ok, so I am about to buy a transformer prime BACK of mine that was stolen, but I am wondering what odds are that it is really mine...i know my serial number, but does anyone else's serial number BEGIN w/ C1OKAS1XXXXX ...okas1??? are most prime's this way? this is how mine is, but the one i am buying has the last 5 digits scratched out. so...????
is this okas1 unique or really common to all????
THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!!!! THIS COULD LEAD TO THE POLICE CATCHING SOMEONE WHO BROKE INTO MY HOME AND STOLE OVER $7,000 WORTH.
OKAS is pretty generic I'm afraid.
However, when you get it back, you can check the actual serial number from the "About Tablet" menu in settings.
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Dave
foxmeister said:
However, when you get it back, you can check the actual serial number from the "About Tablet" menu in settings.
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or just ask for a screenshot from the seller.
Check the s/n in the "settings" section, it can't be scratched out there!
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I'm curious to see if there are others in the US who can't get their tablet to recognize that there's an update available. If your tablet won't even recognize an update, then please post here and also add in whether or not you have a serial number in your software. (Go to Settings, About my tablet, status, and scroll down to "Serial Number".
I want to know if the serial number is the real culprit.
No update here either. Wiped my tab completely back to stock...didn't work.
I also have an unknown serial number. I can't afford to exchange because I need this thing for school...
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I'm curious to see if there are others in the US who can't get their tablet to recognize that there's an update available. If your tablet won't even recognize an update, then please post here and also add in whether or not you have a serial number in your software. (Go to Settings, About my tablet, status, and scroll down to "Serial Number".
I want to know if the serial number is the real culprit.
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Mine has the unknown serial number and is going back to Best Buy right now. :/
is it possible to edit serial number?
Okay so 2/2 folks in the US who can't get the update to launch have unknown serial numbers. (side note: I can't even get the update to work when I download the android police file and update it that way- it gives an unknown error every time)
@justlou- does that mean you are in the US and weren't able to get your system to recognize that there was an update available?
@leaking- someone smarter than I would have to answer that, but I'd imagine you'd need root to do it, and it appears as though we can't get root access either without serial numbers.
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is it possible to edit serial number?
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No. You can't even root without the serial number.
I'm getting my prime delivered tomorrow, hoping and praying to the heavens above i don't have this serial number issue.
Im in Canada still no update :'(
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just wanted to report i have no serial number listed in the about section, and got not OTA last night until i did a factory reset.
i'm located in seattle,wa
that said when i did the factory reset i skipped adding my google account, just did the wifi part of the initial setup and skipped the rest, the reason i did this is i didn't want a bunch of updates and apps being pushed through trying to resynch my google accounts with the tablet, try doing that way, go stright from wifi setup to search for new updates.
my s/n on the unit is as follows s/n:bcokas024xxx (the little sticker next to the charging port)
I received my update this morning in the USA. Also a friend near by got his.
Finally another friend who is in Mexico on vacation got his ICS today.
Interesting. Has anyone else managed to make this work? I'm going to try now.
Out of curiosity- does your system now have a registered serial number?
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just wanted to report i have no serial number listed in the about section, and got not OTA last night until i did a factory reset.
i'm located in seattle,wa
that said when i did the factory reset i skipped adding my google account, just did the wifi part of the initial setup and skipped the rest, the reason i did this is i didn't want a bunch of updates and apps being pushed through trying to resynch my google accounts with the tablet, try doing that way, go stright from wifi setup to search for new updates.
my s/n on the unit is as follows s/n:bcokas024xxx (the little sticker next to the charging port)
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if this works you'll have made a whole lot of primer owners happy lol.
I have unknown serial number listed, and have no update available. Ordered from Best Buy.
Hrm- I tried it but did everything except google sign-in. No help.
What exactly did you skip over? Things like time/date, etc as well? Or just the google sign in page?
Anyone else have any luck with this?
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I have unknown serial number listed, and have no update available. Ordered from Best Buy.
