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Help Flashing to Cricket, Need "ESN with all numbers, or MEID"

I need to find the ESN with all numbers, not the one on qpst with the D and letters and numbers, the guy said he couldn't activate today when i took my phone to the cricket store. i was hella mad because i had been flashed the prl to cricket already so i now have no service. tomorrow, i need to bring the numbers there to activate. its already 9pm hopefully someone will chime in before then. thx in advance.

akaine2001 said:
I need to find the ESN with all numbers, not the one on qpst with the D and letters and numbers, the guy said he couldn't activate today when i took my phone to the cricket store. i was hella mad because i had been flashed the prl to cricket already so i now have no service. tomorrow, i need to bring the numbers there to activate. its already 9pm hopefully someone will chime in before then. thx in advance.
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They WILL NOT allow you to activate this phone in that method. I'm on my phone so it's way to much to text. Pm me a number and I will call you to break it down.

ziggy484 said:
What in the world is cricket? Is it the new firmware after gingerbread? I thought it should be dessert name though? Well i guess maybe some people eat crickets for dessert... kinda gross though.
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Cricket is a wireless carrier (7th largest in the US)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket_Wireless
-Doug

ok so i talked to jenisiz on the phone and he told me the whole process i need to do now. which is take the phone to a cricket store that will activate it as a zio then i can proceed to the getting 3g working. i have it saying welcome to cricket when i dial *228! so i'm halfway there... then another time for my gfs phone

Zomg... really? once again... another post in here ... i check it... for nothing... don't post if nothing helpful yo i'm not tryin to be a asshole i just need help not wasteful comments i wouldnt have checked if u didnt write the comment thread

Menu>Settings>About phone>Status
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Kevin Gossett said:
Menu>Settings>About phone>Status
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For what he's trying to do, they won't accept that.

the one they need is in status. they need to know this at every store. i had to go to a store 20 minute drive away and i have 5 cricket stores within 10 minutes... just because noone knows about this type of thing evidently in NC... damn southerners... i'm about to do the steps to get 3g working, then flash 2.2 and all that back up. the cricket phone service sounds just like verizon on my fascinate, can't wait to see how this 3g performs... haha i have unlimited minutes and text/web/mms for 55$ for my phone and 50$ for my gf phone BANG

and im bout to start flashing phones in NC and remotely eventually, so if you want to get down on this holla at me, i will flash you to cricket with mms and all working, assuming i get mine up in a bit =D
and i'm going to do it lower than everyone else... 30 bux. for one. two for 60. when the other guys charging 50 per phone... i'mma get all that business

akaine2001 said:
and im bout to start flashing phones in NC and remotely eventually, so if you want to get down on this holla at me, i will flash you to cricket with mms and all working, assuming i get mine up in a bit =D
and i'm going to do it lower than everyone else... 30 bux. for one. two for 60. when the other guys charging 50 per phone... i'mma get all that business
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Just a heads up bud, try not to promote business on the forum. I share all information just like the devs share their work for free on xda. But good luck, there are other methods to get it working on the 45 dollar plan but I don't share those as I believe it's wrong cheating the provider. Those guys will probably be your compitition. Oh and 3g is just as good as verizon.

put ad on CL and did 1 already and my gfs and mine... whatchu talkin bout... its a hot service champ ... im bout to take that to the max lol all the mexicans here want that done

NVM...adryn pretty much said it...as I stated back on page 1 - We on the forum do this for fun, not profit. If you're going to take it to craigslist then by all means go have at it. But don't promote it here. Plus, try not to use racial comments. I don't care about it, but it may offend some.

