Hi,
I just lost my DHD, just as my husband and i were about to root both of ours this weekend!
We have obviously informed insurers, blocked the sim etc..
My question is this; If someone finds the phone, and roots it, will the insurance company still be able to track it via the IMEI or something??
They said they would put a 'block' on the phone, does this mean just the sim or the actual phone?
After building up to rooting our phones, I'm now thinking if someone finds mine and roots it they will get a free DHD at my expense :-(
Thanks
the IMEI won't be changed by rooting it
so if someone found it, and they checked the IMEI it should come up as lost/stolen
but of course that relies on someone checking the IMEI in the first place
thanks +1 maatsby
so the IMEI is a physical thing on the phone?
So basically, if someone found my phone, rooted it, used their own sim, there is no way for the insurance/ police/ provider to track the phone down?? (unless the IMEI is submitted and checked)
You're close...what happens is if an insurance company 'blocks' the phone they actually put the IMEI number into a blacklist for this country, that means if someone turns the phone on it will be emergency calls only...the phones radio(how it gets signal) will still work although blocked and the cell tower nearest to it will track its location should anyone be tracing that IMEI.....
So....no ones getting a free phone , although that doesn't stop it becoming spares I'm afraid...
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I can confirm that!
My Dad's phone (rooted DHD) was stolen from him last year.
We reported it (in my country we report stolen phones to the provider company who reports it to the general security department).
We gave them the IMEI.
In less than two months they were able to track it down. They contacted us and we got the phone back!
I wish u all the luck in finding yours! Cheers..
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Thanks for the info everyone!
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hi, i have recently purchased a touch pro 2 off ebay and i stuck my SIM card in it to find out i cant get a signal or make calls etc..
i really dont know what i should do.
please help. any advice is helpful.
Was it used or new?
used, he was selling as 'it no longer makes calls or sends texts'
if it was listed as barred theres no way i would have bought it. but with what he wrote it sounded fixable.
earni said:
used, he was selling as 'it no longer makes calls or sends texts
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So you were suprised when you got it that it doesn't make calls? Call you provider they might be able to unlock it if the phone isn't broken to begin with. Next time i suggest understand what you are buying because this is a pretty ridiculous post. I am questioning my own judgment for even answering to this post.
i wasnt surprised it didnt make calls, i thought he may just have a bad radio or something but i checked the imei on checkmend and it shows up as blocked..
You bought a phone that the seller told you didn't work. You assumed the reason it didn't work was one thing, but it turned out to be another. Whether he lied to you as to why it didn't work or not, you still took a chance on buying a phone you knew was not working. Take your loss, learn from it and move on.
If the phones blocked then he has found/stolen it. Or put in an insurance claim saying it’s been lost/stolen.
If you paid by PayPal put in a claim giving reason that you were not told the phone was blocked. You will then get your money back.
earni said:
i wasnt surprised it didnt make calls, i thought he may just have a bad radio or something but i checked the imei on checkmend and it shows up as blocked..
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bwaaaaahahahahahaha...that's what you get...!!!
earni said:
hi, i have recently purchased a touch pro 2 off ebay and i stuck my SIM card in it to find out i cant get a signal or make calls etc..
i really dont know what i should do.
please help. any advice is helpful.
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I've had this situation before and although it turned out that the phone I had purchased wasnt stolen, the process will be the same:
Contact your Phone Network and give them the IMEI number and explain the situation. Don't worry - they are used to dealing with this type of call. They will use a database shared between all the network providers to find out the original and current owner of the handset and tell you whether it has been registered stolen or just blocked by the previous owner (this is what happened to me only I found this out a lot later).
If they tell you it is stolen, take the handset and everything that came with it to your local police station, including print-outs of any correspondence you have had with the seller - via the website market place or direct.
The police will give you a crime number and most probably take the device and the print outs from you to investgate further. You will need the crime number to get your money back later on.
Contact the market place and your bank (credit card company) and explain the situation and give them the crime number.
In most situations, the market place will give you your money back (withdraw it from the sellers account). If they dont, your credit card company will do the chasing for you but you'll need to try yourself first.
The market place may ask you for more documents from the police and the police will be very understanding. The police woman assigned to my crime number was very helpful and was in regular contact with me about how the investigation was proceeding.
The whole process may take 6-8 weeks. It can be drawn out but persevere and you will get your money back - and deservedly so.
Good luck and PM me if you need any further advice.
I thought gsm phones cannot be blocked?
DJ_MiX said:
I thought gsm phones cannot be blocked?
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I am no expert but they can certainly be blacklisted by the owner and that was what I was suggesting.
http://www.unlockme.co.uk/blacklist.html was a site I read up on when I was faced with the same situation.
My phone was blocked. I rang up Orange and told them the situation and they unblocked it - to my surprise. At the same time, I had opened a case in eBay which went in my favour, but I decided to keep the TP2 as it's now working. In my case, I could get a signal (four bars), but it always came up with no connection.
Hi. Somebody stolen my HTC Desire. How can I block it using IMEI. If it is already locked, is it international? I want to block it completely so that somebody can no longer use the phone. If it is possible to brick it remotely i would really appreciate it... I reported this to HTC but can't since it requires serial number that can be found on the phone itself. I worked hard just to buy it. Please do me a favor. please... i have been crying all day because of it. Please tell me how? I got the box with me... Thanks...
First of all, stop crying.
Second, the IMEI is (at least on mine) also on the box.
Third, report it to the police and hope they find it.
That is all you can do. Sorry for your loss and I hope you/they find it. I know about a case when an iPhone was stolen and was returned to the owner in like a month. So lets hope for the best.
