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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] +Anonymous+:
I'm not surprised that the "unlocking shop" wouldn't change your IMEI - as in most places it is highly illegal!

...e.g. in my country up to 5 years prison sentence for "reprogramming" mobile phones...

FWIW I've had to repair IMEI on Windows Mobile phones (trivial) and Sony Ericssons (neccessitated a couple of Euros payment to a server in Latvia, lol.)

Interestingly, with the Sony Ericsson; the IMEI was indeed stored in a "write only" state, but I found it was possible to write a second IMEI, which the firmware will recognise and use, bypassing the hardcoded original.

Of course, if Forensics got hold of the handset, they would be able to tell...

Anyway, I think this is the wrong forum to ask about N95 IMEI repair...

most likely you will get more joy from browsing less WM-centric places e.g. GSM-Forum or this random blog.

Good luck!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] davey1980:
well as far as im aware it would be near on impossible to trace track and find out if the imei is change from the orignal fone.

however im unsure with the workings of the fone and have no idea if the IMEI is fixed to the hardware of the fone or changable with the software.

so i guess if u were to change it u could have a really crappy fone and our system would show as the best lol .

im also unsure wot would happen if the IMEI is changed to an already in use 1, as far as i know nothing would happen as the system would think u have done a sim swap. so even having 2 of the same IMEI wouldnt affect the fone....not 100% as never came accross it but would affect the system i use anyways.

i guess if u do change the IMEI makie a note of both so u can change bk to the orignal IMEI for warrenty repairs insurance etc. :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] davey1980:
just got some shocking info....the IMEI is writen on the SOFTWARE so can be changed, although illegal its almost impossible to track or trace, fone company holds the IMEI but no proof to show it was changed. seems like a manfucture flaw for many reasons
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cappsie:
Patch Flashing

Hey after a TON of digging I managed to find this site:

http://ucables.com/ref/DCT4DIRECT

I also found that the term of which we speak is called "flash patching" - here's how it works:

However, they weren't able to advise on the correct box for the N95 - the Nokia page is here: http://ucables.com/phone-service-device-c1/Nokia

But as least we know that 1. it is possible and 2. the actual term for it.

Incidentally, if anyone else is aware of any other way I'd welcome the information, purely in a theoretical way of course.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cedrick001:
KC910 ==> How to change IMEI !

Hello people, Sorry for my bad english, i'm french, but i really need your help about IMEI change of a KC910 LG !!

I tried a lot of solution to change his IMEI, and i modify the .nv2 file (contain IMEI number) too, but when i restore it to the phone, the IMEI is still the same ! (I hace backup it again after, and it appear that it was not my "Custom .nv2 file" but a new .nv2 created by the phone in which the original IMEI number is writen....)

I would like to know if someone can say me what i have to modify to change my IMEI number if it's not the .nv2 file.. :confused::confused::confused::confused:

Feel free to ask me any questions !
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] DaveShaw:
If you read the first post of this thread you would notice that discussion of changing IMEI on this site is prohibitted due to the possible legal implications.

Thanks

Dave
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cedrick001:
Oh i'm sorry, it's not my goal at all... I'm just very interesting by the function of the softawre/hardware system of mobiles phones, and the changing IMEI of my Mobile phone it's only for my personnal information.

Therefore, if it's prohibited, i would like just to know where is stored the original IMEI number of a KC910 ! :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] vazgsm:
i don´t get why this topic is still open. the warning from first post is enough, but ppl don´t read even that. Worse, they keep asking how to change.

one guy wants to change imei of n95 (i didn´t know xda-dev supports symbian phones), the other brings an ad of dct4 direct (which is old, and as name says, works for DCT4, n95 is bb5), the other discussing whether or not is legal etc etc etc.

Main point: YES, it´s illegal almost anywhere in the planet. Does not matter why you want to change your imei, it´s already said that xda-dev won´t host anything that can cause legal problems to this board. So, it´s pointless to keep on that discussion.

Fact: No, there´s no imei changer for most HTC phones, specially the new ones. Fortunately, only few ppl working on imei changers, and usually for their own needs.

