[Q] was my esn cloned? - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

My mom called my phone yesterday, and I went to answer it but it stopped ringing. Then she called again and asked me who the hell just answered my phone, and why they only spoke Spanish.... I thought probably just a crossed line, but then I got a text the next day saying that international calling must be added by the account holder..... As if someone tried to make an international call? ? ? I'm on page plus, so there is no way to investigate... Has my Android been hacked through an app, and my esn stolen?
UPDATE: So, I changed esn's for 2 weeks and things went back to normal. But a few days ago I switched back to the android to test... Sure enough, just now, my cousin called but it stopped ringing. A few minutes later he called back to tell me that I butt-answered the phone. He could BBC world news in the background, talking specifically about mexico. It wasn't me, but someone accidentally answered my call again.

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hemanolio said:
Hey, so Android hacking seemed to be the correct forum for help...?
Anyway, my mom called my phone yesterday, and I went to answer it but it stopped ringing. Then she called again and asked me who the hell just answered my phone, and why they only spoke Spanish.... I thought probably just a crossed line, but then I got a text the next day saying that international calling must be added by the account holder..... As if someone tried to make an international call? ? ? I'm on page plus, so there is no way to investigate... Has my Android been hacked through an app, and my esn stolen?
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Possibly. Contact your service provider immediately.

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[Q] Mms from outside of network!!!

My phone sends and receives picture mail to other sprint phones all day long. I can also send a picture to any non sprint phone. The problem is I do not receive pictures from other carriers. I called sprint and spoke to tech support for 2 hours and they still did not resolve it. Does anyone have any ideas of what I could try?
Some more info... This is also happening on my wife's evo. We recently switched to an advantage account and had our numbers ported over. The mms has never worked since we have done this! Sprint has no idea what is going on but I know there are some on here that are a lot smarter than them!
I understand that I posted the same question in the Q and a section. I never seem to get any responses when I post in there.
Are there possibly any ## codes that I could try? I am getting really desperate!
Dunno what to say, I can receive mms from my friends iPhone on AT&T.
Off topic, he hates his iPhone to death. He wants to try an Android but is stuck with AT&T to choose from. Suggestions for him?
Atrix for now, Attain for later.
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Samsung Galaxy S2 been barred.Please Help

Hi All,
Recently purchased a Samsung Galaxy S2 from Gumtree online. It was only working on o2 network so got at unblocked from a guy at a market stall so that it works on all network sims. It was working fine for about a week but then randomly came up with a message saying "emergency calls only" and I coulnt make or recieve calls or texts even if i changed the sim to o2. The internet was still functioning correctly however.
Called network provider and have been told that there is a bar on it by an insurance company. Tried to get back to the seller but have not been able to contact him. Have reported him but I would just like to know is there any way to unblock this phone at all? Dont want to lose out on all the money spent on it. would it be worth downloading any unblocking applications if the phone has a bar on it?
Please any ideas, comments and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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deadgalaxys2 said:
Hi All,
Recently purchased a Samsung Galaxy S2 from Gumtree online. It was only working on o2 network so got at unblocked from a guy at a market stall so that it works on all network sims. It was working fine for about a week but then randomly came up with a message saying "emergency calls only" and I coulnt make or recieve calls or texts even if i changed the sim to o2. The internet was still functioning correctly however.
Called network provider and have been told that there is a bar on it by an insurance company. Tried to get back to the seller but have not been able to contact him. Have reported him but I would just like to know is there any way to unblock this phone at all? Dont want to lose out on all the money spent on it. would it be worth downloading any unblocking applications if the phone has a bar on it?
Please any ideas, comments and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Apologies for the long message
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This forum is for the SGH-I777 (AT&T version, four capacitive buttons at the bottom.)
You're in the UK and bought from the UK equivalent of Craigslist, so you likely have an I9100. This isn't the forum for you.
Either way, nothing anyone here can do to help you - we are all AT&T customers.
Not to mention, sounds like you bought a hot (stolen) phone. Only the carrier it was first connected to can unblock the IMEI and unless you can prove you bought it legitimately they are unlikely to do so. If the insurer already paid out on a claim then they will never do so. Buying from unknown sources is a bad idea.
So in short, sounds like the guy got scammed.
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[Q] Found Xperia Ray, how to return?

I found a Ray on the ground, and want to return it to owner.
Unfortunetly, its SIM locked with a PIN (and slightly waterlogged.)
I have already reported it to Telenor, the provider in Norway.
They said they would try to contact the owner, that was an hour ago.
I can see 98 missed calls, the owner probably tried even more but the battery was dead when I found it.
Is it worthwhile or even possible to bypass the PIN abd see the missed call numbers from the lockscreen? Or is better to just keep waiting?
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Take a visit to local police station, they usually have special place for found things, maybe the owner has already left a message there or something.
Thanks, but I got it figured out.
I popped my SIM in, got access to their phonebook and was able to track down the owner and return it.
Please close thread!
subvertz said:
Thanks, but I got it figured out.
I popped my SIM in, got access to their phonebook and was able to track down the owner and return it.
Please close thread!
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your a good guy!
usually if people found a phone somewhere on the floor, they will stole it

