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Can HTC block a phone?

Hi all, i had a bad start to the new year...some teenager snatched & ran away with my Touch Dual this morning (dawn,it was dark).
Anyway, my Telco can only deactivate the SIM card. I called HTC to check if thr was a way to BLOCK the phone in anyway...but their office is closed as its new years day.
Any1 has any ideas wat i might be able to do? I dnt think i'll see it again but its really disappointing. some luck huh?
p.s. I intend to get another touch dual the soonest i can afford it..
daddypool

What do you expect from them to block? I think you want something that's not possible. However, I know that in Holland, the police somtimes sends a sms-bomb to the IMEI number of a stolen phone. I don't know where you're from. but maybe the police in your country can do that to. It seems very anoying to me to receive lot ant lots of sms messages about using a stolen phone

i thought it was up to your network to get the imei barred? if your network wont help i doubt if HTC will do much.

Go to Police with your IMEI!

the IMEI is also on the box the device came with

i was under the impression you can break a phone if you have its imei

I'm sorry...
daddypool said:
Hi all, i had a bad start to the new year...some teenager snatched & ran away with my Touch Dual this morning (dawn,it was dark).
Anyway, my Telco can only deactivate the SIM card. I called HTC to check if thr was a way to BLOCK the phone in anyway...but their office is closed as its new years day.
Any1 has any ideas wat i might be able to do? I dnt think i'll see it again but its really disappointing. some luck huh?
p.s. I intend to get another touch dual the soonest i can afford it..
daddypool
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I can't believe the nerve of that little jerk. Your bad experience just gave me an idea. I once put an app on my Magician that when a different Sim card was inserted into my phone, it would send me a text/email with the telephone number of that Sim. I never had to use it so I can't say for sure that it actually worked. I guess I should've tested it. But anyway, my point is; I'm going to find that app and post it for all.
Can't wait until you get your Dual back.

luckycris0 said:
I can't believe the nerve of that little jerk. Your bad experience just gave me an idea. I once put an app on my Magician that when a different Sim card was inserted into my phone, it would send me a text/email with the telephone number of that Sim. I never had to use it so I can't say for sure that it actually worked. I guess I should've tested it. But anyway, my point is; I'm going to find that app and post it for all.
Can't wait until you get your Dual back.
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lol thats an awesome idea

luckycris0 said:
I can't believe the nerve of that little jerk. Your bad experience just gave me an idea. I once put an app on my Magician that when a different Sim card was inserted into my phone, it would send me a text/email with the telephone number of that Sim. I never had to use it so I can't say for sure that it actually worked. I guess I should've tested it. But anyway, my point is; I'm going to find that app and post it for all.
Can't wait until you get your Dual back.
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yep, i came across that software before too..now i wish i had tried that. (well, another lesson in life!)..my only saving grace is i have everything i need backed up. with the IMEI number, which i already gave the police, the only way the thief will be caught if he tries to sell to a 2nd hand mobile phone shop.
by the way, im in Singapore, one of the lowest crime rates in the world. but hey, still, low crime doesnt mean no crime.
oh my, i miss my phone so much...haha..now i can just laugh about it. i just checked the retail price of the dual here...it will cost me about USD 700. sigh...

luckycris0,
if u find that app, pls post it here...thanks..
after this lesson, i will use that, if not for anything....just for karma.

Phone tracing app
Press coverage of same
Hope that helps.

Here's an app that's similar to what I was talking about in my post earlier. The trial version is available from handango.com and it's about 25usd to purchase. Give this a try. I'm certainly going to on both my Nike and Polaris. I'm still going to try and locate the app so you all don't have to pay for it but since that time, I've changed laptops countless times, but I always save everything to disc so we'll see.

thks
thks guys...i will definitel try these apps...once bitten twice shy!
ystrday, i jus bought myself another TOUCH DUAL!...got it at a better offer..had 2 sign a new 2year contract for another telco line...& gave the line to a loved one to use...

Uhm.
I read a few years back that your operator can block the whole phone, not just the SIM card. Never needed to use it, I have no idea if it really works.
Bad luck!
Anyway, thx guys for the app! can really be handy!

will one of these appz survive after a flash or hard reset? guess not So, they are pretty useless in front of phone guardian for symbian in example

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HTC HD2 FREE sim unlock,is it real?

Hello, I have the following problem, I found a page htc-hd2.it there generate sim unlock code, wrote in the margins necessary information, but second day i have no answer from this site, any ideas? Is this realy work?

ankoanko said:
Hello, I have the following problem, I found a page htc-hd2.it there generate sim unlock code, wrote in the margins necessary information, but second day i have no answer from this site, any ideas? Is this realy work?
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I doubt it's free...

IMEI scam site possibly

Yeah roflmao
I think your imei is now taken and branded with like a china copy of a iphone 4

Solution with pay $17
Try with http://www.unlock-now.com/

ankoanko said:
Hello, I have the following problem, I found a page htc-hd2.it there generate sim unlock code, wrote in the margins necessary information, but second day i have no answer from this site, any ideas? Is this realy work?
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If is happen something write some news here. Will be usefully.

Nothing is happend,no email,no answer,no unlock code,liars

ankoanko said:
Nothing is happend,no email,no answer,no unlock code,liars
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you could have known they wouldnt give unlock codes for free. now ur probably a victim of imei scam.

you could have known they wouldnt give unlock codes for free. now ur probably a victi
I found this site on hdblog.it,and i think cos the site is legal,but its not,my mistake

jamieeeee said:
you could have known they wouldnt give unlock codes for free. now ur probably a victim of imei scam.
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i wonder how those guys want to scam someone using their imei

wergor said:
i wonder how those guys want to scam someone using their imei
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I don't know, but I just submitted about 20 made up ones, all with a temporary email address.
It would be a shame if other people did the same

What they do is to use your real IMEI in a Phone, probably a knock off of apple, htc, nokia and so go on. Fake mobile phones ; )

Any luck? if true it would be great. I don't know why though I think it is some sort of scam.

So?
So what's the big deal if they use your imei in some fake phone? Are there any ramifications for the owner of the imei

tundra84 said:
So what's the big deal if they use your imei in some fake phone? Are there any ramifications for the owner of the imei
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Other than the system will not let duplicate IMEI's work at the same time, so if someone clones your phone, you could end up with a non working phone ...
OR the worst case , it does let them on and they get your calls and vice versa ...
So legally I don't think it would hurt the original owner, but could end up hurting in other ways ....

May be they need personal emails, not imei nubers.
For fishing, hacking and ...... etc.

I got my free unlock straight from T-mobile themselves.

scrizz said:
I got my free unlock straight from T-mobile themselves.
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hi. could you please tell us, how one can do the same, without having an actual t-mobile number (without signing in to their site)?
Will appreciate.

Doesn't T-mobile have a web chat on their support page, and I think you can just get an unlock code that way, provided you've been a customer for a year or something like that.

I read they will actually request the unlock code from HTC. I did it 3 weeks ago and I got the unlock code in the next 24h so I believe it is reliable although not instant if you're a TMO customer. you might as well try to contact HTC if they have a customer service in your country.
My problem was then that my phone never asked for the unlock code so it happened to be useless. I don't know if it's because I have a custom rom on my phone or what but it never prompted me for the unlock code although I followed the steps they recommend (shut down, insert different sim, turn on...)

New HD2 dead HELP..PLS

I only had it for about 4 days that I got from online unlock and was flashing the rom with "RUU_Leo_HTC_WWE_1.43.405.1_Radio_Signed_15.26.50.07U_2.04.50_22_2_Ship" it went thru the process and said done but when it boot back up it lock on the boot screen. I pull the batt and now no power on the phone or can hoot to the cpu it a "T-Mobile ver hd2. Thanks for your help..

Well hate to break the news but you flashed a rom for the Leo aka the Euro HD2. You just ruined your brand new phone. Hope you have insurance. Next time read up first before you flash.

I readed the infor on the web site before updated it and it said it was for the phone but guess that a losed for me now....this the web site it came from "//htcpedia.com/news/official-htc-hd2-wm6_5-rom".

hahahaaaaa

rgrover said:
hahahaaaaa
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agreed, lol.

glcK23 said:
agreed, lol.
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What you agree to is how childish you two sound...

I saw a thread on here about how to unbrick a phone, now i can't find it

is it the "Possible sollution to unbrick TMOUS HD2/EU HD2 " sticky in tmous rom development ya thinking of?
wont work unless you can get into bootloader.

SecrtAgentMan said:
I saw a thread on here about how to unbrick a phone, now i can't find it
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Hey if you found out pls hit me up with the link..thx

gee92 said:
Hey if you found out pls hit me up with the link..thx
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You really did not look very hard, it is the 4th sticky down in the Tmo rom thread ... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=668347
Sorry to be harsh, but if you could not find a thread, that is that obvious, then why did you even attempt to flash the phone??
It does take some technical knowledge of the phone before you start screwing with them ..
You flashed a Stock HTC EU rom to your TMO US phone ....
If you had done ANY reading about your phone you would have found that the two are different phones , they look alike but they ARE different ...
Now Yes I am trying to piss you off, if you get mad you will go find the stuff yourself and learn it ...
We are here to help , the info is all over the site, but we cannot do it for you ...
So don't cry when people laugh at you for pulling a bonehead move ....
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Just want to say, just like in life you pull a bonehead move here, people might feel sorry for you , but they are still gonna laugh ...

watcher64 said:
You really did not look very hard, it is the 4th sticky down in the Tmo rom thread ... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=668347
Sorry to be harsh, but if you could not find a thread, that is that obvious, then why did you even attempt to flash the phone??
It does take some technical knowledge of the phone before you start screwing with them ..
You flashed a Stock HTC EU rom to your TMO US phone ....
If you had done ANY reading about your phone you would have found that the two are different phones , they look alike but they ARE different ...
Now Yes I am trying to piss you off, if you get mad you will go find the stuff yourself and learn it ...
We are here to help , the info is all over the site, but we cannot do it for you ...
So don't cry when people laugh at you for pulling a bonehead move ....
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Just want to say, just like in life you pull a bonehead move here, people might feel sorry for you , but they are still gonna laugh ...
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Hey you need to look back over the message I never said I couldn't find it on this site..but think you for the info.

Well send the phone back to HTC after 1 1/2 week got it back today but the phone is lock now...call them to let them know and they will give me the code have to check back in two days...but I have it back work is the big thing...

If you're wanting to make it stock again I'd suggest you get the the rom from the link provided. The IMEI code can be found on the back of the box that HD2 came in.
http://www.t-mobile.com/wmupgrade/

The phone hasn't even been out for a year and manufacturs warranty is a year. For HTC this is a simple fix as hooking up a jtag programmer and just flashing a new bootloader. 1st step is to walk into your tmo store you bought it from *****ing up a storm your lawyer dad just bought you that phone and he's pissed and wants them to replace it. Since you said you bought it from some unlock online place?????, weird you would buy the phone previously unlocked then come here to play with roms when you could of skipped all those steps and bought one on CL for $250 and paid $4 on ebay for an unlock code. Ok that being said option 2 if you bought it from a fly by night online company is to directly contact HTC begging them to flash a new bootloader for you and restore the phone to factory condition. Tell them you bought it from a store and make your own bs receipt to send in. 3rd option is to break the phone up and sell it off. The LCD and Digi will bring in $130 easy, case and battery will bring in $40-$50, buttons, mic, and radio chip, $50, then go buy a new one on CL for $250. Hope this helps you more hten the previous posts. But essesially they are right, you flashed a rom for a different phone to yours and now you phone thinks its a Euro HD2 and when it tries to fire up nothing connected to the right pins and it failing. If we had a pin out for the chip or epprom we may be able to fix this but I would imagine its going to require resoldering on a new epprom.

ddgarcia05 said:
If you're wanting to make it stock again I'd suggest you get the the rom from the link provided. The IMEI code can be found on the back of the box that HD2 came in.
http://www.t-mobile.com/wmupgrade/
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maxpower097 said:
The phone hasn't even been out for a year and manufacturs warranty is a year. For HTC this is a simple fix as hooking up a jtag programmer and just flashing a new bootloader. 1st step is to walk into your tmo store you bought it from *****ing up a storm your lawyer dad just bought you that phone and he's pissed and wants them to replace it. Since you said you bought it from some unlock online place?????, weird you would buy the phone previously unlocked then come here to play with roms when you could of skipped all those steps and bought one on CL for $250 and paid $4 on ebay for an unlock code. Ok that being said option 2 if you bought it from a fly by night online company is to directly contact HTC begging them to flash a new bootloader for you and restore the phone to factory condition. Tell them you bought it from a store and make your own bs receipt to send in. 3rd option is to break the phone up and sell it off. The LCD and Digi will bring in $130 easy, case and battery will bring in $40-$50, buttons, mic, and radio chip, $50, then go buy a new one on CL for $250. Hope this helps you more hten the previous posts. But essesially they are right, you flashed a rom for a different phone to yours and now you phone thinks its a Euro HD2 and when it tries to fire up nothing connected to the right pins and it failing. If we had a pin out for the chip or epprom we may be able to fix this but I would imagine its going to require resoldering on a new epprom.
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you realise the OPs last post was to tell us he already got his replacement, right?

samsamuel said:
you realise the OPs last post was to tell us he already got his replacement, right?
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History always repeats itself. And it doesn't help that I'm a post wh......

ddgarcia05 said:
History always repeats itself.
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heh, three times a day in my experience.

No, lol , hahhahahah I'm glad he got his new phone. I just read his 1st post then the 5 post after that calling him stupid and decided I'd just hit reply.

Warning? Microsoft UK support no longer issuing *live* codes.

Just a heads up; called MS UK support (18:00GMT) just now and they are not giving out any more live codes for WP7 users - instead you need to call HTC ...
Apparently they are updating the MS KB article to that affect.
It would appear that HTC want the IMEI number before going any further.
Not 100% sure if anyone else is getting this now?

Yes, there are many reports of this.
I assume however that HTC are probably just checking if the IMEI is a HD7? I doubt they are checking off every IMEI, as you could just claim you've changed your live ID, bought it from eBay? Also the codes only seem to be brand specific?
So get an IMEI and call HTC to get your code?

what about the us MS ? has anyone got any news if they are not issuing any activation code anymore (

Mr_PDA said:
what about the us MS ? has anyone got any news if they are not issuing any activation code anymore (
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I called the uk number (think it was home user>tech support) around 4.30pm today...got a code no problem. Might of just been lucky as the person I spoke too was alright...only asked if I had an htc (name/number/live id).
WP7 is pretty slick I have to say...really is up there with the iphone in terms of speed and looks. BUT i cant download from the marketplace...keeps saying try later. Now I get low disk space and random reboots. Any ideaS?

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I called the uk number (think it was home user>tech support) around 4.30pm today...got a code no problem. Might of just been lucky as the person I spoke too was alright...only asked if I had an htc (name/number/live id).
WP7 is pretty slick I have to say...really is up there with the iphone in terms of speed and looks. BUT i cant download from the marketplace...keeps saying try later. Now I get low disk space and random reboots. Any ideaS?
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Might means that your micro SD is not compatible...
Try with Micro SD class 2. Try 8 Gb for start.
Once you entered your Live ID wait for the end of syncronisation and reboot!
Juste open Marketplace with WIFI
Should be perfect Running WP7 with 16Gb Micro SD card. Perfect just experiencing some freeze.
Take your time the result is great.
Keep the code

Just tried the UK number a bit ago and it seems you can only do it during office hours, so I couldn't even ask.
Tried the US number and after loads of mucking around I got told they couldn't help as they can only deal with US customers. Bah.
But, at the moment whilst I love the clean fresh look of WP7 it looks like it could get frustrating pretty quick since there's hardly any settings that look accessible. Probably just because I'm new to it and don't know how to use it to be fair.
Not sure now whether to wait til tomorrow and try to activate it, or to just stick nandroid back on. Both would be nice but we won't go there.....

I got my code from the US today about an hour ago. Actually, I got 2 just in case.

Are you in the US though mate?
Wish I could get one for mine but I've tried US and UK numbers now and failed. I've been playing a bit more with 7 and I really like it.
If anyone was able to get a code for me I'd be hella grateful. What info do you have to give to MS though about your live account??

Guys, just a hint, if you call the US support, which you can do via Skype for free anywhere in the world, at least don't tell them you are from the UK or elsewhere...Obviously they are US support to help people from the US, therefore, you guys need to be a little bit creative in what you tell them...

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Guys, just a hint, if you call the US support, which you can do via Skype for free anywhere in the world, at least don't tell them you are from the UK or elsewhere...Obviously they are US support to help people from the US, therefore, you guys need to be a little bit creative in what you tell them...
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Yes, but then , when they ask you for your phone number, what to saY? ( because i dont have US phone number )

You are already lying to them about having an HD7... might as well tell them a bogus US number. As a disclaimer, i do not suggest nor condone any of this, just common sense

Can some 1 provide some example for bogus us phone number ?

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can some 1 provide some example for bogus us phone number :d ?
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508 567 5121

I figured there's no point lying about where I was phoning from since presumably like in most offices, their phone or monitor would be displaying the number you're dialling from!

OK. I just phoned and was asked for my IMEI number. I actually gave them my HD2 number, and they accepted it!
Scared me, but i now have a nice shiny activation code.
P.S Im from the UK but i think they sent me to the US.

dont think it works any more though.. chevron no longer unlocking..

oops, never mind

german support works perfect. i told them i bought a hd7 and there was no activation code number with it. got it within 5minutes

birdra said:
german support works perfect. i told them i bought a hd7 and there was no activation code number with it. got it within 5minutes
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pls tell me ms germany phone and wich phone typing for help line

kendimce said:
pls tell me ms germany phone and wich phone typing for help line
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0080022848283

help with activation , tips n tricks

ive been helped out , but left title for search reference

souljaboy said:
i heard it takes no more than 4 minutes , so ill paypal $2 for an activaton code if any1 helps me get one , and no im not lazy i gave it a try myself , but they saw my ip ... my guess is the same thing would happen thru phone with my number
any 1 needs some info ill provide thru pm
tldr;
im not from a wp7 launched country and theyre giving a brotha hard time
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your too honest, you should have just said your on holiday!
try it again

Well if you really want to pay me 30$ i can do it

dazza9075 said:
your too honest, you should have just said your on holiday!
try it again
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yea ill have to do it ... should it be ok if i say i bought it in craigslist ?

souljaboy said:
i heard it takes no more than 4 minutes , so ill paypal $2 for an activaton code if any1 helps me get one , and no im not lazy i gave it a try myself , but they saw my ip ... my guess is the same thing would happen thru phone with my number
any 1 needs some info ill provide thru pm
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im not from a wp7 launched country and theyre giving a brotha hard time
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Okay, I'll do it for free.....but what's your IMEI number. They ask for that
(and if you do accept my help, send the # in a PM)

souljaboy said:
yea ill have to do it ... should it be ok if i say i bought it in craigslist ?
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up to you want you want to do, the chap above can do it, or you can try for yourself. Personally and absolutly no discredit is ment by this, id try it again, purely from an education point of view, feels much beter when you get something right yourself
um as for speaking to them, you can tell them whatever you like, personally in your situation i would say i got this somewhere else, your working abroad just now and you had to reset it, and its coming up with some funny message, youve never seen this before so youve just followed the directions,
Remember, your an average user and youve never heard of XDA dev
na seriously, when i did mine it was over the phone and they said no they stopped doing it, i kicked up a **** storm with them, playing Mr innocent average jo, and took it to their boss, and amazingly an email dropped in my inbox with a key 30 seconds later, other people have had no bother at all, it really is just luck who you talk too,

souljaboy: Check your PM inbox.

i would have left the title and original post, it aids other folk when/if they do searches, now its just an out of context conversation.

i simply called windows and they gave me a key i didnt even have to tell them if i had an hd2 or hd7 they never ask i simply told them i had a htc and in 2 mins i had my own key