my IMEI is strange.
the number is 004999010640000.
what a strange number. it is different from the number at the back of the battery.
IMEI became strange since i unlocked it by following a post regarding how to unlock but i don't have that link though. however, i think i deleted all bunch of nv_data.bin and other files in elf folder from the device so eventually it had been unlocked.
i have backup the files before i deleted but i lost that backup though lol..
but i have nv_data.bak file before i unlocked the phone. would this file help my phone to reture the original IMEI??
help me.. i want to upgrade to official froyo... in order to do that, my registration info has to match with my IMEI number from the phone...
Hi guys.
Here`s my problem.
My brother bought an international variant of the Galasy S3, i93000 a couple of days ago from an online auction website. To make the story short, after trying to figure out why the device isn`t connecting to ny carrier, I found that it had a generic IMEI. Go figure, got the same problem earlier this year with an SII.
The previous owner flashed it a few times, as it came with a variant of Jelly Bean, XXDLH8 I believe.
Flashed a stock open europe ICS (XXBLG8) and rooted it but still have the generic IMEI.
I found some threads online on how to rewrite your IMEI code back, since it is written on the back of the phone and on the box, but it only applies to the Verizon version of the S3. I need to access *#7284# and select something that isn`t there on my device. And using a piece of software called NV reader/writer, you edit your IMEI directyly on your phone. It has to be put in the correct form, but it is possible.
My question is, how can we edit our IMEI code on the international version of the SIII ? Don`t get me wrong, I don`t want to modify it all the time, just trying to get it back to how it was.
Sending back to waranty isn`t an option as the previous owner bought it from another country, and also he now refuses to answer my calls.
I`ll have to mention that the device isn`t stolen, it has the Samsung generic IMEI, which wouldn`t be a problem ig it wasn`t blocked by my carrier.
I know have a really expensive device that isn`t more than an iPod. My brither doesn`t even want to see it anymore.
It has to be a way we can restore our IMEI via nv_data.bin and a HEX editor.
You can not be sure that this phone wasn't stolen. Previous user could wipe or modify efs partition to not be tracked by IMEI. Or he just broke efs while flasing and sold the phone because he couldn't fix it.
The warranty is valid throughout the whole European Union, not only in country where the phone was purchased. But you did not write where the phone was purchased nor where you live.
You can serch your internal sd card, maybe there is a backup of efs folder. If not, you can try to use some tools to restore correct IMEI to nv_data.bin from .nv_data.bak (EFS Pro or similar).
You could also try this manual solution:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17587351
or this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9965113
i9.0.1.3k galaxy imperator
Hi there.
Yes, I can be sure that the phone isn`t stolen as it has all the necessary paperwork to prove it.
Regarding your suggested fixes, I`ve already tried the first one, restoring from the .bak files with no success.
Also I read the second one earlier and I can`r apply it as my nv_data.bin file doesn`t have even have the lines mentioned in the tutorial. It says that I have to edit line 0188008, but my files goes from 0188001 straight to 0188014.
I`ve found a tutorial over at http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f606/tutorial-galaxy-s3-backup-restore-imei-without-root-1513909/ (sorry for the external link if they aren`t permitted) but it applies to the Verizon version (I believe) with the Qualcomm cpu. When I dial *#7284# on my device I only have the 2 sections with 2 options each. UART where I can select Modem or PDA, and USB with the same two option. Because of this, the app NV reader/writer can`t access my device.
by a accident i deleted my EFS file etc. when i was flashing a custom firmware. Then my phone was working correctly except my GSM.
I searched all the internet and i couldn't find a way to take restore my efs. Than i went to a local telephone technical service in my town and he fixed my phone. But i didn't realise he didint use my original imei. I used the phone a several months then suddenly my phone's gsm didint work. So i controlled my imei and it was "004999010640000". And now i need to change my imei number to my original one. How can i do that? i tried "IMEI MAKER/MP0B_001 file method", "MtkDroidTools" and "MauiMETA 3G" and also some other programs. They worked but specially IMEI parts didnt work.
So i need your help. If its a illegal thing. Just PM me. I didint do anything illegal an i need my phone back.
hi my old friend sorry to hear that some technicians used "bluebox" for restore and attach imei. i dont know any idea :/
px7009 said:
by a accident i deleted my EFS file etc. when i was flashing a custom firmware. Then my phone was working correctly except my GSM.
I searched all the internet and i couldn't find a way to take restore my efs. Than i went to a local telephone technical service in my town and he fixed my phone. But i didn't realise he didint use my original imei. I used the phone a several months then suddenly my phone's gsm didint work. So i controlled my imei and it was "004999010640000". And now i need to change my imei number to my original one. How can i do that? i tried "IMEI MAKER/MP0B_001 file method", "MtkDroidTools" and "MauiMETA 3G" and also some other programs. They worked but specially IMEI parts didnt work.
