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I got stung :(

i went to a computer fair by me and this dude had a nice table with some fone covers a stuff thaught cool selling some fones this guy said he was selling this batch of ligit xdas 2 yes i hear you i should of knowen better than to trust a geeza at a computer fair i did have a Dell PDA axim x5 but had my car broken into couple of weeks ago and lost it thaught WAY HEY pda and fone bloody marvilous.. got it home unpacked my XDA put in my sim card GREAT all workd got a signal the works tryed making a call and it bleeped wont send text messages and try phoning it says then number you are calling is currently not excepting calls i'm not super tekkie when it comes to fones but i take it this aint good.. i would'nt be botherd but the guy stung me for 320 quid and i had seen the xdas on ebay.. i went to O2 today didnt wanna mention i had been stung and found out that O2 dont sell the xdas without a contract bollox i thaught...
so i thaught i would turn to you the masters of the xda world just to hear you tell me i got a paper weight.. you help me guys/girls ??? thanx in advance
by the way trying to use virgin mobile sim pay as ya go thaught it was workin with it gettin a signal
l8r all
Mike.

That is gutting. sorry JT, i too am not that techie, but if i were you i would try installing a new rom with an unlocking part. this might help or unlock your phone? i was on o2 then went to orange using this link
http://xda.weblink.net/
it takes a little while and its worth researching want you want included.
Or you could try the unlcocking exe file from xda developers website?
good luck

Hey
Is your SIM card pre-paid Bro?

tmobile/virgin/voda = 3 bleeps then hangs up shows signal still
orange/o2 = sim reg failed/ contact provider ect... and no reception what so ever
u said it bleeps when trying to call out sounds to me mate like your either got no signal or if it hs signal and does it then its barred.
let us know cheers
gaz

Dr Stein :-
its a pay as you go sim card i have used them for a while now there not brilliant but i have no big grumbles with them
gazzaman2k u said it bleeps when trying to call out sounds to me mate like your either got no signal or if it hs signal and does it then its barred."
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strange ya say that m8 cuz to me it sounds barred thats why when it happend and when i tryed calling it this woman came on saying the number you are callin is not accepting calls at the moment or summit like that i took my sim card out thinking omg i've bust it stuck it back into my crappy nokia and it all worked again weird or what.. on the screen it says i have a full signal i will try and get a pic for you so ya can see.
urrm any programs out there so i can take an image of the xda and stick it on my pc?? sorry about the lameness not completey up on these things hehe thanx alot everyone..
Mike.

Maybe its stolen and the MENI number is blocked

Ryanmt said:
Maybe its stolen and the MENI number is blocked
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um barred/stolen/blocked all the same thing mate lol

Try changing the IMEI number.....
Failing that, if you want to flog it for some of the money you paid out, let me know!!

5 years in prison like......
and not possible on xda 2 no?

xda 2
the ime number is blocked. i have come across this before with phones i have baught at comp fairs, if your sim card is on contract or registered with service provider you need to contact them before they contact you as they will know you have used a stolen phone and can trace you if registered with service provider. you need to keep proof of purchase if you have one to show you have baught it leagally failing that loose your sim card say your phones been nicked and get ime number changed on xda 2 and wait for the all clear :wink:

so can the number be changed i dont no how to do that

its illegal here in the uk prison 5 years if caught doing it like :\

The software does not exist to change the imei in the xda2, it is probably possible though.

if youve already tried using the phone with your sim then you dont want to change it. Somebodys gonna be asking why you were using a stolen phone changing it proves your guilt you should ring o2 and act thick about it not working they tell you its stolen you tell them its not your fault

if it was boxed - "...got it home unpacked my XDA " then its unlikely to be stolen.
More likely it never been registered on the networks anywhere; I managed to get my XDA ithout it being locked to the carrier and my sim worked in it w/o issue. A mate got one locked to Telstra, an aussie carrier, and only Telstra SIMs would work in it.
I wouldn't assume it is stolen, I'd just assume that its carrier~locked. And if it is, just unlock it. You have no contract with the carrier.
Don't know about the sitch re: the EMIE # though... never had to deal w/ that. Personally I wouldn't change it.
Anyway, the crux of it is that if the phone was stolen it'd be extremely unlikely to be boxed, etc, so you're probably fine.

