Hi everyone, not long ago I posted this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-2/help/bootloop-enters-recovery-stock-enters-t3336838 where I had some issues with the EMMC chip. Today I bought a second hand logic board, my note 2 model is GT N7100 International Version, and so is the logic board that I bought, I replaced the logic board and the phone booted, everything is working fine, wifi, camera, sound, etc. The only thing it is not working is the sim card. I tested 3 different sim card carriers, it recognizes 2 of them. But I'm not able to make any phone calls or send SMSs. When I pull down the notification panel it says the name of the carrier on the bottom, with the other carrier it says "Insert SIM Card".
The phone is running jellybean 4.1.2. rooted with stock recovery. No efs backup.
It could be some problem with the logic board replacement? I mean everything is working fine but the sim card.
The previous owners just told me that he had an generic IMEI, and he could make calls without any problem(he was selling the logic board because the screen broke up). Do I need to look for a guide to replace efs folder or something?
thanks to all in advanced!
Generic imei? Sounds like the seller changed the original imei to something that would work with the seller's carrier and not your carrier.
I can think of no valid reason to change a phone's original imei unless the original imei had been blacklisted. You could try restoring the logic board's original imei.
yes, that's the same thing I think of, phone is blacklisted and seller sold it on parts. You can try to change imei to some old phone, that you own.
Try to update to stock kitkat
yaro666 said:
yes, that's the same thing I think of, phone is blacklisted and seller sold it on parts. You can try to change imei to some old phone, that you own.
Try to update to stock kitkat
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audit13 said:
Generic imei? Sounds like the seller changed the original imei to something that would work with the seller's carrier and not your carrier.
I can think of no valid reason to change a phone's original imei unless the original imei had been blacklisted. You could try restoring the logic board's original imei.
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Yes, what he is telling me is that he bought the phone in Colombia, so in order to the phone work here in Venezuela he had change the imei for a generic one. That's what he told me. I did not know any of this things until I did a research on Google and I read several methods to solve this problem. But the thing, correct me if I'm wrong, generics imei start with 0049.... And the imei that is on the phone does not Stat with 0049. It shows other number and in the end shows /01, I've never seen that before.
The phone is rooted, I was triying to update it but when I plugged into the computer it is not recognize by it. I use Windows 10, and when I plugged in the phone it sounds both the phone and the computer, but there is no sign of the phone in the computer. I wanted to flash a custom recovery so I can make a backup of the efs folder just in case.
So, I can replace my old imei, (the one that is on the bad logicboard) on this new-second handed logic board?
I think that the original imei won't work here since the phone is from Colombia.
I would like to know if there could be a solution. Because I've done some research on Google, and I've seen soooo many tutorials and every single one is different. And since I don't know exactly what is wrong with the phone I'm afraid to do something wrong and mess up the logicboard.
I think the problem is due to the altered imei. The imei is suppose to match the phone and manufacturer.
Im really sorry for your trouble and you may post on xda for help and assistance but changing IMEI number is illegal and can't be discussed on xda I'm afraid. The fact the seller told you he changed the IMEI number to a generic one sounds like it could have been stolen, if you have the original efs folder you may be able to restore that
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hi. i need help for repair imei of htc dash. it was used with tornado sim for unlock but now phone do not working with it and imei is danger. when i try see imei *#06# phone show 00440000350111200.
if any have how help me for repair imei original, i thanks you
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hi. i need help for repair imei of htc dash. it was used with tornado sim for unlock but now phone do not working with it and imei is danger. when i try see imei *#06# phone show 00440000350111200.
if any have how help me for repair imei original, i thanks you
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arent imei's coded to the hardware like a MAC address? not sure if there is much we can do...
when you say imei is danger, are you referring to a sidekick kinda danger? if so, you got me stumped. how did you manage to change the imei?
i talk over imei of phone, it is wrong phone imei original is 351553016438023 but when you try see imei with *#06# phone show 00440000350111200, the two finish numbers is for t-mobile phone but same imei is bad.
the history is: the phone working good 2 weeks with tornado sim for unlock but one day phone show new time sp code entry, tornado sim do not working more for unlock it phone, the own contact to me for unlock it phone and it when i see that imei is bad.
phone is not in black list or other ilegal case. if have error in imei.
i try with wst 4.2.2 and program show it
-----------------------device info:
Wizard Service Tool v4.2.2
29/08/08 09:18:09
CPU Manuf. FAILED
IMEI:
=> Bootloaders:
IPL: þÿÿê (G3 device)
SPL date unknown
Registry AKU: .3.0.1
after it program show error and close.
