Hey guys yesterday i got an s4 from att but its unlocked and im using it with Claro Puerto Rico. Everything is working great and i dont have problems at all. But when i went to the about decixe adea and status i saw thay the Imei shows Unkown. I want to know if this is going to give me problems in the future or not. And if i can restore that area of the Imei.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using xda app-developers app
without IMEI you should not be able to make calls or txt.
IMEI can be messed up by not unlocking the phone correctly. this is probably why the phone was sold. near impossible to fix without a backup of original.
it would take someone alot smarter than me to tell you how to do it (if at all), would require some hex code editing and getting the original IMEI from under your battery.
You could try using NVitem writer and put your imei back in
Related
Hi,
"playing" with ROMs i noticed that the IMEI of my Galaxy has changed from the original to the new 00499XXXXXXXXXX .
It works perfectly both phone and internet, but I have a question: the new IMEI is the real IMEI sended to my operator or it's only a displaying issue ?
Thanks for help.
Elsonido said:
Hi,
"playing" with ROMs i noticed that the IMEI of my Galaxy has changed from the original to the new 00499XXXXXXXXXX .
It works perfectly both phone and internet, but I have a question: the new IMEI is the real IMEI sended to my operator or it's only a displaying issue ?
Thanks for help.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The IMEI is some sort of engineering mode, It will go back to original if you restore the /EFS folder, Or flash back to froyo.
Dont know why this happens, but its happened to me a few times. I dont know what is displayed on your carriers side
I know this guy, who knows another guy who has a blacklisted SGS, He fcuked about with the IMEI until it went funny (00499XXX.......) and it works perfect with any sim card.
Perhaps its untraceable ??? I would suggest reverting to your original IMEI just in case, As tampering with IMEI is illegal in most countries
A Guy who knows a Guy............ who found a phone? ............
Sent from my Galaxy S using XDA Premium App
woolf clubs said:
A Guy who knows a Guy............ who found a phone? ............
Sent from my Galaxy S using XDA Premium App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah ! i know loadsa guys Not in a gay way of course !
i have a problem with the signal on my gs4 ,i have been looking everywhere for a motherboard but can not find any where to purchase one from,it looks very easy to replace ,,any help please
westentertainer said:
i have a problem with the signal on my gs4 ,i have been looking everywhere for a motherboard but can not find any where to purchase one from,it looks very easy to replace ,,any help please
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You can purchase used motherboards on eBay but they may be hard to come by. Generally a used MB either has a bad ESN if it is carrier branded or it has something else wrong possibly water damage. What is wrong with your signal? Why are you trying to get a new MB
Sent from my GT-I9505G using Tapatalk 2
westentertainer said:
i have a problem with the signal on my gs4 ,i have been looking everywhere for a motherboard but can not find any where to purchase one from,it looks very easy to replace ,,any help please
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
warranty ??
MJHawaii said:
You can purchase used motherboards on eBay but they may be hard to come by. Generally a used MB either has a bad ESN if it is carrier branded or it has something else wrong possibly water damage. What is wrong with your signal? Why are you trying to get a new MB
Sent from my GT-I9505G using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i purchased it off fle bay.can not dial out.i tried various searches on imie and it is not blocked.when i try to dial on my EE sim it starts to dial but the contact turns orange .beeps and then disconnects.but it is not showing blocked.
westentertainer said:
i purchased it off fle bay.can not dial out.i tried various searches on imie and it is not blocked.when i try to dial on my EE sim it starts to dial but the contact turns orange .beeps and then disconnects.but it is not showing blocked.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
IMEI would not be blocked the phone sells fully unlocked. Try to
1. Do a hard reset
2. Flash new stock firmware via Odin
3. Try a different SIM from another carrier.
4. Try to restore the IMEI EFS NV-data.bin file.
Sent from my GT-I9505G using Tapatalk 2
MJHawaii said:
