Firstly this is my second post about this as I posted in the wrong area. (hopefully an admin deletes that thread)
Hey I have done some reading but I am a little confused.
I have a phone that will not call out to other numbers due to being locked,
I also have another 2 phones that will only use wifi. The sim card in and still not a detection.
This forum looks like the right place to help but I just don't really know what I'm looking for.
Could someone provide me with a little information about what I need to do with my 9300/9305 phones to get them back to normal.
My opinion on this is that these phones are blocked/locked and I need a program to fix these issues.
If they are imei blocked then no, you won't get any help as it is illegal. Contact the mobile network operator to reverse the blocking.
Three blocked phones is quite suspicious.
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boomboomer said:
If they are imei blocked then no, you won't get any help as it is illegal. Contact the mobile network operator to reverse the blocking.
Three blocked phones is quite suspicious.
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I own a repair business, I got them given to me and I was making an enquiry about it as I am unaware that it is illegal.
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I own a repair business, I got them given to me and I was making an enquiry about it as I am unaware that it is illegal.
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Now you know and discussion of such is banned on XDA .
I have a phone that will not call out to other numbers due to being locked,
>> locked as in sim locked or IMEI blocked as the phone is stolen .
Sim Card detected but no calls
>> wrong firmware wrong modem wrong CSC APN settings wrong
Wrong IMEI or as above blocked IMEI .
Basics read first.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2344125
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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...
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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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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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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!
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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.
Hello everyone, i have a huge problem with my galaxy s3 i can't make calls or send or receive messages, it keeps saying "not registered to network" even after changing my sim card, it turned out that my imei is the problem, it shows /01 at the end and the bigger problem is that i can't find the original imei under the battery, someone took off the sticker or something, so is there anyway to change my imei or get a new one ?
No, changing imei is illegal in many countries, discussion about it isn't welcome on XDA.
Furthermore, this post is remarkably similar to one posted very recently
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Hello everyone, i have a huge problem with my galaxy s3 i can't make calls or send or receive messages, it keeps saying "not registered to network" even after changing my sim card, it turned out that my imei is the problem, it shows /01 at the end and the bigger problem is that i can't find the original imei under the battery, someone took off the sticker or something, so is there anyway to change my imei or get a new one ?
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This IS an exact repost have you been banned and changed user name ??
AS said in this post and previous post you must take the phone to a Samsung service centre .
Pointless posting here there is no fix .
REPORTED anyway breaking XDA IMEI Rules .
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Hello Friends.... I have bought this phone on ebay I was told that the only problem with it was that it was a blocked imei with carrier 3 in uk...As i I am in Saudi Arabia so I thought I would use it here....Even After putting a sim card when i tried to goto settings and network it says insert sim card to access the network services... Even though sim card is inside the phone and sim is not damaged at all.... When i tried to check the imei of the phone by code *#06#.... it says null null and in about its baseband is also unknown.... I know this phone is rooted cause i see in apps this super su thing... I dont care for it to be rooted ... I want to use the phone ... I tried to experiment some of the ways mentioned on here but all of them say to goto diag mode but when i do that my computer does not recognize phone and says usb device was not recognized error....But phone starts charging.... I dont know what is wrong with that???? Please guys guide me with any possible way to get the imei back so i could get an unlock code from some vendor and start using it ...I dont care if its rooted or on carrier stock rom... PLEASE HELP
there's nothing you can do
Imei blocking is international, so unfortunately there isn't anything you can do
Raise it on ebay and ship it back... and tell them not to cheat you by sending you a phone with corrupt efs partition
You may have a stolen phone
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You may have a stolen phone
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there is no way to get the imei back ??? It is not even connecting to kies... kies keeps showing connecting but not connecting actually
No, except sending it in to Samsung for repair.
The imei may be blacklisted (at this pooint you do not know) but the problem you are experiencing stems from the efs folder having been wiped.
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d4fseeker said:
No, except sending it in to Samsung for repair.
The imei may be blacklisted (at this pooint you do not know) but the problem you are experiencing stems from the efs folder having been wiped.
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Do you think its just software issues? or something has happened to the hardware??? I just hope samsung wouldnt charge me too much
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Do you think its just software issues? or something has happened to the hardware??? I just hope samsung wouldnt charge me too much
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Neither, at a guess, as already stated, it sounds as though your imei has been blocked
Hey guys,
Well where to I begin. Well to start I have been trying to fix a Samsung Galaxy S3 since two days ago and I have had absolutely nothing but headaches for most of that time. My friend came to me and asked me to fix the phone. I fear that it is IMEI blocked by the network (It was on 3 for the UK and when I unlocked it it went to GiffGaff in the UK) but it had been working for about a year before this and I am not sure why it has been blocked now. The phone just keeps on saying "Not registered on network for the Sim card inserted in it for Giff Gaff)
I have tried to see if there was something wrong with the IMEI number but as far as I can see the phone has the right number with it.
I am wondering what else I can do because I have tried factory resetting it, using the EFS professional incase it had something to do with the EFS, though I don't think it does.
Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks a million.
KasaiWolf said:
Hey guys,
Well where to I begin. Well to start I have been trying to fix a Samsung Galaxy S3 since two days ago and I have had absolutely nothing but headaches for most of that time. My friend came to me and asked me to fix the phone. I fear that it is IMEI blocked by the network (It was on 3 for the UK and when I unlocked it it went to GiffGaff in the UK) but it had been working for about a year before this and I am not sure why it has been blocked now. The phone just keeps on saying "Not registered on network for the Sim card inserted in it for Giff Gaff)
I have tried to see if there was something wrong with the IMEI number but as far as I can see the phone has the right number with it.
I am wondering what else I can do because I have tried factory resetting it, using the EFS professional incase it had something to do with the EFS, though I don't think it does.
Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks a million.
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yep mate phone defo blocked you will have to change imei to get it working again.
Changing IMEI is illegal and forbidden on XDA .
Google IMEI checker see if it registers as blocked .
Then go and read the faqs and guide or pay for a service repair .
Basics read first.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2344125
Critical you read the first two posts .
I know this is an old thread. But spent so many days reading all those stuffs. Finally contacted samsung service centre and they says they can't repair my phone since its not manufactured in my country. Tried repairs like '' GSII repair'' and lots of other. Am not sure what I did. Deleted efs folder and copied, pasted. Nv files restarted. But of know use. When I tried inserting another network simcard(my friends) . The imei didn't change. But I was able to make phone calls and 3g. Bought a new sim of the same network. But I couldn't use it to make calls. It shows network not registered(like my previous carrier). The only thing I am able to do is I can use 3g. And I am typing from this same phone. Thank you for reading this..
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I know this is an old thread. But spent so many days reading all those stuffs. Finally contacted samsung service centre and they says they can't repair my phone since its not manufactured in my country. Tried repairs like '' GSII repair'' and lots of other. Am not sure what I did. Deleted efs folder and copied, pasted. Nv files restarted. But of know use. When I tried inserting another network simcard(my friends) . The imei didn't change. But I was able to make phone calls and 3g. Bought a new sim of the same network. But I couldn't use it to make calls. It shows network not registered(like my previous carrier). The only thing I am able to do is I can use 3g. And I am typing from this same phone. Thank you for reading this..
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search that on youtube
how to change imei number samsung i think you will get some good vids
OP - take it to a local mobile repair shop, most should be able to fix this fairly cheaply (I can get it done for ~AUD$30).