Hi,
I lost my g1 while snowboarding and I am devastated. I can't afford 400 or so dollar for a new one so my friend said he would help me out by cashing in on his warranty. However, he told me that if he were to call in and replace his g1 and they would deactivate the imei number so his phone wouldn't work on the network anymore (well he is giving me the new one).
Is there a way around this and how would we reactivate the imei number. Please help...
hbguy
sorry this is not allowed here
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to change a phones imei number is against the law in many countrys.
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anyone who wants there imei changed you have found your solution here...
this allows you to CID unlock and chnage imei number so if your phone imei is blocked by network from turkey or anywhere then this is for you..
all you need is a phone that is either broken but not stolen or a phone that is on another network....
valid imei is needed for this to work...
any phones imei number can work as long as its not blacklisted or stolen...
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You will need to buy the programme from me...
only £5
thats uk pounds...
very cheap who wants it ???
100% working, ill email u the info once payment is confirmed
garanteed to change ur phones imei if stolen or blacklisted....
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hmmmm...
1. is this legal? I don't think so...
2. does posts like this are allowed on this forum? I don't thinks so too...
Keef CID > smells copper to me...
Get off!
Save your money, check http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=60087 instead.
IMEI changing is illegal in many countries, but for some countries that block IMEIs on phones not purchased within that country (e.g., Turkey), there's no alternative. Better check the laws in your country first!
er, what??? :shock:
Good luck with that Keef, I hope you can get a signal for GPRS from your prison cell.
Up to 5 years at her Majesty's Pleasure for owning or possessing equipment, wether software or hardware based in the UK.
Police have recently raided various addresses of people advertising blocked phones on Ebay, so advertising that you have the facility to illegally unblock them is not a good idea.
I couple days ago I won a Unclaimed & Forfeited Property Police Auction ( Have recipe to prove it ) .In the telephone Lot there is 5 TyTN II phones 2 have broken screens ( good for parts ) And the other 3 are like new when I enter *#06# the IMEI code come up as all zeros .Tried to power them up and got no service .Contacted the service provider and they informed me from the IMEI number from back off the phones that they where an insurance ride off due to the phone reported lost or stolen. They also informed me that they police by law have to change the IMEI number (well they did ).I contacted the telecommunication body in my state and they informed me that due to that the phones a legal again if I reinstate the original IMEI numbers .They will take the banned IMEI of the banned register . They also suggested to me that most mobile manufactures have a code to reinstate the original IMEI .
Does anyone know if possible to reinstate the IMEI on the TyTN II? If so PM me .
Or is their any service company that can do this ? PM me.
If not I will be selling Parts of the phone ?
I have a full SMC workshop and can remove any IC or
components ?
Location is Australia.
Thanks in advance .
Ace29ace
ace29ace said:
I couple days ago I won a Unclaimed & Forfeited Property Police Auction ( Have recipe to prove it ) .In the telephone Lot there is 5 TyTN II phones 2 have broken screens ( good for parts ) And the other 3 are like new when I enter *#06# the IMEI code come up as all zeros .Tried to power them up and got no service .Contacted the service provider and they informed me from the IMEI number from back off the phones that they where an insurance ride off due to the phone reported lost or stolen. They also informed me that they police by law have to change the IMEI number (well they did ).I contacted the telecommunication body in my state and they informed me that due to that the phones a legal again if I reinstate the original IMEI numbers .They will take the banned IMEI of the banned register . They also suggested to me that most mobile manufactures have a code to reinstate the original IMEI .
Does anyone know if possible to reinstate the IMEI on the TyTN II? If so PM me .
Or is their any service company that can do this ? PM me.
If not I will be selling Parts of the phone ?
I have a full SMC workshop and can remove any IC or
components ?
Location is Astralia.
Thanks in advance .
Ace29ace
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It is possible yes, but illegal in most places. Google has the answer
BTW, where is Astralia ?
OP, I'd read this also: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=276851
Ta
Dave
Thank DaveShaw
But i am also up for legit service center that could do the job ( cost effective ).All i want is for some one to programme 3 Phones with the Imei numbers that are on the back of the phone.I have all ready checked with my country laws and their is nothing wrong with that.I also have proof of purchase
any suggestions much appreciated
ace29ace said:
Thank DaveShaw
But i am also up for legit service center that could do the job ( cost effective ).All i want is for some one to programme 3 Phones with the Imei numbers that are on the back of the phone.I have all ready checked with my country laws and their is nothing wrong with that.I also have proof of purchase
any suggestions much appreciated
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Sorry, I can't help you with suggestions. You might be better trying outside this forum, most people in here dont bother with the IMEI because of the reasons in that post.
