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bought my diamond second hand off some guy 2 months ago..

and today when I was looking into unlocking my phone, I noticed that the system IMEI is different from the IMEI label on the back of the phone.
I am using a deep shining ROM. did the ROM flash over the IMEI or was my phone just messed up to begin with?
also is there a soft method of finding out whether or not my phone is already unlocked?

Sorry to say but that guy messed your over by changing the IMEI. Flashing a rom doesn't do anything to IMEI, special tools and software CAN change it, and that is what this guy did. You can't do anything to change that, as changing IMEI is downright illegal and you dont want to get caught up in that.
As for finding out if its unlocked, take another companies SIM CARD, ie if you are with ATT, go and get a Rogers, or whoever else uses a SIM CARD, and find out if it will work in the phone.

so, it is quite possible that this phone is stolen? damn... what are the potential consequences of that? if he switched the original IMEI to the current one that I have, what if someone legitamately uses the imei on the same network, am I going to be screwed?

SUBLIMINALLYINC said:
so, it is quite possible that this phone is stolen? damn... what are the potential consequences of that? if he switched the original IMEI to the current one that I have, what if someone legitamately uses the imei on the same network, am I going to be screwed?
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No you will not get screwed. {Unless you really want to; then I'm sure we can arrange for it}
IMEI {International Mobile Electronics Identification} Numbers are uniqe to every phone, but the network does not {& I believe Cannot} read the IMEI. ESNs {Electronic Serial Numbers} are a different thing, as the CDMA networks use this # to Identify the devices network authenticity {in other words: Whether or not it's authorized to use the network}. GSM {Global SIM Management} Phones rely on the SIM card to authenticate the devices access to the network. An IMEI is never sent thru the network! That's like posting your social security # online {Mine's 420-69-840} About the only time that a false IMEI is a problem, is when you need to get it unlocked {as you are trying to}; or if you need to report it stolen/lost. If the latter is the case then you will need to provide the authorities with both IMEIs. This is in case the person that has it removes the label in the back. For unlocking the device, you need to give the # that's in the software; as this is the only # the phone knows. Oh yeah, You can't send it in to get HTC warranty service either
Have you tried asking the person you bought it from about this? I would!! I would want to know why he did it, how he did it, & where the other # came from. It is a possibility that he had replaced the Mainboard with another unit, but he should have changed the labels at the same time. I have done this with a few phones {combine a couple bad ones to make a good one}, but I always ensure the IMEI or ESN matches on the back & in the software! If you believe you were defrauded, then contact the authorities & explain it to them. If there is another phone with the same IMEI, they should be able to tell you.

It might either be that he changed the main board or the cover itself.. (hopefully he did not steal it..)
I wouldnt worry too much about it though. Just go with the IMEI that is displayed on your screen not on the back of the phone.

well i tried to get an unlock code by using the IMEI read off the system page on my diamond and the guy couldnt get aan unlock code; is there anyother way to get the correct code>?

SUBLIMINALLYINC said:
so, it is quite possible that this phone is stolen? damn... what are the potential consequences of that? if he switched the original IMEI to the current one that I have, what if someone legitamately uses the imei on the same network, am I going to be screwed?
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Hi,
Maybe it is or it isn't (but it is possible). It depends on which country that person bought this phone and maybe he used warranty service. I had this issue myself.After 2 month My Diamond didn't recognize my simcard, i sent it for warranty and when it came back GPS didn't work. so i sent it again , when i received it, at repair center they said that they replace mainboard, so imei changes and i received written document that they replaced mainboard (my back panel imei and the imei that phone shows are different now).
for checking it , Goto this site : http://www.numberingplans.com/?page=analysis&sub=imeinr
enter both imei and check them, if both are for diamond i think your mainboard is changed before, but if the imei that phone shows is belong to another handset (for Ex : a nokia one or another htc model) i can say 99% percent your phone is stolen.

i'd probably bet he's bought an "original" housing from auction site. i've done it many of times but i usually rip the imei sticker off, bear in mind the imei on the diamond is only on a metal plate, he may have forgot to change this part, he may have damaged his old imei sticker/plate, as stated above he may have changed his main board also, there is many possibilities.
don't worry about it, if your still a bit worried try the CheckMEND online service here:
http://www.checkmend.com/uk/
It costs £1.99 per go, (which you'd want to do both imei's) but you get a certificate telling you wahts dodgy or not about your phone.
it a great service if you feel a little worried.

IMEI Changed.... Twice

When my wife got a galaxy s, it would only show emergency calls only, we found out that it was reported that it was a phone blocked (we did a check on checkmend), the IMEI was changed, that was about november, a few months later, for some reason, the IMEI has gone back to the original blocked one (although i got lots of EFS files in my internal SD card) - one dating back to november)..... how do I temporarily get back to the IMEI number that was on the phone earlier today? i would download nitrality from market but cant make calls texts or internet.....help!!!

IMEI changing is a touchy subject
illegal in most countries & talk of it might get you banned from this website
"forum rules" however if its an innocent mistake & the phone is legit
& not reported stolen or insurance job then take it to a samsung service
centre & explain to them...
im curious was the imei corrupted? or is it suspicious?

