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Im not quite sure what to do, my HD2 got stolen 3 weeks ago lucky for me I had IMEI written so i reported it to cops. Two days later I got my phone back. Cops said I was lucky the guy didnt had time to sell it. When i got it back my phone it was completly reinstalled with WM6.5 (before I had WM7.5) I noticed that volume up stopped working so i started investigating deeper and to my suprise phone IMEI has been changed! When I went into boot mode (multi color) insted of cotula hspl it said something about freebox.
Here is my questions
1. Is there a way to repair phone so my volume up works? Or at least map any other key as volume up in wm7?
2. How can I get back my phone to show original IMEI?
drsaint said:
Im not quite sure what to do, my HD2 got stolen 3 weeks ago lucky for me I had IMEI written so i reported it to cops. Two days later I got my phone back. Cops said I was lucky the guy didnt had time to sell it. When i got it back my phone it was completly reinstalled with WM6.5 (before I had WM7.5) I noticed that volume up stopped working so i started investigating deeper and to my suprise phone IMEI has been changed! When I went into boot mode (multi color) insted of cotula hspl it said something about freebox.
Here is my questions
1. Is there a way to repair phone so my volume up works? Or at least map any other key as volume up in wm7?
2. How can I get back my phone to show original IMEI?
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Are you sure it is the same phone you had stolen?
I'm sure 100% it's the same phong, IMEI written on the back of the phone corresponds to the one I have on original box, but when I check IMEI from OS it's different
well if the SPL been changed then my first thought would be to put it back
So,
head on over to HTC and grab yourself an original stock ROM, flash away using the SD card method, with a bit of luck that will wipe all the crap off it, then HSPL > Radio >MAGLDR >WP7
happy to point you in the right direction for all of those or confirm your findings but its good to give it a shot yourself, a quick search will give you all you need
search for strings like
HD2 LEO SD card flash
i gather you already know how to install WP7
THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE. Unless you or someone else switch the sticker on the back of the device, or swapped the housing/chassis, it is nearly impossible to change the IMEI on a device.
If this was possible, I would of have done it so long ago to trick my device to think it was some other device.
Unfortunately, IMEI hacks are illegal. That is why developers don't go that route. It's not as simple as pirating apps (which is also illegal).
Why do I get the feeling that this is some fancy way of asking how to change your IMEI (i.e., insert sap story and request on "help" on how to change your IMEI)?
Why would you want to change your IMEI? You have your device back and different IMEI doesn't change anything. All the apps will work as they worked before etc, so I don't think you should worry about that.
PoisonWolf said:
Why do I get the feeling that this is some fancy way of asking how to change your IMEI (i.e., insert sap story and request on "help" on how to change your IMEI)?
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Hahahaha my thoughts exactly. He want somebody to help him change it. Never heard of anyone changing imei. It's like DNA of the phone.
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well, I for one, would love to change the IMEI on a device so that it can bypass stupid carrier restriction (ie: use t-mobile $5unlimited internet on a mytouch4G for the 4G)
currently, it's not possible since t-mobile has blocked this device from loop-holes like that.
JUST SAYING though.......
Sorry, we don't allow discussion of IMEI changing on xda, as it *can* be used for unlawful reasons.
Hey,
I've had my phone for a month or so, and I was changing the rom, and accidently installed the AEON v3 on my D208.
Now my phone is stuck on fastboot everytime I boot my phone, I've looked around and tried everything
The Back to stock thread doesnt work me for, I keep getting stuck at 49% and LG Support tool shows L02E
I've downloaded the latest, and the 3.9.1 drivers, all install except for LGE Phone Software.
I'm very frustrated and need help fast. I have no backup of the phone (which i forgot to take)
Can this be fixed? any ideas? - and or is it possible to push a new rom into my D802 from fastboot or through twrp.
I can access download mode and twrp.
Thank you.
alatewolf said:
Hey,
I've had my phone for a month or so, and I was changing the rom, and accidently installed the AEON v3 on my D208.
