I have a samsung galaxy r[gt-i9103]...had rooted it...but then after a couple of months of rooting the network suddenly vanished. the android version i currently have is 2.3.4 and kernel version is [email protected] 142 #3..the imei has changed to 004999010640000 which is not the imei number i am supposed to have. tried a lot of things but got no where close to getting it back. decided to take to the samsung guys..any idea as to how much would it cost me to get it repaired considering the fact they will know my phone is rooted?
pulley06 said:
I have a samsung galaxy r[gt-i9103]...had rooted it...but then after a couple of months of rooting the network suddenly vanished. the android version i currently have is 2.3.4 and kernel version is [email protected] 142 #3..the imei has changed to 004999010640000 which is not the imei number i am supposed to have. tried a lot of things but got no where close to getting it back. decided to take to the samsung guys..any idea as to how much would it cost me to get it repaired considering the fact they will know my phone is rooted?
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AFAIK, d moment they know that d fone is rooted, u have void d warranty...
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pulley06 said:
I have a samsung galaxy r[gt-i9103]...had rooted it...but then after a couple of months of rooting the network suddenly vanished. the android version i currently have is 2.3.4 and kernel version is [email protected] 142 #3..the imei has changed to 004999010640000 which is not the imei number i am supposed to have. tried a lot of things but got no where close to getting it back. decided to take to the samsung guys..any idea as to how much would it cost me to get it repaired considering the fact they will know my phone is rooted?
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did u make nandroid backup before rooting ur device?
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have you taken EFS folder backup.. if not before going to service center flash stock firmware of your country and do factory reset, so that they will not know you have rooted your device..
pulley06 said:
I have a samsung galaxy r[gt-i9103]...had rooted it...but then after a couple of months of rooting the network suddenly vanished. the android version i currently have is 2.3.4 and kernel version is [email protected] 142 #3..the imei has changed to 004999010640000 which is not the imei number i am supposed to have. tried a lot of things but got no where close to getting it back. decided to take to the samsung guys..any idea as to how much would it cost me to get it repaired considering the fact they will know my phone is rooted?
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I think he has already given it for servicing, but I'm not sure of the cost of getting a phone repaired by ssc (samsung service centre) , normally through some contacts we just have to pay rs1000 and the ssc ppl close one eye and repair the phone as though its under warranty.
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vipul12389mehta said:
AFAIK, d moment they know that d fone is rooted, u have void d warranty...
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rajatsharma23 said:
did u make nandroid backup before rooting ur device?
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mj.vikram said:
have you taken EFS folder backup.. if not before going to service center flash stock firmware of your country and do factory reset, so that they will not know you have rooted your device..
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I think he has already given it for servicing, but I'm not sure of the cost of getting a phone repaired by csc, normally through some contacts we just have to pay rs1000 and the csc ppl close one eye and repair the phone as though its under warranty.
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I did not take a nandroid backup or the back up of the efs file...stupid of me not to read everything complete...and i havent given it yet..i am planning to give it to the samsung people...also i would like to know they do not check the binary counter ? and i know the minute you root your warranty gets voided..
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I think he has already given it for servicing, but I'm not sure of the cost of getting a phone repaired by csc, normally through some contacts we just have to pay rs1000 and the csc ppl close one eye and repair the phone as though its under warranty.
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what exactly is CSC ?
Sorry for the typo, I meant ssc (samsung service centre)
I have seen rooted devices getting repaired under warranty by the samsung service centre in my city. But the owners of the phone just had to pay a little overhead
Hope you get your device repaired soon
i have same problem ........
but my when i checked my imei it says unknown , now i have nandroid back up it can restore the efs folder .......... i have restore the stock indian rom and i want to know about how much time and cost get to restore my imei through samsung service.............
amar1548 said:
but my when i checked my imei it says unknown , now i have nandroid back up it can restore the efs folder .......... i have restore the stock indian rom and i want to know about how much time and cost get to restore my imei through samsung service.............
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if u have warranty they will repair it for free, approx they will take 1~2 days in this as this is only a software issue.
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if u have warranty they will repair it for free, approx they will take 1~2 days in this as this is only a software issue.