Dude akaine....you are a low life. You wanted to charge for theme ports and now this? Go hang out on Craigslist, this community is not for you. We do things on donations here and if that means free...that's cool too. Stop trying to exploit people.
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adrynalyne said:
Dude akaine....you are a low life. You wanted to charge for theme ports and now this? Go hang out on Craigslist, this community is not for you. We do things on donations here and if that means free...that's cool too. Stop trying to exploit people.
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+1 Agreed. What a piece of trash....

flash yet another fascinate to cricket today... whos the trash now suckas haha =p
jailbroke an itouch and flashed an epic to boost last week. whos the trash buddy step ur game up

akaine2001 said:
flash yet another fascinate to cricket today... whos the trash now suckas haha =p
jailbroke an itouch and flashed an epic to boost last week. whos the trash buddy step ur game up
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Did you do it for free, or did you scam someone....again?

akaine2001 said:
flash yet another fascinate to cricket today... whos the trash now suckas haha =p
jailbroke an itouch and flashed an epic to boost last week. whos the trash buddy step ur game up
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akaine, its posts like this that lead to flame wars
this thread died 2 months ago...and yet u revived it by calling others trash
if you are happy on a budget carrier than great..im happy for ya
most of us prefer to be on 1 of the big 4 however

Yeah, just gonna leave a little comment here (since I like lurking on other forums).
Have fun with cricket, because as soon as you get 5 miles outside of a major city, you'll have NO signal whatsoever.
At least with one of the big 4 (especially Verizon), you will almost ALWAYS have signal.

RIP xoom..

So i was leaving for work yesterday and laid my xoom on my fender and went around to the other side to strap my daughter into her carseat...dropped her off at daycare and get halfway to work when i realized i never got my xoom off my fender. So i pulled over and pretty much had a panic attack then sped home to look for it..long story short, it was nowhere to be found..backtracked my route 3 times and found nothing...i had no insurance on a 2 year contract...moral of the story is..get insurance people because im not even done paying for it and i now have no xoom and a data plan to pay for until my contract is out...i still feel sick to my stomach thinking about it
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ben1284 said:
So i was leaving for work yesterday and laid my xoom on my fender and went around to the other side to strap my daughter into her carseat...dropped her off at daycare and get halfway to work when i realized i never got my xoom off my fender. So i pulled over and pretty much had a panic attack then sped home to look for it..long story short, it was nowhere to be found..backtracked my route 3 times and found nothing...i had no insurance on a 2 year contract...moral of the story is..get insurance people because im not even done paying for it and i now have no xoom and a data plan to pay for until my contract is out...i still feel sick to my stomach thinking about it
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Why dont you install Plan B from market.android.com
It uses your devices GPS to locate it

ben1284 said:
So i was leaving for work yesterday and laid my xoom on my fender and went around to the other side to strap my daughter into her carseat...dropped her off at daycare and get halfway to work when i realized i never got my xoom off my fender. So i pulled over and pretty much had a panic attack then sped home to look for it..long story short, it was nowhere to be found..backtracked my route 3 times and found nothing...i had no insurance on a 2 year contract...moral of the story is..get insurance people because im not even done paying for it and i now have no xoom and a data plan to pay for until my contract is out...i still feel sick to my stomach thinking about it
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Wow, that is unfortunate and sorry to hear that. You really have to keep paying Verizon after something like this? That sucks.

ben1284 said:
So i was leaving for work yesterday and laid my xoom on my fender and went around to the other side to strap my daughter into her carseat...dropped her off at daycare and get halfway to work when i realized i never got my xoom off my fender. So i pulled over and pretty much had a panic attack then sped home to look for it..long story short, it was nowhere to be found..backtracked my route 3 times and found nothing...i had no insurance on a 2 year contract...moral of the story is..get insurance people because im not even done paying for it and i now have no xoom and a data plan to pay for until my contract is out...i still feel sick to my stomach thinking about it
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Real moral of the story, have it tied to you at all times...

login the market from your pc. Install Plan B to your device remotely, it will auto start, and email your gmail account the coordinates if the device is still on

DroidHam said:
Why dont you install Plan B from market.android.com
It uses your devices GPS to locate it
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Would that work?

