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[Q] Very Bad S3 issue going for me..Would appreciate some help!!!

I know I am new to XDA and what not.. but I been flashing CWM roms to my phone for months, normally i never use odin for anything because its not my cup of tea...
Last night I was flashing a ODIN rom to my phone and something went wrong...
I managed to get the ROM straightened out and working... but now my service is screwed...
I am missing a ton of folders and files from my root folders... and I cannot use my phone for anything, 3g, 4g, Calls, MMS, SMS... nothing
My IMEI is missing and just says 0 and my ERI says none... but i believe i was successful in reinserting my imei.
Verizon swapped out many sim cards and still nothing... it also askes me to switch to global mode every 30 secs..
Please let me know if you can guide me though restoring my phone back to functionality..
Thanks
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MedicalGenius88 said:
I know I am new to XDA and what not.. but I been flashing CWM roms to my phone for months, normally i never use odin for anything because its not my cup of tea...
Last night I was flashing a ODIN rom to my phone and something went wrong...
I managed to get the ROM straightened out and working... but now my service is screwed...
I am missing a ton of folders and files from my root folders... and I cannot use my phone for anything, 3g, 4g, Calls, MMS, SMS... nothing
My IMEI is missing and just says 0 and my ERI says none... but i believe i was successful in reinserting my imei.
Verizon swapped out many sim cards and still nothing... it also askes me to switch to global mode every 30 secs..
Please let me know if you can guide me though restoring my phone back to functionality..
Thanks
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Well looks like you lost your imei bud. If you would have read while. And such you had to back your imei if you did then simply restore if now you have to use that qspt to get your imei
I will get you a link hold on
Edit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31051731

MedicalGenius88 said:
I know I am new to XDA and what not.. but I been flashing CWM roms to my phone for months, normally i never use odin for anything because its not my cup of tea...
Last night I was flashing a ODIN rom to my phone and something went wrong...
I managed to get the ROM straightened out and working... but now my service is screwed...
I am missing a ton of folders and files from my root folders... and I cannot use my phone for anything, 3g, 4g, Calls, MMS, SMS... nothing
My IMEI is missing and just says 0 and my ERI says none... but i believe i was successful in reinserting my imei.
Verizon swapped out many sim cards and still nothing... it also askes me to switch to global mode every 30 secs..
Please let me know if you can guide me though restoring my phone back to functionality..
Thanks
Screenshots are in the attachments
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Please check the Forums. This was Stickied a long while ago.
[Tool][Win] Repair IMEI & Roaming ERI issues
If you didn't back up your IMEI info prior to flashing ROM's. no one else can be blamed. Always read every post before trying anything.

DaemonAshra said:
Please check the Forums. This was Stickied a long while ago.
[Tool][Win] Repair IMEI & Roaming ERI issues
If you didn't back up your IMEI info prior to flashing ROM's. no one else can be blamed. Always read every post before trying anything.
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Beat me with the link -.-

GoonAssJuan said:
Beat me with the link -.-
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Ok, I tried this programs and the others... still no luck on restoring service.
Anything else I could do??

MedicalGenius88 said:
Ok, I tried this programs and the others... still no luck on restoring service.
Anything else I could do??
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So you tried going back to stock and all?

GoonAssJuan said:
So you tried going back to stock and all?
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I removed CWM Recovery,,, back to stock recovery...
restored the samsung official VZW rom and binary.
I removed the superuser and the unlock tools...
I still have no ERI and no service..
when i remove the sim card it tells me to insert it... obviously
when i put it back in an reboot it says "searching for service" and "everything i screenshotted... the imei is what i inputed with the tool in the imei tool thread you guys gave me...
however my wifi does work and my rom boots just fine... and when i factory reset my number shows up in the MDN field...
it honestly seems like the way the phone would communicate with the towers is screwed.

MedicalGenius88 said:
I removed CWM Recovery,,, back to stock recovery...
restored the samsung official VZW rom and binary.
I removed the superuser and the unlock tools...
I still have no ERI and no service..
when i remove the sim card it tells me to insert it... obviously
when i put it back in an reboot it says "searching for service" and "everything i screenshotted... the imei is what i inputed with the tool in the imei tool thread you guys gave me...
however my wifi does work and my rom boots just fine... and when i factory reset my number shows up in the MDN field...
it honestly seems like the way the phone would communicate with the towers is screwed.
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Have you tried factory resetting using the dialer code on a stock ROM? I had the same issue even after I ODINd back to stock until I used the code.
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Chyrux said:
Have you tried factory resetting using the dialer code on a stock ROM? I had the same issue even after I ODINd back to stock until I used the code.
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I have but everytime i put the code into the dialer it does nothing.
I am really stumped haha...
this is why i don't use ODIN.. I am not experience enough with it..