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when did you order yours from best buy, cause everything i read so far says that most unknown serial number tabs are from pre orders around the 20-24th of dec.
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when did you order yours from best buy, cause everything i read so far says that most unknown serial number tabs are from pre orders around the 20-24th of dec.
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Ordered mine the 26th and it has an unknown S/N. This is really upsetting me.
so does anyone have an unknown serial number prime that isn't from best buy?
just curious how widespread this problem is. and my money is on that being what's blocking your update, since it may contain region info (US/EU) in it...
yeah i skipped over everything except the wifi setup, left time and date as whatever it was ect, i also bought mine from best buy as well,
seriously did a factory reset, picked my network entered my password skipped the time and date setup (believe i left it on network) and skipped google accounts setup and it was there, that said, i haven;t tried to root or anything of that sort yet and also didn;t have any of the other previous s/n issues people have been reporting, i may just be lucky, i just know i have no s/n listed in teh about section and everything seems to be working great after factory reset and ICS install.
i'll be back in an hour if you guys need anything else
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when did you order yours from best buy, cause everything i read so far says that most unknown serial number tabs are from pre orders around the 20-24th of dec.
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Yup...I think we're zeroing in on a batch error/problem. This especially concerns me as I'm hoping to root the device soon.
Asus live chat is offline now, email service request sent. I may end up at BB tonite if they have any in stock...I'd be interested in an exchange if this is going to take longer than a day or so to fix...I imagine they'll be publishing some type of firmware fix...
I think it would help if people having trouble with the serial number problem email asus support, mentioning clearly the serial number issue and why we suspect that has something to do with the lack of an available update.
Mine was ordered on the 29th of December, and it's from Officedepot.com. So it's not just BB.
I've tried to do the factory reset skipping google account registration, and it didn't help.
Are any of you able to get the Android Police file to work? Every time I do it- I get "Unknown Error 2".
Very frustrating.
in about phone my serial number isn't the same as on the box or the sticker under the battery cover, should it be the same, i would have thought so, and if anyone doesn't mind checking theres to confirm it I would be grateful.
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in about phone my serial number isn't the same as on the box or the sticker under the battery cover, should it be the same, i would have thought so, and if anyone doesn't mind checking theres to confirm it I would be grateful.
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Did you just flash the newest ICS leak? Because if you did, I remember reading some comments about their serial being all screwed up after installing it.
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beston94
yes but that gave a blank serial number, i have since flashed back the stock vodafone firmware, i have a serial number listed, but not the one on the sticker/phone.
found a asus transformer thread about the same thing, it seems they do not match.
Hello all, I need to send my g tab to Sammy for repairs, I currently have my product registered, but upon requesting service it says my ESN is Invalid, I'm assuming the ESN is the serial number located on the reverse side of the tab, but when looking internally Settings>About tablet>Status I'm getting a different serial number than the one listed on the reverse side. Is this normal?
I'm currently on CM9 P4 Wifi
Thanks in advance for the help.
They want the one on the back of the tablet. However, is your tab a refurb? If so that's why the numbers are different. Samsung won't touch refurbs, you have to go through their refurb company.
Thanks Breton, I currently have it registered with the serial from the reverse side, yet on the Samsung site it says it's invalid, could it be I have the wrong model registered? There are so many with the same description upon registering the tab. They have at least 10 different p7510 models. No the tab is not refurbished , thanks again
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Hello everyone,
My name is Samrina, my brother has broken my S3 it does not work any-more. He told network that he lost his phone, but he only lost his sim, and (PAY as you go) and they asked for imei number and he gave them the imei number for my S3. HE is so stupid so now my phone does not work, and he called them back and they will not take the imei off the block list, and also Samsung will not fix this because it is rooted and warranty is void. Now, the only other option is to send the phone to another country and they said it will work their and that they can also unlock it, they want £150 to unlock it by fixing the Imei number.
