Can someone kindly let me know how to change the imei of my phone, coz all my friend changing it everyday. They won't let me know how? Please help..... :cry: :cry:

why would you want to do that? to use hacked software?

Changing IMEI is not recomended.

You will not be able to use your registered software anymore.

buy a flasher

Flashing your IMEI is *not* recommended because it instantly invalidates your warranty, and if a device with your "new" IMEI goes missing your phone is locked off of the mobile phone networks as well, and you may even be traced as trying to use the stolen mobile.

Flashing your IMEI is *not* recommended because it instantly invalidates your warranty, and if a device with your "new" IMEI goes missing your phone is locked off of the mobile phone networks as well, and you may even be traced as trying to use the stolen mobile.


lol this is damn right !!!!

Better keep your original! ;)

Better keep your original! ;)


Nooo!!!!!!!!!!!!! :evil:

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thx for deleting my double post :D :D

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In the early days of GSM, the IMEI was intended to be used as additional security, but the different service providers (i.e. in the UK: Vodafone, Cellnet, et al...) wouldn't release the IMEI numbers of their subscibers, so white lists couldn't be done. The best was a black list, so that if a phone was reported stolen, it's IMEI would go one the black list, which was known by all the service providers, so a blacked listed phone could be blocked from any service. The white list, giving all legimately owned phones IMEI would have prevented stolen phones from being used with a rewritten IMEI.

However, unlike the UK, many countries allow phones ot be bought without a subscribed service, so I doubt the IEMI gets recorded any where. Also, with the widespread use of 'pre-paid' subsriptions, where users can can change service provider pretty much as often as they change their socks, keeping track of an IMEI is almost impossible. There are something like 1 000 000 000 phones out there, so that would be one hell of white list ! So as a security tool, it's pretty much a dead duck.

But... the IEMI is not just for identifying who owns the phone, it contains details of who manufacturered the phone, when, and the country of intended sale. If you changed the IEMI, then needed to take it to be repaired, if the details don't match up, then it could be assumed your phone is a bit hot !

And this is also damn right

but for example like in here australia if we're on plan and we subscribe for a Insurance service and we just make it up the phone was stolen but the truth is we change the IMEI so we can use it and claim for a new one

and now we use two phones :D :D :D :D

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Can someone kindly let me know how to change the imei of my phone, coz all my friend changing it everyday. They won't let me know how? Please help..... :cry: :cry:

Hmmm... u wanna change your imei???
:evil: well, I smell EVIL in this boy... so i will not train u to become a jedi... hehehe...

He said it...no jedi...sorry! :D ;)

Well, I can only think of one "good" reason to change your imei, and that's the same reason why I almost did: software.

One my first communicator I boughtsome software, and the serial number was imei-based. when it broke, Nokia gave me a new phone instead, but with a new imei as well, and bye bye software.

I wrote an e-mail to the company about this and they said it was the lamest excuse they heard so far. They were convinced I bought 2 phones and wanted free software for that one. [I can understand their pont of view, but it stil sux]

At that point I considerd to change my imei into the imei of my old phone. but beause it was new I was not about to throw away my warranty.

I just curious to ask to know :cry: Please don't get angry :(

It's not a bad point of view... ;)