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I really really don't understand what you're trying to say in the post...
kid go back to school and learn how to spell...
its illegal to change the IMEI or "radio signature" of the phone, its the identity the phone has on a list the phone company has. Due to the fact that not everyone in the world is happy and nice, phones get stolen and companys blacklist phones (IMEI numbers), changing your IMEI number and circumventing this is a punishable by law. Theres also the fact that there is no point to change an IMEI number unless for malicious intent.
silly question, mediocre answer close thread
First of all you're post makes no sense what so ever, maybe you should of read what you was posting, second of all it is illegal to change the VIN number on you're car full stop, yes you can scratch it off and scribe you're own on their but that doesn't mean you have change it does it, !!
You're Knife story is just stupid and there is no point to it.
IMEI numbers will not be change for legal reason's would you be happy if someone claimed fraud on there phone got it replaced changed there IMEI number to the same as yours I think not,
Not only have you wasted a thread you have made you're self look like a 10 year old that cant spell or string a sentence together (I had to read it twice to try and make out what you was saying) maybe next time think about what you are going to post, yes I no flaming is against the rules here but meh you deserve it in this instance.
What a waste of time people come on here for help and to help people and learn new things not sit and read pointless threads.
Peace out
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Your actually keeping this topic?
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Agreed! The kid should do a spell check atleast
i read the first few lines and came to the conclusion the OP doesn't have a clue what is what in the world of the English Language... There is no legitimate excuse for changing your IMEI number...
Mr. randyrubb, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard.
At no point in your rambling, incoherent post were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought.
Everyone in this thread is now dumber for having read it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
ist true, my skill in reading is now -3 points. Fail.
only American phone companies do that for her own stone age systems. no one else in the world register a phone to the provider . least not in the Free world (China, north Korea, Iran, and the USA maybe do so)
The minute your phone is on with a sim card in it the carrier to whom the sim card belongs to knows what phone you have. Yes, even in europe.
he may be foreign guys stop being assholes.
Yes its illigal but there are tools that do it I had to do it to 2 of my phones for reasons I will not explain and I do have tools to do it.
Its legal to do it for educational purposes but do not use the device if you think you might get cought.
Yes... foreign on an AT&T network...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=276851
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According to what law? All that gets quote here is a bill that didn't pass.
I may be treading on thin ice here with regards to XDA's policies regarding talk of IMEI's, but this has nothing to do with spoofing or use of illegally obtained hardware, so I'm going to go ahead and ask anyway. To any XDA mods who don't find this topic to be kosher by you, my apologies in advance.
As many of you (on AT&T at least) may have recently found out, AT&T is coming down on us useres who have either de-branded our Tab's for the purpose of using our device as a phone or who have purchased an international Tab for the same reasons.
Apparently, they have been identifying our devices on their network by IMEI, and taken "appropriate action" against using the Tab as it was originally intended by Samsung, because THAT use disagree's with how AT&T intended it to be used.
So, my question is this: Is it possible to swap the IMEI with my Samsung Galaxy S (Captivate) and vice versa, inorder to fool AT&T's system scans into thinking my Tab is my Captivate or other "approved" device?
P.S. You should read my story here for the full details!
http://www.groubal.com/att-is-price-...res-must-read/
ANYTHING is possible. The main question is " has anyone figured out how to do it yet?"
IMHO....not that I know of.
The imei is in a file that is encrypted. So changing the number isn't possible. You can destroy it by deleting the file (don't do that without a back up copy or two).
I read somewhere about swapping the files between two tabs from different carriers, to confuse their attempts to track device usage.
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The imei is in a file that is encrypted. So changing the number isn't possible.
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Such closed mindedness. It is possible. We just need to figure out he algorithm.
Pretty sure its possible but its not easy. Corrupting it would be your best bet.
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Such closed mindedness. It is possible. We just need to figure out he algorithm.
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Ok, decrypting the file IS possible. If you have the key. "We just need to figure out he algorithm" is the impossible task. If you can't decrypt encrypted emails, then you won't crack the efs files either.
Changing your IMEI number is like changing the VIN number on your car, very do able but very illegal. I dont think it is okay to talk about this on here, try google.
Here is a very good read on the IMEI
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Mobile_Equipment_Identity
Good read, thank you. I stand corrected. Again, thank you.
