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Hi, someone is selling me a really nice T999 in excellent condition, with the problem that the IMEI was blocked, and it won't work on any carrier in the U.S. I live on Dominican Republic, will it work on my country fine? 3G and everything? I know that the 3G band matches the one my operator uses, so no problem there.
Thanks in advance.
djluis48 said:
Hi, someone is selling me a really nice T999 in excellent condition, with the problem that the IMEI was blocked, and it won't work on any carrier in the U.S. I live on Dominican Republic, will it work on my country fine? 3G and everything? I know that the 3G band matches the one my operator uses, so no problem there.
Thanks in advance.
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ok use ordin and restore it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949687
kiruba8 said:
ok use ordin and restore it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949687
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So you are saying that it will work without a problem?
kiruba8 said:
ok use ordin and restore it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949687
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You could have read more than the title and suggested something relevant to his question.
OP, I'm not actually 100% sure. But, I would imagine that you'd have no trouble using it.
Simple answer is yes.
Thanks for your answers. I ended up buying one on ebay that was cheaper, with the same problem. Only issue is that the auction says bad esn, but i guess that he got that wrong, and means imei. Here it is: http://www.ebay.com/itm/200888137396?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
Hope it turns out OK. I took a gamble with it.
djluis48 said:
Thanks for your answers. I ended up buying one on ebay that was cheaper, with the same problem. Only issue is that the auction says bad esn, but i guess that he got that wrong, and means imei. Here it is: http://www.ebay.com/itm/200888137396?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
Hope it turns out OK. I took a gamble with it.
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Well, yeah, you really are taking one then. Because, IMEIs are for GSM phone and ESNs are for CDMA phones. That posting says T999 with a bad ESN... So, is it a T999 or a CDMA variant of the SIII???
Hope everything works out for you, bro.
Don_Perrignon said:
Well, yeah, you really are taking one then. Because, IMEIs are for GSM phone and ESNs are for CDMA phones. That posting says T999 with a bad ESN... So, is it a T999 or a CDMA variant of the SIII???
Hope everything works out for you, bro.
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Yeah, i know bro. People tend to mistake IMEI with ESN, so hopefuly its one of those cases. If it isn't, i will have to return the phone.
How much did u pay..??
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sanchitgrover said:
How much did u pay..??
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USD$335.00
I think it was a nice deal if i get it to work here
djluis48 said:
USD$335.00
I think it was a nice deal if i get it to work here
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let us know if it worked. I wanna buy outright and ship back home
x1tyme said:
let us know if it worked. I wanna buy outright and ship back home
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Hi. Just to update. Just got the phone. It was indeed the T999 GSM. I got it to work here without a problem. Just remember to check that the 3G band your carrier uses its supported by the phone, otherwise, you wont have 3G.
djluis48 said:
Hi. Just to update. Just got the phone. It was indeed the T999 GSM. I got it to work here without a problem. Just remember to check that the 3G band your carrier uses its supported by the phone, otherwise, you wont have 3G.
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nice to know. Will search for it and ship some back home with paying tax for it, of course.
Is ebay the source to buy bad imei?
djluis48 said:
Hi. Just to update. Just got the phone. It was indeed the T999 GSM. I got it to work here without a problem. Just remember to check that the 3G band your carrier uses its supported by the phone, otherwise, you wont have 3G.
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Hello Luis.
I am considering buying a bad IMEI also for Honduras. Did you had to unlock the phone or something like that or just placed the SIM card and worked fine?
andrews317 said:
Hello Luis.
I am considering buying a bad IMEI also for Honduras. Did you had to unlock the phone or something like that or just placed the SIM card and worked fine?
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Hi there.
Well, to tell you the truth, i sold the phone as soon as i got it because it wasn't compatible with my carrier's 3G network. I did unlock it, but unlocking was extremely easy, i just rooted the phone and downloaded an app from the Play Store, and the app did the rest of the work. Easy as pie. After that, the phone worked flawless in the small ampunt of time i spent with it (less than a day) and it was a brand new phone :highfive:. If you are wondering the name of the app, i don't know the exact name, but you can try searching "galaxy unlock" on the Play Store, and you will see a couple of apps. Good luck.
Almost same problem
djluis48 said:
USD$335.00
I think it was a nice deal if i get it to work here
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Hey man I'm on the same situation than you, just That in this case its a nexus 4 and I also live in Dominican Republic. You got it to work? Hope you can help me out here bro
Randyjp said:
Hey man I'm on the same situation than you, just That in this case its a nexus 4 and I also live in Dominican Republic. You got it to work? Hope you can help me out here bro
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I think that its going to be same, and that its going to work, because the imei was blocked on the country the phone was bought, it should work properly outside that country.
