[Q] Repair/Restore IMEI - Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi, I had a problem with my Note 2 and I brought it to a UK Samsung repair centre, they did something to it and now my IMEI reads 0049990106400001 (which is different from what the sticker on the pack of the phone says).
The issue is that Samsung won't touch my phone now because it's not a UK phone (I think they did not realise that the first time round).
Anyway, don't get me started on this... after searching the net for days it seems I have to restore my IMEI. I tried a few methods, but unsuccessfully.
I was wondering if anyone has suggestions on what I should do, or maybe the name of a reliable company that would fix this for me.
Thank you.

Have you read this thread?

retrorom said:
Have you read this thread?
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Yes I read that thread, thanks.It seems like it is really tricky to repair IMEI on the GT-N7100. I got in touch with cvxcvx, maybe he can do it remotely, even though it does not seem like an option.

Good, I hope you get it fixed soon.
Kind regards

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No sim cards can be read...

Hey guys & gals,
My trinity is no longer reading sim cards, ive tried about 4 or 5.
Any ideas? It was just updated to mobile 6 a while back, it had a few problems but nothing this major.
I have checked on my old phone and the sim cards are readable in there.
Is there a way to replace the SIM card reader chip or.. well ya. DOH!
Any info would be greatly appreciated!
bump.
I havent found anything myself, and I havent really found a place that can repair it either
Repair Centers
supperman2k said:
bump.
I havent found anything myself, and I havent really found a place that can repair it either
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I'm sorry to hear about your troubles. I looked for answers and could not find any either.
But here are some repair centers that handle the Trinity:
http://www.pocketpctechs.com/main~unit~HTC_Trinity-657~area~repairs.htm
http://www.proporta.com/F02/PPF02P05.php?t_id=555&t_mode=cat&type=73
http://www.ipaqrepair.co.uk/free_diagnostics.php
http://www.pdashop-bg.com/page.php?id=5
Had the same problem vith a S300 Trinity, check your radio rom version... if there is no radio ROM (as it happened to me), try to flash another one... or send your trinity to a repair center...
try to reinstall the rom