Imei swapping is legal in the u.s.
I just wanted to make it clear to fellow U.S. users. It is not illegal to swap a imei from one phone to another phone that are both in your legal possession in the United States. The last few years Congress has proposed legislation to prohibit this activity, but it always dies in committee. It was recently proposed again on April 25th of this year and sent to committee where it will most likely be tabled there again. See this link for the newly proposed legislation:
govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr1730/text
The Cloning laws in the United States only apply to cloning sim cards or esn numbers. Because cloning sim cards and/or esn's can lead to subscriber fraud. Which means you can actually steal someone's service without paying for it while the true owner of the sim or esn is stuck with paying for your usage. With IMEI numbers that is not possible due to the fact that is controlled by the sim card in gsm devices, not the IMEI. And as a matter of law and fact, you can clone your own sim or esn from a device in your legal possession because in that situation there is no intent to commit fraud which the cloning laws aim to prevent.
I challenge any doubters to find a law in the U.S. that prohibits swapping IMEI numbers. And, after you come back empty handed, ask yourself this question. Why does congress year after year try to propose laws to prohibit IMEI swapping if it was already illegal???
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Swapping IMEI numbers is pretty easy. And guess what I do it several times a day and the police are not knocking down my door. And, I am not hiding my services or performing them in some dark back alley. I have numerous ads on Craiglist advertising my service. And there is no doubt police pay very close attention to craigslist because of all the illegal activity going on there. So if I hear someone saying again IMEI swapping in the U.S. is illegal I will scream!!! Do some research and stop making assumptions or analogies that are apples and oranges..Like comparing VIN numbers of automobiles to IMEI numbers. How retarded is that.. LOL
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Pretty sure its possible but its not easy. Corrupting it would be your best bet.
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Just a hint...the IMEI in newer samsung android phones like the note 2 s3 and s4 (U.S. variants) is not stored in the EFS files.
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I just wanted to make it clear to fellow U.S. users. It is not illegal to swap a imei from one phone to another phone that are both in your legal possession in the United States. The last few years Congress has proposed legislation to prohibit this activity, but it always dies in committee. It was recently proposed again on April 25th of this year and sent to committee where it will most likely be tabled there again. See this link for the newly proposed legislation:
govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr1730/text
The Cloning laws in the United States only apply to cloning sim cards or esn numbers. Because cloning sim cards and/or esn's can lead to subscriber fraud. Which means you can actually steal someone's service without paying for it while the true owner of the sim or esn is stuck with paying for your usage. With IMEI numbers that is not possible due to the fact that is controlled by the sim card in gsm devices, not the IMEI. And as a matter of law and fact, you can clone your own sim or esn from a device in your legal possession because in that situation there is no intent to commit fraud which the cloning laws aim to prevent.
I challenge any doubters to find a law in the U.S. that prohibits swapping IMEI numbers. And, after you come back empty handed, ask yourself this question. Why does congress year after year try to propose laws to prohibit IMEI swapping if it was already illegal???
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Swapping IMEI numbers is pretty easy. And guess what I do it several times a day and the police are not knocking down my door. And, I am not hiding my services or performing them in some dark back alley. I have numerous ads on Craiglist advertising my service. And there is no doubt police pay very close attention to craigslist because of all the illegal activity going on there. So if I hear someone saying again IMEI swapping in the U.S. is illegal I will scream!!! Do some research and stop making assumptions or analogies that are apples and oranges..Like comparing VIN numbers of automobiles to IMEI numbers. How retarded is that.. LOL
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Just a hint...the IMEI in newer samsung android phones like the note 2 s3 and s4 (U.S. variants) is not stored in the EFS files.
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You reg to xda just to say this?
This is 2011 thread:banghead::banghead::banghead:
And you bring this up now?
