Ariza patch killed imie (how do i recover imie) - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello everyone
thank for coming so far to read this post
(im a noob)
so i was playing around with my phone trying to unlock it my self (bad idea)
so i ended up using ariza patch and applying the .v5 patch
so after that i have emergency calls only everything else works apart from the sim i even have signal
so i went to setting and now see that i have a generic imie with 0049...
while the original imie was 35599....
this phone is no stolen or blocked i did this and no one else
i have tried using cdma but everytime i put my phone in RMNET + DM + MODEM and plug it into the comp using a usb program wont read from the phone as its recognized as a modem not serial port?
please can anyone help me get my old imie back so i can use my phone again
im on stock samsung firmware android 4.1.2
Thank you very much

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First, stop flashing things you don't fully understand -you'll only make it worse.
Second, questions go in the Q&A forum, report your own post and ask for it to be moved.
Third, flash a full stock rom via odin on your pc -make sure it's an official version from sammobile.
If that doesn't fix it and I'm assuming you didn't backup up your efs folder, then you will have to have your phone repaired.

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boomboomer said:
First, stop flashing things you don't fully understand -you'll only make it worse.
Second, questions go in the Q&A forum, report your own post and ask for it to be moved.
Third, flash a full stock rom via odin on your pc -make sure it's an official version from sammobile.
If that doesn't fix it and I'm assuming you didn't backup up your efs folder, then you will have to have your phone repaired.
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thanks for the reply i will report and aks for it to move now
but i have flashed using odin to an samsung official rom
and no i didnt backup my efs folder
but isnt there a way to do it using cdma?
thanks

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No, there's no way to use CDMA... This is a GSM phone.
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b-eock said:
No, there's no way to use CDMA... This is a GSM phone.
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please is there any other way of solving this issue ?

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Service center. Pay for the IMEI repair.
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b-eock said:
Service center. Pay for the IMEI repair.
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do you know where and how much they charge im in the uk (midlands)

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dray1480 said:
do you know where and how much they charge im in the uk (midlands)
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This
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Samsung+service+centre+uk

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slaphead20 said:
This
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Samsung+service+centre+uk
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Brilliant, haven't seen that before... so funny.

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do you use mg4 or mg5 rom
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zuluman said:
do you use mg4 or mg5 rom
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how would i know?

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dray1480 said:
how would i know?
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Settings > about phone. Screenshot please
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rootSU said:
Settings > about phone. Screenshot please
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rootSU said:
Settings > about phone. Screenshot please
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sorry to bother again i see ur in the uk
how much would it cost if i brought to the nearest service centre? and let them repair it and do i need to do any preps?

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£20 maybe... it should still be under warranty though
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Warranty should not / may not cover user playing about with the phone .

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True but the device should still be under warranty so its best to send it to official centres. 3rd party mobile phone shops will void warranty. Even if you pay official to get a repair, warranty for other things will remain in tact.
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rootSU said:
True but the device should still be under warranty so its best to send it to official centres. 3rd party mobile phone shops will void warranty. Even if you pay official to get a repair, warranty for other things will remain in tact.
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Intercity mobile communications- Birmingham, hxxp://goo.gl/maps/BO7ci
My phone had exactly the same problem and i went to the above official service centre (this is a walk in service centre)
just do a couple of things if you've been playing with firmwares.
1) backup your phone (don't forget calendar items! i lost mine because it wasn't synced to google and i didn't know)
2) root your phone and run triangle away to reset flash counter
3) flash official firmware, (Full Wipe) for you carrier - samfirmware will have the correct version
4) check download mode to make sure its says official firmware and your flash counter is zero
5) Take to service centre and explain that your phone is no longer picking up any networks and your IMEI is blank
To be fair it only taken 48 hours to fix mine. was well happy with the service. All work was covered under warranty.
Also just to clear my conscience my phone had official samsung firmware on but it was rooted so i had to do all the above steps.
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addeh said:
Intercity mobile communications- Birmingham, hxxp://goo.gl/maps/BO7ci
My phone had exactly the same problem and i went to the above official service centre (this is a walk in service centre)
just do a couple of things if you've been playing with firmwares.
1) backup your phone (don't forget calendar items! i lost mine because it wasn't synced to google and i didn't know)
2) root your phone and run triangle away to reset flash counter
3) flash official firmware, (Full Wipe) for you carrier - samfirmware will have the correct version
4) check download mode to make sure its says official firmware and your flash counter is zero
5) Take to service centre and explain that your phone is no longer picking up any networks and your IMEI is blank
To be fair it only taken 48 hours to fix mine. was well happy with the service. All work was covered under warranty.
Also just to clear my conscience my phone had official samsung firmware on but it was rooted so i had to do all the above steps.
Hope this helps
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thank you very much for all the info that really did it
but i took mine to a shop did all of it while bieng under warranty
then got home flashed it with a custom tom MS TEAM HD 12.0
and lost signal again and also imei is back to 0049 ???
so im going again tomorrow to play dumb again

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dray1480 said:
thank you very much for all the info that really did it
but i took mine to a shop did all of it while bieng under warranty
then got home flashed it with a custom tom MS TEAM HD 12.0
and lost signal again and also imei is back to 0049 ???
so im going again tomorrow to play dumb again
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Link to rom?
Surely you just learned the hard way that efs backup is important?
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