New stuff gets stolen regularly, lorries loaded with all sorts of computer equipment go missing on a regular basis so it being new does not guarantee it being legit.

yeah it was all boxed all still together i might have to phone o2 and hand it in i think 300+ quid down the swanny we live and learn i suppose

how old is the sim it may be that the sim is a old 5volt in witch case it will not work in xda11 it need to be 3volt or 3.3 volt ih have some old 5volt that will not work in newer nokias erissons and will work in my xda 11
jim

Can't you try unlocking the phone (with XDAUnlock) and then just try different sims? If they are all the same, your buggered mate

my sim is from 1999 but my wifes sim is from this year both dont work

Help!! How To Flash A New IMEI # ??

Hello,
I'm hoping someone can help me. I lost my phone (Vibrant - TMobile) and had to go through insurance to get a new one, the deductible was $130, then days later I found the damn thing but insurance won't take the new phone back and refund me now! So my cousin wants to buy it from me but when I went through insurance they placed the IMEI on the lost / stolen list which blocks the IMEI from logging onto the network rendering the phone unusable. I need to flash a new IMEI so that my cousin can go ahead and use the phone.
How can I flash a new IMEI? Please pm me
Thanks so much for the help guys, I'm really in a frustrating jam!!!
ALL YOUR HELP IS APPRECIATED!
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I called back and plead with them and they said they are going to review the case and get back to me within 20 hours! Whoo hoo, I hope they will let me send the extra phone back and refund me then my problems would be solved!

i wasn't aware there was such a thing as flashing another imei#

To me it sounds like you were trying to use the insurance to get an extra phone and it didn't work out so you decided to plead and come up with a Story. Changing IMEI numbers is not something legal or easy to do and i dont believe anyone here can help you, or will help you with the whole process.

minogue said:
To me it sounds like you were trying to use the insurance to get an extra phone and it didn't work out so you decided to plead and come up with a Story. Changing IMEI numbers is not something legal or easy to do and i dont believe anyone here can help you, or will help you with the whole process.
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How do you know that's the case. I agree it crossed my mind but never would I lost that.... rude..

temperbad said:
How do you know that's the case. I agree it crossed my mind but never would I lost that.... rude..
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"to me it sounds like..." its the way i saw it because i always get people telling me or friends to sell them my phone and get another one from insurance, therefore considering the phone must be brand new, people usually keep it with them at all times, so i came with my own conclusion. HOWEVER it doesnt change anything.
Changing an IMEI number is not legal and while it is possible, it may be a hard proccess...
To the OP:
Google It

minogue said:
To me it sounds like you were trying to use the insurance to get an extra phone and it didn't work out so you decided to plead and come up with a Story. Changing IMEI numbers is not something legal or easy to do and i dont believe anyone here can help you, or will help you with the whole process.
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Right, because it's not possible to lose a phone and then find it later. I'm gonna guess you're a "glass half empty" kind of person, eh?

dex1701 said:
Right, because it's not possible to lose a phone and then find it later. I'm gonna guess you're a "glass half empty" kind of person, eh?
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ohh Come on Guys.
No i am not that person, and im sure this is by far the first half useless reply i posted in my 400 post count as im usually very helpful with fellow android users. i do lose my phone in the house sometimes, and i know its somewhere in the house, and my friends dont really steal from me or any of us so i can fall drunk on their house and have them take care of my phone and even take my calls..
Point is, Even if you knew how to change an IMEI, you are not allowed to post it here, or in barely any forums or Sites. Therefore the Best Advice is to Google it and see for herself. at the very least. just sell the phone for repair or parts on Ebay and keep the new one....
OR
The IMEI has been blocked by all US GSM Carriers, sell it to someone outside the US using Ebay again and get more $$$$.
Is that helpful enough???

aw geez
minogue said:
ohh Come on Guys.
No i am not that person, and im sure this is by far the first half useless reply i posted in my 400 post count as im usually very helpful with fellow android users. i do lose my phone in the house sometimes, and i know its somewhere in the house, and my friends dont really steal from me or any of us so i can fall drunk on their house and have them take care of my phone and even take my calls..
Point is, Even if you knew how to change an IMEI, you are not allowed to post it here, or in barely any forums or Sites. Therefore the Best Advice is to Google it and see for herself. at the very least. just sell the phone for repair or parts on Ebay and keep the new one....
OR
The IMEI has been blocked by all US GSM Carriers, sell it to someone outside the US using Ebay again and get more $$$$.
Is that helpful enough???
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Geez, now you're telling her to sell it? How pessimistic can you get? Always assume the worst, dontcha?!?
Joking aside, if a phone was put on a blacklist, and it's found by the original owner....couldn't the IMEI just be removed from the blacklist in a legitimate (read: legal) manner?

