So about 8 months ago I bought a used car. 6 months ago I found a Tmobile Note 3 lodged in the backseat of my car when I was runing some speaker wires. I didnt have the previous owners info anymore so I just put the phone in my dresser in casde he would contact me.
Well he never did. I charged it, turned it on and it was already blacklisted. My friend told me about a imei repair service that could fix it. So I did that.
It worked fine for 3 months until today when i allowed it to update to lolipop. After that it gave me a message saying the phone had been blocked and that the software installed on it was bad.
So now the phone is blacklisted again.
My question is, if I get the imei repaired, and then root it and just install a lolipop rom from here, will it again be blacklisted?
Thanks in advance
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snyper2k2 said:
So about 8 months ago I bought a used car. 6 months ago I found a Tmobile Note 3 lodged in the backseat of my car when I was runing some speaker wires. I didnt have the previous owners info anymore so I just put the phone in my dresser in casde he would contact me.
Well he never did. I charged it, turned it on and it was already blacklisted. My friend told me about a imei repair service that could fix it. So I did that.
It worked fine for 3 months until today when i allowed it to update to lolipop. After that it gave me a message saying the phone had been blocked and that the software installed on it was bad.
So now the phone is blacklisted again.
My question is, if I get the imei repaired, and then root it and just install a lolipop rom from here, will it again be blacklisted?
Thanks in advance
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Mine was blacklisted and i got the imei repair recently but from the website mobiletechvideos (with a 100% refund guaranteed) . Its been a month already and its still whitelisted and my rooted T-Mobile Note 3 is running @g00h's n3 based/n4 style lollipop rom with no issues!
snyper2k2 said:
So about 8 months ago I bought a used car. 6 months ago I found a Tmobile Note 3 lodged in the backseat of my car when I was runing some speaker wires. I didnt have the previous owners info anymore so I just put the phone in my dresser in casde he would contact me.
Well he never did. I charged it, turned it on and it was already blacklisted. My friend told me about a imei repair service that could fix it. So I did that.
It worked fine for 3 months until today when i allowed it to update to lolipop. After that it gave me a message saying the phone had been blocked and that the software installed on it was bad.
So now the phone is blacklisted again.
My question is, if I get the imei repaired, and then root it and just install a lolipop rom from here, will it again be blacklisted?
Thanks in advance
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The owner lost the phone. That means they do not know where it is so they do not know to call you to ask for it back. Clearly they do want it back which is why they reported it missing and the IMEI was blocked. You are trying to block the phone from being returned to its rightful owner by changing the IMEI . Hopefully the carrier noted that your account is connected to that phone and forwards the information to authorities. That would be really cool!!!
Unfortunately in the real world that is not likely to happen and you will go on using someone else's property.
Or you can do the right thing and return it to the carrier!
Realistically speaking what probably happened is that the Imei that was used on to repair your phone was probably a stolen IMEI and it was detected being used at two carriers at the same time or the same carrier twice. Or... Just your luck that you got a Imei that was harvested and was reported lost.
Anyways, realistically speaking again.. I find it hard that after 2 months you lost the original car owner information. ? but that aint my business.
Febby said:
Realistically speaking what probably happened is that the Imei that was used on to repair your phone was probably a stolen IMEI and it was detected being used at two carriers at the same time or the same carrier twice. Or... Just your luck that you got a Imei that was harvested and was reported lost.
Anyways, realistically speaking again.. I find it hard that after 2 months you lost the original car owner information. but that aint my business.
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Learn to read. It says 6 months. What was I supposed to do? Tmobile wouldnt give me the customers info. He was no longer a Tmobile customer. Yes 6 months later I didnt have a copy of the craigslist ad for the car, and His phone number wasn't working anymore. Neither was his wifes number which was the one he was using when we met up.
snyper2k2 said:
Learn to read. It says 6 months. What was I supposed to do? Tmobile wouldnt give me the customers info. He was no longer a Tmobile customer. Yes 6 months later I didnt have a copy of the craigslist ad for the car, and His phone number wasn't working anymore. Neither was his wifes number which was the one he was using when we met up.
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when you took it to t-mobile, you should have just said "i found this in a car i bought, could you make sure it gets back to the original owner" and they'd have said "sure, thank you!" and that would have been the end of it...but now you have stolen property...so good luck with that
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when you took it to t-mobile, you should have just said "i found this in a car i bought, could you make sure it gets back to the original owner" and they'd have said "sure, thank you!" and that would have been the end of it...but now you have stolen property...so good luck with that
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yeah whatever you say pilgrim.