Legacystar said:
Would that work?
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yes, if the device is still on. Thats the whole point, its plan B incase you didnt do anything before. It remotely installs and sends your registered gmail account a email with the coordinates in google maps

Yeah i do. Im a verizon rep also, and they can still do nothing for me. Oh well.
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I see the "Man Purse" as a future must have accessory...and as anti-metro-sexual as I am, I am equally as clumsy, forgetful, and un-graceful(is that a word). I think I may have to give in to a bag of some kind that goes well with my hunting boots.

The only thing with that though is i changed my gmail password this morning just in case someone got a hold of it. So now it wont be synced with the correct password on the xoom. Ill still try it though. Thanks for the heads up
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ben1284 said:
The only thing with that though is i changed my gmail password this morning just in case someone got a hold of it. So now it wont be synced with the correct password on the xoom. Ill still try it though. Thanks for the heads up
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change the password back to what it was

Ok. Tried plan b and it says it will send the xoom a text message and if its powered on then it will email me the coordinates..i thought the xoom couldnt recieve text messages
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sorry for your loss.

crap... that's true... doesn't it mean an email? I mean this is via GMAIL...

never tried it for the Xoom, but I did it with my phone and it sent the stuff via gmail, but it may need to send the text to turn on gps etc
Maybe there is a option to do it via gmail instead?

Sorry to hear that. I have issues with forgetting drinks, keys, phones, etc. on top of my car as well. I've grown accustomed to putting all of my devices into my Targus backpack and throwing it into the back seat before doing anything else.

ben1284 said:
So i was leaving for work yesterday and laid my xoom on my fender and went around to the other side to strap my daughter into her carseat...dropped her off at daycare and get halfway to work when i realized i never got my xoom off my fender. So i pulled over and pretty much had a panic attack then sped home to look for it..long story short, it was nowhere to be found..backtracked my route 3 times and found nothing...i had no insurance on a 2 year contract...moral of the story is..get insurance people because im not even done paying for it and i now have no xoom and a data plan to pay for until my contract is out...i still feel sick to my stomach thinking about it
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That messed up man I feel for you, if it will mafje you feel better my first android phone fell off a balcony in Portugal, just paid for it, 350 gone to waste 10 days after I baught it
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Just add the insurence for the device and make your claim later..work for me when I lost my droid
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Kartiel said:
Just add the insurence for the device and make your claim later..work for me when I lost my droid
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Most of the time the insurance company needs to see a call made from the phone after u add insurance but since the Xoom cant make calls should be no way for them to know

Kcarpenter said:
I see the "Man Purse" as a future must have accessory...and as anti-metro-sexual as I am, I am equally as clumsy, forgetful, and un-graceful(is that a word). I think I may have to give in to a bag of some kind that goes well with my hunting boots.
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I rock my xoom inside a old N64 bag i had so i have no problem carrying a nerd purse.

Rooting & Contracts?? From The Horses Mouth

Just spent an hour on the phone with Sprint, talking about my account. Awesome rep, really knew his stuff and helped me save some money on my bill.
Anyhow, I told him I wanted to talk to a supervisor and give the man props for being good at his job.
In passing, I brought up the threads on here about Sprint tracking rooted phones and cancelling contracts.
From the supervisor's own words:
"Sprint cannot and will not cancel a contract due to a device being rooted or modified. Sprint can only void the warranty. Also, they do NOT have the capability of knowing if a phone is rooted with out physically examining it"
Now, a certain troll started some BS here a few weeks ago about the OTA and Sprint knowing if you're rooted by whether you accept it or not.
THIS IS FALSE!!!!!!
"Sprint cannot force an end user to accept any updates"
End of Story!

Thanks, the dude on the other thread claims the he ran RUU, but I think he forgot to flash s-on, so that is how the sprint tech department knew that he had root. I was very shocked by his statement of packet sniffing and root checking etc.
EDIT: the other thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1137063

The other thread is an example of what happens when 16 year olds root their phone and thether xbox 360.
Now he got everyone paranoid, a day before E3d launch.
Boehner.....

