Long story short, GF and I broke up, she didnt pay the remaining balance of our trade in, I had no idea she did that and now my fold 3 has been remotely disbled by Samsung, is there a way around this ?
Vegas7667 said:
Long story short, GF and I broke up, she didnt pay the remaining balance of our trade in, I had no idea she did that and now my fold 3 has been remotely disbled by Samsung, is there a way around this ?
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Samsung would have entered in to a contract with only one of you. Rather than "our" trade-in, it would have been your girlfriends, I assume.
So, you could contact Samsung and see if you can take over the contract - or start another one?
But, it sounds like the phone isn't fully paid off, so isnt owned by either of you yet.
Thats my delima, its under my exes name and when I called Samsung they refused to talk any further. I tried to pay it off but they dont want to hear me. Is there another way such as rooting ?
Pisses me off, im out a S21 because of this for trading in and using a older iPhone which im no longer fond off since I switched to Android.
Long story short, send it back to your GF as it's hers and get one for yourself ...
Can't places like Cricket Wireless activate them? I guess I'm thinking of a device that's carrier-branded, with it being that Samsung locked it, not sure.
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Can't places like Cricket Wireless activate them? I guess I'm thinking of a device that's carrier-branded, with it being that Samsung locked it, not sure.
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Ill ask.
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Ill ask.
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You should check the IMEI against blacklist database. If it was purchased through a provider, chances are it will not work on that carrier, but should on others. If Samsung has it blacklisted, you're basically screwed.
Really frustrating, im trying to pay the balance owed so it can be reinststed, trying to avoid buying another one altogether since I gave up my last phone as part of the trade on this. Samsung doesn't want to talk to me.
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Long story short, GF and I broke up, she didnt pay the remaining balance of our trade in, I had no idea she did that and now my fold 3 has been remotely disbled by Samsung, is there a way around this ?
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yeah but if you dont sign in to a samsung account they cant disable if you put on verzion rom before they disable they cant
badazzbubbanc said:
yeah but if you dont sign in to a samsung account they cant disable if you put on verzion rom before they disable they cant
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Dont they disable via imei ?
badazzbubbanc said:
yeah but if you dont sign in to a samsung account they cant disable if you put on verzion rom before they disable they cant
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Has this been proven ?
Vegas7667 said:
Has this been proven ?
Ummm I didn't send my trades in and before samsung sent me emails saying they was gonna disable it i signed out my samsung account before they could disable i aint stupid i just been doing this to save money on phones for years samsung aint getting 2000 out of me and then i crossflashed to verzion rom bc my z fold 3 is unlocked us version and i can prove it that also i am using my z fold 3 to type this now and all i paid samsung is 169 so i got a z fold 3 for 169 bucks
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Has this been proven ?
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and when you got the email that Samsung was going to disable it you should have signed out of your Samsung account bc you don't need it to get the phone to work bc you can sign in to your google accounts that's a loophole i figured out how on my own bc I didn't know about it until Samsung sent me the emails bc its gotta be signed in on a Samsung account before they can disable it bc its gotta be log in on Samsungs server i got the email in late December and been using it since i have gotten my z fold 3 and also verzions rom splits the iemi number up as it does on Verizon phones bc on gsm the iemi number is all into one and then Samsung can only disable it when your signed in
they can remote lock it if they don't have Samsung account signed in and i also think its doesn't matter what Samsung account i think it only matters to the one that the phone was bought with but i ain't gonna test it tho i don't want a paperweight
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they can remote lock it if they don't have Samsung account signed in and i also think its doesn't matter what Samsung account i think it only matters to the one that the phone was bought with but i ain't gonna test it tho i don't want a paperweight
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I like how you think. Thanks for the info
I'm pretty sure your EX GF the owner of the phone is the only one Samsung can and will talk to.
If you can still reason with her I think your best bet would be to contact her and try and work something out
its in her best interests other wise it's just going against her credit. Maybe she'll let you take over the phone and payments.
Markeee said:
I'm pretty sure your EX GF the owner of the phone is the only one Samsung can and will talk to.
If you can still reason with her I think your best bet would be to contact her and try and work something out
its in her best interests other wise it's just going against her credit. Maybe she'll let you take over the phone and payments.