If you have a carrier phone with the IMEI blocked you can unlock it and use it on another carrier. Or you cant? I know u used to could. Also If you call your carrier. for instance tmobile and talk to a superviser they may unlock it for you... They usually do because you're using the phone with their network anyways.. So they still lose money if you decide to go to another carrier.
gypsy214 said:
If you have a carrier phone with the IMEI blocked you can unlock it and use it on another carrier. Or you cant? I know u used to could. Also If you call your carrier. for instance tmobile and talk to a superviser they may unlock it for you... They usually do because you're using the phone with their network anyways.. So they still lose money if you decide to go to another carrier.
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If your IMEI is blacklisted then the phone has been reported lost or stolen. No US carrier will take a blacklisted phone. Tmobile and att share databases too.
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EtherealRemnant said:
If your IMEI is blacklisted then the phone has been reported lost or stolen. No US carrier will take a blacklisted phone. Tmobile and att share databases too.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk 4 Beta
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Not always.. Carriers will block the IMEI even you dont pay your bill for so long.. A friend of mine gave me his Sidekick 4G and he stopped paying tmobile. After a while that phone stop working. When I called tmobile they said it was because of the IMEI has been blocked. I said that I have this phone for a long time and you need to turn it back on.. 48 hours later they did
i used this phone for about 2+ months and worked fine has some restart problems that it would do it lots of times and some times it was off
well i wake up today wanted to text and call then it said not registered on network no idea what happend but it wont do calls and text any more
please help
post links to how to do it
or if i have to root and install new rom please post links
big thanks to all.
Boss777 said:
i used this phone for about 2+ months and worked fine has some restart problems that it would do it lots of times and some times it was off
well i wake up today wanted to text and call then it said not registered on network no idea what happend but it wont do calls and text any more
please help
post links to how to do it
or if i have to root and install new rom please post links
big thanks to all.
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Did you buy this phone new? if not Call T-mobile and make sure you esn is not blocked.. if you bough used they could of had payments on the phone and stopped paying..
baronsamedi said:
Did you buy this phone new? if not Call T-mobile and make sure you esn is not blocked.. if you bough used they could of had payments on the phone and stopped paying..
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thats what i had first it was used i got it used
Boss777 said:
thats what i had first it was used i got it used
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They told you the imei was not blocked???
baronsamedi said:
Did you buy this phone new? if not Call T-mobile and make sure you esn is not blocked.. if you bough used they could of had payments on the phone and stopped paying..
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can i make it work
Boss777 said:
can i make it work
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Did tmobile tell you the imei was blocked or no???
baronsamedi said:
Did tmobile tell you the imei was blocked or no???
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just got it of the phone from tmobile they said its blocked as of today sucks i paid so much for used and did not use it much at all
well i need solution
people stile need help
Boss777 said:
just got it of the phone from tmobile they said its blocked as of today sucks i paid so much for used and did not use it much at all
well i need solution
people stile need help
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Where did you buy it?
Can you contact the person you bought it from?
Can they tell you how much is left to be paid or if it was reported stolen?
baronsamedi said:
Where did you buy it?
Can you contact the person you bought it from?
Can they tell you how much is left to be paid or if it was reported stolen?
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i think its not paid of stile i got it about 2 months ago dont remember from who dont have their info
Boss777 said:
i think its not paid of stile i got it about 2 months ago dont remember from who dont have their info
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You have a nice paper weight now.
There really is no way to help you in this situation since the EMEI is how the wireless provider controls access to their network. You might be able to use it on another provider but it is burned on your current one.
krelvinaz said:
You have a nice paper weight now.
There really is no way to help you in this situation since the EMEI is how the wireless provider controls access to their network. You might be able to use it on another provider but it is burned on your current one.
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thats what i was thinking will unlock it and try on att
i have 1+ 7t got sim but no signal. member can help me fix it ! really big problem for me
timonblue1131 said:
i have 1+ 7t got sim but no signal. member can help me fix it ! really big problem for me
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Please list:
The carrier of your SIM card.
Is your HD1907 SIM unlocked?
The firmware/ROM type (T-mobile stock/Global/Third party...)
hellotiger999 said:
Please list:
The carrier of your SIM card.
Is your HD1907 SIM unlocked?
The firmware/ROM type (T-mobile stock/Global/Third party...)