It also doesn't hurt to try this, http://tinyurl.com/2un6urs .

leprasmurf said:
Geez, now you're telling her to sell it? How pessimistic can you get? Always assume the worst, dontcha?!?
Joking aside, if a phone was put on a blacklist, and it's found by the original owner....couldn't the IMEI just be removed from the blacklist in a legitimate (read: legal) manner?
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Once it is blacklisted, theres no way from getting removed at all.

LordLugard said:
It also doesn't hurt to try this, http://tinyurl.com/2un6urs .
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its funny how the first link on Google is this Thread. Probably because you used the exact same question along with the exclamation points.

For some reason I was thinking that US carriers didn't blacklist imei numbers. Used to work with a guy that had access to some hot cell phones, they all supposedly worked with just a sim swap. Just att and t-mobile ones tho, no cdma.

justanothergirl said:
Hello,
I'm hoping someone can help me. I lost my phone (Vibrant - TMobile) and had to go through insurance to get a new one, the deductible was $130, then days later I found the damn thing but insurance won't take the new phone back and refund me now! So my cousin wants to buy it from me but when I went through insurance they placed the IMEI on the lost / stolen list which blocks the IMEI from logging onto the network rendering the phone unusable. I need to flash a new IMEI so that my cousin can go ahead and use the phone.
How can I flash a new IMEI? Please pm me
Thanks so much for the help guys, I'm really in a frustrating jam!!!
ALL YOUR HELP IS APPRECIATED!
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I called back and plead with them and they said they are going to review the case and get back to me within 20 hours! Whoo hoo, I hope they will let me send the extra phone back and refund me then my problems would be solved!
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for all those that dont know a sim card phone can be stolen and used no matter what just place another sim card in the phone gsm networks run by the sim not the imei esn or meid

You could always just have your cousin say he bought it from craigslist, unless you have the same last name then it'd be suspicious.

imei problems with registration in turkey
Hi there
I know this will probably yield me a "no its illegal" reply but please hear me out on this. Im a good person!
I moved to turkey 6 months ago to work here as an IT teacher in an international school. I brought with me my lovely HTC HD2 which i had hacked using XDA software to now run andoid (was very pleased with my phone). registered my phone here with my passport. The phone then broke and while trying to fix it I snapped some of the internal data cables...
I have my old HTC wildfire here but cant use it on the GSM network as im only allowed to register 1 phone to my passport every two years!
I know its not technically allowed but i was thinking of changing the imei on my wildfire to that of my broken (but registered) HTC HD2 and was figuring if i got caught for it that they would see that the imei number is in fact registered to me anyway.
I have searched high and low for solutions for this. I found the Iwizard but I think that this was released in 2007 and my phone was released in 2010 so i am presuming that this will not work. also had some problems and questions about using activesync on my windows 7 computer along with presuming that I cant connect an android phone to activesync.
As I said before. Im not tying to commit a crime here but just trying not to go out and spend lots of money (and phones do cost lots of money here) on buying a turkish phone.
if anyone can help then please let me know
my email is [email protected]
cheers..

From HERE: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=276851
Many people often come up to me in the street and say, you look like a bit of a geezer (their words), do you know how to change my IMEI to clone that of another phone legitimately purchased within the state of my draconian governement?
I will typically retort with a chuckle, and then the following diatribe:
CHANGING YOUR IMEI IS VERY LIKELY TO BE A CRIME IN YOUR COUNTRY
Now, you may well be a pimp or snakehead already, so no worries relatively speaking, but understand that changing IMEIs can result in a prison sentence or castration, not merely a slap of the wrists. One way or the other, you won't be bending over in the shower if this is a crime in your country and you're found guilty. The law is there for a valid reason, if not necessarily a good reason.
Please check the law in your country before considering changing your IMEI.
You should note that in these days of heightened terrorist threats, if your phone is found to have a false IMEI and you also happen to have a beard and a beautiful tanned completion, you're likely to be spending time with wires hanging out of your orifices, so again, think twice.
I have no place to speak for the administrators or other moderators of the board, just for me, but my view is this:
The board is called XDA Developers. We develop.
The fact that you gets newbs, rubes and non-dudes on here is by the by; our raison d'être is to develop. That entails research and development, so for me, researching changing IMEIs may be a legitimate pursuit. Probably not, but maybe.
Next, recall that the administrators of this board researched and released pretty much the definitive solutions for IMEI changing, on older phones at least. That's part of the reason this board exists. I would be a hypocrite to jump on anyone else carrying the same flag. However, anything that will potentially get the board in trouble will be stopped.
So once again, lube yourself up well before considering changing your IMEI.
And please, be nice to each other, eh?
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Changing IMEI is NOT illegal in the United States. Just sayin

[Q] Illegal to sell galaxy s ??

Hi, i purchased a galaxy s from a guy in the boozer yesterday, He seemed really genuine and said it was an unwanted upgrade, It came with all leads, books, box everything.
Anyway, it turns out its been blacklisted (insurance job?).. Looking back it was a dodgy decision, but it was a good deal so i just did it lol.
Anyway, i doubt i can unblacklist it without breaking the law so im thinking of selling it on ebay or something as spares / parts, Or to a buyer from outside the UK.
Is this illegal to do ? because i assume the phone has been reported lost/stolen. Am i at risk of 'handling stolen goods' ?
I just want to get a bit of money back for it, so its not so much of a disappointment.
Any ideas?

Take it back to the pub and smack the guy over the head till it breaks.
No more disappointment.
I would not resell it.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

If you did unblacklist ift who would no and keep it your self

got-petrol said:
If you did unblacklist ift who would no and keep it your self
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The mobile company?

got-petrol said:
If you did unblacklist ift who would no and keep it your self
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well in order to unblacklist it, i will need to change the imei, possibly to the same imei as my other samsung galaxy so the mobile companies dont smell a rat.
but in the UK fiddling with the IMEI can cost you a 5 year prison sentence lol, i would rather count my losses than get bummed in the showers

Your first mistake was buying in a pub.

blazevxi said:
Your first mistake was buying in a pub.
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haha yea i know, but after a few beers, some cash burning a hole in my pocket, and a really *nice* geezer doing me the deal of the decade.. i was lured in lol
oh well **** happens...

Return it to the mobile company and explain how you got it. Or put out a "found" ad. When someone calls ask for the imie number, they can get it from their provider. At least this way there is a small chance of reward, as long as you don't ask for it, then it's ransom.
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azzledazzle said:
well in order to unblacklist it, i will need to change the imei, possibly to the same imei as my other samsung galaxy so the mobile companies dont smell a rat.
but in the UK fiddling with the IMEI can cost you a 5 year prison sentence lol, i would rather count my losses than get bummed in the showers
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Hhaaha +1
**** this 10 char ****.....

It's illegal to even have it in your posession, if you're unlucky enough to be caught out you would be arrested for minimum handling stolen goods! If I was you I'd just use it as an iPod or if you have any family/friends abroad ask if they want to buy it. Just leave out the part about it being classed as stolen in britain haha.

looks like i will do that... shame, its a good phone too. not to worry, ive still got my sgs this was just a spare lol
EDIT: I have rang vodafone, they said it had been reported stolen, (so it must of been stolen before i bought it) so ive told them my situation, they are going to find its original owner, And i got some money reduced off my bill for doing a nice thing lol.
I may be down in cash but ive done the right thing i think. Its a bit useless if i cant use it as a phone.

Hopefully you have a warm glow of satisfaction too!
Shame about being down on cash too, but sometimes important lessons cost money to learn. Hopefully your story will have saved others tempted to make the same mistake too, so that might give you another warm glow.
Thank you for sharing your story with us, and thank you for the inspiration you shared by having integrity!
Mike
Garbled meaning induced by swype when posting from XDA app on SGS I9000.

