Long story short I had a blacklisted phone that work for a short while with the SIM card from another carrier. Now I need a new SIM card from my new carrier.
A new SIM from your new carrier will not help here. The blacklist is based on the device's IMEI and is shared between carriers and their MVNOs. The only reason the device worked for a short time is the carrier had to detect your device first, and that takes time. A new SIM only buys you a little time before the device gets blocked on the new network.
The only legal ways to resolve the problem of a device being blacklisted are to pay the bill, if the phone is yours, or sell the phone if you purchased it from someone else.
A lot of phones get stolen during shipping, I had mine stolen and got an empty box. I blacklisted the IMEI for that phone.
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hi guys.
I just bought another TP2 from Ebay to replace my one which is broken. I've put my simcard but it doesnt register on my network. I've tried my sim card in another phone and it works fine, and I'm able to connect to wi-fi on the new TP2, but not to my network....so I've come to the conclusion that it must have a locked imei number.
I conacted ebay and the seller to ask whether it was a stolen phone, but to no avail. the seller has de-listed and ebay arent interested as the phone is in "working order", even though I cant connect to a network!!!
is there anyway to change the number, or unlock it, so I can use it? Otherwise it's a pretty expensive paper weight! My fault for not checking these facts before buying, but you live and learn....anyone help?
Cheers
Don't expect advice on changing the IMEI here.
As for unlocking, take a look here: http://rhodium.htc-unlocks.com/ (as far as I know, there is no free solution).
report the transation to paypal. You'll get your money back. Especially if the phone was potentially stolen.
guys im desperate, I have a business account with Vodafone Australia and a worker of mine has taken off with one of my phones. I have important information on that phone. as soon as I found out I had Vodafone block the simcard and block the imei. I just found out they had a prepaid account with optus and need to know what numbers was called on the 24th may on the optus prepaid number before I blocked the imei. the police say they cant help and optus the most stupid company in Australia said they can only disclose the information to the sim card account holder. I told them its a business phone and reported stolen and I have proof of all this and they still wont tell me. plz is their any way possible to find out. an app, a website, anyway possible. desperate anybody
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..
Anyone know what that means when doing an esn check, the results show the device as LG-H811LB tmobile_sample. Person obtatianed it via some lg partner purchase program.
When checking on tmobile site results come back as unrecognized.
Will this phone work as normal? Since its not recognized by tmobole, can it still be sim unlocked via app?
I believe LG has a provider program where employees can purchase a LG phone for $250. A great deal, especially when said employees can then turn around and sell it for $200+ profit. There was a thread here about it. I believe these are purchased outright and should not be blacklisted for payment plan non-payment.
Apparently those phones are not officially registered in T-Mob's system. Not sure how that will affect SIM unlock, there are also a few threads about people not being able to easily SIM unlock permanently through T-Mobile to begin with. There were some reports that 'sunderwear' unlock does work, albeit for $$$.
Basically I lost my phone and I called Sprint and reported it stolen. Come to find out a friend of mine had the phone the whole time. I called to see if I can get it off the black list but they told me that the phone is basically a tablet now and there is nothing I can do to remove the IMEI off the blacklist or get it unblocked.
I read somewhere that I can still unlock the phone and use it internationally. Is this really true, if so, does anyone know if a company that will unlock a blacklised IMEI number?
As far as I know once the IMEI is blacklisted you are hosed. Usually it is only blocked if the device was still being financed and service was cancelled. The device is still the carriers at that point.