IMEI would not be blocked the phone sells fully unlocked. Try to
1. Do a hard reset
2. Flash new stock firmware via Odin
3. Try a different SIM from another carrier.
4. Try to restore the IMEI EFS NV-data.bin file.
Sent from my GT-I9505G using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i have hard reset it,i did try a custom rom but flashed back to stock,also i did a OTA update a few days ago,if i try different sims it states not registered on network,...how do i restore IMEI EFS????? please
westentertainer said:
i have hard reset it,i did try a custom rom but flashed back to stock,also i did a OTA update a few days ago,if i try different sims it states not registered on network,...how do i restore IMEI EFS????? please
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I believe Philz CWM has an option in recovery to restore your EFS check here
Hopefully a backup exists on your phone if not your going to have to restore without a backup. Search the forums here on how to restore without a backup if that does not work
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2281367
Sent from my GT-I9505G using Tapatalk 2
MJHawaii said:
I believe Philz CWM has an option in recovery to restore your EFS check here
Hopefully a backup exists on your phone if not your going to have to restore without a backup. Search the forums here on how to restore without a backup if that does not work
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2281367
Sent from my GT-I9505G using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
tried but still will not dial out ,does anyone know a genuine site for checking IMIE
MJHawaii said:
I believe Philz CWM has an option in recovery to restore your EFS check here
Hopefully a backup exists on your phone if not your going to have to restore without a backup. Search the forums here on how to restore without a backup if that does not work
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2281367
Sent from my GT-I9505G using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
poped my EE sim in phone found a good signal spot ,strange i can get data downloads but no voice or sms ,puzzled now
Your better off calling a carrier (3, t mob etc) ask them to check the imei. I brought 1 off ebay, worked great for 2 weeks then lost signal, tried loads of sims, some showed signal but wouldnt let me make or recieve calls or txts, searched online if the imei was blocked and just got msgs sayin "valid" in the end called 3 even though the phone is sim free but was sent out with a new 3 sim, they told me it had been blacklisted as a fraud case and the phone will never work and to bin the phone. This gave me a challenge, brought a 2nd phone from the states with a broken screen (US blacklisted imei can sometimes work in the uk) chamged the boards and now have a working s4
Sent from my GT-I9505 using xda premium
westentertainer said:
poped my EE sim in phone found a good signal spot ,strange i can get data downloads but no voice or sms ,puzzled now
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Send over your IMEI in PM and I can check whether it is blocked or not.
Hi, so basically I flashed a Jelly Bean ROM (4.3) over my KitKat ROM (4.4.2) and have since
permanently lost my signal. I've tried flashing a multitude of Modems and ROMs, yet I'm still unable to
obtain signal. My device shows emergency signal bars but that's it. When I go to assign my carrier, it comes up with some of
the major carriers here in the UK (including 3, which is my carrier) but my phone always fails to connect
and register on the network. I'm faced with the same problem when I select 'Select Automatically.'
I've been told that my problem lies with a corrupt EFS folder, but my IMEI still shows as it should (The same one on
the back of my phone.) I've tried using a different sim card but still the problem persists. When I booted up with a
different 3 sim one time, for a split second my carrier on the lock screen had changed from
'Emergency Calls Only' to '3', but changed back to the former immediately after. I'm yet to try and use a sim from a
different carrier. Any suggestions?
You cant downgrade android 4.4.2 to android 4.3 coz they use different bootloaders. You will have to flash again android 4.4.2 for recover the signal and solve ur problems :highfive:
Reflash kitkat 4.4.2 as u can not downgrade from 4.4.2 to 4.3.
Maybe the IMEI Certificate is damaged, and need repair, try *#0011#, if at the end of the list you see IMEI CERTI: FAIL then you have to take your device for repair, if show PASS then try the latest modem
Sent from my GT-I9500 using xda app-developers app
I've tried flashing 4.4.2 ROMs through recovery but no progress. I've tried flashing the
official 4.4.2 ROM through Odin but still it doesn't work. Also, in Service Mode,
IMEI Certi shows as NA :/ does that mean I'd have to get it repaired?