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Oh man, shes unreachable and will not talk, ive left her multiple messges it will go against her credit and she said if it does its my fault, makes no sense. A attitude that will drive a man crazy.
return it and go get yourself a new one. No one can do anything for you anymore
ghassan haddad said:
return it and go get yourself a new one. No one can do anything for you anymore
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Been over 30 days.
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Hello XDA!
As the title says, I am really stupid and accidentally ran the bootloader unlocking program intended for verizon on my sprint s3.
Now my phone won't even start.
What dooooooo?
Kevin
Can u get to oden?
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auau465121 said:
Can u get to oden?
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I tried the USB dongle thing, tried vol down + power + home, I can't get it to do anything. However, when i hold the power button with it connected to the PC, the PC will make usb connection sounds like it's turning on and off.
kev510 said:
I tried the USB dongle thing, tried vol down + power + home, I can't get it to do anything. However, when i hold the power button with it connected to the PC, the PC will make usb connection sounds like it's turning on and off.
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take the battery out. plug your phone in and try to go into download mode.
I did the same thing only with the AT&T version on my Sprint s3. It's officially bricked. If you take it back to the Sprint store they'll swap it out for a new one. There is literally nothing else you can do. It sucks. I know.
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I did the same thing only with the AT&T version on my Sprint s3. It's officially bricked. If you take it back to the Sprint store they'll swap it out for a new one. There is literally nothing else you can do. It sucks. I know.
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As was stated here.. If you can't get it to download mode (Odin) then your gonna be taking back to store.. It sucks.. just ensure you triple check before flashing anything.. our phone is the SPH-L710. I have seen some who have flashed roms (tried to) for the I9300.. Which is the international version.. So just becareful on next adventure.. and most of all, don't be afraid to ask!!! This place is a wealth of knowledge and most are always willing to help.
Thank you everyone!
Looks like I will try to get it swapped out at the Sprint store.. I hope they won't give me any trouble for not being their customer though.
I appreciate everyone's time!
Kevin
kev510 said:
Thank you everyone!
Looks like I will try to get it swapped out at the Sprint store.. I hope they won't give me any trouble for not being their customer though.
I appreciate everyone's time!
Kevin
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Just play dumb. "phone died"
kev510 said:
Thank you everyone!
Looks like I will try to get it swapped out at the Sprint store.. I hope they won't give me any trouble for not being their customer though.
I appreciate everyone's time!
Kevin
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Just to update (for anyone in my situation without a Sprint account), two sprint stores wouldn't replace my phone because I don't have a Sprint account. I even told them that the reason why I want to fix it is to activate it for Sprint, but they wouldn't budge... It looks like I will have to find a friend who has Sprint, associate the broken S3's ESN with their account, and bring it back for replacement.
kev510 said:
Just to update (for anyone in my situation without a Sprint account), two sprint stores wouldn't replace my phone because I don't have a Sprint account. I even told them that the reason why I want to fix it is to activate it for Sprint, but they wouldn't budge... It looks like I will have to find a friend who has Sprint, associate the broken S3's ESN with their account, and bring it back for replacement.
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Yea, that's probably not gona happen, because then they'll want to activate it [Sprint], on the 'donor' account. You my friend, may officially roughly 535$ in the hole...
kev510 said:
Just to update (for anyone in my situation without a Sprint account), two sprint stores wouldn't replace my phone because I don't have a Sprint account. I even told them that the reason why I want to fix it is to activate it for Sprint, but they wouldn't budge... It looks like I will have to find a friend who has Sprint, associate the broken S3's ESN with their account, and bring it back for replacement.
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It makes sense. Why would Sprint replace a phone on there network if you don't even have their service..? Not trying to be mean, but it's common sense.
Some people buy bricked phones though.
teh roxxorz said:
Yea, that's probably not gona happen, because then they'll want to activate it [Sprint], on the 'donor' account. You my friend, may officially roughly 535$ in the hole...
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Well atleast they make a pretty paperweight.
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milky1112 said:
Well atleast they make a pretty paperweight.
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Gotta love a 550$ paperweight!
As I said, they will replace the phone if I register the ESN on my friend's Sprint account.
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Just to update (for anyone in my situation without a Sprint account), two sprint stores wouldn't replace my phone because I don't have a Sprint account. I even told them that the reason why I want to fix it is to activate it for Sprint, but they wouldn't budge... It looks like I will have to find a friend who has Sprint, associate the broken S3's ESN with their account, and bring it back for replacement.