@ cedrik001

SE phones have their imeis on 2 parts: OTP and main firmware. Even when you change the fw imei, OTP remains the same, as the name says (One Time Programmable). The imei changers available make a patch on the fly on fw, so the phone thinks that have new imei, when in fact, it has 2 imeis on the phone. There´s a security bypass to make phone work without checking OTP imei (the rule is: when imei from OTP is not the same as fw, phone should turn on but not initialize "contact service centre")

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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Amzo01:
Getting C4BC6400C4BC640 as incorrect IMEI all the time?...02 XDA Orbit 2

SPL 1.25.000 WM6 Please can someone help?...Spent 3 hours trawling through forums for answer but nothing works??
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] mrkylew:
The original poster is really doing people a favor and telling people not to even entertain the idea of IMEI modification. Yes this site has some awesome info that 'they dont want you to know' and yet these guys who innovate on phone mods daily are saying to stop thinking/asking/posting about it. I've found when it comes to technology that judges/juries don't know much of tech crimes. That's why lawyers have to make their case putting it in simple terms to either convict, or to defend you. Trust me that the DA has a much easier time convincing the jury that what you did was pure evil than a public defender who still pocket dials will be able to prove otherwise. So expensive lawyers who have contacts of all sorts to call credible witnesses that specialize in this area can testify about the subject of IMEI. Expensive lawyers can make it sound like a simple switch you accidently came accross to save lost kittens, but on cross examination the DA will simply ask if the witness if the public was all playing around with these numbers all over the country would global communications be effected? THATS why you get put in the slammer. Its like scifi movies with invading aliens, they take communication out first. Cell phone companies have tons of weaknesses in their systems and I would think aliens could still bring them down. The semi ease and devience is alluring to a lot of posters, but please listen when we say to set boundaries and self control. Legal battles even on bogus charges that you are actually innocent of are big hassels and cost a lot of money, with the chance of you being found guilty anyways. So just don't please. I got in trouble when I transfered my IMEI and sim over to a new phone of exact model and service carrier because my old phone was broken. This meant my phone was already activated, but since my insurance logged it as a loss, issued me a new IMEI number then sent it to ATT.. ATT wanted to know how my phone service worked if I was using the new phone. Turned out insurance fraud was better to go down for than 'cell cloning'
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jigners:
i dont understand why this thread is being kept alive by the Mods :confused:

THE ONLY REASON PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE IMEI CHANGED IS WHEN THEY ARE USING A STOLEN DEVICE!! THIS IS A CRIMINAL OFFENCE, ITS THIEF PLAIN AND SIMPLE

THE ONLY REASON PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE IMEI CHANGED IS WHEN THEY ARE USING A STOLEN DEVICE!! THIS IS A CRIMINAL OFFENCE, ITS THIEF PLAIN AND SIMPLE​
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] topgunn:
Legal IMEI Change!

No. I like to fiddle with firmwares on my phones and my daily driver's IMEI changed from the boxed version to another 'random' number a couple of times - seems it is calculated using the radio version of the phone, which I have changed a couple of times, for obvious reasons I am not going to replicate any of the IMEI's I have ended up with nor the original - suffice to say I have no way of changing the IMEI back to the original? I think not, and if I can only remember which was the original radio version that my Kais130 came with I could possibly get it back, with a bit of work.

So, not every1 that wants to fix/change IMEI number is a thief - is every gun owner a criminal? no don't worry, no need to answer as it's rhetorical.... :rolleyes:

Now to cut out tons of flashing/reflashing on my phones - give me a tool to change it!!

BTW: it happened on the Hermes and Kaiser! :p
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] nebenezer:
Thanks for sharing. I am new to android and having a lot of fun learning about it (reminds me of being 12 and learning DOS like a sponge!!). I appreciate the patience and willingness to share by the pros on this site and I look forward to my understanding growing and ultimately getting more from my devices than the average consumer, and hopefully eventually contributing to the cause in some way or another. However, I have no desire to break the law and didn't realize how big a deal IMEI's could be. Now I know that's a door I don't need to learn about unless I end up working for a cell company!!

