I purchased a phone off CL. I tried to put a SIM card in but it doesn't recognize one. So i realized the IMEI number on the back does not match the IMEI number in android OS. It doesn't say 000000 or one of those fake IMEI 049 numbers. It just has another IMEI number. My question is, is there a way to modify the numbers to match the IMEI number i have on the back of my phone?
I actually didn't know it didn't match until i sent it to samsung to fix. I thought it was just a problem with the SIM tray but they stated that the IMEI numbers don't match. As a result, they just sent my phone back without fixing anything.
Please help me out. It's on stock rom and not rooted
Again.. the phone is not blacklisted.. I want to change the IMEI number (software) shown in android OS to match the IMEI number (hardware) that i have shown on the back of my phone. I don't know why it's not the same.
Thanks for your help
when phones are refurbished, they change the imei number so its probably just a refurbished phone. Leave the imei alone. Im pretty sure the imei doesnt affect the phone recognizing the sim card anyway, but i could be wrong on that
TheAtheistOtaku said:
when phones are refurbished, they change the imei number so its probably just a refurbished phone. Leave the imei alone. Im pretty sure the imei doesnt affect the phone recognizing the sim card anyway, but i could be wrong on that
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They do change the IMEI when they refurbish, but they also put a brand new sticker on it that shows the new IMEI. Also it's a different sticker than the one that comes on a new phone. It's a different size and it positioned differently. Makes it VERY clear if your phone is new or refurbished.
Aznn0, though you may not realize it what you bought is a stolen/blacklisted/insurance exchange/etc S4. It had a bad IMEI and the seller changed it (illegally) and then sold it to you without bothering to mention the device's history.
If you changed it to the IMEI listed on the back of the phone (And I am telling you in no undercertain terms that you should not!) I'd bet latge sums of money that the phone would go dead because the IMEI listed on the back is a blacklisted number.
So Samsung won't touch it ever again. They will never do a repair for you. If it breaks, you're on your own to fix it.
None of this is probably your fauly and I believe you didn't know what you bought. But it is what it is.
Regardless, asking questions about how to change an IMEI are expressly not permitted on XDA. I know you didn't know, so no hard feelings. But don't ask about how to change an IMEI here again.
Skipjacks said:
They do change the IMEI when they refurbish, but they also put a brand new sticker on it that shows the new IMEI. Also it's a different sticker than the one that comes on a new phone. It's a different size and it positioned differently. Makes it VERY clear if your phone is new or refurbished.
Aznn0, though you may not realize it what you bought is a stolen/blacklisted/insurance exchange/etc S4. It had a bad IMEI and the seller changed it (illegally) and then sold it to you without bothering to mention the device's history.
If you changed it to the IMEI listed on the back of the phone (And I am telling you in no undercertain terms that you should not!) I'd bet latge sums of money that the phone would go dead because the IMEI listed on the back is a blacklisted number.
So Samsung won't touch it ever again. They will never do a repair for you. If it breaks, you're on your own to fix it.
None of this is probably your fauly and I believe you didn't know what you bought. But it is what it is.
Regardless, asking questions about how to change an IMEI are expressly not permitted on XDA. I know you didn't know, so no hard feelings. But don't ask about how to change an IMEI here again.
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yea they do put a new sticker on it, but allot of sellers on ebay/craigslist remove the sticker so that they can sell it as "new" and get a few extra bucks. most sellers assume that buyers wont ever find out which is probably true 90% of the time
Thanks for all your replies.
It's weird because I put in both the IMEI numbers listed from the back of the phone and the one listed in android and they came back clean. I used one of those free esn checker websites. I know they aren't 100% reliable but damn..
I thought matching the IMEI number would do the trick.
It sucks...
I'm having the exact same problem! Mine is an s4 active and when I called my phone service provider they didn't tell me that mine was blacklisted or anything either...
error 119 your mobile phone's imei number not match, plz help me
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I bought a 2nd hand galaxy nexus and just notices the IMEI is 004999010640000 which doesnt match with the one on the back of the phone. How can I restore it? thanks
does the IMEI reflect back to the carrier? If it was called in lost or stolen and I put a sim in the phone with out changing the imei with verizon will it work?
