How many of your guys phones IMEI's match the box after flashing?
I've notived quite a few posts about IMEI's not matching after a firmware flash or Nandroid flash over the few Galaxy S forums combined and am wondering why this is happening.
You can check you IMEI by going to settings >about phone>status
And compare this with the on on your box or behind the battery.
I'm not sure to what extent T-Mobile uses the IMEI as far as auth to services.
Mines matched.. ordered from T-Mobile.com
Reviving an old thread, but I just checked mine two different ways.
Going to settings -> About Phone -> Status, my IMEI matches the box.
When I check via *#06# [Call] from the dialer, then the IMEI is the same, but there are a /3 appended to the end. Does anyone know anything about this?
If you use someone elses nandroid, the imei will change
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
In your phone's status, your IMEI may change, but your actual IMEI will always be the same. Picture your IMEI as your MAC address. It cant be changed. It can be substitued, but the original always remains. Plus if Tmobz were to look into your account, only the original shows up. I know because i almost got in trouble for processing an exchange when the IMEI's didn't match lol.
justanothercrowd said:
How many of your guys phones IMEI's match the box after flashing?
I've notived quite a few posts about IMEI's not matching after a firmware flash or Nandroid flash over the few Galaxy S forums combined and am wondering why this is happening.
You can check you IMEI by going to settings >about phone>status
And compare this with the on on your box or behind the battery.
I'm not sure to what extent T-Mobile uses the IMEI as far as auth to services.
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What do you mean by flashing?
Dears,
I lost my phone yesterday, i'm about to issue a request to track the device i have the box with all the serial numbers .. etc but i was having a fake IMEI problem on my phone and did fix it my bad IMEI was 004999010640000 , will they be able to track it with the original IMEI which printed on the phone box?
Thx
Nope. If the phone is switched on, it will communicate with the network/be identified on the network by the IMEI it currently has (the generic one).
Given 1/10000 stolen mobile phones are recovered (in Australia at least), I'd rack that one up to experience, unfortunately.
I'm having problem with connecting my phone new phone (nexus 5 from some shop in China) to 3G. only the 2G is working.
I tried almost anything but still couldn't find the problem that cause it.
I suspect that my IMEI was repaired (I have 2 different IMEI numbers in the back of the case and inside of the back case)
I found that after repairing the IMEI with Octoplus they say that "3G network will become unavailable", How can I check that this is really the problem? And does it can be repaired?
Thank you!
Hi.
I have another problem with my Samsung galaxy s3
The back of the battery has an IMEI of ******03*******
While the *#06# says a different IMEI, which is ******05*******
Which one is real?
The second one is that currently assigned to your hardware, have you had a motherboard change.
Hi,
Three months after getting this OX+ I get round to using it and put a new sim in it only to find there is no signal and the IMEI number will not display, it is "unknown".
I have just paid for an IMEI report which shows it`s identity and history is legit and the numbers tie-up with packaging and sim card tray and phone serial number. The report also says the phone has not been modified/rooted. The boot loader is locked. Is this a dead duck or are there measures I can take to restore the original IMEI by rooting/clearing cache etc?