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- The carrier in vietnam 4g
- Is unlocker divece
- fw stock t-mobile i try rom cook in xda till not signal.
and me check in web tmobile "was ime-locked by the manufacturer because it was stolen or lost"
timonblue1131 said:
- The carrier in vietnam 4g
- Is unlocker divece
- fw stock t-mobile i try rom cook in xda till not signal.
and me check in web tmobile "was ime-locked by the manufacturer because it was stolen or lost"
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Well, if it is IMEI-blocked by T-mobile because it was stolen or lost, the information may be shared with your Vietnamese carrier, and it will fail to work in Vietnam.
Before you buy a used phone, make sure it has a clean IMEI.
hellotiger999 said:
Well, if it is IMEI-blocked by T-mobile because it was stolen or lost, the information may be shared with your Vietnamese carrier, and it will fail to work in Vietnam.
Before you buy a used phone, make sure it has a clean IMEI.
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What do I have to do to bring it back. i bought it in vietnam and i have absolutely no idea when there is a problem. im try
timonblue1131 said:
What do I have to do to bring it back. i bought it in vietnam and i have absolutely no idea when there is a problem. im try
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You may have several options if the IMEI block is the reason.
Ask T-Mobile to recover your phone and remove the IMEI block. Only the original owner who is a T-Mobile subscriber can do it.
Use it as a WiFi-only device.
Sell it for parts/repair.
Buy a new phone and make sure it has a clean IMEI and is SIM unlocked.
hellotiger999 said:
You may have several options if the IMEI block is the reason.
Ask T-Mobile to recover your phone and remove the IMEI block. Only the original owner who is a T-Mobile subscriber can do it.
Use it as a WiFi-only device.
Sell it for parts/repair.
Buy a new phone and make sure it has a clean IMEI and is SIM unlocked.
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i think unlock ime from tmobile is impossible because i dont my own divece. may only wifi or repair ime. so sad
Well, it is locked by the cell towers. There is nothing you can do if that device was stollen and locked. This is probably the only example when tower lock it justified. There is practically nothing you can do to spoof your IMEI (not saying that is a crime), and no cell tower will let you in with this IMEI.
rampitec said:
Well, it is locked by the cell towers. There is nothing you can do if that device was stollen and locked. This is probably the only example when tower lock it justified. There is practically nothing you can do to spoof your IMEI (not saying that is a crime), and no cell tower will let you in with this IMEI.
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if repair other imei maybe ok ?
timonblue1131 said:
if repair other imei maybe ok ?
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I don't think you can. It is considered a crime in the first place.
timonblue1131 said:
if repair other imei maybe ok ?
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I think it's better to return the phone to the seller, asking for a refund. The IMEI record clearly shows that it is a lost or stolen phone.
hellotiger999 said:
I think it's better to return the phone to the seller, asking for a refund. The IMEI record clearly shows that it is a lost or stolen phone.
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i dont know ! i buy it other secon hand, of course imei lost or stolen
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I don't think you can. It is considered a crime in the first place.
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if u is stolen, u have up post and question about considered of u ?? i dont think u doing.
im just by it secon hand and here
U can fix imei but not in xda. Look elsewhere
timonblue1131 said:
What do I have to do to bring it back. i bought it in vietnam and i have absolutely no idea when there is a problem. im try
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Is your HD1907 SIM unlocked?
The firmware/ROM type (T-mobile stock/Global/Third party...)
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Is it possible to change the number of IMEI
Msfdfsx said:
Is it possible to change the number of IMEI
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Yes, but not on XDA
HueyT said:
Yes, but not on XDA
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Does it solve the problem?
timonblue1131 said:
i think unlock ime from tmobile is impossible because i dont my own divece. may only wifi or repair ime. so sad
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does imei repair solve the problem?
Msfdfsx said:
does imei repair solve the problem?
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Yes
Imei repair will only solve if there's no hw issue you need to post some pick for better experience
I new it was to good to be true, the reason my phone keeps saying cannot use voice or connot use sim 1, is due to someone selling me a phone that was previously on a contract! And of course there is no trace of this guy, I contacted Google, they need proof of perchase! Yeah that's not going to be simple to get, it's there any way of unlocking this device? I haven't tried any other sim, apparently it's a Three network phone but iv been using my EE sim this hole time for a long time to, can I root to fix this or?
I do not want to lose this phone because of some scammer
Contact the carrier and negotiate a pay off price to unlock it... if it isn't stolen.
blackhawk said:
Contact the carrier and negotiate a pay off price to unlock it... if it isn't stolen.