This is generic IMEI and most likely means that phone was originally sold SIM locked for specific carrier. Until there's a shorter howto/app, see here for details and how to get rid of it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1606982
Yes, IMEI is reported to the carrier and can be blocked, effectively making your device unusable as a phone. Generic IMEI above for now works in the US, but it's blocked for example in India.
IMEI is also reported to google, as can be seen from dashboard. Would be fun if they started to track & block stolen android phones...
I have been using it for a month but until today i wanted to try it out on the original carrier so I noticed it didnt work... Then I checked the imei and saw that it doesnt match. thats why i want to go back to the original IMEI so I can use the phone on the original carrier
im currently using aokp jb. the back of my phone says one imei while the imei in the phone says a different one. apparently the imei number 004999010640000 belongs to a non-existant 16gb iphone 3gs. i dont know what changed my imei but i do know that at&t has recently started blacklisting stolen/lost devices and the imei i listed above appears as stolen. i dont know if people have been having problems while going to make a phone call but i have and just wanted to share the info i learned at at&t.
Maybe call at&T or go to a store and ask them to look it up and verify that it's not an iphone nor is it stolen but I doubt you'll have any really problems as at&t really doesn't do much for a stolen phone once the customer buys a new one
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Where did you buy your Nexus? If you got it secondhand most likely the seller changed the IMEI but I dont know why that would matter as ATT doesnt sell the phone so they dont care if it was stolen. Pretty strange situation you find yourself in.
You might want to ask ATT to see if someone is using the IMEI on the back of your phone. If so, maybe they have the stolen iPhone. If you can get it straightened out, great. If you can't, send a pic of your phone's real IMEI and report it stolen. Then the crook (if there is one) can't use it, either.
my phone has two imei's one on the back and the one in the nv_data.bin the one in the nv_data is a generic one apparently which i dont know how it got there, most likely when my phone was sim unlocked cause i didnt buy it through the play store. and ive been trying to figure out how to restore imei's and have been following guide after guide to no avail. i know that imei changing is illegal and banned here but i dont know what else to do
tl;dr : my galaxy nexus has a generic imei in it and att is blacklisting my phone because of it
Hi,
I've bought a samsung galaxy S3 Red version on kijiji (Canada) and realized that the IMEI of the software is different from the IMEI on the back of the phone.
I've checked the IMEI blacklist to see if any of those IMEI is blacklisted, but seems like both are fine.
I've tried using EFS Pro method without a luck.
I also tried doing NVreader-Writer to change it manually with no luck.
I was wondering if one of you guys can give me some help regards to this.
Let me know guys.
Thanks alot in advance!
Personally, i dont think you should be doing anything to the IMEI at this point. Obviously someone changed something along the way. Since both IMEI's appear to be good, theres a good chance someone replaced the motherboard at some point. If this is the case, write the IMEI down! TWICE! Keep it safe where you will not lose it.
If it was a motherboard replacement, DO NOT try to change or otherwise mess with the IMEI! Replacing it with anything but what belongs to that board is asking for problems.
If the mobo is original and the IMEI was changed for some reason, it might be a good idea to change back....maybe! But this doesnt make any sense if the original is still good. If you do somehow verify it was changed, i would wait before doing anything. Someone could wait another month or two and report it lost or stolen. It happens all the time! And then the IMEI would get blacklisted.
I think you should contact the seller and find out what is really going on. But regardless of the answers you may or may not get, do not change anything yet.
If its working fine right now, just leave it as it is. Messing with the NV Data is not to be taken lightly. Its not simple stuff like flashing roms. Make a mistake and it could cause irreparable harm to the device.
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Oh, and there are several blacklists out there. Just because it isnt on one, doesnt mean it cant be on another. Check on swappa, but definately call the carrier the device originally came from. Ask if it is able to be activated on any network including theirs.
Hey, Thank you for your reply!
I just wanted to add in some story.
I've bought this about 1.5 months ago, and IMEI of the phone is fine(*) according to swappa, imei.info, and protectyourdata.ca.
Also, The software IMEI of the phone (according to imei.info) belongs to a samsung WAVE II and the original IMEI on the back of the phone belongs to the samsung galaxy s3.
I've contacted the seller when I first got it, this guy was fishy as ever and sounded like he was making sh1t up.