Unlocking/rooting the phone is exciting enough (for now... ROMS here I come), and I get a real kick out of not having to look at those gawd awful sprint branded apps they think impose on every device they sell ;)

Thanks XDA!!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] haree:
it has become a problem in india

hi

recently in india they have brought out a new rule regarding phones without imie and all the phones without it had been blocked and they needed to pay some amount to get an imie but when i called my service privider the ivr said that i can enjoy my services i have a jade and have flashed many times and also got 2 digits added to my imie so i dont think it is a problem:D
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ElPresidente:
IMEI Changing with phones that you own.

I see another reason for IMEI changing. In the states the cell phone providers are starting to try to pry people out of grandfathered data plans saying their plan is not compatible which is a load of crap.

People who upgrade from a 2g to a 3g device are getting greeted by messages stating their current plan is not compatible, then how did they connect 3g in the first place to even get that message? These practices are pissing me off. So what if per say someone were to take their nice shiny 3g phone and change it to an imei of one of their old 2g or even better for a good laugh, some oldschool cell phone from the early 2000s?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] SBS:
In general, most reasons for wanting to spoof an IMEI are, at best, nefarious. However, I've recently discovered that there may be legitimate reasons.

Specifically here in Japan (where I have heard, perhaps incorrectly, that it is not illegal to change an IMEI), Docomo, the carrier widely regarded as the best, apparently filters connections to the capped APN by IMEI and will not register IMEI numbers of non docomo-branded phones. This is very uncool of docomo.

Softbank, widely regarded to suck, is the other GSM carrier. About the only thing that does not suck about softbank is they do allow connections to their capped APN by non branded phones.

Hence, some in the foreign community here muse about how to get their phones up and running on docomo.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] mark_z:
IMEI repair

I didn't agree with you! I just received my cell phone and it came without IMEI code. I'm trying to get a solution from dealer, but wothout success.

So I'm trying to get a solution. I'm trying to find a way to use the IMEI code of my old cell phone in my new one.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Tharamis:
Err No!

I have an old Iphone 2g with the original plan. My plan says it's unlimited data but they want to charge me more because I went to Craigslist and bought a 3g and later a 3gs. The now send me texts saying I have to get the newer plan.

But if I change my IMEI of my 3g phone to match that of my 2g (which is sitting in a box in the garage) Now I can keep my plan and go on using the 3g.

Right no... but to your response, my phone isn't stolen.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] drasterlx:
Hi

Any have a similar program, or anything to do the same on OMNIA i900? I need chege the imei.

Pleaseee Help me
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] yilmaz101:
You would not necesarily have to have a stolen phone for changing imei. There can be other reasons, bu nonetheless imei changing may still be illegal.

Take this example:

In Turkey your phone imei has to be registered in a data base to work. All legally imported phones (with proper paperwork and customs clearance) are listed in the dbase. Also private individuals can register their handsets that they bring with themselves from abroad, but they may only do this once every two years. Say you've just bought a phone on your latest trip to London, and when you get back to Antalya you realize that two years have not passed and you can't get the phone registered. You could of course have someone else (who has not registered a phone in the past two years and have reentered the country in the last month) do it as a favor for you (of course then they have used up their quota and now they'll have to wait two years) or do it for x amount of money. Also if you could change your imei you could put in the imei of another handset that you legally own, and just trash the other device. Why would someone buy a handset from abrod? Well maybe its cheaper overseas, maybe that particular device is not offerred in the home market or its release date is further down the calender, there could be hundreds of reasons. For example you could have a family member who lives abroad send you their phone, or maybe send you a phone as a present or any other scenario......
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] uphuck:
same here, i need to change it
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] elh901:
Ok I have a question and i kno its not condoned or encuraged to change the imei number of a phone but I have an htc p4350/hera***110 or as it is more comonly known the t-mobile wing. Some1 who had the phone b4 me hacked or flashed or somethin idk but the imei that is on the lable under the battry is completely and totaly different from the one programed into the phone. I already whet to tmobil and the most they could tell me is its hacked and they cant replace it bcause its not under warranty. I've tried to update the software on it because im having other problems with it but i cant do it from t-mobiles site or use any other ruu because I keep gettin the error that the vendor id is invalid. all i want to do is have the imei on the lable match the one programmed to the phone so i can update it and stop my other problems. if some one could pleae help me i am a newbie so dont be to harsh and if you dont mind i'd like a direct link if your going to post one. not fond of searching through outher links that ppl popst. if i wanted to do that i would keep searching through other sites myself.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] crazy_kamal:
About To Rebuid Imei

Well In My Case I get Bricked My Elf100 while using wrong Hard Spl

Finally via Gold Card I revive My Phone Back..