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I do not think that is going to work. I think you are going to have to send your phone here.
Dude just call samsung and tell them phone died during a phone call say it wouldn't boot back up. You have a free year manufacture warranty use it. As long as your screen is not cracked samsung will replace your phone. I had two replaced gs3 . They will troubleshoot with you first then send you a box to send your old phone and a new or refurbished phone back. There really fast a week or days depends on where you live. The only problem or thing I didn't like was ups just left the phone at the door without me signing. I wasn't at home but just right on the ground on the front door it could have got stolen or rained on. Don't waste your time with sprint just call Sammy man . Oh my phone was rooted to and they never said a thing. All they do Is put new software on it and send it back out to someone else. Goodluck
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Yes, I believe you officially bricked it, it happened to be before, loaded a bad ROM, but for sprint?, I don't think it would be a problem, I went and said I got it a week ago, and I left it to charge one night, and woke up and bit won't turn on, and they gives it to their tech guy to check it out, but he failed because as we all know, its bricked and can't be turned on, it took like 2 hours for the check up, so idk, find something to kill time then go back lol, grab a hotdog , but anyway, so i had to pay insurance which was only like 48 I believe, which is better than buying a new galaxy s3 lol, but if you already for insurance, then you should be set , and should have to come back to the store In about 3 days to collect your new phone, and I'm sorry for your lost , and good luck
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So my girlfriend just purchased an S6 (sprint) and when she took it to the store to have it activated they couldn't do it because it was "locked"...some kind of carrier lock I'm assuming.. Like they owed sprint money or something? Obviously if it was a normal security lock than we could just do a factory reset but apparently that won't work.
So.. Anyone know anything about this and a way around it? I'm a Verizon user and have never heard of this kind of problem. Thanks for any help in advance.
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So my girlfriend just purchased an S6 (sprint) and when she took it to the store to have it activated they couldn't do it because it was "locked"...some kind of carrier lock I'm assuming.. Like they owed sprint money or something? Obviously if it was a normal security lock than we could just do a factory reset but apparently that won't work.
So.. Anyone know anything about this and a way around it? I'm a Verizon user and have never heard of this kind of problem. Thanks for any help in advance.
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All carriers, including Verizon, have a carrier BLOCK not lock. A carrier lock means the device is locked to that carrier. What exactly did Sprint say? If the phone is blacklisted, which you can check on any ESN checker online, then it will never work on Sprint.
Where did she buy the phone at?
elesbb said:
All carriers, including Verizon, have a carrier BLOCK not lock. A carrier lock means the device is locked to that carrier. What exactly did Sprint say? If the phone is blacklisted, which you can check on any ESN checker online, then it will never work on Sprint.
Where did she buy the phone at?
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I'm unsure what they told her exactly, besides that they can't activate it. Now what is the point of a carrier block? She got the phone off Craigslist.
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I'm unsure what they told her exactly, besides that they can't activate it. Now what is the point of a carrier block? She got the phone off Craigslist.
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Yup. Its definitely carrier blocked. NEVER buy cell phones from Craigslist without first checking the ESN from Sprint directly. You are better off selling the device on eBay FOR PARTS.
The point of a carrier block is so people who steal, or fail to pay off their device, can not use it anymore, and thus rip off good people on craigslist and eBay.
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Yup. Its definitely carrier blocked. NEVER buy cell phones from Craigslist without first checking the ESN from Sprint directly. You are better off selling the device on eBay FOR PARTS.
The point of a carrier block is so people who steal, or fail to pay off their device, can not use it anymore, and thus rip off good people on craigslist and eBay.
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Joy. Problem with this phone is that it has a none removal back.. Can't look under the battery.. Can't get into the phone to check the ESN either without the previous owners Gmail account information.
topshot17 said:
Joy. Problem with this phone is that it has a none removal back.. Can't look under the battery.. Can't get into the phone to check the ESN either without the previous owners Gmail account information.
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That I believe is an FRP lock.. Totally different from a carrier block. But if you go into download mode, you can press the home key to view IMEI. But FRP lock, which is what you just described, can be bypassed.
Check out this video and follow it to a T. You may need to improvise do to different android versions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ8_qbj1DPQ
Hope it helps! If its just FRP locked, and not carrier blocked, then you should be okay to get it activated.
elesbb said:
That I believe is an FRP lock.. Totally different from a carrier block. But if you go into download mode, you can press the home key to view IMEI. But FRP lock, which is what you just described, can be bypassed.
