[Q] GS2 phone blocked by T-Mo, can I root to unblock? - T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989

long story short, I bought the phone off of craigslist and the guy who I bought it from defaulted on his payments. Thus, T-Mo blocked the phone and now I can't use it. I did not know this could happen, otherwise, I'd never buy a phone from a random person. What are my options, root it?
thanks!
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Option is to use a service other than tmobile. Screwed, sorry :-(
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avarize said:
Option is to use a service other than tmobile. Screwed, sorry :-(
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rooting wouldn't fix it?

anything else and you get into trouble with the Guys in Blue
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What happened to stolen phones?! HELP

my galaxy s ii was stolen today at school and i was wondering if they will give me a new phone for free or will i have to pay full price again for a new one, I have insurance. Or can they like use the Satellite to track the phone down so they can give it back to me?
you will have to pay the deductible which is like $140 or something like that...
if you have the higher insurance it has remote tracking...i have never seen anyone go that route though and i would imagine the chances of recovering it are slim to none
If you call your number 69 times the phone will self combustion, causing severe 3rd degree Burns to the thief. Simply wait at the local ER and take the next burn victim to your local authorities.
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3617 said:
my galaxy s ii was stolen today at school and i was wondering if they will give me a new phone for free or will i have to pay full price again for a new one, I have insurance. Or can they like use the Satellite to track the phone down so they can give it back to me?
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Tmobile offers gps trackig if u have the premium insurance bundle. Why wouldn't you call Tmobile as soon as this happened?
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G1ForFun said:
Tmobile offers gps trackig if u have the premium insurance bundle. Why wouldn't you call Tmobile as soon as this happened?
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Or if u have lookout installed u could track with that and call the police. But whoever has it prob reset the phone by now if they're smart
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Seekdroid would be wonders for this..
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Or if u have lookout installed u could track with that and call the police. But whoever has it prob reset the phone by now if they're smart
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the good thing about tracking through the tmobile insurance way is that they do it on their end right? its not reliant on an app that you downloaded...but i doubt that they will recover it though..its probably more if you left it somewhere, they could remind you of the area you were in or something
ive never used that method so im just guessing here
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you will have to pay the deductible which is like $140 or something like that...
if you have the higher insurance it has remote tracking...i have never seen anyone go that route though and i would imagine the chances of recovering it are slim to none
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I have the 7.99 insurance one is that the higher one?
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3617 said:
I have the 7.99 insurance one is that the higher one?
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yep...the basic one is like $5
so you should probably call them asap and ask them about tracking it and see how that works
and the deductible is $130..i just checked
Try loading prey on it. You can do it from your cpu and it will tell you where the phone is.
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Try loading prey on it. You can do it from your cpu and it will tell you where the phone is.
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I don't have that app on my phone will it still work
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3617 said:
I don't have that app on my phone will it still work
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why not call tmobile and track it already? you already pay like an extra $2/month for it...and if its an even half-way decent method of tracking...it should be just as good if not better than most of the locator apps you can download since you are doing it through the carrier
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why not call tmobile and track it already? you already pay like an extra $2/month for it...and if its an even half-way decent method of tracking...it should be just as good if not better than most of the locator apps you can download since you are doing it through the carrier
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If I call i will need my mom's social security number and she will ask why I don't want to tell her until I have absolutely no solutions left cause ill get my ass whooped
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3617 said:
If I call i will need my mom's social security number and she will ask why I don't want to tell her until I have absolutely no solutions left cause ill get my ass whooped
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Well then you would have learned your lesson now wouldn't have you? I honestly don't know why kids these days are carrying $500 phones, its not like they need something that big.
P.S. I don't know what you're still doing on the forums instead of being on the phone with T-Mobile
3617 said:
If I call i will need my mom's social security number and she will ask why I don't want to tell her until I have absolutely no solutions left cause ill get my ass whooped
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Well mom whoop my ass, ill just take the ass whooping for my sgs2
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If you're so worried about your mom whooping your ass then go steal someone elses sgs2...
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Well mom whoop my ass, ill just take the ass whooping for my sgs2
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You must me black.... Well i am & i used to get beat like a slave lol... Just take it like a man...
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man your lucky that you have a SG2 and your a kid...i didnt get my first smartphone until i was a senior in college i think..and even then the money was coming out of my pocket
secondly, im pretty sure your out of luck in terms of not telling mom...i dont know how old you are but from the sound of it your probably gonna need her help if you plan on getting your old one back or buying a new one
install plan b from the web market. It will automatically start up and start emailing you its location.
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stolen
Call T-Mobile to blacklist IMEI number