I don't know much about mobile phones but I already paid £500 when I bought the phone, now it is useless. Can anyone help? or is the only option to make sale in another country? stupid! they will not take off black list my imei number for a mistake. so unfair.
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Hello everyone,
My name is Samrina, my brother has broken my S3 it does not work any-more. He told network that he lost his phone, but he only lost his sim, and (PAY as you go) and they asked for imei number and he gave them the imei number for my S3. HE is so stupid so now my phone does not work, and he called them back and they will not take the imei off the block list, and also Samsung will not fix this because it is rooted and warranty is void. Now, the only other option is to send the phone to another country and they said it will work their and that they can also unlock it, they want £150 to unlock it by fixing the Imei number.
I don't know much about mobile phones but I already paid £500 when I bought the phone, now it is useless. Can anyone help? or is the only option to make sale in another country? stupid! they will not take off black list my imei number for a mistake. so unfair.
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need to go to Samsung service centre with proof of purchase, id, etc and they may just do it, you can't change the imei as it is illegal
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need to go to Samsung service centre with proof of purchase, id, etc and they may just do it, you can't change the imei as it is illegal
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I have done this, they will not change it. They said they want written letter from mobile company that blocked it, but the mobile company are so lame, they said they can't do anything about it, and will not answer further correspondence. And that I need to contact GSM imei blocking some nonsense. It is not illegal to fix your own imei number, also I will fix it in another country where it will be legal.
Just tell me one, thing if it is possible or not to fix the imei number with current tools? or is this impossible?
Samrina said:
I have done this, they will not change it. They said they want written letter from mobile company that blocked it, but the mobile company are so lame, they said they can't do anything about it, and will not answer further correspondence. And that I need to contact GSM imei blocking some nonsense. It is not illegal to fix your own imei number, also I will fix it in another country where it will be legal.
Just tell me one, thing if it is possible or not to fix the imei number with current tools? or is this impossible?
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What number would you be changing your imei to? Once you change the imei to anything other than what is on your phone's sticker is illegal. Since your brother reported the phone missing it's better he goes and solves the issue. This isn't something you can do on the phone he needs to do it in person.
No one on xda will help anyone with changing their imei.
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What number would you be changing your imei to? Once you change the imei to anything other than what is on your phone's sticker is illegal. Since your brother reported the phone missing it's better he goes and solves the issue. This isn't something you can do on the phone he needs to do it in person.
No one on xda will help anyone with changing their imei.
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Can you just tell me is this possible or not, I am not asking it be done for me how show me how to do it, all I am asking is, is it possible, because a mobile phone repair guy wants £150 to change it for me. He is from Pakistan, over there it is legal for them to change imei numbers. But I don't know if this person is trust-able.
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Can you just tell me is this possible or not, I am not asking it be done for me how show me how to do it, all I am asking is, is it possible, because a mobile phone repair guy wants £150 to change it for me. He is from Pakistan, over there it is legal for them to change imei numbers. But I don't know if this person is trust-able.
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No it's not legal anywhere what you can do is, go to consumer court and file in a complain and send a copy of it to both your service provider and samsung. It will be solved as soon as possible or if you are lucky you can get a renumeration too
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No it's not legal anywhere what you can do is, go to customer court and file in a complain and send a copy of it to both your service provider and samsung. It will be solved as soon as possible or if you are lucky you can get a renumeration too
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how to do this? last time I went to court, the squerity guard touched me inappropriately they are perverts.
Why does this thread just seem completely wrong in everyway, maybe I'm hearing alarm bells, or maybe I'm just wrong!!
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Whatever the reason. What you are asking to do is illegal. The network has black listed the phone because it was lost/stolen.
Suck up and get your 'brother' to call the network and unblock it. But is suspect this story is rubbish
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This thread might be of interest you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1815368
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Samrina said:
Can you just tell me is this possible or not, I am not asking it be done for me how show me how to do it, all I am asking is, is it possible, because a mobile phone repair guy wants £150 to change it for me. He is from Pakistan, over there it is legal for them to change imei numbers. But I don't know if this person is trust-able.
