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Just realised if i debranded my T-Mobile Desire then that means my phone is no longer under warranty with them doesn't it?
It's risky that's why it was repeatedly said that there was no way to flash back to the T-mobile ROM yet and there is no guarantee they will take it without that.
It seems that topics lately have been completely forgetting to mention that and just saying you can do it.
I knew there was no way of going back until we get root and can dump a T-Mobile rom. I just never planned on dropping my Desire into a glass of Tia Maria and Coke! lol.
Ach they probably wouldn't even notice lol. Just say you removed some of the branding
Would it really void warrenty anyway? It's not even a custom ROM.
The branding is so minimal maybe they will not even notice. I'm not sure if they would check. Worst they could do is send it back i suppose!
If your device was dropped into liquid the device will be out of warranty anyways.
There is a small white sticker beneath the battery connector, when it becomes wet, the sticker turns red. (next to that: the whole mainboard will be a sticky mess: tia maria & coke: lots of stickyness..)
The repair service will tell you that this accident is not covered by warranty.
Hope you can get your insurance pay for a replacement.
Regards,
EqX
Both water indicators are bright and shiny white still. It wasn't the entire phone that went under either. Just less than half maybe ha ha.
Hi,
I was wondering if you have got the softwareupdate 1.21? i also have a HTC Desire (Branded with T-Mobile software) and i do not have the update.
Is there a way to get rid of the branding and just use the normal version(the one you get when you have a non branded version)
I hope to hear from you soon!
Thanks!
MacWell
MacWell said:
Is there a way to get rid of the branding and just use the normal version(the one you get when you have a non branded version)
I hope to hear from you soon!
Thanks!
MacWell
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Yes: rooting. Check the stickies.
JohnSteveDoe said:
Yes: rooting. Check the stickies.
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yes i know it is posible when you root a device but then you lose your warrenty..
is there a way to get a normal installation on your HTC Desire (from non branded versions) without losing the warrenty
well, you can ry to send it back.. lol..
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well, you can ry to send it back.. lol..
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yeah I'm going to the store this Friday, but i think they won't help me with this.
I really want the unbranded version(the legal way).
I'll call t-mobile tomorrow again and will not hang up until i get an good answer(i hope i don't get a guy on the phone who doesn't know where he is talking about)
I'll post here when i have called T-Mobile and HTC
there are 2 tmobile branded ruu files the newer
RUU_Bravo_TMO_UK_1.21.110.4_Radio_32.36.00.28U_4.06.00.02_2_release_127570_signed.exe
and the older
RUU_Bravo_TMO_UK_1.15.110.11_Radio_32.30.00.28U_4.05.00.11_release_122755.exe
you can find them in my desire storage on wuala, so if you need to flash them back you can.
link in my signature
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yeah I'm going to the store this Friday, but i think they won't help me with this.
I really want the unbranded version(the legal way).
I'll call t-mobile tomorrow again and will not hang up until i get an good answer(i hope i don't get a guy on the phone who doesn't know where he is talking about)
I'll post here when i have called T-Mobile and HTC
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The good (and only) answer you'll get is that they sell their Desires branded. Also, afaik rooting doesn't void your warranty, unless it leads to a hardware error and they can prove it was the rooting that did it.
There hasn't been a single instance yet of someone's Desire not being repaired under warranty if there was a non-related hardware fault on a rooted Desire, and there's nothing in the warranty agreement to suggest that they wouldn't repair it for free if you root it.
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there are 2 tmobile branded ruu files the newer
RUU_Bravo_TMO_UK_1.21.110.4_Radio_32.36.00.28U_4.06.00.02_2_release_127570_signed.exe
and the older
RUU_Bravo_TMO_UK_1.15.110.11_Radio_32.30.00.28U_4.05.00.11_release_122755.exe
you can find them in my desire storage on wuala, so if you need to flash them back you can.
link in my signature
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I think i have a diferent because i live in holland.
But i'll keep it in mind if t-mobile doesn't help me at all.
Thank you!
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The good (and only) answer you'll get is that they sell their Desires branded. Also, afaik rooting doesn't void your warranty, unless it leads to a hardware error and they can prove it was the rooting that did it.
There hasn't been a single instance yet of someone's Desire not being repaired under warranty if there was a non-related hardware fault on a rooted Desire, and there's nothing in the warranty agreement to suggest that they wouldn't repair it for free if you root it.