Check out this video and follow it to a T. You may need to improvise do to different android versions.
Hope it helps! If its just FRP locked, and not carrier blocked, then you should be okay to get it activated.
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Thank you, I'll check into it.
Saafir said:
The numbers for the device is located on the back panel, at the bottom.
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Ahh it is.. So the phone did have an FRP lock on it but that was an easy fix.. But unfortunately it also has a carrier block due to an unpaid balance. Thanks for everyone's help.
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Ahh it is.. So the phone did have an FRP lock on it but that was an easy fix.. But unfortunately it also has a carrier block due to an unpaid balance. Thanks for everyone's help.
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can't you contact the person who sold it to you? threatening to bring the police in might scare them into giving you a refund. If the phone had a FRP lock and its flagged, then im pretty sure the phone was stolen.
The Android Attorney said:
can't you contact the person who sold it to you? threatening to bring the police in might scare them into giving you a refund. If the phone had a FRP lock and its flagged, then im pretty sure the phone was stolen.
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Yeah It more than likely was. It's pretty much a dead end.. My gf payed for it but her brother met the person somewhere for pickup.. Only contact information is an email address which they haven't responded too after the sale. Apparently the phone was dead when he picked it up. I personally would have put it on my car charger and powered it on before paying for it.. And got more information.. But oh well.. Now she knows to be more cautious and I'll probably handle any future used phone purchases for her.
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Shady stuff man. I hope you have better luck with Craigslist in the future. I try to steer clear of them, sort of like Ebay. You could always inquire on what the remaining balance is. If it's something stupid like $48, I would just pay it off.
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Haha yeah somehow I doubt it'll be anything under a few hundred.. Think I'll call and check just got kicks though.
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Yeah It more than likely was. It's pretty much a dead end.. My gf payed for it but her brother met the person somewhere for pickup.. Only contact information is an email address which they haven't responded too after the sale. Apparently the phone was dead when he picked it up. I personally would have put it on my car charger and powered it on before paying for it.. And got more information.. But oh well.. Now she knows to be more cautious and I'll probably handle any future used phone purchases for her.
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Who buys a used cellphone without even physically checking it ?? I mean seriously ?...next time when buying atleast have a number of the seller and complete info of what u are buying atleast
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Sad but true. I may need to have my Note7 swapped afterall.
I got an email from my corporate Telus retailer saying that all carriers in Canada will be disabling on December 15th.
Now I need to finally bite the bullet and get an inferior S7 Edge. To say I am disappointed would be an understatement.
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Sad but true. I may need to have my Note7 swapped afterall.
I got an email from my corporate Telus retailer saying that all carriers in Canada will be disabling on December 15th.
Now I need to finally bite the bullet and get an inferior S7 Edge. To say I am disappointed would be an understatement.
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I've seen several threads from different countries saying something similar, that N7 will be disabled. But I don't recall reading any where it has actually happened. I may have missed that, but believe at this point it's a threat to motivate returns. Correct me if I'm wrong.
http://www.theverge.com/circuitbrea...ung-galaxy-note-7-update-shut-down-inoperable
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http://www.theverge.com/circuitbrea...ung-galaxy-note-7-update-shut-down-inoperable
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I've been pushing off the update for weeks now. Can they force the update?
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http://www.theverge.com/circuitbrea...ung-galaxy-note-7-update-shut-down-inoperable
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Yikes! Guess I spoke too soon. If updates are disabled, I wonder if they will still work.
who knows, but either way, this phone is dead, so if you can get rid of it, I wouldnt wait any longer
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I've seen several threads from different countries saying something similar, that N7 will be disabled. But I don't recall reading any where it has actually happened. I may have missed that, but believe at this point it's a threat to motivate returns. Correct me if I'm wrong.
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Yeah the carriers in New Zealand blacklisted the phones. It doesn't matter about a software update at that point.
In Canada, they will push an update on Dec 12 to max the battery at 15% and disable wifi and bluetooth. And on Dec 15, carriers will blacklist the phone.
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thats not bad at all. I wish they would do this in Canada.
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Yeah the carriers in New Zealand blacklisted the phones. It doesn't matter about a software update at that point.
In Canada, they will push an update on Dec 12 to max the battery at 15% and disable wifi and bluetooth. And on Dec 15, carriers will blacklist the phone.
