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Sprint Phone To Work With AT&T

Hello,
thankyou for taking the time out to read this.. i have a question, I have an htc FUZE (touch pro) flashed with energy rom leo and my girlfriend has the htc Tilt 2 (touch pro 2) flashed with energy rom leo. oops that totally besides the point.lol just wanted to brag a lil anyways my friend came across a touch pro 2 from a barber, he held on to it for a few days before he decided to call sprint and activate it.. so when he does the phone is reported lost or stolen and he cant do anything with it, or can he? im thinking if i can take it off his hands and unlock the SIM can i use it? its a sprint branded htc touch pro..or is it a paperweight now?
Thanks in advance.
Mike V

I think you can if you sim unlock it and also even then you still cant use 3g speeds but can use the edge

Man I hope theres a way. if so i know he'll sell it to me CHEAP anyone know what to try? or point me in the right direction? im looking at SIM unlockers? am i warm or cold?

If I am not mistaken the Sprint version of the touch pro does not have a sim card,( I may be wrong ) and if that is the case then no it cant be used on a sim card based network.
Was not gonna say it but.....Not the right section. This really doesnt have anything to do with rom development.

actually it does have a sim card i seen underne
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ath the battery compartment already and i see a white sim looking card in there. ill see the phone in a few hours ill take a pic n post it up. also sorry will a moderator please move this to the correct forum.

yes my sprint tp2 has a sim card. pay to get the sim unlocked and there you go.

kaoss_11 said:
yes my sprint tp2 has a sim card. pay to get the sim unlocked and there you go.
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I was aware that the Touch pro 2 had a sim slot, he has a Fuze\Touch pro
Ok I was wondering if I remembered right. Here is a convo on this same subject found with a simple search
http://eliteeternity.com/elite-tuto...-sprint-touch-pro-to-mighty-rom/#comment-1741 hi admin
you are doing an awesome job. i just had a question. it may sound stupid enough, but i am a noob. so there you go
i just got sprint touch pro. i use att carrier, is it possible to unlock touch pro to be used with att.
sprint is cdma, while att is gsm. can it be swapped? that is use sim card of att on sprint’s htc touch pro?
would appreciate if you could throw some light on this.
thanks
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http://eliteeternity.com/elite-tuto...-sprint-touch-pro-to-mighty-rom/#comment-1743 Mike,
No. That is IMPOSSIBLE. There are GSM, and CDMA Phones. There are also hybrids with both GSM and CDMA. (the touch pro 2 will be hybrid)
The Sprint Touch Pro does NOT have a SIM card slot, and the GSM version does. Sorry Mike, but you’re screwed.
This is the very reason CDMA folks want an iPhone or something similar so bad. Because you can jailbreak an ipod (see fluffyphones.com if you want to) and use with AT&T or T-Mobile. But not Verizon or Sprint.

Sim Card Slot In CDMA Phones
The Sim Slot on your Sprint phone is for Contact use. The Sim Slots in CDMA Phones are for storing Contact Information Only.

Dammit i was hoping it would work, o well ill just have to wait and shell out the cash for the tilt 2. thankyou everyone.

I think the OP is saying that his friend found a TP2 (NOT a Touch Pro), and wants to unlock it. This thread here (started by Olipro) shows how to a security unlock and flash a patched radio onto the Sprint TP2 so it works on AT&T. Pocketnow also wrote an article and created a video concerning just that. However, the OP should not use these techniques if it is indeed a Touch Pro his friend found. Otherwise, it should work absolutely fine.

YAY i think were getting warm. My Friend NOT ME has a Sprint Touch Pro 2, that is reported stolen or lost. He didnt know that it was in that condition as his intentions were to use the phone. well he cant activate it, so he's offering it to me. but i have AT&T and im wondering if theres a way i can use it? even though its reported lost or stolen through sprint? THankyou

Am I the only one that think the phone shoud be taken to Sprint so they can return it the it rightful owner?
Come on, it just the right thing to do.
Maybe there's some BS on having contacted Sprint in the first place.