P.S swappa IMEI check came clean and my carrier does not support the IMEI.
What do you mean they dont support the imei? If its an I747, youd have to ask ATT about it.
The thing that bugs me is why would they have changed the imei in the first place if the original was still good? Makes me very suspicious tbh. I wouldnt try changing it for a while, if ever. As i said before, they could be planning to wait a few weeks and then report it lost or stolen.
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What do you mean they dont support the imei? If its an I747, youd have to ask ATT about it.
The thing that bugs me is why would they have changed the imei in the first place if the original was still good? Makes me very suspicious tbh. I wouldnt try changing it for a while, if ever. As i said before, they could be planning to wait a few weeks and then report it lost or stolen.
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No idea as why the seller would do so, but IMEI of the phone, Samsung galaxy wave II does not work with the Virginmobile Canada that I'm currently using. Should I get it fixed by a people who changes IMEI of the phone?
Just to be on the sure side, how do i check if the phone (sgs3 i747M) is carrier unlocked?
Thanks DocHoliday!
If its locked it will ask for an unlock code when you put a different carriers SIM in. I don't know how the different imei would affect this though because any unlock codes would be created using the imei.
I can try to help you change it back to the original if you like. But I make no guarantees. If it ends up being blacklisted you'll be out of luck. Changing from the original imei is called cloning and 99% of the time is highly illegal. It is the reason it is so hard to find out how to do and why we are not allowed to discuss it in public forums. Its also one reason why I will be unable to help you change it back. Also, The software and the device will reject the change unless done with special equipment I'm told.
So if you decide you still want to go through with that, you can PM me. Itll at least save you a lot of money for this part. Please include the details and a link to this thread so I don't have to come back and search for it again though. I fix tons of lost imei problems and it can get confusing without having the background included in the PM.
Any body know how to change this
I brought my 925T(unlocked) on ebay. and i when i check imei, it's different from the one wrote on the back, so i asked the seller, he said "You will get the Imei I factory unlocked the phone after factory unlocked they change the Imei " :| i guess that what happen
Something similar almost happen when I was buying a phone. The seller had masked the imei so the phone would work since the imei had been blocked by carriers. People are getting very sneaky I would be very cautious when buying phones and if that happens you should ask for a refund unless you are OK with a masked imei.
I have a new to me Note 10 plus replacing my former and crushed note 10 plus 5g. I got it on SWAPPA. I am wondering about it. Seems something is possible wrong with it like it was reflashed. First the IMEI number was wrong and bad. This has me a bit vexed as this should be my fault but it seemed like the IMEI number changed.
I couldn't get the *#06# or other like codes to work. I went to about phone to get it. Ran it on SWAPPAS free IMEI checker and it came back invalid. Wrong manufacturer, wrong model phone. I called Samsung they verified the IMEI was wrong. I even let her take control of the phone something I normally would not allow. She had me call back and speak to Case management since the close at 4 o'clock. I waited till after Christmas weakened to call back. When I did the IMEI number was different to the number I had written down and what was saved on the SWAPPA site. It now was correct for the phone. The phone had updated, perhaps it reverted back to the original correct number. As far as I know this should be wrong and I wrote it down wrong, then rechecked it wrong, entered into SWAPPA wrong and the Samsung Agent also somehow got it wrong when she verified it was wrong again from the phone. So, confused about that, how could it have changed back to being correct? The update or simply operator errors in seeing it wrong, including the agent.
Before I called the first time I was looking online and people blame this on when a phone is reflashed sometimes the *# codes no not work and would then need to be flashed again or the phone is counterfeit, it seems to be a genuine phone. When speaking with Samsung the second time they said that Verizon blocks the codes, I have heard that but my last ones were not. I called Verizon had them run the IMEI that I now have in the settings, it was good according to them but when I told them about Samsung saying the codes were blocked by Verizon's request the Verizon rep said no, they use that code for people to verified the IMEI and that they should all be working on my phone. I can confirm that my last one worked just fine on Verizon with the codes, at least the couple I used did that do not now.
The Verizon rep asked me to call back when I figure it out to let them know so they can put the answer in their database.
Any ideas about why the codes like *#06# are not working and how to fix it? Or anyone have experience with what seems like IMEI numbers changing after first set up?