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IMEI change possible?

Galway K9 · 2014-02-06 14:22:16

When you report a phone lost with insurance company, and they block it, it cannot be used in Ireland and England which is good in a way, but its freely available to use in any other country. Can people change your IMEI to get the phone working here (is illegal) or is the IMEI coded into the modem (not possible to change…

06-02-2014 2:22pm

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When you report a phone lost with insurance company, and they block it, it cannot be used in Ireland and England which is good in a way, but its freely available to use in any other country.

Can people change your IMEI to get the phone working here (is illegal) or is the IMEI coded into the modem (not possible to change which is good) or simply written to a system file (easy to change).

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#2 06-02-2014 4:12pm

Kavrocks

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The IMEI is stored in the EFS on the motherboard so the only way to change it is to replace the motherboard. You'd be better off just buying a new phone.

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