So i need your help. If its a illegal thing. Just PM me. I didint do anything illegal an i need my phone back.
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IMEI is send over your carrier database, they check all IMEIs over network, your IMEI probably was banned because used IMEI number from someones lost or stolen phone
hi Guys,
First, I apologize for that I'm doing the hundredth post on this topic
and secondly, I apologized for my "google translator english" (unfortunately I can not so good English because I am from Germany)
to my problem
I had the "Cyanogenmod 11 nightly" ROM on my Samsung Galaxy S 3. By the time the system was slow and I have flashed the latest CyanogenMod Rome via Odin on my phone. After the reboot, I had no connection to the mobile network, my serial number consisted entirely of zeros and my IMEI was not like it is in the battery compartment.
I have now spent several days trying to find a solution but for all IMEI Restore tutorials have not brought with me. Unfortunately, I did not know much about even before the Android system per se and the EFS folder and have therefore no backup.
I tried the IMEI
restore the NV_data.bin + NV_data.bin.md5 methodResult: IMEI was still so wrong seem right that my IMEI is no longer located in the System
restore with the downgrade to a German MG6 Android versionResult: IMEI was still not rightrestore using tools like QPST + nv ReaderWriter or EFS ProfessionalResult: EFS Professional -> Qualcomm NV Tools (after efsprofesional the mobile phone has put into the correct USB mode) -> connect to my phone broke off as soon as I wanted to read or write
QPST + nv ReaderWriter -> gave me appear not correct port on my phone
all the drivers I have installed clean and tidy. After further investigation, I found out that I need a special UARTcable this (and maybe a Z3X Box or something similar?)
My question is
How can I get now establish a new nv_data.bin file that includes my right IMEI
or whether (if it is really expensive) someone is so net and created me such a file
my Hardware is Samung Galaxy s 3 (i9300) (unbranded) (may u need this too: i bought it in germany)
I only want my own IMEI and I do not think out a like or I like to personally via PN or so to sample photos (for example, a predetermined word from the person) and the battery compartment of the phone with the IMEI
for I illigalität knows that it is illegal but not his own restore its IMEI change, because you paid a lot of money for his mobile phone and the IMEI is jointly contain. Who's afraid these publicly to write here because this information could be misused can I enjoy writing via private message. I would be very happy
Now im trying again to solve my problem with this Tutorial -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT42ri37RBU
my preperations:
im installing now a fresh windows 7 on my Laptop
i flashed I9300XXUGNG3_I9300DBTGNG2_I9300XXUGNA8_HOME.tar.md5 (SGS3 Stock Firmware DBT with android 4.3) downloaded with the SamFirm tool from http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-s/general/tool-samfirm-samsung-firmware-t2988647
i rooted my phone with Odin3 and CF-Auto-Root-m0-m0xx-gti9300.tar.md5
i put the usb debugging on (settings > options > about device > [clicked 7 times on Buildnumber] that activates the developer menu and i put usb debugging on in settings > options > developer options > usb debugging)
i´ll post the results
dont work for me becouse "ONLY for US variants. It DOES work on Qualcomm CPU and DOESN'T work on Galaxy International Version with Exinos CPU!"
someone maybe got antoher way to fix it?
@sLeCks:
1. Flash last firmware with Odin (again), go to recovery immediatly and do factory reset.
2. If 1. doesn't help, try Ariza patch.
3. If 2. doesn't help, let it repair by Samsung-service (cheap).
Firmware Update dont restored IMEI (got still 0049 imei)#
Ariza patch wont help it just restore the baseband (like written in the Thread "wont help if u goot a 0049 imei)
maybe it works if someone got a i9300 (intl) (exynos NOT Qualcomm) and a z3x-box or another. i send him my right imei-number he backup his efs folder and create the right nv_data.bin file for me. then he send it to me via email or he put it on uploadet in ecample. i download it in put it on my phone and restore my imei.
maybe i think is a full efs.img backup file better xD. if this way work it would be the best i think.
Ißve called some mobile reperature stations an mony of then dont do an imei-restore. i got one and go now to him maybe he can help. but if someone got a box and a old sgs3 i would be sooooooo happy if he could help me.
The short history:
Playing with an "official" ROM I bricked my phone. I was able to recover it, everything works properly except the telephony, I can't make phone calls :crying:.
The full story:
The behaviour of my phone is different depending on which slot I put my SIM card.