Now my phone is stuck on fastboot everytime I boot my phone, I've looked around and tried everything
The Back to stock thread doesnt work me for, I keep getting stuck at 49% and LG Support tool shows L02E
I've downloaded the latest, and the 3.9.1 drivers, all install except for LGE Phone Software.
I'm very frustrated and need help fast. I have no backup of the phone (which i forgot to take)
Can this be fixed? any ideas? - and or is it possible to push a new rom into my D802 from fastboot or through twrp.
I can access download mode and twrp.
Thank you.
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Use this method to flash back to stock. DW phones are hard to fully brick now days.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
Edit: sorry didnt fully read your post xD Before trying to wipe in lg flashtools. Go into twrp and wipe everything! data, system etc. Then try the tool again, i had the same issue as you. OR you can simply flash a new rom for the D802 inn TWRP.
MalignantQuechnitlan said:
Use this method to flash back to stock. DW phones are hard to fully brick now days.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
Edit: sorry didnt fully read your post xD Before trying to wipe in lg flashtools. Go into twrp and wipe everything! data, system etc. Then try the tool again, i had the same issue as you. OR you can simply flash a new rom for the D802 inn TWRP.
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Dw, I fixed it, I tired the Emergency mode, and it randomly just started working, Thanks for your help
Haha sweet and no problem :good:
Sent from my LG-G2 using Tapatalk
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Haha sweet and no problem :good:
Sent from my LG-G2 using Tapatalk
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Hey I kinda have another problem, I cant get any service, everytime I try to connect to a service operator I get the error,
"Unable to connect to this network at this time android, Try again later" I've changed sim, I've changed apn settings and all sorts, nothing works, the sim works fine on another phone tho. Also same problem when tried with another network simcard, Any ideas?
alatewolf said:
Hey I kinda have another problem, I cant get any service, everytime I try to connect to a service operator I get the error,
"Unable to connect to this network at this time android, Try again later" I've changed sim, I've changed apn settings and all sorts, nothing works, the sim works fine on another phone tho. Also same problem when tried with another network simcard, Any ideas?
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It seems like you have wiped your baseband/modem. Go into settings and look at the baseband version. if it says unknown then its been wiped and you will need to flash back to stock or you may be able to flash a new modem.
MalignantQuechnitlan said:
It seems like you have wiped your baseband/modem. Go into settings and look at the baseband version. if it says unknown then its been wiped and you will need to flash back to stock or you may be able to flash a new modem.
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Nope, Baseband shows as M8974A-AAAANAZM-1.0.190036,
Also I flashed back to stock earlier and it made no difference, sometimes I also get a popup saying "phone not authorized. turn off and restart your phone. if network is unavailable, contact customer service"
My phone recognises I'm on talkmobile, and same with other different sims, also in network info it shows "In Service" but Mobile network state is disconnected. I cannot pick a network operator as said, and I've tried many roms, reseting my phone, and wiping the whole system and such while I was having the fastboot problem.
I'm really confused and afraid I've turned my phone into a hella expensive mp3. Is there anything I can do, or maybe I can show you so you could help? that would be really appreciated if you can.
alatewolf said:
Nope, Baseband shows as M8974A-AAAANAZM-1.0.190036,
Also I flashed back to stock earlier and it made no difference, sometimes I also get a popup saying "phone not authorized. turn off and restart your phone. if network is unavailable, contact customer service"
My phone recognises I'm on talkmobile, and same with other different sims, also in network info it shows "In Service" but Mobile network state is disconnected. I cannot pick a network operator as said, and I've tried many roms, reseting my phone, and wiping the whole system and such while I was having the fastboot problem.
I'm really confused and afraid I've turned my phone into a hella expensive mp3. Is there anything I can do, or maybe I can show you so you could help? that would be really appreciated if you can.