Now The Main Problem Is I get My Imei DAMAGED

Well On Sticker Its Different N In phone

Its 00440000350111201

So How Can Recover my Original Back????
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] radzi:
did anybody received any kind of help on changing it??

I'm living a situation that my unlocked phone when to repair and came with other imei + sim-lock. No site, no one can find the unlock code and now I cant use my phone.

If I just could change and put its own old imei back to unlock it.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] B4ore:
I own two HTC HD2 phones and want to have one phone kept with the stock firmware on it and want to use the other phone to experiment with cooked ROMs. My understanding is its NOT illegal to change the IMEI number. Can I match the experimental phone's IMEI number to the phone I use all the time so all I have to do is switch my SIM cards out and test the ROMs? This seems to be quite the controversial issue here but I am doing wanting to legitimately do this without trying to pull any fast ones on my carrier.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Andrewson:
IMEI changing is going to get you sore

Hi everybody, I am a new member just joined the community

to share my knowledge with others.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] bndfrmln:
p51 change imei

I would change the IMEI number when installing the new rom.

How can I turn to its former condition.

Benq siemens P51
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] g0ldb3rg:
actually, i've got a problem. There's a nokia E75 i bought for a relatively low price that has imei server lock. How do i change imei on bb5 symbian systems or, more likely, how do i change it to this phone?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Perfect0:
Hello, xda members!

I am complete noob in this, I bought my first smartphone several weeks ago and it's One M8

I've installed the latest Sync manager and tried to sync my phone, but, when installing drivers, windows couldn't find CDC serial, so Sync manager couldn't recognize my phone. HTC Support told me to reinstall Sync manager (while turning off firewall ad antivirus) and try again. Didn't help...

What should I do?

Thank you
[Moto G Themes and Apps] sidharth.gtm:
IMAGED BATTERYMOD

MOTO G XT1033 ASIA

BATTERY BLUE WHITE TEXT

GLOWING BATTERY

I have created the base ..

now its your turn to mod and come up with different battery mods

always give credits

PRESS THANKS IF YOU LIKED MY WORK

HOW THINGS WORK

ADAPTED FROM ORIGINAL POST

I basically used files from Android 4.3 to make Image theme on Stock XT1033.

I have modded PhoneStatusBar.smali.

used BatteryController.smali from Android4.3.

msim_status_bar.xml for imageview of @id/battery

AREA OF INTEREST :

PhoneStatusBar.smali line no : 8520

.line 1190
new-instance v0, Lcom/android/systemui/statusbar/policy/BatteryController;

iget-object v2, p0, Lcom/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/PhoneStatusBar;->mContext:Landroid/content/Context;

invoke-direct {v0, v2}, Lcom/android/systemui/statusbar/policy/BatteryController;-><init>(Landroid/content/Context;)V

iput-object v0, p0, Lcom/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/PhoneStatusBar;->mBatteryController:Lcom/android/systemui/statusbar/policy/BatteryController;

[color=red]iget-object v3, p0, Lcom/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/PhoneStatusBar;->mBatteryController:Lcom/android/systemui/statusbar/policy/BatteryController;

iget-object v0, p0, Lcom/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/PhoneStatusBar;->mStatusBarView:Lcom/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/PhoneStatusBarView;

const v4, 0x7f07002d

invoke-virtual {v0, v4}, Lcom/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/PhoneStatusBarView;->findViewById(I)Landroid/view/View;

move-result-object v0

check-cast v0, Landroid/widget/ImageView;

invoke-virtual {v3, v0}, Lcom/android/systemui/statusbar/policy/BatteryController;->addIconView(Landroid/widget/ImageView;)V[/color]