DaemonAshra said:
Please check the Forums. This was Stickied a long while ago.
[Tool][Win] Repair IMEI & Roaming ERI issues
If you didn't back up your IMEI info prior to flashing ROM's. no one else can be blamed. Always read every post before trying anything.
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Alright, this just comes off as being a jerk. It sounds like he did (try to) backup his IMEI. Also, I don't see him blaming anyone for his "mishap". He was also very polite in asking for help. So was there a need in being a jerk(not just directed at you, as you were one of 3 or so to act as if he was wrong here)? I mean isn't the community here to help people? I could understand if he said ......OMG, I brickated my fone.....I hate you guys, you borked my phone.......But he did neither of those. It sounds like he read the guide, and still something got screwed up along the way. It happens. But there really isn't a need for posts like this.

Does anyone have a fix to help me???
My Phone detects no service at all... zero bars....
the wifi works, the bluetooth, pretty much the whole rom.
I just flashed the VRALF ROM directly from samsung and still nothing...
My IMEI and ICCID are there...My MEID is also there (dec and hex)
My PRL version is there... still no ERI
It says the signal strength is -120 dBM 99 asu
My Android Version is 4.0.4 at the moment
Baseband: I535VRLF2
Kernel: 3.0.8-618049-user [email protected] #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Jun 15 07:53:02 KST 2012
Build Number: IMM76D.I535VRALF2
Hardware Version: I535.10

Ok guys I managed to get my phone to make and receive calls and sms...... but my roaming indicator keeps flashing all the time and i have no data at all....
Any ideas... I'm in a better boat than i was... haha

This owner had a similar problem, perhaps - they fixed the IMEI and related issues as described in a helpful link and their followup post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1984608&highlight=imei
You might consider taking the suggested link within that thread, then doing what the original poster did to restore their phone's configuration and see if that helps get out of roaming.
- ooofest

ooofest said:
This owner had a similar problem, perhaps - they fixed the IMEI and related issues as described in a helpful link and their followup post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1984608&highlight=imei
You might consider taking the suggested link within that thread, then doing what the original poster did to restore their phone's configuration and see if that helps get out of roaming.
- ooofest
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Its all fixed... thanks to everyone who helped...

Check out the thread "Comprehensive IMEI Backup" in the android dev section for complete, 100% security in flashing. Its imperative that new users view this thread before flashing anything. No idea why its not stickied or made apparent in the rooting guides.
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MedicalGenius88 said:
Its all fixed... thanks to everyone who helped...
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What did you end up doing to fix it. Just for future reference.

[Q] Baseband

Hello,
I've been looking around for a solution for this issue.
My friend tried to root him phone, and I have no idea what he did... now his baseband is gone... Baseband version unknown.
I tried to install a new xxpe and then ddlf2 still no connection.
I'll get him to JellyBam A4 same as my phone. is there any file(s) I can copy from my phone to his to make it alive again?
his IMEI from *#06# is blank.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance

try this method..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1308546
Sent from my GT-I9003 using xda app-developers app

the_blue_wyvern said:
Hello,
I've been looking around for a solution for this issue.
My friend tried to root him phone, and I have no idea what he did... now his baseband is gone... Baseband version unknown.
I tried to install a new xxpe and then ddlf2 still no connection.
I'll get him to JellyBam A4 same as my phone. is there any file(s) I can copy from my phone to his to make it alive again?
his IMEI from *#06# is blank.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance
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since IMEI is blank, i think the only solution there is to go to service center and let them repair it..but, if u have backup the EFS folder which contains the important files then there's a 99% u can use the phone..flashing on different ROM wont make the problem to be solve since IMEI is blank, just like my phone with no IMEI, now it is just like IPOD touch..hehe

Well he didn't back anything up.. lol
What if I took my working EFS file from my phone to his, will that work?
will he get the same IMEI as me?
can I mod the file(s) to his number, which I have from under the battery slot?

