After the Feb update phone was working fine than suddenly it restart and stay on the G logo and nothing further happen after waiting for 2 hours I reboot to recovery and perform a factory reset there. Than the phone booted up with blank imei. Imei is not showing not in about phone not in dialer.
Help me to fix.
Have you attempted to install a factory image using the Android Flash Tool on Google's Pixel pages or else downloaded a factory image and used ADB to install it?
Try those and see if that resolves your issue.
Regarding the IMEI, if the factory images don't fix that issue, you'll have to send the device to Google.
Indeed you need to try flash the factory image that you were on to start with before it broke.
Yes now it did the factory image flashing unlock the bootloader and flash through online, everything is fine but the IMEI still not there.
Now I have a option for root and is there any thing that help me get fixing the IMEI edit it or update it or restore it
Gohar___Nadeem said:
Yes now it did the factory image flashing unlock the bootloader and flash through online, everything is fine but the IMEI still not there.
Now I have a option for root and is there any thing that help me get fixing the IMEI edit it or update it or restore it
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Send it to Google. We cannot discuss methods of resolving IMEI issues here as the techniques for restoring the IMEI could also be used to change it, something illegal according to the laws of most countries. Especially the USA, where XDA servers are located.
How to backup imei for future ?
Bartx96 said:
How to backup imei for future ?
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Under normal circumstances there should be no need to back up the IMEI. The OP's issue is NOT common, which is why he needs to get a hold of Google.
Obviously I don't know what happened to your phone but I had the good ol axon 7 and one day after sitting in storage for months I turned it on and it would do everything except receive texts and I looked closer and saw it said imei null. I remember doing a reset before knowing it had a weak battery issue and I'm sure it didn't reset before the battery died and so I'm thinking at least in my case the issues are related. Do you think you had anything like that happen?
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Obviously I don't know what happened to your phone but I had the good ol axon 7 and one day after sitting in storage for months I turned it on and it would do everything except receive texts and I looked closer and saw it said imei null. I remember doing a reset before knowing it had a weak battery issue and I'm sure it didn't reset before the battery died and so I'm thinking at least in my case the issues are related. Do you think you had anything like that happen?
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No brother my battery was at good level above 60% but all of sudden it restarted and went into bootloop i was just scrolling the instagram.
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
Send it to Google. We cannot discuss methods of resolving IMEI issues here as the techniques for restoring the IMEI could also be used to change it, something illegal according to the laws of most countries. Especially the USA, where XDA servers are located.
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I am asking for help to repair my devices everyone know the law and regulation internet is full of stuff that depend on you how you use it.
Maybe IMEI info is also stored on a partition on the currently inactive slot. Try taking the March update, it will switch slots and hopefully IMEI reappears.
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I am asking for help to repair my devices everyone know the law and regulation internet is full of stuff that depend on you how you use it.
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The law makes no allowances for intent as that is for a judge to decide. Regardless, you got your answer: send it to Google! I'm sorry if that wasn't the answer you wanted, however that is the answer you are going to get from me. In fact, I will spell it out for you.
I will not help you as to do so could potentially get this site into trouble as well as cause possible legal issues for me. Not to mention the fact I cannot verify you actually own the device.
ALL problems of this sort should be directed to your product manufacturer. Contact them, provide them with the information they ask for, and see if they can help you. They are the only ones who will assist you in these matters. I cannot and will not give you any assistance with these problems.
Is that clear?
OK thanks for the long comments
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Hello everybody! I am starting this thread since I have not seen anything like my case. It is very weird or I am just missing something from instructions and guides or even ideas from articles I read from other sites and even in this forum. Who knows there might be other guys out there who messed things out with their SGA. So let me explain in detail the circumstances of my beloved SGA.
I have an SGA which came from the UK and brought here in the Philippines. It was locked in T-Mobile and to unlock it I used Z4Root and Galaxy Ace Unlock softwares. I did the unlocking procedure after updating it to 2.3 via KIES. Everything is OK.