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i have warranty but somewhere i read that most of the time correpted imei can not be restored
and also buddy please tell me this method will work for galaxy r or not. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264021
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i have warranty but somewhere i read that most of the time correpted imei can not be restored
and also buddy please tell me this method will work for galaxy r or not. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264021
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if u have stock efs folder u can give it a try i m not sure it will work or not.
and about ssc they will fix it for free, just flash indian stock rom, reset counter and if possible format data so that they cant find traces of recovery or other apps which need root.
just claim that u were using ur phone and it restarted and boom ur networks gone, they will easily believe this and repair it for free. dont ever mention that u have messed with phone by rooting and flashing custom stuff. dont forget to take copy of bill with u
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Sorry for the typo, I meant ssc (samsung service centre)
I have seen rooted devices getting repaired under warranty by the samsung service centre in my city. But the owners of the phone just had to pay a little overhead
Hope you get your device repaired soon
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Any idea as to how much would I need to shell out for that?
xlm13x said:
if u have stock efs folder u can give it a try i m not sure it will work or not.
and about ssc they will fix it for free, just flash indian stock rom, reset counter and if possible format data so that they cant find traces of recovery or other apps which need root.
just claim that u were using ur phone and it restarted and boom ur networks gone, they will easily believe this and repair it for free. dont ever mention that u have messed with phone by rooting and flashing custom stuff. dont forget to take copy of bill with u
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Resetting the counter is essential right?
pulley06 said:
Resetting the counter is essential right?
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Yes. If u wont reset they will tell u u have flashed unofficial stuff on ur phone and that voids warranty.
(usualy in ssc they write on notice board that flashing custom roms or rooting voids ur warranty)
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xlm13x said:
Yes. If u wont reset they will tell u u have flashed unofficial stuff on ur phone and that voids warranty.
(usualy in ssc they write on notice board that flashing custom roms or rooting voids ur warranty)
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even in worse case scenario that i am unable to get a jig and reset it they will repair it outside warranty and charge me right ? and any idea as to how much would they charge?
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even in worse case scenario that i am unable to get a jig and reset it they will repair it outside warranty and charge me right ? and any idea as to how much would they charge?
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if u goto ssc with rooted or counter increased device they will declare that ur device no longer in warranty and all future problems will be chargeable too.
why u cant get jig? if u have cc related issue than use this thread, many peoples are sharing their jig.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1495867
what is ur location?
just gave the phone to ssc.....
they said that it will take 1-2 weeks to repair my phone's imei............
what ssc said?
amar1548 said:
they said that it will take 1-2 weeks to repair my phone's imei............
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if you didn't reset the counter.they may charge you...and i-2 weeks to repair is unacceptable dude.
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they said that it will take 1-2 weeks to repair my phone's imei............
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What explanation did you give for your IMEI which had vanished ?
And did he buy it ?
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Ok I'm sending my phone to Samsung but it is rooted and has a ICS rom on it. I's being sent in because the power button is broke do you guys think I need to unroot and lock the boot? Or will they not care its only a hardware issue? If they void my warranty do I have to pay to get it fixed? thanks
Yes, unroot. They won't work on it for free. You will have to pay repair fees. IDK how much.
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Yes, unroot. They won't work on it for free. You will have to pay repair fees. IDK how much.
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I am under warenty.
When unlocking the bootloader didn't it say "your warranty is now void"?
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flodb113 said:
When unlocking the bootloader didn't it say "your warranty is now void"?
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I'm hearing stories about people rooting their phones and sending them to samsung with no problems.
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I'm hearing stories about people rooting their phones and sending them to samsung with no problems.
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Indeed, I also saw some posts of people saying that. I haven't asked if they paid something or not. Or what their exact situation is. Try asking someone who sent their rooted phone to samsung, maybe they can help.
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I am under warenty.
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Your did read the "your warranty is now void" message right?
That statement means your warranty is now void, you can can try to get it repaired for free but don't ***** and whine if they refuse to honor you now VOID warranty
its chill as long as you unroot the phone and relock your bootloader. I have done it. And i got repaired under warranty, they din't even know that it had been rooted.
i agree, i wouldn't take the risk. take a nandroid, back it up to PC (for safety), flash back to full stock and lock your bootloader. when you get it back, unlock, flash recovery and flash your nandroid back.