-----------------read cid
[red]Decrypted stored sum: 2020202020202020
Decrypted calcd sum: CB2C31FAACFE5801
Checksums did NOT match!!
Could not determine a key index to decrypt it.
Your CID block must be corrupted or file isn't
from a valid CID dump!!
Aborting operation.[/red]
cant you call the provider and ask them? it doesnt sound like something that can be fixed on a forum...i may be totally wrong like usual though.. jockyw2001 might have some insight...i dunno
dang thats weird yea jus go with gixxum and call them that would be my best gues
Messing with IMEI numbers is how phones are cloned and, consequently, is illegal in most countries.
There are plenty of tools available but I suspect the Mods will stomp all over a thread regarding their use.
Also, it's a really bad idea to post your IMEI number on a forum.
Honest.
** EDIT - If you must, then post a friends, sit back and watch the bills keep rolling in ...
I had the same problem with my t-mobile wing; which i am using att sim card; the phone and card both unlocked. the only way i found to get rid of the error message was to re flash my phone with a different rom from xda developers. The phone would dial out upon every time it was restarted and cost me 15 cents every time. now i don't have to worry about turning off my phone and getting nickel and dime to death.
i also have the same problem
It is illegal to change an IMEI for ANY reason. Even if it is done accidentally. I suggest not calling your service provider and just getting a new phone.
I don't know whether here is place for it or not but i couldn't find any solution anywhere else. I bought my W nearly 1.5 years ago. Since one month earlier, everything has been fine. But then I received a message saying ''Your IMEI number is clonned, please contact with your firm.'' I went there and they said the very only solution is to bind IMEI to one phone number. This is very important for me because I use my phone for connecting net on my PC via USB Tethering and for this everytime I have to switch SIM Card. Now, I have two questions about this;
1) Is there any other legal option to do but bind the IMEI to just one stable phone?
2) If not or it's the only legal choice, what can I do to use another SIM on my phone?
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I don't know whether here is place for it or not but i couldn't find any solution anywhere else. I bought my W nearly 1.5 years ago. Since one month earlier, everything has been fine. But then I received a message saying ''Your IMEI number is clonned, please contact with your firm.'' I went there and they said the very only solution is to bind IMEI to one phone number. This is very important for me because I use my phone for connecting net on my PC via USB Tethering and for this everytime I have to switch SIM Card. Now, I have two questions about this;
1) Is there any other legal option to do but bind the IMEI to just one stable phone?
2) If not or it's the only legal choice, what can I do to use another SIM on my phone?
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Are you using Stock ROM/Firmware? Have you tried to Factory Reset your device?(Backup your files if you are planning to do so) If Factory Reset won't work, try re-Installing Stock Firmware.
I'm using LiquidSmooth v2.9, every other thing is stock. I tried changing ROM but i didn't work ( tried stock also)
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I'm using LiquidSmooth v2.9, every other thing is stock. I tried changing ROM but i didn't work ( tried stock also)
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Changing ROM either stock or custom won't change your IMEI. Some says you can change it using a program but I'm not sure though. In some country, changing it is illegal and punishable by law.
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Changing ROM either stock or custom won't change your IMEI. Some says you can change it using a program but I'm not sure though. In some country, changing it is illegal and punishable by law.
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Yea, in my country it is illegal. But I don't want to change my IMEI, I just am asking whether there is a way to use another SIM Card when my phone's IMEI is stuck with only one stable phone number. But it seems now there is no way.
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Yea, in my country it is illegal. But I don't want to change my IMEI, I just am asking whether there is a way to use another SIM Card when my phone's IMEI is stuck with only one stable phone number. But it seems now there is no way.