ZTE Warp (Was Boost) then after reset is now cricket

I am having problems with zte warp phone. my cousin bought it 6 months ago from a boost store (in our inner city in upstate NY). He tried to activate it and was told it was involved in an insurance claim and would take up to 30 days to be cleared. My cousin put it aside for a month then decided to flash a rom and recovery and ended up bricking the phone. Someone he met at work offered to fix it so he paid him 40 bucks and the guy at work gave him back a working phone. He never activated it since he waited all that time he ended up buying a galaxy s2. well last week he gave it to his father to replace a broken non android phone. Boost would not activate it due to its now running cricket software. If you dial 211 or 611 it goes to cricket. HERE IS where it gets goofy. He gave me the phone a few days ago to see if I can find a file to flash it back to Boost. So far I have not found anything. Tonight I heard a strange ringtone and the warp was ringing. I missed the call. I then tried calling my cousin from it and received a fast busy signal. I then added our area code 585 then his number and the call went through. BUT someone else answered. I asked him what his number was and he told me to F myself I called him. this was not my cousin. Under system info it lists a phone number on the phone but when I called it a woman in Florida answered and said she has had her phone number 10 years.
I am lost over this. Im guessing somewhere along the way this was cloned possibly?
Any way I am trying to convert this back to boost. Can anyone point me in the right direction? The boost account is already paid for and set up but they said they can not allow us to program the phone while it has "Cricket firmware" on it.
Any help is appreciated
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Question Tmobile device unlocking Via support