Yep, i know someone who didn't and he paid all the repair ...
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I'm hearing stories about people rooting their phones and sending them to samsung with no problems.
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Well if they are in a good mood or technicians who don't care...
I dont think you should unroot. But if you can get it back to stock and unroot it, do it. Better safe than sorry...
about unlocking the bootloader? Well warranty is void. You can better hope they dont notice. or if they do notice it hope they dont care
You have to get it repaired anyway.
The worst has happened and it's all my fault
Having not used my Galaxy Tab for some weeks (I've been using my SGS III) I updated to the latest Brazillian ICS firmware and for a stupid reason did a factory rest which has resulted in me bricking my Tab.
I am now getting a boot loop on the screen that states it's a Galaxy Tab Plus, I can get into download mode but not recovery.
Having read a number of posts of similar problems, have tried flashing a .pit file and firmware but still no joy. It seems that it may have to be a trip to the Samsung Service Centre. Thankfully in download mode it is still showing a stock firmware with a zero counter.
Would be interested for any experiences on people who have had to return it to a service centre and whether I may get any potential problems as it was bought off ebay around 6 months ago and is the P-6200L model.
Any help is appreciated :good:
I'm not sure about this but u may try to flash cm10.. firstly download pit file and Odin then u flash the pit file.. also download cwm and cm10 then flash cm using cwm.. then wait for the device to reboot.. it works for me.. ^_^
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peterpan01 said:
I'm not sure about this but u may try to flash cm10.. firstly download pit file and Odin then u flash the pit file.. also download cwm and cm10 then flash cm using cwm.. then wait for the device to reboot.. it works for me.. ^_^
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Can you point me to these files you have mentioned...
Pit..
CM 10...
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please dont do
mazlum78 said:
Can you point me to these files you have mentioned...
Pit..
CM 10...
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im sorry but please dont do it.. i try to do wipe for the new rom and its happen again and i think you have to wait for samsung developer to fix it.. here is the statement.. http://www.xda-developers.com/android/samsung-diligently-working-towards-hardbrick-fix/
kersey said:
The worst has happened and it's all my fault
Having not used my Galaxy Tab for some weeks (I've been using my SGS III) I updated to the latest Brazillian ICS firmware and for a stupid reason did a factory rest which has resulted in me bricking my Tab.
I am now getting a boot loop on the screen that states it's a Galaxy Tab Plus, I can get into download mode but not recovery.
Having read a number of posts of similar problems, have tried flashing a .pit file and firmware but still no joy. It seems that it may have to be a trip to the Samsung Service Centre. Thankfully in download mode it is still showing a stock firmware with a zero counter.
Would be interested for any experiences on people who have had to return it to a service centre and whether I may get any potential problems as it was bought off ebay around 6 months ago and is the P-6200L model.
Any help is appreciated :good:
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I had the same thing yesterday.... If I look at the article there is a link there to an article and if you read that I see the advise to flash the original firmware through Odin maybe you can give that a try? I haven't had the change yet... but will try this afternoon... If that doesn't work I will also try aorth's post and if that fails I going back to the service center....
bossie1975 said:
I had the same thing yesterday.... If I look at the article there is a link there to an article and if you read that I see the advise to flash the original firmware through Odin maybe you can give that a try? I haven't had the change yet... but will try this afternoon... If that doesn't work I will also try aorth's post and if that fails I going back to the service center....
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Have tried flashing a variety of different firmwares for my P6200 even the .pit files but still no luck.
Have spoken to a pleasant customer services gentleman who's arranged for me to return it and have it repaired under warranty.
Must make mental note to self NOT to do a factory reset via the default recovery option ever again
kersey said:
Have tried flashing a variety of different firmwares for my P6200 even the .pit files but still no luck.
Have spoken to a pleasant customer services gentleman who's arranged for me to return it and have it repaired under warranty.
Must make mental note to self NOT to do a factory reset via the default recovery option ever again
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I tried the ICS from samfirmware through Odin, but no luck... The last option is to try and "downgrade" to Honeycomb (through Odin) if that fails I will go back to service...