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My network is EE and they wore able to un blacklist my IMEI three network for free, pritty handy
kevinireland11 said:
My network is EE and they wore able to un blacklist my IMEI three network for free, pritty handy
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You got lucky this time. Don't ever put yourself in that position again.
blackhawk said:
You got lucky this time. Don't ever put yourself in that position again.
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Definitely not! I honestly think the adviser that done it was an understanding guy, because if that was anyone else I don't think they would have done that for me, but yes, if y'all are buying phones look up the IMEI this will tell you everything you need to no about the phone
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You got lucky this time. Don't ever put yourself in that position again.
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You can actually pay 7.99 to unblacklist or 13.99 for a new IMEI apparently
kevinireland11 said:
You can actually pay 7.99 to unblacklist or 13.99 for a new IMEI apparently
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That's illegal in the US especially to change the imei.
blackhawk said:
That's illegal in the US especially to change the imei.
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Actually illegal in most of the world, not simply the US.
How does that pay work? I though the reason to blacklist IMEI's was because they were reported stolen. Not much point if you can just pay a small ammount to own a stolen phone?
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
Actually illegal in most of the world, not simply the US.
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Unjustifiably.
96carboard said:
Unjustifiably.
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Explain?
IMEI is there to protect the legitimate owner of the device.
kevinireland11 said:
You can actually pay 7.99 to unblacklist or 13.99 for a new IMEI apparently
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IMEI changing is illegal.
Sorry I forgot there are allot of IMEI police on here
$cronos_ said:
IMEI changing is illegal.
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Oh there's a parot in the room lol, did you also not see those other comments that everyone else saw or?
kevinireland11 said:
I new it was to good to be true, the reason my phone keeps saying cannot use voice or connot use sim 1, is due to someone selling me a phone that was previously on a contract! And of course there is no trace of this guy, I contacted Google, they need proof of perchase! Yeah that's not going to be simple to get, it's there any way of unlocking this device? I haven't tried any other sim, apparently it's a Three network phone but iv been using my EE sim this hole time for a long time to, can I root to fix this or?
I do not want to lose this phone because of some scammer
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How much did you pay for this device?
kevinireland11 said:
Sorry I forgot there are allot of IMEI police on here
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I'd rather call the grammar police reading your stuff.
Thread closed since the OP's question has been answered and XDA Rule #9 violations for changing IMEI's.
9. Don't get us into trouble.
Don't post copyrighted materials or do other things which will obviously lead to legal trouble. If you wouldn't do it on your own homepage, you probably shouldn't do it here either. This does not mean that we agree with everything that the software piracy lobby try to impose on us. It simply means that you cannot break any laws here, since we'll end up dealing with the legal hassle caused by you. Please use common sense: respect the forum, its users and those that write great code.
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I paid for an IMEI repair and I believe it messed up my phone. I was told it was not rooted, but I can not get Samsung Wallet to work at all. Is there a way I can restore the original IMEI without having to root the phone? The phone was originally Branded to AT&T. Can anyone help me please? I had to repair the screen myself because the IMEI shows up as a S21 Ultra so I couldn't even file an Insurance claim when I broke my screen to get a new phone. Any help will be appreciated.
I am just trying to restore my phone to the original IMEI it had before I did this. I am not trying to get anyone in trouble just would like to fix my phone.
thebizerker2010 said:
I paid for an IMEI repair and I believe it messed up my phone.
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Who originally changed the IMEI that you paid for?
thebizerker2010 said:
**Link removed by moderator** I paid 250 for the service.
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You do know that it is an offence in most countries for a 3rd party to change an IMEI number don't you...
Mobile Telephones (Re-programming) Act 2002 - Explanatory Notes
www.legislation.gov.uk
Thieves use this method to try to get around blocked stolen phones. I suggest that you contact the company that did this for you.
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I paid for an IMEI repair and I believe it messed up my phone. I was told it was not rooted, but I can not get Samsung Wallet to work at all. Is there a way I can restore the original IMEI without having to root the phone? The phone was originally Branded to AT&T. Can anyone help me please? I had to repair the screen myself because the IMEI shows up as a S21 Ultra so I couldn't even file an Insurance claim when I broke my screen to get a new phone. Any help will be appreciated.
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thebizerker2010 said:
I am just trying to restore my phone to the original IMEI it had before I did this. I am not trying to get anyone in trouble just would like to fix my phone.
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You do know that it is an offence in most countries for a 3rd party to change an IMEI number don't you...
Mobile Telephones (Re-programming) Act 2002 - Explanatory Notes
www.legislation.gov.uk
Thieves use this method to try to get around blocked stolen phones. I suggest that you contact the company that did this for you.
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This ^^^^^^^