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Exactly, im waiting for the day they will block the IMEI. If this happens. I'll be on this forming pming few guys for solution. Also, looking and preping for one right now.
I will not exchange my phone for S7 edge, stupidity. Unless, Im unable to make the phone work. We shell see. Let them disable already so I can start on imei solution.
Should you have changed your IMEI (change not legally allowed), in case of phone malfunction, phone blocked by Samsung or carriers by other methods, or whatever, you'd likely be no longer able to get a replacement or a refund due to the unrecognized IMEI number...
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thats not bad at all. I wish they would do this in Canada.
Exactly, im waiting for the day they will block the IMEI. If this happens. I'll be on this forming pming few guys for solution. Also, looking and preping for one right now.
I will not exchange my phone for S7 edge, stupidity. Unless, Im unable to make the phone work. We shell see. Let them disable already so I can start on imei solution.
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Aye Own31, nice to see you again! lol
The countdown begins =/
I personally wonder if something will actually happen.
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Should you have changed your IMEI (change not legally allowed), in case of phone malfunction, phone blocked by Samsung or carriers by other methods, or whatever, you'd likely be no longer able to get a replacement or a refund due to the unrecognized IMEI number...
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Was not planning to return or refund. I was never planning to use S7 edge either.
Even if i go for refund, I most likely will give the s7 edge away to the family or sell it quick and cheap, and go for S8. Just no way ill be using the phone that is older then N7.
I think N7 is tabulous =) Would love to keep the phone if i can. If not ill be looking to get something better once available.
I do understand what you are saying tho, and it would be painful for those people who will get imei changed and then Samsung announces N7 refund/exchange program for S8 =)
Yujiza said:
Aye Own31, nice to see you again! lol
The countdown begins =/
I personally wonder if something will actually happen.
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=)
We shell see.
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Should you have changed your IMEI (change not legally allowed), in case of phone malfunction, phone blocked by Samsung or carriers by other methods, or whatever, you'd likely be no longer able to get a replacement or a refund due to the unrecognized IMEI number...
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change my imei? i would never do such a thing
i guess it must have happened when that update got pushed to my phone...i have no idea what happened?
you can see where Im going here I assume?
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We are having the same thing happen in Australia on the 15th.
I am going to go the hotspot route (run a VOIP app and use another phone to hotspot from) ... until I can be bothered to spend the time to circumvent the blocked IMEI.
So does anyone have a favourite VOIP app that also transfers phone calls from the hotspotted device to the VOIP app on the Note 7 ?
Ok guys...I'm sad to say that I couldn't sit by and allow Telus to blacklist my IMEI number on Wednesday. I swapped my Note7 for a silver octa-core Exynos S7 Edge :'(
I must say it is much faster than my Snapdragon 820 Note7... and better on battery. But I'm afraid that's where it all falls apart. I miss my Note7 already.
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Ok guys...I'm sad to say that I couldn't sit by and allow Telus to blacklist my IMEI number on Wednesday. I swapped my Note7 for a silver octa-core Exynos S7 Edge :'(
I must say it is much faster than my Snapdragon 820 Note7... and better on battery. But I'm afraid that's where it all falls apart. I miss my Note7 already.
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yeah my exynos Note 7 was way better and smoother overall than my snapdragon note 7.
as for the 15th....well lets see what actually happens and go from there.
if its only am OTA then those of us who blocked those may be okay.
if imei block thats another battle.
i have other devices i can use while trying to get my note 7 back from the dead lol.
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6:17am Regina crap city time Dec 15...Note 7 still working on BELL network.....
It happened here in Australia mid afternoon.
I have gone Skype (and bought their number) to get voice calls and for texts I have set up Mysms on my hotspot phone and the mysms mirror app on my Note 7.
A pain to carry a 2nd phone but it will do until I sort the IMEI
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change my imei? i would never do such a thing
i guess it must have happened when that update got pushed to my phone...i have no idea what happened?
you can see where Im going here I assume?
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so you think they block by update?
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so you think they block by update?
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Thats the million dollar question.
It would make no sense since Im sure they are aware many of us have the OTAs blocked so they cant touch us.
Would make more sense to disable the imei numbers...
I have no idea how they are doing it...I killed wifi and pulled my sim out of my note 7 for the time being until I see what happens
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Thats the million dollar question.