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Eh sorry to ask but is your phone from a carrier or ebay or something? If ebay or amazon...i may know why its messing up D:
MalignantQuechnitlan said:
Eh sorry to ask but is your phone from a carrier or ebay or something? If ebay or amazon...i may know why its messing up D:
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I bought it from ebay, Its the international version and it was working for a couple of days and then one day it randomly went off
alatewolf said:
I bought it from ebay, Its the international version and it was working for a couple of days and then one day it randomly went off
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Ahh i thought that. Some other guy posted the same sorta thing as you about signal completely dying He bought his online too. It turns out his device was reported stolen, so the carrier blocked it, the same way yours is (no signal) but don't worry it might not be that, ill go check the post and you can ask the guy how he found out.
EDIT: his post - "Well would you believe it. After much messing around, flashing modems, going back to stock, flashing with different recoveries etc, I took the plunge and paid for a checkmend.com report. It turns out that the device I bought on ebay 2 weeks ago has been reported as stolen and is barred on mobile networks in the UK. Paypal claim already done...
So just in case anyone else has a sudden problem with no signal, it might not be a bad flash!"
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@j0ff help this guy out
MalignantQuechnitlan said:
Ahh i thought that. Some other guy posted the same sorta thing as you about signal completely dying He bought his online too. It turns out his device was reported stolen, so the carrier blocked it, the same way yours is (no signal) but don't worry it might not be that, ill go check the post and you can ask the guy how he found out.
EDIT: his post - "Well would you believe it. After much messing around, flashing modems, going back to stock, flashing with different recoveries etc, I took the plunge and paid for a checkmend.com report. It turns out that the device I bought on ebay 2 weeks ago has been reported as stolen and is barred on mobile networks in the UK. Paypal claim already done...
So just in case anyone else has a sudden problem with no signal, it might not be a bad flash!"
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@j0ff help this guy out
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Is the website safe? Is there no other way of finding out? and if it is a stolen phone, what do I actually do, like do i call the police and report it or?
alatewolf said:
Is the website safe? Is there no other way of finding out? and if it is a stolen phone, what do I actually do, like do i call the police and report it or?
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I've never used it, but he used it, so it must be haha and I'm really not sure man D:
MalignantQuechnitlan said:
I've never used it, but he used it, so it must be haha and I'm really not sure man D:
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Oh okay, I used the website and it shows the phone has been reported lost or stolen, I'll make a claim to paypal and open a case on ebay, Thank you for your help, You've honestly taken alot of stress off my shoulders, I've been trying to fix this for over 2 days non stop without sleep.
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Oh okay, I used the website and it shows the phone has been reported lost or stolen, I'll make a claim to paypal and open a case on ebay, Thank you for your help, You've honestly taken alot of stress off my shoulders, I've been trying to fix this for over 2 days non stop without sleep.
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The sneaky bastards selling a stolen phone! At least you found out anyway, i hope you get your money back and no problem :good:
Might not have been stolen they may have sold it and then made an insurance claim on it to get a new one cheap. I have heard of people doing that to get a phone and money and screwing other people over. Either way pretty messed up to do that too people. Hopefully PayPal and eBay will help in resolving the issue
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rquiett said:
Might not have been stolen they may have sold it and then made an insurance claim on it to get a new one cheap. I have heard of people doing that to get a phone and money and screwing other people over. Either way pretty messed up to do that too people. Hopefully PayPal and eBay will help in resolving the issue
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I know, I spent hours trying to fix it and got really worried and sick, I opened a case and requested a refund from paypal. hopefully I'll get it.
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The sneaky bastards selling a stolen phone! At least you found out anyway, i hope you get your money back and no problem :good:
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Thank you so much!
What I don't understand here is how can a stolen phone in a particular country can be blocked to be used all over the world. I see lot of ebay listings for BAD IMEI AT&T and T-Mobile phones being sold for international usage(outside US) & I know some people buy it for International usage and it should in a vice-versa situation. Is the OP from outside US & bought International version on ebay hence he can't used it in his country, because outside north-america, every country gets same model except for some Asian countries like South-Korea, Japan.
Hello!
I have tried searching the g2 forums for a way to repair my IMEI, as the one I had has been set to all zeroes. Is there any way to fix this? I do not have any backups of anything on my phone, i have tried using maui meta, but for some reason it cannot interface with my phone, and neither can hyperterminal. i get it to connect, but then it doesn't let me type anything.