If I put my SIM on the first slot, when the phone reboots it doesn't ask for the PIN and doesn't recognise the card. But if I switch to plane mode and I reboot the phone, the phone then asks for the PIN number. If I introduce an incorrect one, it recognises that it is incorrect ans ask for a new one (then it is reading the card to know that), but when I introduce the correct one, it does no connect whit my carrier (of course, before that I switch off the plane mode).
If I put my SIM on the second slot, it asks for the PIN number but similarly to the previous case, It doesn't connect with the carrier.
In both cases dialling *#06# on the phone, I can read the two IMEI and the MEID codes and they agree with the codes printed on the phone box.
Moreover, if I install an app (I tested with some of them) that reads the SIM card it can read the name of my carrier and all the contacts that are on my SIM.
Things that I tried:
0) I tried to use my SIM in another phone, and it works. I also tried to use another SIM in my phone, and I have the same problem.
1) I tried to install several ROM's:
- Jeff72ROM (v1.30 and v1.32) from: http://www.needrom.com/category/zte/serial-nubia/z11-mini/
- stock ROM from http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=776504&st=0#entry52586301
- And experimental port of CM14 (I can't remember where I found it)
- CUOCO92 from http://blog.grossoshop.net/nubia-z11-mini-rom-gs-by-cuoco92/
- An "official" ROM: NX529J_Z69_EN_NSXPK1JD00K132 from http://www.nubia.com/es/support.php?a=phone&pid=8 (this is the ROM that bricked my phone, I modified it in order to avoid the problem).
To install all these ROM I used TWPR from http://www.androidbrick.com/download/z11-mini-nx529j-twrp-root/
When I dial *#*#4636#*#* on the phone it says that the type of preferred net is WCDMA. It seems to me that these nets are not in use in Europe (I live in Spain). Itried to change that, but I couldn't. Then I applied the patch http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2394689 but it doesn't work. I also tried to modify the properties in "build.prop" without success. Now I think this is not the problem since all the ROM's have similar properties, in special CUOCO92 that is reported to work in Italy.
What I think it happened:
When I tried to flash the "official" ROM it failed because it tried to write too many files in the "system" partition (I hadn't this problem with any other ROM). Then I realised that my phone was bought in China and this ROM was for the international version, perhaps the international version has a different partition scheme).
What I did is to remove some very easy to install apps (i.e. google maps) in the ROM in order that the remaining apps fit in the partition, but then I made the mistake to activate the option in TWPR of making "rm -rf" instead of a "format". It seems to me that with this option the rm command followed some link to another partition and removed some files that shouldn't be removed, and those files are not in any ROM.
Does anybody think that this makes sense?
What can I do?
nice, super description. i am stuck with my nubia z11 mini, brought from china. installed 1.23, recently updated new 1.36 but there is no google play, other all working perfectly.
Hi,
I have the same problem. Did you find a solution?
Thanks in advance, F.
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@jbartolo
I have the NX529J and the option wasn't changed, it was still format. I don't think the problem is related to the partition.
@jbartolo
Any news about your z11?
Did you manage to fix it?
I have the same problem.
efrai3 said:
@jbartolo
Any news about your z11?
Did you manage to fix it?
I have the same problem.
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No solution :crying:
I had access to another z11 mini and a played copying partitions from this phone to my phone without success.
@jbartolo
Since you can have access to another z11 mini please check these guides
http://www.androidbrick.com/unbrick...-have-the-right-kind-of-rom-qhsusb_dload_edl/
http://www.androidbrick.com/ultimat...agon-xiaomi-mi5-imei-and-baseband-repair-fix/
http://www.androidbrick.com/ultimate-guide-qualcomm-snapdragon-imei-baseband-repair-fix-part-2/
Also you will see more guides in the mentioned site and maybe you can fix your phone. Unfortunately i dont have access to another z11 mini to try. Wish you good luck.
@jbartolo
I did some progress with my phone.
I flash it with the chinese 1.23 rom(its the one in fastboot structure as i understand,a service rom) using Xiaomi's MiFlash tool.
Phone came up with null IMEI'S and MEID. Then i write missing IMEI'S & MEID ,with some tools from the site i mentioned you in my previous post.
So everything is in place now. IMEI'S & MEID.
Now when i dal *#06#* and *#*#4636#*#* i can see Imei's & Meid.
Also i can change the option from WCDMA preferred to other options and stick with them (*#*#4636#*#*) and i can see in phone settings and SIM menu all the options.
Both sim trays read my sim and ask for pin.
In SIM menu, i can search for avalaible carriers but the only problem now is that when i'm trying to connect to my sim carrier unfortunately phone can't register to my carrier.
I'm trying to figure out how to solve this issue.