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They can tell me that they sell there Desires branded, but my dad also has a HTC Desire from T-Mobile, and that one is non branded.. so maybe they can help me after all(hope so)
I also contacted HTC, to ask if i could send my phone to them to get rid of the curent version and reinstall the one before T-Mobile branded my phone.(if t-mobile agrees with that)
I dont think they will do that but i could try
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They can tell me that they sell there Desires branded, but my dad also has a HTC Desire from T-Mobile, and that one is non branded.. so maybe they can help me after all(hope so)
I also contacted HTC, to ask if i could send my phone to them to get rid of the curent version and reinstall the one before T-Mobile branded my phone.(if t-mobile agrees with that)
I dont think they will do that but i could try
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I sent a letter to my provider telling them i want the branding from my phone or i want to end the contract right now.. they called me and said to me that i could send my phone back to them.
yay
MacWell said:
I sent a letter to my provider telling them i want the branding from my phone or i want to end the contract right now.. they called me and said to me that i could send my phone back to them.
yay
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Who is your provider? Are they saying send it back to be de branded or send it back to end the contract?
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Are you guys from the US of A? If so i just read in the news today about some new law in the states which allows you to root your phone and it wont affect your warranty. But if you are from asia having a rooted phone is going to cause you problems. My friend just sent in his rooted nexus one and the htc service centre was giving him lots of problem for it.
Hi, I got an HTC Desire for my 21st birthday from my (awesome) family. They bought it unlocked off ebay. It was previously Orange-locked, and contains their logo branding on the back case.
When I first put my 3/4 year-old Vodaphone sim from my old Sony Ericsson P990i in it, it said the SIM card wouldn't allow a connection to the Vodaphone network (this was using both automatic and manual network selection). I looked up on the internet, and read somewhere that it was the age of the SIM meant it wasn't compatible with a 3G phone. Alright, I thought.
So I ordered a brand new pay-as-you-go Orange sim (Dolphin) off the Orange website. Stuck it in my phone, and it threw the same error back at me: "Your SIM does not allow a connection to this network". I tried it in my P990i just in case, and it seemed to work perfectly fine. Turns out I didn't want to be with Orange anyway, so I ordered TWO new 3 SIMs.
Now this is where I am today. Neither of those SIMs work in this phone either. I want to stay with 3 so I can switch my number over and get £10, along with the extra data and texts. Unfortunately, it gave me the same error. I spent all day today rooting my phone and installing the latest radio (from here showthread.php?t=687464) -- 32.42.00.32U_5.09.00.08 -- and still no luck. I have the cyanogen mod installed also, but even on the stock HTC ROM it was giving me the errors. I've got a little further, and it's now also giving me an error "Unable to connect to this network at this time. Please try again later." which I've googled, to no avail.
With the CyanogenMod-6.0.0 RC1, according to the network strength indicator I get full bars (that fluctuate). Which network these are signifying I have no idea, since it's not letting me connect to anything.
I've got to the point where I've had years shaved off my life. My hair is now grey and falling out in clumps, and I swear I'm now sterile. Any help would be appreciated before I brick this phone, and not in the usual way.
As its an ebay purchase, it COULD be an insurance jobby and now reported stolen so the imei blacklisted.
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Damn socktug, thanks. I just filed the report and it came back that "this item has been blocked during its lifetime by one or more UK networks", and that "This item is currently blocked on one or more networks. It may still work on some networks." It wasn't listed as stolen or anything though.
I wonder how I can get my money back now. I don't deal with e-bay often (at all) for this very reason. Sigh.
Thanks for your help socktug! hopefully I can get a replacement device/my money back and get a Desire that actually works.
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Damn socktug, thanks. I just filed the report and it came back that "this item has been blocked during its lifetime by one or more UK networks", and that "This item is currently blocked on one or more networks. It may still work on some networks."
I wonder how I can get my money back now. I don't deal with e-bay often (at all) for this very reason. Sigh.
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What a bummer, sorry to hear that. Sellers like that need to have their knees done!
You will need to open a dispute via paypal. I'd also contact the police with a print out of the listing and your check mend report.
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What a bummer, sorry to hear that. Sellers like that need to have their knees done!
You will need to open a dispute via paypal. I'd also contact the police with a print out of the listing and your check mend report.