If anyone knows a way to fix this, i would appreciate your help greatly! PM or on the forum here, either work just fine!
evilkoal said:
Hello!
I have tried searching the g2 forums for a way to repair my IMEI, as the one I had has been set to all zeroes. Is there any way to fix this? I do not have any backups of anything on my phone, i have tried using maui meta, but for some reason it cannot interface with my phone, and neither can hyperterminal. i get it to connect, but then it doesn't let me type anything.
If anyone knows a way to fix this, i would appreciate your help greatly! PM or on the forum here, either work just fine!
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Have you tried going back to stock ? Restoring back to the firmware that came with your phone? If not try that. But if you have You may just be out of luck
evilkoal said:
Hello!
I have tried searching the g2 forums for a way to repair my IMEI, as the one I had has been set to all zeroes. Is there any way to fix this? I do not have any backups of anything on my phone, i have tried using maui meta, but for some reason it cannot interface with my phone, and neither can hyperterminal. i get it to connect, but then it doesn't let me type anything.
If anyone knows a way to fix this, i would appreciate your help greatly! PM or on the forum here, either work just fine!
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This is a total shot in the dark, but did you try running maui meta or hyperterminal as an Adminstrator?
markrulesallnow said:
This is a total shot in the dark, but did you try running maui meta or hyperterminal as an Adminstrator?
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I have tried flashing back, but still no IMEI.
I have tried using administrator mode on both but it doesnt work., i wonder if i am using a wrong setting? maybe i am missing something? there is no CP-USB mode that i can see in the engineering menu...
evilkoal said:
I have tried flashing back, but still no IMEI.
I have tried using administrator mode on both but it doesnt work., i wonder if i am using a wrong setting? maybe i am missing something? there is no CP-USB mode that i can see in the engineering menu...
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Do you have a stock ROM back-up of your device form before you lost the imei? if so, restore that and it should restore your imdi. Other than that i can't tell you much else, supposedly once your imei is gone, it is gone for good.
MalignantQuechnitlan said:
Do you have a stock ROM back-up of your device form before you lost the imei? if so, restore that and it should restore your imdi. Other than that i can't tell you much else, supposedly once your imei is gone, it is gone for good.
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I do not. There is no way it can be gone for good. It has to be editable with a hex editor or something somehow. Just because it is illegal to change your info dies NOT mean that it is impossible or that people should stop finding out how to do it. I have tried all the simple tricks with terminal in su mode, but they don't seem to take. There has to be another way.
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I do not. There is no way it can be gone for good. It has to be editable with a hex editor or something somehow. Just because it is illegal to change your info dies NOT mean that it is impossible or that people should stop finding out how to do it. I have tried all the simple tricks with terminal in su mode, but they don't seem to take. There has to be another way.
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Here's the deal. You're effed. Do a warranty replacement. Once your IMEI is gone, you are out of luck. Sorry and I hope I'm wrong, but I have yet to see someone fix it.
How did you break it?
Sent from my g2 using xda app-developers app
evilkoal said:
I do not. There is no way it can be gone for good. It has to be editable with a hex editor or something somehow. Just because it is illegal to change your info dies NOT mean that it is impossible or that people should stop finding out how to do it. I have tried all the simple tricks with terminal in su mode, but they don't seem to take. There has to be another way.
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Ha, never knew changing/adjusting your imei was a legal issue. As to changing it back, i suppose you are correct, the imei is on the box and the sticker from the device, you all you gotta do is find a working hex editor and type the imei back in.
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where is it?
MalignantQuechnitlan said:
Ha, never knew changing/adjusting your imei was a legal issue. As to changing it back, i suppose you are correct, the imei is on the box and the sticker from the device, you all you gotta do is find a working hex editor and type the imei back in.
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Where would i find the file with the IMEI in it, so i can edit it? i mean, i tried the backup way, but the img files jack everything up so i cannot edit the imei in them.