.line 1194
iget-boolean v0, p0, Lcom/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/PhoneStatusBar;->mIsMultiSimEnabled:Z

if-eqz v0, :cond_3e

.line 1195
new-instance v0, Lcom/android/systemui/statusbar/policy/MSimNetworkController;

IMPORTANT FILES :

ORIGINAL PHONESTATUSBAR.SMALI

​

BASED ON THE BEAUTIFUL WORKS OF MASTER [MENTION=4315551]Ticklefish[/MENTION]

And thanks to the guy who sent me SystemUI from JB4.3 !!
[Moto G Themes and Apps] Ticklefish:
Hmm..smali. Yuck.

I'll be honest, I don't know what's caused this. My understanding of smali is only about 10% or so.

But I can make a suggestion. If removing the red lines solves the issue, it's worth finding out if you actually need to remove all of them.

So remove the first red line, recompile, see what happens. If you get a FC or your statusbar goes wrong, remove the second line instead, recompile and see what happens then.

Tedious but that way you can narrow down precisely which bits of code are causing your signal icons to vanish. Then you'll be that bit closer fo working out what to do about it.
[Moto G Themes and Apps] S0bes:
[MENTION=4637360]sidharth.gtm[/MENTION]

try do not delete red lines and do some changes:

#if-eqz v0, :cond_3e

see what happend
[Moto G Themes and Apps] sidharth.gtm:
Did not help !
[Moto G Themes and Apps] sidharth.gtm:
Thanks Sir !

I was finally able to make this mod working !

Thanks for your support !!
[Moto G Themes and Apps] kraatus90:
nice job mate :good: , was waiting for this ever since i got moto g , now i can mod battery icon to xperia z2 :cowboy:
[Moto G Themes and Apps] Ticklefish:
Anytime :cool:

Which line(s) did you end up removing?
[Moto G Themes and Apps] sidharth.gtm:
Sir ,

i changed

const v6, 0x7f07002d
invoke-virtual {v0, v6}, Lcom/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/PhoneStatusBarView;->fin
move-result-object v0

TO

const v4, 0x7f07002d
invoke-virtual {v0, v4}, Lcom/android/systemui/statusbar/phone/PhoneStatusBarView;->fin
move-result-object v0

Frankly speaking sir , i dont come from programming background.. everything i have learnt here is from you and your guides ..
[Moto G Themes and Apps] yeshwanthvshenoy:
awesome work bro can u add speed to the statusbar to this mod? and upload the systemui i like the speed thing.
[Moto G Themes and Apps] Ticklefish:
Interesting, I wonder why that worked...hmm...

I did study software engineering but that was a long time ago and I'm a bit out of date. Smali still puzzles me..lol

Good to see you got it working, I'm going to have to try this on the Sony Xperia KK rom. That's got a partial xml solution, because Sony did things a little differently, but it'd be nice to get it working fully.

Guess I'll be learning from you. ;)

Oh, and you need to edit the op. It's still asking about the signal cluster..
[Moto G Themes and Apps] kraatus90:
moded to xperia z2 icons :D
[Moto G Themes and Apps] sidharth.gtm:
Thats awesome .. plz share pngs :)
[Moto G Themes and Apps] kraatus90:
here :cool:

took so much time to rename/edit . :p
[Moto G Themes and Apps] sidharth.gtm:
i will integrate it to Og battery mod :D

no need to edit and rename :p
[Moto G Themes and Apps] kraatus90:
nice , but that zip has every icon , signal/wifi/navbar/battery icons . :o
[Moto G Themes and Apps] sbhas2k:
Not compatible with 4.4.4

getting system.ui force close issue.
[Moto G Themes and Apps] w arun kumar:
i try to port this mod in 4.4.4 as you said where you did changes i did the same but i end up with systemui force close. can you suggest me how can i port this. please i need this mod ):
[Moto G Themes and Apps] sbhas2k:
Gravity box supports battery icon change now similar to cm11 feature. No need to mod this anymore

Sent from XT1033 India