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WM6 changed IMEI

Is anyone out there experienced that once upgrade to WM6 on your Dash. The last digit of the IMEI changed.

The last 2 digits dont matter.

mcdevitt1985 said:
The last 2 digits dont matter.
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It does matter because some software verify the phone's IMEI to complete the registration and once the IMEI changed, the registration code become invalid. Any suggestion?

Oh boya. Well in that case, you're ****ed possibly? Im not sure, that is a good question though. I dont pay for any software Hopefully someone here can help ya out

I believe the last 2 digits do not matter
It is the first 15 that are significant, I could be wrong

Only the first 15 digits are your valid imei #. The other two are something unique to the phone for some reason. If you have software that is licensed on a 17 digit imei #, I'd go back to the author and report it as a defect. If you paid for it, I'd demand they fix it.

jnmarshall said:
Only the first 15 digits are your valid imei #. The other two are something unique to the phone for some reason. If you have software that is licensed on a 17 digit imei #, I'd go back to the author and report it as a defect. If you paid for it, I'd demand they fix it.
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Thanks for the input and I had downgrade back to WM5 because T-Zone Winwap is too new the system won't let me login.
For sure, when the official WM6 is available, I will contact the vendor to ask for a fix.

[Q] Phone Not Allowed MM#6

Hi, I have a ATT Note 2 and I keep getting the error "Phone Not Allowed MM#6" every time I turn it on. I can press the OK button and get to the home screen and use the phone normally except that it cannot send or receive texts or calls (emergency only). I am on the Solavei network and has been working fine for a few months, but the other day it just stopped one morning after I woke up.
I bought it from a store and he has assured me it wasn't stolen or anything like that. And the Solavei customer service could not get it working after several resets and whatnot. They sent me a new sim card which I have not received yet, but I am not very hopeful about that working... My WiFi works and I actually get signal bars but again, no 4G, no calls, no texts...
Is there anything I can do in the settings or anything? My phone does not have any custom roms or anything like that, just the regular ATT/Samsung Android 4.1.2. The only thing I changed on it was the option to enable the T-Mobile bands (Youtube: How to Enable T-Mobile 3G/4G AWS Bands on AT&T Galaxy Note 2 SGH-i317!). But I also tried without those bands and that didn't work either...
Please help, thanks in advance!

Try a complete factory reset with Odin. But that error sounds to me like someone reported the IMEI as stolen

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mrevankyle said:
Try a complete factory reset with Odin. But that error sounds to me like someone reported the IMEI as stolen
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Thanks. If in fact it was reported stolen, is there any way around that?

nconnor said:
Thanks. If in fact it was reported stolen, is there any way around that?
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Go into your local store with the original recipt. They should be able to either tell you who reported it or give you a refund

mrevankyle said:
Go into your local store with the original recipt. They should be able to either tell you who reported it or give you a refund
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Agreed. ..
Any reputable seller. .(retail store ) is obligated to sell legally or don't sell at all..
The days of sneaking around carriers with stolen merchandise are quickly becoming a thing of the past...g
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using XDA Premium HD app

there can be two reasons.. one is when you tried to change the bands on your phone there are more possibilities your IMEI on the phone would have corrupted and that is reason you might be getting that message, and second reason can be some one reported the phone stolen and it is blocked from the service provider end..
to validate that check your phone IMEI by dialing *#06# if that shows your valid IMEI then your phone must have got blocked by the service provider or incase if the IMEI shows some thing like null or 00/0 then the phone IMEI is corrupted, I can help your fixing your phone IMEI if it corrupted.. let me know if you still having this problem

Thanks everyone. I called up ATT and they confirmed that the phone was reported stolen. So I took it back to the store I got it from and he said that sometimes this happens so the company can get the insurance... Regardless, he reset and rooted my phone and it works again. My IMEI number shows up as well. Now the only thing is that I am not able to get all of the T-mobile bands back. Does anyone know about this?