Because of identification issues, imei is rarely changeable by average user, its not likely it will ever be some file you can edit just like that mwahhaha
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i had this same problem on a windows phone. i tried to reinstall the stock rom on it to get my imei back. i could get the rom installed but had no network connection because imei was still messed up. long story short, if you have no efs backup then you're just f'ed. you may be able to get it fixed with a jtag repair. there's a company that specializes in things like this if you google them. they are mobiletechvideos. i've delt with them before and they are nice people. the only option you may have is to change your imei. but that is illegal.
actually lg can do it also
freebee269 said:
i had this same problem on a windows phone. i tried to reinstall the stock rom on it to get my imei back. i could get the rom installed but had no network connection because imei was still messed up. long story short, if you have no efs backup then you're just f'ed. you may be able to get it fixed with a jtag repair. there's a company that specializes in things like this if you google them. they are mobiletechvideos. i've delt with them before and they are nice people. the only option you may have is to change your imei. but that is illegal.
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Well how would I go about changing it, for educational purposes only, of course. We'll just say I'm not bound by the same laws as you folks because of where I live currently, and the fact that I purchased my phone.
if LG and companies can do it, then we can do it as well. The information is somewhere on the phone, accessible to these people, so it is there and accessible for us as well. There is no way that this is impossible if someone else can do it.
IMEI is what your service provider use to turn off phones if its stolen, and use it to track down people that stole your phone. Once its gone its gone, this is call a hard brick, you cant fix it, send it in or buy another phone. Stop being a hard head, or having faith, you cant fix this.
P.S Dont give him your IMEI, if he did manage to fix it with your IMEI (by an act of god), that means your phone is Effed...its like stealing identity.
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IMEI is what your service provider use to turn off phones if its stolen, and use it to track down people that stole your phone. Once its gone its gone, this is call a hard brick, you cant fix it, send it in or buy another phone. Stop being a hard head, or having faith, you cant fix this.
P.S Dont give him your IMEI, if he did manage to fix it with your IMEI (by an act of god), that means your phone is Effed...its like stealing identity.
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you sir, are retarded. I am not asking for anybody's imei. if you could understand what was written, you would see that i am attempting to figure out how to edit the imei. it is not illegal to change your own phone's imei unless it is stolen, and i do not live in america or europe so i am out of those d-bag's jurisdiction. I can legally do whatever i want.
I cannot send in my phone because it is beyond the warranty, and i have already rooted it. it is not hardbricked, because it still turns on, wifi works fine, a hard brick is when your phone will not even boot up. learn your terminology. IMEI repair is possible, obviously, because tech companies can fix it, and so are the manufacturers. if it were hard coded, the manufacturer would have to pull a chip out of the phone, which is highly unlikely as it is neither cost nor time efficient.
you stop being a hard head, and thinking that things are impossible. if everybody thought like you, we would still be beating each other over the head with sticks.
I was once in the same boat whereby I accidentally restored the efs backup from my wife's g2. Fortunately I had a backup of my efs and everything was fine after I restored the original copy.
Sorry this info will most probably not helping you.
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you sir, are retarded. I am not asking for anybody's imei. if you could understand what was written, you would see that i am attempting to figure out how to edit the imei. it is not illegal to change your own phone's imei unless it is stolen, and i do not live in america or europe so i am out of those d-bag's jurisdiction. I can legally do whatever i want.
I cannot send in my phone because it is beyond the warranty, and i have already rooted it. it is not hardbricked, because it still turns on, wifi works fine, a hard brick is when your phone will not even boot up. learn your terminology. IMEI repair is possible, obviously, because tech companies can fix it, and so are the manufacturers. if it were hard coded, the manufacturer would have to pull a chip out of the phone, which is highly unlikely as it is neither cost nor time efficient.
you stop being a hard head, and thinking that things are impossible. if everybody thought like you, we would still be beating each other over the head with sticks.
