Imei - Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi guys
So I bought a brand new nexus 6p on eBay 2 months ago. Stupidly I met the guy at his girlfreinds house (supposedly) and paid cash for it.
Today my phone stopped getting signal so I spoke to three (uk) and they advised me the phone had been blacklisted.
I can't get in contact with the guy I bought it off and can't remember where his girlfriend lives, I'm guessing he's reported it as stolen as to do an Insirance claim or something g.
Question is..... Is there anything I can do to get the phone I paid for to work again? I've heard about changing the imei number but I'm guessing that's illegal. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

jabawarkie said:
Hi guys
So I bought a brand new nexus 6p on eBay 2 months ago. Stupidly I met the guy at his girlfreinds house (supposedly) and paid cash for it.
Today my phone stopped getting signal so I spoke to three (uk) and they advised me the phone had been blacklisted.
I can't get in contact with the guy I bought it off and can't remember where his girlfriend lives, I'm guessing he's reported it as stolen as to do an Insirance claim or something g.
Question is..... Is there anything I can do to get the phone I paid for to work again? I've heard about changing the imei number but I'm guessing that's illegal. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
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Sounds like it may just be stolen. I would hand it over to the authorities and ask them to sort it out. You don't need to be involved any further than you are. I'm guessing the price was really good. Usually when it seems to good to be true, it is. See if you can get eBay to help you out as well. They should have some sort of policy.

XxMORPHEOUSxX said:
Sounds like it may just be stolen. I would hand it over to the authorities and ask them to sort it out. You don't need to be involved any further than you are. I'm guessing the price was really good. Usually when it seems to good to be true, it is. See if you can get eBay to help you out as well. They should have some sort of policy.
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Think you may be right.... I paid £300 for it so yeh it was really cheap to say it was brand new. He did look abit of a dodgey character though so its my own fault. I think I'll pass it in to the police. I do have his eBay username though and his full name so I'll give that to the police as well.
Shame I'll be the one out of pocket at the end of the day.

jabawarkie said:
Think you may be right.... I paid £300 for it so yeh it was really cheap to say it was brand new. He did look abit of a dodgey character though so its my own fault. I think I'll pass it in to the police. I do have his eBay username though and his full name so I'll give that to the police as well.
Shame I'll be the one out of pocket at the end of the day.
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It is a huge shame, but you don't really have a choice. Changing the IMEI is indeed illegal. Plus, if you were to knowingly try to get this phone to work after finding out that it's most likely style, you'd be up for criminal charges yourself.