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It would make no sense since Im sure they are aware many of us have the OTAs blocked so they cant touch us.
Would make more sense to disable the imei numbers...
I have no idea how they are doing it...I killed wifi and pulled my sim out of my note 7 for the time being until I see what happens
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let's see how its work by blocked via emei, you from canada right, so your note7 allready block today?
Just got this text:
FREE VZW MSG: Reminder: Your Samsung Note7 has been recalled due to an overheating risk. Because your safety is important to us, your Note7 will stop working on or about 1/31/2017. To prevent this service interruption, please immediately upgrade to a new device by visiting your original place of purchase. In addition, to avoid being charged for your Note7, please return it to the original place of purchase within 5 days. For more information, please visit go.vzw.com/note7faq
Does this mean they will hotline all remaining Note 7's based on IMEI/ID? Or is this related to another update?
Did anyone else get this?
And do we really need to return it to avoid full charge? I have read here that this is just a threat - that they can't really collect payment under recall law precedent.
Funny how they reference to return it in the "box" I called twice about and never got. Bastards.
I got this text message earlier today indicating 1/26/2017 is the date. I never received a box from VZW or Samsung either.
...I'm assuming that changing the phone's IMEI (say, to that of my broken Note3) would prevent this blacklisting/hotlining from bricking my phone's network access?
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I got this text message earlier today indicating 1/26/2017 is the date. I never received a box from VZW or Samsung either.
...I'm assuming that changing the phone's IMEI (say, to that of my broken Note3) would prevent this blacklisting/hotlining from bricking my phone's network access?
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I would assume so. That is what I am doing.
Ugh. I don't want to give it up! I'm on PHE and couldn't obtain root...is there anyway i can spoof my imei info or change it completely.
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Fourstarzzzz said:
I would assume so. That is what I am doing.
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Have you been able to successfully change your IMEI thus far? The apps I've tried so far either need ROOT or don't support Samsung devices...
Found a method involving QPST (modifying the hex IMEI stored in "nv_data") but haven't tried it yet.
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Have you been able to successfully change your IMEI thus far? The apps I've tried so far either need ROOT or don't support Samsung devices...
Found a method involving QPST (modifying the hex IMEI stored in "nv_data") but haven't tried it yet.
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That tool is from 2009 from what I see.
You guys are out of luck...they are going to permanently hotline all outgoing calls to customer care...there is no possible way around that. I am sitting in the Verizon store right now
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Cammy253 said:
You guys are out of luck...they are going to permanently hotline all outgoing calls to customer care...there is no possible way around that. I am sitting in the Verizon store right now
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and the news just picked it up - with confirming details: http://fortune.com/2017/01/17/samsung-galaxy-note-7-verizon/
I also received this text indicating my device will be turned off on 1/31/2017. I have received constant text messages from Verizon threatening to shut down my phone, return it, or pay full retail price. It's a shame - I've already purchased the phone at full retail price from third party, so they can't charge me full price. Would they really ban the MEID of the devices off the network?
CarbonMan said:
I also received this text indicating my device will be turned off on 1/31/2017. I have received constant text messages from Verizon threatening to shut down my phone, return it, or pay full retail price. It's a shame - I've already purchased the phone at full retail price from third party, so they can't charge me full price. Would they really ban the MEID of the devices off the network?
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I believe we are no longer able to use the note 7. Last chance to change it as the IMEI is but DO?
I don't imagine blocked updates will stop this one - ?
I read they are going to start redirecting your outgoing calls to customer service
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I read they are going to start redirecting your outgoing calls to customer service
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Yep. I have no idea how to get around this one, especially since im on PHE and can't even obtain root
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Cammy253 said:
Yep. I have no idea how to get around this one, especially since im on PHE and can't even obtain root
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I just spoke with a Verizon rep about the latest test message and was told that they are not blocking IMEI's. He said they are not allowed to do that. He actually seemed a little annoyed and tried to convince me that Samsung is the one that everyone should be upset about, not Verizon. Samsung is the one pushing out these updates to disable our phones and Verizon is innocent to all this craziness. Yeah right! He said that Samsung has something in the works to disable the Note 7's but does not know what it is. If it's in the form of another update, I say we might be Ok if we have the updates blocked.