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you are right, imei's are not hard coded. most of them are just a txt file in the partition that is read. but if you corrupt that partition then you cant get that txt file back. not all manufacturers use a txt file though, as was the case with my lumia 920. nokia uses something else, like a xml file that is harder to alter than a txt file. this is why i suggested a jtag. they will be able to get you back up and running but there's a possibility that you still wont have you imei repaired. in that case you wont have network connection. lg can also do this for you. if they wont be able to recover your imei they will just give you a new one that is not associated with any other phone. but i suspect lg will want some money to do this.
evilkoal said:
you sir, are retarded. I am not asking for anybody's imei. if you could understand what was written, you would see that i am attempting to figure out how to edit the imei. it is not illegal to change your own phone's imei unless it is stolen, and i do not live in america or europe so i am out of those d-bag's jurisdiction. I can legally do whatever i want.
I cannot send in my phone because it is beyond the warranty, and i have already rooted it. it is not hardbricked, because it still turns on, wifi works fine, a hard brick is when your phone will not even boot up. learn your terminology. IMEI repair is possible, obviously, because tech companies can fix it, and so are the manufacturers. if it were hard coded, the manufacturer would have to pull a chip out of the phone, which is highly unlikely as it is neither cost nor time efficient.
you stop being a hard head, and thinking that things are impossible. if everybody thought like you, we would still be beating each other over the head with sticks.
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who's the retarded one? the one that got their IMEI deleted or the one telling you that its not possible? this issue was first discover on the Samsung Galaxy S2 and no one has an answer for it unless you backed up your EFS, which I'm sure you dint.
your right you can do whatever you want, but I'm telling people not to give their IMEI to you, in case they dont know. If they are dumb enough to give it to you, then they are just as dumb as you for deleting your IMEI.
you can send it in, if you dont have warranty, then pay for them to fix it...duh? if you want to play then you gotta pay. Your right your phone is not technically "hardbrick" but if you cant make call, cant connect to service provider, cant send text message, cant do what a phone suppose to do then its a hard brick or would you like to call it an ipod touch? because I'm happy to accommodate you. G-luck dummy lol.
We don't allow IMEI discussions on XDA, especially discussions which are heading the way this one is.
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Hi everyone ! I have been running cm12 5.0.1 for some weeks on my I9500 and now after i flashed stock firmware 4.4.2 i have no network signal, i can't make calls or receive and my imei is null. Any ideas ?
Just tell me 'the easy way' for that, i googled it and i found a lot of things but i can't use "EFS PRO" because it doesn't recognize my phone, i mean the phone is connected and it still says 'connect phone to continue'. -> I TRIED ADB off/on, 2 different cables, usb ports. ( Beside efs pro the phone is recognized without problem.)
Same issue as this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=60096654
O-T said:
Same issue as this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=60096654
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No idea what u mean but i see nothing similar there.
NOTE : i found out the battery went from 100% to 20% in 6 hours of idle with the main drain on "Android system" 35%.
My phone is useless right now so please help me i cant stay too much without a phone. If you need any more information just tell me. By the way i have flashed the same rom before without any problem .
wowempire said:
My phone is useless right now so please help me i cant stay too much without a phone. If you need any more information just tell me. By the way i have flashed the same rom before without any problem .
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I am also suffering with same problem from 1 month and I couldnt been able to use my phone ,its like a wifi tablet ,null imei and unknown baseband and also the serial number in status in about device setting is also showing different which like d217924a but original serial number is totally different and is much longer than this.I need help I tried lots of solution given all the way in google but none got success. I come to this problem when my phone battery got very low and it got switched off and after charging it I come through this problem.
Shivam Bhalla said:
I am also suffering with same problem from 1 month and I couldnt been able to use my phone ,its like a wifi tablet ,null imei and unknown baseband and also the serial number in status in about device setting is also showing different which like d217924a but original serial number is totally different and is much longer than this.I need help I tried lots of solution given all the way in google but none got success. I come to this problem when my phone battery got very low and it got switched off and after charging it I come through this problem.
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you must search for a jtag service in your location
as antaresone says in their tool thread AntaresOne's IMEI backup/restore tool "if you lose IMEI and don't have a backup, you're lost"
But why does that happens ? I mean to Shivam Bhalla didn't do anything to his phone, and i flahed stock firmware, why would this happen?
I didn't backup imei before that, can i do something anymore ?
