hi guys, i just got robbed from a thief, is there a way to find my galaxy s2 bought in France SFR operator running ICS with CF-ROOT(chainfire)?
I already reported to the police station, and blocked my sim card from my operator.
I just remembered that i have also samsung dive on my phone so what i am trying to say is:
if my thief recharges my phone battery and without sim card can i localize my phone?
or if he changes the sim card with his one, is then possible to track with samsung dive? or even make a call remotelly?
is there a way to track my phone with my imei code?
is it true that if i report my phone loss in France it will be blocked only here and works in all other country?
where do i check to see if police did a good job (block my phone imei)?
any other help are all welcome!
Chadz88 said:
hi guys, i just got robbed from a thief, is there a way to find my galaxy s2 bought in France SFR operator running ICS with CF-ROOT(chainfire)?
I already reported to the police station, and blocked my sim card from my operator.
I just remembered that i have also samsung dive on my phone so what i am trying to say is:
if my thief recharges my phone battery and without sim card can i localize my phone?
or if he changes the sim card with his one, is then possible to track with samsung dive? or even make a call remotelly?
is there a way to track my phone with my imei code?
is it true that if i report my phone loss in France it will be blocked only here and works in all other country?
where do i check to see if police did a good job (block my phone imei)?
any other help are all welcome!
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That`s bad news sorry to hear that, it would definitely help if you would have cerberus installed which is a brilliant phone locator and remote control app but since you haven`t you can try to go to the Samsung Dive website of course and try to find it through it but I never tested Samsung Dive so I can`t tell if it will work.
The key is to be quick now, and just hope that he doesn`t know what`s Odin and that he has no knowledge of flashing other firmwares. Try to install this App if Samsung Dive doensn`t help:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb&hl=de
you can just install it from your computer and if the thief is still connected to your gmail account it will be automaticly installed on your phone and it will send the current Phone - position to your gmail address. Just install it and read the instructions.
Good luck with finding your phone mate
now it is mather of time and luck, thanks budy, i try to refresh samsung dive every day to see if someone turn it on
DIVE should be able to help, with the restriction that it needs a data connection of some kind (mobile packet data, or WiFi) to send the commands to your phone. I've configured Tasker to turn my mobile data on daily to anticipate this (I normally keep both mobile data and WiFi turned off, to maximise battery life).
nice tip, i will try to do the same next time
If I would steel someone's phone , I would ask xda same questions no offence dudes.
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Bad news mate, hope you find it
If you do manage to get it back I've heard Prey anti-theft is pretty good
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Hi everyone
so today my tmobile galaxy s2 decides to not receive any signal from my carrier. In addition, the flight mode cannot be turned off.
Did some research and turns out my phone could be locked due to 3 reasons and the only possible explanation i can think of it is blacklisted due to "lost or stolen"
I bought this phone off craiglist.
When I thought all hope is lost and time to buy another phone.. i did a factory reset and wipe cache, and now my phone has signal again. So to all the experts out there.. what does my case mean??
My phone just wanted me to suffer today or this is a temp fix and tmobile will soon catch on and block my signal again??
THANK YOU everyonee
Based on your past posts (in the Vibrant section), it seems you are a T-Mobile USA user. In which case, your Galaxy SII is actually the SGH-T989, not the GT-I9100. You're in the wrong section.
SGH-T989 forum here.
EDIT: actually, since you got the thing off craigslist, maybe you DO have an i9100. Either way, check for your model number on the label under the battery.
perhaps re-insert the sim-card
even though carriers are able to deactivate the phone service for you i never heard of any carrier being remotely interested of offering that service to customers who lost their phone or even the police. the police would not even bother to take action for such a low value object
v1rtu4l said:
perhaps re-insert the sim-card
even though carriers are able to deactivate the phone service for you i never heard of any carrier being remotely interested of offering that service to customers who lost their phone or even the police. the police would not even bother to take action for such a low value object
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Recently I stumbled upon an article for US legislating a law that will force the carrier to deactivate signal reception for phone (like the one in EU) if the one is reported stolen by the police (I had a friend who bought a stolen phone and the police came knocking on his door). I know for a fact that "blacklisting" is done based on the IMEI number of the phone (which you can not alter with) so to be honest I don't have a clue what could be the problem/solution in your case.
lazi punk said:
Hi everyone
so today my tmobile galaxy s2 decides to not receive any signal from my carrier. In addition, the flight mode cannot be turned off.
