if somebody can answer my question thats be great.
im trying to buy note 4 its at&t. but the person who bought the phone from at&t he did not activate the phone on at&t network.. he just got it in the mail and never contact at&t to activate it.. and he did not pay it off
ri have red pocket SIM and this is what i use for phone service..
if i buy this phone and use my SIM card with it.. does the phone with count as blacklist in at&t database ? what i know at&t blacklist phones will not work on red pocket..
thanks alot
If he did not pay it off it will likely be blacklisted. I assume he got it through the AT&T next program.
It will take up to a few months to be blacklisted.
But there is the chance that it will not be blacklisted as it wasn't registered on their network.
I was told that even if you owe money on a Next Plan device, you can still sell it to someone else. I just did that with my S5 and it went fine.
The Next Plan is tied to your account, not the device. If you sell the device and still owe money on it, they will come after you.
I could be wrong, has anyone heard differently?
so does at&t have all there phones IMEI in the database before the activate and they mark it as blacklist when they sale the phone if its unpaid and inactivated on any account on there network ?
At&t doesn't generally block phones regardless of what happened. They do everything with the account unless the account holder requests it be blacklisted. If they did do something on their end, they would just block it from use on their network, not others once it's unlocked. Generally I would say look for one from someone more reputable, but the fact that he admitted everything makes me think he's just going to let the account go unpaid.
the reason i ask because Red pocke SIM card works on at&t phones without unlock them.. they use at&t towers.. so its at&t based service.. and any blacklist phone will not work on Red Pocket SIM card.. im using LG G2 verizon and its blacklist on verizon but its works fine on redpocket.. the problem is i can not get 4G LTE with verizon phones i can get HSPA.. its should be at&t phone to get 4G LTE..
and the reason im trying to get that phone because its cheaper than to get it from at&t..
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Actually, i have got a dash from ebay. Everything works, except it can not detect the t-mobile phone network so I'm getting no dial tone.
Would T-mobile have locked the phone so it can't connect to the T-mo phone network? Should i call customer service and say i am a victim of a crime...
I assume you're talking about T-Mobile USA.
If that is the case, then I can safely tell you that they do not employ any blacklisting techniques. The farthest they can go is look up a phone's IMEI and see what accounts on T-Mobile have used it.
Have you contacted T-Mobile about establishing a service plan? The phone and service are separate items, one does not come with the other unless it is part of a promotion from the service provider. T-mobile offers the htc S260 (aka "T-mobile DASH") at a discounted price to get new customers to subscribe to their wireless phone service. You may have purchased a phone with the T-mobile brand, but unless the prior owner transferred his service contract to you along with the phone (I do not think such a transfer is recognized by T-mobile or any phone provider), then it's up to you to establish a new service contract with T-mobile.
Sorry did'nt mention I'm a current customer of T-Mobile USA
Yes I have been with T-mobile for over a year now. Got this phone from ebay, plug my sim in, didn't have phone signal, it just keeps searching.
So I wonder if it was T-mobile that locked the phone. Thanks Merwin for letting me know that they can not ban a phone by it's IMEI..
In this case I just don't konw what's wrong with it anymore, flushed it with T-Mo official WM6 upgrade... no signals.. sigh...
Thanks anyway guys.
There's always the chance that the radio in the phone is bad. Since the phone isn't a year old, you could call them and tell them that you bought a dash from them and it won't register on the network, and you want to do a handset exchange.
They will transfer you to the data devices tech support, who will run you through a few tests, and then do a handset exchange. Since it's a T-Mobile only phone and it's been out less than a year, it's guaranteed to be under warranty. Try not to tell them that you got it from EBay Tell them you bought it from an indirect dealer (mall kiosk) somewhere.
Just curious, what's your radio version?
ok, tmobile gs3.. just bought the phone used off craigslist. i have a working tmobile micro sim card in the phone verified by putting it in another phone it works fine. everything about the gs3 works except i cant make calls, texts or no internet except if im on wifi. whenever i try to make a call i get a pop up saying "not registered on network". i have full signal bars, airplane mode is not on , in mobile networks under APN's, tmobile US is owing and checked.. networks is set to auto.. i called tmobile and they verified my sim and refreshed the network , they also verified the phone is not stolen or blocked but he did say the imei# is not showing in his system as a tmobile gs3?? only way i can verify this is a real tmobile gs3 is for 1 the back cover says tmobile and when i first got it it had all the normal tmobile bloat.. kinda confused about what else to do, i tried using another known working tmobile sim and it does the same thing. ive reset it many times, even completely flashed a new rom and same thing, " not registered on network"!
You may have to unlock the phone. And make sure the Apn reads epc.tmobile.com
yes it does read epc.tmobile.com.. guess ill try to unlock it and see. any free ways to unlock this phone or gotta pay?
