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[Q] phone block by many unlocking attempts

I bought a motorola defy, rooted it, installed CM7.1, and did a lot of things. So i have no warranty.
It asked a password for unlock the phone (that thing with imei, etc) and i trought it was the PIN code, so i tried it many times.
Now my defy is blocked by too many unlocking attempts
No places at my city can solve it.
Is there anything i can do at home to solve that? I already tried factory reset.
Phone: Motorola defy (CM 7.1)
Blocked to Vivo (brasil)
i already got the unlocking code from vivo, but its blocked by too many attempts.

if it is rooted ...
if it is rooted why you dont try to install an other rom ?

system restore? stock rom or falsh a back up of the one you have?

Was the password unlock request from CM? You may need to do a subsidy unlock on your phone if you can access the dialer.

I'm talking that unlock that you request the code using your imei code from your phone...
I'm not talking about the password you choose to avoid people to use your phone.
So, use another rom will solve to problem? i dont think it will if the factory reset didnt solve that.

caionepomuceno said:
I'm talking that unlock that you request the code using your imei code from your phone...
I'm not talking about the password you choose to avoid people to use your phone.
So, use another rom will solve to problem? i dont think it will if the factory reset didnt solve that.
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The phone has to be serviced. No rom or any software update can fix it. There is a special equipment service guy hooks up the phone to to reset sim unlock counter to 0 again. And they charge money for that. You may have to ship the phone if they don't have this service in your town. After that you can enter your unlock code.
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gun said:
The phone has to be serviced. No rom or any software update can fix it. There is a special equipment service guy hooks up the phone to to reset sim unlock counter to 0 again. And they charge money for that. You may have to ship the phone if they don't have this service in your town. After that you can enter your unlock code.
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oh, thank you

Generic IMEI problem. Need help !!

Ok guys heres whats up. I just noticed that my IMEI turned into generic 004999010640000. Im not sure if this happened when i tried to unlock my phone with SGS_Unlock while i was on Froyo, or did it happened when i flashed ICSSGS rom on it. I dont know if product code is still okay since im running ICSSGS and i dont know how to check it ICS. Well, phone is working perfectly fine, texts, call, data, everything is fine, but im not sure if the phone is still unlocked and i dont have any other sim to check it. I need to use this phone in Europe in couple weeks, so this is really important to me right now. So here is my question(s) :
Is there chance that my phone is still unlocked and is theere anyway that i can check it?
Is there any way that i can restore my original IMEI and then try to re unlock the phone ??
Hope u guys can help, cuz if u dont, i dont know who can

Have you tried simply rebooting our reflashing? This happened to me once and a reboot cleared it up.
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I had the generic IMEI number after unlock that is most likely the case with you. When you did the unlock did you back your efs data (nv_data.bin etc?)?

Enter *#7465625# with the dialer and if you see the following:
Personalization Status
Network Lock [OFF]
Network Subset Lock [OFF]
SP Lock [OFF]
CP Lock [OFF]
That means you're unlocked.

sleeper994 said:
Ok guys heres whats up. I just noticed that my IMEI turned into generic 004999010640000. Im not sure if this happened when i tried to unlock my phone with SGS_Unlock while i was on Froyo, or did it happened when i flashed ICSSGS rom on it. I dont know if product code is still okay since im running ICSSGS and i dont know how to check it ICS. Well, phone is working perfectly fine, texts, call, data, everything is fine, but im not sure if the phone is still unlocked and i dont have any other sim to check it. I need to use this phone in Europe in couple weeks, so this is really important to me right now. So here is my question(s) :
Is there chance that my phone is still unlocked and is theere anyway that i can check it?
Is there any way that i can restore my original IMEI and then try to re unlock the phone ??
Hope u guys can help, cuz if u dont, i dont know who can
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Flash back to a stock rom and see if it is correct then.
Best Case: It could be an error with how the ROM is reading the IMEI.
Bad Case: You're IMEI is borked but you made a backup of the original EFS
Worse Case: You never backed up your EFS but your .bak files in the folder are from the original date
Worst Case: You never backed them up, they're all the same date and your IMEI is toast
There are threads to possibly recover from the Bad and Worse case.
If it does end up being the worst case you can go to Mobiletechvideos.com and get the IMEI repair done by them. The owner is an XDA member and does a great job.
Take it from a guy who has tried just about every method out there to recover this on his own. If you don't have the backups you'll need to get it fixed by a professional.