Just so long as your aware, wouldn't want you to end up in jail, especially after I have chatted to you
Dave
My second hand Kaiser has stopped working after approx 1 month with the above error with an O2 simcard. It still works with a TMob and Voda sim card (I dont ahve an Orange one to try) Ive tried using the unocker on here with no success, Ive done a hard reset which hasnt worked. Can anyone please give me some tips.
I know Ive not given a lot of info to go on but if you need any technical info (and you can tell me where to find it lol) I'll gladly give it to you.
Any help would be much appreciated guys
Check this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=501675
Is it the same problem?
Its not the same I dont think as it works fine with the PAYG Orange and Tmobile sims I have........ I've no idea, unfortunately due to O2 being on contract and having the unimited web option and signal issues i really need it to work on o2
Any help would be much appreciated
Ive got to the bottom of this. apparently the phone has been listed as lost/stolen which is apparently quite common. People sell their contract handsets and then claim on their insurance for a new one. rendering the person who bought the 2nd hand phones phone useless!!
Fortunately I paid by paypal and am covered and have just got the refund through today.
So if you see "phone not allowed MM#6" it means the IMEI has been blocked as its listed as lost/stolen
Thanks
Very helpfull informations, thank u very much, but the question is, is this IMEI barring true worldwide or only nationally in the country of the carrier who restricted the IMEI?
My phone has been repaired and IMEI number has changed.
I need to reinstall the old IMEI number.
Does anyone know how to do that?
It's illegal and you can't.
Your phone hasn't been repaired, it has been replaced, hence having a new IMEI.
Well, weather it's illegal or not really depends on where you are. There's no law in Bolivia for example that prevents it...
But seriously, unless you want to (try and) deceive your carrier there is no valid reason for a consumer to need to change the IMEI.
What problems are you experiencing with your new phone that you want to address?
i used have problem with my touch screen. htc fixed my problem but they changed my imei number.
i am using this phone in turkey and i registered with old imei number.
i just want to replace new imei number with the old one.
You can't. Why can you not just tell them your new IMEI?
I need a new bill for the new IMEI number.
but i don't have
tdeper said:
I need a new bill for the new IMEI number.
but i don't have
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Type *#06# into your dialer for your IMEI number
tdeper said:
I need a new bill for the new IMEI number.
but i don't have
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or take off the battery, the new IMEI code is there with the serial number too.
i think what he ment is that in order to register a new IMEI he needs some prooving documents for the phone (AKA measure agains registering stolen phones)
It's not illegal to change IMEI #s in the U.S. We don't blacklist GSM phones, so thieves have no reason to change IMEIs. I want to know how to do it, though, because I think it is bull**** that AT&T tries to charge different data rates based on what kind of phone you have rather than how much data you actually use. They don't seem to be forcing the AT&T branded nexus ones onto the more expensive data plan yet, but there's speculation that it's only because they don't yet have the IMEIs in their database.
So please drop the legality comments and post if you have something useful to add.
maxh said:
It's not illegal to change IMEI #s in the U.S. We don't blacklist GSM phones, so thieves have no reason to change IMEIs. I want to know how to do it, though, because I think it is bull**** that AT&T tries to charge different data rates based on what kind of phone you have rather than how much data you actually use. They don't seem to be forcing the AT&T branded nexus ones onto the more expensive data plan yet, but there's speculation that it's only because they don't yet have the IMEIs in their database.
So please drop the legality comments and post if you have something useful to add.
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Hey dickhead drop the attitude. There was nothing like your elaboration in the op and you seem to have gained some insight that we're not privy to.
You jump in to a thread and start firing off, how about you have a little respect eh?
the regulations in Turkey state that you can register 1 imported cellphone in every 2 years, so once you use that, you are stuck with it for 2 years..its legal to change IMEI numbers until you get detected and the only consequence is that they block that IMEI number as well, nothing major..
you can change IMEI numbers for many other brands, I'm sure there is a way to do that so if anyone has an answer, I'd like to know as well in case I need it someday
Call HTC and tell them you need documentation and why. They should be able to provide it to you, OP.
And to the other guy... we have rules on this forum. One of them is that we don't do illegal ****, or teach others to do it. If AT&T disagrees with your sensibilities, change to another carrier. AT&T sucks anyway.
djmcnz said:
Hey dickhead drop the attitude. There was nothing like your elaboration in the op and you seem to have gained some insight that we're not privy to.
You jump in to a thread and start firing off, how about you have a little respect eh?
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If there's a dickhead in this thread it's the one spouting off because they think they were disrespected.
I wasn't even thinking about your post when I wrote mine. I get tired of IMEI-changing threads being effectively shutdown when someone makes a big deal over legality because it's illegal where they live and they assume it is everywhere. In plenty of the world it is not illegal and there are good reasons to want to do it to phones you legitimately own.
