Hi everyone.
This is the first time I publish in this forum, so apologise my beginner's manneer
I did a big mistake, when I bought my new Nexus 5, I wanted to restore all data from a backup I made on my older nexus 5 via TWRP custom recovery, and unfortunately i checked the EFS case, this caused my IMEI lose, & at the beginning, I had no network signal until I set up this one on Only EDGE. Now i have just no 3G & 4G network. This is so bad with a NEW purchased phone hope it will be an issue for this.
I tried flashing back to stock, everything failed, no IMEI (0) & NO 3G/4G.
Btw there's no Google/LG service in my country
NH2CH3 said:
Hi everyone.
This is the first time I publish in this forum, so apologise my beginner's manneer
I did a big mistake, when I bought my new Nexus 5, I wanted to restore all data from a backup I made on my older nexus 5 via TWRP custom recovery, and unfortunately i checked the EFS case, this caused my IMEI lose, & at the beginning, I had no network signal until I set up this one on Only EDGE. Now i have just no 3G & 4G network. This is so bad with a NEW purchased phone hope it will be an issue for this.
I tried flashing back to stock, everything failed, no IMEI (0) & NO 3G/4G.
Btw there's no Google/LG service in my country
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Sorry man, but there's no way to get it back except to send it to LG.
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jd1639 said:
Sorry man, but there's no way to get it back except to send it to LG.
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Okay hommie, thank u so much, anyway I keep hoping there's a solution.
NH2CH3 said:
Okay hommie, thank u so much, anyway I keep hoping there's a solution.
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There's not, unfortunately. You gotta send it in.
That's a harsh lesson to learn. I've made it a habit of backing up partitions separately for a few reasons including avoiding this situation. So easy to not pay attention at the wrong time.
Z3X LG_2-3G_Tool
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f45...ck-repair-imei-repair-3g-instruction-1877488/
_MetalHead_ said:
There's not, unfortunately. You gotta send it in.
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As I said in the topic, there's no LG/Google service in my country Thanks anyway
RolF2 said:
Z3X LG_2-3G_Tool
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Thanks man, looking interesting, but I do need a box for that, no ?
Just search for phone repair shops with such equipment ...
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Hi, this is my first post
Last year I found a new Nexus S outside Undergroung (subway), when I got home I checked and it worked fine with my simcards (vodafone and t mobile) I but never used it really.
My phone is now broked and I tried to use this Nexus but any simcard I insert is now not working everything else is fine, wifi, apps etc. It just won't recognise any simcards.
When I try to make a call it says " mobile network not available".
I searched the forum but found nothing to solve the issue. I have taken it to my local repair shop and they couldn't help me. It has the ice cream sandwich android version 4.0.4.
Can anyone here help me with getting the sim to work ? : )
Did it have ICS when you found it? Also, what model is it? (I9020A, I9020T, I9023?)
It did not. I updated it.
Its I9023.
Any more info required?
How did you update it?
I'd try to flash the factory image with fastboot and see if simcards work.
Maybe it got reported lost so IMEI got disabled
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enricobattocchi said:
How did you update it?
I'd try to flash the factory image with fastboot and see if simcards work.
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When I connected through Wifi it just popped up and I clicked to install it.
How do i do flash factory image with fastboot ? I've done factory reset but it didn't help.
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timhl7 said:
Maybe it got reported lost so IMEI got disabled
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I haven't thought of that lol. If that is the case what do I do ?
zokiii said:
I haven't thought of that lol. If that is the case what do I do ?
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COntact your carrier to unblock the device, this is the only way
Billchen0014 said:
COntact your carrier to unblock the device, this is the only way
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Will they do that even though I found the phone, not bought it ? :/
zokiii said:
How do i do flash factory image with fastboot ? I've done factory reset but it didn't help.
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Here are the instructions.
zokiii said:
Will they do that even though I found the phone, not bought it ? :/
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Right, did you obtain the phone legally (purchase), or did you find the phone lying around and picked it up?
oops! accidentally beamed from my awesome NEXUS S!
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Billchen0014 said:
Right, did you obtain the phone legally (purchase), or did you find the phone lying around and picked it up?
oops! accidentally beamed from my awesome NEXUS S!
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I found it last year as I said in the opening post.
Would they still do it ?
Try flashing it back to an earlier version like 2.3.6
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I found it last year as I said in the opening post.
Would they still do it ?
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If it was reported stolen, no, if anything they might report you for having a stolen device
Sent from my ice cream powered Nexus S
Hand it in to the police. If no one claims it within some time frame, it's yours (at least true for uk)
Then if you do get to keep it, then you can ask your network to unblock the imei, and cite the police reference so they know it's legit
djquick said:
Try flashing it back to an earlier version like 2.3.6
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I could try that. How do I flash it back to an earlier version ?
Sorry for being such a noob, I have no knowledge about phone technology
zokiii said:
I could try that. How do I flash it back to an earlier version ?
Sorry for being such a noob, I have no knowledge about phone technology
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Do ths first: http://nexusshacks.com/nexus-s-root/how-to-root-nexus-s-or-nexus-s-4g-on-ics-or-gingerbread/
then using the recovery (power+volume up) flash the second one if your phone is i9023 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1572307 there you go, stock 2.3.6, rooted.
I do suggest you hand this to the police, for legal purposes only
bedalus said:
Hand it in to the police. If no one claims it within some time frame, it's yours (at least true for uk)
Then if you do get to keep it, then you can ask your network to unblock the imei, and cite the police reference so they know it's legit
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Sound good. any idea on the time frame ?
zokiii said:
Sound good. any idea on the time frame ?
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I thinks its between 1 week to a month, could be longer idk
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Hi, Ive had galaxy s3 for almost 4 months. with quite experience, with ROMs and Rooting and such. Ive used cm10, Synergy Rom and CLEAN rom. About 2 days ago, I flashed MIUI rom and all of the sudden, I lost my signal and went into roaming.I wish I backed up. I tried to repair my IMEI and ERI by using this using this tool, ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1867442 ) and. only problem was it wasnt broken ERI or lost IMEI. So i decided to odin back to stock and call *2767*3855#. It goes stright to verizon message or tech support. and so i thought my SIM was fried,about 3 hours ago i went to Verizon retail and replaced the sim. Still nothing.And they said they cant help me. I have no warrenty or anything as well.
Any help with is greatly appreciated. Thank you
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Hi, Ive had galaxy s3 for almost 4 months. with quite experience, with ROMs and Rooting and such. Ive used cm10, Synergy Rom and CLEAN rom. About 2 days ago, I flashed MIUI rom and all of the sudden, I lost my signal and went into roaming.I wish I backed up. I tried to repair my IMEI and ERI by using this using this tool, ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1867442 ) and. only problem was it wasnt broken ERI or lost IMEI. So i decided to odin back to stock and call *2767*3855#. It goes stright to verizon message or tech support. and so i thought my SIM was fried,about 3 hours ago i went to Verizon retail and replaced the sim. Still nothing.And they said they cant help me. I have no warrenty or anything as well.
Any help with is greatly appreciated. Thank you
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Read this on another forum regarding this issue for MIUI for the Verizon GS3:
"In CDMA subscription, NV was selected, so I clicked UIM and gave it a reboot.and I had data. So decided to flash miui again right now and NV was selected again. UIM and reboot.and I have data."
Perhaps this is your issue as well. No harm in checking, I guess.
MIUI and the horror stories. I hope you get it squared away.
x714x said:
MIUI and the horror stories. I hope you get it squared away.
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yup. seens alot of victims around. same here as well
dontsayeta said:
Read this on another forum regarding this issue for MIUI for the Verizon GS3:
"In CDMA subscription, NV was selected, so I clicked UIM and gave it a reboot.and I had data. So decided to flash miui again right now and NV was selected again. UIM and reboot.and I have data."
Perhaps this is your issue as well. No harm in checking, I guess.
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Ill def try this later. thanks
Hoygl3n said:
Hi, Ive had galaxy s3 for almost 4 months. with quite experience, with ROMs and Rooting and such. Ive used cm10, Synergy Rom and CLEAN rom. About 2 days ago, I flashed MIUI rom and all of the sudden, I lost my signal and went into roaming.I wish I backed up. I tried to repair my IMEI and ERI by using this using this tool, ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1867442 ) and. only problem was it wasnt broken ERI or lost IMEI. So i decided to odin back to stock and call *2767*3855#. It goes stright to verizon message or tech support. and so i thought my SIM was fried,about 3 hours ago i went to Verizon retail and replaced the sim. Still nothing.And they said they cant help me. I have no warrenty or anything as well.