IMEI Unlock

Long story short, need help getting my note 2 unblocked. TMobile blocked it because they thought they lost it during shipping. Well I got the phone, used it for 4 days and then got blocked. Any help?
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dsd424 said:
Long story short, need help getting my note 2 unblocked. TMobile blocked it because they thought they lost it during shipping. Well I got the phone, used it for 4 days and then got blocked. Any help?
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Yea call T mobile
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I'd recommend getting help from T-Mobile via their live chat service.
http://support.t-mobile.com/community/chat
More efficient than calling.
Been on the phone with tmobile for the whole week. They wont help out. They basically sent me another Note 2 for free without me even asking them and now im stuck. I want to get rid of it, but its still blocked. Got TWO Note 2s for FREE in the same week. But neither work because of the block and bad storms knocking out towers in my area. FRUSTRATED!!!!
That just doesnt sound right to me. Tmobile isnt in the business of sending out free note2 with blocked imei number
...what are you really trying to do?
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Didnt ask for the other note, they sent it to me because they tech support guy simply said, "its a paperweight" Now I have an extra note that blocked by tmobile
Are you asking us to help you scam someone else? The guy was right, its a paperweight.
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mdt73 said:
Are you asking us to help you scam someone else? The guy was right, its a paperweight.
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Dsd424 you can scam me! Im not joking! I can use that deadweight t889 u have! Let me know! Pm me! Thanks! .)
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Use it for parts or do a tear down...ibl
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Use it for parts or do a tear down...ibl
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No! Why do that?! When the phone is still good! Send it to me! .)
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haha yea guys. well after many conversations with tmob, i basically am stuck with an extra note 2. they wont unblock the imei for me. and to whoever said i am scamming someone, please dont make up any stories. They sent the second note 2 because they wanted to, not me. I just wanted my first note2 fixed. Story over.
Since they sent you another note, shouldn't you return the first note back?
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kissmegoodbye said:
Since they sent you another note, shouldn't you return the first note back?
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Thats the honest thing to do.
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Thats the honest thing to do.
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If T-mobile did not tell me to send the phone back than I would NOT send it back.... It sounds to me like they already know he has the extra phone but don't care, so sell it to someone for parts or whatever they want to do with it..... If you want to keep it then you have no options with T-mobile but you can get it activated on Straight Talk or Simple Mobile cause they don't tend to care or even know if it's disabled by T-mobile... I am NOT promoting fraud but if you are being honest I am giving you an honest answer...
"When you ASSUME you make an ass out of u and me" so let's not assume he is being fraudulent when he just asked a question...
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If T-mobile did not tell me to send the phone back than I would NOT send it back.... It sounds to me like they already know he has the extra phone but don't care, so sell it to someone for parts or whatever they want to do with it..... If you want to keep it then you have no options with T-mobile but you can get it activated on Straight Talk or Simple Mobile cause they don't tend to care or even know if it's disabled by T-mobile... I am NOT promoting fraud but if you are being honest I am giving you an honest answer...
"When you ASSUME you make an ass out of u and me" so let's not assume he is being fraudulent when he just asked a question...
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I love this guy
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ive been with T mobile for six years they never just sent me a phone and i was allowed to keep the other considering how much this one cost.. They were real anole about me sending back my vibrant a few years back and my sg3 a few months ago... this phone cost about as much as those two combined.. Be careful bro.. you may get a repackaging fee...
Yea to those who feel I'm being dishonest, please read the whole story and don't judge. I never asked for the second phone. Tmobile told me to keep it, quote "its basically a paperweight" they said that not me. Been on the phone with them all week long. They just want me to keep it, trash it, whatever I wanted to do to it.
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send first phone back, upon receipt of first phone, it will prove that you are legit. Sorry dude, but your story is really really hard to believe, you most likely will get a bill for that first one.
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send first phone back, upon receipt of first phone, it will prove that you are legit. Sorry dude, but your story is really really hard to believe, you most likely will get a bill for that first one.
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I actually think the person he sells the phone to will find out its blacklisted, regardless of what carrier its on. At that point the new owner will do one of two things; call the police, or show back up with friends and ensure they get their money back. You have one working note, and an extra one that should be sent back because thats the honest thing to do. Why do you think otherwise. Go troll some of the lesser sites, I dont believe xda is the proper place for you to try and learn how to reprogram an IMEI in order to circumvent t-mobile block on your phone, as its concidered stolen at this point.
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If your story is true, I wouldn't send it back... t-mobiles mistake, not yours... if you want to throw it to a dev for dev use shoot me a pm (not for me, but a dev on gsIII that wants one to dev on)

[Q] Bricked S3 with Red LED and seen by computer?