ill make this short and sweet got my device today from Tmobile, and device was locked as we all now know, i have NOT paid it off yet.
I tried using the "Pixel device unlock app" it did not work gave me a "server error" when trying to use it
i then went into the tmobile app and messaged support explaining i wanted the lock removed and had tried using the app and was presented with the "server error"
The guy told me he would take a look (once he understood what i wanted to do)
He asked for my IMEI and then asked me why I wanted to unlock the device, I told him it was because i wanted to have the full use of my device and access to the bootloader incase of an issue where I needed to flash factory firmware and prevent having to bring and pay for it too be RMA'd, 10 minutes later my device was whitelisted and now my device is unlocked.
I hope this helps anyone who's dreams were crushed like mine when I received a device with locked bootloader
Thanks guys, glad to be back
PS i use P6 as pixel 6 short script
I did not have as much luck as you. Spoke to two different reps and they both just kept repeating that it needed to be paid off before being permanently unlocked, regardless of the reason.
NecroOne said:
I did not have as much luck as you. Spoke to two different reps and they both just kept repeating that it needed to be paid off before being permanently unlocked, regardless of the reason.
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Same here. Tried through the app chat. Via FB. And then by call. All said that same thing.
I used the app chat via the TMobile app sorry to hear that tho, I guess I got lucky
Are you long time T-mobile customer? If they think you are very unlikely to leave T-mobile anyway, unlocking your device just increases your "loyalty" and no harm to them.
this is pretty common sense I thought...applies to all carrier.
Have you tried messaging @mobbdeep ?
Whoareyou said:
Have you tried messaging @mobbdeep ?
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Does he work for T-Mobile?
You'll want to try to talk to your "local" team of experts during normal business hours found here in the US. I informed my service rep today that I understood their policy, but my Pixel 6's software was broken. That I needed to flash it via the Pixel utility found online. The rep wanted to via her documents, came back and said no promises. I reassured them the reason why and how I am not requesting it for any one EIP devices, just this one.
She came back and had whitelisted it. 10 minutes and done.
Messaging takes to long to explain this because they just push you off for 24-72 hours.
HiddenKnight said:
You'll want to try to talk to your "local" team of experts during normal business hours found here in the US. I informed my service rep today that I understood their policy, but my Pixel 6's software was broken. That I needed to flash it via the Pixel utility found online. The rep wanted to via her documents, came back and said no promises. I reassured them the reason why and how I am not requesting it for any one EIP devices, just this one.
She came back and had whitelisted it. 10 minutes and done.
Messaging takes to long to explain this because they just push you off for 24-72 hours.
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What do you mean local expert? Like the local retail store? What number did you call?
i just told them that the sim card support notification wont stop vibrating and it is annoying me, and I can't remove the notification without the device being unlocked. They went ahead and unlock the device for me.
magics. said:
i just told them that the sim card support notification wont stop vibrating and it is annoying me, and I can't remove the notification without the device being unlocked. They went ahead and unlock the device for me.
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Thing is, I'm through Sprint technically
opz187 said:
Thing is, I'm through Sprint technically
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I am too.. i chatted with sprint multiple times and they are dumber than a door nail unfortunately.. so I figured I would try Tmo support so went to the website and started a chat but said I wasn't a tmo/sprint customer yet then the rep came on and I said that I was told I could unlock the sim on the device to use other sim cards but the unlock app says server error.. He then asked for the IMEI and my phone number and submitted the request and said it should be unlocked within 24hrs lol.. so we'll see what happens.. The unlock app would either say server error or would say it isn't eligible since hasn't been on the account long enough
Sprint was completely oblivious.. spent hours talking to 5 reps across 2 days and got literally nowhere.. They kept telling me that my phone/plan already has sprint global roaming so I can use 2g data and .25c/min for calls lmao.. like that is not the same as using another sim card.. the last guy I talked to I explained everything and he read the prior chat and everything and said he will help me.. he then starts walking me through all these steps then ultimately says my device isn't eligible lol.. keep in mind this whole time I was requesting an exception for military deployment LOL.. not one of them understood what this meant or was.. the first guy even refused to transfer my chat when I asked to speak to someone who knows what I am talking about so I said he was trying to avoid getting surveyed and he laughed then began to tell me how to close chrome and clear cache and all this to try and close the chat out but it didn't work haha.. everytime i logged back in I got right back to him.. he finally randomly transferred me and someone elses name popped up who didn't even say anything and transferred me then next person said like 1 word then closed the chat then finally got the last person who almost made me believe he knew what he was doing lol..
then go to tmo and 1st time asking no problem, whats imei and phone number and request submitted lol.. now lets hope it actually works haha
elliwigy said:
I am too.. i chatted with sprint multiple times and they are dumber than a door nail unfortunately.. so I figured I would try Tmo support so went to the website and started a chat but said I wasn't a tmo/sprint customer yet then the rep came on and I said that I was told I could unlock the sim on the device to use other sim cards but the unlock app says server error.. He then asked for the IMEI and my phone number and submitted the request and said it should be unlocked within 24hrs lol.. so we'll see what happens.. The unlock app would either say server error or would say it isn't eligible since hasn't been on the account long enough
Sprint was completely oblivious.. spent hours talking to 5 reps across 2 days and got literally nowhere.. They kept telling me that my phone/plan already has sprint global roaming so I can use 2g data and .25c/min for calls lmao.. like that is not the same as using another sim card.. the last guy I talked to I explained everything and he read the prior chat and everything and said he will help me.. he then starts walking me through all these steps then ultimately says my device isn't eligible lol.. keep in mind this whole time I was requesting an exception for military deployment LOL.. not one of them understood what this meant or was.. the first guy even refused to transfer my chat when I asked to speak to someone who knows what I am talking about so I said he was trying to avoid getting surveyed and he laughed then began to tell me how to close chrome and clear cache and all this to try and close the chat out but it didn't work haha.. everytime i logged back in I got right back to him.. he finally randomly transferred me and someone elses name popped up who didn't even say anything and transferred me then next person said like 1 word then closed the chat then finally got the last person who almost made me believe he knew what he was doing lol..
then go to tmo and 1st time asking no problem, whats imei and phone number and request submitted lol.. now lets hope it actually works haha
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How did you start a chat with T-Mobile? Whenever I sign in to TMobile website it transfers me to Sprint website
opz187 said:
How did you start a chat with T-Mobile? Whenever I sign in to TMobile website it transfers me to Sprint website
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I explained in the first paragraph lol.. go to tmobile.com and dont try to sign in.. go to contact page or until u see the chat box/icon then typed "agent" it asked if i was a customer or not i said i was not.. if u say u r it will make u sign in and send u to sprint chat
ne0ns4l4m4nder said:
ill make this short and sweet got my device today from Tmobile, and device was locked as we all now know, i have NOT paid it off yet.
I tried using the "Pixel device unlock app" it did not work gave me a "server error" when trying to use it
i then went into the tmobile app and messaged support explaining i wanted the lock removed and had tried using the app and was presented with the "server error"
The guy told me he would take a look (once he understood what i wanted to do)
He asked for my IMEI and then asked me why I wanted to unlock the device, I told him it was because i wanted to have the full use of my device and access to the bootloader incase of an issue where I needed to flash factory firmware and prevent having to bring and pay for it too be RMA'd, 10 minutes later my device was whitelisted and now my device is unlocked.
I hope this helps anyone who's dreams were crushed like mine when I received a device with locked bootloader
Thanks guys, glad to be back
PS i use P6 as pixel 6 short script
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Cool, does this mean you can now use dual sim (sim and probably esim) example 2 carriers? Does the tmobile even let you do dual sim connections.
elliwigy said:
I explained in the first paragraph lol.. go to tmobile.com and dont try to sign in.. go to contact page or until u see the chat box/icon then typed "agent" it asked if i was a customer or not i said i was not.. if u say u r it will make u sign in and send u to sprint chat
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So I just did that and they said they wanted me to log in in order to continue because they need account details
pvaldeben said:
Cool, does this mean you can now use dual sim (sim and probably esim) example 2 carriers? Does the tmobile even let you do dual sim connections.
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when i unlock the phone not the (bootloader yet) i could add a esim i havent done it yet. it give you the opinion of any carrier for the esim.
magics. said:
when i unlock the phone not the (bootloader yet) i could add a esim i havent done it yet. it give you the opinion of any carrier for the esim.
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i used esim out of the box with my pixel 6 without being sim unlocked
opz187 said:
So I just did that and they said they wanted me to log in in order to continue because they need account details
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you gotta get the right person lol

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