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Wrong IMEI

Hi,
I have a SAmsung Galaxy S5 SM-900F (the european/international LTE version)
and i can't make calls or send messages, checked my IMEI and it was wrong, not the same as the one in the back of the phone.
So the EFS partition is messed up, any help please to restore the original IMEI?

Goldennassim said:
Wrong IMEI
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Sorry to hear about your difficulties. If you have a backup, then that will resolve your issue. Or if your phone is under warranty, then a warranty claim will aid you.
However, as a quick search would have shown you, this forum doesn't allow discussions about manipulating IMEI numbers as that is often abused. Google will locate the information you need on some other site.
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Goldennassim said:
Hi,
I have a SAmsung Galaxy S5 SM-900F (the european/international LTE version)
and i can't make calls or send messages, checked my IMEI and it was wrong, not the same as the one in the back of the phone.
So the EFS partition is messed up, any help please to restore the original IMEI?
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I guess you bought it second hand for a very `good` price, if so it seems you got scammed.

no luck for me then
is anyone kind to PM me with the steps to repair it, if it's allowed in the forums of course.
anyway i'm trying different methods found in google for other galaxy phones.

Sim card not working.. modem required ?

i9500 Build no. LRX22C.I9500XXUH0A7....
I managed to screw up my modem by flashing a custom rom's modem since then I can't find the one for my current stock based russian lollipop rom.
Plz plz help me, My sim card isn't working anymore. What are possible sollutions now ?
Thanks in advance.

There are no custom ROM modems.
All modems are extracted from official Samsung ROMs.
Your options are to flash modems until you find a working one or flash the stock ROM altogether.

GDReaper said:
There are no custom ROM modems.
or flash the stock ROM altogether.
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what? That's already a stock one, ain't it ? what do you mean by altogether ?

I had this exact issue a month after purchasing the device. In my case, it turned out that the issue was the SIM card tray failing. You'll need to open up the device and replace the SIM card tray, a job which takes about ten minutes.

Finally found out it's problem with IMEI no / EFS?? Anyway to recover that ?

If you don't have a backup of your EFS, you're screwed. The device will have to be serviced.

Try flashing a stock rom to the phone. Sometimes, this will restore the imei.

I9305xxblk5 (device status modified) network problem how can I fixed it
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Got it fixed in PKR = 500 which are equal to almost 5 USD.
Glad it started working now.. Wish I'd done it myself but anyway...... Thanks alot everyone for helping out.
The first thing I did now is I backed up the EFS, God never had backed up efs ever. Oh well.

Nmhasan said:
I9305xxblk5 (device status modified) network problem how can I fixed it
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Well, this is about Galaxy S4 discussions. For your device, go and ask your problem here.
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sir I also having the same problem please give me your efs backup.you can contact me at WhatsApp number +1 2132059904
thanks

vaibhav.2kumar said:
sir I also having the same problem please give me your efs backup.you can contact me at WhatsApp number +1 2132059904
thanks
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Unfortunately EFS contains sensitive data from a device. If you lost your IMEI you may want to bring over your phone to a phone service.
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krasCGQ said:
Unfortunately EFS contains sensitive data from a device. If you lost your IMEI you may want to bring over your phone to a phone service.
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I hope it was possible.but let me make u understand my points:-
1.There is no service center which is accepting an old phone like s4,they all are saying we can't serve this phone anymore.
2.Its out of warranty so even if it was possible it would cost around 40$ here which i don't think is a possible amount to be paid for(considering point 3).
3. The only hope i get is go out and find some local service center who could repair this but I've searched the whole city and the situation is the best guy i found said it cant be done I could replace your motherboard for 40$.
So the only option i get is get someone's s4 efs backup and restore it manually by editing through hex editor and restoring my stock imei. So please help me.

@vaibhav.2kumar: Restating your request isn't going to help you any. The EFS partition contains the IMEI of the phone, although nv_data.bin is now stored elsewhere. If one of the forum members were to offer their EFS, they would be committing an illegal act. This site is hosted in the United States, and in the United States cloning an IMEI is illegal. Period. The person offering the EFS would at best be banned, and at worst open up XDA to legal action. Thus no one can provide you a copy of their EFS partition.
I seriously cannot believe that Samsung service centers are unwilling to service the S4. Especially as in the United States they were still available for purchase through prepaid carriers such as Straight Talk up until the end of last year and possibly into the early portion of this year. So I have to question whether you truly tried to get this device serviced, which is what you need to do, or are trying to con someone out of their IMEI so a blacklisted phone can be used again.

Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
@vaibhav.2kumar: Restating your request isn't going to help you any. The EFS partition contains the IMEI of the phone, although nv_data.bin is now stored elsewhere. If one of the forum members were to offer their EFS, they would be committing an illegal act. This site is hosted in the United States, and in the United States cloning an IMEI is illegal. Period. The person offering the EFS would at best be banned, and at worst open up XDA to legal action. Thus no one can provide you a copy of their EFS partition.
I seriously cannot believe that Samsung service centers are unwilling to service the S4. Especially as in the United States they were still available for purchase through prepaid carriers such as Straight Talk up until the end of last year and possibly into the early portion of this year. So I have to question whether you truly tried to get this device serviced, which is what you need to do, or are trying to con someone out of their IMEI so a blacklisted phone can be used again.
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Maybe if i cant get your s4's efs. But i can demand help from you I'll show you my s4's bill my id proof and my s4's box and you can compare all those imei's and thus help me in restoring my imei by changing your efs backup at least and by the way i dont live in us. I live in india for your details. If you could, please help me get my phone's imei back with legal actions i would really be helpful of you.
PS. Yes I've tried all the service centers in my city.period.

Clearly you are not quite comprehending what is being said. I'll try and simplify things for you.
1. Demanding help only makes readers not want to help you.
2. If none of the Samsung authorized service centers in your home city are willing to do the work, start looking outside the city.
3. The only legal option is to send your device to a service center.
If the service centers are truly unwilling to service the S4 (highly doubtful), then you're going to be purchasing a newer device.
Translation:
जाहिर है आप काफी समझने नहीं कर रहे हैं क्या कहा जा रहा है। मैं कोशिश करते हैं और आप के लिए चीजों को आसान कर देंगे।
1. मांग मदद ही करता है पाठकों को आपकी मदद के लिए नहीं चाहते हैं।
2. अपने घर शहर में तो सैमसंग से कोई भी अधिकृत सेवा केंद्र, काम कर शहर के बाहर की तलाश शुरू करने के लिए तैयार हैं।
3. केवल कानूनी विकल्प के लिए एक सेवा केन्द्र के लिए अपनी डिवाइस भेज रहा है।
सेवा केन्द्रों वास्तव में सेवा करने के एस 4 (अत्यधिक संदिग्ध) तैयार नहीं हैं, तो आप एक नए उपकरण खरीदने जा करने के लिए जा रहे हैं।

Please help. My imei gone

Hai,
Yesterday i try to root my zenfone 3 ze520kl. Unfortunately, when i try to root. My fone imei gone and now i lost my cellular network plus myfone fail to root. Anything i can do to recover my imei? I dont have backup also phone box missing already.
Please help. Tq

hafzsan said:
Hai,
Yesterday i try to root my zenfone 3 ze520kl. Unfortunately, when i try to root. My fone imei gone and now i lost my cellular network plus myfone fail to root. Anything i can do to recover my imei? I dont have backup also phone box missing already.
Please help. Tq
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Find your IMEI number, use this app to flash it
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.magic.imeichanger

bought a stolen phone

hey guys i bought a brand new sealed box s7 edge 3 months ago and it suddenly got locked i called telus about the phone and they said it has been reported stolen because the owner did not pay the billsand voided the contract phone. the seller changed his number and i cant use my phone to make calls text or use data. is there anyway to unlock my phne to work? telus denied me any help. and im running 7.0
thanks

Go to the police/phone company with proof of purchase and there's a limited chance they will help you, besides that your out of luck I'm afraid
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Rizrs said:
hey guys i bought a brand new sealed box s7 edge 3 months ago and it suddenly got locked i called telus about the phone and they said it has been reported stolen because the owner did not pay the billsand voided the contract phone. the seller changed his number and i cant use my phone to make calls text or use data. is there anyway to unlock my phne to work? telus denied me any help. and im running 7.0
thanks
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Unfortunately this is a common scam and why you should never buy contract phones from anyone anyone who cant prove to you that it isn't a contract phone don't even bother with them. You could try police but i doubt it would get anywhere...
this almost happened to me when i bought my s7e the buyer told me it wasnt on contract so i bought it and when it arrived it was a branded network phone i asked if he could prove it wasnt and he just strung me along until he got angry calling me a scammer. ha i sent it back straight away while i still had money back guarentee via eBay.
i am surprised they even told you any information about it, that information should be confidential unless you can prove you are the original contract holder.
Your options are either use it without a mobile connection or re sell the device overseas.
it will not be blocked overseas.
there is no way to unblock a blocked phone in your country. with good reason too.
the only way to fix it is to replace the motherboard that has a different IMEI.
sorry bro

Officially... you're SOL the IMEI is blocked by the carrier. However, via root methods you can change your IMEI, unfortunately I dont think were allowed to talk about that here ;P

Just root and change your IMEI, just google it

went to cell phone repair shop they did the root and imei fix. but now i am on andriod 6.0.1 and the vibrate doesnt work my phone just emits a faint beep noise instead of vibration. also LTE doesnt work stuck on 4g?. Can i upgrade to 7.0 and fix these issues?
Thanks

LTE is the same as 4G, so no need to worry. As far as the vibrating is concerned, you're on a Nougat bootloader. You have 2 options:
1. Flash a Marshmallow bootloader via Odin. (no need to wipe data and you won't lose anything): LINK
2. Flash a Nougat firmware via Odin. (there's a reset involved, so you will lose all data and root).