You can try my video in case the intact nv_data.bin is still on your device. If not though you will need professional repair...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqLK_2I-SBM
EDIT: One important thing to note is that the generic IMEI is not black listed by many carriers here in the USA but will misbehave with many stock firmwares and many other countries in Europe and Asia do indeed block access to that IMEI as it's common for stolen phones to have their EFS deleted in order to achieve this number. It also may only be a matter of time before USA carriers begin to blacklist this number as well as surely they must see 1000's of duplicates just like it on the networks daily.

Unlocked bootloader but now I can't unlock SIM?

So I used to DesignGears method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1672284 to successfully unlock my bootloader so I could install a custom ROM (CleanROM). Now I'm trying to unlock my SIM but after putting in my IMEI into CellUnlocker.net I got an e-mail saying that the first database returned a negative for my IMEI. Did unlocking the bootloader change my IMEI to something that would prevent me from unlocking my SIM and not change it back? Did I need to do them in a different order? Just concerned because I'm traveling out of the country tomorrow and need to get my SIM unlocked prior to leaving.

akates said:
So I used to DesignGears method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1672284 to successfully unlock my bootloader so I could install a custom ROM (CleanROM). Now I'm trying to unlock my SIM but after putting in my IMEI into CellUnlocker.net I got an e-mail saying that the first database returned a negative for my IMEI. Did unlocking the bootloader change my IMEI to something that would prevent me from unlocking my SIM and not change it back? Did I need to do them in a different order? Just concerned because I'm traveling out of the country tomorrow and need to get my SIM unlocked prior to leaving.
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1. *#06# check your imei match your box
2. use the imei on your box to check on with cellunlocker.net
if those two doesn't match then...it changed your imei...else
if you can't get a unlock code with the imei on your box...it's some other issue lol...two people in general section had the same problem..

niceppl said:
1. *#06# check your imei match your box
2. use the imei on your box to check on with cellunlocker.net
if those two doesn't match then...it changed your imei...else
if you can't get a unlock code with the imei on your box...it's some other issue lol...two people in general section had the same problem..
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So don't have the box with me (it's at home) and I've removed the sticker so I'll have to check later. Do you know if the IMEI is changed during the bootloader unlocking process? If it did, can I use the IMEI on the box for cellunlocker.net even if that doesn't match one in my phone? I'm guessing the unlock code was hard coded to the original IMEI so even if my IMEI has changed, the unlock code that cellunlocker.net would provide should still work?

The unlock process doesn't change IMEI.

gunnyman said:
The unlock process doesn't change IMEI.
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The process of supercid may tho
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It hasn't so far. Well the unlock without htc dev method does but you're supposed to change it back after.

Well I used the process that included HTC Dev. I first used Spoof-CID.bat to get the token that I then input on the HTC Dev site. They sent me my unlock_code.bin. If this doesn't change my IMEI, then why wouldn't it be working through cellunlocker? I really need this unlocked before tomorrow morning.

akates said:
Well I used the process that included HTC Dev. I first used Spoof-CID.bat to get the token that I then input on the HTC Dev site. They sent me my unlock_code.bin. If this doesn't change my IMEI, then why wouldn't it be working through cellunlocker? I really need this unlocked before tomorrow morning.
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Until you match the IMEI reported by the phone with what's on the Box, we can't know how to assist you.