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Yes, because I am so tired of reading all the threads on the subject and you "Senior" members getting it wrong. Someone has to set it straight. With the retarded assumptions made by "Senior" members I thinks some other people have been banging their head on something. If your going to be a geek/nerd at least figure out how to do basic research on a subject matter before making assumptions. There is a big difference between a retard and a nerd but it seems it might be harder to distinguish between the 2 in this forum ...LOL
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Yes, because I am so tired of reading all the threads on the subject and you "Senior" members getting it wrong. Someone has to set it straight. With the retarded assumptions made by "Senior" members I thinks some other people have been banging their head on something. If your going to be a geek/nerd at least figure out how to do basic research on a subject matter before making assumptions. There is a big difference between a retard and a nerd but it seems it might be harder to distinguish between the 2 in this forum ...LOL
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Dude..just look at those both thread date..by the way..it's maybe legal in US..but at some country it's not..not all xda user came from US..and senior member doesn't define thier knowledge..they got the senior title by making 100 post..and did you read the rule?
My point is..you could just explain to them nicely..don't need to flame..just saying..
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If something (like changing IMEI) might get in trouble xda-developers then is not something we would like to see.
So thread closed.
Thank you.
I hope no one gets mad, but this > < discussion should be here and made sticky for AT LEAST the droid x for further development and hacking. This should be only for educational purposes! All in all though, I feel that this topic would be more quickly busted or confirmed on this site. Please post ANY findings and/or results here. As you can see I have posted to this site the locations of ALL meid an pesn of the druid 2 global phone, but was unsuccessful at using these scripts to do anything to this phone. Thanks ppl and let's keep this thread going for the lifespan of the phone. All credit given whet credit is due, as you can see from the post. No stealing or hijacking intended. This is all I could find on Moto devices. Also have a Devour to test this on with a lil more skilled guidance.
Again? Really?
ESN changing is against the law in the country of which these forums are hosted. I'm going to assume this will be deleted before you even read my post.
There is no legal reason to 'repair' your MEID. Please move back to Howard Forums where they still seem to allow this type of discussion.
Just read forum rules.
I have just read the forum rules and it says nothing about not discussing maid/est repair. This is for educational purposes. And, if like me, changing these numbers is legal if you own both the donor (which in my case is broken) and the clone, and are not trying to sell the donor or clone, which would be invasion of privacy and fraud, then it is legal. I own both phones. My touch pro wont boot anymore and I own my droid 2 global, which is the one I want to write theses numbers to. I am not selling either. So why not learn more about these devices. I should be able to do what I want with my property. Take a look here, I googled this just for you and people like you. -> http://www.fcc.gov/guides/cell-phone-fraud <- And as can see clearly I am doing nothing illegal. I wish people would stop saying that it is illegal. It scares people who just heard it somewhere else without doing their own research first. On with this discussion please mods.
I still don't understand what this is. I seen this posted on Howard, and was interested by the topic. I tried Googling but I came up short with any clear definitions.
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I still don't understand what this is. I seen this posted on Howard, and was interested by the topic. I tried Googling but I came up short with any clear definitions.
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The meid/esn is the phone-specific "serial" number that Verizon uses to identify your phone. If a phone is reported as lost or stolen to Verizon, the meid/esn gets blacklisted so that the phone cannot be activated (so if someone steals your phone or finds it on the street, they can't put it on their account).
This thread describes how to alter the meid/esn to something else, so it can be fixed/unblacklisted.
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I have just read the forum rules and it says nothing about not discussing maid/est repair. This is for educational purposes. And, if like me, changing these numbers is legal if you own both the donor (which in my case is broken) and the clone, and are not trying to sell the donor or clone, which would be invasion of privacy and fraud, then it is legal. I own both phones. My touch pro wont boot anymore and I own my droid 2 global, which is the one I want to write theses numbers to. I am not selling either. So why not learn more about these devices. I should be able to do what I want with my property. Take a look here, I googled this just for you and people like you. -> http://www.fcc.gov/guides/cell-phone-fraud <- And as can see clearly I am doing nothing illegal. I wish people would stop saying that it is illegal. It scares people who just heard it somewhere else without doing their own research first. On with this discussion please mods.
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Well I'm glad you answered your own question then =)
What Is Cell Phone Cloning Fraud?
Every cell phone is supposed to have a unique factory-set electronic serial number (ESN) and telephone number (MIN). A cloned cell phone is one that has been reprogrammed to transmit the ESN and MIN belonging to another (legitimate) cell phone. Unscrupulous people can obtain valid ESN/MIN combinations by illegally monitoring the radio wave transmissions from the cell phones of legitimate subscribers. After cloning, both the legitimate and the fraudulent cell phones have the same ESN/MIN combination and cellular systems cannot distinguish the cloned cell phone from the legitimate one. The legitimate phone user then gets billed for the cloned phone’s calls. Call your carrier if you think you have been a victim of cloning fraud.
