[Q] coruppted IMEI - really need help - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi guys ,
I've flashed a new stock ROM to my sgs3 and IMEI got corrupted , I've already flashed Samsung phones 100s of times and it never happened but now it did.
anyways ,
I think I have some kind of international version , phone model is GT-I9300 .
IMEI shows the generic 00 IMEI.
my serial number(S/N , not IMEI) was good at first but then tried to flash an older stock ROM and now it's all zeros.
Please help me guys , I'm pretty desperate... spend more than 6 hours yesterday (and another 3 hours now )of trying to fix this and still without any success so please don't think I'm just asking here and too lazy to google it.
any help will be deeply appreciated.

Hi,
We have a sticky thread all about IMEI / EFS issues. This is because if you do a search here now, you'll find literally hundreds of threads all about the same thing.
Please go to:
general > Sticky roll-up thread > "IMEI / EFS - Know this stuff"
... have a read. If you have further questions, please feel free to ask them in that thread. We set it up to try and keep the forum tidy.
Thanks

thanks , I will go dig there right now.

Do please read all of post 1, to the end

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[Q] Help me imei null/null baseband unknown

Good morning friends xda this day so I would ask URGENT help with a SG-i9300 S3 recently I have the phone and it was all fancy and was even Staba root a stock rom and root ps had my programs including root browser and then last night I got to make a copy of my efs folder and ps I saw that I could not because then there m failure insisted he left after me any minute network logo appeared locked and as I gave you * # 06 # and I get imei NULL / NULL baseband unknown then I get in because I read in several forums where flash was saying that making him with the original firm then I would stay again via odin intale I9300UBEMH2_I9300UVOEMH1_ARO and followed the same ... please help you? and look in the forums and had one of how to retrieve the IMEI in 9 steps and did not work l'm really desperate and scared ..:crying::crying:
please help meeee
Hi,
We have a sticky thread all about IMEI / EFS issues. This is because if you do a search here now, you'll find literally hundreds of threads all about the same thing.
Please go to:
general > Sticky roll-up thread > "IMEI / EFS - Know this stuff"
... have a read. If you have further questions, please feel free to ask them in that thread. We set it up to try and keep the forum tidy.
Thanks
Ps please be careful where you post questions. They should go in q&a. General is not for questions
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Galaxy S3 and the efsV2 partition change

Hello everyone! I just bought a new S3 under contract with Orange,It does not have the brickbug firmware so all is good. However in relation to the rom changing efs partition format i have a question that i couldn't find an aswer for. I tried flashing the XXEMG4 and newer roms but they would not do anything to my phone except giving me emergency calls...however my phone works with older firmware and basebands but not with the new ones.. Could this be because it is sim-locked? and somehow my efs remains unchanged? or did i get it wrong?
RECAP: the phone works only with older firmware and basebands but not with new (efs changing) roms...giving me weird imei and emergency calls on newer roms etc,basically all the problems that people experience AFTER flash MG roms and trying to go back to older.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2393289 :good:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43946365&postcount=15:good:
Hi,
We have a sticky thread all about IMEI / EFS issues. This is because if you do a search here now, you'll find literally hundreds of threads all about the same thing.
Please go to:
general > Sticky roll-up thread > "IMEI / EFS - Know this stuff"
... have a read. If you have further questions, please feel free to ask them in that thread. We set it up to try and keep the forum tidy.
Thanks
Mod Edit
Please read what ^^^^^^^rootSU^^^^^^^^ says.
Stickies are there for a reason
Thread Closed
malybru
Forum Moderator