It would make sense for that partition to contain your imei as well.
You're going to have to find a method to write back the backup on your sd card
The method you used made a backup of the partition before it changed it
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Another user posted on here that he tried unlocking the SIM through several different online services. They all reported that the IMEI was too new, and he would need to wait until the IMEI database was updated. Might be your issue as well.
I agree you need to just check your IMEI with what is on the box. The numbers and bar codes on the sticker are also on the hBoot screen, so you can check that also. Don't think that will change if you screw with the IMEI.

Nevermind

superchilpil said:
It would make sense for that partition to contain your imei as well.
You're going to have to find a method to write back the backup on your sd card
The method you used made a backup of the partition before it changed it
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I believe everything was wiped from my SD Card when I formatted everything prior to installing CleanROM. Now I'm really worried that this is a big issue, but as gunnyman said, I guess I need to just wait and see what my box says my IMEI is.
What I don't understand is even if my IMEI changed, wouldn't my unlock code already have been hard coded based upon my original IMEI, so if I used that (assuming it's different) in cellunlocker, I would think my phone would accept the unlock code? Does changing the IMEI in the phone change the unlock code as well?

akates said:
I believe everything was wiped from my SD Card when I formatted everything prior to installing CleanROM. Now I'm really worried that this is a big issue, but as gunnyman said, I guess I need to just wait and see what my box says my IMEI is.
What I don't understand is even if my IMEI changed, wouldn't my unlock code already have been hard coded based upon my original IMEI, so if I used that (assuming it's different) in cellunlocker, I would think my phone would accept the unlock code? Does changing the IMEI in the phone change the unlock code as well?
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Depends if your imei is also hard coded elsewhere
It's all speculation at this point
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superchilpil said:
Depends if your imei is also hard coded elsewhere
It's all speculation at this point
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Well if it helps at all, the IMEI shown in HBOOT with the barcodes matches the *#06# number. Don't know if that's recoded. Guess I sit nervously until I get home to see if it matches that box. Not sure whether I hope it's the same or different, because if it's the same there is no explanation for why I can't get my unlock code!
Appreciate all the help and I'll chime back in once I check it with the box.

akates said:
Not sure whether I hope it's the same or different, because if it's the same there is no explanation for why I can't get my unlock code!
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Except for the explanation that I already gave.
See here also: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1808263

redpoint73 said:
Except for the explanation that I already gave.
See here also: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1808263
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True. I guess what I meant to say is there is no fix for me by tomorrow if that's the case.

I am having an similar issue with my One X. I probably should have tried to sim unlock it before messing with the phone but its too late now.
What I mean by messing with: Unlocked bootloader, flashed kernel and installed new rom. After doing that I went to cellularunlocker.net for a code. They gave me a code with didn't work (ultimately got a refund). The very next day I got a friend who has AT&T to get the code. Turns out its the SAME UNLOCK CODE that the website gave me. Now I'm at my wits end.
Can someone please help me. I need this working before I go on vacation in a few days...

unlock with fake imei

I think my htc one x has changed its imei after i rooted and unlocked bootloader.Can i unlock the phone with fake imei number?
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BTW its at&t.

huh ?

CheesyNutz said:
huh ?
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HAHAHAHAHA we have another thread of similar jibberish on the x+ forum

Makes sense to me. I think what he's saying is: since unlocking his bootloader his imei has changed to a false number. And he's wondering if he can do a sim unlock even though he has a false imei number.
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I was curious, I know its illegal to change your imei but we can pretty easily. And this kinda drives off topic
Couldn't somebody come up with a method to hex edit in a set imei that we know the unlock code for, unlock the phone and then restore the original imei
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i think you guys dont understand.When i want to unlock i have to give my imei and im getting the unlock code through regeneratig it with a imei code.Willl the phone unlock with the fake imei. Im not sure if my imei changed.Can it?