the_blue_wyvern said:
Well he didn't back anything up.. lol
What if I took my working EFS file from my phone to his, will that work?
will he get the same IMEI as me?
can I mod the file(s) to his number, which I have from under the battery slot?
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you're thinking is good that you want to ask for his EFS but sadly it is not possible coz IMEI is a unique identifier for every phone just like a PRODUCT KEYS to every computer, if that detected that 2 IMEI was using, one will be blocked..that's what i think..
if we can mod IMEI then i think no one will be having problem if in case there's IMEI has been lost..right?

mizukage said:
you're thinking is good that you want to ask for his EFS but sadly it is not possible coz IMEI is a unique identifier for every phone just like a PRODUCT KEYS to every computer, if that detected that 2 IMEI was using, one will be blocked..that's what i think..
if we can mod IMEI then i think no one will be having problem if in case there's IMEI has been lost..right?
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well, I know it is unique, and I do have his original IMEI.
and as far as I read it can be restored in case you already made a EFS backup.
so my phone has a working IMEI files... same phone, only diff numbers.. they have to be encrypted at some level, and we are talking about android here, probably not encrypted.. I Don't know.
guess it is a long shot... but maybe I can alter my numbers to his...
IMEI and product serial number, all the data is written under the battery slot.
I'm no developer just thinking out loud... lol, maybe someone can light up the way for me, if my idea makes any sense on any level.

the_blue_wyvern said:
well, I know it is unique, and I do have his original IMEI.
and as far as I read it can be restored in case you already made a EFS backup.
so my phone has a working IMEI files... same phone, only diff numbers.. they have to be encrypted at some level, and we are talking about android here, probably not encrypted.. I Don't know.
guess it is a long shot... but maybe I can alter my numbers to his...
IMEI and product serial number, all the data is written under the battery slot.
I'm no developer just thinking out loud... lol, maybe someone can light up the way for me, if my idea makes any sense on any level.
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i tried last night flashing the default IMEI and i can say that my phone got signal although its IMEI is not the original one..hehe but i think its ok for a while as long as u can use the phone..right?i am also seeking for the answer to be solve on IMEI issues if someone hasn;t back up there EFS like me

mizukage said:
i tried last night flashing the default IMEI and i can say that my phone got signal although its IMEI is not the original one..hehe but i think its ok for a while as long as u can use the phone..right?i am also seeking for the answer to be solve on IMEI issues if someone hasn;t back up there EFS like me
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So now you have 2 phones running on same IMEI number?

the_blue_wyvern said:
So now you have 2 phones running on same IMEI number?
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wrong understanding..hehe i have 1 phone and becoz of my laziness flashing some ROMS my IMEI has been corrupted and never been use for a months, and after how many days, weeks or months searching and reading here at xda for an answer, i found out and tried that we can use fake IMEI which starts at 0049xxxx and flashed it, now i can use my phone now with fake IMEI and i am happy with that eventhough it is not the orignal one..now i am thinking what will be the risk if we use the fake IMEI and asking here at xda..i open new thread, hoping for someone will explain it to me.

mizukage said:
wrong understanding..hehe i have 1 phone and becoz of my laziness flashing some ROMS my IMEI has been corrupted and never been use for a months, and after how many days, weeks or months searching and reading here at xda for an answer, i found out and tried that we can use fake IMEI which starts at 0049xxxx and flashed it, now i can use my phone now with fake IMEI and i am happy with that eventhough it is not the orignal one..now i am thinking what will be the risk if we use the fake IMEI and asking here at xda..i open new thread, hoping for someone will explain it to me.
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care to share how to set up phone with the fake IMEI?
would be grateful..

IMEI Repair, HELP NEEDED

Hey all,
Ive been flashing things since early HTC Hero days and never had this issue before. I flashed a new kernel (Uber nightly if that matters) the other day and the IMEI is now 0, no network signal, cannot connect to services, random reboots, etc. Tried completely clean flash stock rom using guide at beginning of general thread running bat file (by windows), still nothing. The file seems to be corrupt until I can reenter the numbers so device recognizes and can get network. Went completely back to stock yet still have unlocked bootloader. Tried looking over the internet for some solutions, only found Octoplus IMEI repair but do not know if I need the box or not in order for it to work. Any alternatives or if anyone knows if the software works without having to buy the box. Want to avoid sending back to Google or LG. Links and suggestions are appreciated.
EDIT: no previous backup had been made to the file.

Did you backup your imei?
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

havy15 said:
Did you backup your imei?
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
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No, didnt previously make the backup of the file. I know it exists on the phone back and other places Ive seen but I need to inject that number back into system files so the phone recognizes it again. I didnt know of this issue before this but I wont be making this mistake again.