The solution is really simple, but I don't know if anyone is willing to help you anymore considering your last thread. You insulted some of the highest respected members here.
Eh, so what i may do now? I just want to know if i could do it by myself or it requires some special tools ? And is that expensive if i would take it to a service?
Wow no one is willing to help me for real, idk how i insulted them, it was just my suspicious personality about that CM, just soory if i insulted you, u may help me now 3,
Come on im just a retarded guy who wants to repair his phone.
wowempire said:
Hi everyone ! I have been running cm12 5.0.1 for some weeks on my I9500 and now after i flashed stock firmware 4.4.2 i have no network signal, i can't make calls or receive and my imei is null. Any ideas ?
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Have you tried flashing Lollipop modem?
I didn't try anything yet. Anything to do before flashing a lolipop modem ? I have 4.4.2 kitkat.
I flashed this, it flashed in 00:02 seconds, the phone boot-up and nothing changed, same null imei and a lot of other problem .
I9500_UBUBMG9_MODEM.tar.md5 - can't attach, it says invalid file, it has around 15 MB
wowempire said:
Wow no one is willing to help me for real, idk how i insulted them, it was just my suspicious personality about that CM, just soory if i insulted you, u may help me now 3,
Come on im just a retarded guy who wants to repair his phone.
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In this one post you...
1. Threw out a worthless apology and in the same sentence demanded help.
2. Played the disabled card.
I'm going to say, "you're screwed". If you don't understand how you insulted AntaresOne - a bigger crime than calling me "Mr. Impatient" - no amount of explaining will change that.
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
In this one post you...
1. Threw out a worthless apology and in the same sentence demanded help.
2. Played the disabled card.
I'm going to say, "you're screwed". If you don't understand how you insulted AntaresOne - a bigger crime than calling me "Mr. Impatient" - no amount of explaining will change that.
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So what may i do to get help now ?
Send your S4 to the service center and pay for the repairs. Then keep that cost in mind as the consequence of insulting people who are trying to help you.
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
Send your S4 to the service center and pay for the repairs. Then keep that cost in mind as the consequence of insulting people who are trying to help you.
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Well i'll do that when i'll know i have no chance to repair it by myself.
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
Send your S4 to the service center and pay for the repairs. Then keep that cost in mind as the consequence of insulting people who are trying to help you.
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HAH ! I Solved it, i was hopeless, huh feel so good now to know it's back to life ) .
FOR EVERYONE who still have this issue please try that : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgPEIeXDPNA i was hopeless but that really worked for me
Hello everyone! So my problem aroused a few days ago when I noticed my phone would randomly reboot and get stuck on the boot screen. I would have to mess around and finally only to get a few minutes of usage. I had King Rom installed which I believe was the issue. Fortunately, while trying to use Odin to recovery to stock, it shuts off in the middle of recovery mode. Now I am getting the screen that says: an error has occurred while updating the device software. please use the emergency recovery function in the smart switch pc software. I have been up all night trying to fix this with no results. I am so upset because I rely on my phone for my job as I am a delivery driver. I can't afford a new phone right now and I don't know what to do. It seems like I am pretty much SOL. I am hoping someone will be able to help me! Thanks so much
Somehow I was actually able to restore it to stock successfully in Odin. But before it will finish the initiation process it reboots over and over and the issue persists. Could there be another factor as to why this has happened?
slimspittle said:
Somehow I was actually able to restore it to stock successfully in Odin. But before it will finish the initiation process it reboots over and over and the issue persists. Could there be another factor as to why this has happened?
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Well, if you're unlucky it might as well be a hardware related failure.
If you look through XDA, there are more and more people having the boot loop problem right now (me included).
Especially after the latest December FW update.
I would try to do a emergency restore through SmartSwitch, then factory reset.
That's the last thing I tried, although it didn't help me in the end and now my mobile is back at Samsung for repair.
If it still bootloops after these steps I think you're out of luck and have to contact a Samsung repair center.
slimspittle said:
aroused
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Arose is the word i think you were looking for!!
MisterKanister said:
Well, if you're unlucky it might as well be a hardware related failure.