Maybe the reason we don't understand is because you're not explaining it well enough. Sorry but you're not making much sense.
Are you trying to do a sim unlock? To change mobile carriers? If so, I don't think it will work if you supply them with a fake imei. It will not match the one they have on record, and that will raise suspicions.
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I can guarantee you that trying to use your fake IMEI number to unlock the phone will end in disaster. You will need to use the ORIGINAL IMEI number that was programmed into the phone.
At this point in time, trying to unlock the phone using the original IMEI may still end in failure due to corruption of the MODEM partition. The way unlock codes work is that they are calculated using an algorithm which takes the IMEI number as an input or it is taken from a database (which would be cheaper and faster), if using the database method it would come back as not found and if calculated it would simply give you a unlock code which is not compatible.

how to check if my phone has changed it imei? Was there a chance the imei chcnaged while rootin unlocking bootloaderband having a custom rom.Thx

rooting , unlocking bootloader or flashing custom ROM won't change your IMEI. IMEI and unlock code both are different. For every locked phone ( say uniquely identified by IMEI ) an unlock code may exist..

kancherlapraneeth said:
rooting , unlocking bootloader or flashing custom ROM won't change your IMEI. IMEI and unlock code both are different. For every locked phone ( say uniquely identified by IMEI ) an unlock code may exist..
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Not true, one particular method we have to unlock our boot loader does infact change your imei. But it should change back to the original when you finish
There have been many reports of it changing
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superchilpil said:
Not true, one particular method we have to unlock our boot loader does infact change your imei. But it should change back to the original when you finish
There have been many reports of it changing
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thanks for correcting . I do not know about that

superchilpil said:
Not true, one particular method we have to unlock our boot loader does infact change your imei. But it should change back to the original when you finish
There have been many reports of it changing
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Thx for info but how do i check if my IMEI changed.

Look at the imei on your box, or the engraving on your simcard tray.
Just FYI, no method of rooting or flashing here has the capability of changing imei, except the unlock method that specifically states it will be doing so.

18th.abn said:
Look at the imei on your box, or the engraving on your simcard tray.
Just FYI, no method of rooting or flashing here has the capability of changing imei, except the unlock method that specifically states it will be doing so.
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what do you mean by unlock? gsm unlock changes imei or bootloader unlocl changes imei?thx.

salata1500 said:
what do you mean by unlock? gsm unlock changes imei or bootloader unlocl changes imei?thx.
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He is just saying by default it wont do it unless the method explicitly states it does in the instructions just saying dont count on it unless its said to change it in the instructions :good:

My IMEI number is all zeros, but I think the sticker on the back of the phone tell you what is originally was. It doesn't bother me, but I guess I'll take my case off one day and fix it. It really doesn't affect anything though once you're unlocked.

something tells me the OP has no business messing with the IMEI lol

CheesyNutz said:
something tells me the OP has no business messing with the IMEI lol
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You're probably right
Op: buy a code and try it out, if it doesn't work you are entitled to a refund
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[Q] Re-lock my Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500 Network

Hi everyone,
A month ago I gave my phone to this person in a phone shop and asked him to root my phone, I was away shopping while he was going to root my phone and before he was going to root my phone, he was being an idiot and unlocked my phone network before starting to root it, it seriously made me angry.
So my question is does anyone know how to re-lock my s7500 network so I can keep my warranty.

ojusrane said:
Hi everyone,
A month ago I gave my phone to this person in a phone shop and asked him to root my phone, I was away shopping while he was going to root my phone and before he was going to root my phone, he was being an idiot and unlocked my phone network before starting to root it, it seriously made me angry.
So my question is does anyone know how to re-lock my s7500 network so I can keep my warranty.
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What do you mean by relock and unlock network??
What exactly the problem is??
Are you not getting network???
If you are not getting Network the the problem is with IMEI number. The person whom you gave must have cleared EFS while flashing with Odin. EFS contains the IMEI number. Hence it should never be done.
You can do one thing if you have not installed CWM. You need is Stock Recovery and Stock Rom. Flash Stock Rom through Odin and then perform Factory Reset from Stock Recovery don't clear EFS. Now you can do a Factory Reset from Stock Recovery.
If again you donot get network with this then go to service center and tell them that you accidently you lost the network. Don't tell anything about root.

