alright klsmurf
with out my phone running the c f/w i cant see anything going on till my cable comes in.as far as hex editor, man that is new water to me and will need some help with useing it.please if you get it figured out i would like to know how. till then i will keep on searching for a way. good luck

I forgot all about it, but spiderman has a section to change the imei. I changed the # from the one in the c fw to what was originally on my phone, but no joy. The c fw has 2 separate iemi's. Only the sim 1 slot can be changed and unfortunately that is the one that is not recognized when you flash a + to a c. I do now have a phone with the original imei for sim 1, but I still think the dual sim active is a hw issue.

Ok.
To clear a few things up.
I assume you are using the Javqui IMEI tool which was written for Sciphone's.
I actually wrote the readme file in the package and helped the developer.

-There is a strong possibilty that it will work on CECT as it is designed to use MTK chipsets. Although many of the AT commands are common amoungst most mobile phones. So it could work in many phones.

-The IMEI tool uses the usb cable which came with the phone. And connects to the phone with the comport option within phone.

-Some phones today do not have the com port option as a menu when you plug in the usb cable. This means you have to connect another way. Some users of fake Sciphones also have this issue. They seem to have success using a Bluetooth dongle to join the pc and phone. ( discussed on official Sciphone forums).

Can someone confirm the bluetooth dongle will work on CECT and with IMEI tool? If you own one try connect pc and phone and read current data with tool.

I don't have screenshot capability on my laptop so I'll try to explain what happens. I connect my phone to the laptop with SPP; I then open the IMEI Tool and click search. The program does find the correct port and displays a partial file string of the phone's hw version. It does not display any part of the IMEI. The string is broken into 2 lines left of the box, which is also broken on the left side. The box to enter the 15 digit IMEI will only accept approximately 6 digits. Before searching for the comm port, the program shows areas for 2 IMEIs, but after searching only one is displayed. The C fw shows 2 different ones on the phone. When I tried to set the comm port manually and open it, it did nothing at all.

What about this nstead then.

Writing down the imei numbers that are in new firmware when you install.
Dial *#06#

Now use a hex edit software to open the bin firmware you are using. and search for keyword text iimei or the number or even partial number you just wrote down.

Edit the firmware bin file to correct imei and save.
now reflash with the new firmware which has correct imei,

i havent heard anything in a while.how is the iemi working out?

Same here. Did the hex edit of imei number work?

i already have the c. wish we could just add java and make it a c+ ish phone. that way i don't loose some of the goodies.

thanks for getting back to us and sorry the iemi dident work out.i was hoping that might solve the problem

Here's a few things I've found out while messing with the IMEIs and Hex.

1) When you flash a different fw onto your phone, the IMEI is changed for Sim 1
2) Changing the IMEI once you flash a "+" to a "C" does not help the Sim 1 to be recogonized.
3) The Sim 2 IMEI is found in the fw of "C/C+", dual sim fw and they are all exactly the same.
4) The Sim 1 IMEI is not found in the fw of "+/C/C+" bin files.

As I am not a programmer, I don't quite understand the reason for the sim 1 to be changed when flashing, yet not show up when searching for it in the bin file. I used different search strings ie. (IMEI, full #'s, partial #'s) and came up with no matches for the IMEI listed as sim 1 when you check the phone using *#06#.

Exactly my confusion Testing. I've done that a couple different times on my p168+ and had the same results. The "Dual Sims" sim #2 IMEI shows up, but the sim #1 on any fw does not show up anywhere!

Hi guys.
I was hoping you might figure it out yourselves but here you go anyway.

Use the Javqui imei tool and just change either imei to whatever you want.

It works on p168 phone great.
You just need connect to pc via comport or bluetooth.

i have a p168+ the slim one but i dont know if thi is the cable i need to reflash it and i dont know if my t-mobile sim will work once reflashed to the c firmware

is this the right cable http://www.ipmart.com/main/product/China,7,SamsungD820,,NokiaN77i,,NokiaN88,,CECTC600,,CamryV138,,EverfoE863,,12,pin,COM,1,Cable,Compatible,25929.php?prod=25929