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What you would be doing is not illegal, but the information used to do your 'legal' activity could be used to do something illegal. Yes it comes down to "ZOMG Some guy posted a bomb recipe, that's illegal!!!"... well no, but whoever hosts that bomb making recipe could be held as an accomplice for future bombings using said recipe.
Which is why MEID/ESN changing is usually instantly locked on most if not all US forum sites, including this one.
A little help
Honestly I thought this thread would be closed a while back because every time i looked into this before threads would magically dissappear. But its still here so here is some help. The esn meid is only half the problem, the other half is the A-key, this key verifies your phone every time you make a phone call, wihout jt you will get a message that tells you your phone cannot be verified. After you manage to get that you need a username and password in order to achieve 3g access. That aside the reason your hexs dont match is because its ram and he meid will get moved around randomly after boot. Basically this means that you will need to find all addresses before your next reboot or the keys might move again. So not only is the hexes different from phone to phone it is also different from boot to boot. Another thing you are having issues wih is the meid returnin after each reboot. This only happens when you miss an meid. I have found that there are certain locations that have memory locks and will nkt let you map it. If you use the default settings for scanning you will miss meid locations. What you have to do is scan and after each map decrease the number smaller and closer to the memory lock until you find the exact location for thsat memory lock. Repeat for each lock until you have exact locations for every valid memory location. Then dump those locations and use a hex editor to calculate where each meid location is. Use another tool to directly modify each meid location to all 0s. After all locations for both esn and meid are 0ed then you can reboot. Oh forgot to mention one more thing he esn and meid are reverse inverted. Meaning an esn will be A00000123456 will be 56 34 12 00 00 A0 same with esn.
And yes i was being purposly vague. If you cant fill in the blanks you really shouldnt be atempting to do this. You can easily permanently brick your phone.
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Well I'm glad you answered your own question then =)
What you would be doing is not illegal, but the information used to do your 'legal' activity could be used to do something illegal. Yes it comes down to "ZOMG Some guy posted a bomb recipe, that's illegal!!!"... well no, but whoever hosts that bomb making recipe could be held as an accomplice for future bombings using said recipe.
Which is why MEID/ESN changing is usually instantly locked on most if not all US forum sites, including this one.
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That isn't true, the hosting party can not be brought in as an accomplice you need to go get your facts straight. If the hosting agent said "Hey you should blow up a building with this bomb" then you are right. If they say "We are a library of knowledge" they can not.
It's all about intent. For this purpose it is about information, and information is power. There are a LOT more people trying to FIX their phones then trying to steal. There are many other valid and lawful uses as well, such as switching these verizon wireless phones to cricket or some other prepaid service (which is legal if you buy one of their pre-paid phones and use it as a donor phone).
People, please take your head out of your butt on this issue. It is not illegal, it is what you do with the information that makes it legal/illegal. If you are a crook you will get caught and do 5 years for screwing around with phones (moron). If you are not a crook and are looking to xfer service to a prepay or fix your phone then it's perfectly lawful.
ok here is my issue with this also. I am on metro and I have the eris flashed by them to talk and text. I received a droid a855 which I see fully flashed to metro everywhere for sale people talking about them anything of the sort. But I have flashed the prl and all info for metro but will they turn it on. NOPE they will not add the clean esn from my droid to their network at all. So I have been searching for how to do this also as I will scrap my eris for use as a testing and wifi only device and put its info on the droid and then put the eris sticker on it also. And the eris will be blank. But do you think I could get this to work right nope. I have found 4 total meid/esn locations and changed them with a few programs and also made sure they are right. and reflashed the file to the phone and nothing at all changed. I need help please. And to the legality of this I called a guy on craigslist and asked him to put my esn in metros data base and he said I have to have a account and he would change the esn and meid to match my metro phone that is on now?????? he had posted as to adding the esn not changing. And he is not the only one here doing this. I have skills in computers and phones but im just lost on the droid not taking the writes. Ok thanks and PM me if needed.
