Hi,
To whom have I to ask for new IMEI since I need to travel to every continents during my deployments, it would be nice to have actual generic IMEI from known brands whether it is samsung or Pixel so I don’t get any problem with certifications of networks.
I guess that’s a BaseBand framework file and nothing related to the IMEI @plamen ? https://community.braxtech.net/uploads/short-url/eVMpdtVOVO4vMAFESXWGRjGI1w8.rar
still waiting for an answer here @plamen . You promised this on the beta chat. And you have the time to answer to people like the pakistani one.
So Do I need to have those from support? Or directly here by MP ?
@LostEther IMEIs are designed to be unique device identifiers to prevent “IMEI collisions”, and for network security and to act as a deterrent to cell-phone theft (in theory, anyway).
Manufacturers get IMEI numbers by applying to the GSMA Association (or their authorized administrator) to receive a Type Allocation Code (TAC) for their device models. The manufacturer then assigns the remaining digits as a unique serial number for each device, following the GSMA’s specified algorithm, which is then stored in the device’s hardware.
An IMEI serves as a digital fingerprint to identify and track that specific phone on a mobile network. No two devices share the same IMEI, which is crucial for network locking, tracking lost or stolen phones, and validating devices.
As such, it would be irresponsible for a manufacturer to hand out “generic IMEI numbers.” Even if some private person were to publish IMEI numbers of defunct devices, it could potentially lead to multiple people using the same IMEI number on multiple devices. If two devices with the same IMEI try to connect to the same network at the same time, the network operator may experience issues identifying the devices, potentially leading to one or both devices being disabled. A device involved in an IMEI collision could be blacklisted by carriers, rendering it unusable on the network.
In order to safely use an IMEI number (that was assigned to one device) on another device (assuming you are in a jurisdiction where this is even legal), you would have to know for sure that the original device will be inoperative during the entire period that you are using its IMEI on the new device.
We do not provide IMEI numbers of other devices. The APDB file you shared doesn’t relate to IMEI. If you’d like to rewrite the IMEI (make sure to check compliance with your authorities), you need to use a pair of IMEI numbers - legal in most countries if you own the device you’re using the IMEIs yourself.
During beta, we were able to share some IMEIs from our test farm (various models) for testing purposes, but that is no longer offered, assuming this is what you meant by this.
I try to answer as often as I can. Follow up under the same topic are not helping get an answer faster.
@inverdell I know, useless to specify it to me.
Plus if we have a dedicated page for how to change IMEI and it has been advised to use IMEI from other phones for countries which have not accepted the BRAX3 phone… You can see easily my point.
And I know the problematic of ghost phones. But ghost phones are also regularly used by security services and armed forces so → actually nto a problem. Just a legal one if you are a regular consumer, swhich I am not. But thanks for your input.
@plamen so your plan is to leave people not being able to use your phone when the country has not legalized it?
Our plan is to refund them if that’s the case, and we have taken the order.
We provide the tools to make the device work if they can ensure compliance and also can access the resources they need (in this case, a pair of IMEI).
I’m not sure we can do more than that.
welol you could have add the db of generic phones which you had in beta and that’s it. It’s not like you would have a court order any time soon because court order does not go up to the manufacturer to know the IMEI of a phone and the specs and the owner of this phone. This is only being done at a provider level.
That’s what you could have done and you would not even have infringed any laws by doing so and certainly not from your social headquarter who are immune to those kind of things, I have checked.
But okey then I will steal IMEI from others since that’s your incentive about it.
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