This probably won't help you after the fact, but I'll link this thread right here http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/development/modem-nexus-5-flashable-modems-efs-t2514095 and check the EFS Backup section.
You basically have to figure out a way to manually input the IMEI back into the EFS Somehow, the thread I linked might point you in the right direction.

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Do you know how to get the tool to recognize the device, etc on how to use it. I downloaded demo to look into this yet no luck thus far on how or where device is to write to. I have drivers ,ADB, etc installed.

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Even after reading, still no idea on how the program recognizes the Nexus. Still blank unless you know how

RevelationOmega said:
Even after reading, still no idea on how the program recognizes the Nexus. Still blank unless you know how
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For now I would keep trying re-flashing factory images again, this time using the long method 2.
I have had this issue. It happened to me on November when I got the phone and wiped cahe. I fixed just Reformating cache on twrp and flashing a CM Rom. It returned my IMEI
Other solved cases http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/lost-imei-please-help-t2529103
..... http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/efs-backup-imei-lost-t2703948

try flashing a new bootloader for the device. i take no responsibility for what happens to your device after you flashed the new bootloader.

But wasn't changing imei illegal?
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{ESO} said:
But wasn't changing imei illegal?
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Yes, it is

{ESO} said:
But wasn't changing imei illegal?
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It is illegal to change it for another one. but the issue Op has is something about recovering his own withing allowed parameters.

RevelationOmega said:
Hey all,
Ive been flashing things since early HTC Hero days and never had this issue before. I flashed a new kernel (Uber nightly if that matters) the other day and the IMEI is now 0, no network signal, cannot connect to services, random reboots, etc. Tried completely clean flash stock rom using guide at beginning of general thread running bat file (by windows), still nothing. The file seems to be corrupt until I can reenter the numbers so device recognizes and can get network. Went completely back to stock yet still have unlocked bootloader. Tried looking over the internet for some solutions, only found Octoplus IMEI repair but do not know if I need the box or not in order for it to work. Any alternatives or if anyone knows if the software works without having to buy the box. Want to avoid sending back to Google or LG. Links and suggestions are appreciated.
EDIT: no previous backup had been made to the file.
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Hey did you get a solution for your problem...Me too lost my IMEI and didn't have the EFS backup. Can we inject the IMEI? if yes, can you please provide the steps?

rajvernekar said:
Hey did you get a solution for your problem...Me too lost my IMEI and didn't have the EFS backup. Can we inject the IMEI? if yes, can you please provide the steps?
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Sadly, no. The imei number file is specific to the phone and to get it "injected" was considered illegal since people who steal the phone could, by theory, inject the new imei to sell a phone as new. There is things out there (sort of) on this yet nothing good can be done. I use TWRP now since the back up allows EFS folder as well, versus CWM that didn't. I haven't had the problem since on nexus 6 or lg g3. The only way I know how to "solve" it was warranty through Google for nexus 5, they sent a new one to me and took the bad one. Only they (the manufacturers LG and Google) can legally inject the phone back to working condition. In all, had to get new one because no real true fix out there (legally) since even recovering it may be an attempt at stealing, the manufacturers cannot distinguish one person from another. Wish I had better news. Hope that helps and you can get it resolved.

There is an app on*******. IT'S ILLEGAL TO CHANGE A PHONES IMEI NUMBER!!
You can't take a number of am old phone and put it on a new, even if you have both. I can't see its wrong to put the original number back though. I've started a thread and asked the powers that be to rule on giving out the apps name, etc.

Sorry if I revived this post...
I know how you feel.
If you message me I will send you a link to a blog I wrote on this subject, I didn't think it was possible to fix but you can.
I know it's illegal. But google supports custom roms and rooting. So they must understand that this can happen.

Uhhh, I think all of you are incorrect. You may want to check your facts or your phones. If you have the manufacturer's firmware, in my case it is a Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 5G, you can use the manufacturer's (or other) method to flash the firmware and the IMEI numbers will be reinstalled. I was required to login to their site, but that's why you should register electronics with the manufacturer when you purchase them. It might not even need a registered product. And, after I was able to recover the lost IMEI numbers, I noticed that I can freely change them if I desire. Soooo, maybe I'm breaking the law? I suppose that would all depend on my location because this phone is mine, I bought it, rooted it, put a custom ROM on it, then did the dumb a$$ move of arbitrarily deleting files that "just didn't look right". One of those was a key component. Keep in mind, possession is 9/10th of the law. I possess this phone so no matter what, they can only charge me with 10% of a crime.