The problem started when I installed adobe flash player 10.3 apk. Since it did not work I uninstalled Adobe Flash Player. After that I wanted to listen to music and I discovered that it has no more sound. My MP3s are OK when I play them via my computer.
I discovered later on that the phone feature is no longer getting any signal from my network. I did a hardreset hoping that it could do a recovery. It goes with the process of recovery but would not totally turn off the device. It just gave me a lighted screen.
I removed the battery, simcard and SD card and did a recovery mode but I still encountered the same problem.
Because I want to save my SGA I tried many means but this is the common thing that I did:
1. used ODIN 4.42 to use another firmware
2. tried many firmwares from sammobile.com (UK, ASIA and RUSSIA)
3. used CWM for recovery
4. If I use the stock firmware (BOKA3) it turns on but it stops at the SGA logo.
Common results:
1. with the correct OPS file (cooper v1.0.ops) I can change the firmware.
2. PDA is working but phone features are disabled.
3. It has no audio, volume is up to the maximum. FM radio can detect signals but no sound coming our from speaker or headset.
4. when in standby mode, SGA turns off automatically
5. when turning it off, it warns me that SGA is turning off completely, click on OK but after that it reboots again.
After every new firmware I do a hardreset and clear cache.
Current state of SGA:
1. Rooted using GalaxyAce Rooting package.zip
2. Firmware is GingerReal
3. CWM 4.0.0.0.9 is installed
4. No phone features: simcard is inserted but I only get circle with a slash at the middle on phone signal. Mobile Networks in disabled in the Settings.
5. No sound
6. Turning it off completely is impossible. I am just removing the battery to really turn it off.
SGA Particulars:
Status
Battery Status: Charging
My Phone Number: Unknown
Network: Unknown
Signal Strength: 0 dBm 0asu
Mobile Network Type: unknown
Service State: Out of service
Roaming: Not Roaming
Mobile network state: disconnected
IMEI: Unknown
IMEI SV: unknown
WI-FI MAC Address: unavailable
Bluetooth address: unavailable
Android Version: 2.3.6
Baseband version: unknown
Kernel version: [email protected] #5
Build number: GingerReal-2.0.0-XWKT7
Any comment or suggestion on these circumstances from this community would be very much appreciated. Thank you very much!
have you try dial *#*#4636#*#*?
can you see the phone information?
IMEI is disappeared... pretty weird...
Only fixable at service centre
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Yes...Seems like the only thing you can do is to take it to service centre..This does seem really weird..
dianpadi said:
have you try dial *#*#4636#*#*?
can you see the phone information?
IMEI is disappeared... pretty weird...
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I did as you suggest but IMEI is UNKNOWN.
robinandroid said:
Only fixable at service centre
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I am delaying the service center option because I am still hoping that this thing gets fixed using this forum because I know there are guys here who are very smart. In a way, raising this weird circumstances in this forum is also a way to let developers know that these things are happening.
Thanks for your suggestion anyway.
Run Ping Test
After dialing *#*#4636#*#* I also clicked on Run Ping Test and noticed that it is RADIO OFF. Under SET PREFERRED NETWORK TYPE I can click on drop down arrow but I cannot change it. It is remains in the UNKNOWN type. If I press on TURN ON RADIO nothing happens.
We have no way of fixing the EFS partition
Herpderp Adreno + Tegra.
I think you need to restore your IEMI number. Without this your phone will not be recognised by the network. If you have your IEMI number it will make your life a lot easier. Google is your best friend for this if it is the problem, which I think it is. I don't know about your country but here in the UK it is illegal to mess with your IEMI and can, in some circumstances land you in huge trouble. There are guides out there for IEMI rewriting. Good luck.
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Thanks for your replies. I did not know that there are guides for IMEI rewriting. Google is surely my helper with this. I am going to start now looking for those guides. I hope they will not be very confusing since I am not really an expert in codes, etc.