Also under the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act of 1975 if you are rooted only your software warranty is invalid (bootloop, and 4G key loss for example). If your USB port breaks they still have to honor the hardware warranty.
An exception is if you root your phone, load the wrong, or a defective ROM which causes the CPU to peg then overheat causing the CPU chip to China Syndrome into the system board.

i knew they couldnt cancel your contract b/c your rooted! thanks for the info hipkat!

cg 112358 said:
i knew they couldnt cancel your contract b/c your rooted! thanks for the info hipkat!
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No Prob. I had him specifically say, with no uncertainty, you cannot be cancelled for rooting your phone and they cannot magically track whether you're rooted or not from a remote location.
Now he DID say that if you are abusing by having 45 gigs of data transfer a month, you are definitely getting a red flag, and I cited the post in this forum when I asked him about it.

From what Ive heard the new phones will be have an OTA with a boot loader. I have also seen that you can uninstall sprint apps on the new EVO 3D without root. This, to me, says that sprint will have to be ok with rooted phones whether they like it or not... Also, if someone is using that much data, that someone needs to lift their head up and put the damn thing down for a little while.

Deep down, I think we all knew this to be true. That other dude was just careless

curl2k1 said:
Deep down, I think we all knew this to be true. That other dude was just careless
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+1. I think we all knew too, but it was a little scary tho, lol. Thank you Hipkat! That will make me sleep a lil easier.
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People believed that guy? Lol
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kthejoker20 said:
The other thread is an example of what happens when 16 year olds root their phone and thether xbox 360.
Now he got everyone paranoid, a day before E3d launch.
Boehner.....
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Thanks for this OP. I knew the story didn't sound right. Me and my rooted phone are safe.

DirtyShroomz said:
People believed that guy? Lol
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I don't imagine a lot of people actually *believed* him, persay, but it was just enough to put that little thread of doubt in your head...

DirtyShroomz said:
People believed that guy? Lol
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Sadly, I saw a few asking how to unroot and s-off.

DirtyShroomz said:
People believed that guy? Lol
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right... lol

mattykinsx said:
Sadly, I saw a few asking how to unroot and s-off.
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Which is EXACTLY why I put this thread up. I just got tired of seeing this fear mongering being spread over the forums, and since the rep I was talking to was super cool, and knew just how to hook me up on my account, I knew he'd be a guy to ask, then when I talked to his supervisor, I just laid it out with a direct question; "Will Sprint cancel an account because of a rooted device and can you see if my phone is rooted from a remote location?"
Well, now y'all know the answers

Do you know how many people would be purposely rooting their phones just so that they could leave Sprint without an ETF? Especially the week iPhone 5 drops?

HipKat, when I get back home to my PC, you've got a push on the "thanks" radio button from me coming. All these trolls come in here to stir up trouble. They must work for AT&T or summin'.
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Thanks, man!

epic 4g sprint lost

Hi all.
I lost my Epic 4G Sprint. i had no extra plan with sprint for lost or stolen device and i didnt have installed any of those apps that find your droid. i changed gmail password and all other accounts. i am not worried for that as i didnt have much pics videos music or other data on the phone. i called Sprint and now my line is shut down, but i have to buy a new device full price.
is there anything left to do to track it or find it or something else?
when lost it was on stock gingerbread EL30.
any idea would be greatly appreciated.
thanks