Your phone have been blacklisted. Call Tmobile to confirm.
i did call tmobile, they said my imei# isnt even showing up in there system. guy with customer support told me it isnt being reported lost or stolen cause the imei# isnt even showing?
Where did you get the imei number? From the phone's menu system or the back of the phone. Tmobile should have the IMEI in their system or else you won't be able to make a call. If it is not in their system then there is definitely something fishy with your phone.
called tmobile again and told them i thought it was blacklisted, lady checked my imei# .. yep! said its blocked and couldnt tell me why other then id have to have the person i got it from call and they arent answering there phone, hmmmm..wander why. said they either didnt pay the bill or reported it lost or stolen. never realized tmobile phones could be blocked so anyone out there about to buy a tmobile phone, check out the imei with tmobile first and make sure there not on a installment plan. cause if they are and they leave tmobile or dont pay there bill they can shut the phone down from being used on there network.
I have a Samsung Galaxy Edge 6 with T-Mobile from T-mobile, love the phone, but I lost my job and the bill got out of control so I have not paid in like 3 months I think now.
It was not too big of a deal since my main number is a Google Voice number and I use Google Hangouts to make phone calls and text messages by default.
Its perfect when I am at home on wi-fi but as soon as I leave and not within wi-fi of course I get no internet functionality.
For a while I saw the carrier logo at the top of my phone "T-Mobile" but now it just says "searching" where it used to say that in the upper part of the screen on every screen. (I may have switched a setting causing this or they may have blacklisted my phone I am not sure how to tell).
The phone is not carrier unlocked however if I was to go to Walmart or even a T-Mobile store, tell them I don't have the phone on me but I just want to purchase a pre-paid SIM, could I do that and would it work on my phone to get back on the T-mobile or other carriers network?
Since I use Google Hangouts for my texts and calls it is very important for me to have data. I am sure 5GB would be fine but I want to purchase the cheapest SIM which has any kind of data to see if it even works first. I do not care what number it gives me since I will not be using it for outgoing or incoming calls.
My concern is that if I go with T-Mobile pre-pay, when I put SIM in, it may reject it automatically because they may have sent some kind of SIM lock command since it is not showing carrier anymore OR they may look up my IMEI and see that I have an outstanding bill with them and not allow the SIM.
Any suggestions besides the obvious "pay your bill" would be greatly appreciated! When I can afford to pay the bill I will :cyclops:
Short answer, yes it will work.
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Ok great thank you! Will go in and get a T-mob SIM tomorrow. Or actually, does anyone have advice of where to get the cheapest SIM so I can try this to make sure it works first? I think for $30 you can get 5GB data and a little talk from T-Mob is there anything cheaper? I am super-broke right now lol. I just need the data no talk.
Actually it depends on if the phone was part of the bill. If it wasnt payed off and you didnt pay them it will get blacklisted and it wont work with any carrier in the us. But if the phone was paid outright then you should be fine.
See that is what I am talking about. The phone AND Galaxy Gear S with activated SIM both were not paid off and bill is at $600 and it used to say "T-mobile" for carrier on top of phone screen now it just says "Searching" thus I am pretty sure that is a sign of being blacklisted. Even if phone is blacklisted cant I do something to make it use a prepaid SIM? Can I spoof the IMEI? Is that how they blacklist it?
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Short answer, yes it will work.
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I got around to trying this and no, it did not work. In fact I went to one of those third party T-mobile places which is an authorized dealer but he was still cool to talk about it with and had access to the T-mobile database.
He asked for my phone, went to the dialer app on the phone, put in a code with the numeric keypad, and it pulled up two bar codes and numbers (I think the IMEI).
He then went on his computer and put in my IMEI or whatever number was there and sure enough it said it was blacklisted.
I had a feeling this was the case when my phone went from showing the carrier logo on the top of the screen they it said "searching" after about 3 months on non payment.
So when I tried to purchase a new prepaid SIM and put it in the phone and phone restarted, instead of saying "searching" it now says "no service".
There has to be a work around for this. Maybe changing the phones IMEI is the only way but if there are other alternatives I would like to know. I can program and have been writing code since I was 12 years old but not sure if I need special hardware to flash and internal EEPROM or something like that. Any hep is greatly appreciated!
I hear there are people that I can pay to do it but I enjoying learning things like this on my own so I would really like to do it myself if possible?
Changing the imei might be possible but for legal and policy reasons that can not be discussed here
I see tons of ways to do it with a Google search super easy. But it seems TWRP might do it or at least let me backup everything including the system partition so I dont lose anything and can always go back?
Where can I get and learn more about TWRP and must I be rooted?
Can we currently root Samsung GS6 with Android OS 5.1.1 ?
