How to fix Null or Unknown IMEI on a Mediatek Android phone running on Android 6 (Marshmallow)



how to fix null or unknown IMEI on a Marshmallow Android phone

If you notice that your phone’s network bars suddenly remain empty for a long period of time despite the phone still being able to detect your SIM cards and identify their networks correctly then it just might be a Null /Unknown IMEI at work. This issue often occurs after flashing your phone but could (on rare occasions) occur randomly. We already created a detailed guide on how to resolve this at https://www.hovatek.com/forum/thread-116.html but some Android 6 (Marshmallow) users have complained about some of the methods there not working for them. This guide will put that to rest.

How do I fix Null, Unknown or Invalid IMEI on an MTK Android phone running on Android 6 (Marshmallow)?

1. Root the phone (see https://www.hovatek.com/blog/how-to-root-android-easily-without-pc/ to know more about rooting )
2. Install Chamelephon from Playstore and launch it
3. Grant Chamelephon Super User privileges by tapping Grant

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4. You should now be in the home screen

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5. Input the correct IMEIs (on the back of the phone after taking out the battery) and click Apply New IMEIs

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6. Once prompted to confirm changing of IMEI, tap Change

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7. Reboot the phone

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Warning! It is illegal to change your IMEI from the original (on the back) to another so you are entirely responsible for how you choose to use this guide.

Hovatek….just a button away!



7 thoughts on “How to fix Null or Unknown IMEI on a Mediatek Android phone running on Android 6 (Marshmallow)”

  1. I tried this method but my device still never kept a real imei i tried the ones from the phone and everytime i rebooted the phone thr imei was empty again i tried generating them and when it kept any of them after a reboot it was never in the correct format the one time it was only a single digit and multiple times it was numbers letters and symbols

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