Did some research and turns out my phone could be locked due to 3 reasons and the only possible explanation i can think of it is blacklisted due to "lost or stolen"
I bought this phone off craiglist.
When I thought all hope is lost and time to buy another phone.. i did a factory reset and wipe cache, and now my phone has signal again. So to all the experts out there.. what does my case mean??
My phone just wanted me to suffer today or this is a temp fix and tmobile will soon catch on and block my signal again??
THANK YOU everyonee
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I once had a loss of signal for a full day and tried all the bloody things I could think off only to find the next day the carrier had a problem / updating they bandwidth or something :/
So unless it happens again ..my guess is you should be just fine
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Recently I stumbled upon an article for US legislating a law that will force the carrier to deactivate signal reception for phone (like the one in EU) if the one is reported stolen by the police (I had a friend who bought a stolen phone and the police came knocking on his door). I know for a fact that "blacklisting" is done based on the IMEI number of the phone (which you can not alter with) so to be honest I don't have a clue what could be the problem/solution in your case.
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unless it was blacklisted blocked based on IMEI and by fluke, when he updated the rom he corrupted his EFS folder.. Go into 'about phone' in settings. if the IMEI is listed and correct for the handset, and you have data and phone signal then your phone is not blocked for lost or stolen... More likely the phone has an intermitent fault hence why it was on sale on craigslist.... Use it, if the problem resurfaces come back on here...
v1rtu4l said:
perhaps re-insert the sim-card
even though carriers are able to deactivate the phone service for you i never heard of any carrier being remotely interested of offering that service to customers who lost their phone or even the police. the police would not even bother to take action for such a low value object
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you will be surprised how well the carriers are informed and trying to stop thievery. Orange and Tmobile are teaming up to share their database
[email protected] said:
Recently I stumbled upon an article for US legislating a law that will force the carrier to deactivate signal reception for phone (like the one in EU) if the one is reported stolen by the police (I had a friend who bought a stolen phone and the police came knocking on his door). I know for a fact that "blacklisting" is done based on the IMEI number of the phone (which you can not alter with) so to be honest I don't have a clue what could be the problem/solution in your case.
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tfn said:
I once had a loss of signal for a full day and tried all the bloody things I could think off only to find the next day the carrier had a problem / updating they bandwidth or something :/
So unless it happens again ..my guess is you should be just fine
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that cant be my issue because my girlfriends signal was working fine and when i plug my sim in her 4g phone. It works..
helppme said:
unless it was blacklisted blocked based on IMEI and by fluke, when he updated the rom he corrupted his EFS folder.. Go into 'about phone' in settings. if the IMEI is listed and correct for the handset, and you have data and phone signal then your phone is not blocked for lost or stolen... More likely the phone has an intermitent fault hence why it was on sale on craigslist.... Use it, if the problem resurfaces come back on here...
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You are probably right.. Something slightly wrong with the phoen thats why the owner was tryign to get rid of it!
lazi punk said:
you will be surprised how well the carriers are informed and trying to stop thievery. Orange and Tmobile are teaming up to share their database
that cant be my issue because my girlfriends signal was working fine and when i plug my sim in her 4g phone. It works..
You are probably right.. Something slightly wrong with the phoen thats why the owner was tryign to get rid of it!
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I noted you quoted everyone else's reply but mine. ARE YOU SURE IT IS AN I9100 AND NOT AN SGH-T989?
EDIT to add: I should also note: if you are, indeed, a T-mobile USA user, and if it IS, in fact an I9100, then you will not ever get T-mobile's "4g" speeds with the phone. The I9100 doesn't have the required hardware antenna to receive one of the two necessary bands to get high speed mobile data on that network.
If it is an SGH-T989, on the other hand, then you are in the wrong forum. The T-mobile USA Galaxy SII has completely different hardware from the GT-I9100, and thus has a separate forum.
A while back one of my customers found a T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S2 at a bus stop which she handed in at the local police station. Last week she went back to see if it had been claimed and it had not so the police released the phone to my customer to keep as her own property.
She was aware that it was blocked but wanted to give it to her child to use as an android game device but when she told me about it I said I would have a look at it for her to check it was defiantly blocked.
On trying all network SIM cards I could only get the 'Emergency calls Only' notice. I did a Checkmend report and the device was still listed as stolen and blocked (the police have given her entitlement paperwork for the phone which I have seen) so I guessed it would be out of the question ever being able to use it as a phone again.
I decided to root the phone anyway and install a CM stock ROM. I then also installed the 'Galaxy S Unlock' APK and zero'd out the lock codes. I then tried all the SIM cards again with the same results as before.
