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>It's worth noting that many cheap android devices let you spoof the IMEI and other device identifiers. Any devices this is going to work on will be old and wi
by joecool1029 4y ago
>It's worth noting that many cheap android devices let you spoof the IMEI and other device identifiers.
Any devices this is going to work on will be old and will not support VoLTE. Modern smartphone SoC's (all the Qualcomm ones at least, which make up majority of US android devices) have the modem IMEI stored in memory that can't be modified, any guides on these devices are just about spoofing IMEI reported to android system, not to the network.
- londons_explore 4y agoCheap phones are nearly always Mediatek, and those have a debug tool to change the IMEI. I assume the OEM IMEI change functionality uses the same api.
- thedougd 4y agoBack in the Android 1.6 days, on many Qualcomm devices you could write all zeros to the IMEI, and then it'd let you write whatever IMEI you wanted. It was supposed to be read only. Carriers were launching new plans for 3G smartphones that were more expensive than the existing unlimited data plans intended for WAP phones. Move the IMEI from your old WAP phone to a new Android phone and you had very cheap unlimited data for a few years.
- Jtype 4y agoThis is not true. My daughter's phone supported VoLTE but was not on the whitelist and service was terminated based on the IMEI. We had to order her a new (but actually older) phone that was on the approved list in order to reactivate service.
- joecool1029 4y ago> This is not true. Which part of what I wrote isn't true? I'm talking about device IMEI spoofing, not AT&T's whitelist.