*fingers crossed*
aorths post
kersey said:
Have tried flashing a variety of different firmwares for my P6200 even the .pit files but still no luck.
Have spoken to a pleasant customer services gentleman who's arranged for me to return it and have it repaired under warranty.
Must make mental note to self NOT to do a factory reset via the default recovery option ever again
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i haven't try aorth post yet but if u success with it, please feel free to show it to us.. i have try it but cant use because its say usblib -12 error..
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bossie1975 said:
I tried the ICS from samfirmware through Odin, but no luck... The last option is to try and "downgrade" to Honeycomb (through Odin) if that fails I will go back to service...
*fingers crossed*
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I tried that but sadly no luck with my device
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i haven't try aorth post yet but if u success with it, please feel free to show it to us.. i have try it but cant use because its say usblib -12 error..
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Tried using Heimdall earlier but can't get it to recognise my device, neither will Kies now...back to Samsung is my only chance now!!!
Dude I had the same Problem. Flashed I've again with odyn and wiped everything 4-5times
I've given up... device will be sent back to service desk today for repair. Hopefully under waranty as I didn't root yet nor flashed a custom rom... I did, however, install CWM 6.0.0.8, but I guess that is not an issue (can anybody confirm?)
U need to change to stock recovery, my waranty was void and need to pay $170 due to there change to the new board.
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bujai5279 said:
U need to change to stock recovery, my waranty was void and need to pay $170 due to there change to the new board.
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Great.... Any ideas on how to change back to stock recovery...?
kersey do you try install clockworkmod 6.0.1.0 (aorth's post) by Heimdall 1.3.1 in a linux machine? Maybe the linux find your USB device like an user posted in the same topic...
I do it this in the morning and no have problem. I have a brazilian GT-P6210 with JB now... works fine.
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Espetakus said:
kersey do you try install clockworkmod 6.0.1.0 (aorth's post) by Heimdall 1.3.1 in a linux machine? Maybe the linux find your USB device like an user posted in the same topic...
I do it this in the morning and no have problem. I have a brazilian GT-P6210 with JB now... works fine.
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Thanks for the help but sent my device back to Samsung this morning. Very impressed that they sent a pre-paid Special Delivery envelope and bubble wrap to return the device to them. Hope they don't take too long to sort it.
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kersey said:
Thanks for the help but sent my device back to Samsung this morning. Very impressed that they sent a pre-paid Special Delivery envelope and bubble wrap to return the device to them. Hope they don't take too long to sort it.
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Wow... you had this service here in Brazil? I'm impressed.
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Espetakus said:
Wow... you had this service here in Brazil? I'm impressed.
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No mate, am in the UK, which is even more impressive for the quality of service so far...
P6200DXLPB rom
bossie1975 said:
I had the same thing yesterday.... If I look at the article there is a link there to an article and if you read that I see the advise to flash the original firmware through Odin maybe you can give that a try? I haven't had the change yet... but will try this afternoon... If that doesn't work I will also try aorth's post and if that fails I going back to the service center....
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im already try flashing the new rom P6200DXLPB http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&model=GT-P6200&pcode=XME&os=1&type=3#firmware and i wipe the cache.. after that i rebooting and it say cant mount data /data rebooting.. i hope this will help the developer a clue about how to fix it..
Hi,
all of a sudden the microphone and speakerphone stopped working during calls. I can't hear and nobody can't hear me.
The phone is not rooted. I already tried to update the software with odin, but that didn't help.
I didn't try the baseband reinstall yet through odin, but would that work?
The funny thing is, i have a sip client installed. When I call over wifi or 3g through the sip client everything works ??!!
I hope you guys have some ideas before i send it for repair. The phone is 2 months old and didn't fall or anything like that.
thnx
Try re flashing using full stock rom with pit.
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MemoryController said:
Try re flashing using full stock rom with pit.
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Hi,
sorry but my noob level is pretty high. Can you explain pit? a link would help.
thnx!
Better go to a service.
have same problem and reflashing stock or flashing other roms don't solve my problem and my warrenty is void
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Better go to a service.
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Bezma said:
Hi,
sorry but my noob level is pretty high. Can you explain pit? a link would help.
thnx!
