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Gemini PDA - General Discussion / How can I restore my IMEI myself?
« on: March 26, 2019, 08:50:25 am »
You don't need to send the device in, but the easiest way is contact Planet Computer support (hello@planetcom.co.uk), explain and ask for them to generate a replacement NVRAM partition. They'll ask for some sort of proof of IMEI (it's written on the packaging, so I just took a picture). They can then generate the right NVRAM partition for you to flash back to your Gemini.
I did this yesterday, and it definitely works.
I've been down the other route (rooted, termux) previously and managed to get IMEI working in Android, but the NVRAM partition also holds WiFi Mac and Bluetooth ids, and not having those causes a lot of other problems too. On Sailfish, I had absolutely no connectivity (wifi or 4G) without a working NVRAM partition. Likewise, I had no luck obtaining MTK drivers.
Hope that helps!
I did this yesterday, and it definitely works.
I've been down the other route (rooted, termux) previously and managed to get IMEI working in Android, but the NVRAM partition also holds WiFi Mac and Bluetooth ids, and not having those causes a lot of other problems too. On Sailfish, I had absolutely no connectivity (wifi or 4G) without a working NVRAM partition. Likewise, I had no luck obtaining MTK drivers.
Hope that helps!