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Blocked IMEI

whats happen if one country block IMEI of the phone and you will take this phone to another country???
will work or not?
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Why'd it get blocked? Blocked IEMI numbers are usually because they are stolen.
BOjaS said:
whats happen if one country block IMEI of the phone and you will take this phone to another country???
will work or not?
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TC,
I will tell you the answer after you return the stolen phone.
Good day.
ok why already everyone think that is stolen??? be honest with you guys i have no idea why they blocked my phone... i send to service they conformed that the phone is blocked becouse it was stolen... on my question why they decided to block it after i was using it for 8 months they couldnt give me answere...
quuestion is what i can do about it if i bought phone on ebay??? i have all the detiles of transaction and they guy detiles, shall i go on the police station to say that they guy is selling stolen goods?
Relax man.
It is not your fault you bought an stolen device.
This things happen.However it is quite unpleasant to have your phone stolen.I think you would agree.
Since you can not use the phone you might as well give it back to the owner.
The phone was blocked probably because someone reported the phone to be stolen.The police will take the phone for sure, and maybe the seller from ebay did not know it was stolen.But who knows.
Did you get any documents,an invoice or something , when you got the phone on ebay?
Good luck.
berbecverde said:
Relax man.
It is not your fault you bought an stolen device.
This things happen.However it is quite unpleasant to have your phone stolen.I think you would agree.
Since you can not use the phone you might as well give it back to the owner.
The phone was blocked probably because someone reported the phone to be stolen.The police will take the phone for sure, and maybe the seller from ebay did not know it was stolen.But who knows.
Did you get any documents,an invoice or something , when you got the phone on ebay?
Good luck.
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As stated above I would return device as it sounds like its stolen. I would also report it to ebay as you appear to have a legit case which should be investigated by them. If you have kept copies of ducoments/trasnactions etc you could also possibly get refunded
Well don't return it unless you get a refund first. If you paid by PayPal try to file a dispute and tell them it's a stolen phone. If they refund your money, you can either take the phone to a local carrier store and let them return it to the original owner, or just sell it on eBay yourself. If you don't get a refund, just sell it on eBay so you can recover your wasted money.
As far as taking it to another country, I don't think they'd be able to block it internationally, that doesn't really seem plausible.
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Well don't return it unless you get a refund first. If you paid by PayPal try to file a dispute and tell them it's a stolen phone. If they refund your money, you can either take the phone to a local carrier store and let them return it to the original owner, or just sell it on eBay yourself. If you don't get a refund, just sell it on eBay so you can recover your wasted money.
As far as taking it to another country, I don't think they'd be able to block it internationally, that doesn't really seem plausible.
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We DO NOT encourage people to sell stolen goods, this is fraud!!
Consider this first and last warning!!
Fallen Spartan said:
We DO NOT encourage people to sell stolen goods, this is fraud!!
Consider this first and last warning!!
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Sorry, I definitely don't support stealing or helping people steal. I'm just saying if there are no other options, he might as well sell it or else he's lost $600+ for nothing.
OK but still no answere for my question how came that someone (orange) blocking "stolen" phone after 8 months????
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OK but still no answere for my question how came that someone (orange) blocking "stolen" phone after 8 months????
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If it's stolen I'd assume it can be blocked indefinitely.
BOjaS said:
OK but still no answere for my question how came that someone (orange) blocking "stolen" phone after 8 months????
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It's quite likely that the seller himself has reported the phone lost/stolen in order to make an insurance claim. It's even more likely if you bought it boxed and with the charger and all other bits. This is always a significant risk when buying a mobile phone from ebay. I suggest you contact the seller first of all and see what he says.
As people said here the right thing to do would be going to the police, which obviously means submitting the phone with no refund. And possibly helping to catch another thief (God knows we hate them!)
And if you go abroad (e.g. Poland) then yes your phone will work.

Help me please! Htc Hero is blocked! :(

Hi, i have brought a Htc hero from a market i took it home for 2 days it was working fine now i have found out that my hero has been lost/stolen and has been blocked, my country allows me to change my imei number and there is no law on this. i have searched the internet also and have found no luck. so could somebody please help me and give me a tutorial as i have only had the handset for 2 days and have not got very much expieriance on it what so ever thank you
you have a stolen phone ???
Im not sure I payed around £120 pounds in british money as i am british and now when i put a sim in it it is blocked and i have read i have to changed the imei number so would someone please tell me how i would be able to achieve this.
As far as I know you cannot change the IMEI number, it is hard coded into every phone as a way of tracing the phone if it is reported lost or stolen.
It sounds like this is what has happened in your case, you must have purchased a phone that has been reported lost or stolen.
The only way I have heard of getting it working again is to move to another country where they don't have the same restrictions in place i.e. USA.
Using or attempting to use stolen goods when you reasonably believe them to be stolen is a crime in the UK.
And changing IMEI number is also a crime.
Ruhani said:
my hero has been lost/stolen and has been blocked, my country allows me to change my imei number and there is no law on this
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This is definately not the case in the UK. See Mobile Telephones (Re-Programming) Act 2002
It might be my phone, mine was stolen and I would like to think that when I requested it be blocked (and made totally useless to the theiving scumbags and anyone else who bought it cheap) that it was blocked by them.
If you did buy it genuinly go and report it to the police that the dealer is selling stolen goods, you might not get your money back, but someone may get their phone back that they paid good money for.
gowzel said:
It might be my phone, mine was stolen and I would like to think that when I requested it be blocked (and made totally useless to the theiving scumbags and anyone else who bought it cheap) that it was blocked by them.
If you did buy it genuinly go and report it to the police that the dealer is selling stolen goods, you might not get your money back, but someone may get their phone back that they paid good money for.
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I have to agree here, the phone is pretty much useless to you now anyway so just hand it back to the police and report the dealer that sold it to you.
Thank you for the replys i have reported the dealer the police who in turn took the phone off me
Ruhani said:
Thank you for the replys i have reported the dealer the police who in turn took the phone off me
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yeah there is always a chance you will get some money back, but you did the right thing.
If you paid on credit card you can claim it back from your card operator.
If you paid cash your less likely to get anything back.
On the upside, you might get some moneys from the insurance company, this is customary in Norway. Since they dont have to pay out the insurance now, you saved em money. If the guy who got his phone stolen had insurance that is.
Well in the light of all this i did pay from credit card and youl be thankful to know that my money is getting processed back to me via credit card (im a student thankgod ) and the phone has been returned to its owner who in turn rang me and thanked me and also will be sending me a reward by post. so doing the better thing is right and it pays too
Ruhani said:
Well in the light of all this i did pay from credit card and youl be thankful to know that my money is getting processed back to me via credit card (im a student thankgod ) and the phone has been returned to its owner who in turn rang me and thanked me and also will be sending me a reward by post. so doing the better thing is right and it pays too
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Awesome stuff, this is how the world should be!
Good on you Ruhani,... Karma comes back around,... Well done.
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How do I trace a stolen phone by IMEI, and how to catch a thief

