IMEI is the machine serial number.
It may happen that due to various rom exchanges, wipes and resets, the IMEI will be lost, if this happens and there is no backup, the only solution is to send the device to assistance for repair and pay a new motherboard.
Having the backup can save some money.
Prerequisite:
Root
Stock Rom
In sdcard create a directory named IMEI
In the ADB mode with root:
dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/pds of=/storage/sdcard1/IMEI/pds.img
Keep pds.img file in a secure place.
to restore
In the ADB mode with root:
dd if=/storage/sdcard1/IMEI/pds.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/pds
reboot.
too late i think i lost my imei now
Lollipop?
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DAVI FELICIANO said:
too late i think i lost my ip now
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What do you make for that happen?
SrDesalmado said:
What do you make for that happen?
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rooted flashed cm11, lollipop and going to flash cm12
DAVI FELICIANO said:
rooted flashed cm11, lollipop and going to flash cm12
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Your imei appear "null" or "unknow" on *#06#? If it's null its only a kernel drivers problem, or a simply bug, i already had this problem when i tried to flash a new kernel in cm11, losed both SIM's... But after restore a Nandroid backup of stock rom, all sems to work fine now... But, If your IMEI is unknow i think you can't do anything bro... anyway, try reflash stock rom :good:
sonrics1993 said:
Lollipop?
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Yes, only require is stock rom, make your IMEI backup before apply custom rom.
SrDesalmado said:
Your imei appear "null" or "unknow" on *#06#? If it's null its only a kernel drivers problem, or a simply bug, i already had this problem when i tried to flash a new kernel in cm11, losed both SIM's... But after restore a Nandroid backup of stock rom, all sems to work fine now... But, If your IMEI is unknow i think you can't do anything bro... anyway, try reflash stock rom :good:
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no i mean he are changed now, i lost the stock
SrDesalmado said:
Your imei appear "null" or "unknow" on *#06#? If it's null its only a kernel drivers problem, or a simply bug, i already had this problem when i tried to flash a new kernel in cm11, losed both SIM's... But after restore a Nandroid backup of stock rom, all sems to work fine now... But, If your IMEI is unknow i think you can't do anything bro... anyway, try reflash stock rom :good:
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That's it, try retore stock 4.4.4, i hope to this work :angel:, if no, sorry :crying:, you need send your phone to motorola assistance.
DAVI FELICIANO said:
no i mean he are changed now, i lost the stock
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Search for retail factory image for your country and phone model and try apply with fastboot.
noRetail said:
Search for retail factory image for your country and phone model and try apply with fastboot.
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i will do this later, thanks.
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I was using CM11 on my i9500. but then i couldnt tolerate with its battery life, so i flashed Nishlight's rom. then when i realized my phone has lose its IMEI, so i tried restore my CM11 backup, but still have the fake 0049.. IMEI. then i flashed stock JB4.3 firmware and still have the fake 0049.. IMEI ... help... i dont have any phone left :crying::crying::crying::crying:
ahodil55 said:
I was using CM11 on my i9500. but then i couldnt tolerate with its battery life, so i flashed Nishlight's rom. then when i realized my phone has lose its IMEI, so i tried restore my CM11 backup, but still have the fake 0049.. IMEI. then i flashed stock JB4.3 firmware and still have the fake 0049.. IMEI ... help... i dont have any phone left :crying::crying::crying::crying:
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2346136
Look in that thread. That Spocky dude in second post might be able to help you.
will do..but now. i tried reflash another stock JB4.3 ..and then IMEI turns Unknown...sigh..
ahodil55 said:
will do..but now. i tried reflash another stock JB4.3 ..and then IMEI turns Unknown...sigh..
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flash mj8 or 9 modem twice from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192025
will try thanks.
samersh72 said:
flash mj8 or 9 modem twice from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192025
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I think every modem which >=MG9 will help you find ur real imei back. MJ8 and 9 will do. :good::good::good:
it doesnt work...
Didnt you take efs backup?? if yes. then restore it.