After some browsing on the internet I download an APK called 'HC-kTool' and installed it. I then backed up my kernel and EFS folder to my SD card before hitting the advanced key and deleting my current installed EFS folder.
I turned off the phone, wrote down my IMEI number from behind the battery and inserted a Vodafone SIM card.
When the phone rebooted I got a full Vodafone signal and rang my home number, and it rang!
I then dialled *#06# and noticed my IMEI number has changed to something entirely different.
The phone has been connected over an hour now, I have not tried any other SIM as yet but I don't doubt it is unlocked and working on all networks now.
I read something briefly about T-mobile using a non-standard (I think) network system and deleting the EFS folder has the Samsung software revert it back to a non-T-mobile modified one. this could be totally wrong though...
Can anyone throw some light on this?
Is the imei 04999010....?
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Most likely a silly network that doesn't block the dummy Samsung "default" IMEI...
MemoryController said:
Is the imei 04999010....?
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Indeed it is. I thought that IMEI wasn't supposed to work to make calls?
Odder n odder!
Yeah had the dummy imei too and didnt notice until 2 weeks or so had passed, thankfully i had a backup from a year or so
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MemoryController said:
Yeah had the dummy imei too and didnt notice until 2 weeks or so had passed, thankfully i had a backup from a year or so
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So are there any negatives to using the dummy IMEI then? Also, if I edit the hex of the nv_data_bin files from the backup of the original IMEI can I change it to anything I please?
I dont think you can do that as it would be stupid from samny's side but try(after taking an efs backup). AFAIK no negatives except that some providers will block this IMEI
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MemoryController said:
I dont think you can do that as it would be stupid from samny's side but try(after taking an efs backup). AFAIK no negatives except that some providers will block this IMEI
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I have dumped the efs of the default Samsung and will compare the hex in hex workshop against the original dump. I'm guessing the main file here being the nv_data_bin.
While it is good news for my customer that this ex-stolen phone now works on Vodafone I don't think it is very responsible of Vodafone to allow default IMEI numbers to connect to their network. If I had my phone stolen I wouldn't like to think that the thief could potentially use it again.
Yes mine too was allowed on Vodafone after getting the dummy IMEI
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I remember reading some time ago that although illegal in allot of country's if you were able to change a phones IMEI number so as to connect to a network it would still not be a worthwhile effort as if the fake IMEI was the same as that on another phone you would get the other phones text messages and calls mixed up with yours.
I always had doubts about that as it made more sense that calls and texts would be sent to the phone broadcasting the correct SIM number ID. But I was assured by people much more experienced in this stuff than I that the IMEI was a more secure method of ID'ing the correct device to send secure DATA to.
So if this is true, surely that would mean I am the only person on the planet using the default Samsung IMEI number as I have had no odd text messages or phone calls since I got this phone. (I am now the owner as I swapped it for an 8GB iPod Touch!)
Anyone can un-confuse me here!
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hi im a noob did u yave any luck with the chang of inei? i have a phone that i thot i lost over 2 years ago but its been blocked i tried all the things u said the imei changed but still wont let the o2 card register on the network any more help you could offer? its a samsung galaxy s2 it is locked to the 3 network i have rooted it
sparkyuiop said:
A while back one of my customers found a T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S2 at a bus stop which she handed in at the local police station. Last week she went back to see if it had been claimed and it had not so the police released the phone to my customer to keep as her own property.
She was aware that it was blocked but wanted to give it to her child to use as an android game device but when she told me about it I said I would have a look at it for her to check it was defiantly blocked.
On trying all network SIM cards I could only get the 'Emergency calls Only' notice. I did a Checkmend report and the device was still listed as stolen and blocked (the police have given her entitlement paperwork for the phone which I have seen) so I guessed it would be out of the question ever being able to use it as a phone again.
I decided to root the phone anyway and install a CM stock ROM. I then also installed the 'Galaxy S Unlock' APK and zero'd out the lock codes. I then tried all the SIM cards again with the same results as before.
After some browsing on the internet I download an APK called 'HC-kTool' and installed it. I then backed up my kernel and EFS folder to my SD card before hitting the advanced key and deleting my current installed EFS folder.
I turned off the phone, wrote down my IMEI number from behind the battery and inserted a Vodafone SIM card.
When the phone rebooted I got a full Vodafone signal and rang my home number, and it rang!
I then dialled *#06# and noticed my IMEI number has changed to something entirely different.
The phone has been connected over an hour now, I have not tried any other SIM as yet but I don't doubt it is unlocked and working on all networks now.