hormosapiens said:
Hi all.
I lost my Epic 4G Sprint. i had no extra plan with sprint for lost or stolen device and i didnt have installed any of those apps that find your droid. i changed gmail password and all other accounts. i am not worried for that as i didnt have much pics videos music or other data on the phone. i called Sprint and now my line is shut down, but i have to buy a new device full price.
is there anything left to do to track it or find it or something else?
when lost it was on stock gingerbread EL30.
any idea would be greatly appreciated.
thanks
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There are apps you can install remotely that can turn on your GPS and give you the location. Idk about now since its deactivated though
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hormosapiens said:
Hi all.
I lost my Epic 4G Sprint. i had no extra plan with sprint for lost or stolen device and i didnt have installed any of those apps that find your droid. i changed gmail password and all other accounts. i am not worried for that as i didnt have much pics videos music or other data on the phone. i called Sprint and now my line is shut down, but i have to buy a new device full price.
is there anything left to do to track it or find it or something else?
when lost it was on stock gingerbread EL30.
any idea would be greatly appreciated.
thanks
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Install PLAN B from play.google.com now.
If the battery hasn't shut down, you might still be able to find it.
Though, you should've done it before you deactivate it. Even if you recover it, it's now been blacklisted by Sprint as stolen and there's no way to undo that.

You cannot remote install an app if you change your Google password.
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if that device is screwed now cause sprint blocked it, why cant they just contact me and bring it back to me?
or is there any other use of it like a ipod or even use it on some other carrier?

jnadke said:
Install PLAN B from play.google.com now.
If the battery hasn't shut down, you might still be able to find it.
Though, you should've done it before you deactivate it. Even if you recover it, it's now been blacklisted by Sprint as stolen and there's no way to undo that.
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i did but its not emailing me any email with the position of my device

hormosapiens said:
if that device is screwed now cause sprint blocked it, why cant they just contact me and bring it back to me?
or is there any other use of it like a ipod or even use it on some other carrier?
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There is actually a way to clear up a blacklisted phone. It is not easy but if you prove you HAVE the phone and you ARE its original owner it can be done. Sprint reps will give you a number to call and what not.
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You can still flash a sprint ET4g to metro PCS, cricket...prepaid cell company with a bad esn. I have mine flashed over to metro...it was somewhat expensive...(mine has a clean esn- so if i want to activate it to Sprint, i can)...but worth it.Have you tried Craigslist to see if anyone has put it for sale? Sorry to hear about your situation. I hope you do find it.
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montecristo1 said:
You can still flash a sprint ET4g to metro PCS, cricket...prepaid cell company with a bad esn. I have mine flashed over to metro...it was somewhat expensive...(mine has a clean esn- so if i want to activate it to Sprint, i can)...but worth it.Have you tried Craigslist to see if anyone has put it for sale? Sorry to hear about your situation. I hope you do find it.
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Your in the wrong forum bud
Lulz
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Why would that be? This forum is about the ET4G...right? I have a ET4G...just a different carrier.Flashing a smartphone that I bought, with a clean ESN, onto metro so that I only pay $40 a month "wrong"? Flashing isn't illegal...I merely advised OP to investigate CL to possibly look to see if someone had posted it as well that someone can active a bad esn onto metro. Not all phones with bad ESN are stolen...
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montecristo1 said:
Why would that be? This forum is about the ET4G...right? I have a ET4G...just a different carrier.Flashing a smartphone that I bought, with a clean ESN, onto metro so that I only pay $40 a month "wrong"? Flashing isn't illegal...I merely advised OP to investigate CL to possibly look to see if someone had posted it as well that someone can active a bad esn onto metro. Not all phones with bad ESN are stolen...
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No actually this isn't a GS2 at all.
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Feel like such a noob...I just noticed it is the Epic 4g and not the Epic Touch 4g..ha ha...my apologies...
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montecristo1 said:
Feel like such a noob...I just noticed it is the Epic 4g and not the Epic Touch 4g..ha ha...my apologies...
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you may have been confused about where you were/are, but your point were on topic and relevant.
With that you ahead of many constant posters.
So stick around....

LargePrime said:
you may have been confused about where you were/are, but your point were on topic and relevant.
With that you ahead of many constant posters.
So stick around....
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Yup no one said he had to leave just that he sounded confused about where he was lol
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/10char....

To the OP, even if you can't get you original phone back, you can probably find a nice used Epic on eBay or Craigslist for ~$100. Just make sure it has a clean ESN before you buy it.

