How to get free data from Etisalat

The trick is to make your phone appear to the network as a promo phone so that you can benefit from the Etisalat Smartphone Offer.

This would also serve as a general method to get data from all networks; the only difference you need to take note is (1) the network, (2) the first 8 digits of the phone being use for the promo, (3) the keyword to text and use to subscribe.

The procedure is divided into 3 steps:

-          Generate the required IMEI

-          Change your android phone IMEI

-          Subscribe to the offer

[First Step]

How to generate a valid IMEI

-          The phone model we are targeting for the promo offer is Tecno Phantom Z whose IMEI starts with these 8 digits “35370906”.

-          With this, you now need to guess the remaining 7 digits to complete the full 15 digits IMEI. Example “353709061234567”.

-          Optionally, you can use this online IMEI validator to make sure that the guessed IMEI is valid.

For the second step, we will cover the 3 major ways to change your Android IMEI for both rooted and non-rooted devices.

[Second Step ]

This requires 3 steps to enjoy:
-          Generate the required IMEI (See how to validate IMEI and how to generate BB IMEI for glo bis)
-          Change your android phone IMEI
-          Subscribe to the offer (See how to subscribe to Etisalatsmartphone offer)

For the second step, we will cover the 3 major ways to change your Android IMEI for both rooted and non-rooted devices.
See also Benefits of rooting your android device

[Second Step – A]
How to Tweak or Change your Android Phone IMEI Without Rooting – Non-rooted phones

We assume that you are using a dual sim phone; in that case your Etisalat sim card (or any of the networks you want to subscribe) is in the SIM 1.

1.      Click here to download and install MTK Engineering Mode(Playstore)
2.      Open the installed app and select “MTK Settings”
3.      If you are in the Telephony Menu, swipe your screen to the left to see the “Connectivity Menu”
4.      Locate “CDS Information” and tap on it
5.      On the next screen, locate “Radio Information” and tap on it
6.      On the next screen (Phone options) select “Phone1” (if your sim is in SIM1)
7.      Locate the search box beside “AT+” and type in any letter.
8.      After typing, delete the letter you just typed and tap on Phone1 to display this info: AT+EGMR=1,7,””
9.      Place your cursor in the middle of the double quote “I” and type in the 15 digits IMEI you had earlier generated. It should display like this: AT+EGMR=1,7,”353709061234567”
10.  Confirm the 15 digits and tap on the “SEND AT COMMAND”, you will get the notification, “AT Command Msent”
11.  Return to the main menu and reboot your phone
12.  When your phone restart, confirm the configuration message first
13.  When you get the message, it means the IMEI has been changed successfully. Now go to the next step, is to subscribe



[Second Step – B]
How to Tweak or Change your Android Phone IMEI – Rooted phones
Using Android Terminal Emulator

For Single SIM device
1.      Click here to download and install Terminal Emulator(PlayStore)
2.      Open the installed app and type SU on the prompt, then tap on “Enter” to grant superuser permissions.
3.      Then type the following command, replace the IMEI_DIGITS with your generated 15 digits IMEI
echo ‘AT+EGMR=1,7,”IMEI_DIGITS” >/dev/pttycmd1
or echo AT+EGMR=1*7* IMEI_DIGITS >/dev/pttycmd1
4.      Tap “Enter” and reboot your device

For Dual SIM device
1.      Click here to download and install Terminal Emulator(PlayStore)
2.      Open the installed app and type SU on the prompt, then tap on “Enter” to grant superuser permissions.
3.      Then type the following command, replace the IMEI_DIGITS with your generated 15 digits IMEI
echo ‘AT+EGMR=1,10, “IMEI_NUMBER” ‘ >/dev/pttycmd1
Tap “Enter” and reboot your device


[Second Step – C]
How to Tweak or Change your Android Phone IMEI – Rooted phones
Using PC

This is one of the advantages of having a rooted phone, everything is much easier. You will need a PC for this method.

First, on your phone, make sure your phone is in USB debugging Mode. “Settings” > “Developer Options” > Check the box beside “USB debugging”, and then connect your phone to your laptop through the USB.

1.      Click here to download MTKDroid Tools zip folder (10mb) to your PC.
2.      Extract the downloaded zip folder to your desktop.
3.      Open the folder and locate MTKDroid Tools.exe
4.      Click to open and confirm that your phone is connected (Showing on the application).
5.      Click on the “ROOT” button and confirm that the Yellow bar turns Green (You may have to check your phone screen to grant superuser permissions if necessary).
6.      Click on the IMEI button
7.      On the pop-up box, insert your already generated IMEI into SIM1 and click on “Change IMEI”
8.      Restart your phone and subscribe to the promo offer.

[Third Step]

Subscribe to Etisalat Smartphone Offer

-          Text “Data” to “8186”

-          You will receive a message crediting your line with 1.5 GB

-          Check your balance with *228#

If you did not receive any data, it is probably that the IMEI you selected has already been used by another person, just generate another IMEI (guess last 8 digits) and redo the IMEI change process

DISCLAIMER

Please note that changing IMEI is illegal in some countries (check your local telecom regulations), as such, we advise you to backup your original IMEI (copy it down somewhere) and reinsert it back when the promo ends.

ITy UNIT BlogTech or its authors are not liable for any malfunction of phone or any loss of data (if it ever happens) when using any of the method here. USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK..

Always remember to backup your Android phone using ClockworkMod or MTKTools Recovery should in case it gets brick.