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Second, stop crying, as said above. There's nothing we can do now it's gone, but the serial number is on the white sticker on the box, and begins HT99xxxxxxxx usually.
Report the theft to the police, and get it recorded. To block the IMEI, you will need to tell your network.
Was the SIM in the phone when it happened? If so, you NEED to tell your network ASAP, as you are liable for all calls made until you tell them and they cancel the SIM. They can bar the IMEI when you call.
As for it being international, there's no one database for this, so the phone may be usable outwith the country, but you likely won't get it back.
Did you install WaveSecure or anything like that on it? That would let you track it using the GPS and wipe the data.
Sorry to hear of your loss.
Phone your network now if not already done
It's for situations like this that i would really appreciate if HTC gave us the new SenseUI and give us access to to the webpage as well...
Thanks for transferring the thread. Here's in Philippines, the cost of HTC Desire is expensive especially for my type of job. I can't really help it but cry. Maybe its just natural for a typical woman eh? Sigh... Can't even sleep. Well, my sim is just a prepaid. And I have not installed WaveSecure or anything else. When I realised that my phone is missing, I can no longer call it. It may have been shut down already. Got my EMEI now from the box. Now I don't know what to do from here. Maybe reporting this to HTC would help?
I don't think HTC can help, I just know you should call
1. your mobile operator
2. police
and let it go. If it comes back, great. If not, you'll get another one, even better one
Are you insured ? In Denmark we have a household insurance that covers thefts like this ?
The worst part is the data and accounts that someone else has access to now. I suggest changing your gmail/google passwords as well as long in to google checkout and remove any existing credit cards
Likewise - try calling your insurance company - just might be lucky and they will cover it ?
/Smirge
im currently using aokp jb. the back of my phone says one imei while the imei in the phone says a different one. apparently the imei number 004999010640000 belongs to a non-existant 16gb iphone 3gs. i dont know what changed my imei but i do know that at&t has recently started blacklisting stolen/lost devices and the imei i listed above appears as stolen. i dont know if people have been having problems while going to make a phone call but i have and just wanted to share the info i learned at at&t.
Maybe call at&T or go to a store and ask them to look it up and verify that it's not an iphone nor is it stolen but I doubt you'll have any really problems as at&t really doesn't do much for a stolen phone once the customer buys a new one
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Where did you buy your Nexus? If you got it secondhand most likely the seller changed the IMEI but I dont know why that would matter as ATT doesnt sell the phone so they dont care if it was stolen. Pretty strange situation you find yourself in.
You might want to ask ATT to see if someone is using the IMEI on the back of your phone. If so, maybe they have the stolen iPhone. If you can get it straightened out, great. If you can't, send a pic of your phone's real IMEI and report it stolen. Then the crook (if there is one) can't use it, either.
my phone has two imei's one on the back and the one in the nv_data.bin the one in the nv_data is a generic one apparently which i dont know how it got there, most likely when my phone was sim unlocked cause i didnt buy it through the play store. and ive been trying to figure out how to restore imei's and have been following guide after guide to no avail. i know that imei changing is illegal and banned here but i dont know what else to do
tl;dr : my galaxy nexus has a generic imei in it and att is blacklisting my phone because of it
Does anyone know how to track the original owner of the phone by the serial or imei? or any other information I can get off the phone.
pr0cl1v1ty said:
Does anyone know how to track the original owner of the phone by the serial or imei? or any other information I can get off the phone.
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Google mostly or call tmobile saying you found a device that you are willingly wanting to send back to owner for it is "his property" im sure theyll get you connected somehow.
Or get the police involved if you have the text messages still of him stating that he will meet up (make sure it was a public place cause they have cameras so they can see the trade and show his face that it was he who sold it)
And then you can get your money or you could even get him jailtime...
I'm a consultant... ask me anything... I'll run away.
It's best to call the telco. and report it found -- or go to the nearest police station and do the same. They'll keep it in holding until it's claimed.
Any phone in possession can be tracked without having apps installed (police backdoor). The original owner, on the other hand, can track it if they have remote apps installed or properly configured the apps to do so. Don't hold onto a hot item, as you can be held liable, even if some other guy gave you the phone.
The easiest way I have found is calling the contacts on the phone hopefully finding one that outright says "mom brother, father, etc"
Ive returned two phones this way. If its locked do what the others have said and turn into police
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Did you buy a stolen phone, or find one that someone has lost?
He probably bought a phone that worked fine and then got blacklisted and is now trying to bring vengeance upon the owner.
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Hello all
I am brought here because of some1 who sold me the blacklisted imei of htc one when I bought this phone was working and never thought of this issue untill it happened after few days it stopped working then I checked with different simcards but it was same problem so the person in the mall told me it could be a blocked imei so I checked online he was right now I am screwed lost my.money wondering if some 1 can help me here to fix this issue please help.
Depending on why it was blacklisted you may or may not be out of luck... you're going to have to contact Verizon and ask to have it restored. Odds aren't very good on that though.
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Depending on why it was blacklisted you may or may not be out of luck... you're going to have to contact Verizon and ask to have it restored. Odds aren't very good on that though.
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Thanks for reply reason it is blacklisted coz it was reported as stolen
More than likley yes. So your saying when you got the phone it already had service? If that was the case, its either stolen, or cloned.
So is there anything can be done to work or its useless now?
Yeah pretty much. Verizon is never going to unblacklist a stolen phone, unless you were the one it was stolen from and you got it back, and you can proove it. You pretty much got your self a wifi only device now.