Lao Mayer said:
LTE is the same as 4G, so no need to worry. As far as the vibrating is concerned, you're on a Nougat bootloader. You have 2 options:
1. Flash a Marshmallow bootloader via Odin. (no need to wipe data and you won't lose anything): LINK
2. Flash a Nougat firmware via Odin. (there's a reset involved, so you will lose all data and root).
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This is the right answer OP

sorry im still kind of new to andriod so if i flash to a nougat firmware i will be back on andriod 7 and lose my root but will i get to keep my altered imei? the phone store did all the software stuff not myself.
thankyou

Best way would be to get back to the guy that worked on your phone to make the update.

Lao Mayer said:
Best way would be to get back to the guy that worked on your phone to make the update.
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he cant get my vibration to work and he said u can only stay on 6.0.1 ?

You can follow the steps below to update thread bootloader yourself. The guide is for the S7 flat, but the steps are identical. Just download the bootloader provided by me in the previous post and follow the steps:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s7/how-to/modem-samsung-galaxy-s7-sm-g930f-t3379596
You can use only the BL file.
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Just sell it in another country ? I'm french and one day an ******* sold me a S5 blacklisted by himself for having a full refund with his insurance. So after that i sold the phone in switzerland and obviously informed the guy for the status of the phone. He told me that it wasn't an issue for him and phones are blacklisted by country so no problem

so if i flash nougat firmware via odin will i be able to make calls text data etc as in will my imei stay modified?
going to attempt it this weekend hopefully and get back on nougat

HELP NEEDED - Restore original EFS / IMEI & Baseband for Galaxy S8+

So by complete freak accident I copied over a TWRP backup of my mom's Galaxy S6 which was running an S8+ port ROM, and I restored it to my S8+ by accident - TWRP restored that backup to my S8+ and obviously I was unable to boot, but also my EFS & baseband was ruined because it tried to restore the Galaxy S6 EFS and baseband to my S8+ :crying: :crying: so now after flashing back a normal Galaxy S8+ ROM I can't make any calls/etc as expected.
I do have an EFS backup of my phone but that backup is stored in a computer which is in another country, and I won't have access to it for another 3 months...
Anyways, I was hoping if there was anyone that could help me repair my S8+ IMEI. I only have $5 USD in my Paypal that I could pay, I know its not much but I would really appreciate any help with this. I also have some balance in an SMM panel that I could give as additional compensation if someone is interested in that too. Thanks
EDIT: Nevermind, fixed by @ZeroXO
Thanks and best regards

Shamako said:
So by complete freak accident I copied over a TWRP backup of my mom's Galaxy S6 which was running an S8+ port ROM, and I restored it to my S8+ by accident - TWRP restored that backup to my S8+ and obviously I was unable to boot, but also my EFS & baseband was ruined because it tried to restore the Galaxy S6 EFS and baseband to my S8+ :crying: :crying: so now after flashing back a normal Galaxy S8+ ROM I can't make any calls/etc as expected.
I do have an EFS backup of my phone but that backup is stored in a computer which is in another country, and I won't have access to it for another 3 months...
Anyways, I was hoping if there was anyone that could help me repair my S8+ IMEI. I only have $5 USD in my Paypal that I could pay, I know its not much but I would really appreciate any help with this. I also have some balance in an SMM panel that I could give as additional compensation if someone is interested in that too. Thanks
Thanks and best regards
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Imei are cert based on s8s. I'm not gonna give any sites. But imei repair is a Google search not here. Since you damaged the cert based imei possibly it will cost a lot more than 5 USD. Going rates I've seen are about 100 or so USD. So of some one could get you a copy of that efs sent to you your gold of not I would find a backup til you can repair it

TheMadScientist said:
Imei are cert based on s8s. I'm not gonna give any sites. But imei repair is a Google search not here. Since you damaged the cert based imei possibly it will cost a lot more than 5 USD. Going rates I've seen are about 100 or so USD. So of some one could get you a copy of that efs sent to you your gold of not I would find a backup til you can repair it
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Nevermind, @ZeroXO fixed it for me! :highfive:

Shamako said:
Nevermind, @ZeroXO fixed it for me! :highfive:
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how ?
so this thread would be helpful for other who has same problem.

im having a really similar problem, i havent completely lost my efs but i can really get my cell service to connect, it will register when im connected to wifi but goes dead if i disconnect.
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ive got g950u that i put v5 safestrap on but messed with a lot setting and think i flashed improper radios. i was trying to do a carrier change im now on stock firmware bit 7 and ive been reading for days trying to fix this. i think i have a efs issue. anyone able to help? my imei isnt gone @ZeroXO

madmike_ said:
im having a really similar problem, i havent completely lost my efs but i can really get my cell service to connect, it will register when im connected to wifi but goes dead if i disconnect.
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ive got g950u that i put v5 safestrap on but messed with a lot setting and think i flashed improper radios. i was trying to do a carrier change im now on stock firmware bit 7 and ive been reading for days trying to fix this. i think i have a efs issue. anyone able to help? my imei isnt gone @ZeroXO
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Me too I needa backup of the efs folder g950u final cert fail

Hello, I had a similar issue with a galaxy S8, I contacted Samsung, they told me to use the "galaxy-s-unlock" app, which requires Busybox. And for me it worked ! Maybe you can try on the s8 sd