[Q] Galaxy Nexus i9250 lost your IMEI

I have a big problem.
My Gnex i9250 lost your IMEI.
I have already taken the unit on technical assistance and said they would try to rewrite the IMEI but failed.
In my research I learned I should have done a backup of file containing the IMEI (nv_data.bin), is it correct ?
I don't have any backup.
Please help me friends.
NOTE: Sorry for my terrible english.
Not to assume, but it would appear at first glance that you purchased a stolen phone....
Also, pretty sure anything related to writing or creating IMEI is against XDA rules.
Is this a new or used phone? Do you not have the original box with your IMEI on it? And inside the battery compartment as well?
martonikaj said:
Is this a new or used phone? Do you not have the original box with your IMEI on it? And inside the battery compartment as well?
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I live in Brazil but I bought this phone in NY.
It's a new phone and the IMEI number on the box matched the number in the battery compartment.
I bought the phone in december but I only had problems recently.
I traveled to a place where I couldn't get any signal and I turned off the phone.
After one day I turned it on and it stopped working.
lmrbrazil said:
I live in Brazil but I bought this phone in NY.
It's a new phone and the IMEI number on the box matched the number in the battery compartment.
I bought the phone in december but I only had problems recently.
I traveled to a place where I couldn't get any signal and I turned off the phone.
After one day I turned it on and it stopped working.
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Did you buy it new or used?
There could be a chance perhaps it was a stolen unit maybe from a store or such that when it was discovered gone, the IMEI was disabled.
I just don't see otherwise how the IMEI could just stop being valid.
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uoY_redruM said:
Did you buy it new or used?
There could be a chance perhaps it was a stolen unit maybe from a store or such that when it was discovered gone, the IMEI was disabled.
I just don't see otherwise how the IMEI could just stop being valid.
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I bought this phone brand new.
I saw that in some cases the IMEI can be corrupted, but I don't know how can i repair this file.
This its a known issue.. The efs folder gets corrupted.. Go to galaxy s2 forum and try the several fixes for it there.. If your lucky it will work..
If not.. Well there's not a fix for it yet on Nexus.. Theres several ppl around here waiting for this solution.. As currently they just have a really nice music players Hehe..
Cheers
Nexus Cm9 + Franco
Its not the efs folder like it was on the nexus s etc.
Your imei data is stored in the factory folder on the gnex.
Sounds like it got corrupted.
I lost my imei on my nexus s and ended up being stuck with a generic one, it still worked though.
Maybe you can find a way to do that.
nodstuff said:
Its not the efs folder like it was on the nexus s etc.
Your imei data is stored in the factory folder on the gnex.
Sounds like it got corrupted.
I lost my imei on my nexus s and ended up being stuck with a generic one, it still worked though.
Maybe you can find a way to do that.
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How do you change your IMEI on your Nexus S ?
The IMEI can be changed/repaired on this phone using samsung pro tools. In Brazil it is legal to change the IMEI to whatever you like, in UK it is only legal to repair the IMEI to the original IMEI. There are some IMEI Nazis on xda that don't want to empower users with the ability to change the IMEI, so they won't tell you how to do this, even if it is for the legal reason of repair only. And, will probably get xda to delete this post and/or close the thread, like they are uk police shills or paid subverts or maybe just do-gooders (the latter is the worst).
This page describes repairing the IMEI of the Galaxy Nexus that had generic IMEI (which can be caused by corrupt MD5 hash for nv_data.bin) using SPT box
An SPT Box cost about $200, but you can usually find this service on ebay or google for about $30, they will resotre the imei to the sticker under the battery. You must pay shipping to and from as well. This place might offer such service: http://www.fonefunshop.co.uk.
I had my IMEI disappear, the "about phone' just had "unknown" for my IMEI. My Nexus GSM was only a week old and purchased from the Play Store. The only reason I checked is because I was on the phone with Google Wallet support and they needed to know. Surprisingly, I was on the phone on T-Mobile network, but with an "unknown" IMEI.
I did a battery pull to reset the phone and it was back. The number on the screen matched the inside, the number on the box, and the number on my receipt. I called support back (again, on the same phone) and they fixed the problem once I gave them my IMEI.
I was a little freaked out that it disappeared like that, but at least the battery pull fixed it.
Good luck with yours.
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Same problem
lmrbrazil said:
I have a big problem.
My Gnex i9250 lost your IMEI.
I have already taken the unit on technical assistance and said they would try to rewrite the IMEI but failed.
In my research I learned I should have done a backup of file containing the IMEI (nv_data.bin), is it correct ?
I don't have any backup.
Please help me friends.
NOTE: Sorry for my terrible english.
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Hey.. I am facing this same .. I am from India, i bought from google play store.. If you get to know of any fix for this, do let me know too.. i tried the 9 step recover process given in xda for s2, but that did not work for me.
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b177y said:
I had my IMEI disappear, the "about phone' just had "unknown" for my IMEI. My Nexus GSM was only a week old and purchased from the Play Store. The only reason I checked is because I was on the phone with Google Wallet support and they needed to know. Surprisingly, I was on the phone on T-Mobile network, but with an "unknown" IMEI.
I did a battery pull to reset the phone and it was back. The number on the screen matched the inside, the number on the box, and the number on my receipt. I called support back (again, on the same phone) and they fixed the problem once I gave them my IMEI.
I was a little freaked out that it disappeared like that, but at least the battery pull fixed it.
Good luck with yours.
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Hey, even i bought from playstore and i have this same issue. Can you tell me how your issue was fixed ? i realize that the imei is printed on the phone just beneath the battery. But how does it reset the phone ?
Ok soo first of all this is common problem for samsung smartphones - and it has nothing to do with stolen phone. I have the same issue as well - IMEI just got lost one day. Getting factory resets or flashing orginal stock from google page dosn't work.
I just hope that it's not a hardware issue - still waiting for solution for nexus. It's crap cause i bought from google play store while being in US - now when i got back to EU it stopped working - sending it back is very costfull...
So only because it's never happend to you don't say it must have been stolen or something!
Papi1986 said:
Ok soo first of all this is common problem for samsung smartphones - and it has nothing to do with stolen phone. I have the same issue as well - IMEI just got lost one day. Getting factory resets or flashing orginal stock from google page dosn't work.
I just hope that it's not a hardware issue - still waiting for solution for nexus. It's crap cause i bought from google play store while being in US - now when i got back to EU it stopped working - sending it back is very costfull...
So only because it's never happend to you don't say it must have been stolen or something!
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i am facing the issue after wiping everthing(CACHE,SYSTEM,XLOADER,...)..
abhishek_ab said:
i am facing the issue after wiping everthing(CACHE,SYSTEM,XLOADER,...)..
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Same issue here, anyone please have a solution!?
All the best,
Mark
Yep one more for me :/
Same here
I'm facing this same problem. Any solution to it yet?
Same for me
I am having the same problem after formatting /factory. Is there any solution?
Wether flashing the factory image recovers that???
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varadparulekarofficial said:
Wether flashing the factory image recovers that???
Sent from my CyanogenMod powered Galaxy Nexus
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Unfortunately no, but you can try.
I have the worst luck, my GNex lost its iMEI and II tried to recover it for 6 months.
Then, one day I got the IMEI back (did a backup of the nv data files and deleted them from the system folder)
So look at this: I did a backup on the nv_data files and put it in the Internal Storage
Then, I wanted to revert back to full stock (no root, locked bootloader)
So I flashed the stock (ps: this wiped the internal storage, so I lost the backup files).
When the cellphone booted I didn't have the IMEI again, so I rooted my phone and deleted the NV Data files FOREVER.
So basically there is NO way to recover the files, I lost my IMEI forever.
But for anyone who is having this issue, backup the files (save it in your computer :silly: ) and delete the nv data files from the system. Try everything related to that. (but be sure to have a backup, hahaha :silly: )

[Q] Touch Screen Problem after replacing- how to recalibrate?