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Will do. Thank you for being so helpful, if this forum had rep, you'd be getting a fist-full!
Lol. No bother. I hope you get it sorted.
Let me know how you get on. Good luck!
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Let me know how you get on. Good luck!
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Well luckily, I called Orange (the original retailer) and they unlocked the IMEI straight away for me. Took about 5 minutes to get all the networks, and now I'm just setting up my 3 account.
thanks for your help sock. Without it, I probably would have gone mental.
When I'm old and grey and re-telling this story to my grandkids, I'll make sure you're portrayed in shining armour on a white steed.
Nice one, glad you got it sorted.
If you decide to have a film made of this, then I'll be happy to have Russel Crowe play my role, lmao.
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Nice one, glad you got it sorted.
If you decide to have a film made of this, then I'll be happy to have Russel Crowe play my role, lmao.
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Russell Crowe? Why?!?! The guy can't even do an accent correctly.
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Jabbafat23 said:
Russell Crowe? Why?!?! The guy can't even do an accent correctly.
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Be careful, he might just come over and kick your ass!
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Well luckily, I called Orange (the original retailer) and they unlocked the IMEI straight away for me. Took about 5 minutes to get all the networks, and now I'm just setting up my 3 account.
thanks for your help sock. Without it, I probably would have gone mental.
When I'm old and grey and re-telling this story to my grandkids, I'll make sure you're portrayed in shining armour on a white steed.
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Hey Dekstar,
When u called Orange, what explanation did they have for the IMEI lock? Iv'e never experienced an IMEI lock in Denmark, except with stolen phones, and in some cases where companys bhought a lot of phones, and didnt pay...
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Hey Dekstar,
When u called Orange, what explanation did they have for the IMEI lock? Iv'e never experienced an IMEI lock in Denmark, except with stolen phones, and in some cases where companys bhought a lot of phones, and didnt pay...
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I think it was something to do with a £10 debt or something from the previous owner, but I just said I got it second-hand, and they unlocked it.
Hi all .. i had iphone 4s which i exchanged with someone via gumtree with one x. the phone was locked to three and was new. so i unlocked it today via unlocksaver.com
i entered the code they gave me and it searched for something then it said successful but when it restarted it is saying IMEI locked in the place where it shows carrier in notification tray. what does that mean? i dont understand is it blacklisted? or is it not unlocked properly? i noticed i tried to restart it 2 or three times and it did got a signal once then again it says imei locked
The only way a phone will get blocked is if the owner reports it being stolen/lost
You could be a victim of crime if bought on second hand market as the owner is probably doing insurance scam.
are u from denmark then post eng and danish
Not had the same issue but saw something in the forum. Try this:
Go to menu settings then power and untick fast boot. Restart phone and see what that does if it works tick fast boot back
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Sometimes it just says no service but sometimes it says imei locked .. i am worried my phone has no signal does it has anything to do with that unlock code i purchased?
If the phone is blocked (the imei) from the carrier for being stolen or lost, your sim should work for like 5 minutes before it gets locked, this meens you can make phone calls or send sms in the first 5 minutes before it gets locked.it is how much time your phone needs to send the imei number to your carrier so they can check if it is ok or if it is been stolen/lost. You can go at this website http://www.amta.org.au/pages/amta/Check.the.Status.of.your.Handset and check the status of your imei, it is for Australia but try to find the service/website for your country.
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My brand new sim free One X did this when I first tried to use it - called retailer to exchange it - they suggested a hard reset (keep power button held for 10 secs +) and that fixed the problem for me. Worth a try?
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tbh if you have been stung by this person with a stolen handset i would return the favor and report the iphone stolen, but dont do it until you have comfermed that he has done this.
sounds like the typical insurance scam to me.
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tbh if you have been stung by this person with a stolen handset i would return the favor and report the iphone stolen, but dont do it until you have comfermed that he has done this.
sounds like the typical insurance scam to me.
