How to swap tecno n3 and p3 imei to be able to use glo 3gig bis even without rooting it!!

How to swap tecno n3 and p3 imei to be able to use glo 3gig bis even without rooting it!!

After a frustrating and annoying months of searching and hoping to find a post on the Internet about how to swap tecno n3 or p3 device i... 1:22:00 AM

After a frustrating and annoying months of searching and hoping to find a post on the Internet about how to swap tecno n3 or p3 device imei, i finally stumble on a post about how to backup and restore imei in LG phones so i thought to myself why not try tweaking this? It might work for you after all what's life without risk? Then i downloaded the only files that i didn't have before from the link provided in the post, installed it, and went ahead with the steps and tweaking each step to fit my device. To be frank at this moment i was so scared so i DOUBLE BACKED UP MY NV FILES to tell how scared i was but it all gave a positive result at the end. Hence this blog to help out those that are like me out there.

why will i want to swap my imei?

if you are a Nigerian and have an android phone, you'll agree with me that the cost of purchasing data for android is so not friendly to an average 9ja guy out there as compared to that of blackberry data cost. And presently glo has got the cheapest data plan for blackberry devices so that's where we come in.

swapping your imei to that of blackberry help fool our Internet service provider to think that we are really using a blackberry phone and thus make use eligible to use their blackberry subscription plan. Swapping of imei in android phone is painless in MTK devices But for few phones that are qualcomm (like p3, htc, Samsung) it's like very difficult, well until i did it though.

HOW TO GO ABOUT IT

DISCLAIMER : Am not in any way responsible for whatever damage you do to your phone but if you follow my steps carefully you should have no problem. With that said, these are the things we are going to be using

imei converter

qualcomm usb drivers

qpst

follow these steps
1. download and install imei converter
2. extract it to your desktop
3. download usb drivers
4. extract it to your desktop
5. download and install QSPT


6. extract and install the QPST,
7. connect your phone to your pc with your usb cord and make sure usb debugging is activated (you can find that in developer option of your phone or just search Google for how to do that)
8. open my computer > click system properties( at the top of your screen) > click device manager (at the top left corner of your screen)
9. scroll down your device manager list to the place where your will see others you should see some options with Qualcomm attached to its name (about 5 in number)
10. Now we have to update the drivers manually
11. right click on the first Qualcomm drive > select update drivers software > browse my computer for drives > click browse and locate the usb drivers folder you extract earlier > select it and click OK > then tick include sub folders > and finally click OK. wait for your system to install the drives and repeat the same steps for the other Qualcomm drivers With that done correctly, you should see all your Qualcomm drive fully listed out with COM PORTS respectively. Take note of the COM PORTS of the first two options and write it down. Mine was COM30 and COM32
12. connect your phone
13. open QPST configuration from where ever you installed it or better still click start > all programs > QPST and locate QPST configuration
14. click Port tab and then click Add port (at the bottom right of your screen ) and you'll see two text field, input the first port in the two text field, untick show serial and USB/QC. . . and click OK.
15. repeat the last step for the second port you wrote down
16. if done correctly, you should see your ports in QPST configuration window with the details about the exact port your phone is connected to
17. The next step is to back up your phone files incase of any error
18. still on QPST configuration window Click start client (at top) > software download > click backup tab click browse and choose the port on which your phone is connected to (check QPST Configuration window if you don't know )
19. click start after its done, exit it.
Now we can go ahead and change our imei
20. Click start client > RF NV item manager > settings > select the same port your phone is connected to and click OK.
21. Click file > read from phone > it'll load your phone NV files > locate line 550 (its should look like this NV_UE_IME_I ) > click it and you'll see your imei> tick HEX box to see the HEX value cause that's what we will be using.
22. Now open your IMEI CONVERTER, type in your BB imei and click convert it will give you the HEX values of your bb imei, write it down and go back to your RF NV item manager, delete what you see on the first box and replace it with equivalent values of your bb imei HEX just the same way you see it. Repeat this step for the other values till you get to the last box at the bottom.
23. click OK > file > write changed NV to phone > reboot your phone and that's all. Go do your glo bis subscription and enjoy

Note: for those who don't have bb imei, you can download my 56 bb imei + pin from HERE

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HOW TO DOWNLOAD

(For or some reasons, downloading some of these files requires you to do a quick survey to unlock the files, please be patient and kindly complete the survey. It won't take time. Am sorry for the inconvenience. Thanks)

Click the link, choose a survey, complete it unlock the download link and download your file. That's all.

please if you encounter any problem don't hesitate to make it known and also if it worked for you, you can show appreciation by sharing this post and posting a testimony. Thanks! I av personally done this on rooted p3 and unrooted n3. For those using custom rom like mokee, just disable sim 2 then dail *#06# you will see your bb imei after confirming it, you can now enable the sim 2.