NAY.. cmon man if given the oppurtunity would u pass up a phone like this if it was offered to you for less than 100$$? i already have a HTC FUZE and my Girlfriend Has the Htc Tilt 2 so really its not a need its more of a want. And what he chooses to do with the phone is none of my business.. he's simply offering it to me becuase he bought it off a barber didnt ask no questions.. tried to reactivate it and thats when he ran into all the problems.. so im really his last resort to make sumthin back from his money.

i sim unlock verizon storm and used it on tmobile so the tp2 should work as well...sprint selling it as a worldwide phone so thats why theres a sim slot so if u travel outside the country u can buy a pay as u go sim card...s0 just unlock and use it on any gsm network

mv1luv said:
NAY.. cmon man if given the oppurtunity would u pass up a phone like this if it was offered to you for less than 100$$? i already have a HTC FUZE and my Girlfriend Has the Htc Tilt 2 so really its not a need its more of a want. And what he chooses to do with the phone is none of my business.. he's simply offering it to me becuase he bought it off a barber didnt ask no questions.. tried to reactivate it and thats when he ran into all the problems.. so im really his last resort to make sumthin back from his money.
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How would you feel if you lost your phone and come on this forum and see someone getting around the system to activate your lost...most likely stolen phone. (which it is at this point is stolen since you are planning on keeping it)
The technical idea of changing the radio is a cool idea for developers but if warez is banned on this forum then so should this thread on "how to steal a sprint phone and use on ATT".

This is a scumbag thread right here.
"How to re-up a stolen phone." WTF?

I agree... there is a large element of douchbagery associated with using someone's lost phone.
"Finders keepers" is fine when you are 10 years old.

mv1luv said:
i already have a HTC FUZE and my Girlfriend Has the Htc Tilt 2...
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...and I'm sure their original owners would love to have them back.
mv1luv said:
so really its not a need its more of a want.
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...which only makes you more of a handjob.
Sorry. I know I'm not Mr. XDA or anything, but this place is where a bunch of cool people figure out complicated things and share their knowledge with others purely out of goodwill, and you come here asking them to advise you on how to make a stolen phone work. You're a class act, pal.

wow keep bashing man if u must know my phones are through [email protected] so do me a favor and im asking nicely.. if you have nothing nice to say dont say nothing at all. i was simply asking for some technical support to see if it would be worth my time n money to invest in this phone. otherwise.. act your age not your shoe size k.

You're asking nicely, and I'm saying "no," nicely. What you're looking for will enable the larger stolen phone market, but you don't see that, do you? No, no, you just "want" to have a better phone at the cost of the poor sucker that it was stolen from.
So, yeah..... no.

Unlocked Desire not connecting to any mobile networks

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.

socktug said:
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!

socktug said:
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.

socktug said:
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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Dekstar said:
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...

ZibIeT said:
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.

IMEI locked

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.

audiobookman said:
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

nickhuk said:
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

engwee said:
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

[Q] new unwated upgrade one x barred,,help

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 ?

MarcelHofs said:
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 !

MarcelHofs said:
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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Michealtbh said:
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

hellothere74 said:
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.

BenPope said:
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)

Please help me fix this paperweight!!

Hi all!! Please be gentle, I'm new to all of this awesomeness. So I have a note 10+, it was given to me because they couldn't get it to work. Idk what they did to it, but they really did a number on it!! The model number on the back says sm-n9700, in the about phone stuff it says sm-n9750. I'm pretty positive the imei has been changed as well as the serial number. it's locked to tmobile I assume since that's the carrier that shows when powering on. HELP!!

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Hi all!! Please be gentle, I'm new to all of this awesomeness. So I have a note 10+, it was given to me because they couldn't get it to work. Idk what they did to it, but they really did a number on it!! The model number on the back says sm-n9700, in the about phone stuff it says sm-n9750. I'm pretty positive the imei has been changed as well as the serial number. it's locked to tmobile I assume since that's the carrier that shows when powering on. HELP!!
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What shows up on the splash screen doesn't necessarily mean it's locked to the carrier. It would be if the phone was financed/leased... But I have other concerns based on what you said.
Personally I would strongly suggest you just give the phone back.
It's really nice that someone gave you the phone, but this has the "too good to be true" ring to it.. Especially if the model number is not correct, that would be a major red flag. At the same time if you think that the IMEI was changed then I would definitely give the phone back. Absolutely no reason would exist to change the IMEI other then the phone was blacklisted, financed, lost/stolen or a warranty return that wasn't returned.

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What shows up on the splash screen doesn't necessarily mean it's locked to the carrier. It would be if the phone was financed/leased... But I have other concerns based on what you said.
Personally I would strongly suggest you just give the phone back.
It's really nice that someone gave you the phone, but this has the "too good to be true" ring to it.. Especially if the model number is not correct, that would be a major red flag. At the same time if you think that the IMEI was changed then I would definitely give the phone back. Absolutely no reason would exist to change the IMEI other then the phone was blacklisted, financed, lost/stolen or a warranty return that wasn't returned.
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kinda what I was thinking, but was hoping to get a different answer. Thanks though...

The only legal way is to pay the balance, just like that

maxpunj007 said:
i am having the same problem i bought it second hand and now phone is financial locked is ti possible to make it unlock.
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Only way is to pay company fully to unlock IMI of the phone. Nothing else going to work

Return it, buy from reliable source, easy

Well after digging deeper I have discovered that it's a freaking counterfeit (I guess that's what you'd call it). Oh well...that's my luck. But on the bright side I've managed to learn quite a bit, thanks to me being so determined, that otherwise I never would have educated myself on.

How do you change the IMEI of a phone?
I agree with the others though, give it back. If the person who gave it to you won't take it back, or is not around to take it back, and if you didn't pay any money for it, then recycle it.
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How do you change the IMEI of a phone?
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That is not something they allow discussions on here.

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That is not something they allow discussions on here.
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Yeah, I figured as much. I was just curious. In my opinion, this thread smells a little sketchy.

gernerttl said:
How do you change the IMEI of a phone?
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When someone asks for things like this, most surely the device is an illegal matter, what a shame with these guys

winol said:
When someone asks for things like this, most surely the device is an illegal matter, what a shame with these guys
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Yeah.
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winol said:
When someone asks for things like this, most surely the device is an illegal matter, what a shame with these guys
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I suppose these days with carriers opening their networks to other carrier's phones....
But in the past i did this a few times. Boost mobile for instance didn't have the device i decided i wanted, bought a used Boost branded phone and changed my chosen phone to that boost imei. Put the boost phone away (still have it).
I did this maybe 3 different times to 3 different phones on different carriers....was really the only way to have the device you wanted on the carrier you had......
Again, that was when carriers had too much power and most networks were all cdma....a dark time.
To be clear, i owned the phones/imei's outright.
I used to dream about the day we'd get gsm phones....the cellular world is much better now so no need for imei swaps (on legit devices)
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louforgiveno said:
I suppose these days with carriers opening their networks to other carrier's phones....
But in the past i did this a few times. Boost mobile for instance didn't have the device i decided i wanted, bought a used Boost branded phone and changed my chosen phone to that boost imei. Put the boost phone away (still have it).
I did this maybe 3 different times to 3 different phones on different carriers....was really the only way to have the device you wanted on the carrier you had......
Again, that was when carriers had too much power and most networks were all cdma....a dark time.
To be clear, i owned the phones/imei's outright.
I used to dream about the day we'd get gsm phones....the cellular world is much better now so no need for imei swaps (on legit devices)
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imei changing/swapping is illegal in the US.. are u sure ur not talking about sim swapping lol..
i suppose if u owned the devices outright then y not.. but its still illegal.. devices have an imei for a number of reasons so manipulating that i can also understand why its illegal some places..
think of it like a car.. if u got a cheap pinto and take that license plate with the tags n all and swap it onto a sports car to avoid paying higher insurance or w.e then if u get caught u pay the price lol..
its an identifier.. for networks, global imei blacklists, financing etc. etc. its like an ssn for a phone lol.. ppl dont go changing their ssn when they feel like it lol..
i can see both sides but more so the carrier side since most ppl (not all) that r changing imeis are for nefarious reasons.

Exactly, imei changing is illegal, any way you look at it, it is illegal

Never suggested that it wasn't...and while i had my reasons back then, these days the only reason i would imagine someone doing it would be in the case of a "stolen" device. I don't condone that
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