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So picked up a T-mobile G2 from a guy on craigslist. I forgot to check out the camera before I paid up. I came home and cannot get the camera to work at all. the camera app crashes everytime and I have to force close it. The dedicated camera button also does nothing at all. Have tried doing a factory reset a couple of time and have no luck.
Any ideas for options? I am pretty sure the warranty is not in play as I am the second(third /fourth) owner.
Looks like its running the stock firmware
Android Version
2.2
Baseband Version
12.28b.60.140eU_26.03.02.26_M
Kernel Version
2.6.32.17-g9ab3677
Build Number
1.22.531.8 CL277427
Thanks in advance
Did you try a 3rd party camera app to make sure the camera works?
No third party camera app works either. I think they all use the base app in the background or something.
At this point since you cant get your money back you might as well root it and install a different rom and see what happens.
Well I ibuy all my phones off craigslist and I can get replacement from tmobile. Worked for mytouch 4g and worked for g2.
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U must be willing to spend sometime on this...
Won't work unless ur a tmobile subscriber.
1.go on tmobile website, log in, go to contact us and online chat.
2.find the one that says trouble shooting
3.fill out ur info
4.tell them you recently bought a g2. (Don't say like 2 weeks ago or anything like that, tell them you bought it yesterday) and obiviosuly don't tell them you bought it off ebay or craig. Act like you bought it off tmobile store.
Tell them you have a friend and he had his g2 for a while and he's firmware version is different than yours. Tell them he received an ota upgrade sometime ago. and you still haven't received your ota update. So you took it to the store and everything and they told you to contact tmobile and see if your imei number is in their system. Now they will require your imei number. Give them your imei number and they will tell you they updated in and ur imei number is now in their system.
At this point their system will think you just bought the phone as it just registered on their system. So its like your on tmobile 14 days remorse return thingy. I forgot what its called.
Now exit the online chat.
Now this time choose phone acce then warranty exchange.
And tell them you are experiencing weird reboots problem. Tell them the phone reboots by itself like 5 times a day. And you found a dead pixel on the screen idk make some stuffs up
And tell them you already took it to the store and did hard reset and eveything and your still experiencing problems.
(This is a must part or they will walk you through hard resetting the phone steps and tell you to contact again if you're still experiencing problem)
Ur done. They will say they will send you the replacement phone at this point.
Just make sure you still have the void sticker and u don't have any water damage. Or you will get charged.
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Just out of curiosity how much did you pay for it
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Strange, some others have mentioned it, have you tried rooting and installing a custom rom? Or is that something you didn't have interest in doing?
eunkipark92 said:
Well I ibuy all my phones off craigslist and I can get replacement from tmobile. Worked for mytouch 4g and worked for g2.
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U must be willing to spend sometime on this...
Won't work unless ur a tmobile subscriber.
1.go on tmobile website, log in, go to contact us and online chat.
2.find the one that says trouble shooting
3.fill out ur info
4.tell them you recently bought a g2. (Don't say like 2 weeks ago or anything like that, tell them you bought it yesterday) and obiviosuly don't tell them you bought it off ebay or craig. Act like you bought it off tmobile store.
Tell them you have a friend and he had his g2 for a while and he's firmware version is different than yours. Tell them he received an ota upgrade sometime ago. and you still haven't received your ota update. So you took it to the store and everything and they told you to contact tmobile and see if your imei number is in their system. Now they will require your imei number. Give them your imei number and they will tell you they updated in and ur imei number is now in their system.
At this point their system will think you just bought the phone as it just registered on their system. So its like your on tmobile 14 days remorse return thingy. I forgot what its called.
Now exit the online chat.
Now this time choose phone acce then warranty exchange.
And tell them you are experiencing weird reboots problem. Tell them the phone reboots by itself like 5 times a day. And you found a dead pixel on the screen idk make some stuffs up
And tell them you already took it to the store and did hard reset and eveything and your still experiencing problems.
(This is a must part or they will walk you through hard resetting the phone steps and tell you to contact again if you're still experiencing problem)
Ur done. They will say they will send you the replacement phone at this point.
Just make sure you still have the void sticker and u don't have any water damage. Or you will get charged.
