Hi,
I have stuck into a starge problem. After updating 4.3 I have lost my SERIAL NO. Its showing as 4dfxxx format instaed of real one. Please see the attached snap. I would appreciate if any one help me to regenrate my phone serial number.
Note; IMEI is ok only serial number corrupted.
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Please read my problem I am saying my IMEI is ok only my mobile SERIAL NUMBER IS IN INVALID format.please see the attached picture
I have read all of your suggested EFS/IMEI thread but they all talking about IMEI not for serial number.
In my case I only need help in recover the serial number only. IMEI is ok. Thanks
JJEgan said:
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shahidskt said:
Please read my problem I am saying my IMEI is ok only my mobile SERIAL NUMBER IS IN INVALID format.please see the attached picture
I have read all of your suggested EFS/IMEI thread but they all talking about IMEI not for serial number.
In my case I only need help in recover the serial number only. IMEI is ok. Thanks
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I think it is stick somewhere outside your phone. You may check it.
NO SERIAL Number
I need to write in side phone status withou it I am facing not registered on networ
christinamoyu said:
I think it is stick somewhere outside your phone. You may check it.
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shahidskt said:
Please read my problem I am saying my IMEI is ok only my mobile SERIAL NUMBER IS IN INVALID format.please see the attached picture
I have read all of your suggested EFS/IMEI thread but they all talking about IMEI not for serial number.
In my case I only need help in recover the serial number only. IMEI is ok. Thanks
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Serial number is under the battery as per the user guide .
Please search invalid serial posts it has all been answered multiple times .
Invalid serial number
I have searched a lot but unable to found anything related to recover SERIAL NUMBER. INSTEAD ALL OF ABOUT TO RECOVER IMEI. Please if you have answer this then continue to reply. I am in trouble to recover SERIAL NUMBER without serial number I am unable to connect with network provider.
Please paste a link here where describe to recover SERAIL NUMBER. IMEI is ok only I need serial number to recover.
Thanks
JJEgan said:
Serial number is under the battery as per the user guide .
Please search invalid serial posts it has all been answered multiple times .
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Faqs and Guides EFS/ IMEI
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2393289
Ariza patch does not fix IMEI issues. It fixes "00000" Serial number issues, which has similar symptoms. This patch does not work on EFS v2 ROMs. If you use it, you may irreparably break your phone.
Also it would seem, Phones that had this patch ON EFS v1 ROMS will break their IMEI if they upgrade to EFS v2 ROMS.
As yet, there is nothing proved to resolve this issue fully. Search the Ariza thread for posts by zuluman for potential fixes. This Page is hopefully the most useful or one of the patched modems posted
It would probably be best to get the serial number professionally restored either under warranty or by sla mobile repair shop. The Ariza patch was always only fixing something that should have been fixed under warranty anyway.... now we are seeing this issue - cut your losses
Google search xda
I9300 serial number XDA site:forum.xda-developers.com
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=I...cNm&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=np
Finally luck
I had this problem in the past. How I got this problem,by updating my phones firmware.
I was messed up. I wasted several hours on internet for finding the solution but no luck.
One day I was going to market for purchasing cold air...... while I was walking on the side of the road,suddenly an Amazing idea came up in my mind. I took out my phone out of my pocket and gave to a beautiful dog which was standing before me . I had listened that giving your problems to a dog give you solution, so I did this. The dog took my s3 and threw it in the river. I WAS SHOCKED AND FELT EXTREMELY BAD, in the course of time the dog again appeared to me while holding my s3 in his handsome mouth. I fetch my phone and it was all fine, I went to setting ....for checking my imei and serial ..... and u know what everything was all right .i got my lost imei and serial back..........I was soooooooooo much happy about that. I kicked the dog with my cold air and run away......
u should also give your phone to a dog.
I REQUEST YOU TO ACT UPON MY ADVISE AND YEA YOU WILL BE FAR HAPPIER THAN BEFORE. THANKS ME BY PRESSING THANKS BUTTON.
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Hi!
I cant find a similar problem so ill try here.
I installed a custom rom and lost my imei and all, the no service problem.
after 20 hours of trying out solutions i "finally" managed to use EFS Professional program to backup/restore a new EFS and in that way obtain a imei number but its fake (something like 00499901064000006)but while i have this fake emei atleast i can see what carrier i have and so on BUT I cant make any calls or anything since its fake emei and ERI is missing. and each time i reboot my phone it turn to unknown again.
Is there any solution to all this?
Menude said:
Hi!
I cant find a similar problem so ill try here.
I installed a custom rom and lost my imei and all, the no service problem.
after 20 hours of trying out solutions i "finally" managed to use EFS Professional program to backup/restore a new EFS and in that way obtain a imei number but its fake (something like 00499901064000006)but while i have this fake emei atleast i can see what carrier i have and so on BUT I cant make any calls or anything since its fake emei and ERI is missing. and each time i reboot my phone it turn to unknown again.