Preach! Free speech dies another slow death... Instead of commenting, help someone with a cellular issue... Pay it forward = mankind advances by helping one another
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Well I'm glad you answered your own question then =)
What you would be doing is not illegal, but the information used to do your 'legal' activity could be used to do something illegal. Yes it comes down to "ZOMG Some guy posted a bomb recipe, that's illegal!!!"... well no, but whoever hosts that bomb making recipe could be held as an accomplice for future bombings using said recipe.
Which is why MEID/ESN changing is usually instantly locked on most if not all US forum sites, including this one.
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This is very help fully I wish I knew this when I got my phone because it was 9pm est and I was not a authorized user on my parents account and my grandmother is on the otherwise of the country and I had to wait a whole day to activate the phone and if I would of known about this I would of transferred my Omnia's meid over
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Sorry, but this stinks of legal technicalities.
Rule #9 is used in situations like these, and so I'll have to close the thread.
9. Don't get us in trouble.
Don't post copyrighted materials or do other things that will obviously lead to legal trouble. If you wouldn't do it on your own homepage, you probably don't want to do it here either. This does not mean we agree with everything the software piracy lobby try to impose on us, it simply means you cannot break any laws here, since we'll end up dealing with legal hassle caused by you. Please use common sense: respect the forum, its users, and those that write great code.
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I live in the beautiful country of Russia, but we have a big security problem. If someone perceives the right to freedom of speech, prescribed in the Constitution of the country literally, then he may face big problems.
Hence, the decision was made to create a security build for mobile devices. First of all, smartphones.
I have a few questions for the distinguished community.
1. Can native encryption of Android smartphones be hacked?
2. {Mod edit}
3. Is it possible to protect the basic data of the SIM card from physical access, possibly using some kind of manipulation? Or make a remote SIM card? Or just scrubbing data off the surface? Or glue it tightly so that the chip will die when removed?
4. Virtualization on an android smartphone, our people are poor, not everyone can afford to buy a second device for private conversations.
5. Is it possible to download an android from a SD card, like a live CD?
6. Is it possible to effectively protect traffic from IP leaks through the torus? On stationary PCs, it turned out to be the most expedient to use Whonix, how are things going on android?
7. Is it possible to carry out all these manipulations, or do some of them be carried out without having root-rights on the device? The goal is to create an efficient and easy-to-use security build for the general public.
If you can answer at least some of the questions, I am very grateful in advance.
Welcome to the XDA Forums! I would be happy to awnser your questions.
1. Not likely but an experienced person in data decryption could do it, i dont know any specific details.
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3. Some phones have the eSim feature which cannot be removed and are not a physical card.
4.some phones have dual apps and a privacy lock.
5. android x86 is a live CD version for PCs
6. Maybe an app can perform what your asking.
7. Root would be needed for no 2.
1. Yes, it can. However, with a threat model like a nation state actor, smartphone security has almost always been subpar because your phone mostly operates with the keys in memory for convenience. This can be mitigated by shutting down the phone in high risk environments.
2. IMEI can be spoofed using XPrivacyLua
3. Just get a burner phone/prepaid SIM, that will eliminate most headaches.
4. Virtualization does exist, but for a low powered arm processor in comparison to a PC probably isn't a good idea.
5. ROMs? That's probably what you're looking for.
6. Use TOR apps if you need to reach the web, otherwise I2P apps are good for preventing your IP from the outside world.
7. Yes for most except for IMEI spoofing. Take a look at GrapheneOS and CalyxOS, they're good starting points. Also, Whonix is only good if you're not using a compromised host (ditch Windows, go for Qubes, will work best with TPM and IOMMU support + VT-X/AMD-V (virtualization extensions))
Hmm welp. I'm not sure that much scrutiny would be needed but your choice..
High stakes situations are my specialty. If they're living in a repressive regime, security and privacy are paramount. Their call though.
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High stakes situations are my specialty. If they're living in a repressive regime, security and privacy are paramount. Their call though.
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Well when I'm in an unstable political regime, I’ll make sure to grab your advice first
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1. Not likely but an experienced person in data decryption could do it, i dont know any specific details.
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3. Some phones have the eSim feature which cannot be removed and are not a physical card.
4.some phones have dual apps and a privacy lock.
