How to find IMEI? Blank in admin panel

charles · 2019-08-20T03:24:59.624Z

Newbie here. I just got a new GL-X750 (OpenWRT 18.06.1) w/ EC25-AF FA modem. I popped a fresh AT&T Prepaid SIM in, and turned it on.

The main screen on the admin panel shows AT&T w/ 2 bars, but never connects (shows “Abort” button) and the IMEI field is blank.

I need to tell the carrier what my IMEI is so they’ll allow the device to use their network. How can I get it to show? Is there an AT cmd to show it?

I don’t know if I have 2 unrelated problems (can’t connect, and IMEI doesn’t show) or a single problem (can’t connect, and thus the IMEI doesn’t show – though I wouldn’t think that a successful connection would be required to display the IMEI).

Anyone got a hint for me?

alzhao · 2019-08-20T13:17:21.075Z

Maybe you can reboot and then you can have the IMEI

Sometimes (very rare) the UI failed to read the IMEI

charles · 2019-08-20T14:29:21.412Z

Now THAT was an easy solution! Guess I’d just gotten lucky on the dice; I’d booted in 3x over the past several days and never seen anything there, but once more did the trick! Thank you so much.

alzhao · 2019-08-21T08:26:05.922Z

The IMEI is only read once after the device boot. So we may need to read multiple times.

robotluo · 2019-08-21T09:16:27.330Z

Hello,

I have optimized this issue and you can download the latest testing firmware here
The X750 will release new firmware soon, and you can wait for new releases