To date, no known way to restore IMEI at home for SGA.
neil122373 said:
I am delaying the service center option because I am still hoping that this thing gets fixed using this forum because I know there are guys here who are very smart. In a way, raising this weird circumstances in this forum is also a way to let developers know that these things are happening.
Thanks for your suggestion anyway.
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Lovetz, EmoBoiix3, robinandroid (spacecaker), the senior member (one of the smart people) already give up....
Lovetz said:
To date, no known way to restore IMEI at home for SGA.
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Well that sucks.
Sent from a phone with an app.
dianpadi said:
Lovetz, EmoBoiix3, robinandroid (spacecaker), the senior member (one of the smart people) already give up....
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I guess this issue is really hard to solve. I have read in other threads in this forum that some edited their EFS folder, which I am afraid to do because I do not have the know-how to do it. Some claimed that it worked for them. Some claimed that it did not work. There are plenty of offered solutions but I am still waiting for a "very known" solution that people would claim that it really is the solution to the problem. This is another challenge to our developers.
have you seen this one: forum.samdroid.net/f28/repair-imei-i5700-5570/ and the last post from yesterday - the author claims he would be able to restore all samsung android based devices. no idea how much he would charge you, as it's paid service (was 5 euro for galaxy i5700)
btw. does CWM Recovery do /efs backup or not?
To the service center
Just a heads up, guys. I went to Samsung Service Center to let my phone with unknown IMEI and baseband be checked. The guy told me that the board needs to be changed. Now, I have to pay for the part and labor. It is about $150. Ouch!
Lesson learned: Never do anything in your gadgets if you are not sure or else you have to pay!
I was with 3 and I legitimately unlocked my phone to move over to vodaphone.
The it wouldn't work. Wouldn't recognise the sim.
I sent it back to Vodaphone and they wouldn't touch it because there was a crack in the screen.
I got it home and did a bit of a google search and figured out it had something to do with the EFS file.
I rooted the phone and figured out that its completely empty.
I've tried a 1000's things. Looked at 1000's threads and I'm at a loss.
Is there ANY way to fix this at all?
I'm completely at a loss now.
Can I create a new nv_data.bin file and anything else that needs to be in the efs folder?
Happened to me before.
Well of course the way out will be send to service centre.
However, try a full flash to stock rom.
If it doesn't, try factory reset the phone, flash stock rom.
Since you have no backup, pretty tough here.
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Maybe try GS_II Repair from the Market. No idea if/how it works (It's touted on here/on Market as your last best chance before sending it back to Samsung) as I've never used it & always backup my EFS.
If worst comes to worse, pm Odia, and apparently will repair it (edit: remotely) with a "donation". Instal app "team viewer" first;
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.teamviewer.teamviewer.market.mobile
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103357
Apparently been quite successful, nearly but not 100%
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nicregi said:
Happened to me before.
Well of course the way out will be send to service centre.
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Is that how yours was fixed? I've already done that. They won't fix it.
MistahBungle said:
Maybe try from the Market. No idea if/how it works (It's touted on here/on Market as your last best chance before sending it back to Samsung) as I've never used it & always backup my EFS.
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Yep tried that. Didn't work.
So follow Up In The Air's suggestion & get in touch with Odia & see if he can help, or send it back to Samsung. I'm betting Odia will be cheaper if he can indeed fix it.
Please Help!
Did your issue got resolved?
I am facing the same problem now. Although i didn't root my s2. Been using it stock since i bought it. Only today i got this no network error (baseband and imei unknown) when i was changing between some sim cards.. Anyone any ideas?? My warranty is still applicable since its just been 5 months. So will samsung cover it under their warranty?
I read in a thread that a user got their imei back by switching off, removing sim, switching back on.
Then they were able to backup efs with correct imei.
Then they switched off, put sim back in, switched on. Can't remember if it was a sim issue but you could try that.
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aceofclubs said:
I read in a thread that a user got their imei back by switching off, removing sim, switching back on.
Then they were able to backup efs with correct imei.
Then they switched off, put sim back in, switched on. Can't remember if it was a sim issue but you could try that.