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I would imagine it is possible to change an IMEI but if someone over here finds out you have had it changed it looks to anyone like you have stolen the phone, the police will check the sticker IMEI and see that phone has been reported lost, they will then check the IMEI the software is reporting and see that it is different.
Open and closed case you have a phone reported lost or stolen, with a falsified IMEI you look guilty and you will get arrested and have to prove it is your phone (contract doesn't count because that is tied to the sim)
Discussion of illegal IMEI cloning is banned on XDA OP please close this post .
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"Assuming" the story is legit its your brothers fcukup so give him your old phone and make him buy you a replacement. If he refuses kick his ass!!!! If you decide to let him off out of brotherly love put it down to experience.
Lol. Op is such a liar. Burn in hell you thieving prick.
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Fact it is illegal to change imei numbers on your phone. It has to be the one on the sticker, if your story is true then all you have to do is go to the police station along with your proof of recipt and tell them you found your phone. They will make a call and unblock your phone in a matter of minutes.
I remember my sister left her handbag in nandos once here in the uk she had a Samsung d900i at the time. Me and my sister just the left the store and she remembered she left her handbag and went in to get it it was gone. cleaning lady said she didn't see it. So we went and reported it o the police. She had her contract phone credit cards bank cards cash. and sentimental stuff in it.
Anyway we reported the imei number to them and they blocked the imei on the phone. Next day we get a call that the cleaner lady had my sisters bag we went to pick up her bag and all was good the lady got the sack. We came home and the phone was blocked so i rang the company they couldn't do **** for me. So we took the recipt and the phone to the police station including the box and said a couple of days ago my sisters phone was stolen we got it back here is my proof. They made a call and instantly it was unblocked. That was 6 years ago. Maybe it is still the same.
If your story is legit this should work.
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Can you just tell me is this possible or not, I am not asking it be done for me how show me how to do it, all I am asking is, is it possible, because a mobile phone repair guy wants £150 to change it for me. He is from Pakistan, over there it is legal for them to change imei numbers. But I don't know if this person is trust-able.
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NO, it isn't legal!!!!!!!!!!! What is wrong with you?
And that 'guard touching me inappropriately' sounds like a load of bollocks. I'm sorry but you're definitely lying. No one will help you.
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It would appear I've been silly and bought a blocked phone on Gumtree.
I bought it almost a year ago though and it's working on 3's network all this time, but none of the other networks work apparently. I didn't know this and sold it on eBay, the recipient couldn't get it working and I've had the phone back and given him a refund. He says he had a CheckMEND done and it says it's blocked on some networks.
I'm reading what CheckMEND say about recycling them and I get the impression if no-one claims it after 28 days it's deemed to be mine and I would then get the £££
I just wonder if anyone else has experience of this and any advice on what I should do?
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It would appear I've been silly and bought a blocked phone on Gumtree.
I bought it almost a year ago though and it's working on 3's network all this time, but none of the other networks work apparently. I didn't know this and sold it on eBay, the recipient couldn't get it working and I've had the phone back and given him a refund. He says he had a CheckMEND done and it says it's blocked on some networks.
I'm reading what CheckMEND say about recycling them and I get the impression if no-one claims it after 28 days it's deemed to be mine and I would then get the £££
I just wonder if anyone else has experience of this and any advice on what I should do?
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It doesn't work because it doesn't accept others sim card or it's blacklisted (by IMEI number) because it is flag as stollen ?
If it's a Sim lock protection, no problem. If it's your IMEI number, the phone is dead and your can put it in a bin or use it as an expansive mp3/mp4 player.
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If it's your IMEI number, the phone is dead and your can put it in a bin or use it as an expansive mp3/mp4 player.
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and that's how I know you didn't read the link provided
I know people (as part of their job role) who have used check mend to end up with police knocking at their door...
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and that's how I know you didn't read the link provided
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You are right. Sorry :cyclops: