Hi, I got this case and I need to solve a doubt I have.
I've received a phone to unlock for all carriers... The person has proof of purchase and original box with IMEI printed on it. The phone shows a different IMEI, and it's rooted. When I asked if someone has seen it already, they said yes, but they didn't take it there for that..
The question is... I'm thinking about restoring the original IMEI (legally owns it) with Xposed. Is this OK? Every method to change IMEI I found is "illegal" but this is not the case. I want to restore the IMEI that belongs to this phone.
I hope someone can clear the air for me on this one..
Cheers
guillermohs9 said:
Hi, I got this case and I need to solve a doubt I have.
I've received a phone to unlock for all carriers... The person has proof of purchase and original box with IMEI printed on it. The phone shows a different IMEI, and it's rooted. When I asked if someone has seen it already, they said yes, but they didn't take it there for that..
The question is... I'm thinking about restoring the original IMEI (legally owns it) with Xposed. Is this OK? Every method to change IMEI I found is "illegal" but this is not the case. I want to restore the IMEI that belongs to this phone.
I hope someone can clear the air for me on this one..
Cheers
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Greetings,
Using xposed to spoof the IMEI is legal but changing IMEI is illegal so we can't discuss it on xda. Any method to actually change it to the original could be used for other purposes as well.
Thanks for understanding
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hello, a bad luck today... someone stole my phone. what can i do?
i have no myphone service installed,
i have locked my SIM card
i told that to the police, they will look for it through IMEI.
is it possible to change IMEI (i hope no)? i have flashed my phone with energy rom. is the IMEI the same?
thanks for every answer, lets fight against thieves!
misko903
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hello, a bad luck today... someone stole my phone. what can i do?
i have no myphone service installed,
i have locked my SIM card
i told that to the police, they will look for it through IMEI.
is it possible to change IMEI (i hope no)? i have flashed my phone with energy rom. is the IMEI the same?
thanks for every answer, lets fight against thieves!
misko903
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Flashing a ROM does not change the IMEI.
I sympathise with you.
I pray the police will catch up with the thief very soon. They have done so before.
File a report with the coppers so the SN or IME will go out on the stolen property lists to the pawn shops. Then you and your friends need to check craigslist hourly looking for your phone. Have one of your friends go meet him and check the phone. Also run a local search by zip code for your phone in ebay. If any come up that look suspicious like yours contact ebay with your concerns. They will make him provide a serial number or ime for the phone or they will freeze their account. While ebay may not be able to get your phone back, they can sure as hell freeze his account and make his life a living hell. Happened to a friend. He bought a warehouse a couple years back and in the attic there were about 25 SIP phones. He sold them all for like $50-$100. After selling them all ebay emailed him asking for receipts for hte phones. Since he found them in the building he just bought he didn't have them. They froze $700 in his paypal account for 6 months then released it.
thanks for your advices..
i have my phone backed up. that is the good thing. the good thing is also that IMEI is hard to change. in the moment when the thief will insert the SIM, the police will be informed. the bad thing is, that the thief is looking for charger probably...
So how is it now? Did you have your phone already?
Did the police made it? hmm you must be very careful with your valuables nest time so it won't happen again.
Anyways, what is IMEI? What does it do?
sunggokho said:
So how is it now? Did you have your phone already?
Did the police made it? hmm you must be very careful with your valuables nest time so it won't happen again.
Anyways, what is IMEI? What does it do?
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Searching for that would have led you to this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Mobile_Equipment_Identity
Hi All,
I was one of the unlucky ones that lost my IMEI recently due to corrupt efs folder without any backup after flashing a ROM. My phone still works fine but I'm concerned about the default IMEI being blocked and any other effects of losing the files in the efs folder.
I had my phone imported from the US by a friend so returning it or sending to a Samsung service center is not an option because there are none that deal with phones in my country.
As a non Linux user and non-developer I have tried everything within my knowledge and spent hours searching the Internet to no avail. To resolve this issue we really need the help of an experienced developer.
So my questions is:
Is anyone still working on a solution? I'm sure there are still quite a few people that would really appreciate your help.
Thanks!
Only samsung have a box to generate a correct efs folder... Stop looking for a solution, not exist. There are people working for fix in a Galaxy S for a year ago and have no solution
Sorry but this is the reality (And I'm in the same situation than you, I was bought my Nexus the past december in US and I live in spain...)
Enjoy your phone while works... I will do
Try sending it to Samsung for warranty repair (restore using Odin first though or they might not work on your modified device).