Any help with is greatly appreciated. Thank you
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Have you tried doing this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030 It has fixed my phone many times.
MDB2313 said:
Have you tried doing this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030 It has fixed my phone many times.
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Going to try this now. will let you know if it works
Don't give up!
kukumaka said:
Don't give up!
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i wont
MDB2313 said:
Have you tried doing this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030 It has fixed my phone many times.
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still no luck.
YES. i fixed it.
I did the unbrick method then i called *2767*3855#
THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO HELPED!
Another thing to do if you flash miui is to change the APN to Verizon CBS along side changing from nv to uim
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unbrick ?
Hoygl3n said:
YES. i fixed it.
I did the unbrick method then i called *2767*3855#
THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO HELPED!
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can you please elaborate what you mean by unbrick ? what did you do exactly?
thank jeebuz that i didn't experience any of the imei/eri/meid issues when i flashed miui for like a week.....glad you got yours fixed man
THANKYOU
Flashed CM10 no issues. Thought I'd try MIUI. I was hosed. Tried everything. Couldn't make a call. Odin back to stock (thought I could get it replaced if I had to). Reset. Nothing. Then, *267*3855# in the dialer fixed it! HeIIz yes!
bloodonmoon said:
can you please elaborate what you mean by unbrick ? what did you do exactly?
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From a page back:
MDB2313 said:
Have you tried doing this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030 It has fixed my phone many times.
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cleademe publish
Relentless D said:
From a page back:
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yes do this then call the factory reset number
Thanks all
Just wanted to thank all the contributors to this thread, I was able to fix my phone too.
XDA is more than just a community,
-gl
Geolevine said:
Just wanted to thank all the contributors to this thread, I was able to fix my phone too.
XDA is more than just a community,
-gl
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seriously, :good: :good:
Hello I have searched everywhere and can not come up with anything. I did the 4.3 update on my n4 and for whatever reason the damn thing failed and decided to wipe my IMEI!! (Thank god it is on the back of the box.) My question to the community is that how can I write my imei back to the phone? is it even possible? Any help would be great. I have been without a phone for 5 days not and they are on back order till tomorrow which means I wont get it till monday. if I can fix it myself I will......
LG Nexus4
4.2.2
T-Mobile
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:crying::crying::crying::crying:
pr0xy mAn1Ac said:
:crying::crying::crying::crying:
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Apparently you dont have EFS backup, do you?
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georgy95 said:
Apparently you dont have EFS backup, do you?
Sent from my GT-I9300
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no back up. I have the IMEI number tho.
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..
jd1639 said:
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
yamart said:
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!
vin4yak said:
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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rootSU said:
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.
yamart said:
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
hy guys,
cause my s6 motherboard is gone by an "i don't know what happened", during a normal wipe data from twrp 3.0.2-0 i don't know how my s6 don't turn on anymore. dead completely. a friend send me an efs backup from his s6, i've flashed that and my s6 has turned on. the only BIG matter is the imei, that don't work for nothing the ril. i've done a billion things to try to let my s6 working, but it doesn't. so i will know if possible replace my mainboard with an 64 gb version, and if there is things to know-modify ecc, because i've found in ebay an 64 gb mainboard for g920f, and i've started thinking thank you!!
Saafir said:
IMEI is unique to each individual device. If you wrote over yours with his.. thats a whole other world of problems.
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i know, but my question is if i can install a 64 gb motherboard instead a 32 gb that my s6 originally is.
thank you so much!
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thank you so much!
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What exactly are you planning to do with that?? Yeah you'll be able to get it in there, maybe even get it to boot. But you still won't be able to use it on a network till you get your imei back in there
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What exactly are you planning to do with that?? Yeah you'll be able to get it in there, maybe even get it to boot. But you still won't be able to use it on a network till you get your imei back in there
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i don't care anymore about the imei-recover ecc, i've bought a new motherboard, the 64 gb one in fact ahah
Melovespa said:
i don't care anymore about the imei-recover ecc, i've bought a new motherboard, the 64 gb one in fact ahah
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OK. What happens next?
Yes same size motherboards so no reason it wouldn't work with everything else
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OK. What happens next?
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the new motherboard comes with a different imei. he just needs to register the new imei on his account. To prove ownership he may have to show proof of ownership.
Did it work after you replace it? I was thinking to do it on mine as well.