I read something briefly about T-mobile using a non-standard (I think) network system and deleting the EFS folder has the Samsung software revert it back to a non-T-mobile modified one. this could be totally wrong though...
Can anyone throw some light on this?
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hi im a noob did u yave any luck with the chang of inei..:
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As far as I know the default Samsung IMEI number will only work on the Vodafone network. If you have rooted your S2 then there is an app in the Google Play store that will unlock your phone to all networks. Search for 'Samsung Unlock' and you will find it. If not there are plenty of ways to unlock it for free that you can find here on XDA.
I'm pretty sure you won't get it working on any other network without changing the IMEI which is incredibly difficult, not worth the cost of the equipment you would need and of course illegal in most country's carrying a very real prison sentence. XDA and other cell phone development communities will rightly not tolerate IMEI changing discussions and almost always permanently ban members should they attempt it so that is as much as I will discuss that!
Another thing I found recently was a company offering to 'De-Blacklist' phones to certain networks that were on the UK blacklist. At first I thought this must be illegal as if it wasn't it would make a mockery of the entire blacklisting principle, i.e prevention of crime. However more and more companies are offering this service and nothing seems to be preventing any of them from doing so. There are two UK based phone unlocking / modding businesses with a huge reputation online that are also doing it now too.
If anyone knows what that is about please enlighten me. No amount of probing I did had any of the companies reveal any of the methods to me!
I had an iPhone 4 that was IMEI blocked (found in a skip by a charity shop - checkmend reported not stolen) de-barred to 'EE / Orange' 5 days after paying about £50 to http://www.beijingiphonerepair.com/store/#!/~/category/id=4425106&offset=0&sort=normal
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If you were not cautious enough and you did not saved your efs directory before you made changes or ROM updates to your phone, then its possible that your phone "forget" your IMEI. So if you need to re-write your ORIGINAL IMEI back to that phone that its belong to, then its not a crime!!! There is an online program that can do that for around 4 EUR, 5-6 USD. If you are a half experienced browser user, you can find it by searching the keywords.
Although there is an easier way that you go to your provider and ask them to restore your phone IMEI, they can do that for you. If your wise enough, you put back your Original ROM, and zero the counter of ROM changes. As here in XDA you can find these methodes I wont give you any links, you can find it by yourself.
So, changing the IMEI is illegal in many countries but put back the original IMEI to the phone where it belongs is not!
UFF
To the OP.
Did you experience loss of functionality at all?
Someone i know followed what you did on a barred s2.
It now connects to virgins network but she can no longer switch on Bluetooth.
It tries to start then Bluetooth flicks over to off again.
Looking in phone details reveal that Bluetooth address is listed as unavailable.
Everything else seems to work fine.
sheffieldlad said:
To the OP.
Did you experience loss of functionality at all?
Someone i know followed what you did on a barred s2.
It now connects to virgins network but she can no longer switch on Bluetooth.
It tries to start then Bluetooth flicks over to off again.
Looking in phone details reveal that Bluetooth address is listed as unavailable.
Everything else seems to work fine.
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Quick update, my friend tells me virgin seems to have blocked the imei now.
Hi, I am looking for some help/advice about a Samsung Galaxy s2 (GT-i9100).
I purchased this phone new and unlocked in the UK back in October 2011 and have been using it fine over the last few months. Recently I gave this phone to a friend who was going traveling in India.
She bought an AirTel sim and used it in the phone for the past several weeks, however, last week she woke up and the phone was asking her to enter a “Network Access Lock Control Key”, and she can no longer use the phone or data (wifi still works).
I’ve done some research and it appears that the phone has somehow locked itself to a network. So I am now trying to figure out how to help her restore connectivity.
I know you can buy unlock codes online, however, we don’t know what provider the phone has locked itself to and all the unlock websites I’ve been on need you to specify the network provider. Is there any way of finding this out?
I also know you can get apps from the app store to unlock, however, you need to be rooted to do this, and this isn’t an option due to where she is at the moment.
So, does anyone have any advice or suggestions?
She has been to AirTel and they don’t know what is going on, she also took it to an official Samsung store who did a full firmware re-install but the phone still appears to be locked. Would this code be available from Samsung?
Any advice or suggestions is appreciated.
Thanks.
engdmorr said:
Hi, I am looking for some help/advice about a Samsung Galaxy s2 (GT-i9100).
I purchased this phone new and unlocked in the UK back in October 2011 and have been using it fine over the last few months. Recently I gave this phone to a friend who was going traveling in India.