Won't work...in order to fix this issue, I even made some friends with the guys in Samsung Service Center here in China. They only have Odin for each device...If I were an American, maybe things could be easier. As far as I heard, the Riff Box cannot even fix this.
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Do you have an att or T-Mobile Nexus s phone?
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i still hope that in the development section are only dev posts! :O
There is a reason we have rules on this forum...
Restoring an IMEI is illegal in some countries, changing it in most, that's why there's no real solution for this problem.
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Restoring an IMEI is illegal in some countries, changing it in most, that's why there's no real solution for this problem.
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restoring my own imei is illegal? ;DD
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restoring my own imei is illegal? ;DD
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Yes, in some countries it is. Just not sure if that includes Austria.
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Questions belong in Q&A. Thread closed.
Also, talk of IMEI hacking is not allowed here. While this particular case isn't agaisnt the law, the solution, if one existed, would allow others to break the law.
I am sure I know how and where my stolen is. I lost it at this location where it was stolen. Then a few months pass and it pops up in the hands of the owner of the location business it was stolen at.
I haven't grabbed the phone from the guy but I know he is using his old number, he said his other phone was stolen.
How do I some how send a message to the phone to determine it's imei number?
I have the IMEI number of my phone and want to track it to be 100% sure it is in fact my phone.
He may of used the IMEI from his old phone.
How should I approach this situation?
Thanks
Well the best case would be if you have any documents that proofs the imei belongs to you.
Sending a ping message to the specific imei device depends on the phone company. Like my samsung it has this service, fot example I can lock the device remotely and iphones can even be even located.
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Tetrahybrid said:
Well the best case would be if you have any documents that proofs the imei belongs to you.
Sending a ping message to the specific imei device depends on the phone company. Like my samsung it has this service, fot example I can lock the device remotely and iphones can even be even located.
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Okay so it's a SAMSUNG and I have the imei so what should I do? AT&T doesn't want to help but the Police are working on it...
How can someone go about this ping message to the specific imei?
1chris89 said:
Okay so it's a SAMSUNG and I have the imei so what should I do? AT&T doesn't want to help but the Police are working on it...
How can someone go about this ping message to the specific imei?
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If your google account is still on the phone, go to the play store and install plan b.
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1chris89 said:
Okay so it's a SAMSUNG and I have the imei so what should I do? AT&T doesn't want to help but the Police are working on it...
How can someone go about this ping message to the specific imei?
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Unfortunately you havent registered/configured your phone for the service, but you still can give a try at the customer service on this website: http://findmymobile.samsung.com/
this is the best what i can do for you.
good luck
and tell us afterwards if you are successful or not :good:
Okay so what's this samsung crap about? That's the stupidest thing ever, the first thing a smart thief does is turn the phone off. Then they wipe the nand and reinstall a fresh os completely. There's absolutely 0% chance any COMPLETE IDIOT would ever try and use the pre-existing operating system. So I need to determine where it is via the IMEI...
I lost my Moto G4 plus on 5th March during a marriage ceremony.How can I send a ping message.I have registered a police complaint to cyber police.
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Hello Everyone, This is my first post here on XDA and I'm hoping you folks can help me out. I bought this S6 from a guy on Craigslist. When I got it everything was fine. I put my sim in a tested it be sure all was well. So I pull my sim out and put it away for a few days to be a birthday gift to my son. So he opens it up, puts in his sim card and goes through the setup. As soon as he was done we get this popup that the phone is locked by Rent-A-Center. Well crap, now what do I do? I bought this in good faith, paid hard-earned money for it, and now it's locked. Of course the seller is no where to be found. And there's not a Rent-A-Center within a hundred miles of me so it's UN-telling where it came from.
I did some research and ran across this thread here. I found what I thought was the latest firmware and flashed it to the phone. But I got no love as it is still locked. I also found a thread on rooting the S6 and followed that but it didn't work either. Now in no way am I a phone guru. My experience so far has been rooting my S5 by searching a thread, downloading what was linked in that thread, and following the step-by-step directions in that thread. With that said could someone help me out with this? I know it's asking a lot to post step-by-step directions and links but that would really help me out.
I should probably add that I can't get into this phone in anyway. After resetting the phone to factory and wiping the cache it then goes to setup. Immediately after setup it locks with the RAC popup and you can not go any further. I can't get to anything such as IMEI, build number, etc.
So with that said I would really appreciate any help you folks can give. I'm stuck at this point.
