Does anyone have any experience soldering a new memory chip to a logic board? Basically, I flashed a FTF on my C6806 (GPE) Z Ultra which was a big no-no. I just bought a working logic board with a bad IMEI. I never used it as a phone, so WiFi is perfectly fine. However, if there is a way to transfer the "new" bad IMEI's memory chip to the "old" messed up board, I would certainly be willing to try.. The other question is, will this have any effect, as the IMEI might be on that chip so all I'd be doing is transferring a bad IMEI to another board, which will still have a bad IMEI.
Or can I repogram my non-working logic board's IMEI to the "new" logic board I got and replace the bad IMEI?
Sorry for the confusing post. Just looking for options before I install the bad IMEI board and only have a wifi tablet.
Thanks in advance.
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Hi,
I smashed my screen on my I9305 and not realizing it i put the I9300 replacement screen on the phone. I have had issues with the IMEI null and not picking up signal. I have tried all mentioned methods on here to restore but none have worked. I gave up an contacted a repair center and they have said that putting a I9305 screen on will solve the problem. Is this correct as I don't want t spend money if it is not correct.
Thanks
jpburke2k2 said:
Hi,
I smashed my screen on my I9305 and not realizing it i put the I9300 replacement screen on the phone. I have had issues with the IMEI null and not picking up signal. I have tried all mentioned methods on here to restore but none have worked. I gave up an contacted a repair center and they have said that putting a I9305 screen on will solve the problem. Is this correct as I don't want t spend money if it is not correct.
Thanks
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As far as my knowledge goes screen replacing doesn't effect anything until or unless you have badly messed up some hardware in the process. The module used to allow communication on i9300 and i9305 is same plus it doesn't has to do anything with screen. You can try to put a new SIM card module to see whether the phone picks up signal or not. The best bet for you is that you don't go around spending money for a thing that is perfectly fine.
One more bet is that you may have ruined some inner hardware during the smash and not in the replacing process.
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did you replace the screen with a heat gun like in some videos on youtube? if so you might have damaged some of the sensible parts of the sIII if you didn't take them off before, for example the antenna or the simcard module like the one above me said.
so i think it will be difficult to find the broken part - changing all possible parts by yourself is very expensive and time-consuming.
I recommend you to consult an official samsung repair center (which will be expensive, too) or sell your phone as broken and invest the money in a new one...
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morruk said:
did you replace the screen with a heat gun like in some videos on youtube? if so you might have damaged some of the sensible parts of the sIII if you didn't take them off before, for example the antenna or the simcard module like the one above me said.
so i think it will be difficult to find the broken part - changing all possible parts by yourself is very expensive and time-consuming.
I recommend you to consult an official samsung repair center (which will be expensive, too) or sell your phone as broken and invest the money in a new one...
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No I replaced the screen with a genuine service pack one which came pretty much whole. Didn't heat anything just swapped them over and turned it on. Advice I got was that it was because I put on the i9300 screen on is why I couldn't restore my imei number.
Now selling the motherboard if anyone is interested
Hi ,
My phone went inside water, and had to change the motherboard.
I gave it to shop.
Now i want to know if he has replaced a new one or just repaired my old one.
Does everything wipes out when new motherboard is replaced with new one ? (pictures, games, kernel)
There would have been no way to extract data from the old internal storage, so no. Data on the sd card could be transferred. Best way to check is compare the IMEI number to the old motherboard IMEI.
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There would have been no way to extract data from the old internal storage, so no. Data on the sd card could be transferred. Best way to check is compare the IMEI number to the old motherboard IMEI.
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A phone legally must retain its imei. Thats why motherboard replacements are reprogrammed with the original imei.
Sure, they may not have complied and given it a different imei.
If it has a different imei - tells us definitely swapped mobile
If it has sane imei - tells us nothing
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Does everything wipes out when new motherboard is replaced with new one ? (pictures, games, kernel)
Yes but same if repaired and new firmware flashed .
Not cost effective to repair a motherboard in most cases and if it was wet then failed components are multiple .
jje
Disassembling an s3 and removing the motherboard takes 10 min and no skills. No decent repair center will bother testing all the components.
The problem is the imei cloning that can need programming skills and not always done it seems as many users find an unusable phone after motherboard repair.
Hi
I have an S2 which is hard bricked, it is not stolen or barred.
I have bought a replacement motherboard and a shop will fit it for me as I lack the technical skill.
My question is will my IMEI be lost?
If so how do I recover it, assuming the phone is then working?
Many thanks in advance
Mark
Generally speaking, if it's a new MB by a Samsung service centre you'll get the same IMEI (but not in all countries). If you/someone else puts a 2nd hand board in, yes, the IMEI will change. Either way it makes no difference to you as a user, your phone will still have a unique IMEI & work as it should with either scenario.
You messing around with the IMEI in order to try to 'recover' your old one should it change will lead to a busted phone (again). Don't attempt this because it just isn't necessary.
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Generally speaking, if it's a new MB by a Samsung service centre you'll get the same IMEI (but not in all countries). If you/someone else puts a 2nd hand board in, yes, the IMEI will change. Either way it makes no difference to you as a user, your phone will still have a unique IMEI & work as it should with either scenario.
You messing around with the IMEI in order to try to 'recover' your old one should it change will lead to a busted phone (again). Don't attempt this because it just isn't necessary.
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Many thanks for the reply, great information.
I will leave it as it is.
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So my t mobile (unlocked ) V10 bootlooped and i've come across a working t mobile motherboard with a bad imei.I'm in Canada, so it should still work correct?
I'm only trying to repair this thing because its a great phone aside from the faulty heat dissipation design.If you look inside the v10 , the thermal pad LG uses is ridiculous.i'm pretty sure it doesn't even contact with the processor when assembled.I'm also going to add a better themal pad and apply thermal paste to better cool and prevent the bootloop.
My only question is, if the bad imei board will work in Canada?
I still have my old board can i swap imei with it?
Swapping imei is legal in Canada and i would be doing it using the imei of my old broken motherboard so please no BS about that or how i'd be using the board of a potentially stolen/financed/lost phone.
Any input would help!
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Hi all,
Has anybody ever tried upgrading the SGP611 with a SIM card reader ?
Both the reader and the tray are available as replacement parts so I was wondering if anybody ever tried a WIFI-only model to LTE ?
Curious to know ...
Never opened mine up for obvious reasons, so I don't know what's going on inside. I know sometimes the manufacturer creates one motherboard with the same hardware layout but just ships the cheaper versions with some of the hardware disabled, but physically still on the board. Not sure if that's the case here.