My sister just lost hers over the weekend and we were able to find it by using Google Latitude. It would already have to be running on your phone though. The last time my phone was able to ping hers was the EXACT location where she found it. Pretty incredible.
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TallCan211 said:
My sister just lost hers over the weekend and we were able to find it by using Google Latitude. It would already have to be running on your phone though. The last time my phone was able to ping hers was the EXACT location where she found it. Pretty incredible.
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But he changed his Google password so he is screwed.
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Thanks everyone for comments. I think I will move on and buy a new phone.

How much for an Epic? I have one sitting around I keep as a backup. I'd consider.

Stolen N4 - Who blocks IMEI?

Hi folks.
I feel stupid (and angry) as hell right now. The worst part is that I can't even explain how it happened. I'm the most careful person in the world with my phone, and haven't lost a smartphone in, like, a decade, but I believe I have just had my N4 stolen from me. I had it, then I put it in my pocket, stood up for 10 minutes, then it was gone, and, of course, immediately switched off. All my careful planning is null and void; once it's stolen / off, there's very little that pintail, plan b, lookout etc can do. (?)
Anyway, I just need to know where and how I get the IMEI blocked? It was bought directly from Google, not via a carrier. Does anyone know?
Thanks. I'm off to dust off my credit card, and try to replace my baby

I would think talking to your carrier would be a good idea since they have access to block imei's. Even if they can't they are best able to point you in the right direction.
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GSM phones don't have IMEIs, do they? I thought you pop a new sim card in and it's usable again.
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Call Google, they can block the IMEI and remotely shut it down, I think I also seen that you can file a lost/stolen report with them. You mfight get a replacement, too.

chrisrozon said:
GSM phones don't have IMEIs, do they? I thought you pop a new sim card in and it's usable again.
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YES THEY DO.
......... :laugh:
I'm afraid you can't block your phone from every carrier in the world OP. You should of flashed Cerberus as a system app onto your phone.

Thanks all for your replies.
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GSM phones don't have IMEIs, do they? I
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Silly billy
wilsonlam97 said:
You should of flashed Cerberus as a system app onto your phone.
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Cheers, I'll check that one out for next time :/
Infekxion said:
Call Google, they can block the IMEI and remotely shut it down,
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So far, I've filled in a form I found for order related queries, but that's the best I could find. If anyone has any help for phone numbers/URLs/emails, I'd be really grateful. I'm still searching.
Infekxion said:
You mfight get a replacement, too.
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Ha! That would be nice, but I won't hold my breath!

If you use a mastercard and you bought it within 90 days, they'll replace it if stolen.
http://www.mastercard.us/card-benefits.html

Rakeesh_j said:
If you use a mastercard and you bought it within 90 days, they'll replace it if stolen.
http://www.mastercard.us/card-benefits.html
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Badass. But just tell Google. They can block it from T-Mobile and AT&T. I think straight talk too. Emails take along while but they do get back to you. I would put flyers up near where it was stolen that say the phone has been deactivated and will not work on any carrier. If it is returned to you there will be no questions asked ( maybe even lie about a reward) see what happens. You can say my number is on the lock screen or call this number in the contacts. Maybe they will just return it to lost and found or something. Could be it died and you just left it somewhere and someone picked it up to give it to lost and found?
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Censura_Umbra said:
I would put flyers up near where it was stolen that say the phone has been deactivated and will not work on any carrier. If it is returned to you there will be no questions asked ( maybe even lie about a reward) see what happens.
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How much of a fake reward would be required for a thief to return a phone? $100 bucks? Not worth incriminating myself. $200 bucks? Then my BS detector goes off because you are approaching the price of purchasing a new one.
I like your optimism but too bad the world doesn't work like that.