[Q] Lost IMEI when tried to restore TWRP backup from other phone

Hello everyone,
I wanted to move all the contents of one Nexus 5 to another one, but I'm learning that I might have failed to properly account for the EFS partition and now my phone has an IMEI of "0" and won't register with T-Mobile. I'm not sure how to restore it at this point, as no backup of this phone was ever taken (it was stock).
Can anyone point me in the right direction? I did find someone else who had this problem here:
http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/85807/nexus-5-imei-0-how-to-restore-imei
and that led me to
http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...t/modem-nexus-5-flashable-modems-efs-t2514095
which had a script for, I think, helping to download or export the EFS information. Problem is that this phone doesn't have any IMEI info any longer! I do have another N5 I can use if needed to extract what I need and then perhaps I can edit the IMEI manually?
Thanks a lot everyone

Sorry to say, but there is no fix short of sending it to LG and they'll charge you
Sent from my Nexus 9 using XDA Free mobile app

I lost my IMEI a while ago when flashing a openmaster build (that's pure aosp). Reflashed stock by factory images/flash-all.sh, got my IMEI back no sweat.
a maguro wrote this.

beekay201 said:
I lost my IMEI a while ago when flashing a openmaster build (that's pure aosp). Reflashed stock by factory images/flash-all.sh, got my IMEI back no sweat.
a maguro wrote this.
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That's a lot different than flashing a nandroid from a different device with the efs partition
Sent from my Nexus 9 using XDA Free mobile app

Not sure if it's possible but you could try... I'm thinking it may be possible to edit the nandroid with the EFS part to the IMEI of the 2nd device. Your device should have the IMEI sticker on the back, so you could try to replace the IMEI in the nandroid to the one on the back of the phone. Hopefully you understand what I'm trying to stay and good luck with it.
Sent from my Nexus 5 using the N5X LRX21V ROM

fastboot format cache
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Tampering with the imei is illegal

procitysam said:
Not sure if it's possible but you could try... I'm thinking it may be possible to edit the nandroid with the EFS part to the IMEI of the 2nd device. Your device should have the IMEI sticker on the back, so you could try to replace the IMEI in the nandroid to the one on the back of the phone. Hopefully you understand what I'm trying to stay and good luck with it.
Sent from my Nexus 5 using the N5X LRX21V ROM
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This is what I was thinking of doing. How would I get the EFS part from the 2nd device? Would I use TWRP to back that part up, then try to restore only that onto the old phone (after replacing the original, proper IMEI from the label)?
Thanks!

dicecuber said:
Tampering with the imei is illegal
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Only if your changing it to another. In this case the OP would be legal to try and restore the correct IMEI to the phone.

I've done a backup on the other phone of just EFS, and have three files:
efs1.emmc.win
efs2.emmc.win
recovery.log
But I can't get anything out of the two .win files. I tried changing their extensions to .zip, .tar, and .tar.gz, but none allow me to open them with 7-Zip. And even if I did, they're each about 3MB in size and I wouldn't know where to look for the IMEI. If anyone has any thoughts I would appreciate them.
Thanks

jd1639 said:
That's a lot different than flashing a nandroid from a different device with the efs partition
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still, recovering /efs... forget copying it from another device.. just flash factory images.

beekay201 said:
still, recovering /efs... forget copying it from another device.. just flash factory images.
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I've tried that twice already. Factory images would be awesome for me if they worked. After I do it, the IMEI is still zero.
It seems that everyone feels I am trying to do something illegal. On the contrary, I'm just trying to get the phone to work with its own IMEI short of sending it back to LG, which I will do if I have to, but I thought this would be a lot easier to do given that I have two Nexus 5s right hear to play with, and the IMEI stickers still on both of the phones. I read that on the Nexus 5 that stuff is stored in EFS, and erasing it was a total noob mistake (even though I've been flashing phone ROMs for years and years now), since I never suspected that IMEI info would be in non-hardware areas of the phone. Live and learn, I guess.

beekay201 said:
I lost my IMEI a while ago when flashing a openmaster build (that's pure aosp). Reflashed stock by factory images/flash-all.sh, got my IMEI back no sweat.
a maguro wrote this.
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I will do it again. I flashed factory quite a few times with no luck. I then installed TWRP again just in case I find a way to recover or reinstall the EFS partition. So that's the current state of the phone.