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!

Repair Shop that stole my phone

Hi everyone,
I'd like to share a word of caution so hopefully you don't have to go through what I have.
About a month and a half ago my phone was having touchscreen issues so I was looking around and happened upon repair shop in Orlando, FL that was selling screen repairs on ebay for $80. They had good positive feedback from other people who had sent their phone to them so I decided to do it.
Long story short, for an entire month they had my phone and kept making excuses on why my phone wasn't fixed yet and informed me that the digitizer was not the problem but a cable between the digitizer and the motherboard was, but they had already fixed it and needed $30 more bucks and were going to drop it in the mail as soon as they got the money for the extra part, they had got a shipping code and everything.
Given the choice, I would've told them to send it back without fixing it but they already had, and since I had been a month without my phone I just said fine and I paid them again. And that's when they ceased all communication with me. I opened a case with eBay and after a week they decided I deserved a refund of my $80, however there was nothing they could do but politely ask the ebayer to return my phone.
So, as a warning, do not deal with this ebayer
and if you're living in Orlando, don't take your phone here:
Orlando Cell Phone Repair
6521 E.Colonial Dr
Orlando Fl 32807
their email: [email protected]
phone number: 407-455-8133
Also if you want to sign any of the above addresses up for your favorite spam site, that would be fine with me
thewarhawk said:
Hi everyone,
I'd like to share a word of caution so hopefully you don't have to go through what I have.
About a month and a half ago my phone was having touchscreen issues so I was looking around and happened upon repair shop in Orlando, FL that was selling screen repairs on ebay for $80. They had good positive feedback from other people who had sent their phone to them so I decided to do it.
Long story short, for an entire month they had my phone and kept making excuses on why my phone wasn't fixed yet and informed me that the digitizer was not the problem but a cable between the digitizer and the motherboard was, but they had already fixed it and needed $30 more bucks and were going to drop it in the mail as soon as they got the money for the extra part, they had got a shipping code and everything.
Given the choice, I would've told them to send it back without fixing it but they already had, and since I had been a month without my phone I just said fine and I paid them again. And that's when they ceased all communication with me. I opened a case with eBay and after a week they decided I deserved a refund of my $80, however there was nothing they could do but politely ask the ebayer to return my phone.
So, as a warning, do not deal with this ebayer
and if you're living in Orlando, don't take your phone here:
Orlando Cell Phone Repair
6521 E.Colonial Dr
Orlando Fl 32807
their email: [email protected]
phone number: 407-455-8133
Also if you want to sign any of the above addresses up for your favorite spam site, that would be fine with me
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this may help a lot of people !!
i feel sorry for your loss !!
I was born and raised in Orlando and live in Tampa now. I'm not back often, but next time I'm in town I'll try to stop by and raise hell with them.
Any news on getting your phone back?
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borgib said:
I was born and raised in Orlando and live in Tampa now. I'm not back often, but next time I'm in town I'll try to stop by and raise hell with them.
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Thanks alot, I appreciate that
msd24200 said:
Any news on getting your phone back?
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Nope, as always they're not replying to any emails and not answering my calls
Don't suppose you know your IMEI number, or S/N of the phone? I wouldn't be surprised if it wound up on EBAY for sale again.
Frrrrrrunkis said:
Don't suppose you know your IMEI number, or S/N of the phone? I wouldn't be surprised if it wound up on EBAY for sale again.
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unfortunately not I forgot to write them down before I sent it off..and yeah I've been keeping an eye out for it, but I'm sure they would be smart enough to do it through a different account..
have you tried notifying the carrier you use? sometimes they save the imei of the device you use when you make a purchase or even just trading sim card, although few do it that way.
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have you tried notifying the carrier you use? sometimes they save the imei of the device you use when you make a purchase or even just trading sim card, although few do it that way.
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Thanks, I'll try contacting them to see if they have it on record, I did buy it from them
thewarhawk said:
Thanks, I'll try contacting them to see if they have it on record, I did buy it from them
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Treat the situation as a stolen phone. Contact your carrier and tell them it was stolen.
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ar31791 said:
Treat the situation as a stolen phone. Contact your carrier and tell them it was stolen.
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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.
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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