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Hi bungadudu,
why? because i'm a noob or because you think it won't help.
these actions won't void warranty right? it won't increase the binary counter
There are experimented users who messed with their rom and now lost their warranty and /or got into another problems.
For you I'd say it doesn't worth the risk.
That's what services are for.
We here have 1 hour guaranteed repair (they usually just replace the whole screen ansamble or the motherboard), guess it's the same worldwide.
You have nothing to loose and it will spare you from many headaches.
only rooted or have you flashed any other rom ?
If you using any custom rom, check for updates.
to rerstore the stock rom, maybe this will help you XXXX://briolidz.wordpress.com/2013/08/12/samsung-galaxy-s4-i9505-unroot-and-restore-to-stock-rom/
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Hey guys ...
I really need some help here...
so... I changed the IMEI on my nexus 5, that required an unlocked bootloader and a root... now I want to relock the bootloader and flash the stock image...
my question is:
Will the imei in my phone is going to be restored to the original phone imei? or can I still have the new imei after relocking and flashing the stock image
thank you
How and why did you change your imei?
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Whaaaaaaaaaaaaattttttt?? How did you change the IMEI??
BTW, flashing factory images won't have any effect on IMEI..
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How and why did you change your imei?
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I took it to some mobile service store... cuz I bought my phone from the US and Im using it in turkey... and the phone doesn't work in turkey if you didn't buy it from there
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I took it some mobile service store... cuz I bought my phone from the us and Im using it in turkey... and in the phone doesn't work in turkey if you didn't buy it from there
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How much did they charge you for it??
The Nexus 5 is carrier unlocked and it should work all over the world(except 4g LTE ). Not sure why yours didn't!
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How much did they charge you for it??
The Nexus 5 is carrier unlocked and it should work all over the world(except 4g LTE ). Not sure why yours didn't!
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the mobile carriers in turkey let you use your phone for 2 weeks ... if you bought your phone from outside of turkey... to make you buy a phone from them instead of buying it from other countries
and it costs me 35$
so... back to my question (vin4yak) are you sure about that? cuz I don't want to pay 35$ again
Ok well changing IMEI is illegal in most countries so it cannot be discussed here.
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Ok well changing IMEI is illegal in most countries so it cannot be discussed here.
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Thank you for making it clear... I not asking how to change it or how to restore it... just asking will the process effect it
you see what I did there ... I didn't use the the term ( im** )
yamart said:
the mobile carriers in turkey let you use your phone for 2 weeks ... if you bought your phone from outside of turkey... to make you buy a phone from them instead of buying it from other countries
and it costs me 35$
so... back to my question (vin4yak) are you sure about that? cuz I don't want to pay 35$ again
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Technically it shouldn't... The factory images don't touch the /efs partition which contains the IMEI... But since it's been changed illegally, there's no way to know "how" it was actually changed.
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Thank you for making it clear... I not asking how to change it or how to restore it... just asking will the process effect it
you see what I did there ... I didn't use the the term ( im** )
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All discussion pertaining to a change in imei is banned
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I don't think they changed anything, just maybe allowed that IMEI within the networks.
Changing IMEI is illegal in many countries therefore cannot be discussed on XDA
So please do not speculate on or discuss the process
Thanks
FNSM
Hi
I sent my S6 for repair and they came back to me saying that they it still doesn't work after a Motherboard Change odd?
Also if MB is changed will KNOX remain tripped or will it be reset to 0?
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I sent my S6 for repair and they came back to me saying that they it still doesn't work after a Motherboard Change odd?
Also if MB is changed will KNOX remain tripped or will it be reset to 0?
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If you get new mb knox will be 0x0
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If you get new mb knox will be 0x0
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New MB did not work too
Did they offer any other advice? Or just leave you with a still broken phone?
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Did they offer any other advice? Or just leave you with a still broken phone?
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Apparently since the local centre who got the device first attempted a repair with a change of MB could not get it to work, they sent it to the main repair centre...
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Apparently since the local centre who got the device first attempted a repair with a change of MB could not get it to work, they sent it to the main repair centre...
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So ask the repair people when it comes back. They're the ones who will have the answer.
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