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I'm a bit confused mate cause in my country we can always use different kinds of SIM Card, of course with our own country's communication networks (globe, smart, talk n text, touch mobile, sun, etc.) as long as our phone is not locked to a specific network but it can be unlock too both prepaid and post paid.
I bought a used LS990 on Ebay and I rooted it and installed TWRP and later tried activating it but it refused to connect to sprint's network so I did a complete factory reset with the .tot method and that did reset it and get rid of the secure boot errors but it also changed the ESN, MEID, IMEI, and all other identification information. I have tried using CDMA tool, QXDM, and also dial codes to modify those values but whenever I use computer based tools it seems to either not go through or revert immediately. Right now it is showing obviously corrupt data
Phone number: 0000008784
MIN: 000008784
ESN: 808D1BB1
MEID HEX: 35030526000000
IMEI: is correct, I was able to change it to my actual MEID and CDMA tool added a 3 to the end
Brand: Chameleon
My SPC/MSL code is 000000, I guess that's the default one
I'm not sure where to go from here, I have spent about 6 hours total working on this, have factory resetted more times than I can count on both hands and tried everything I could find on various forums
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Unfortiatly thats a touchy subject on here i cant tell u how to do it but get cmda workshop or dfs it can help.
Unfortunately, someone tried to modify the EEPROM themselves without the proper tools, and the information you are seeing is the result of that. Unless you have a backup of the original EEPROM, you will not be able to repair it yourself. You can't just change the ESN/MEID that easily for Sprint (or most networks, for that matter). I can not go into details on how it's actually done, even though you probably would not be able to obtain the right proprietary software to do it with. Unless you know someone who works at a Sprint repair shop or somewhere similar, I wouldn't even try to modify the EEPROM yourself. You'll just end up with a lot of frustration and a headache and lost time. It might even be illegal.
I recommend going to the Swappa site and entering in the MEID from the sicker under the battery into the checker. If the MEID on the sticker is clean, simply take it into a Sprint repair shop and request they either send it in to be re-programmed, or they might be able to do it in shop. I'm not sure if they will charge you for that or if it would be covered under any warranties.
If it's not clean, the only way to even get a MEID dirty is to report it stolen or to not pay your bill for too long. So it sounds like the eBay seller probably shafted you if the MEID comes up dirty. Only Sprint would be able to remove it from the blacklist if the previous user didn't pay their bill. If it is blacklisted because it is stolen, Sprint will not clean the MEID at all for any reason, regardless.
Hope that helps. Good luck!
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Unfortunately, someone tried to modify the EEPROM themselves without the proper tools, and the information you are seeing is the result of that. Unless you have a backup of the original EEPROM, you will not be able to repair it yourself. You can't just change the ESN/MEID that easily for Sprint (or most networks, for that matter). I can not go into details on how it's actually done, even though you probably would not be able to obtain the right proprietary software to do it with. Unless you know someone who works at a Sprint repair shop or somewhere similar, I wouldn't even try to modify the EEPROM yourself. You'll just end up with a lot of frustration and a headache and lost time. It might even be illegal.
I recommend going to the Swappa site and entering in the MEID from the sicker under the battery into the checker. If the MEID on the sticker is clean, simply take it into a Sprint repair shop and request they either send it in to be re-programmed, or they might be able to do it in shop. I'm not sure if they will charge you for that or if it would be covered under any warranties.
If it's not clean, the only way to even get a MEID dirty is to report it stolen or to not pay your bill for too long. So it sounds like the eBay seller probably shafted you if the MEID comes up dirty. Only Sprint would be able to remove it from the blacklist if the previous user didn't pay their bill. If it is blacklisted because it is stolen, Sprint will not clean the MEID at all for any reason, regardless.
Hope that helps. Good luck!