Purchased a stolen GS5... Wth...

Not really a GS5 related post but just a general post.
Please check your IMEI # with MORE than one website before buying. I checked on www.checkesnfree.com and the results came up good. Then I tried activating and got a blacklisted notice. I checked another website and it indeed it blacklisted on almost all carriers.
So now I have a very expensive brick.
arozer said:
Not really a GS5 related post but just a general post.
Please check your IMEI # with MORE than one website before buying. I checked on www.checkesnfree.com and the results came up good. Then I tried activating and got a blacklisted notice. I checked another website and it indeed it blacklisted on almost all carriers.
So now I have a very expensive brick.
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Part it out on eBay. Only thing you prolly can't sell is the motherboard.
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arozer said:
Not really a GS5 related post but just a general post.
Please check your IMEI # with MORE than one website before buying. I checked on www.checkesnfree.com and the results came up good. Then I tried activating and got a blacklisted notice. I checked another website and it indeed it blacklisted on almost all carriers.
So now I have a very expensive brick.
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Yeah sadly checkesnfree isnt very accurate anymore. I quit using it about 3 years ago because of the same reason. Hope you didnt pay too much for it, but as stated, parting it out or finding someone who can do a IMEI "repair" are likely your only options at this point.
I wish you luck, if i had extra cash on hand id make a offer but i dont even know what you paid for it and id hate to offend anyone with a "low ball" offer. Good luck sir!
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It is also possible the original owner just didn't pay their bill and ETF. I doubt you have interest in shelling out more $$$ to pay off someone else's ETF, but Sprint could tell you why it is blacklisted.
Sprint won't do anything to help this poor guy, unfortunately you definitely have a super expensive tiny tablet.
If you're interested in selling it for parts, send me a PM with a price and we can negotiate. Thanks!
I bought an s4 sprint is blocked by sprint... I unlocked it via SSU apk app. just I want to make sure if I can be able to use it in international in different countries Like country Iraq
Thanks
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Personally, meeting the seller AT a Sprint Store and verifying the ability for the phone to be activated on another account is the only way I'll buy secondhand. If the seller refuses, then you just saved yourself a trip and a hole in your wallet.
i personally just do to it face to face in a public place like a shop. tell them to bring ID and sign a form stating ownership. you get free cctv back up of the exchange if you file a report with the police if anything ever happens.
elesbb said:
Part it out on eBay. Only thing you prolly can't sell is the motherboard.
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I would not do this, @arozer. If ever caught, you could be charged with selling/trafficking stolen property. Which in many states is a Class 4 or worse Felony.
typefortytardis said:
I would not do this, @arozer. If ever caught, you could be charged with selling/trafficking stolen property. Which in many states is a Class 4 or worse Felony.
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Is this a joke? Lol. How would he get charged with doing anything illegal? As I stated, the only thing he probably can't sell is the motherboard. That's the part that holds the imei and esn which is the part that's blacklisted. And even still, as long as they are honest about the motherboard being blacklisted, there is no harm in that. There is no reason they cannot part out the device and at the very least make a little of their money back.
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