[email protected] said:
there can be two reasons.. one is when you tried to change the bands on your phone there are more possibilities your IMEI on the phone would have corrupted and that is reason you might be getting that message, and second reason can be some one reported the phone stolen and it is blocked from the service provider end..
to validate that check your phone IMEI by dialing *#06# if that shows your valid IMEI then your phone must have got blocked by the service provider or incase if the IMEI shows some thing like null or 00/0 then the phone IMEI is corrupted, I can help your fixing your phone IMEI if it corrupted.. let me know if you still having this problem
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Hi,
I ned to help to fix IMEI problem, currently it has been set to null.
regards,
Kailash Rawat

[email protected] said:
there can be two reasons.. one is when you tried to change the bands on your phone there are more possibilities your IMEI on the phone would have corrupted and that is reason you might be getting that message, and second reason can be some one reported the phone stolen and it is blocked from the service provider end..
to validate that check your phone IMEI by dialing *#06# if that shows your valid IMEI then your phone must have got blocked by the service provider or incase if the IMEI shows some thing like null or 00/0 then the phone IMEI is corrupted, I can help your fixing your phone IMEI if it corrupted.. let me know if you still having this problem
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My note 2 is showing 0/09 as imei pls tell me how to repair my imei

AT&T

Change motherboard. The IMEI in Setting is different from dialing *#06#

Hi my s4 motherboard is broken so I changed it.
When i dial *#06# it give me the original IMEI which came with the phone.
But when i go to phone setting ->status it give me the new IMEI which is built on the new motherboard.
I am confused. How could this happen??
does IMEI stored on motherboard or somewhere else.
And which one is the real IMEI that on the phone?

The imei does change with each motherboard.
I would go with the settings option. The service code is something specific to each carrier, so it's probably a hard coded string.
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elesbb said:
The imei does change with each motherboard.
I would go with the settings option. The service code is something specific to each carrier, so it's probably a hard coded string.
Sent from my SGH-M919 using Tapatalk
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Hi I wonder where else could those string stored beside on motherboard. Do you know where is it stored

kolaoum said:
Hi I wonder where else could those string stored beside on motherboard. Do you know where is it stored
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inside the apk itself.

Someone else sent my text to my friend

Wondering if my phone got hacked. I am running infamous rom on tmobile. Tonight my friend received my text messages from another number, and when my friend questioned who he was, he either didnt seem surprised or he was just playing along. If my phone did get hacked, do you guys have any advice like a system format, a setting I can change, or should I call tmobile directly?
Thank in advance

mikatachan said:
Wondering if my phone got hacked. I am running infamous rom on tmobile. Tonight my friend received my text messages from another number, and when my friend questioned who he was, he either didnt seem surprised or he was just playing along. If my phone did get hacked, do you guys have any advice like a system format, a setting I can change, or should I call tmobile directly?
Thank in advance
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I'd call T-Mo directly and advise them of the situation. You might ask your buddy if he would participate and allow his carrier to use information to find what phone did the spoofing, and they can track the user via the IMEI number that is recorded when transmission is initiated. You MIGHT be required to have a police report to get the tracking done, so you ought to consider making the report to your local PD.
Be SURE your buddy isn't jerking your chain before you do anything, and I'd probably want to SEE the TM before any action on your part.
Aloha and Good Luck!

Bobolinko's advice is correct and the best course of action.
But to answer your specific question about the phoen being hacked...No, wiping it won't help. Neither will installing a different ROM or anything else.
If what your buddy is saying is actually happening, it's most likely not that someone have hacked into your phone and is remotely sending messages from your phone. It's far more likely that someone intercepted your cell signal, hacked the IMEI number (as stated above) and applied your IMEI number to another device, thus cloning your phone.
That message to your buddy came from another device entirely and never went through your phone at all. The problem is that this is very hard to fix. You can't have T Mobile jus tblock your IMEI number because then your phone won't work either. T Mobile can't distinguish between your phone and the cloned fake phone because both are broadcasting the same IMEI number, which is the identifier T Mobile uses to use your phone.
Have you left the United States recently and used your phone in another county? This whole scenario is vey common in Russia and other Eastern European countries. People got there on a vaction, use their phone, and immediately the phone's IMEI is captured and stolen. If you had mobile data turned on or used wifi, the user data on the phone is also likely compromised. Meaning all passwords, etc.
If you haven't left the US, it's much less likely, but still possible this is what happened.
Someone could have also physically looked at your phone, wrote down the IMEI number under the battery, and cloned it that way just to screw with you. No intercepted radio signals or anything. Just good old fashioned "copying the key". In that scenario it's almost certainly someone you know (unless you are in the habit of leaving your phone completely unattended around strangers).

Illegal_me message - help!!!

Hi, I bought on July a LG G3 on french craig's list, with buy proof, warranty, the box... Everything was fine until yesterday, I've got a message which says "illegal_me" and after that I can't sms or call either. But the LTE works fine. I think that the old owner may have say that his phone is stolen...
Do you know any solutions? can I root or something, to re-use the phone normally, or it is impossible? Thank you!
Sorry for my english btw.

