(changing your IMEI to a different, often stolen number) is a criminal offense in most countries, including the US (under the Wireless Telephone Protection Act), UK, India, and EU nations.
to your PC, connect your device, and use the "Rescue" feature to flash the latest official firmware. This often restores the partition responsible for the IMEI. ChimeraTool (MediaTek Generic): moto g9 play imei repair verified
The original IMEI is still physically stored in a separate read-only area of the Qualcomm chip. It’s not lost forever — just not being read properly. (changing your IMEI to a different, often stolen