My friend purchased a Samsung S4 M919 from someone he knows for $30 this week. He wanted to set it up via prepaid. He got the sim card and the refill card. Created the account and the sim is active and working (Tried it in another phone). When it comes on it just says no service. I tried searching the networks and having it connect to T-Mobile but it just says unable to connect. The phone was just unlocked via a unlock code and that was successful (Tried the service code way and it didn't work).
I did find out just recently that the previous owner had a balance on this phone or account. Is that why it wont work and is that the case on Prepaid as well? If so, would it work on AT&T? I did try a sim but its not an active one and it didn't pick up the network.
Running Stock Rom 5.1
Any help would be appreciated.
Also I wanted to check to make sure the phone was working properly I put in an old AT&T sim card but the network did not come up. Is that normal since the sim is not active or should it show the network? I want to make sure its working before my friend spends more money on another prepaid sim.
If the phone had a previous balance due, it will not pick up service. The phone is likely blocked until the balance is paid off
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That would only be on T-Mobile right? It should work other services like AT&T, etc...
aries426 said:
That would only be on T-Mobile right? It should work other services like AT&T, etc...
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Not necessarily, it could also be blocked on other networks. It may or may not work
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I thought if a phone was blocked from a carrier because it was stolen or lost then it's Blacklisted, that goes to all carriers. But I thought if its blocked on a carrier or non payment it's only blocked for that carrier. If you unlock the phone you can use it on other carriers. Is that right?
I found out from my friend that the person he got the phone from did owe on it but he thinks it was on the bill but it might have been the phone.
Hi, I am mentally challenged and needs one-on-one help. I want to unlock and release my Samsung Galaxy Note 3 to switch to a government program carrier who also uses T-Mobile. The device is from T-Mobile. Right now, I am stuck with money, moving into low-income-housing apartment and I need help to stay connected. I've seen people somehow unlock and release their devices from cerriers before being paid in full. Please help me to do the same on here for my Note 3 then all I need to do is go to the store for goverment provider service to purchase a SIM card. My text is 405-593-8077 and I really need help, please. My only option is to buy a device at a pawn shop, which is scary cuz I dunno why they were pawned. The store has been waiting for a few weeks for S3 to arrive, so I either wait for the S3, or unlock to release my N3 or buy a device at a pawn shop. I need at least 1GB. Their Nokia Lumia 520 and iPhone 4 has 512mb of RAM. So my options are limited. I dunno why the S3 shipment from provider to warehouse are late. Help me on how to unlock, please. If ya don't want to text, then eMail at [email protected] is fine. I've had several one-on-one help here before. Please help.
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Hi, I am mentally challenged and needs one-on-one help. I want to unlock and release my Samsung Galaxy Note 3 to switch to a government program carrier who also uses T-Mobile. The device is from T-Mobile. Right now, I am stuck with money, moving into low-income-housing apartment and I need help to stay connected. I've seen people somehow unlock and release their devices from cerriers before being paid in full. Please help me to do the same on here for my Note 3 then all I need to do is go to the store for goverment provider service to purchase a SIM card. My text is 405-593-8077 and I really need help, please. My only option is to buy a device at a pawn shop, which is scary cuz I dunno why they were pawned. The store has been waiting for a few weeks for S3 to arrive, so I either wait for the S3, or unlock to release my N3 or buy a device at a pawn shop. I need at least 1GB. Their Nokia Lumia 520 and iPhone 4 has 512mb of RAM. So my options are limited. I dunno why the S3 shipment from provider to warehouse are late. Help me on how to unlock, please. If ya don't want to text, then eMail at [email protected] is fine. I've had several one-on-one help here before. Please help.
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Since the carrier you're talking about also uses T-Mobile, I'm about 90% sure the phone will not need to be unlocked to use the service. My T-Mobile N900T Note 3 isn't unlocked and I've tested all kind of carriers that utilize their service. Other than my contract SIM I've tested T-Mobile's prepaid, Family Mobile, and MetroPCS and all work perfect since they use the same service and can use identical APN's. However, if you do want to have the phone unlocked to make sure, it's very simple. As long as it's been active on your account for at least 40 days and the account is in good standing (no past due bill) then T-Mobile is obligated to provide you with an unlock code for it if you call and request it.
Now the part about releasing the device before the bill is paid in full, I'm pretty sure you will not have to do that either. That is unless you purchased it under their Equipment Installment Plan (EIP) and you're still paying for the phone. As long as you own the device then I do not believe they can Blacklist it at all. The only time they Blacklist them is for the EIP I explained, and you just stopped paying your bill, or if you reported it lost or stolen.
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The service got suspended and I didn't turn it on. So now what? Any way I can still unlock? Or just buy a ph on eBay or at pawn shop?
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The service got suspended and I didn't turn it on. So now what? Any way I can still unlock? Or just buy a ph on eBay or at pawn shop?
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Go here and enter your IMEI number.
https://swappa.com/esn
It will tell you the status and if the phone is still clear to use or not.
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