Rakeesh_j said:
If you use a mastercard and you bought it within 90 days, they'll replace it if stolen.
http://www.mastercard.us/card-benefits.html
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thanks for this post. my nexus 4 was also stolen a few weeks back. I didn't even think to contact my card company to see if they would replace it. According to the website, looks like they will :laugh:
And to think I was actually debating buying another N4 because my Galaxy Nexus is starting to act stupid

Sorry about your loss..
But according to your description of the incident... Someone stole it from your pocket after you stood up? How?? Or am I reading the op wrong
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Crisisx1 said:
Sorry about your loss..
But according to your description of the incident... Someone stole it from your pocket after you stood up? How?? Or am I reading the op wrong
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app
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yeah I don't get that one from the OP either lol. mine was stolen from my car along with my wallet

Rakeesh_j said:
If you use a mastercard and you bought it within 90 days, they'll replace it if stolen.
http://www.mastercard.us/card-benefits.html
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This is really good info, thanks. Sadly, it doesn't apply to me.
Censura_Umbra said:
Could be it died and you just left it somewhere and someone picked it up to give it to lost and found?
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Crisisx1 said:
But according to your description of the incident... Someone stole it from your pocket after you stood up? How?? Or am I reading the op wrong
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There was literally ten or fifteen minutes between me sitting at the table in the bar using my phone, and it being switched off when I asked my girlfriend to call it. I guess I was pickpocketed when I went outside for a smoke. Sucks, but this is what credit is for, I guess. I'd only just paid off my card
I just want to block that SoB from using it. I'm still no nearer to finding the right contact at Google.

If they didn't wipe your phone, go to Google Play on the web and install Plan B to your phone. It will tell you where it is.

DanielNTX said:
If they didn't wipe your phone, go to Google Play on the web and install Plan B to your phone. It will tell you where it is.
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The phone was stolen and switched off within ten to fifteen minutes of the last time I had it in my hand. Pretty tough to install Plan B in those circumstances I have various apps for locating it, as well as a number of Tasker scripts to locate, erase, etc. but they are all pretty much worthless the minute the thief has switched off the phone.
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I have tracked down the phone number for US Google Device Support , which I have called and they appear to have it in hand, although they have had to escalate my call to a specialist as they were not sure if they could block the IMEI.
Thanks all for taking the time to reply. My new phone has been ordered and should be here in a few days. Everything's backed up to Dropbox, so I'm only down a bit of money and some inconvenience. It could be worse.

CheshA said:
This is really good info, thanks. Sadly, it doesn't apply to me.
There was literally ten or fifteen minutes between me sitting at the table in the bar using my phone, and it being switched off when I asked my girlfriend to call it. I guess I was pickpocketed when I went outside for a smoke. Sucks, but this is what credit is for, I guess. I'd only just paid off my card
I just want to block that SoB from using it. I'm still no nearer to finding the right contact at Google.
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You must wear some really big/loose pants for someone to pick pot a pretty big phone from your pocket... Or you were really drunk
Good luck bro.
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CheshA said:
The phone was stolen and switched off within ten to fifteen minutes of the last time I had it in my hand. Pretty tough to install Plan B in those circumstances I have various apps for locating it, as well as a number of Tasker scripts to locate, erase, etc. but they are all pretty much worthless the minute the thief has switched off the phone.
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I have tracked down the phone number for US Google Device Support , which I have called and they appear to have it in hand, although they have had to escalate my call to a specialist as they were not sure if they could block the IMEI.
Thanks all for taking the time to reply. My new phone has been ordered and should be here in a few days. Everything's backed up to Dropbox, so I'm only down a bit of money and some inconvenience. It could be worse.
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Yeah, at least you weren't hurt in the incident. It sucks to have your stuff stolen (I had a phone stolen about 2 years ago in a mugging) but at the end of the day we move on and don't let it get us down. I've found that I'm now much more cautious with my electronics in public, which I guess is a good thing.

Hello there, sorry to hear about your situation. I actually JUST lost my Nexus 4 this past weekend as well. Were you able to get a resolution from the Google team regarding the block on the IMEI? I've tried searching around for more info but haven't been able to find much. What ended up happening if you don't mind me asking?