[Q] EMIE change after omega rom installed

Hi everyone,
I hope someone can assist me.
I rooted my i9300 device using Samsung Galaxy S3 ToolKit.
After installing Omega ROM 46.1
What i discovered after installing omega rom is that my IMEI number had changed to 004999010640000 and am no longer registered on my network.
I then went to rom manager as i had a backup of my sock rom i restored it but still no network says not registered to network.
i went to a couple of forums n dowloaded offical stock rom from this link (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2005286) still no network no back up nothing and the emie is still changed 004999010640000.
current version on mmy ph is
GT I9300
model 4.1.2
basebande version : I9300xxemb6
kernel version : 3.0.31 -1071725
build number : jzo54k.i9300xxemc3
after installing stock rom from this link (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2005286)
So basically:
I get the wrong IMEI number when running stock android from Samsung.
and nothing seems to work as not network
Can someone assist me with this? as i am new to changing roms .
You're going to have to search, as discussion of methods to change a device's IMEI is illegal in many places and cannot be discussed on XDA.
Sorry that it's not much help, but the answers are out there if you use Google properly.
SimonTS said:
You're going to have to search, as discussion of methods to change a device's IMEI is illegal in many places and cannot be discussed on XDA.
Sorry that it's not much help, but the answers are out there if you use Google properly.
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hi ,
i dont want to change my imei number i just want to restore it to original one if you could plzplzplz help me with some tips or link's to work on as i am new to this romin thing plz help been allmost 5 days no solutions ................................................:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
help plz
sainritesh said:
hi ,
i dont want to change my imei number i just want to restore it to original one if you could plzplzplz help me with some tips or link's to work on as i am new to this romin thing plz help been allmost 5 days no solutions ................................................:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
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if some body can help me in this plz do so i have done a lot of restoring nothings workin.......
sainritesh said:
if some body can help me in this plz do so i have done a lot of restoring nothings workin.......
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Go to Faqs and Guides and read and post in the EFS/ IMEI thread we do not need yet another thread.
As it looks like you failed to backup your EFS as per the instructions its best to take it to a service centre for repair .
Please read the stickies then if you have any questions post in the sticky thread which is actively maintained. Also its IMEI not EMIE

[Q] No network after Odin flash

Hello all,
I live in The Netherlands and I had bought the Samsung Galaxy SIII from a telephone provider in the Netherlands.
I had an official ROM for the Samsung Galaxy SIII and everything worked ok.
It was working on Android 4.1.2. and I wanted to flash it to Android 4.3. with Odin. It was the first time I ever flashed something in my life so I was very happy that it seems to turn out well.
But I discovered that I have a big problem on my hands know because my IMEI is completly gone, my phone number has become unknown and my network is gone too!
I still can use WI-FI on my phone but that's it!
Does anyone has any idea how this can be solved?
I am aware that there are simulair posts here with this subject but it didn't help me so for that reason I desided to post a new one for this issue.
Thanks in advance!
Follow these guides if they can't help sounds like a service job..
Please tell me you backed up your efs?
Try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43946365&postcount=15
Or this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2393289
I am aware that there are simulair posts here with this subject but it didn't help me so for that reason I desided to post a new one for this issue.
Its not a new issue its posted multiple times please post in the relevant stickied EFS/IMEI post .
See post above .
Mod Edit
Please read the stickies in the General section.
Duplicate thread is closed
malybru
Forum Moderator

Help , my s3 imei changed for another one ?

I there all, my imei changed for another one during the upgrade proccess from 4.1.2 to 4.3. Obviously i dont get network, and i cant send sms or anything network related, please help, i tried a lot of things including changing roms, and please do not point me to the QA thread as i checked every one of them without luck.My currect imei number is both on my s3 box and on the back of the phone, but i repeat is not the same as it is under system info or under the #*06*# . How can i restore my old imei?
diegonnc said:
I there all, my imei changed for another one during the upgrade proccess from 4.1.2 to 4.3. Obviously i dont get network, and i cant send sms or anything network related, please help, i tried a lot of things including changing roms, and please do not point me to the QA thread as i checked every one of them without luck.My currect imei number is both on my s3 box and on the back of the phone, but i repeat is not the same as it is under system info or under the #*06*# . How can i restore my old imei?
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Well what modem are you using. Please ensure you are using XXEMG4 or above modem.
Read the efs 'know this stuff' thread, it may not fix your problem if you didn't back up your efs folder first -but it contains the reason for your problem and the only answers.
Duplicate question asked many times before.
No imei and no network.
please any solution to get the imei and no network back.
i intsall back an origanal rom , but the same problem occur.
please any one can hlep in finding a solution for this issue.
arnooo said:
No imei and no network.
please any solution to get the imei and no network back.
i intsall back an origanal rom , but the same problem occur.
please any one can hlep in finding a solution for this issue.
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Read the stickies!
General > sticky roll-up > imei /efs
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