Maestrours said:
Hi, I bought on July a LG G3 on french craig's list, with buy proof, warranty, the box... Everything was fine until yesterday, I've got a message which says "illegal_me" and after that I can't sms or call either. But the LTE works fine. I think that the old owner may have say that his phone is stolen...
Do you know any solutions? can I root or something, to re-use the phone normally, or it is impossible? Thank you!
Sorry for my english btw.
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"illegal_me" or "illegal IMEI"??
without correct IMEI, phone modem cannot connect to mobile network.

rtomakov said:
"illegal_me" or "illegal IMEI"??
without correct IMEI, phone modem cannot connect to mobile network.
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Illegal_me!
But maybe the problem is linked to the IMEI, cause the phone is certainly declared stolen..

Looks like somebody sold you a stolen phone and the actual owner got it locked down.
Fortunately(for the community) and unfortunately(for you), as far as I know the IMEI related information is present on the EFS and reverse engineering that is not possible. Even if it was, fabricating an IMEI number is not legal and pretty much not possible.

if4ct0r said:
Looks like somebody sold you a stolen phone and the actual owner got it locked down.
Fortunately(for the community) and unfortunately(for you), as far as I know the IMEI related information is present on the EFS and reverse engineering that is not possible. Even if it was, fabricating an IMEI number is not legal and pretty much not possible.
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Ok you mean the phone cannot be repaired? When I type *#06#, the IMEI is the same that the one on the box.

Maestrours said:
Ok you mean the phone cannot be repaired? When I type *#06#, the IMEI is the same that the one on the box.
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Hey.
You can change the IMEI if that is the problem with Terminal from playstore but you must be rooted.
Search in LG Optimus Black forum and you`ll find an tutorial there. Hope this helps you.

scamex said:
Hey.
You can change the IMEI if that is the problem with Terminal from playstore but you must be rooted.
Search in LG Optimus Black forum and you`ll find an tutorial there. Hope this helps you.
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thank you!!! i'll search this. But what IMEI shoul I write? i can't type anything, yes?

Maestrours said:
thank you!!! i'll search this.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2137840 2nd post !
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Maestrours said:
thank you!!! i'll search this. But what IMEI shoul I write? i can't type anything, yes?
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Any IMEI you might think. But it must have the same number of characters and must begin with 35..........

scamex said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2137840 2nd post !
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Any IMEI you might think. But it must have the same number of characters and must begin with 35..........
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Oh ok, but any IMEI i trywill work? I thought there was a repertory with IMEI, so you cannot use anyone else.
U think this will work for the G3 too? Because the link you posted show a firmware for optimus black!
Edit: unfortunately, it seems to be only for optimus black... :/ the hidden menu cmd don't work

Maestrours said:
Oh ok, but any IMEI i trywill work? I thought there was a repertory with IMEI, so you cannot use anyone else.
U think this will work for the G3 too? Because the link you posted show a firmware for optimus black!
Edit: unfortunately, it seems to be only for optimus black... :/ the hidden menu cmd don't work
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Search in your G3 hidden menu and you will find AP and CP USB. From there folow that tutorial:
Type AT (If not accepted, or do not see the characters switch ports)
Type at% imei (should show current phone IMEI)
Type at% imei = x, x, x, x, x ..., (In each X would have to put the number that corresponded to your new IMEI)

Maestrours said:
Hi, I bought on July a LG G3 on french craig's list, with buy proof, warranty, the box... Everything was fine until yesterday, I've got a message which says "illegal_me" and after that I can't sms or call either. But the LTE works fine. I think that the old owner may have say that his phone is stolen...
Do you know any solutions? can I root or something, to re-use the phone normally, or it is impossible? Thank you!
Sorry for my english btw.
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This happened to me on 23/03/2015 on my LG G3 registered on the EE network, after many conversations between the LG helpdesk and talking to EE customer support it seems my IMEI had been blocked.
I think the message ILLEGAL_ME displayed on a black background means Illegal Mobile Equipment, initially I thought it was some kind of spoof or joke but my handset was now unable to make or receive calls.
Fortunately the good people at EE customer support removed the blacklisting against my IMEI but could not explain how or who had caused it to become blacklisted. I had downloaded upgrades to several apps that morning mostly linked to Google but that may have been coincidental.

if4ct0r said:
Looks like somebody sold you a stolen phone and the actual owner got it locked down.
Fortunately(for the community) and unfortunately(for you), as far as I know the IMEI related information is present on the EFS and reverse engineering that is not possible. Even if it was, fabricating an IMEI number is not legal and pretty much not possible.
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its possible..
http://www.androidbrick.com/qualcomm-snapdragon-imei-tamiri-ders-1/