I just bricked my S3 and whenever I plug it in, eventually, some combination of button presses makes a red LED show up, however, no screen on. Whats even weirder is that when I plug it in, it see's some thing called QHSUSB_DLOAD, and attempts to install drivers for it. I'm wondering if this might allow me to fix it? If all else fails, can someone refer me to a JTAG repair service...
Edit - When I attempt DL mode, I can even hear it disconnect, then reconnect. It fails the driver install though.
Unfortunately bud your hard bricked.
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What were you trying to do? Root? Using what method?
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You are definitely hard bricked!
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Wait what? So you are able to get it into download mode is what you are saying? Or you can't?
Wicked68 said:
What were you trying to do? Root? Using what method?
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I was making a port from the S2. I changed the updater script to let it flash, it did, and then it killed me.
Update: WOW. T-Mobile replaced it for me! I don't even have warranty left! Yet again, my company saves me.
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What did you say to get them to replace it?
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mrbmg said:
What did you say to get them to replace it?
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All I did was brought it into the store, handed it to the guy and said it was broken. Said I had a FACTORY warranty (from Samsung), and that Samsung told me to have the store do the replacement for me. The guy behind the desk said, "Yeah, whatever you stick your SIM into, as long as it's T-
Mobile, your covered. You can even buy phones offline,". It's going to be here monday. Shipped Friday, next day shipping, only 5$. I'm so happy I'm not paying 70$ for a JTAG... Not sure if this'll work for everyone, but it did for me!

Clone note 2

Ok long story short my ex girlfriend got pissed off at me breaking up with her and turned my phone off. Went to tmobile corporate office Store and switched the phone to my account with a prepaid sim card.
Well was told there is a 50/50 percent chance she can still get it blacklisted. So I'm selling it for parts if it does and getting a clone note 2. Question is will it work on tmobile and will I get 4g?
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derrickmd18 said:
Ok long story short my ex girlfriend got pissed off at me breaking up with her and turned my phone off. Went to tmobile corporate office Store and switched the phone to my account with a prepaid sim card.
Well was told there is a 50/50 percent chance she can still get it blacklisted. So I'm selling it for parts if it does and getting a clone note 2. Question is will it work on tmobile and will I get 4g?
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Depends on the HSPA frequency. Needs 1700 mhz or AWS frequency.
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derrickmd18 said:
Ok long story short my ex girlfriend got pissed off at me breaking up with her and turned my phone off. Went to tmobile corporate office Store and switched the phone to my account with a prepaid sim card.
Well was told there is a 50/50 percent chance she can still get it blacklisted. So I'm selling it for parts if it does and getting a clone note 2. Question is will it work on tmobile and will I get 4g?
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Damn thats pretty extreme dude wtf you do to her to even think she would do that to you?? lol j/k... seriously tho just get a note 2 from tmobile and pay the extra 20 bucks a month... if ts in her name give her the phone back.... Karma brother watch out... Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned...
I would but I paid 350 on the phone already and she won't give to money back. And not worth taking to court because I'll spend the same taking her to court.
She was talking to her ex so I broke up with her
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She was talking to her ex so I broke up with her
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I hate that. ^
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"Where you think she at when she ain't with you?"...
*****es - can't live with them and can't kill them
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derrickmd18 said:
I would but I paid 350 on the phone already and she won't give to money back. And not worth taking to court because I'll spend the same taking her to court.
She was talking to her ex so I broke up with her
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She told me about you. Dude I promise I was nothing serious...
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darekz said:
*****es - can't live with them and can't kill them
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can if you dare to do so *****es need to die
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can if you dare to do so *****es need to die
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Careful. This thread might be tapped. Lol
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Does it do 4g?
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you can get it unlocked even if its black listed from ebayers
i got a blacklisted iphone 4 unlocked from one of the guys on ebay :good:
Was you able to get 4g
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derrickmd18 said:
.... I'm selling it for parts if it does and getting a clone note 2. Question is will it work on tmobile and will I get 4g?
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IMO, if it ever get blacklisted, then technically it won't be able to get to work on either at&t or t-mo as it said, they are sharing banned IMEI device. will get 4g or not, depends on which network this phone will be used.
This is what u do, u go back to her all apologetic and saying baby i miss you blah blah blah all while ur getting the phone switched to ur name and all that. Once the deed is done, walk. #guycode
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derrickmd18 said:
Ok long story short my ex girlfriend got pissed off at me breaking up with her and turned my phone off. Went to tmobile corporate office Store and switched the phone to my account with a prepaid sim card.
Well was told there is a 50/50 percent chance she can still get it blacklisted. So I'm selling it for parts if it does and getting a clone note 2. Question is will it work on tmobile and will I get 4g?
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Your first mistake was getting a mobile account with your girlfriend........ you're not married and doesn't seem to serious if that was the cause of the "break up" . Date smart, have your own **** that way can't nobody put you out, cut off your phone, repo your vehicle, etc. . ^_^
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clone note2
Hi do you still ha ve the phone for parts ?if yes contact me at (954)655-7116 Alex
QUOTE=derrickmd18;40135889]Ok long story short my ex girlfriend got pissed off at me breaking up with her and turned my phone off. Went to tmobile corporate office Store and switched the phone to my account with a prepaid sim card.
Well was told there is a 50/50 percent chance she can still get it blacklisted. So I'm selling it for parts if it does and getting a clone note 2. Question is will it work on tmobile and will I get 4g?
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need help with locked phone