You're not going to bypass anything. The person you bought the phone from either stole it from Rent A Center, was delinquent on payments, or claimed that it was lost or stolen and the RAC remotely bricked the phone. Just like how people with iPhones can turn lost or stolen phones into permanent bricks regardless of what people try to do, it's the same for Android.
Your best bet is to try and contact RAC somehow and see if they're willing to provide the necessary information to bypass the lock. Otherwise, you're out of money and a phone.
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You're not going to bypass anything. The person you bought the phone from either stole it from Rent A Center, was delinquent on payments, or claimed that it was lost or stolen and the RAC remotely bricked the phone. Just like how people with iPhones can turn lost or stolen phones into permanent bricks regardless of what people try to do, it's the same for Android.
Your best bet is to try and contact RAC somehow and see if they're willing to provide the necessary information to bypass the lock. Otherwise, you're out of money and a phone.
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I appreciate your replying to my post. But none of this is a known fact. You are making an assumption. And while it could be true neither you nor I know that it is true. And if it is true then that is on the seller, not on me. What is a known fact (at least by me) is that I have a phone that I bought in good faith. It is locked and I need help.
I have found many posts and videos on the internet of S5's and other phones being unlocked. I found a post here on XDA that the author stated he had experience with this on an S6 that I linked above in my original post. I tried what he said but it did not work for me. That could be because I used the wrong files or just from my inexperience. I did send that poster a message but have not heard back from him.
So with all that said I'm still in the same position. I need help from the folks here on XDA. Anybody got any ideas? Thank you all.
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I appreciate your replying to my post. But none of this is a known fact. You are making an assumption. And while it could be true neither you nor I know that it is true. And if it is true then that is on the seller, not on me. What is a known fact (at least by me) is that I have a phone that I bought in good faith. It is locked and I need help.
I have found many posts and videos on the internet of S5's and other phones being unlocked. I found a post here on XDA that the author stated he had experience with this on an S6 that I linked above in my original post. I tried what he said but it did not work for me. That could be because I used the wrong files or just from my inexperience. I did send that poster a message but have not heard back from him.
So with all that said I'm still in the same position. I need help from the folks here on XDA. Anybody got any ideas? Thank you all.
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My friend, you have to believe what @Tacoo is saying...with s6, you cannot bypass the RAC. Talking about the s5, you can only bypass it when it has kitkat and s6 is far different from s5 in terms android version and such bugs has being fixed...the only option u have now is to contact the person you bought the phone from to help you with the RAC or return the phone and get your money back. There is no way to bypass RAC in S6
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My friend, you have to believe what @Tacoo is saying...with s6, you cannot bypass the RAC. Talking about the s5, you can only bypass it when it has kitkat and s6 is far different from s5 in terms android version and such bugs has being fixed...the only option u have now is to contact the person you bought the phone from to help you with the RAC or return the phone and get your money back. There is no way to bypass RAC in S6
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Exactly. Android on Lollipop and Marshmallow is like what Apple did with iOS. On iOS, if you put the lockdown on your phone and it gets stolen, even if someone wipes it entirely, the phone is useless without the original owner putting in their Apple ID. Android is the same way now, along with Samsung having their own account layer on top of that.
You can restore and wipe the phone, but chances are that you're not going to bypass this without contacting RAC.
Hi,
I need to change my 8T's IMEI number but as you might already know when I googled it up I only saw IMEI change methods used with Xposed installer, but Xposed does not work on 8Ts yet and other variants like ruri, etc do not have the IMEI changer modules in them, even though they work somehow.
Do you guys happen to know a way to change the IMEI number without Xposed installer or something?
Thank you for your help beforehand.
Is this your OnePlus 8t ?
Yeah it belongs to me bought in usa by a friend of mine a few months ago, in order to avoid paying taxes for my country to use the phone I decided to change imei number, the tax rate is almost 1.5/4 of the phone price so do not judge.
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Hi,
I need to change my 8T's IMEI number but as you might already know when I googled it up I only saw IMEI change methods used with Xposed installer, but Xposed does not work on 8Ts yet and other variants like ruri, etc do not have the IMEI changer modules in them, even though they work somehow.
Do you guys happen to know a way to change the IMEI number without Xposed installer or something?
Thank you for your help beforehand.
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junioryoudare said:
Yeah it belongs to me bought in usa by a friend of mine a few months ago, in order to avoid paying taxes for my country to use the phone I decided to change imei number, the tax rate is almost 1.5/4 of the phone price so do not judge.
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Edit or change of IMEI is illegal in quite a few of countries. For this reason, I've closed your thread! XDA doesn't allow and doesn't accept discussions about or support for such an edit or change.
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