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Tried that like a dozen times already.. Heres some more details regarding my problem:
1. My S2 wont detect any sim card (tried like 3-4 sims)
2. When i checked under settings>about i found imei and baseband version are missing and has been changed to "unknown" (*#06# returns a blank number)
3. Its just 5 months old and is in stock condition. (Not rooted and still running 2.3.3)
4. Cant turn off the flight mode (constantly shows in the upper right corner)
5. Cant connect my phone to kies (version 2.0.2.11071_128) on pc either
What do i do now guys? I dont have a proper service centre in my town. I was wondering if i can fix it on my own without making my warranty void..
Try GS_II Repair from Market, and failing that, contact Odia on here who might be able to recover your IMEI for a small 'donation'. Or you could send the phone in for warranty repair given you haven't been messing around with it like most of us here
You'd probably want to use the third option (send it in for warranty service). If you try and fix it yourself & stuff it up, you'll void your warranty & then you'll end up paying to have it fixed.
kreygor said:
Tried that like a dozen times already.. Heres some more details regarding my problem:
1. My S2 wont detect any sim card (tried like 3-4 sims)
2. When i checked under settings>about i found imei and baseband version are missing and has been changed to "unknown" (*#06# returns a blank number)
3. Its just 5 months old and is in stock condition. (Not rooted and still running 2.3.3)
4. Cant turn off the flight mode (constantly shows in the upper right corner)
5. Cant connect my phone to kies (version 2.0.2.11071_128) on pc either
What do i do now guys? I dont have a proper service centre in my town. I was wondering if i can fix it on my own without making my warranty void..
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Any fix will probably void warranty .Try factory reset first.
jje
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MistahBungle said:
Try GS_II Repair from Market, and failing that, contact Odia on here who might be able to recover your IMEI for a small 'donation'. Or you could send the phone in for warranty repair given you haven't been messing around with it like most of us here
You'd probably want to use the third option (send it in for warranty service). If you try and fix it yourself & stuff it up, you'll void your warranty & then you'll end up paying to have it fixed.
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Thanks dude. Duly noted your point. Here are some more inputs from me:
1. So i tried GS_II repair from market but it requires for the phone to be rooted which mine isn't.
2. And first thing i tried after i faced this problem was doing a factory reset. Have done it over a dozen times by now and it does not solve it.
3. I faced this problem when i was changing between some sims cards within a couple of minutes. (Hope this doesn't void my warranty since i wasn't actually messing with it!)
4. As i mentioned in my earlier post, my town doesn't actually have a proper authorised service centre. So sending it for service would mean missing my baby S2 for over a month or two (which i find hard since i am so used to it by now)!
So my question is, can i flash an official stock firmware which matches with mine (i found one already here on xda, thanks you guys!) without having to root my phone or making my warranty void, and more importantly, will it solve my problem?
No reflashing a rom won't help, your best bet is to send it off to Samsung before you do anything that might void your warranty.
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^ Precisely. As long as you have warranty you should use that to your advantage and keep from doing rash decisions that void your warranty. Good luck!
Seriously dude, don't try and fix it yourself. Regardless of how long you'll be without it, at least you'll get it back working and it won't cost you anything other than postage (I presume ?).
If you stuff up whatever you try to do to fix it, you might brick it, which means you'll be without your phone while Samsung fixes it anyway, only you'll be paying for it to be fixed. And given you've already spent however much you paid for the phone, do you really want to spend another couple of hundred bucks to have it repaired when you can get it fixed for nothing ?
As the very wise two posters above me have said, just don't risk it.
Thanks guys.. i have decided to send it for warranty repair then. I will make the visit tomorrow. Will be missing it lots! One hell of a great phone, it was like my mini computer
If i ever knew changing sim cards would screw it up so bad, i would never have done it!
Hopefully will post here later with the good news..
Gave my cell to the service center guys, told me to return later today so that they can examine it. Last i saw it they were fiddeling with it by some IMEI writer on a pc. Hope i get it back up and running soon.