5. android x86 is a live CD version for PCs
6. Maybe an app can perform what your asking.
7. Root would be needed for no 2.
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1. The details are just important. The stakes are high. We had the story of Golunov, his phone could not be deciphered for a year. Or they are trying to convince us of this. However, personal experience suggests that our technology is bad.
2. Getting root is dangerous for an inexperienced user. I would like to avoid this. I will do it for myself, but whether others will be able to repeat it is a big question. You can get root using virtualization on an android. But I failed to encrypt such a system. It is very tempting: one is open, and in it the second is an encrypted container with all the necessary software and imei substitution. Perhaps even without encrypting the container, this is the solution to all problems. But it's better to learn how to encrypt it. Then the security build is suitable for weaker devices, which is important. For reference, the virtualization application is called VMOS pro. Throws a SIM card and changes imei.
3. I heard about eSim, but these are not cheap models. Well, and the question of practical applicability, is it possible to take out eSim data by pressing one button, or by a script, after receiving an SMS?
4. How is it? Open source? It is necessary that the clone of the application does not leave "tails", for example a browser.
5. Working with a PC deprives you of mobility. With pc the issue has already been resolved in the first approximation.
6. Maybe. On Windows, for example, my IP was periodically gone. Whatever I do. Solved only through Whonix.
Well i had a small phone sized laptop that had bitlocker drive encryption and an encryption software for my apps and files.
I had also edited windows to disable my computer connecting to Microsofts servers.
For an untraceable portable device i liked that.
I went through a paranoia period after an incident.
Don't use bitlocker, use veracrypt or dm-crypt on gnu/Linux, BSD is even better.
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Don't use bitlocker, use veracrypt or dm-crypt on gnu/Linux, BSD is even better.
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Well I wanted to install kali anyway..
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Don't post copyrighted materials or do other things which will obviously lead to legal trouble. If you wouldn't do it on your own homepage, you probably shouldn't do it here either. This does not mean that we agree with everything that the software piracy lobby try to impose on us. It simply means that you cannot break any laws here, since we'll end up dealing with the legal hassle caused by you. Please use common sense: respect the forum, its users and those that write great code.
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Sorry about that, I honestly answered the questions.
About the size of a phone? What kind of model is this?
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I'm sorry, I inadvertently broke your rules. It's just that in Russia changing IMEI is legal. It's funny, but everything I said above is legal here, including criticism of the government.
It's just that we can't get on the sight, otherwise they just throw two cartridges and goodbye Ivan)
What about virtualization? I installed VMOS Pro and raised the virtual Android over the real one. In a virtual different IMEI, would it be illegal in the US? Perhaps topics about virtualization should be avoided too?
Zero figgis from archer
Just got this pixel and was curious anybody find a way to bypass TMobile locked bl they state I have to wait 40 days per policy before they will unlock it
Some people have said that using a SIM from an unlocked device during a first boot un-greys the OEM unlock, but I never had success. Personally, I just told their support on Twitter what I was wanting to do. They gave me the "you can temporary unlock it" speech, I told them that wouldn't allow me to modify the software, and they just unlocked it. From my experience (three phones in total), if you are honest about what you are wanting to do, they are typically pretty flexible.
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Some people have said that using a SIM from an unlocked device during a first boot un-greys the OEM unlock, but I never had success. Personally, I just told their support on Twitter what I was wanting to do. They gave me the "you can temporary unlock it" speech, I told them that wouldn't allow me to modify the software, and they just unlocked it. From my experience (three phones in total), if you are honest about what you are wanting to do, they are typically pretty flexible.
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While I agree with u and have done that in the pass they are insistent on 30 days
While we appreciate the plight of the OP, XDA does not wish to engage in conversations and/or circumvention of Carrier contracts. It is highly recommended to
just pay off your device, and/or adhere to their designated time frame so as to not get XDA in trouble as per Rule #9:
9. Don't get us into trouble.
Don't post copyrighted materials or do other things which will obviously lead to legal trouble. If you wouldn't do it on your own homepage, you probably shouldn't do it here either. This does not mean that we agree with everything that the software piracy lobby try to impose on us. It simply means that you cannot break any laws here, since we'll end up dealing with the legal hassle caused by you. Please use common sense: respect the forum, its users and those that write great code.
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