Yep, take the phone to a repair shop, is the only way out, i say because i fix that a lot on my shop
Sent from my GT-I9500 using xda app-developers app
carlosm15 said:
Yep, take the phone to a repair shop, is the only way out, i say because i fix that a lot on my shop
Sent from my GT-I9500 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Damn didn't want to have to get it fixed :/ do you (or anyone else for that matter) happen to know how much a repair would cost?
well on my repair shop, the cost to the client is 50$ for EFS v1 and 60$ for EFS v2, and now you have EFS v2, the cost in different country is not the same as you know, so ask for the repair prices
carlosm15 said:
well on my repair shop, the cost to the client is 50$ for EFS v1 and 60$ for EFS v2, and now you have EFS v2, the cost in different country is not the same as you know, so ask for the repair prices
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ahh okay thanks man, I'll get a quote for it tomorrow.
carlosm15 said:
Yep, take the phone to a repair shop, is the only way out, i say because i fix that a lot on my shop
Sent from my GT-I9500 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
wich box do you use to repair this problem?
psa47 said:
wich box do you use to repair this problem?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I "killed my phone for more than 4 hours a couple of nights ago. Long story short I was trying to do the same thing, "downgrade fro kitkat for personal reasons. The phone wouldn't boot up, and couldn't get it to go to download mode. Afternseveral tries it finally got into doenload mode and I was able to reflash with original/official kitkat, and it works just fine, the onky thing is that I keep seeing that imei certi : na status on the service mode screen and can't navigate to other screens within service mode. Im trying to sim unlock it using that method. I'm not sure that I did anything special, just try to reflash again with official kitkat and hopefully it will stick...
Wen i dial *#06# my imei is fine but Wen i dail *#0011* i also get imei /na my phone doesn't have any signal also I don't know what caused the problem cause i got the phone second hand also on 4.4 2 stock, could this be the problem y I can't get any signal at all? I also tried flashing custom roms and stock kk ROM but still no signal help please
I am almost a complete noob but i have a question which may be considered illegal... let me explain, I am from nigeria and data cost here is very expensive but not to blackberry. Many using MTK devices have been able to change their imei to that of blackberry and it work.... But i'VE tried many ways but seems not to help.... I have you xposed imei changer and efs professional but non help... my question is if there is any way i can delete my current imei so efs professional can help write a new one
Illegal. No one here will help you. Sorry.
It's my understanding that you can change imei but you have to change it to a imei of another phone that you have in your possession and you have to always have that device but you can never use it because if you ever use it it will kill both devices and also this prevents the imei ever being duplicate to any other do you understand what I'm saying
Sent from my SM-N900A using XDA Premium HD app
Use mtk dorid tool where you will find imei change option but backup first
..
Logically u can but im against it. God forbid if u lost ur phone with the fake imei you couldnt find your phone back. And moreover there cant be two phone with same imei. Have you imagine that sun and moon rise together??? Even if u have dual sim both have unique imei
I think it's illegal but you should do something with MTK engineering mod app from play store ( if you don't have root ) or with chamelephon app if you have root
I have galaxy S5 wich I bought from ebay as it turned out it was blacklisted. So I had it unlocked. This unlocking changed phones original IMEI to different one. Because of that I can't update software to newer one. Question is by flashing custom ROM does IMEI gonna change to factory one?
A custom ROM won't change your IMEI back to stock. Are you sure your IMEI changed through unlock? Because any type of unlock I know doesn't change the IMEI. The Software Update is blocked because of a possible bootloader unlock, which sets your device flag to 'modified', which prevents system updates
Sent from my SM-G350 using XDA-Developers mobile app
Thank you for your answer.
I brought phone to a place where they provide phone unlocking. They gave me receipt with phones IMEI and I had it written down for my own reasons before. When I got back the phone it worked like it should so they unlocked it. When I checked IMEI it was different than before. But underneath battery and on rest of labels IMEI was the same old one.
Damburs said:
Thank you for your answer.
I brought phone to a place where they provide phone unlocking. They gave me receipt with phones IMEI and I had it written down for my own reasons before. When I got back the phone it worked like it should so they unlocked it. When I checked IMEI it was different than before. But underneath battery and on rest of labels IMEI was the same old one.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Looks like they installed a backup from another phone, which contained the IMEI of the other phone.
As I said above, Cudtom Rom won't change your IMEI back to stock. But Custom Rom won't abort the Update, if the phone was modified
Sent from my SM-G350 using XDA-Developers mobile app