why is my imei coming up as xxxxxxx??

[pdaman2604]

hello everyone miss me :D? hope u all forgive me for my behaviour and i deserved getting temp banned i was out of line i,m soooooooooorrrryyy :eek: .
anyways i have a serious problem ,,,i flashed my athena to wm6 and now my imei comes up as XXXXXXXXX ,,,i,m kinda worried because now my gps dont work and i have no idea why this has happened if anyone can give me a tip or a suggestion or if anyone else has had this problem please let me no

[Madhadder]

Try reflashing the Radio ROM or the complete ROM. Also make sure you have applied the AthenaUnlocker before you do.

[pdaman2604]

hi thxs for replying ,,,i have tried what u mentioned several times and its stil the same ,i even put back the original t-mobile rom that came with my athena device ,,i dont know what else to do is there like a imei repair tool for these devices? i need this done otherwise my warranty is gone and i cant ring up t-mobile uk and tell them, i put wm6 and removed there software again due to warranty :( please what else can i do ?

[jmdrizen]

Hi PDAMan,

Where did you find the original T-Mobile ROM please?

[pdaman2604]

hi i downloaded the t-mobile rom from emule p2p service

but its only wm5

[jas_pik]

Where did you find the original T-Mobile ROM please?
You can find TMobile ship on our FTP ( but only GERMAN version) : RUU_Athena_TMO_DE_1.12.111.6_1.32.00.00_Ship.rar

[jmdrizen]

hi i downloaded the t-mobile rom from emule p2p service

but its only wm5
Is this version the German one, or a WWE (English) one?

Cheers

[pdaman2604]

hi ,,its the german t-mobile rom but what i did was add the english cab file to it and it works well i,ve attached it here also i didnt realise that the t-mobile rom also exists in the xda ftp site :)

hope this helps anyone wanting to revert back to wm5

[jmdrizen]

hi ,,its the german t-mobile rom but what i did was add the english cab file to it and it works well i,ve attached it here also i didnt realise that the t-mobile rom also exists in the xda ftp site :)

hope this helps anyone wanting to revert back to wm5
But this ROM sets your IMEI to XXXXXXX that right? :-/

[pdaman2604]

hi,,,the imei got corrupted upon me flashing it with a rom i obtained from another site ,,,since then its messed up my imei ,,,the sad thing is if this handset got stolen i dont think the network providers can do nothing to block it or barr it and i messed up my warranty:(

i,ve tried to speak to other engineers about this they dont wanna know because imei modification or even messing with it in the u.k is very illegal but all i want to do is get my original imei back and seems no one will help me or even point me to the right direction of doing this ,,thus i have lost my gps that wont work anymore
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i tried using the tool called iwizard which can modify or change imei's on htc platforms but it doesnt support the athena its only for older model handsets.

besides the roms from xda developers i have been using since i owned a blueangel device and not 1 of them has caused me problems only serious issue i have had is with mr lumpistefans rom which has made my wallaby device dead!! and i am saddened to lose my old wallaby because of his roms

[jmdrizen]

I'm sorry to hear of you news. I'm aware that IMEI alteration is illegal in the UK, but thought that for genuine reasons such as this some of the phone shops you find round major towns such as London may be able to assist (for a fee). If you take original documentation, like the sticker on the box and the unit to verify that that was the genuine IMEI, and it is restoration that you're after not alteration..... I don't know, someone might be able to help...

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But just to confirm, if I use the German WM5 T-Mobile ROM on my UK Ameo, that currently has a English WM6 it should operate, and keep my IMEI... the only thing will be the language, which I take it that CAB file you provided will restore, and EVERYTHING will be in English? That right?

cheers!

[pdaman2604]

hi and yes buddy all should be fine like i said this rom is ok and genuine from german t-mobile site and the same rom is available on the ftp developers site ,,just use the the english cab file and your ready to go
:)

and in theory this cab file should work on other foreign language roms also :D


and i did try to contact shops regarding my imei none want to help they said nothing can be done