She bought an AirTel sim and used it in the phone for the past several weeks, however, last week she woke up and the phone was asking her to enter a “Network Access Lock Control Key”, and she can no longer use the phone or data (wifi still works).
I’ve done some research and it appears that the phone has somehow locked itself to a network. So I am now trying to figure out how to help her restore connectivity.
I know you can buy unlock codes online, however, we don’t know what provider the phone has locked itself to and all the unlock websites I’ve been on need you to specify the network provider. Is there any way of finding this out?
I also know you can get apps from the app store to unlock, however, you need to be rooted to do this, and this isn’t an option due to where she is at the moment.
So, does anyone have any advice or suggestions?
She has been to AirTel and they don’t know what is going on, she also took it to an official Samsung store who did a full firmware re-install but the phone still appears to be locked. Would this code be available from Samsung?
Any advice or suggestions is appreciated.
Thanks.
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Tell ur friend to do the below and see if it resolves the issue
1)Turn off the phone and then remove 'Simcard'
2)Turn ON the phone without 'Simcard' and let it boot completely.
3)Turn Off the phone again and this time put the 'simcard' back.
4)Turn ON the phone with 'Simcard' and let her have 'Finger's Crossed' and pray god not to give the same issue until she leaves INDIA
GalaxSim unlock from market
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GalaxSim unlock from market
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I think you need to be rooted: he says thats not an option.
Sorted out now
Thanks for the suggestions but we managed to sort it out now.
After much research we rooted the phone using cwm-touch (ver 6.0.1.2-i9100) and the SU-Busybox installer zip.
We then used the GalaxySim unlock app from the app store to unlock the phone, all seems to be working now!
Hello guys,
this is the first time i write something here and it's because i really really need some help. Recently i got back to Romania (Europe) from USA and i decided to buy mom a Samsung SGH-i727 from the States to make her surprise. I am very sad because she loves the phone but you cannot actually use the SIM card. I've been in Hungary few days before with the phone i could use there, but in Romania no. You guys think it;s purely because the frequency ? As i studied the frequency problem it seems that it should'n be any because they are compatibile.
Please guys help me with this one!
Could you provide some more information.
You were saying it was working in Hungry but not in Romania.
So you could make and receive calls, and use it internet?
What happens when you put the Romanian SIM in? Does it show any reception or just emergency calls?
Do you have any connection? For example can you only make calls but no internet?
First things I would test are.
What happens with a different SIM pull one out of a friends phone and test it.
Because it could be the SIM card, sometimes older SIM cards dont work in newer phones. Most Telcos will do a SIM swap at no charge.
Or it could be you need to set up the network configuration.
Usually the phone will pull the settings down off the network but if your in a different locale you may have to manually do it.
Hello,
My neighbor, an old lady, has this phone. She subscribed a full data contract and she needs to turn the phone into a hot spot for her laptop (Windows 8.0 based...)
She could not do it, so I was called to the rescue.
I was unable to do it. Shame on me.
So I ask the experts for advice and help.
Please help me be "great again"
Many many thanks from both of us in advance for your help and advice.
georgesgiralt said:
Hello,
My neighbor, an old lady, has this phone. She subscribed a full data contract and she needs to turn the phone into a hot spot for her laptop (Windows 8.0 based...)
She could not do it, so I was called to the rescue.
I was unable to do it. Shame on me.
So I ask the experts for advice and help.
Please help me be "great again"
Many many thanks from both of us in advance for your help and advice.
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Most easy way is to get a 'mifi' box and kindly ask the provider for an additional sim-card. Some providers even supply those boxes at a fair price and to be used in the same subscription.
Since you donnot specify, I expect the phone is not rooted.
Next, I hope the phone is not branded (supplied by the phone company and loaded with their software).
So the system is running android 4.4 (as that was the lates version I got on my SII).
Now I'm doing this by head as android 4.4 is some time ago.. See the phone settings app and in there you should find the option called 'tethering'. Other names are wifi-hotspot and such.
Be noted, if the phone is connected to a wifi network, the option can be grayed-out or even invisible, so best to disconnect the wifi network. I'm in daupt if you need to disable the wifi itself. In the end it is needed.
The latest available stock ROM is 4.1.2 Check out the picture to activate WiFi tethering hotspot. You can put the SIM inside the phone, turn mobile data on and then activate tethering.
https://www.google.at/search?q=sams...g4IISgA&biw=360&bih=512#imgrc=O1CMTirEvq4idM: