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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 .
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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?
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Once it is blacklisted, theres no way from getting removed at all.
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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
I sold a phone on Ebay to somebody in Cyprus.
The buyer claims he never received it and filed a claim, I lost 300 bucks and a mint HD2.
I found out the buyer now sold a similar phone on Ebay too, approx 3 or 4 weeks after I shipped mine. I was able to get my IMEI number from T-Mobile (very helpful, I was impressed).
Can I find out where my phone is ?
Buyer ID was " closedosier " now he changed to "gericy"
IMEI 357779030232175
Kinda sounds like they pulled a fast one on you and actually got the phone then sold it but told you they did not get the phone. Could T-Mobile not track it with the IMEI? I wish I knew of a definite way for you to track it via the IMEI. I did find this on Google though, here is the whole list Google pulled up. best of luck man.
Did you tell tmo to block the imei too while you were on with them? That's about all you can do, since its involving separate countries.the main prob with that is most countries have their own blacklists, so it may not do anything, but with a hint of luck the buyer gets it blocked and complains. You don't get it back but at least the seller loses out and gets a dodgy seller review.
Just gonna have to claim on your postal insurance, (please tell me you sent it "signed for",, if not,, well,, no comment)
TMobile cannot block it since it is not their phone anymore, I already asked, I have to file a Police Report.
I mailed it Priority with tracking, but it stops at when it leaves the USA, no tracking to Cyprus. Insurance was declined since USPS does not publicize well they don't have insurance for some countries, and guess what....Cyprus is one of them.
If the guy that bought the phone from by buyer/thief has actually my phone, I feel sorry for him too, he'll get a surprise very soon since the IMEI will be reported as stolen, and he'll get scammed.
Blimey, I think I'd go into the theft business too,, no proof of delivery?? Its a wonder anyone sends anything there at all!
All hail the British post office!
samsamuel said:
Blimey, I think I'd go into the theft business too,, no proof of delivery?? Its a wonder anyone sends anything there at all!
All hail the British post office!
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Yeah it sounds like the person that bought/stole the HD2 knew of the no tracking and knew they could get away with it. That sucks that a world wide company like USPS can not do anything else for you. I think you should press the matter with USPS myself.
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I think you should press the matter with USPS myself.
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definitely....
USPS cannot do anything since there is no tracking and no insurance, I already went this route.
My only alternative, now that I have an IMEI is to file a theft report with the police dept. here then I can open a case with FBI and IC3 which are federal agencies working on international frauds.
I won't see my money back, but at least the phone will be listed as stolen, IMEI on blacklist, and will never be able to be registered.
I just feel sorry for whoever bought the phone from my buyer/thief
I won't see my money back, but at least the phone will be listed as stolen, IMEI on blacklist, and will never be able to be registered.
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Shame those blacklists aren't global, if it goes outside of Europe/us it will probably work. Most stolen phones end up in Africa or the middle/far east where they couldn't care less.
As for the new buyer, did you email him to let him know to check the imei? (I already pointed him in the direction of this thread, fingers crossed it will black list and he'll complain about the seller.)
Next time be sure to inform the buyer that there is no insurance offered and no refunds. I've sold an hd2 to a similar place where insurance wasn't offered and made sure to tell him this.
It's not your fault if it gets lost in the mail. You sent it.
Also, if they didn't like it. You could have easily sold it to someone else.
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I found out the new Ebay ID for the guy is gericy
Beware of this person.
Apparently this guy does not know what the law is. Guess what, after I posted this thread on XDA he contacted me begging to remove, and claimed the fact that he "forgot" the claim, and he was "away" for a while.
He doesn't understand he broke the law and he should be punished. Try to rob a bank then when the cops find you return the money and say I'm sorry, you still go to jail. This is exactly what he did.
He refunded the money to me after making him reverse the neg feedback he left on Ebay, but then I found out he uses different IDs, probably to avoid consequences.
To all out there be careful if you buy anything from gericy
Cool, result!
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Cool, result!
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Amen brother !! Don't underestimate the power of XDA !!!! It can catch thieves too.
Hah yea, shame it couldn't catch my burglar who took my xdaIIi and plasma telly. (tho it did get blocked so I assume it got thrown.)
AWESOME MAN!!!!
Glade you got your money back and keep pressing the issue. Dude should have to pay the consequences of his actions. Never under estimate the power of being persistence and the power of the internet.
Not sure you can do much other than what you already plan to do.
Also, I am not sure why would you risk sending your phone outside of US without the proof of delivery - $300 is $300 ... lot of money if you ask me...
Anyhow, best of luck and next time DO NOT SELL IT INTERNATIONALLY!
I sold my Vibrant to my brother living overseas and since I cannot live without my phone, I immediately started eyeing the ones on Craigslist. This one guy was selling a Vibrant, in the original box, with the original charger, a car charger, couple screen protectors, a rubber case and a Motorola bluetooth ear piece, all for $150. The phone looks brand new except a tiny little scratch at the top. After messaging back and forth all day, I decided to drive to his house, which looked like an abandoned place. His room was in the attic where there was no furniture - just a laptop on a coffee stand. I asked if he ever rooted or put custom ROM and he looked at me like I was from outer space. The phone still had Eclair! So I went ahead and got the phone. Now, it's been 20 hours and it's been working great. I already put Trigger's ROM and everything works as expected.
Can this phone be stolen and should I expect local Police of FBI at my door when I go home tonight? Anyway to know if the IMEI is reported as stolen/lost?
Please advise.
Well, I'd say the likelihood of it being stolen from someone is lower based on the fact that he has the original box. I guess if you're the paranoid type you could match the IMEI on the box with your phone.
I wouldnt worry nout it. Its yours now.
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chui101 said:
Well, I'd say the likelihood of it being stolen from someone is lower based on the fact that he has the original box. I guess if you're the paranoid type you could match the IMEI on the box with your phone.
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OMG! The IMEI's do not match. I'm serious. Does it mean it's stolen?? I am pissed now. Stupid me, why didn't I check it while I was there!?!
If someone is selling something that far below market value you can be pretty sure they are not on the up and up. I would have passed on the deal.
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It doesn't matter, you didn't steal it.
No, but he may have purchased stolen merchandise.
Not good if it is stolen. Cell provider may find out and get the PD involved. Good thing you know where he lives.
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if the "original phone owner if there is any" finds that u have his or her stolen phone and finds you and if you paid the dude who sold u the phone in check then you will be find but if you gave him cash then you might might get in little trouble... this is the worst case senerio
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if the "original phone owner if there is any" finds that u have his or her stolen phone and finds you and if you paid the dude who sold u the phone in check then you will be find but if you gave him cash then you might might get in little trouble... this is the worst case senerio
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Why do you think I'd get in trouble for paying in cash? The dude's ad is still on CL with his cell phone #. I know his address since I drove there. Can I report to local police before I get in trouble?
OMG you wont get in trouble!
OMG...yes there is a law for it..its called receiving stolen property...regardless if you knew the property was stolen or not.
Don't worry about it. You got an awesome deal.
No one is coming for you.
I got my phone stolen, asked t mobile if anything can be done by getting the IMEI, but they said nothing can be done.
Dude, you are flipping out over a mere suspition. There is nothing of evidence to support the stolen phone theory.
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FBI, CIA, CBP, NCIS,ATF and US Marshalls have been notified as well as interpol. You are in deep my friend, confess now and you can get a reduced sentence.....
im messing with ya, you could get in trouble but not that bad. If you are afraid it may be stolen then contact p.d. Not sure what good it would do since the dudes house was probably an abandoned house he found to make the deal. So more than likely the cops will take the phone as evidence and you will be out what you paid. The guy made some cash dumped the phone he used to communicate with you and on to next guy.
Sorry
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Stop being scared b4 i really get the cops on u lol
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Dude u didn't know it was stolen you are not gunna go to jail. If your on tmo they wont care dont believe me lose ur phone but record your imei tell them to track it they say they won't do that. Just be more careful next time
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You know, if I sold you my vibrant, the imei on the box wouldn't match either. I've had three replacements.
Maybe you should stop freaking out and start enjoying your good deal. Is it likely someone stole a box, cases and accessories? Not very.
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^ Same here, i've had plenty of replacements and have different IMEI as well.
Don't freak out, you bought it, and the chance of the original owner coming to your house is as much as a lightning striking you, then turning right and blowing your phone up.
Just enjoy the phone ;D
Not necessarily stolen especially if he had those accessories with him. Next time you buy anything meet in a public place though. Coming over to a possibly abandoned house is a good way to get robbed.
Lmao the most that can happen is it being confiscated,given the acc. it came with and the story
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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
hello all
to start off with this has nothing to do with flashing!
basically my phone got barred/blocked so i could not receive or make any phone calls.. this happened this morning
i had purchased my phone off somebody else on the side.. but i have proof of contact made between us and also have proof that i had used the device from my network provider and i also have the box proving that i never stole the handset.
i want to know who i can contact to record this as a fraudulent case but most importantly get my phone unbarred! I am from the UK so bare that in mind my international buddies
all help is much appreciated
thank you
Take it to the police with your documents and give them the name of the person you bought it from.
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stoney73 said:
Take it to the police with your documents and give them the name of the person you bought it from.
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the police said that it is a civil case and not a criminal case (i take it as they are just lazy!)
they told me to call the citizen advice bureau but when i called they didnt pick up
aadil7 said:
hello all
to start off with this has nothing to do with flashing!
basically my phone got barred/blocked so i could not receive or make any phone calls.. this happened this morning
i had purchased my phone off somebody else on the side.. but i have proof of contact made between us and also have proof that i had used the device from my network provider and i also have the box proving that i never stole the handset.
i want to know who i can contact to record this as a fraudulent case but most importantly get my phone unbarred! I am from the UK so bare that in mind my international buddies
all help is much appreciated
thank you
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You state that you 'used the phone on your providers network', so it did work ?
When you buy something 2nd hand you have no warranty, that's the way it works.
Where is the fraudulent part ??
aadil7 said:
hello all
to start off with this has nothing to do with flashing!
basically my phone got barred/blocked so i could not receive or make any phone calls.. this happened this morning
i had purchased my phone off somebody else on the side.. but i have proof of contact made between us and also have proof that i had used the device from my network provider and i also have the box proving that i never stole the handset.
i want to know who i can contact to record this as a fraudulent case but most importantly get my phone unbarred! I am from the UK so bare that in mind my international buddies
all help is much appreciated
thank you
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If you have been sold stolen goods then that is a crime.
That, my friend, is a criminal offence. Go back to the rozzers and report a crime.
Happened to me once also when i bought an iPhone 3GS of gumtree. Police or anyone else didn't give a damn at all. Tried citizen bureau, trading standards etc none of them honestly gave a f**k
So ended up using it as an iPod touch for a month, until one day i tried my luck and went to an apple store and explained the situation to them. They took the barred phone and gave me a working one.
and what has XDA got to do with your barred phone? change the IMEI if you can!
you can do that?
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Barred/Blocked is because of the Network provider...contacting them would solve the problem i guess
Dont do IMEI change . Its a crime.
Act as a honest person and walk into the nearby Samsung Store/ Polics STation and explain the situation.
IMEI change can be done only by Samsung following their own security protocols.
I would suspect the device is stolen or in breach of contract. All European networks will block it and getting it unblocked is a massive chore.
If the person who originally got the phone on contract then didn't pay the bills or got the contract using falsified documents then the provider can lock the device as technically that would be theft by fraud.
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Volcanodancer said:
I would suspect the device is stolen or in breach of contract. All European networks will block it and getting it unblocked is a massive chore.
If the person who originally got the phone on contract then didn't pay the bills or got the contract using falsified documents then the provider can lock the device as technically that would be theft by fraud.
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I suspect this is the most likely explanation, even if the phone came in a original box, it may be have been stolen from a shop, or a delivery truck. Then the shop owner sends a list of the stolen IMEIs and they are blocked.
Or some other reason that IMEI was blocked. I went to a pawn shop to sell an old phone this weekend and they check the IMEI on a data base, and test that the phone can make calls before giving you the money. And your name and a copy of your ID is registered, in case someone has declared that phone as lost or stolen.
Thanks for the replys guys
And no i dont expect xda to help unbarr my phone i never wrote that so read before you post noncense..
I am going to call the citizens advice bureau in 5 mins anyway see what they actually say.. i am determined to get to the bottom of this and get my imei unblocked the right way and get that guy done for fraud..
I have spoken to o2 also where he originally got the phone from and they have got their fraud team working on it.. just as an update.. i want this thread to help all those people out there who dont know what to do when their phone gets barred..
Justice will be served one way or another!
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Well i just called tge citizens advice bureau and i honestly dont know why they even bother opening because nobody seems to want to pick up the phone!
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aadil7 said:
Well i just called tge citizens advice bureau and i honestly dont know why they even bother opening because nobody seems to want to pick up the phone!
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Thank the coalition government and it's cut backs for that one!
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Do you have contact details for the person who sold the phone to you ?
If so then your best option may well be to get try getting your money back from them either volutarily or via Small Claims Court.
I've not done it myself but people I know have tried it say that small claims court action is pretty strightforward and simple as long as you have documentation to support your claims.
https://www.moneyclaim.gov.uk/web/mcol/welcome
If you don't have contact details, did you do the trade via a site like AV-Forums ? If so the admins there might be able to assist you in finding them.
Thanks for the response..
I got it off ebay but i dealt with him on the side so i sent him an email and i went to pick the phone up in person and i paid cash.. he seemed like a nice chap plus he had good feedback..
The thing with tgese claims is that they cost to put a claim through and thats something im trying to minimize as a student without a job! Plus time wise they seem to take forever!!!
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he purchased a phone from somebody who might have stolen it, thus it was requested to be blocked by the owner.
purchasing stolen goods is also a crime in many places. and where i live, the police can even track your identity via your sim card if you use it on a "hot" IMEI.
keep the phone as audio-video and/or game console.
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sir sent you a pm .. kindly respond
The phone was originally on which network ?? I mean the phone was originally bought from o2,3 or which network ??
And you are using it on.which network ?? Did you call your network provider and confirmed it to.be a blacklisted phone ??