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No, the meid and esn were correct when I got it, it was totally stock. I changed the aboot which gave it a secure boot error and i did a sort of sloppy copy of my old lg g3 to the new one and some things broke but I just wanted it as a backup and/or media player. I gave it to someone as an upgrade and because of the modified aboot among other things it refused to connect to sprint networks so I did the tot factory reset and when I did that it overwrote the ESN and MEID. I checked the sticker and it didn't appear to be tampered at all and came out clean. I know tampering with the MEID and ESN are a legal grey zone but I'm trying to restore mine, not change it to someone else's. I already tried dfs and cdma workshop and both of them refused to actually change the values. I even resorted to using that manual qualcomm tool, I forget what it's called but it is used for editing those things among other things. The weird part is that I was able to successfully edit the imei to be the correct one but I was not able to edit any of the other values. I tried many things, I made sure the diagnostic mode or debug mode was enabled through the dialer, I tried it in download mode for fun, I made sure ADB was enabled, I tried changing the serial connection parameters and so much more but the ESN and MEID always refused to stick. I was thinking about resorting to editing the tot restore file somewhere with the correct values in hope that it would fix it. I'm really out of ideas at this point.
https://swappa.com/esn/shared/B7K9L8K9
that was the result when entering the hex meid
same problem
I'm having the same problem with EXACTLY the same invalid entries, after a similar system copy via TWRP from one device to another. Did you ever manage to correct the MEID and ESN?
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If the MEID on the sticker is clean, simply take it into a Sprint repair shop and request they either send it in to be re-programmed, or they might be able to do it in shop. I'm not sure if they will charge you for that or if it would be covered under any warranties. :
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I tried taking a LG G3 LS990 with the same MEID/IMEI mismatch to a Sprint repair store. They said they could probably correct the problem IF the phone was on an active Sprint account, without an account there was nothing they could do.
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I tried taking a LG G3 LS990 with the same MEID/IMEI mismatch to a Sprint repair store. They said they could probably correct the problem IF the phone was on an active Sprint account, without an account there was nothing they could do.
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Apologies if this is a dumb question, but if you don't have an account with Sprint, why do you want the phone to have the right MEID? Are you selling it perhaps? If you plan on using the phone on Sprint, you could always sign up and then have them send it in? I must be missing something.
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Apologies if this is a dumb question, but if you don't have an account with Sprint, why do you want the phone to have the right MEID? Are you selling it perhaps? If you plan on using the phone on Sprint, you could always sign up and then have them send it in? I must be missing something.
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I've tried to activate the phone on RingPlus, a Sprint MVNO that uses the Sprint network. Activation fails and I assume it is due to the mismatch.
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I bought a used LS990 on Ebay and I rooted it and installed TWRP and later tried activating it but it refused to connect to sprint's network so I did a complete factory reset with the .tot method and that did reset it and get rid of the secure boot errors but it also changed the ESN, MEID, IMEI, and all other identification information. I have tried using CDMA tool, QXDM, and also dial codes to modify those values but whenever I use computer based tools it seems to either not go through or revert immediately. Right now it is showing obviously corrupt data
Phone number: 0000008784
MIN: 000008784
ESN: 808D1BB1
MEID HEX: 35030526000000
IMEI: is correct, I was able to change it to my actual MEID and CDMA tool added a 3 to the end
Brand: Chameleon
My SPC/MSL code is 000000, I guess that's the default one
I'm not sure where to go from here, I have spent about 6 hours total working on this, have factory resetted more times than I can count on both hands and tried everything I could find on various forums
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Did you ever get this fixed?
I have the same issue.
Ls990 g3 Sprint phone and Sprint sim
Tried to do unroot and flash stock Rom. On reboot i lost data sim and sd issues popping up. Tried to flash the stock tot again and out came up as corrupt or invalid. Don't recall. Plugged into the cdma workshop and out gives all the exact (exact) same info as you posted.
So looking into the build prop it seems to be set GSM prepaid not Sprint spcm postpaid all Sprint apps are missing and the carrier folder no apn settings are set and there's no option to add using the short cut tool i can open add apn but no settings save at all flipping the airplane mode didn't help. The sim locks due to no network....
Same problem on my LG G2. We need to put a BIG FAT warning out that the ToT method will destroy our Sprint LG phone.
