Hello!
I need to play around with IMEI numbers (that is, changing them) on several mobile phones. It's legal in my country AFAIK, so no worries for that
The point is, I'm an absolute rookie on, as in: I never did anything of the sort.
Apparently the first thing I need to do is rooting the phone, then get the right software to change the IMEI.
Reassured by the plenty resources found online, I just went to the first shop and bought a brand new Cubot J5 and a second hand Samsung SM-G532F - Galaxy Grand Prime Plus.
Then I spent 2 days trying to root each one of the devices to no avail. I swear, that was 2 days straight.
Maybe I'm not skilled enough, maybe I'm just too stupid.
So I decided to post for your help, and ask the question in the subject: I need to buy more than one device, so budget is of utmost importance.
What is the easiest device to root in 2020, that I can buy on a budget, with enough resources to get to my ultimate goal i.e. easy and repetitive IMEI changing?
I'm too stupid to do anything complex. Rooting straight from the developer mode on the phone would be the best solution. Anything above that causes headaches
Thanks for your support!!
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Creating new thread as I can't find any references to Android MPI9082 / MTK6515 (Chinese phone sold on eBay).
I like the the phone hardware, but will have to return it if I can't get rid of the crap that's loaded on it.
The model is.. not sure:
Under battery it says: MPI9082
Under Settings->About Phone> Model Number says MTK6515 (but that could be just S/W thingy).
Looking for any info or experience ppl have had with this phone hw (root and flashing sw). I'm willing to help as much as I can (in past I've successfully re-flashed 3-4 android phones thanks to this forum).
I bought this phone for my 14 year old kid, soon after setup/power up she got first notification with inappropriate content (porn) all in Chinese. Installed Lookout, opted out of AirPush... made no difference. Seems the sw has embedded ad-ware that can't be removed - need to re-flash. For the time being phone is locked in my desk and not usable.
Any experience with this phone out there ?
pacja said:
Creating new thread as I can't find any references to Android MPI9082 / MTK6515 (Chinese phone sold on eBay).
I like the the phone hardware, but will have to return it if I can't get rid of the crap that's loaded on it.
The model is.. not sure:
Under battery it says: MPI9082
Under Settings->About Phone> Model Number says MTK6515 (but that could be just S/W thingy).
Looking for any info or experience ppl have had with this phone hw (root and flashing sw). I'm willing to help as much as I can (in past I've successfully re-flashed 3-4 android phones thanks to this forum).
I bought this phone for my 14 year old kid, soon after setup/power up she got first notification with inappropriate content (porn) all in Chinese. Installed Lookout, opted out of AirPush... made no difference. Seems the sw has embedded ad-ware that can't be removed - need to re-flash. For the time being phone is locked in my desk and not usable.
Any experience with this phone out there ?
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I have bought an MTK6515 Chinese phone too. These are no-brand phones, so the brand name hardly matters. Mine is running Android 4.0.5. Has one malware pre-installed, called Flashlight. That's the one popping up porn site notifications. Since it's installed at factory, I don't have the rights to either disable or uninstall the application. The only way out I see is to root the phone. Unfortunately, all the rooting effort seems to be focused on big brand name phones! If I had enough knowledge I would address this problem myself, but until then, I'm just hoping that one day somebody will post some reliable way to deal with this.
In some other threads Super OneClick and the like have been suggested but the original posters have reported no success and then the threads died. I have not seen any successful thread so far!
devsoul said:
I have bought an MTK6515 Chinese phone too. These are no-brand phones, so the brand name hardly matters. Mine is running Android 4.0.5. Has one malware pre-installed, called Flashlight. That's the one popping up porn site notifications. Since it's installed at factory, I don't have the rights to either disable or uninstall the application. The only way out I see is to root the phone. Unfortunately, all the rooting effort seems to be focused on big brand name phones! If I had enough knowledge I would address this problem myself, but until then, I'm just hoping that one day somebody will post some reliable way to deal with this.
In some other threads Super OneClick and the like have been suggested but the original posters have reported no success and then the threads died. I have not seen any successful thread so far!