If you look through XDA, there are more and more people having the boot loop problem right now (me included).
Especially after the latest December FW update.
I would try to do a emergency restore through SmartSwitch, then factory reset.
That's the last thing I tried, although it didn't help me in the end and now my mobile is back at Samsung for repair.
If it still bootloops after these steps I think you're out of luck and have to contact a Samsung repair center.
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Well my phone is the International from Kenya and I'm not sure if Samsung will honor the warranty. I am able to get to the point where you add your Google account. From that point, it gets stuck at ''just a sec''. From that point, it starts to freeze. I guess somehow the phone is still messed up. Think I should try flashing it again?
Do you have TWRP or any custom recovery, does it freeze when your in that menu? Do you have an external SD inside?
dude9946 said:
Do you have TWRP or any custom recovery, does it freeze when your in that menu? Do you have an external SD inside?
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No I do not anymore and it freezes when the firmware has loaded and it says optimizing apps. And yes I do have a an SD Card
Long shot... have you tired booting up the phone without the card in? It's really sounding like a hardware problem, maybe GPU if it gets triggered reliably...
dude9946 said:
Long shot... have you tired booting up the phone without the card in? It's really sounding like a hardware problem, maybe GPU if it gets triggered reliably...
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So this time I actually retried Odin with stock restored from a different website. Then bypassed adding a google account. From that point, I no longer got to the ''just a sec'' screen. I was actually able to fully set up the device. I am assuming it will still have issues occasionally. We will see though. I am very lucky because I go to work in a few hours and would miss out on so much tips! Thanks everyone for your support! If the phone still has problems after a restore how do you get a hold of Samsung if its an International phone. Do you have to send it back to the country of origin?
Samsung may decide that you need to contact the country of origin, I know for example Sony stopped supporting international phones in their repair centers last year... While you have the phone up and running try to get some diagnostic info on why its happening.
dude9946 said:
Samsung may decide that you need to contact the country of origin, I know for example Sony stopped supporting international phones in their repair centers last year... While you have the phone up and running try to get some diagnostic info on why its happening.
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How would I go about doing that?
slimspittle said:
How would I go about doing that?
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you could get CPU-Z from the app store and take screenshots.
Although i dont thing that would help, just call the samsung support line and select to go to phones and explain whats happening. you wont have to send the phone back to the country of origin.
Cyber5hark said:
you could get CPU-Z from the app store and take screenshots.
Although i dont thing that would help, just call the samsung support line and select to go to phones and explain whats happening. you wont have to send the phone back to the country of origin.
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I agree you should call Samsung, However you might* still need to send it back to its Origin... It's totally up to Samsung's current policy on supporting international phones. Due to cost, a lot of repair centers really only keep parts/new phones for the ones locally available. However, It's also possible that they are able to contact their international warehouse for parts... So who knows ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Keep us updated though, other users in your situation would love to know what happens!
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I agree you should call Samsung, However you might* still need to send it back to its Origin... It's totally up to Samsung's current policy on supporting international phones. Due to cost, a lot of repair centers really only keep parts/new phones for the ones locally available. However, It's also possible that they are able to contact their international warehouse for parts... So who knows ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Keep us updated though, other users in your situation would love to know what happens!
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Okay so now it is stuck in a bootloop even after restoring to Odin again. I will try to get a hold of Samsung to see what they say. If not, I paid for my phone with my Wells Fargo Credit card and they have insurance. May get a replacement through them if Samsung won't help
So I just called them and they said to go into my local Samsung store within Best Buy to have them reflash the firmware lol. Going to take it their now to see what happens. Wish me luck
slimspittle said:
So I just called them and they said to go into my local Samsung store within Best Buy to have them reflash the firmware lol. Going to take it their now to see what happens. Wish me luck
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Ha! did you tell them you already tried... good luck, keep us updated!
@slimspittle dont let us down, we need an update!
Okay so to send it in to Samsung(No charge for software issue as they said) they want a receipt with the IMEI on it. I bought the phone from Amazon and their is no IMEI on the receipt.