Good on you man! Right on they are giving you a break on your next bill. Doesn't recover all your cash back but the lesson learned is priceless. Hopefully some dodgy folk that troll around here take something from this rather than someone else.
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azzledazzle said:
looks like i will do that... shame, its a good phone too. not to worry, ive still got my sgs this was just a spare lol
EDIT: I have rang vodafone, they said it had been reported stolen, (so it must of been stolen before i bought it) so ive told them my situation, they are going to find its original owner, And i got some money reduced off my bill for doing a nice thing lol.
I may be down in cash but ive done the right thing i think. Its a bit useless if i cant use it as a phone.
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Good job!! The world needs more people like U!!

Repair Shop that stole my phone

Hi everyone,
I'd like to share a word of caution so hopefully you don't have to go through what I have.
About a month and a half ago my phone was having touchscreen issues so I was looking around and happened upon repair shop in Orlando, FL that was selling screen repairs on ebay for $80. They had good positive feedback from other people who had sent their phone to them so I decided to do it.
Long story short, for an entire month they had my phone and kept making excuses on why my phone wasn't fixed yet and informed me that the digitizer was not the problem but a cable between the digitizer and the motherboard was, but they had already fixed it and needed $30 more bucks and were going to drop it in the mail as soon as they got the money for the extra part, they had got a shipping code and everything.
Given the choice, I would've told them to send it back without fixing it but they already had, and since I had been a month without my phone I just said fine and I paid them again. And that's when they ceased all communication with me. I opened a case with eBay and after a week they decided I deserved a refund of my $80, however there was nothing they could do but politely ask the ebayer to return my phone.
So, as a warning, do not deal with this ebayer
and if you're living in Orlando, don't take your phone here:
Orlando Cell Phone Repair
6521 E.Colonial Dr
Orlando Fl 32807
their email: [email protected]
phone number: 407-455-8133
Also if you want to sign any of the above addresses up for your favorite spam site, that would be fine with me

thewarhawk said:
Hi everyone,
I'd like to share a word of caution so hopefully you don't have to go through what I have.
About a month and a half ago my phone was having touchscreen issues so I was looking around and happened upon repair shop in Orlando, FL that was selling screen repairs on ebay for $80. They had good positive feedback from other people who had sent their phone to them so I decided to do it.
Long story short, for an entire month they had my phone and kept making excuses on why my phone wasn't fixed yet and informed me that the digitizer was not the problem but a cable between the digitizer and the motherboard was, but they had already fixed it and needed $30 more bucks and were going to drop it in the mail as soon as they got the money for the extra part, they had got a shipping code and everything.
Given the choice, I would've told them to send it back without fixing it but they already had, and since I had been a month without my phone I just said fine and I paid them again. And that's when they ceased all communication with me. I opened a case with eBay and after a week they decided I deserved a refund of my $80, however there was nothing they could do but politely ask the ebayer to return my phone.
So, as a warning, do not deal with this ebayer
and if you're living in Orlando, don't take your phone here:
Orlando Cell Phone Repair
6521 E.Colonial Dr
Orlando Fl 32807
their email: [email protected]
phone number: 407-455-8133
Also if you want to sign any of the above addresses up for your favorite spam site, that would be fine with me
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this may help a lot of people !!
i feel sorry for your loss !!

I was born and raised in Orlando and live in Tampa now. I'm not back often, but next time I'm in town I'll try to stop by and raise hell with them.

Any news on getting your phone back?
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borgib said:
I was born and raised in Orlando and live in Tampa now. I'm not back often, but next time I'm in town I'll try to stop by and raise hell with them.
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Thanks alot, I appreciate that
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Any news on getting your phone back?
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Nope, as always they're not replying to any emails and not answering my calls

Don't suppose you know your IMEI number, or S/N of the phone? I wouldn't be surprised if it wound up on EBAY for sale again.

Frrrrrrunkis said:
Don't suppose you know your IMEI number, or S/N of the phone? I wouldn't be surprised if it wound up on EBAY for sale again.
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unfortunately not I forgot to write them down before I sent it off..and yeah I've been keeping an eye out for it, but I'm sure they would be smart enough to do it through a different account..

have you tried notifying the carrier you use? sometimes they save the imei of the device you use when you make a purchase or even just trading sim card, although few do it that way.

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have you tried notifying the carrier you use? sometimes they save the imei of the device you use when you make a purchase or even just trading sim card, although few do it that way.
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Thanks, I'll try contacting them to see if they have it on record, I did buy it from them

thewarhawk said:
Thanks, I'll try contacting them to see if they have it on record, I did buy it from them
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Treat the situation as a stolen phone. Contact your carrier and tell them it was stolen.
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ar31791 said:
Treat the situation as a stolen phone. Contact your carrier and tell them it was stolen.
Sent from my MB860 using XDA
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I would definitely do the same thing as well. Theft has all forms so if you are prepared to do some work then you should even call the police on them.
Have you read their Terms and Conditions? Is there anything that you can go to the police with? Do you have a record of your shipment to them?
I was very sorry to hear about you experience.

It's difficult when this 'shop' had good reviews on Ebay. That typically says it's okay to send something to them as you're going to get it returned, but what I read is ridiculous. Since I haven't seen anyone else recommend it, why not A) report the phone as stolen and B) report your stolen phone to the police.
Granted it's just a phone, but even then it's property and it sounds like this repair place is in the same area you're in, though I could be wrong.
I hope you get your phone back. Sorry to hear it even happened. :-(
-Dave

Well now that we have the phone number we should all call and tell them to return this guys phone.

dratsablive said:
Well now that we have the phone number we should all call and tell them to return this guys phone.
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Don't know the shop and don't know the guy posting this problem. We should trust what the OP says because? Just saying! Nobody should go calling anyone. If what the OP says is in fact true, then there is legal recourse if he has proof someone has his phone.
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ar31791 said:
Treat the situation as a stolen phone. Contact your carrier and tell them it was stolen.
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Just called my carrier and they said they can't really do anything except suspend my service, but since I took my sim out before I sent the phone, I don't need that. They didn't have record of my atrix's IMEI number, so no luck there.
Anyways, I'm saving up money to get another atrix(because I just love this phone) so I'll be getting another one soon..
Thanks everyone for your support, I just started this thread to warn anyone else against dealing with these people, so don't worry too much about calling them up, like Caelan says, you don't really know me, and it probably won't help too much either way.
Thanks again

I don't suppose you have the box of the phone saved somewhere do you?
both IMEI and SN numbers are on there.

Tratious said:
I don't suppose you have the box of the phone saved somewhere do you?
both IMEI and SN numbers are on there.
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Thanks for the suggestion, but those are long gone

Should have installed avast and enabled the anti theft option.
at this point you could have totally locked the phone down and even if he factory reset somehow it wouldnt matter

Just always remember karma is a really you know what and what goes around comes around

[Q] IMEI Change G900F (Need help)

Hello, few days back I bought a Samsung Galaxy S5 from dude near the hypermarket. It was on good price but screen was cracked but I paid for repair and now is everything fine. My problem is, that I think that phone was lost or stolen by previous owner and I´m afraid, that police will go after me and they´ll took that phone back. My friends told me that police can track lost or stolen phone so now I´m afraid of it. I paid 200€ for phone plus 50 to my friend for fixing the screen. If they take that phone back I would simply lost 250€.
Is there any way to change IMEI or to do something for prevent police of track that phone?
I tried this method and IMEI is "changed", but I think that is only the mask and real IMEI is still saved in phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/modules/xposed-imei-changer-t2847187
Every help is appreciated.

Robotr0n said:
Hello, few days back I bought a Samsung Galaxy S5 from dude near the hypermarket. It was on good price but screen was cracked but I paid for repair and now is everything fine. My problem is, that I think that phone was lost or stolen by previous owner and I´m afraid, that police will go after me and they´ll took that phone back. My friends told me that police can track lost or stolen phone so now I´m afraid of it. I paid 200€ for phone plus 50 to my friend for fixing the screen. If they take that phone back I would simply lost 250€.
Is there any way to change IMEI or to do something for prevent police of track that phone?
I tried this method and IMEI is "changed", but I think that is only the mask and real IMEI is still saved in phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/modules/xposed-imei-changer-t2847187
Every help is appreciated.
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They will do nothing, stop being afraid, and mod the imei is illegal. don't be scared if they catch you it will not be about a imei of a phone.

