My Android Device IMEI Is Tweaked And I Have A Pending Update To Make, Should I Go Ahead With The Updates?

For IMEI tweakers, I know some of you have been nursing this question in mind, while some of you have tweaked your android IMEI to the extent that you no longer remember that your android IMEI is in a tweaked state.

Though sometimes I don’t blame anybody since IMEI tweaking has opened a new door of getting connected to the internet at cheaper rate, why won’t people tweak.

After all if MTN, Airtel, Glo and Etisalat are supplying these data as cheap as it is supposed to be, who will even be thinking of tweaking?

Is it not this same Airtel that I learnt that in Kenya that they are offering Kenyans about 18GB of monthly data for only N2500 when you convert Kenyan Shillings to Naira.

Well, back to the major topic of discussion, on the part of those that have rooted their android, we have been blowing it like whistle about unrooting before carrying out any form of updates; whether it is OTA or via flashing, you need to unroot first to avoid “had I know”stories.

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So on that part, we expect that you are all aware, and even if you have not heard that before this is still an opportunity for you to hear and I repeat; always unroot your android before thinking of carrying out any updates

Then coming down to the topic of the day, for a tweaked android IMEI, after unrooting as clearly stated above and your IMEI is still in tweaked state, should you go ahead like that and update?

Now, before we give a clear answer to that, let us once again look at what this IMEI truly is and what it actually does to a phone.

IMEI stands for International Mobile Station Equipment Identity and therefore it is an identifier for any given device.

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For example, if you have your android IMEI tweaked to that of blackberry, your android tend to behave like blackberry, and it is recognized internationally as blackberry.

For those using dual SIM phones, Phone 1 (SIM 1) is often taken to be the first identifier for your device, and if you have tweaked its IMEI or maybe you have tweaked both, then you shouldn’t expect to be receiving OTA updates to your device when they are made available, since your phone is now wearing anther identity with the tweaked IMEI.

But again, since you can install updates via flashing, then here comes the real question on whether you should go on with the flashing update method when you have an android with tweaked IMEI.

Remember that whenever we give tutorial on IMEI tweaking we often say something like before tweaking, it is advisable to back up your original android IMEI, and this is the kind of place where the backup/restore IMEI will be coming to place.

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Now listen up! It is always advisable at all time for you to have the original identity of your phone intact before carrying out any form of updates, as with this way you stand a huge chance of getting a smooth and successful updates to your device without telling stories that touches thereafter.

Therefore if you have rooted, please unroot! If you have tweaked your IMEI please untweak or simply restore your original IMEI before doing any form of updates to your android….it is as simple as that.

I forgot to back up my android IMEI before tweaking, how do I now go about that? Just follow as instructed to see different ways to restore your original android IMEI even without backup and without hassle.

Finally, on whether to uninstall manually installed apps before carrying out any form of updates; Answer is that, it is not necessary to do that; once you have unrooted and restored your original IMEI, you are good to go with your updates.