My wife lost her phone about a month ago and got a new one through insurence.while we wer moving we found her old note 2.i started using it and tmobile locked the phone.ive rooted it and romed it and cant seem to get it unlocked.i took a shoot at getting one of the unlock codes from a web site but it was a scam just like i thought it would be.what do i need to do to get it unlocked.ive also tried by inputing the *#---------- but from what ive seen everbody has a 4th option and i cant ever get it to come up.any thoughts on how to get this done
I think u have to downgrade to another version...but thats all I know...
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will not for T-Mobile again unless they unblock it u can unlock it for another GSM. Carrier but will not work for T-Mobile not matter what as it is THE IMEI WHICH IS BLOCKED NOT YOUR PHONE BEING LOCKED.
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Both are correct. Downgrade then unlock then get aprepaid company
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Both are correct. Downgrade then unlock then get aprepaid company
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Won't work if it's blacklisted. All gsm carriers in the u.s share blacklists now.
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GN2Rabbit said:
Won't work if it's blacklisted. All gsm carriers in the u.s share blacklists now.
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Can you link this. My understanding is att and t mobile will be with others soon. I see people all the time do this
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kintwofan said:
Can you link this. My understanding is att and t mobile will be with others soon. I see people all the time do this
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http://www.ctia.org/media/press/body.cfm/prid/2220
Here is the member list. Also these blacklists will soon apply to resellers. I had a rep from at&t and t-mobile confirm that.
http://www.ctia.org/membership/ctia_members/
Soon blacklisted phones will be paperweights.
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my suggestion is to change the imei its illegal but **** it you having a beast device
if anything message me i cant talk about that in thread
GN2Rabbit said:
http://www.ctia.org/media/press/body.cfm/prid/2220
Here is the member list. Also these blacklists will soon apply to resellers. I had a rep from at&t and t-mobile confirm that.
http://www.ctia.org/membership/ctia_members/
Soon blacklisted phones will be paperweights.
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This confirms exactly what I was saying. I know is coming, but it's not here yet. So for the time being the op can use the phone on prepay. For how long who knows.
To the guy above me. Please delete your comment. You can't discuss our recommend illegal activity on xda. That kind of thing can get xda in trouble and get this thread locked quickly.
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kintwofan said:
This confirms exactly what I was saying. I know is coming, but it's not here yet. So for the time being the op can use the phone on prepay. For how long who knows.
To the guy above me. Please delete your comment. You can't discuss our recommend illegal activity on xda. That kind of thing can get xda in trouble and get this thread locked quickly.
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+1
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Deeznutz you're every where my man
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Deeznutz you're every where my man
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And you kind sir
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kintwofan said:
This confirms exactly what I was saying. I know is coming, but it's not here yet. So for the time being the op can use the phone on prepay. For how long who knows.
To the guy above me. Please delete your comment. You can't discuss our recommend illegal activity on xda. That kind of thing can get xda in trouble and get this thread locked quickly.
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I called simplemobile and they said that soon they'll be checking phones against the black list. They'll do it on activation of service. They'll be doing it within 6 months. So enjoy it while it lasts.
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I called simplemobile and they said that soon they'll be checking phones against the black list. They'll do it on activation of service. They'll be doing it within 6 months. So enjoy it while it lasts.
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Sure....I called too and they said as compensation if your phone ends up blocked they'll give you a new note 4 in place of it.
By the way my point still stands, for this minute he can use it on prepaid. Oh and based on what you just said
"They'll do it on activation of service."
If is activated now he'll be good when they make the switch. I'm not sure where you're trying to go with the besides start a fight you're losing and looking stupid doing at the same time.
And for the record I have at mobile account with an active note I was just trying to help the OP my start a fight not sure why you even jumped in
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Sure....I called too and they said as compensation if your phone ends up blocked they'll give you a new note 4 in place of it.
By the way my point still stands, for this minute he can use it on prepaid. Oh and based on what you just said
"They'll do it on activation of service."
If is activated now he'll be good when they make the switch. I'm not sure where you're trying to go with the besides start a fight you're losing and looking stupid doing at the same time.
And for the record I have at mobile account with an active note I was just trying to help the OP my start a fight not sure why you even jumped in
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Don't know. But it won't be an option for long. That is why I chimed in. We all knew it wouldn't last. For now yes it'll work. But after they enforce the black list who knows.
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