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Thanks for your response.
The phone is being shipped back to china. Seller did not respond to my request for rooting or re-flash procedure. He/she agreed to refund $$ including return shipping.
If enough ppl start complaining and start returning these phones, perhaps then they'll stop loading these phones with this cr*p.
On the other hand, selling these type of phones via Ebay appears to be violation of Ebay policy, these phones could be (or should be) categorized as adult items and should be sold under such category. I can send the policy link/quote if anyone is interested.
I'm also surprised that there are so many positive feedback entries under the seller...
Good luck with your phone and I hope you are able to root/reflash the phone soon.
I think I'm done with "android" phones from china.
As for my 14 year daughter, I was able to acquire Nokia 710 windoze phone for her, she is happy with it so far - but misses her old/broken samsung android.
So I've had this phone for a while now and I'm fairly happy with it. Other than the fact it acts a bit weird with the college wifi. I'm pretty sure we didn't buy any warranty for it, so whatever it might of had when I got it about a year ago is probably about to expire. Anyway, I'm knew to the rooting scene and I would like to know if it would be worth it for me personally to root my phone. It is a Samsung Galaxy S4 from Verizon, it says the model number is SCH-I545 and is running on version 5.0.1. At first I kind of just wanted to root the phone just to play modded games on it, stuff without leaderboards mostly. But then I saw somewhere that you could extend the battery life with a different kernel or something, and that is definitely something I could use. So... any words of advice or suggestions for me? I appreciate it.
I would say rooting is worth it especially on an older phone. Rooting is really just getting access to the root directory of the phone. If you want to run custom firmware I recommend this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3132555
Our s4 has a locked bootloader so our options are a little limited but I like this devs work. Remember to do a lot of reading first and welcome to the community!
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So I've had this phone for a while now and I'm fairly happy with it. Other than the fact it acts a bit weird with the college wifi. I'm pretty sure we didn't buy any warranty for it, so whatever it might of had when I got it about a year ago is probably about to expire. Anyway, I'm knew to the rooting scene and I would like to know if it would be worth it for me personally to root my phone. It is a Samsung Galaxy S4 from Verizon, it says the model number is SCH-I545 and is running on version 5.0.1. At first I kind of just wanted to root the phone just to play modded games on it, stuff without leaderboards mostly. But then I saw somewhere that you could extend the battery life with a different kernel or something, and that is definitely something I could use. So... any words of advice or suggestions for me? I appreciate it.
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I'm new as well to rooting... although in the PC world, I've always been an admin. I think that the biggest reason to root is to have control of what you've bought! Deleting the apps you don't want, and getting the updates. I understand that via rooting you can overclock your CPU (which for gaming would probably be a good thing).
I haven't had great luck in a successful root for my Verizon S4 but I'll keep trying. So much of a different 'language' of what you're doing over a PC world. Just takes time.
Best of luck!
So ive been putting it off for a while, but its time to retire the device im using. Trouble is, I'm used to being rooted. And theres so much out there, I figured I'd ask here first instead of getting swamped trying to dig through the options.
So, my budget is around $250-300, flexible depending on the device and what not. Prepaid cuz **** contracts and all that. And so you know what I'm coming from, Im currently on a Galaxy J3 with Virgin. So whatever it is should be a noticeable, preferably significant upgrade from that.
Things ive never had in a phone but would definitely pay a little more for:
Fingerprint sensor
NFC capabilities (android pay, etc)
Anything that has been standard on fancier, more expensive phones but not on devices under ~$150 (my max I'd spend in the past).
Carrier doesnt matter too much, as long as its prepaid/no contract.
Help me people, I await your advice.
Also, apologies if this isnt where this should be posted.
darknaio said:
So ive been putting it off for a while, but its time to retire the device im using. Trouble is, I'm used to being rooted. And theres so much out there, I figured I'd ask here first instead of getting swamped trying to dig through the options.
So, my budget is around $250-300, flexible depending on the device and what not. Prepaid cuz **** contracts and all that. And so you know what I'm coming from, Im currently on a Galaxy J3 with Virgin. So whatever it is should be a noticeable, preferably significant upgrade from that.