sshanky said:
I will do it again. I flashed factory quite a few times with no luck. I then installed TWRP again just in case I find a way to recover or reinstall the EFS partition. So that's the current state of the phone.
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You could try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51823398. But from my experience the only way you're going to get the imei back is to send it to LG
Sent from my Nexus 9 using XDA Free mobile app

theesotericone said:
Only if your changing it to another. In this case the OP would be legal to try and restore the correct IMEI to the phone.
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Suppose it depends on the law you read and how you interoperate it but most of them generically say something like "tamper" or "modify". Either way though, all discussion of it is banned.

jd1639 said:
You could try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51823398. But from my experience the only way you're going to get the imei back is to send it to LG
Sent from my Nexus 9 using XDA Free mobile app
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I just checked that out, and it looks interesting. However, someone asked if it rebuilds EFS and the answer was "no".
If anyone has any way to explain something to me in general terms, so that they do not feel they are discussing anything illegal, I would appreciate it a lot. Or a PM, or any roundabout way of discussing it...anything that can help me would be great.
Thanks

Did you ever do a TWRP backup?

Tried LG flash tool but it did not restore the IMEI.

sshanky said:
Tried LG flash tool but it did not restore the IMEI.
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As mentioned. Unless you have an efs backup from the second device before restoring. You're screwed. Send it to LG for paid repair. It won't cost much.

IMEI=0 restore with QPST, provided a QCN is available?

First things first, I'm sorry for opening another thread on this but I feel the other ones weren't headed exactly in the correct direction.
A little background:
I was trying to downgrade my XT1541 to Lollipop since 6.0 was really bad and I got frustrated and used
Code:
fastboot erase all
The result was I erased my IMEI and I haven't been able to connect to a network carrier since. The problem can be solved by re-writing my IMEI but that's the difficult part.
What I gathered so far is I can use QPST, backup QCN, go into HEX and change IMEI there, then restore the QCN back to my device. The problem is I can't locate the IMEI in my QCN since my IMEI is now simply 0.
So in all, could someone make a backup of THEIR QCN and send it to me? I would flash it to my XT1541, locate the IMEI (since now I would know what I'm looking for), then change it back to my own.
Does that sound like something that could work? Can anyone help?
UPDATE1: Noone sent me their QCN however I did try to restore the one I backup up (which still has an IMEI=0). QPST Software Download reports
Received an invalid command from the phone.
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I tried using Qualcomm NV Tools (from EFS Professional), which reads all the information correctly, however when attempting to write the following appears
Cannot Write: NV_UE_IMEI_I
Error: NV_ERR_BAD_SECURITY_STATE
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So getting another QCN won't help as it seems that I can't write the IMEI (qcn) back to the device...

There are only two possibilities of fixing this... a 50/50 chance that a full factory flash will restore it (don't know how, but it does sometimes). If that doesn't work, then you need to send it to Moto for repair.

acejavelin said:
There are only two possibilities of fixing this... a 50/50 chance that a full factory flash will restore it (don't know how, but it does sometimes). If that doesn't work, then you need to send it to Moto for repair.
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I have already tried with a full stock rom flash which didnt work...

zeusalmighty said:
I have already tried with a full stock rom flash which didnt work...
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Well, unfortunately that leaves option 2... or turn it into a media play and buy a new phone.
Funny how `fastboot erase all` causes such a pain for some and not others... but once your IMEI is gone, there isn't much you can do. Moto kinda screwed the pooch on that one.

Hello, did u try Xposed IMEI changer? Maybe that will be a native fix for this issue.

Try this >http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/help/info-moto-g-imei0-t2925970/post61725547#post61725547

Henriquefeira said:
Try this >http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/help/info-moto-g-imei0-t2925970/post61725547#post61725547
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Thanks but the dd commands wont work since it appears the folder structure is different on the XT1541...any help?

Forever Alone said:
Hello, did u try Xposed IMEI changer? Maybe that will be a native fix for this issue.
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Hey, couldn't get any results with the xposed module

Just one bump

One last effort, not a bump. If anyone can direct me to commercial services for repairing the IMEI i'd be very greatful. Official Motorola Service wont repair it for me btw.
Thanks

try this guys
http://forum.xda-developers.com/2015-moto-g/help/tuto-fastboot-erase-signal-t3451362#post68445534