UnBLOCKing a Samsung Galaxy S4

[BlackWing789]

Hey!


I've come into possession of a Samsung Galaxy S4 that's blocked by the original network provider and is therefore considered as a blacklisted phone.


I'm looking for a way to have this unblocked and need some assistance!


Any replies will be much appreciated.


Thanks!


BlackWing789

[Stackprotector]

Hey!


I've come into possession of a Samsung Galaxy S4 that's blocked by the original network provider and is therefore considered as a blacklisted phone.


I'm looking for a way to have this unblocked and need some assistance!


Any replies will be much appreciated.


Thanks!


BlackWing789

Please follow posting guidelines and format your post.

Anyhow, you will have to root it, then insert a new IMEI encrypted file from another S4 phone. in otherwords, it's useless unless you can change the IMEI file yourself.

[Kulverstukas]

Moved to mobile hacking.

@OP: flashing a new rom might help? not sure tho. Try XDA-Developers and search there, you'll find much more answers.

[Stackprotector]

Moved to mobile hacking.

@OP: flashing a new rom might help? not sure tho. Try XDA-Developers and search there, you'll find much more answers.

*cough**cough* XDA forbids these topics. Roms do not affect EFS partition, if they do they could kill your phone.

Anyhow, i think your best way to make some bucks it to sell the screen. Or just return it to the original owner.

[ozzy]

You still can use it.  I wrote an article on it on my site.  To sum up that long article, all you need to do is go to the opposite carrier than the phone was meant for.  If your phone model shows M919 it is tmobile so you can use it guaranteed on H20 or any ATT prepaid service like AIO.  I know this for a fact because i am imei banned myself and use it on h20.  That article i posted about this matter geta tons of visitors daily who are obviously IMEI banned or tricked into buying phone om craigslist.   http://techlivewire.com/1645/what-to-do-when-your-phone-imei-is-t-mobile-blacklisted.html

Btw they are saying all carriers will combine renegade device database so soon people may not hop aroumd carriers on imei banned phones but then again that will mean lost business for carriers that drop imei banned phones from other carriers so who knows where this will go.

Whatever you do, dont flash another samsung imei as some people do.  You will lose 4G and it is a crime but this is evilzone so do what u like.