androidrouen said:
They will do nothing, stop being afraid, and mod the imei is illegal. don't be scared if they catch you it will not be about a imei of a phone.
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Really? I know some cases when phones were given back to their owners, and if I spend 250€ on phone it would be just money thrown in air... Also, I don´t mind about ilegality of changing IMEI, my trade wasn´t legal at all.
And what do you mean by - don't be scared if they catch you it will not be about a imei of a phone? - They can localize me by IMEI number or?

xda is a legal website, so here nobody will tell you how to change imei ...
and they will not call fbi for a phone ... they have others things to do !

Oh, I see your point now. I didn't know about that, I'm sorry. Anyway, I would appreciate any suggestion where can I get help with my issue.

Even if anyone knows about a method for changing IMEI number, no one is to answer you, because it's ILLEGAL.
I think that word means everything.

Okay then, I was thinking that it is casual thing what people are doing with their smartphones these days. On my old old HTC phone i got broken imei or efs files after flashing roms and kernels and I wasn´t able to connect to GSM network. Someone fixed it by changing these numbers or something, I really dont know, I´m not into these things at all...
Maybe I should better use my old Z1 compact, I got worries now. :/ Anyway, thanks for all responses....

Robotr0n said:
Okay then, I was thinking that it is casual thing what people are doing with their smartphones these days. On my old old HTC phone i got broken imei or efs files after flashing roms and kernels and I wasn´t able to connect to GSM network. Someone fixed it by changing these numbers or something, I really dont know, I´m not into these things at all...
Maybe I should better use my old Z1 compact, I got worries now. :/ Anyway, thanks for all responses....
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Check out this thread, this is as far as you'll get on this site. XDA is an american site and changing IMEI is illegal in USA, hence no one's allowed to give you a concrete solution. Don't ask me because all I know is in the below thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/help/galaxy-s5-sm-g900f-write-imei-t2971488

Hello, few days back I bought a Samsung Galaxy S5 from dude near the hypermarket. It was on good price but screen was cracked but I paid for repair and now is everything fine. My problem is, that I think that phone was lost or stolen by previous owner and I´m afraid, that police will go after me and they´ll took that phone back. My friends told me that police can track lost or stolen phone so now I´m afraid of it. I paid 200€ for phone plus 50 to my friend for fixing the screen. If they take that phone back I would simply lost 250€.
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If this "dude" is a shop then I would take it back to him for a refund. You bought this in good faith so he is the one who will get the police after him (if at all). The question is why do you have reason to believe the phone is lost or stolen?? If it was then they would most likely ring their provider and have the IMEI blocked.... if that has happened then the device is as good as dead. Changing the IMEI is illegal in almost all places...

MadMic said:
If this "dude" is a shop then I would take it back to him for a refund. You bought this in good faith so he is the one who will get the police after him (if at all). The question is why do you have reason to believe the phone is lost or stolen?? If it was then they would most likely ring their provider and have the IMEI blocked.... if that has happened then the device is as good as dead. Changing the IMEI is illegal in almost all places...
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Well, that dude is shop, but he sold me that phone without papers, warranty etc. Price was really good. New S5 cost around 400€ at my place. And I think it was found or stolen, otherwise he would give me warranty papers and all those things... And I think, that in my country they cant just blacklist IMEI. I´m going to visit that man after christmas and we´ll see....

Robotr0n said:
Hello, few days back I bought a Samsung Galaxy S5 from dude near the hypermarket. It was on good price but screen was cracked but I paid for repair and now is everything fine. My problem is, that I think that phone was lost or stolen by previous owner and I´m afraid, that police will go after me and they´ll took that phone back. My friends told me that police can track lost or stolen phone so now I´m afraid of it. I paid 200€ for phone plus 50 to my friend for fixing the screen. If they take that phone back I would simply lost 250€.
Is there any way to change IMEI or to do something for prevent police of track that phone?
I tried this method and IMEI is "changed", but I think that is only the mask and real IMEI is still saved in phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/modules/xposed-imei-changer-t2847187
Every help is appreciated.
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Same problem for me, there are a possible solution?