iPhone 7 Find IMEI without NAND installed? - GSM-Forum

7Axis · 09-11-2018, 18:17

Hello fellow technicians...

I have an iPhone 7 with a bad NAND flash, the NAND is shorted from inside and impossible to be reprogrammed (cant re-write data on different NAND)

I know it is possible to program a new NAND without the the SYSCFG file (NAND DATA) but in order to write the information on my new NAND such as SN, Country etc... I need the IMEI, how can I find the IMEI of the iPhone if the original NAND is missing? will the iPhone still boot to the setup menu if I put a temporary different NAND just to read the IMEI registered to CPU, BASEBAND and EEPROM? or would it instead read the IMEI of that different NAND?

Or perhaps the iPhone can boot to setup menu despite the NAND missing? that way I could obtain the IMEI

thank you.

jiiko2361 · 09-11-2018, 19:18

you can solder ramdom NAND. it can flash and power on, you can't activate it but you can check IMEI information on screen.

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7Axis · 09-11-2018, 20:59

Awesome

thank you

rb0wag · 09-11-2018, 21:05

Maby faster then placing a diferent nand, the imei is also on the simcardtray

7Axis · 09-12-2018, 12:44

Yeah but unfortunately I only have the board and the home button (no housing)

09-11-2018, 18:17	#1 (permalink)
7Axis Freak Poster Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Canada Posts: 131 Member: 2777379 Status: Offline Thanks Meter: 34	iPhone 7 Find IMEI without NAND installed? Hello fellow technicians... I have an iPhone 7 with a bad NAND flash, the NAND is shorted from inside and impossible to be reprogrammed (cant re-write data on different NAND) I know it is possible to program a new NAND without the the SYSCFG file (NAND DATA) but in order to write the information on my new NAND such as SN, Country etc... I need the IMEI, how can I find the IMEI of the iPhone if the original NAND is missing? will the iPhone still boot to the setup menu if I put a temporary different NAND just to read the IMEI registered to CPU, BASEBAND and EEPROM? or would it instead read the IMEI of that different NAND? Or perhaps the iPhone can boot to setup menu despite the NAND missing? that way I could obtain the IMEI thank you.

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09-11-2018, 19:18	#2 (permalink)
jiiko2361 Insane Poster Join Date: Jul 2016 Posts: 70 Member: 2601612 Status: Offline Thanks Meter: 14	you can solder ramdom NAND. it can flash and power on, you can't activate it but you can check IMEI information on screen. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

09-11-2018, 20:59	#3 (permalink)
7Axis Freak Poster Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Canada Posts: 131 Member: 2777379 Status: Offline Thanks Meter: 34	Awesome thank you

09-11-2018, 21:05	#4 (permalink)
rb0wag Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Netherlands, Gelderland Posts: 30 Member: 1190472 Status: Offline Thanks Meter: 9	Maby faster then placing a diferent nand, the imei is also on the simcardtray

09-12-2018, 12:44	#5 (permalink)
7Axis Freak Poster Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Canada Posts: 131 Member: 2777379 Status: Offline Thanks Meter: 34	Yeah but unfortunately I only have the board and the home button (no housing)