, but nothing is happening in my phone.
just to confirm..how much is the size of a properly working efs.img file ?
mine is around 20,048 Kb
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Just a question... How did you make the efs backup you have? Size should be correct
If you remember how did you make backup, it'd be easier...
Have you got just a backup? The file you're using could be a corrupted file...
A_U said:
edit - flashed official stock rom via mobile odin so that i can take it to samsung service centre. But as a last resort, still searching for methods to restore efs.
If anybody still has any suggestions or help, please please comment here.
Thank you vry much,..
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Can you enter in download mode and flash via odin? I can send you .pit file and try repartiton and flash stock rom...
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A_U said:
wats a XwZ BOX ?
and i do have a backup..but for some reason i tried all the tools listed in this forum and none of the methods are working..
will the dealers be able to fix this issue ?
i live in india..how much will it cost to fix this mess ?
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Yes the dealers can fix it, will cost somewhere between $30 To $40,at least that's the way the things are where I live. That is why I'm gonna keep my Note II on 4.1.2 until it dies away and will get THIS biggi and forget about Samsung alltogether,I have learned my lesson the hard way..
http://consumer.huawei.com/en/tablets/gallery/7d-501l-en.htm
A_U said:
Well something went really wrong and i have a corrupt IMEI/EFS partition.
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dit you fixed your phone?
if no, just try this efs_fix and report
flash from recovery
I claimed the warranty..service centre guys fixed it for free.
They replaced the motherboard..costs around 9000 rupees in india without warranty
And guess wat ! They even reset my knox counter
My note 2 is now like a brand new device.
But thanks a lot guys; for all the help u provided in this thread...appreciated .
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I claimed the warranty..service centre guys fixed it for free.
They replaced the motherboard..costs around 9000 rupees in india without warranty
And guess wat ! They even reset my knox counter
My note 2 is now like a brand new device.
But thanks a lot guys; for all the help u provided in this thread...appreciated .
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i'm glad to hear that... :good:
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dit you fixed your phone?
If no, just try this efs_fix and report
flash from recovery
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u r the man thanks i have been working on 4 a week
thanks thanks thanks
my note 2 was dead on Samsung logo after i have update your zip it open but every one should be a wear cuz it is a Dummy version any one should not use it if he don't have a efs backup to restore
hi dudes
well i was playing with the phone and i lost the imei ans serial i didnot make a back up of the EFS folder so any ideas how to restore?
i try using kies no luck
i try using z3x box repair efs but no luck
if some one has this model and can share the serial file so i can edite and use my original serial and mask the imei with xposed apps it be great so i can get back my phone to service.
Maybe try this, at your own risk of course.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17587351
Be sure you know what you're doing though or you could make it worse. Be sure to ask questions on that thread if you're unsure of anything. Maybe read the comments before attempting too as others may have better solutions.
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Hello everybody,
What can I do if my Axon 7 has lost the IMEI by restoring a backup through TWRP? My baseband version is unrecognized.
I have tried to save on this thread the mobile phone, but the problem "IMEI Changer" does not recognize DIAG port.
Windows only shows:
Sry for my bad english. I use Google Translate.
I hate to say this, but you're out of luck. If you restored your EFS partition via a bad version of TWRP, you're stuck. Send it back to ZTE.
Controllerboy said:
I hate to say this, but you're out of luck. If you restored your EFS partition via a bad version of TWRP, you're stuck. Send it back to ZTE.
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Damn and I was hoping through the program IMEI Changer could save the phone ...
I have the A2017G model and the bootloader has been unlocked. The device was bought at Amazon in Germany. Is it possible to send the device to the manufacturer because of the warranty?
logimowl said:
Damn and I was hoping through the program IMEI Changer could save the phone ...
I have the A2017G model and the bootloader has been unlocked. The device was bought at Amazon in Germany. Is it possible to send the device to the manufacturer because of the warranty?
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I encountered the exact issue you told me. I restored a TWRP backup that I had made through a faulty TWRP version and it made me lose my IMEI and baseband. Tried just about anything. Nothing worked.
Restored everything to stock, reflashed stock recovery and locked bootloader and sent it back. Got a new one, only had to pay the shipping costs of my device to Germany. I hope you're as lucky as I have been. Thumbs up.
How can we make a backup of imei?
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How can we make a backup of imei?
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Folks need to stop messing with the EFS partition. The only things you should be backing up with twrp is boot, system, and data. Nothing else.
Have you tried the zadig tool?
http://zadig.akeo.ie
Also, I've found this Qualcomm Driver to always work for me in the past. Surprising. It's the ONLY one that could help my device get detected by certain tools.
I uploaded it to my AFH for safekeeping: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=817550096634746189
If you haven't tried any of this yet, just give it a whirl. I used the IMEI tool to rewrite my IMEI when I accidentally wiped it, and it was perfect.
My imei is shown as unknow i have a US phone but its working fine so i dont really pay much atention to it lol, but i will try the app kwesi posted to see if i can get it working