Things ive never had in a phone but would definitely pay a little more for:
Fingerprint sensor
NFC capabilities (android pay, etc)
Anything that has been standard on fancier, more expensive phones but not on devices under ~$150 (my max I'd spend in the past).
Carrier doesnt matter too much, as long as its prepaid/no contract.
Help me people, I await your advice.
Also, apologies if this isnt where this should be posted.
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Try Micromax Canvas Infinity
Ill go the whole ordering a phone overseas as a last resort. Id prefer it to not be too "off brand" if possible. If not then we'll cross that bridge when we get to it.
Hello all,
In my circle of friends there was a suicide case and I was asked by the family if I would be able to remove a screen lock from a Samsung Galaxy S21. The family can't explain why their son killed himself and would like answers to all their questions. They assume that there is information on the phone or reasons for the suicide.
Are there any serious ways to get around such a block? I don't have much information about the device yet, nor do I currently have it with me. Maybe there are exploits or bruteforce toolkits to bypass the lockscreen. Programs like Tenorshare 4uKey or PassFab Android Unlocker are probably scam or?
I will get the device in the next week and could provide more information then.
Currently the following information is available:
Device Model: Samsung Galaxy S21 5G | Samsung SM-G991B | Android 11 | One UI 3.1
Mobile contract: active
SMS PIN & PUK: available
Google account credentials: available and valid and linked to the device but no backups available in Google Drive
Samsung account credentials: present and valid but not associated with the device so no backups available
Does the approach via Kali Nethunter and a HID keyboard attack work with a current Android Samsung Galaxy S21 bruteforcing or do you always get into the temporally increasing lock?
A data recovery $pecialist might be able to, ask the police for assistance.
Find the password for the lockscreen, or maybe through their Gmail or Samsung accounts, again passwords needed.
I think if they wanted you in the phone they would have unlocked it...
blackhawk said:
A data recovery $pecialist might be able to, ask the police for assistance.
Find the password for the lockscreen, or maybe through their Gmail or Samsung accounts, again passwords needed.
I think if they wanted you in the phone they would have unlocked it...
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This is not a helpful answer.
The police in this country does not help in such matters if it is assumed that no outside influence was involved.
A data recovery specialist also only executes toolkits or exploits. I am also able to do this if someone gives me a hint which toolkits or exploits would come into question for this model. I work as a sysadmin myself and therefore I am not completely untalented technically. I just lack information about which approach would be the best.
This is a community of people who like to hack their phones, not hack into other people's phones... which is considered unethical.
Are you serious?
You really think it's unethical when a 21 year old boy takes his own life overnight and the family just wants to know why their son did it? Sure, the boy was of age at 21 and can do with his life what he wants. Nevertheless, any clear-thinking person can understand that the family wants to know why the son did that.
I have no bad intentions and I am only trying to help the family. This is not about hacking a stolen cell phone. Then I would just do a factory reset and use the phone normally and not write this post here.
Yes, well... be that as it may.
With a screen lock in place you can't simply factory reset as you still be locked out.
I believe my original response was valid. It's not an easy nut to crack... by design.
Hello, i own a phone repair shop and i'm a relation with a person specialized in unlocking phones. He said me that he can bypass the lock screen and keep data on all samsung phones and he can do it remotly. Being in this business i don't trust him a lot about keeping data. One of my customer's son is dead and his family want to access his phone, they gave me his phone and they are agree to loose data if things dont go good so i'm gonna try with this guy and if you want i will give you a feedback.
Hi sorry to hear that this terrible situation happened around you.
I am in a similar situation. My cousin died suddenly and his sister asked be to recover pictures and videos because he filmed himself before try to end his life and she would like to find if there is any video that could help us understand better.
I'm trying to find ways to do that and so far I haven't but I wanted to share some information in case it could be helpful to someone.