kk9999gada said:
What do you mean by relock and unlock network??
What exactly the problem is??
Are you not getting network???
If you are not getting Network the the problem is with IMEI number. The person whom you gave must have cleared EFS while flashing with Odin. EFS contains the IMEI number. Hence it should never be done.
You can do one thing if you have not installed CWM. You need is Stock Recovery and Stock Rom. Flash Stock Rom through Odin and then perform Factory Reset from Stock Recovery don't clear EFS. Now you can do a Factory Reset from Stock Recovery.
If again you donot get network with this then go to service center and tell them that you accidently you lost the network. Don't tell anything about root.
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No what I am talking about is that this person has unlocked my phone so you can insert any sim you like without getting simlocked. i.e My phone sim was virgin media and my phone only use to accept virgin media sim card, but because this person has unlocked my phone without me even asking him, I can use any sim I want which is not what I would like to do because this voids my warranty

ojusrane said:
No what I am talking about is that this person has unlocked my phone so you can insert any sim you like without getting simlocked. i.e My phone sim was virgin media and my phone only use to accept virgin media sim card, but because this person has unlocked my phone without me even asking him, I can use any sim I want which is not what I would like to do because this voids my warranty
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Flash Stock Rom again with Odin.

What is your point?? U want to root your phone, but u worried about warranty void?? Are u kidding or what? Once u rooted your phone your warranty automatically voids.. Unless u unroot it back by flash stock rom via odin..
Sent from my GT-S7500 using my finger

mohdradzi84 said:
What is your point?? U want to root your phone, but u worried about warranty void?? Are u kidding or what? Once u rooted your phone your warranty automatically voids.. Unless u unroot it back by flash stock rom via odin..
Sent from my GT-S7500 using my finger
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Yh I have no issues with that because if there is any faulty ill just unroot it and give it back to the service center.

kk9999gada said:
Flash Stock Rom again with Odin.
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So if I flashed a stock rom via odin and dial this number: *#7465625# would all four things be turned back on???

ojusrane said:
So if I flashed a stock rom via odin and dial this number: *#7465625# would all four things be turned back on???
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What is *#7465625# for??
If you flash Stock Rom you will be automatically unrooted. If you do a factory reset after flashing Stock Rom everything will get normal like you purchased phone just now.

kk9999gada said:
What is *#7465625# for??
Basically you need to call that number and it tells you if your phone is unlocked (Doesnt actually call, it opens up a new window)
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kk9999gada said:
What is *#7465625# for??
If you flash Stock Rom you will be automatically unrooted. If you do a factory reset after flashing Stock Rom everything will get normal like you purchased phone just now.
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Basically you need to call that number and it tells you if your phone is unlocked (Doesnt actually call, it opens up a new window)

ojusrane said:
Basically you need to call that number and it tells you if your phone is unlocked (Doesnt actually call, it opens up a new window)
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Flash Stock Rom and then do a factory reset. Everything will come back to normal.

kk9999gada said:
Flash Stock Rom and then do a factory reset. Everything will come back to normal.
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I´m interesting in this point.- Flash with stock rom not relock to net the phone, yes unroot, but if this phone was unlocked for use any simcard, reflash not relock. Somebody knows how relock to net this phone??Edit efs, nv ram, hex address, or other method??
thanks

gpracom said:
I´m interesting in this point.- Flash with stock rom not relock to net the phone, yes unroot, but if this phone was unlocked for use any simcard, reflash not relock. Somebody knows how relock to net this phone??Edit efs, nv ram, hex address, or other method??
thanks
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BTW I am not relocking my phone right now because I just do not need to, i'll do it when I need to send it back for warranty. Not sure if this will work, but I think you can relock your phone with this software called simlock remote client installer, and I think you might need to pay for the premium software.
Heres the link http://www.simlockremoteserver.com/files/srs-unlock-installer.exe
And heres a video example to understand how to use it, I know the video is poor quality but its the only one i could find for relocking phones.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozT_H77aR8k

Say if there were some problems with my phones such as the audio was damaged or the screen pixels were damaged, would the service centers bother checking if it was unlocked of not???