help my imei number changed to 12345610654321
 

Hi everyone I am from chinese,I am sorry my English is too bad, I hope you can understand my N900 problem, my N900's imei number have changed to 12345610654321?,so please tell me how to do about it?:cool:

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Commit bank fraud :)

Jokes aside, please give some more details of what you did before this change and somebody may be able to help you.

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thank you after one flashing,it appear that problem,then I flashing again and again but the imei nunber can't change back,when i call someone,the call often automatically disconnected in about ten minutes :(

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I think you flashed to an old version. Some changes in the gsm firmware happened around PR1.2 that prevent gsm to be used properly with older versions. Download the firmware labeled latest and flash again, your problem will probably be solved.

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This is what i flashed RX-51_2009SE_20.2010.36-2.002_PR_COMBINED_002_ARM.bin . It might be the latest version. I am thinking if there is a way to change back the imei through X Terminal,Do you know where is the imei file store? thank you!

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An IMEI normally does not suddenly change so I really wonder what you did before.

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I just flashed it,probebly i flashed the wrong version which lead to the problem,

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It is the latest, but it seems that you flashed the USA version. You said you are from china, so I'd recommend you flash again with

RX-51_2009SE_20.2010.36-2_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin

also if that doesn't fix the problem do a full flash both VANILLA and COMBINED, as stated in the wiki after you backup everything

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My N900 version is the USA version,Although I flashed both VANILLA and COMBINED,I can't change back the IMEI number . so I think if I could change the IMEI number through the X Terminal?

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Nice one, with (at the moment) 6 posts on the account and asking about that kind of stuff :-D

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I am sorry,I have not learn to use the forum,so lead to "with (at the moment) 6 posts on the account and asking about that kind of stuff"

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Please be courteous, this problem with IMEI is known for the N900, and xxsc2014 asked politely for help.

I don't think there is any terminal command to change the IMEI number, and it would be illegal anyway.

Google has brought up these results

http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f305...twork-1235759/

http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/archive/t-1263367.html

talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=1152808

All solved after flashing... I can't think of anything else, instead of trying to flash global anyway, I read recently that the USA firmware has some 'issues', maybe this is one of them.

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It is unfortunate for the many great N900 users in China trying to sell their used phones that this is happening.
I would actually be interested myself in the process of changing the IMEI and other GSM modem settings for geeky reasons of complete control of my hardware but with the counterfeit "New" N900's coming out of China with repaired Nokia circuit boards in new cases, probably some with stolen or blacklisted IMEI's, the trust is broken and this thread, true or false, is just another nail in the coffin.

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I wonder if the IMEI is required to DL the firmware as Nokia that inserts that IMEI# into the firmware image? I doubt it, though I am sure there is service software available somewhere for low level nokia stuff.
I used to have a windows program around 2002 that with the serial cable would edit the IMEI and other settings on my old Motorola P280 and some flip phones.

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Thank you fou your help！I think what you gave is the method to "after flash n900 not showing imei and no network" ,but my n900 can show the imei number 12345640654321,when i type *#06#. as I know there indeed are problems with imei number,one is no imei and network which can be solved by flashing the right and latest version ,the other is like my problem which i don't know how to do,Thanks

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Is this a "trick topic" to find a way how to change your imei number?

please show us a video to prove that your N900 has REALLY that imei number.
Oh, and don't tell us that you can't take a video. I'm sure everybody has some device where you can take a video. otherwise, ask a friend to let him take a video where you show that imei.

After that, we can discuss how we can change that imei number back to it's original state

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Even if this was a trick thread, aside from legal liability concerns, I fail to see why this ought to be a problem - as far as I am concerned the world is not yet so perfect that there can't be an ethically necessary reason for changing one's IMEI number (it's statistically unlikely that anyone seeking to change their IMEI wants this capacity just to be prepared for ethically necessary life corner cases rather than, say, illegal activity, but still).

But anyway, currently, at least last I checked, changing the IMEI was impossible from userspace on the N900.

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I'm skeptical. From the country of counterfeiting and technology theft sorry but hard to believe you. I think you have a hurdle of skepticism to overcome.
You can be a manufacturer of fake N900's trying to find out how to counterfeit the IMEI

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my n900 has a 15-digit IMEI as do others who i know then how does the OP have a "new" IMEI of only 14 digits? I think we really need to treat this thread with skepticism...

you cant download from Nokia's site FW files without entering IMEI so what IMEI did the OP enter when he wanted to download the FW?

help my imei number changed to 12345610654321
 

Paranoia... You guys been hanging out around abovetopsecret.com forums? Hahaha!

Even years back when iPhone/3G was out, you could change the imei number, but it was only superficial. It displays a different number, but actual hardware number was not changed.

Nokia site: I have entered 123456.... Blah blah and downloaded and it worked fine. The imei is not set in the software iirc. I have used random numbers and my imei is always the same.

I'm sure it could be spoofed like the old iPhones. But if you are getting calls dropped - sell your phone for parts and I will sell you mine N900.

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Best thread on TMO ever! ;)

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Maemo 5 read IMEI number also from CAL (/dev/mtd1). Maybe if you cleaned CAL, some app (maybe NOLO) set some default IMEI number.

Also this IMEI number is written to CAL by qflasher which creating qemu nand n900 images...