Mobile Phones Emergency only no sim

[silverdale]

My m8's Galaxy S6 (GM-920F) suddenly stopped seeing his sim and he's clueless so I said drop it off. I tried re-seating the sim and cleaning and another sim plus my own but it still comes up with Emergency only. He's had the phone about 12-15 month bought second hand so it got me thinking, has it been blocked by the last owner.
I looked at the phones IMEI and it doesn't look right its like 350000000000006.
I'm just wondering if to flash it back to stock

 

[Joe Noodles]

Try one of the IMEI checkers online to see whats what
the real IMEI will be on the box or somewhere on the phone under the cover i guess

 

[silverdale]

ive done a bit of digging and it seems like it's corrupt as there's fixes for the 350000000000006 imei . Some saying re-flash, some say you need a gizmo

 

[dar1437]

I doubt they'd wait 15 months to block it.

 

[silverdale]

I doubt they'd wait 15 months to block it.

I wasn't sure but by all accounts that new imei spells corruption or a knackered phone. I'm gonna flash it back to stock see what happens

 

[silverdale]

Well that didn't work , I flashed it with Odin using the latest and correct / same FW and the IMEI still remains corrupted ;- 350000000000006
I know the original IMEI and serial as its on the back so is there anyway I can "recover" or "repair" this phone using software ?. There's a few guides on youtube but most in Chinese. If anyone has a guide I can use without purchasing gizmo's that would be great.

Like I said I am not trying to change the IMEI I am trying to repair it as it's got corrupted somewhere down the line ....
I think

 

[avid]

Maybe the phones IMEI has been changed then sold and now has become corrupted. The first thing I would do is check to see if the original IMEI number is blacklisted. If it is then it would more than likely have been altered.

 

[trevortron]

FWIW I was given a legit one that was locked to 3ie. A local Asian shop unlocked it for me and, although it now accepts any SIM the IMEI has changed. It now shows as blacklisted - but it still works.
(The dodgy feckers also installed a very suspicious app which required a hard reset to remove - and it keeps forgetting wifi passwords, a known symptom of cheap unlocks).

 

[silverdale]

I checked the original imei and its clean, by all accounts it's something to do with the nv_data and corruption. This in turn turns the imei to 350000000000006

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[silverdale]

Anyone know anything about Octoplus Samsung Software ?

 

[silverdale]

Anyone know anything about Octoplus Samsung Software ?

(Coughs violently loud while pm box is wide open like a woman of the night)

were can I get FW without paying or waiting for a 5 hour download ? just after stock firmware to see if that recovers it. I tried the Hex Editor in the vid and that didn't work

 

[silverdale]

Does anyone on DW do repairs on phones or know someone good with software issues ?. I'm willing to pay as I've done all I can, if you can please drop me a pm it's nothing untoward. The phone just needs it's original imei putting back in place and the no network resolving. As it stands it's flashed with a Factory Binary Android 5.0.2 but still no network and imei 3500000000006. Any help would be greatly appreciated

 

[hoppy]

Well that didn't work , I flashed it with Odin using the latest and correct / same FW and the IMEI still remains corrupted ;- 350000000000006
I know the original IMEI and serial as its on the back so is there anyway I can "recover" or "repair" this phone using software ?. There's a few guides on youtube but most in Chinese. If anyone has a guide I can use without purchasing gizmo's that would be great.

Like I said I am not trying to change the IMEI I am trying to repair it as it's got corrupted somewhere down the line ....
I think

It's unusual that the IMEI gets corrupted by flashing standard FW, normally it happens when the phone gets rooted and flashed with custom FW. I recently had a S6 edge G925F that I was playing with as it had a FRP and Reactivation Lock on it and to my surprise I managed to successfully bypass both. I also managed to screw up the original IMEI which I thought was beyond repair but I also managed to restore it, I think the original is backed up on the phone. I will check what program I used and send you a PM fella..

 

[silverdale]

Thanks, it's still sat here. I can recover the IMEI but the problem I think is,
No backup nvdata and other stuff. I just can't get the no network to stop

 

[hoppy]

Thanks, it's still sat here. I can recover the IMEI but the problem I think is,
No backup nvdata and other stuff. I just can't get the no network to stop

I haven't forgot mate, I am waiting for a friend to post me an activator for the program I used and then I'll upload it to my Dropbox account and send you the details. should be no later than tomorrow. As far as I am aware it can perform a IMEI repair without nvdata backup.

 

[silverdale]

Ok and thank again

 

[hoppy]

PM sent fella.