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I just spoke with a Verizon rep about the latest test message and was told that they are not blocking IMEI's. He said they are not allowed to do that. He actually seemed a little annoyed and tried to convince me that Samsung is the one that everyone should be upset about, not Verizon. Samsung is the one pushing out these updates to disable our phones and Verizon is innocent to all this craziness. Yeah right! He said that Samsung has something in the works to disable the Note 7's but does not know what it is. If it's in the form of another update, I say we might be Ok if we have the updates blocked.
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Why would they need to block your imei when they can just route every call you make to customer service where you can talk to someone who doesn't know what they are talking about.
In the next two weeks they will make it so no one keeps their note 7 for use as a cell phone.
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mdb0095 said:
I just spoke with a Verizon rep about the latest test message and was told that they are not blocking IMEI's. He said they are not allowed to do that. He actually seemed a little annoyed and tried to convince me that Samsung is the one that everyone should be upset about, not Verizon. Samsung is the one pushing out these updates to disable our phones and Verizon is innocent to all this craziness. Yeah right! He said that Samsung has something in the works to disable the Note 7's but does not know what it is. If it's in the form of another update, I say we might be Ok if we have the updates blocked.
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Yeah the guy I spoke to said they are not blocking IMEI #'s so my thinking is they are doing it in their end. So then I figured, well okay,. I will just bite the bullet and get the Pixel XL...not so fast. Backordered until 3/10. Complete mess. Time to switch to tmobile.
Although I wonder what would happen if you switched out sim cards and kept doing it if it would mess with their system.
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Yeah the guy I spoke to said they are not blocking IMEI #'s so my thinking is they are doing it in their end. So then I figured, well okay,. I will just bite the bullet and get the Pixel XL...not so fast. Backordered until 3/10. Complete mess. Time to switch to tmobile.
Although I wonder what would happen if you switched out sim cards and kept doing it if it would mess with their system.
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Nah...They see the imei behind the sim. All the ims features would register using imei. Note 7's goose is cooked.
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dottat said:
Nah...They see the imei behind the sim. All the ims features would register using imei. Note 7's goose is cooked.
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Oh well...time to go to tmobile then
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Oh well...time to go to tmobile then
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Not with the note 7 right? None of these carriers are going to treat this any differently. They all want to be done with a mess they didn't start. Can't blame them. This all falls at Samsungs feet.
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just bought a phone from a friend that he has not finshed paying off to Sprint . is there 1 a way to remove the sprint software and either leave the samsung software or to load the tmobile stuff in its place and 2 how can i unlock it to use on tmobile.
No. I am on sprint. Until financial obligations are met, its sim locked to imei.
no method can circumvent it.
https://www.sprint.com/en/support/solutions/device/faqs-about-unlocking-your-sprint-device.html
https://www.sprint.com/en/legal/unlocking-your-sprint-device.html
rickg3669 said:
just bought a phone from a friend that he has not finshed paying off to Sprint . is there 1 a way to remove the sprint software and either leave the samsung software or to load the tmobile stuff in its place and 2 how can i unlock it to use on tmobile.
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Sorry, but nothing can be done to help. Also XDA forums doesn't allow these kinds of discussions.
Return the phone to your friend and get your money back... If he/she is a real friend this shouldn't be an issue.
dang i will check a local phone shop that said they could do it . if it dont work that was my next plan . its a close friend so have no issue returning it to him . i just couldnt pass up when he offered it to me 200
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dang i will check a local phone shop that said they could do it . if it dont work that was my next plan . its a close friend so have no issue returning it to him . i just couldnt pass up when he offered it to me 200
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I'm sure eventually it might even be restricted since it doesnt sound like hes going to pay it off with Sprint.. not worth the troubles imo.. even if u could find people to circumvent Sprints policies (can be considered fraud) they might charge an arm and a leg as well as Sprint could lock it again down the road due to unpaid balance on it.
rickg3669 said:
just bought a phone from a friend that he has not finshed paying off to Sprint . is there 1 a way to remove the sprint software and either leave the samsung software or to load the tmobile stuff in its place and 2 how can i unlock it to use on tmobile.
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We discourage members from posting about things like this. Yes there may be situations where someone gets screwed and bought a device that was either financed and sold, or reported stolen, or the person stole it and is asking for help to unlock it, etc. We have no way of knowing what is or isn't true so we just don't allow these types of discussions. That being said you have been given some options by some people here so there is no need to keep this thread going at all. Best of luck, thread closed.