It was reported by checkmend as 'blocked by one or more networks', the imei was changed twice, but has since gone back to the blocked imei

Stolen phone.

I recently lost my cellphone but good thinhg is, I installed the mobiucare which is a phone locator. I want to send a command but they change the phone mumber. There's this feature about mobiucare that will notify me when sim card is changed but it just send me a sim card number, not a phone number. Is there a way to decrypt this?
Sent from my GT-I9000 using Tapatalk 2

First of all, I know nothing about this specific app, mobiucare. If it is so that you may somehow command this app to sms you or make a call to you then you should get the number.
What info you got is probably IMSI? These do not contain the phone number itself, phone number is assigned by the network operator equipment. You can probably find out network operator company that issued this SIM from the number.
Your best bet will be to let your local police know this I suppose. They shall contact network operators and will find out the phone by IMEI or by this SIM information you have.

andres_a said:
First of all, I know nothing about this specific app, mobiucare. If it is so that you may somehow command this app to sms you or make a call to you then you should get the number.
What info you got is probably IMSI? These do not contain the phone number itself, phone number is assigned by the network operator equipment. You can probably find out network operator company that issued this SIM from the number.
Your best bet will be to let your local police know this I suppose. They shall contact network operators and will find out the phone by IMEI or by this SIM information you have.
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"android lost" is an app u can pusb to your phone from your google account assuming your phone was logged into your google account
then you can use it to locate your phone on map..or take pic of person using the phone ...or check msgs calls...too much to mention

notify provider and they will block the imei to stop the phone ever being used

andres_a said:
First of all, I know nothing about this specific app, mobiucare. If it is so that you may somehow command this app to sms you or make a call to you then you should get the number.
What info you got is probably IMSI? These do not contain the phone number itself, phone number is assigned by the network operator equipment. You can probably find out network operator company that issued this SIM from the number.
Your best bet will be to let your local police know this I suppose. They shall contact network operators and will find out the phone by IMEI or by this SIM information you have.
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All I wanna do is know the phone number replaced and I can remotely locate,lock,wipe, and alarm the phone through an SMS.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using Tapatalk 2

Install the app cerberus to track down the phone when it is stolen or lost

[q] urgent help please

Today my phone was stolen out of my hands. Who do i have to call to get my imei blocked? The phone is Unlocked.
I tried to use Samsung Drive but it just says fail when trying to locate or find the phone.
Thanks for any help

for dive to work the option has to be enabled on the phone.. only then u can track it using the Samsung page
report to police.. may be they can give ur imei to network providers for detection

I had the service enabled for Samsung.

I guess the phone need data connection for it to be tracked. if is off or no sim then it won't be possible. may be wait for some time and check the dive page again.. but do report it

Also make a police complaint.

Not sure
Will i have to call Samsung to block my imei on the phone, or the carrier sim that was being used?
My phone is unlocked. I have also found the imei on the box.
Thanks for any help

Nazeiro said:
Will i have to call Samsung to block my imei on the phone, or the carrier sim that was being used?
My phone is unlocked. I have also found the imei on the box.
Thanks for any help
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why do you want to lock its imei. if you want your line to blocked so thief cant call from your line you have to call carrier and make your line closed and this one is a must.
if you want totally to block your phone so yes imei must be blocked but this can only be done with police complaint.

Emergency calls only after stock room flash

Hi. I flashed a stock room with Odin in my Samsung S10 (SM-G973F). The phone is made in Argentina so i installed a free carrier ROM from there, then after i flashed the ROM from my country but in no case i can get my SIM to work on it. What i can do?
Edit: Aparently i have a imei status: NG.

IMEI status NG likely means that the carrier has blacklisted your IMEI, and is refusing the activate it. IMEIs are often blacklisted because the phone is stolen or for various other reasons.
In the USA, carriers will work together on IMEI blacklisting, but I don't know how it works in other countries...

schwinn8 said:
IMEI status NG likely means that the carrier has blacklisted your IMEI, and is refusing the activate it. IMEIs are often blacklisted because the phone is stolen or for various other reasons.
In the USA, carriers will work together on IMEI blacklisting, but I don't know how it works in other countries...
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The phone it's from Argentina. I'm almost sure that it's not stolen, but i supose that it was unlocked by someone else before i got it into my possession, and then when i flashed stock rom i messed up the unlock. The imei doesn't appear in any blacklist page (even the one from my country). There is a way to restore the unlock with Samsung Tool Pro or changing the IMEI? (changing IMEI en my country it is legal)

I don't know about the Samsung Tool Pro. I also don't believe XDA allows discussion about IMEI changing, but yes I think it can be done. You may need to find another place to discuss this.
If you're reasonably sure that the IMEI is fine, you could call your carrier and ask them what is happening. Maybe they just need to fix something on their end?

I got the same problem too when I tried upgrading me S10e G970F to android 12, it started showing "Emergency calls only"

Roi_emeka said:
I got the same problem too when I tried upgrading me S10e G970F to android 12, it started showing "Emergency calls only"
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Have you fixed it yet, I'm having same issue, anyone help pls

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