While i was briefing them about my missing IMEI no. they told me that the reason behind it could be me using screen-lock-pattern on my phone. Is it true? Any one experienced it before?
Cool. Hopefully they sort it for you soon
That's interesting. I use a pattern lock mostly & have never seen a relationship between it and the IMEI going missing. What I have noticed tho (and I've seen other people report on here) is the IMEI/baseband go missing occasionally if you reboot the phone whilst connected to a charger.
This rights itself if you do a reboot (occasionally two) with the phone off charger. The first time it happened it scared the crap out of me I had an EFS backup so it would have been recoverable, but it happened out of the blue & I had no idea what caused it. I re-flashed my modem as a first step as the baseband was missing, and that seemed to fix it tho I suspect simply rebooting did the job.
kreygor said:
Gave my cell to the service center guys, told me to return later today so that they can examine it. Last i saw it they were fiddeling with it by some IMEI writer on a pc. Hope i get it back up and running soon.
While i was briefing them about my missing IMEI no. they told me that the reason behind it could be me using screen-lock-pattern on my phone. Is it true? Any one experienced it before?
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The screen unlock codes are stored in the efs, both patern and pin so maybe that's correct, but efs and thus imei corruption seem to be random, I got it once updating my rom, I keep about 5 backups so I was ok, scary thought.
If you are going to root, first thing you should do after rooting is make an efs backup, hellcats ktool from the market is a good choice, easy and works well.
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A friend of mind took his rooted S2 to Thailand recently and although he claims it didn't get water damage, the humidity or something caused it to shut down. He sent it back to Samsung who told him it was water damaged and they could not turn it on - there was nothing they could do.
He has since bought an S3 and given me his rooted bricked phone.
Samsung clearly didn't try very hard as I took it apart and dried and cleaned all the parts and it is now turning on an working almost perfectly.
All his stuff is still on the phone and everything is fine (wireless connection etc) except there is no IMEI number and the phone won't recognise a simcard. There is nothing in the EFS file.
I spent 3 hours last night researching on this site to see if I could rectify this and tried all the suggestions, but as he made no backup of the EFS, I didn't get very far.
Does this mean that the phone can never be used again? Can anyone suggest a way forward?
It is out of warranty but does anyone know if Samsung have ever fixed this problem for a customer? Surely they just need to put the IMEI back onto the phone, but I wonder if they would do this - they certainly should do, but I guess they will charge.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. I would love to get this phone back up and running.
I'm afraid there is nothing you can do my friend. You should ask samsung service center about it. It's your only hope.
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Contact a member on here called Odia. He might be able to recover your EFS for you, and the small donation he asks for will probably end up being cheaper than Samsung fixing it for you. They're the only two options you've got.
Thanks, I have contacted Odia and hopefully he might have a little time to help me out for which I shall cross his palm with silver.
No probs. Good luck ;-)
tomhirvin said:
Thanks, I have contacted Odia and hopefully he might have a little time to help me out for which I shall cross his palm with silver.
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tomhirvin said:
Thanks, I have contacted Odia and hopefully he might have a little time to help me out for which I shall cross his palm with silver.
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I also have the same problem.Desappeared imei, after a reboot, and for a few minutes, and disappeared.
I did not touch anything about the software because I just bought the S2.
I use a translator, if you solved a similar problem with Odia please let me know, and give me instructions
The service is under warranty, but are not able to fix yet. ~20 day
Thanks in advance.
help have the same problem.
help have the same problem, if Odia can contact me thankz!
No, Odia won't contact you. You have to PM him. And I'm not even sure if he still does this this kind of thing. If you do PM him, wait patiently for a reply, don't harass him because you think getting the phone fixed is urgent.
the same but with efs
Hi. I posted a very similar question no long ago. The phone got neither imei nor sim signal after got wet. The only difference is that my phone contains an efs.tar.gz file and an efs.img file. The tar one got inside everything about imei, nav_data.bin, etc but I haven't been able to restore efs folder and thus imei number with any of the methods posted in this forum. Anyone can help me telling me what to do with this efs.tar to get imei again?
lespou said:
Hi. I posted a very similar question no long ago. The phone got neither imei nor sim signal after got wet. The only difference is that my phone contains an efs.tar.gz file and an efs.img file. The tar one got inside everything about imei, nav_data.bin, etc but I haven't been able to restore efs folder and thus imei number with any of the methods posted in this forum. Anyone can help me telling me what to do with this efs.tar to get imei again?