DFS Professional can correct IMEI. With CDMA workshop, write all zeroes to ESN using LG method and then you can write MEID. Your phone will still probably need to be programmed properly though. This will help, but maybe not completely http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f799/qcn-file-thread-1867281/index11.html#post12138691
I had similar happen to a VS985, still not 100% right but it is mostly functional
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i guess i'll add, without cdma workshop, you may be able to get away with downloading proper qcn from link i provided and using DFS Pro to write IMEI, MEID, and ESN to qcn before flashing with qpst. Seemed flakey for me though.
I bought an G3 (D851) for the wife. IMEI (from about phone and *#06# are both the same) was clean and phone activated on T-Mobile. Worked for a couple of weeks then quit. IMEI is now blacklisted. Rechecked IMEI and it comes back to a Galaxy Note 3 N9005 that is blacklisted as lost/stolen.
So then I check the tag underneath the battery and it has a different IMEI, one that is registered to a LG G3 (D851) that checks clean.
I did not know you could spoof or change an IMEI. Is there any way to restore the original IMEI so I can use the phone?
I'm not real computer/phone literate but I did do a hard reset to no avail. Any help would be appreciated.
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I bought an G3 (D851) for the wife. IMEI (from about phone and *#06# are both the same) was clean and phone activated on T-Mobile. Worked for a couple of weeks then quit. IMEI is now blacklisted. Rechecked IMEI and it comes back to a Galaxy Note 3 N9005 that is blacklisted as lost/stolen.
So then I check the tag underneath the battery and it has a different IMEI, one that is registered to a LG G3 (D851) that checks clean.
I did not know you could spoof or change an IMEI. Is there any way to restore the original IMEI so I can use the phone?
I'm not real computer/phone literate but I did do a hard reset to no avail. Any help would be appreciated.
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Yes, there are tools that facilitate changing the IMEI. However, they are not very easy to use for someone who is not an expert. The IMEI can be _restored_ easily in cases where you have a backup of it. There are apps wgich do this, called EFS backup / restore apps. I believe that in order to use them that you have to be rooted.
There's a tool called QPST furnished by Qualcomm that does that sort of thing (allows changes to the IMEI).
In your case, you can look for someone who has professional tools to do it. I sent my VS985 to a guy I found through eBay who charged $37 to restore the IMEI which just came up blank after I flashed CloudyG3 v2.5, which wiped out the IMEI. BTW, don't flash that ROM on any G3 unless you have a backup of the modem (EFS) data.
The guy who did the work for me is in Carrollton TX. If you want to do something like that, PM me. I can look for his contact info.
Sent from my VS985 4G using Tapatalk
hi,
a few months ago my note2 stop working.
Neither switch on nor recovery mode.It was dead. A couple of weeks before i flash the cyanogen mod firmware and everything worked perfectly. At that moment i did a backup of efs and every part of the old original firmware. I try to recover but the only solution i found eas to buy a brand new motherboard from england. It arrived eithout imei. I try to reflash my old efs but there should be a check of the motherboard number and it didn't work. I would like to recover the phone. I know perfectly that procedures to write imei are not legal in my country because they are used to hide stolen mobile. But this is my phone, i can prove it, and I would not use the Samsung costumer service as it is too much expensive. Is there anybody that can suggest me where to find howtos on writong imei and resume my mobile?
Many thanks for the support.
I have never heard of a brand new motherboard not having an imei. Does the motherboard boot a stock Samsung ROM?
peccione said:
hi,
a few months ago my note2 stop working.
Neither switch on nor recovery mode.It was dead. A couple of weeks before i flash the cyanogen mod firmware and everything worked perfectly. At that moment i did a backup of efs and every part of the old original firmware. I try to recover but the only solution i found eas to buy a brand new motherboard from england. It arrived eithout imei. I try to reflash my old efs but there should be a check of the motherboard number and it didn't work. I would like to recover the phone. I know perfectly that procedures to write imei are not legal in my country because they are used to hide stolen mobile. But this is my phone, i can prove it, and I would not use the Samsung costumer service as it is too much expensive. Is there anybody that can suggest me where to find howtos on writong imei and resume my mobile?
Many thanks for the support.
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IMEI should be on new motherboard. Writing another IMEI onto a motherboard is illegal in some countries so we cannot allow this thread on XDA.
Contact the place you purchased the motherboard from.
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