Is there any solution to all this?
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its against the law to use fake IMEI or change IMEI .
Discussion of such is banned on xda .
The only way you can restore your IMEI is if you backed up your original EFS folder .
Otherwise its a service centre repair and they will require proof of ownership .
jje
JJEgan said:
its against the law to use fake IMEI or change IMEI .
Discussion of such is banned on xda .
The only way you can restore your IMEI is if you backed up your original EFS folder .
Otherwise its a service centre repair and they will require proof of ownership .
jje
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Im not "using" fake emei not want to change it.. i just want a way to implement my original emei which i have on my box for the phone..=/
Menude said:
Im not "using" fake emei not want to change it.. i just want a way to implement my original emei which i have on my box for the phone..=/
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If its just the generic IMEI that you called a fake .
Whatever the only way is a service centre with proof of ownership if you failed to backup your original EFS folder .
jje
XDA does not allow discussions about how alter IMEI numbers on a phone.
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E.Cadro said:
XDA does not allow discussions about how alter IMEI numbers on a phone.
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Oh no it's not! @E.Cadro
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Hey guys.
I bought this phone today from a friend (who bought it from someone online a few days ago) and it was working fine. I went down to Meteor in Ireland and got a new micro sim. Everything was perfect, I was able to call and make texts no problem.
The trouble was that it was stuck on 4.0.4 and would not update. After a while I figured out it was jailbroken with clockworkmod.
Keep in mind I have no idea what I was doing at this stage.
I wanted to unroot the phone completely.
After looking online I downloaded a program called Odin and downloaded a "stock image file" for Ireland. The file seemed to indicate generic Ireland.
Using Odin I flashed this file onto the phone, it completed.
Everything seemed fine, it was version 4.1.2.
Then I discovered I could not make calls or texts. I got the error "Not Registered on Network". I also got the "No Service" message in the toolbar.
I searched available mobile networks through the phone and set it to meteor. The "No Service" message went away but it was still listed as "Not Registed on Network".
I had nothing backed up before I did this.
Am I completely screwed?
I am completely furious with myself for doing this...
My last resort is downloading a new stock image file for "Meteor (Ireland)" and possibly flashing that to the phone. But it currently has a 3 hour download time.
Any tips?
Does the IMEI and serial number under the battery match the ones given in settings, about device, status?
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Does the IMEI number under the battery match the one given in settings, about device, status?
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No it does not match.
I also have no idea if it matched before I did this update.
I really hope there is a way out of this otherwise I just flushed away a lot of cash!
You can try flashing a modem that might enable the imei to be read again:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43946365&postcount=15
But if that doesn't work then you'll need to take it to a service centre for a repair.
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You can try flashing a modem that might enable the imei to be read again:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43946365&postcount=15
But if that doesn't work then you'll need to take it to a service centre for a repair.
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I will give that a try thank.
I downloaded the zip file from the thread. Not sure what to do with it though (not joking when I said I had no idea what I was doing lol).
Do I need to flash it through Odin again?
Thanks!
Figured out how to modem flash.
Still no luck...
Absolutely nothing else I can do?
Not without a backup of the phone's original efs folder no, sorry.
Try having a read of this thread, which explains better;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2393289
boomboomer said:
Not without a backup of the phone's original efs folder no, sorry.
Try having a read of this thread, which explains better;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2393289
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Oh my...
Can't describe how annoyed at myself I am.
My IMEI number actually looks like a proper number but it just doesn't match.
If I bring it to a generic phone repair shop down town do you think it can be fixed?
Is the phone basically useless? :-/
I have the same problem but my imei and serial are ok. Can't connect to the network.
alan3002 said:
Oh my...
Can't describe how annoyed at myself I am.
My IMEI number actually looks like a proper number but it just doesn't match.
If I bring it to a generic phone repair shop down town do you think it can be fixed?
Is the phone basically useless? :-/
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Probably, the S3 support is quite common.
alan3002 said:
Oh my...
Can't describe how annoyed at myself I am.
My IMEI number actually looks like a proper number but it just doesn't match.
If I bring it to a generic phone repair shop down town do you think it can be fixed?
Is the phone basically useless? :-/
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Yes cost about 25 punts .
jje
First off I already read everythreads with the keywords : "Fake imei" "corrupted efs" "0049" "00499901064000" "generic imei" "Imei problem" etc ....
I tried theses methods : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17587351
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY9cDkj4CCw
delete nv_data.bin and nv_data.bin.md5 and reboot
I also tried to use another ROM but nothing is actually working.