If there was any "attitude" at all in my post it was animosity towards carriers. I had no attitude towards any posters in this thread. I was even polite, saying please when asking for the legality comments to be dropped.
Changing IMEI Nos.
Lets forget about who is being nice and not nice and get to the subject matter at hand: changing IMEI numbers. I am interested in changing the IMEI number of my Nexus One.
I understand that changing the IMEI number is not illegal in the US (where I reside) and many other countries. So, can anyone point me in the right direction?
Regards,
Delafield
The problem with posting information like that is that it IS illegal in alot of countries. Where is XDA hosted? Who owns and runs it and what country are they in?
In many countries posessing the tools to change and IMEI is also illegal. So if someone were to start posting information it might not be illegal for you readers in the US, but it sure would be to have the information here for anyone hosting/runing/administrationg the forum in a country that it is illegal.
Bottom line is, its not about you, its about the people who run this forum and the rules they have decided to operate it under. You might think its just anal posters shutting down IMEI questions, but in fact they're being helpful by efectivly saying 'its illegal in many countries so you wont find the answer here'. I'm sure if you search there's many threads about IMEI closed by mods.
Having said that, if you are looking for that kind of information you are probably better off asking one of the many 'unlockers'. They would know about the security used on the Nexus and if its at all possible - AND if not illegal for them to help you they might do.
An IMEI # is a hardware generated number, and it is hard-locked to your device. Cant be changed, and even if it could there are no assurances that you wont duplicate a number out there already.
Whoever claimed changing IMEI's in the US is not illegal is wrong.
You are changing the IMEI to trick your network provider to steal services. This is fraud AND theft. It is most DEFINITELY illegal!
mikesm1234 said:
An IMEI # is a hardware generated number, and it is hard-locked to your device. Cant be changed, and even if it could there are no assurances that you wont duplicate a number out there already.
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Actually on some phones its burned into OTP - but thats really rare these days. Its more often stored in a signed phone specific area (which also holds the simlock info) which isnt touched by any firmware updates. To change it you need to break that security or find some hole. As manufacturers make their phones harder and harder to unlock this secure area becomes harder and harder to change.
Most sim unlocks these days come from service centers, so although you can see _most_ phones out there can be simunlocked hardly any of those have had their secure area broken open.
Also the IMEI isnt used as a unique identifier for any network operations, so duplicating the numbers isnt a 'technical' problem.
But you can see from the above why even if it was legal its not easy and sometimes not even possible.
I need to change IMEI number for the following reason: I have an old phone that runs on a very good Sprint plan. However, when I bought a new phone (Nexus S) and wanted to replace my old phone, Sprint told me I need to change my plan too (with an 80% increase in monthly bill). So now that I have two phones in hand, I wanna copy my old phone's IMEI into the new phone and start using it as if I'm still using the old phone.
Please help!
Hi, i will travel to Turkey for several month, if you didnt buy the Phone in Turkey the carriers will block your phone after 1 month of using it,
you have to pay $100 to register you IMEI to Turkish carriers, its a waste of money since i already bought an HTC One Unlocked version,
click this link to understand if you didnt, http://www.turkeytravelplanner.com/details/Communications/registration.html
so here is my problem, if i changed my IMEI to another phone's IMEI will i be able to use the phone there ? and if so is it safe to do it ?
will i Brick my phone or harm anything?
if you have another solution please tell me because i need HTC One for navigation in Turkey i cant go without it, and i certainly DONT want to pay $100 just for being able to use a FREE GSM carrier.
Thanks
Muhammad.Muayad said:
Hi, i will travel to Turkey for several month, if you didnt buy the Phone in Turkey the carriers will block your phone after 1 month of using it,
you have to pay $100 to register you IMEI to Turkish carriers, its a waste of money since i already bought an HTC One Unlocked version,
click this link to understand if you didnt, http://www.turkeytravelplanner.com/details/Communications/registration.html
so here is my problem, if i changed my IMEI to another phone's IMEI will i be able to use the phone there ? and if so is it safe to do it ?
will i Brick my phone or harm anything?
if you have another solution please tell me because i need HTC One for navigation in Turkey i cant go without it, and i certainly DONT want to pay $100 just for being able to use a FREE GSM carrier.
Thanks
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In this country (UK) and a lot of others changing the IMEI number is illegal !
Additionally the IMEI is usually hard coded to your device and cannot be changed anyway.
rider5512 said:
In this country (UK) and a lot of others changing the IMEI number is illegal!
Additionally the IMEI is usually hard coded to your device and cannot be changed anyway.
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its actually possible, just google it (or Bing it) there are lots of ways to do it
And discussing things like this is not allowed on here...
The act of changing IMEI is illegal, so discussion of changing IMEI is forbidden. Thread closed.