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In the Google Play Store, there is an app called kTool, with that app you can restore your EFS backup.
You need to have root access, though.
So I flashed my S II to jelly bean 4.1, after installing the ROM it gave me a error saying "USB storage is damaged would you like to format it" I didnt think before clicking, so I pressed "OK". After clicking ok, my phone froze, I then restarted my phone and ofcourse it didn't boot. I then installed a stock 4.0.3 ROM. After that processes I botted my phone and then i checked my imei number, it said "00499901064****". This is clearly wrong. So I was wondering, is there any way to change the imei number? I know this is illegal. I almost have no choice but to do that. I tried the following:
SGII_Repair
Android Terminal Emulator
Any tips?
Questions belong to Q&A!
Well, you should have done a backup of efs before flashing. No, everyone should do a efs backup the first time you touches your device. Now only taking to customer service can repair it.
henrikmeister said:
So I flashed my S II to jelly bean 4.1, after installing the ROM it gave me a error saying "USB storage is damaged would you like to format it" I didnt think before clicking, so I pressed "OK". After clicking ok, my phone froze, I then restarted my phone and ofcourse it didn't boot. I then installed a stock 4.0.3 ROM. After that processes I botted my phone and then i checked my imei number, it said "004999010640000". This is clearly wrong. So I was wondering, is there any way to change the imei number? I know this is illegal. I almost have no choice but to do that. I tried the following:
SGII_Repair
Android Terminal Emulator
Any tips?
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Try GSII repair from play store or contact odia.He can help you in getting back your imei.
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Ankit Tulsian said:
Try GSII repair from play store or contact odia.He can help you in getting back your imei.
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I tried GSII repair, didn't fix the problem. At first I didn't have ANY IMEI number at all. But after running the app I got a fake IMEI number. Which gave me signal on my phone, but no internet connection or sending/receiving call and message...
In that case you have two options. One, repair by Samsung/authorised repairer at your cost, obviously. This is the most expensive option. Two, contact a member on here called Odia by PM (and be patient when you do/wait for his reply. If you hound him, he'll probably ignore you), he can sometimes recover EFS/IMEI details for a small 'donation'. Trust me, if he can fix this for you it will end up being much cheaper than having Samsung fix it.
You don't have any other options given you don't have an EFS backup, and please don't mention changing your IMEI again, as you've already said this is illegal & mods will close this thread fairly quickly if you do mention it again.
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In that case you have two options. One, repair by Samsung/authorised repairer at your cost, obviously. This is the most expensive option. Two, contact a member on here called Odia by PM (and be patient when you do/wait for his reply. If you hound him, he'll probably ignore you), he can sometimes recover EFS/IMEI details for a small 'donation'. Trust me, if he can fix this for you it will end up being much cheaper than having Samsung fix it.
You don't have any other options given you don't have an EFS backup, and please don't mention changing your IMEI again, as you've already said this is illegal & mods will close this thread fairly quickly if you do mention it again.
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Yes, I've heard that he fixes IMEI, but I can't trust this user. I know exactly what he uses to fix the IMEI. It also depends how much it costs to repair the phone from samsung service. Either I get a decent price, or I will buy a new phone. But the phone is still on warranty though, will it cover the phone with a different IMEI?
henrikmeister said:
Yes, I've heard that he fixes IMEI, but I can't trust this user. I know exactly what he uses to fix the IMEI. It also depends how much it costs to repair the phone from samsung service. Either I get a decent price, or I will buy a new phone. But the phone is still on warranty though, will it cover the phone with a different IMEI?