Hi Guys,
I have recently cracked my HTC WFS touch screen and got it replaced from a local retailer. After replacing , the screen's top most part is not responding properly. I mean, If i try to power on the WI-Fi using the notification drawer , it is selecting something else (may be a message that is kept unread in the notification drawer). The guy who repaired it told me that it is not a hardware issue but a software issue. He told me that recalibrating will fix this. For this purpose, I have flashed a ROM (Wild child 3 - thinking this is almost same as the stock ROM) and still i have that issue. Please help me on how can i recalibrate the display and thus solve the issue mentioned above.
Thanks
I have seen this thread and sadly nobody answered it. Hence adding a new thread with more info.
Send it back, it's definitely a hardware issue.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1436314
Check this tutorial out. Worth a try. It sorted my touchscreen problem.
gort2000 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1436314
Check this tutorial out. Worth a try. It sorted my touchscreen problem.
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OP got his phone back from a reseller that won't do complete work.
Solution is to send it back to reseller.
omnomnomkimiiee said:
OP got his phone back from a reseller that won't do complete work.
Solution is to send it back to reseller.
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Thanks a lot for the response guys
Hi @omnomnomkimiiee, The seller himself told me that this ain't a hardware problem and I have to calibrate this again for this to work . But i don't think that this is a calibration issue, since all other parts of the touch screen is working fine. Only a particular part is not working. So, i guess this could be a hardware issue. Please correct me if I am wrong and Thanks a lot for the response friends
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Thanks a lot for the response guys
Hi @omnomnomkimiiee, The seller himself told me that this ain't a hardware problem and I have to calibrate this again for this to work . But i don't think that this is a calibration issue, since all other parts of the touch screen is working fine. Only a particular part is not working. So, i guess this could be a hardware issue. Please correct me if I am wrong and Thanks a lot for the response friends
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You should most definitely have him take it back. You trusted him with it to replace a broken screen, and he returned it with a broken digitizer.

Finding out what was done to my phone

So just got back my M8 from HTC after a repair, was having problems with calls and I called HTC UK to find out what was replaced or done to my phone but they wont tell me, anyone had any experience of this, as i find it quite shocking they wont tell you.
P.S i sent with S-Off, and now its S-On, so i guess they replaced the board, but would like to know for sure.
Do you know if is indeed the same phone. If so then they probably just reflashed the current stock firmware. I doubt they would replace the board for that because if they change the board and still have issues they wasted time and money. If it isn't the same phone then they replaced it. Check your imei and serial number. Call your service provider and have them look at your phone and they can tell you the numbers they have.
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anthony92170 said:
Do you know if is indeed the same phone. If so then they probably just reflashed the current stock firmware. I doubt they would replace the board for that because if they change the board and still have issues they wasted time and money. If it isn't the same phone then they replaced it. Check your imei and serial number. Call your service provider and have them look at your phone and they can tell you the numbers they have.
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thanks for your reply, but reflashing wouldnt have fixed my problem, as i had the problem, on stock, on GRe and then back to stock. I think it is the same phone, as there was a very very small notch on the right side of the phone, and its still there. also when i spoke to them, they said it was in testing, then went back to repair. I would assume that new board was the only fix for my problem, as i cant see new speakers fixing it, and it was not software.

Bought a FRP S20+ unknowingly Help

Good Evening folks,
asking for hopefully an answer to my stupidity. Bought a Galaxy s20+ 5G today as I thought id treat myself. (Used of Course as i could never justify the price of phones new these days haha) Phone was reset before I got there and it looked good to me so took it.
I normally go through it fully but with covid about i didnt want to sit about so was quick. Got home and setting up was introduced to a message saying it was attempted to be factory reset and i need to put in the details of the previous owner (who had vanished online).
Now I assume this is the same as icloud lock and cant be removed? or is there a way to get past this?
In the olden days id just install a custom rom or flash a stock firmware but i guess this isnt as easy at that?
All help apppreciated.
Nope, best try to find the seller and sort it out with them
*Detection* said:
Nope, best try to find the seller and sort it out with them
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I thought that was the case. Thanks for the message
dav08094194 said:
I thought that was the case. Thanks for the message
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yea, contact original seller.. since u purchased a frp locked devicecits possible its stolen

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