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Hiw sure are you that this will work on a G2 that was purchased back in October? I have a legitimate problem....traded my N1 for G2 on craigslist and now the screen is white w/black lines. I have a custom ROM installed (but didn't tell them that). I called and they said it's not under warranty (since I'm not the original owner). I'm guessing that conversation is in the system, but I'm willing to try this method. This seems incredibly sketchy and it seems like they would have the phone in the system on the original owner's account.
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
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
I found 2 phones along the interstate today where i work that both work still. A pantech and a Galaxy S III.(both ATT). they both have screen locks on them though. anyway to bypass these locks?
whip_24 said:
I found 2 phones along the interstate today where i work that both work still. A pantech and a Galaxy S III.(both ATT). they both have screen locks on them though. anyway to bypass these locks?
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You don't say, but I'm assuming that there is no information on either screen while it is locked, that indicates who the phones belong to. You might be able to find out whose they are by contacting ATT and providing the IMEI numbers. Anything more than that is for the XDA pros to come up with.
the reason i want to bypass is to get a contact out of each phone and call them to get them back to the owners. last time i returned a phone to a store it never got returned...(i know this because i dated a girl that worked there and she said that when she worked there they never got returned to owners). i tried to call ATT but they can't release any of the info due to privacy restrictions.(which is good and understandable)
Unrelated: I found a phone like that one time. No lock but I called "Home" and setup to return phone. It was a couple who said the phone belonged to their daughter who'd died in a car accident there a couple days before. Weird.
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whip_24 said:
the reason i want to bypass is to get a contact out of each phone and call them to get them back to the owners. last time i returned a phone to a store it never got returned...(i know this because i dated a girl that worked there and she said that when she worked there they never got returned to owners). i tried to call ATT but they can't release any of the info due to privacy restrictions.(which is good and understandable)
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I do not know about Pantech but perhaps you can try Samsung regarding the Galaxy S3. If the owner registered the phone with them they might "work" with you to help contact the owner regarding the phone. Of course I doubt they will give out information but perhaps they are willing to play "middle man".
whip_24 said:
the reason i want to bypass is to get a contact out of each phone and call them to get them back to the owners. last time i returned a phone to a store it never got returned...(i know this because i dated a girl that worked there and she said that when she worked there they never got returned to owners). i tried to call ATT but they can't release any of the info due to privacy restrictions.(which is good and understandable)
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If you're really concerned about getting the phone back to the owner, call the carrier and tell them you found devices you want to return.
They'll send you boxes with return shipping labels, then they'll contact the owner of the device to return it.
Although it sounds like you've already made up your mind about what you're going to do.
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.
My friend had bought a phone off of craigslist claiming it was an at&t phone unlocked. So I go to switch the phone to straight talk and buy everything I need to buy and follow the instructions. The phone worked for about 2 mins and then proceeded to say the network was blocked. I called both straight talk and at&t. Straight talk tells me to call at&t so they can clear their info from the phone. I then called, and they told me that 111111111111111 (the imei that comes up when you dial for it) is not an imei number. So I gave them the one on the back of the phone under the battery on the sticker which is completely different (actually looks like a real one). They told me it is not a registered phone. Is there any way I can fix this phone or find out what it actually is? I'm so confused and don't know what to do. My friend who got the phone no longer remembers the person who sold it since it was months ago. Can anyone help me please?
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My friend had bought a phone off of craigslist claiming it was an at&t phone unlocked. So I go to switch the phone to straight talk and buy everything I need to buy and follow the instructions. The phone worked for about 2 mins and then proceeded to say the network was blocked. I called both straight talk and at&t. Straight talk tells me to call at&t so they can clear their info from the phone. I then called, and they told me that 111111111111111 (the imei that comes up when you dial for it) is not an imei number. So I gave them the one on the back of the phone under the battery on the sticker which is completely different (actually looks like a real one). They told me it is not a registered phone. Is there any way I can fix this phone or find out what it actually is? I'm so confused and don't know what to do. My friend who got the phone no longer remembers the person who sold it since it was months ago. Can anyone help me please?
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What's the imei in the phone menue, if it doesn't match the one on the phone its probably stolen and has a dummy imei, the way around that is pay a service to illegally change your imei but if this is the case you've already seen what can happen, you get screwed. Buy from swappa.com or ebay it's safer and PayPal backed incase this happens.