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yeah get that iphone Blocked ASAP
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yeah get that iphone Blocked ASAP
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don't ..
if you can't get ahold of this guy anymore he probably sold the iphone to someone else and then that guy would be in the same situation as you
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don't ..
if you can't get ahold of this guy anymore he probably sold the iphone to someone else and then that guy would be in the same situation as you
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thanks for replies people... i did manged to get in contact with that person and realy tried to help me alot but the wiered thing is when i got home and tried to turn on phone after 12 hours or soething the phone was working and i felt embarresed taht i bloked iphone and that guy had no intention of that but there was realy something wrong with my phone. its fine now :/
My One X had the exact same problem, took it back to the store i got it from and they changed it for a new one which worked fine.
Seems it may be a problem with the phone rather than a dodgy seller as mine came from Carphone Warehouse
What a cruel joke...after a week I get mine from expansys and I am getting IMEI locked contact customer care!!!! Aghhhh...
Please tell me there is another solution to resolve this aside from RMA and more waiting?
Damn...
Moderator Information,
I have closed this thread as we do not allow the discussion of changing or editing IMEI numbers. I am afraid the best thing you can do is try to find the person who sold you the phone and report the issue to them.
Many thanks,
Stephen
Hello,
I have found various ads on ebay.co.uk with users selling htcs that are not functional to UK (It's shows no service when inserting a sim card in UK) but are functional to the rest of the world, or so they claim. How can this be true? Anybody knows anything about this? Please follow these links and have a look if you wanna help. Should I bid on them in order to use them in europe (not uk)? Can they be stolen or ?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/HTC-One-X-3...=487860465136872654&pid=100015&prg=1006&rk=1&
and
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140793541131&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:GB:1123
I strongly recommend that you do not buy one of these. They are likely to be phones that have been lost or reported stolen and the IMEI has been blocked by the network operator. Network operators share the block between all carriers here in the UK and most of Europe I believe. I would steer well clear personally.
Those phones are either stolen or written off by an insurance company.
If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is.
Stay away.
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Thank you for the replies. I will stay away.
For the record this is the reply I got "as i have stated on the listening i had bought this for me to use, and is open to all network, some how the network has been locked in for uk use, but it dose work other part of the world with any Sim card you put in.
many thanks"
tzic said:
Thank you for the replies. I will stay away.
For the record this is the reply I got "as i have stated on the listening i had bought this for me to use, and is open to all network, some how the network has been locked in for uk use, but it dose work other part of the world with any Sim card you put in.
many thanks"
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Anyone with half a brain that had had their phone locked for no reason would be straight on the phone to their network operator and going berserk! I would never just accept that "Oh, my network's barred my phone, oh well guess I'll just sell it then". Yeah right, pull the other one!
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Anyone with half a brain that had had their phone locked for no reason would be straight on the phone to their network operator and going berserk! I would never just accept that "Oh, my network's barred my phone, oh well guess I'll just sell it then". Yeah right, pull the other one!
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agreed... stay away from it OP...sure you can find a deal which does not mean you get ripped off.
As a general consensus, if a phone is barred in the UK it will work abroad, if a phone is barred in Turkey it'll work in the UK.
All barred phones emit a signal and when you enter a UK sim it checks it against the database and it will know it's barred.
2 main reasons why a phone could be barred, 1) It's stolen 2) It's been insurance scammed. Either way if you are the legit holder of a barred phone the only way it would have been barred is if you insurance scammed it yourself, or you bought the phone privately and it was stolen/scammed and it got barred whilst in your possession without realising it was either.
This happened to my sister, the SGS2 she bought privately was listed due to an insurance scam, although it wasn't blocked the IMEI had been listed which was odd!
Stay away, these days phones are smuggled out of the country for illegal purposes.
STAY AWAY. It will do you more harm than good.
it will be better to not buy HTC!!! totally crap!! used my NEW HTC ONE X for only 10 days. it its bricked itself. lcd quolity is poore!!
real77055 said:
it will be better to not buy HTC!!! totally crap!! used my NEW HTC ONE X for only 10 days. it its bricked itself. lcd quolity is poore!!
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And this is the whole reason threads like this one should not be opened. Attracts all kinda idiots. If you have an expensive toy do bit research first before start messing with it. Cause most of the times users like to be spoonfed with info on how to do things. Basically if you do not know what your doing get an iPhone instead and troll away from here
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Goku80 said:
And this is the whole reason threads like this one should not be opened. Attracts all kinda idiots. If you have an expensive toy do bit research first before start messing with it. Cause most of the times users like to be spoonfed with info on how to do things. Basically if you do not know what your doing get an iPhone instead and troll away from here
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maybe your idiot but not me!!!!!\i know what to do with my phone !!im using android phone mor than 2 years! i'm very well experienced!!! and you can confirm that yellow dots in lcd is my foult???? the phone bricked by itsself. also my friend phone bricked(it was stock htc nothing changed!!) totally crap not a phone!! and be a little bit quite with your words!!