I tried the iMobie Data Extractor. It is supposed to help recover data from "broken phone". I guess it's the closest thing I found that didn't look scammy and could work. After about a month of back and forth with their support person, I managed to replaced the OS using Odin (because the official software left my phone in a non-bootable state) replacing all partitions except User Data. Unfortunately, that didn't remove the lock (PIN). I'm not surprised since I didn't wipe the User Data.
From a security perspective, it is good that it is hard (impossible) to access data of a locked phone, but from a family emotional perspective, it is hard to have to tell my family that I failed.
I wish you good luck and please post here if you find a way.
be safe
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Hello, i own a phone repair shop and i'm a relation with a person specialized in unlocking phones. He said me that he can bypass the lock screen and keep data on all samsung phones and he can do it remotly. Being in this business i don't trust him a lot about keeping data. One of my customer's son is dead and his family want to access his phone, they gave me his phone and they are agree to loose data if things dont go good so i'm gonna try with this guy and if you want i will give you a feedback.
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I don't have easy-to-hear information for you. But I offer these words as a way to think about this situation.
I believe Samsung intentionally builds phones which are extremely hard to break into. This is a conscious design decision they make. Why? Because so many users do things like credit card payments, banking, and social media, where, if you lost your phone and a bad person found it, an easy-to-break-into device would have potentially catastrophic results. Aside from the harm to a user who lost a phone, Samsung themselves would be subjected to great reputational damage, too. It's bad press when it's easy to break into and steal something.
Also, you may not be able to break into the device, even with the help of a commercial vendor. Exploits in Android, when found, are patched regularly. A very smart person might have had a way to crack into a phone last week, last month, or last year. But again, Samsung intends to continually patch the software to keep it secure. They make a point to telling people that Samsung phones are patched for several years, so users will feel confident their data will be secure.
One suspects certain governments have police or security organizations who likely could break in, but they are unlikely to help in a personal situation, as you described.
Although this doesn't seem to apply to you, it's worth saying that Samsung phones are also backed up (by default) to their "cloud." It's possible that a lawyer might be able, with proper documentation of the owner's death, to get access to Samsung's (or Google's) cloud backup(s). I don't think it's easy though. Google, at least in the USA, allows the owner of an account to specify how Google should handle their data if they stop accessing their accounts. (I think Google treats an idle account as "dead" and for reasons like this, if you no longer want to use a vendor like Samsung or Google, you should proactively delete your account, not merely let it go idle.)
Anyone reading this post, might want to consider having what can be an uncomfortable conversation with your friends and family: "How would you like your friends and family handle your electronic, financial, and social accounts in the event of your death?"
Please, forgive me if any of this sounds insensitive. My father worked in insurance and as part of his job he knew all to well that all people eventually die. And how hard it is for those left behind to pick up the pieces, especially when secrets are involved. My family knows where to find my keys.
Recently had this phone given to me by a friend. Unfortunately, it was her kid's, and her kid cannot remember the pin, or what, if any protection she had on it, i.e. Samsung or Google, though, if any, I would suspect Google would be the one. Unfortunately, the friend is also locked out of her Amazon account right now (even Amazon's massive money still doesn't eliminate mistakes in their system), so getting details direct from Samsung that could help me out, if I had access to the receipt (I'm assuming, here, but reasonably, I think) is, for now, out, which very much sucks, because I'm presently using a dated LG, cannot afford anything at all (hence the donation of the phone), and Samsung is what I know, and am familliar with, and, in my opinion, with cause, as, from my (admittedly limited) experience, they are the most feature rich, and most customizable. What I am wondering is if there is a way to get around this issue with the limited access I have. I know there must be more than one way - it's been awhile (like s5 Neo awhile), but I've installed ROMS and "broken into" phones, before (no, not stolen!) - but I've used the internet in a far more limited way, for the last few years, now, and, since my elder days of tireless research and such, Google has changed dramatically, making it hard to find out anything, anymore, without sifting an ocean of clutter, and I don't know my way around, like I used to; internet and phone technology have both changed very fast, the past few years, and so, here I am. Any info needed, I will do my best to find out. Thanks in advance to anyone who can help!
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...-it-and-i-dont-remember-my-password-s.4542379