You can try what i did and maybe you are more lucky than me and can fix your phone.
Hope to hear from you soon and maybe we can share some more ideas.
efrai3 said:
@jbartolo
I did some progress with my phone.
I flash it with the chinese 1.23 rom(its the one in fastboot structure as i understand,a service rom) using Xiaomi's MiFlash tool.
Phone came up with null IMEI'S and MEID. Then i write missing IMEI'S & MEID ,with some tools from the site i mentioned you in my previous post.
So everything is in place now. IMEI'S & MEID.
Now when i dal *#06#* and *#*#4636#*#* i can see Imei's & Meid.
Also i can change the option from WCDMA preferred to other options and stick with them (*#*#4636#*#*) and i can see in phone settings and SIM menu all the options.
Both sim trays read my sim and ask for pin.
In SIM menu, i can search for avalaible carriers but the only problem now is that when i'm trying to connect to my sim carrier unfortunately phone can't register to my carrier.
I'm trying to figure out how to solve this issue.
You can try what i did and maybe you are more lucky than me and can fix your phone.
Hope to hear from you soon and maybe we can share some more ideas.
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Take a look here https://forum.xda-developers.com/zte-z7/help/nubia-z7-nx506j-qcn-backup-t3566808. Might help you guys with the problem you are facing. Most important part is you need a working qcn backup from another device
tassos_chry said:
Take a look here https://forum.xda-developers.com/zte-z7/help/nubia-z7-nx506j-qcn-backup-t3566808. Might help you guys with the problem you are facing. Most important part is you need a working qcn backup from another device
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Yes i know that we need a backup of qnc from another working phone in order to modify it and apply our imei's and meid, but where to find one???
It's difficult to have one as you understand.
efrai3 said:
Yes i know that we need a backup of qnc from another working phone in order to modify it and apply our imei's and meid, but where to find one???
It's difficult to have one as you understand.
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You could contact the owner of www.androidbrick.com in case he has one. Or you can ask @jbartolo to provide a backup of his other device. Taking a qcn backup is a pretty simple procedure
@efrai3 Just contacted him again and he was happy to share with me a qcn backup for your device
You can contact him too and ask for one! He will be glad to help!
tassos_chry said:
You could contact the owner of www.androidbrick.com in case he has one. Or you can ask @jbartolo to provide a backup of his other device. Taking a qcn backup is a pretty simple procedure
@efrai3 Just contacted him again and he was happy to share with me a qcn backup for your device
Hit Thanks if i helped and let me know if it worked
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Thanks to my friend tassos_chry, my phone is fixed.
problem solved: Z11 mini working again
All,
the AndroidBrick method worked.
First I tried it with my own qcn backup but that didn'twork. I received a qcn (Chinese, 64 GB) from AndroidBrick and I followed the repair guide. My Nubia Z11 mini is working again.
The solution for our problem is that you need a qcn backup from a working phone because when you install the wrong rom (international version) the modemst-partions are corrupt.
I'll prepare a backup qcn from my phone (changed IMEI) and I can send it to you.
Send me a mail at [email protected].
Filip.
Z11 mini NX529J problem
First of all:
>i bought an used NX529J
>first sim slot doesn't work at all, second slot recognize sim card
^-i don't know if it's software or hardware related
>no connect to carrier
>cannot unlock sim card with PIN
What i tried:
>flashed XenonHD Rom
>*#06#* : only MEID, but it is the same number, as the first IMEI number
>*#*#4636#*#* : first IMEI number
>tried all sim settings, but no connect to carrier
Has some an idea?
Hello everybody,
i found the solution! Now both sim card slot's work and can connect to carrier!
My solution:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/zte-nubia-z11-mini-nx529j-restore-t3619771
The right qcn file
FilipVD said:
All,
the AndroidBrick method worked.
First I tried it with my own qcn backup but that didn'twork. I received a qcn (Chinese, 64 GB) from AndroidBrick and I followed the repair guide. My Nubia Z11 mini is working again.
The solution for our problem is that you need a qcn backup from a working phone because when you install the wrong rom (international version) the modemst-partions are corrupt.
I'll prepare a backup qcn from my phone (changed IMEI) and I can send it to you.
Send me a mail at [email protected].
Filip.
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Hello Filip,
Would you help me, please? I need the same chinese 64GB qcn file you got from AndroidBrick too!
I followed the same repair guide on AndroidBrick (using a vietnamite qcn file I just download) with no success because when I started restoring the qcn I received a message that My Phone is not compatible and after rebooting ...adviced me 2 times that the update did not success.
I will be happy to give my email address for your (or even other God) help.
Have a nice day and a good way