Full story :
July 2012 I buy a SGSII from a woman I just met (yeah stupid but it was only 200€ so ..) it works like a week and then the network problem, it seems that this bi... had a anti-theft insurance and reported the phone as stolen (she gave me all the documents) so they blacklisted the IMEI and the phone was unusable. I then rooted the phone, and deleted nv_data.bin and nv_data.bin.md5 wich worked because i had connectivity, i used the phone for like 2 months and then the problem showed up again, blacklisted (i think) so i managed to make it work again by installing a new ROM and then doing the delete it worked again for several months. And now 2 days ago my IMEI got blacklisted (or some****) again. Tried deleting > nada, tried using a new rom (Cyanogenmod 10.1.2) and then delete > nada, doing the 2 methods listed above > nada. I don't really know what I can do, i just wasted 200€ and now my IMEI is 00499901064000.
I really need your help.
PS : As said before I make this thread because everytime the Imei problem is related to a ROM fail or corrupted EFS files. But my problem is that even if i fixe the problem it will be back in a few months and it will be harder to solve.
PS 2 : Excuse me for misspellings, and if it's not in the right place.
I see your problem, but that link is related to get your imei back.If you get yours back then it is blacklisted....lol.The only way is to keep using the "temp" one or contact the company that blacklisted it and see if they can help.
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theunderling said:
I see your problem, but that link is related to get your imei back.If you get yours back then it is blacklisted....lol.The only way is to keep using the "temp" one or contact the company that blacklisted it and see if they can help.
Sent from my SM-T210 using xda premium
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Yeah I know that but i was thinking, if I get back the old one, the original one,maybe i can delete theses two files, and make it work again, like going back to the first time i solved this problem.
Already contacted them they said they can't do anything.
And my actual IMEI is a 0049 so I can't connect to the network.
There's nothing you can do about it if the carrier won't unblacklist it. That's pretty much the end of the discussion. Chalk it up as experience.
OMG OMG OMG
I just found my first save of my EFS files.
I replaced the actual EFS folder with my very first one and it worked, got my first IMEI back, and i don't know how but it's not blacklisted anymore
Thanks anyway guys
Hello!
My phone doesn't has a Serial Number which is lost but i have IMEI so to prepair that i flashed the original frimware from Samsung from Kies by doing "Frimware upgrade and instalization" so Kies demanded the serial number and i put it that's how i resolved this issue and now i have the serial number and IMEI but the problem is that when making calls the phone says "Not Registered On Network" this problem occured to me when i wasn't having the SN but now how it could happen and i have the SN ? i tried to go to settings and selecting the network that should i connect to but nothing changed. I think that Cert File or the EFS partition touched? Please help me i'm really in a big problem :crying:
really?
there's no one can help us with this damn "Not Registered On Network" "No SIM" and this changed serial numbers?!
there are many sgs3 with these problem,
somebody help plz
we tried every modems, roms, stock roms, with odin and different recoveries,
best question is, how we can correct this changed serial number?
and yes, there is no samsung service in my area
Most likely the device is blacklisted. You don't just "lose" a serial number like a coin falls through a hole in a pocket..
Beamed in by telepathy.
The IMEI is the serial number.
Also, network registration errors can be one or more of being the SIM card, blacklisted IMEI and/or SIM card slot being bad itself.
Good luck!
Reb0t said:
Hello!
My phone doesn't has a Serial Number which is lost but i have IMEI so to prepair that i flashed the original frimware from Samsung from Kies by doing "Frimware upgrade and instalization" so Kies demanded the serial number and i put it that's how i resolved this issue and now i have the serial number and IMEI but the problem is that when making calls the phone says "Not Registered On Network" this problem occured to me when i wasn't having the SN but now how it could happen and i have the SN ? i tried to go to settings and selecting the network that should i connect to but nothing changed. I think that Cert File or the EFS partition touched? Please help me i'm really in a big problem :crying:
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If you have your imei then only z3x box can do it , after rooting you have repair network from samsung tool 18.9 and thats it your problem will go out from your phone :good:
shivadow said:
Most likely the device is blacklisted. You don't just "lose" a serial number like a coin falls through a hole in a pocket..
Beamed in by telepathy.
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yes this is what i got when i entered to imeidata site it's marked as blacklisted.
you can try with patched modem and patched kernel
i solve my problem with only emergency call
if that not help You
try with with diferent ril
sorry for my bad english
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semi2 said:
you can try with patched modem and patched kernel
i solve my problem with only emergency call
if that not help You
try with with diferent ril
sorry for my bad english
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/ref-imei-efs-stuff-i9300-including-t2393289/page92
PLS HOW TO THIS SOLVE IMEI RESTORE ORIGINAL. My Phone Unused. My Problem is IMEI 004999010640000/01 & No Register Network (The Xda is Great World #1 of the Software Engneers-Im XDA #1 Fans)
Ok, you opened a 2nd thread. Probably nobody answered in the 1st one, because there are so many threads about lost IMEI, factory IMEI,... So tick one of these items in search and read.