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why do u want to create two thread's in no time for the same issue
ps- u should have edited the OP of the earlier thread with the same detail
Put it this way, the chances of EFS/IMEI getting borked by an 'ordinary' user (who hasn't messed with the phone/rooted/flashed custom roms) is maybe 1 in 100,000 (probably more), so if they're smart, they're going to know you've been messing with it. So there's a fair chance they won't fix it under warranty I would have thought.
You're going to have to go back to stock firmware if you haven't already, reset the flash counter with Triangle Away or a jig (depending on what bootloader you're running) & send it in & see what they say. You might get lucky & they might not care or notice you messed with it.
Nobody here can tell you for certain/give you any guarantees about this tho, anyone who does tell you they'll definitely 100% fix it under warranty is lying to you.
henrikmeister said:
Yes, I've heard that he fixes IMEI, but I can't trust this user. I know exactly what he uses to fix the IMEI. It also depends how much it costs to repair the phone from samsung service. Either I get a decent price, or I will buy a new phone. But the phone is still on warranty though, will it cover the phone with a different IMEI?
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Sun90 said:
why do u want to create two thread's in no time for the same issue
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No, thies thread is about my serial number... But I mentioned my IMEI number too...
Sun is right, no need to create two threads. Doesn't matter they're about (slightly) different things (yet related). We have enough junk threads in here as it is.
henrikmeister said:
No, thies thread is about my serial number... But I mentioned my IMEI number too...
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he dude r u dumb r what whther its IMEI r S/N please do it in the same thread by editing the title of the thread as well as OP.
and please read the XDA rules for posting before u do the same
Sun90 said:
he dude r u dumb r what whther its IMEI r S/N please do it in the same thread by editing the title of the thread as well as OP.
and please read the XDA rules for posting before u do the same
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Well, I can least write better than you. And by the way, S/N and IMEI is not the same thing. Without the S/N the warranty will not cover the phone. Thats why I made this thread...
Hi all.
I have a huge problem with my S2. When I type on my keyboard *#06# i get IMEI null/null. Ive tried everything mentioned here and nothing works. I don't know if i made a backup or not. Some app made a backup and i tried to restore and it didnt work. I rooted the phone and tried several custom roms and it doesnt work.
What can I do?
Regards, Brix
brixie11 said:
Hi all.
I have a huge problem with my S2. When I type on my keyboard *#06# i get IMEI null/null. Ive tried everything mentioned here and nothing works. I don't know if i made a backup or not. Some app made a backup and i tried to restore and it didnt work. I rooted the phone and tried several custom roms and it doesnt work.
What can I do?
Regards, Brix
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Edit: I've tried to install original stock rom without success
Any good local mobile repair shop should be able to fix this (re-write the IMEI to the device) for you fairly cheaply (for example, I can get it done for around AUD$30). A Samsung service centre can also do it, but will charge you a lot more.
If you've tried to restore a backup & failed for whatever reason, and flashing stock roms didn't work (it can if it was a temporary thing, which it is sometimes), you really don't have any other option apart from buying the equipment repair shops/Samsung use to do the repair mentioned above. Which is obviously more expensive than paying someone who already has the equipment to do it, you need to learn how to use the equipment without turning your phone into a paperweight permanently (or at least unfixable without a motherboard change), and you'll probably never use it again.
Best option is the first one (local mobile repair shop/non Samsung service centre) if you want it fixed easily, quickly, and guaranteed (assuming there's nothing hardware-wise wrong with the phone).
Hi Mistah.
Thanks for the advice. I will take my phone to thr repair shop. I think that too that its not SW fixable.
Regards, Brix
I doubt it is fixable by you, I mean, you can try the stuff in some of the threads on here (various 'guides' around the place), but given what you've already tried/said, they're unlikely to work. And you could spend days trying stuff for no result, be without a working phone for that time, and still end up having to get it repaired. And given how cheap (relatively speaking) it is normally, my choice every time is to get it done sooner rather than later, for those reasons.