Guys please stop flaming, I got my answer!
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maybe your idiot but not me!!!!!\i know what to do with my phone !!im using android phone mor than 2 years! i'm very well experienced!!! and you can confirm that yellow dots in lcd is my foult???? the phone bricked by itsself. also my friend phone bricked(it was stock htc nothing changed!!) totally crap not a phone!! and be a little bit quite with your words!!
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of course mate you know what you are doing with your phone..just with the way you come out with your answers says what kinda person you are. regarding the OP i am sorry for the rant was not mean't for you..just saying with opening threads like this one you attract all kinda trolls...Like i said no way a phone can get bricked by itself as it is always down to a user fault. yellow spots on lcd then fine but just return it back instead of moaning...
anyways said what i said...
hello, iv bought a unwanted upgrade of ebay,, its barred, would flashing a rom solve this
You have to be more specific ! This info is not enough !
What's wrong exactly ?
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You have to be more specific ! This info is not enough !
What's wrong exactly ?
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well it boot up i cant get no signal wifi works, its on three network, i contact three and they started asking me all questions about were i got it from, i hanged up in case its stolen, or think maybe the bill was not paid
I assume that you put in your own sim and that you payed the bills ? And WiFi should work even without a simcard !
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I assume that you put in your own sim and that you payed the bills ? And WiFi should work even without a simcard !
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yes i put my own sim in which is also on 3 network, i did have another one x but monday i dropped it off 7 floors of scaffolding, i nearly cried, ill just take it in to the three shop tomorrow, can they take the phone off me which is what im worried about, the person has closed the ebay account aswell that will teach me. might just try flashing a rom anyway got nothing to loos
Hmm that's a damn shame ! Good luck on rooting, need help ? Just ask here ....
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Hmm that's a damn shame ! Good luck on rooting, need help ? Just ask here ....
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ok thanks
Sounds like you bought a stolen phone and the imei is blocked
No ROM flashing will sort that out, unfortunately. It's barred in the country you're in. It should work in other countries, but I reckon you've been fleeced with that one, I'm afraid.
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Sounds like you bought a stolen phone and the imei is blocked
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Never experienced something like this, i'm in the dark here .....
Might be worth ringing 3 to see if they can do anything, but potentially the block will be the police block that permanently kills the phone.
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Sadly this is the danger of buying phones via eBay and other online auction sites.
My advice is to file a dispute with PayPal (please tell us you paid via PayPal) to recover you money. Take the handset to your local police station and inform them of the situation and ask for a reference number, use this as your PayPal proof.
You will get your money back via PayPal and if the police cannot trace the original owner you should also be entitled to the handset if it was reported as lost, not stolen.
AFAIK IMEI bans cannot be reversed normally.
Always ask the seller of handsets on eBay for the IMEI so you can check that against blacklists. If the seller will not provide it, its stolen.
You can verify the info sellers provide using this service --> http://www.checkmend.com/uk/
Sadly thats all the advice we can offer. Talk and discussions on how to circumvent IMEI bans and changing of IMEI's is strictly prohibited and illegal in many countries.
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Never experienced something like this, i'm in the dark here .....
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well not all lost, iv thought i would follow a youtube vid on dismantling and try my broken one x motherboard in it and yeeeee :laugh: :laugh:and don't know how but its working. the volume up doesn't work but i can live with that so i have a nice new lcd and housing bit expensive but at least not a total loss,,,thanks for your replies anyway, iv just started to get into this flashing roms and that about a month ago god its addictive, all you lot on her do a great job and good info, anyway enuff of my waffle its not facebook,,lol
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hello, iv bought a unwanted upgrade of ebay,, its barred, would flashing a rom solve this
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Sounds like you bought a stolen phone, go through the eBay procedure for a refund.
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Sounds like you bought a stolen phone, go through the eBay procedure for a refund.
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Yes this is the best option for you, ebay will refund you and they will be held responsible about the fraudulent seller. (especially if it was covered by ebay buyer protection)