One SIM card, two IMEI numbers? Is this possible? - Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So I just got a new Nexus 6 to replace my other Nexus 6 (cracked screen).
I have a nano sim that worked without any issues for months in my original Nexus 6. It has an IMEI number ending in 858 and an IMEI SV of 10.
When I transfer the sim to the new Nexus 6, the phone recognizes that a SIM has been inserted and it reads an IMEI, but it will not recognize anything about the network. It gives me an IMEI number ending in 592 and has an IMEI SV of 0A.
My gut tells me that the SIM reader in the new phone is busted and this is just garbage it's reading. But it's fully repeatable, despite whatever cleaning/blowing/speed-of-insertion I have been trying to get it to work.
Question is: is it possible to have two similar phones read different IMEI numbers from the same identical SIM card?

My understanding is that the IMEI number is device specific and not related to the SIM card at all. I would expect that getting a new device would result in a different IMEI number.

I agree. It's the *device* that owns the IMEI, not the SIM.

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I got my nexus 6 the other day, finally ready to activate it on Verizon. I had a spare nano sim from the iphone 6 I sold. I called in and gave Verizon my sim ID and the IMEI of a spare iphone 6 at work. They told me it was activated so I stuck my sim in and booted it up. The setup wizard tells me still to insert a sim card. When I go into settings-cellular networks, search for and select Verizon, it tells me that the sim doesnt allow a connection to this network. I feel like though that my phone isnt even recognizing the sim (says no sim on the lockscreen). I figured what the heck, and decided to tell them that I have a nexus 6 and to see if they can force the imei in. They say they can do it so I give them my N6 imei. Even after that its still showing the same messages, and they then tell me that it could be the nano sim that im using (that came in the box with an iphone 6 from work) will not work in my phone and to grab one from the store.
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Has anyone had issues using a sim from an iphone 6?
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Was the sim from the iphone 6 ever activated? SIM cards can typically only be activated once.
darkkterror said:
Was the sim from the iphone 6 ever activated? SIM cards can typically only be activated once.
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It was not. It was bought as a replacement phone so an already active sim was used in it. I had it laying on my desk (although come to think of it the phone was bought as an "upgrade" so that may be possible.). I've never heard that they can only activate it once though.
I installed Sim Card Manager and it tells me the Sim Serial Number is unavailable. Does anyone have a non activated sim they can toss in for a sec to test and see if it stills says no sim card on the lockscreen or shows the sim serial in that app?

Imei info!!!

When i put imei of my nexus 6 on imei.info it shows that its the imei of droid mini 2..
Pop out the SIM and take a close look at the tray. The actual IMEI should be printed on the tray. If the numbers match the site may be reading your IMEI wrong. Otherwise it's a cloned IMEI.

Dual sim version showing only 1 IMEI?

Hello everyone. So i bought a used Moto g6 3gb variant from market last night. So far good experience with the phone so far except one thing.
It was sold to me from dealer saying its a single sim variant but when i came back home it had 2 sims + card options in the tray so i've searched the IMEI on various sites and turns out its a XT1925-2 so it is indeed a dual sim variant.
But when i put *#06# on Dialer it just shows me 1 IMEI number instead of 2? How is this possible?
I could be mixing this up, but I thought the IMEI is based on the device and not the SIM, so a dual SIM device would still have just one IMEI?
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cjpicci said:
I could be mixing this up, but I thought the IMEI is based on the device and not the SIM, so a dual SIM device would still have just one IMEI?
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Dual-SIM devices are supposed to have two IMEIs. You can't have two SIMs on one IMEI. Avoids problems.
Anyone? Why my cellphone has 2 sim options when theres only 1 IMEI? Is this the work of gypsies? xDDD
Could be that the phone was originally single sim but then flashed with dual sim firmware and had the tray replaced with a dual sim tray. I'm actually waiting on my dual sim tray to do the same on my xperia xz2
SIM TRAY
You can find both imeis on SIM TRAY.
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Not the same phone, but I owned two Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (broke the first one after a month...). The first one had different IMEI for each slot. The 2nd one had the same IMEI for each slot. Despite the oddity, I have not run into any issue by using two SIMs in the last 3 years.
djkido316 said:
Hello everyone. So i bought a used Moto g6 3gb variant from market last night. So far good experience with the phone so far except one thing.
It was sold to me from dealer saying its a single sim variant but when i came back home it had 2 sims + card options in the tray so i've searched the IMEI on various sites and turns out its a XT1925-2 so it is indeed a dual sim variant.
But when i put *#06# on Dialer it just shows me 1 IMEI number instead of 2? How is this possible?
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please send me imei in a private message. i know a way to find correct details through imei.
too late but maybe is not original phone but chainaillegal copy on mediatek
well after all, imei is more like just an identification of your device for the antennas, so there should be no problem it is as if you just swap your sim card every time you want to use one or the other number, so I dont think there should be any problem using a single IMEI

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I recently acquired an s21 ultra. was told it was unlocked, which it seems to be, but I don't know the method of unlock. it detects that there is a sim but it reads it as unknown and when I try a manual connect to the appropriate network it won't do it. I've tried with a few different sim cards all with the same carrier, and each time its the same - it knows there is a sim card, but doesn't read any of the info on the sim, and it doesn't connect to a network when I try a manual connect.
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Check the imei.
Stolen / Lost phone. Block the IMEI Number - IMEI.info
Blocking the IMEI number of the stolen phone
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hallo dare said:
Check the imei.
Stolen / Lost phone. Block the IMEI Number - IMEI.info
Blocking the IMEI number of the stolen phone
www.imei.info
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imei is clean, not blacklisted.

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