Hello. I just bought note 2 N7100 from friend and when I'm trying to call it says "Not registered on the network" and imei is 004999010640000 how to fix this? I find lot of ways on interned but i'm noob and I dont understand. My android is 4.3
It happened after I did factory reset
Can anyone help me? :/
try patch from dr.ketan and make sure it is not locked by gsm operator - when someone lost phone, operator can lock the IMEI, so you will have useless toy...
Your imei number is generic, you need to restore the backup of your efs partition.
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I had an issue recently where my efs was corrupted (my IMEI said unknown). I did not have a backup but a flash of the stock ROM from Samsung using Odin solved my issue. If that didn't work I was going to try a tool called EFS professional that might help you also.
yaro666 said:
try patch from dr.ketan and make sure it is not locked by gsm operator - when someone lost phone, operator can lock the IMEI, so you will have useless toy...
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No it's not locked by gsm operator. How to patch from dr.ketan?
jUDASFERRET said:
I had an issue recently where my efs was corrupted (my IMEI said unknown). I did not have a backup but a flash of the stock ROM from Samsung using Odin solved my issue. If that didn't work I was going to try a tool called EFS professional that might help you also.
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I tried flash using lot of different roms it' didn't helped.
xp3ria said:
I tried flash using lot of different roms it' didn't helped.
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Did try the stock ones from the Samsung website? Not one that has been changed by the community at all. I also flashed a bunch of custom ROMs to no avail but the (latest) stock one worked.
jUDASFERRET said:
Did try the stock ones from the Samsung website? Not one that has been changed by the community at all. I also flashed a bunch of custom ROMs to no avail but the (latest) stock one worked.
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I can't find it on samsung website. Can you give me link?
I can't post links yet...
Google firmware sammobile
I got too that massage sometimes in my phone but not always.
xp3ria said:
I can't find it on samsung website. Can you give me link?
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Did you manage to try flashing stock? Did it fix the issue?
jUDASFERRET said:
Did you manage to try flashing stock? Did it fix the issue?
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No it didn't.
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No it didn't.
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Flash modem of your country.... it happened with me too
sachin-sharma said:
Flash modem of your country.... it happened with me too
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Tried that...
i have a rooted Note 3 N9005 with a moded rom, i did backup for the roms on my external SD via Recovery, i tried today to install a 4 parts original rom, it seucceed but no Network anymore, no IMEI, i did not back up the efs, i tried many ways but no way to get it working, may someone help me please ?
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i have a rooted Note 3 N9005 with a moded rom, i did backup for the roms on my external SD via Recovery, i tried today to install a 4 parts original rom, it seucceed but no Network anymore, no IMEI, i did not back up the efs, i tried many ways but no way to get it working, may someone help me please ?
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Try to reflash a stock rom. You will have to get it to one service center if stock rom don't recover your IMEI. Good luck :highfive:
Joku1981 said:
Try to reflash a stock rom. You will have to get it to one service center if stock rom don't recover your IMEI. Good luck :highfive:
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i tried many times, it does not work for me !!
Happened with me yesterday too. I'll give you link to fix
Here it is https://www.dropbox.com/s/jatfowrvuui5mjs/Brick_Loop_FIX_afterRestoringBackup.zip?dl=0
Put it on your SD card and flash it in recovery
This isn't my work by the way. I found it last night deep in the xda forums lol
guaneet said:
Happened with me yesterday too. I'll give you link to fix
Here it is https://www.dropbox.com/s/jatfowrvuui5mjs/Brick_Loop_FIX_afterRestoringBackup.zip?dl=0
Put it on your SD card and flash it in recovery
This isn't my work by the way. I found it last night deep in the xda forums lol
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i tried it but it does not work for me
zakwak said:
i tried it but it does not work for me
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when I used it I also flashed an older modem for my device, rooted it, busy box and recovery. All on stock rom
guaneet said:
when I used it I also flashed an older modem for my device, rooted it, busy box and recovery. All on stock rom
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you mean that first i have to install it, then i do restore for a stock rom then root and recovery ?
so i have a european Moto E4 xt 1761
i flashed the UK firmware ,everything went good
then i flash the Latino America firmware ,but my sim not working anymore
i tried to flash the original firmware the UK one ,but the phone boots always with LA firmware
any solution ?
thanks
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so i have a european Moto E4 xt 1761
i flashed the UK firmware ,everything went good
then i flash the Latino America firmware ,but my sim not working anymore
i tried to flash the original firmware the UK one ,but the phone boots always with LA firmware
any solution ?
thanks
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No backup? You'll likely need to fully reload your device firmware via fastboot.
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No backup? You'll likely need to fully reload your device firmware via fastboot.
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i don t have a backup
what can i do ???
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danger2u said:
i don t have a backup
what can i do ???
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Restore stock ROM with spflashtool using my guide for "woods" E4 . you have mtk and stock ROM of xt1762 will work fine and will flash without errors
KevMetal said:
Restore stock ROM with spflashtool using my guide for "woods" E4 . you have mtk and stock ROM of xt1762 will work fine and will flash without errors
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i did it but no signal and invalid imei too
danger2u said:
i did it but no signal and invalid imei too
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Yes , IMEI problem is from your baseband being corrupted by flashing stock ROM from another region to your phone ..
I already wrote a guide and helped many people to restore a dummy IMEI and write back original using SPflash and other tools
You need to search for that because we already warned many user s about this problem and to backup your IMEI to your SD card and computer before flashing your device ...
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Yes , IMEI problem is from your baseband being corrupted by flashing stock ROM from another region to your phone ..
I already wrote a guide and helped many people to restore a dummy IMEI and write back original using SPflash and other tools
You need to search for that because we already warned many user s about this problem and to backup your IMEI to your SD card and computer before flashing your device ...
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can u help me with Team viewer to restore it?
can u help me with Team viewer to restore it?
danger2u said:
can u help me with Team viewer to restore it?
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Sorry bro I'm too busy right now and I'm not next to a private PC
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Sorry bro I'm too busy right now and I'm not next to a private PC
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can u help me? i need an european firmware backup to restore it
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So after flashing the Renovate ICE r135 my IMEI and baseband show up as Unknown in settings, which means that I have no service. I have looked online and seen the use of combination files, although I don't see any for the Oreo update (only 7.0 files). Are there any combination files for 8.0 or alternative solutions to restore my IMEI number?
Last time I checked, if you lost your EFS file (IMEI no.) thats it your done.
You shouldve backed up your EFS. If you lose your IMEI you need to restore your EFS otherwise your phone is finished.
@hs102
befor you flash Renovate ICE r135 da you make one backup with TWRP of your "old" Rom?
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@hs102
befor you flash Renovate ICE r135 da you make one backup with TWRP of your "old" Rom?
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No unfortunately I don't have a backup
Any Solution?
hs102 said:
No unfortunately I don't have a backup
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Any Solution?
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Last time I checked, if you lost your EFS file (IMEI no.) thats it your done.
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Even if flashed back to stock via ODIN?
CoreyOS said:
Even if flashed back to stock via ODIN?
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same, i lost my IMEI too
same problem here! any solution ?
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same problem here! any solution ?
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do you try to flash stock firmware via odin?
Lukas4ga said:
do you try to flash stock firmware via odin?
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Yes, multiple times .(
Identicsport said:
Yes, multiple times .(
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copy what odin says when it fails.
already solved. i had to flash the oreo modem again.
IMEI unknown
Identicsport said:
already solved. i had to flash the oreo modem again.
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Can you walk me through the process?
Galaxy S8 SC-02J
Lukas4ga said:
do you try to flash stock firmware via odin?
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Yes, I flashed the stock firmware with ODIN but EFS is lost and now no baseband or IMEI. Wifi and Bluetooth are working.
Any Chance?
Look for correct firmware. Using csc code and build number. Happend to me. Solved it
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So after flashing the Renovate ICE r135 my IMEI and baseband show up as Unknown in settings, which means that I have no service. I have looked online and seen the use of combination files, although I don't see any for the Oreo update (only 7.0 files). Are there any combination files for 8.0 or alternative solutions to restore my IMEI number?
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It happened to me few weeks back. I tried flashing indian firmware on my uk region s8. I lost imei and baseband. Then i looked for csc code in download mode. And searched on sammobile. Search using csc code. Then you'll find few firmwares. March your build number and download the correct firmware. Use latest odin and dont use home csc file. Use the other one. This will solve your problem.