My car was stolen with my vibrant in it. 3 days later still not found so I filed a claim, paid the 130. today they found my car and my vibrant was under the seat!!!! Woo Hoo. Can I use the phone with a different sim or do I have a fancy paperweight?
Thanks
Ran
I say you have a fancy paperweight.
U can use it with different sim
So I can use a sim in the old vibrant? Does the sim activate the phone ?
The SIM makes the phone active against your account. Worst case the phones IMEI number will be blocked on the carriers side but the odds are against it... It should work fine. Nothing to lose by trying it. You did nothing wrong, it was in fact stolen.
just dont sell it....if u decide to sell, sell the replacement.
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hi guys,
so far ive unlocked the sim from my orange m3100, installed windows 6, some nifty tools,
and im over the moon with it all!
now, my question is this , ive had to (for reasons i wont go into) default on my orange contract of three years, and so the unlock, and move to 02,
now, i havnt IMEI unlocked,
do you think, in a fee weeks/months, etc orange will IMEI brick the fone?
even if i settle what i legally owe them?
is it worth forking out the 20 quid to have the IMEI unlocked?
thanks for any input guys n gals!
thanks for the info so far on the rest of the site!
if you are on about imei-unlock.co.uk they dont unlock the IMEI they unlock the SIM of the phone. If you dont pay your bill, of course they will block the IMEI. Maybe they might not block the IMEI if you pay the outstanding bill, but you will have to discuss that with them.
Anyway i will say this again so you are clear imei-unlock unlocks the SIM not the IMEI. Oh and you wont find any tools on here to unlock the hermes IMEI either. So pay the bill or get blocked mate . your choice
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if you are on about imei-unlock.co.uk they dont unlock the IMEI they unlock the SIM of the phone. If you dont pay your bill, of course they will block the IMEI. Maybe they might not block the IMEI if you pay the outstanding bill, but you will have to discuss that with them.
Anyway i will say this again so you are clear imei-unlock unlocks the SIM not the IMEI. Oh and you wont find any tools on here to unlock the hermes IMEI either. So pay the bill or get blocked mate . your choice
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paying the outstanding bill is not a prob, fella.
im worried they'll brick me cos im defaulting on the contract (legally though)
looks like i'll have to throw myself on their mercy...
as ive had the phone two years, by god, theyve got their moneys worth out of me (rip off bstards)
hah
As I'm in Australia I can only comment on here... BUT, if the contract has been paid out, then the phone, with it's IMEI, are legally yours... If they block it you could take it up with your countries version of Consumer Affairs... Most contracts in OZ run that you pay the outstanding contract (and any handset repayments) and you can walk away with no problem. They are legally able to block the IMEI IF you don't pay the handset charges BUT they are generally included in the final payout they request.
Once all charges are paid the contract becomes null and void.
Cheers...
Hello,
A HTC Hero phone I bought from eBay arrived today.
It's said to be a recent replacement for a phone the owner bought from Orange 6 months ago. I got it for my daughter to take to Canada and I guess it will need to be unlocked for this purpose.
I'm a newbie but I've done some reading here over time, which encouraged me to go for this model of phone.
A recurring cautionary tales has been that bricked phones often get sold on, so I want to test the phone for functionality.
The phone seems to be charging ok and switches on fine.
I put my wife's Orange PAYG SIM into it, in the hope of checking phone function but there's a SIM icon with a red X showing on the display from time to time.
Is it that the Orange PAYG SIM is unsuitable for this phone or is it more likely to just be badly inserted or have dirty contacts?
Regards,
Mike
Firstly Orange UK phones are known to have issues unlocking for use on other networks, but its not impossible.
Secondly ensure the sim is locked into place as it can come loose causing sim errors.
An Orange SIM not working in an Orange handset?!
As Lenny already said,... make sure the metal catch that secures the SIM is flicked as far as possible to the left once your SIM is inserted.
If this fails, you'll need to double check it with another Orange SIM.
Hopefully your phone hasn't been reported lost/stolen,... but if it has and you paid by Paypal or your creditcard on ebay then you should have something to fall back on.
P.S... It shouldnt make a difference if the SIM your trying is on contract or PayAsYouGo. If the SIM your trying is working fine in your wife's handset but not in the Hero then it sounds like the HERO maybe dodgey!!!
Thanks for the replies Lennyuk and ddotpatel.
The SIM came good after a few cleanings, polishings and some extra care in fitting, as suggested.
I did check here on the forum last week that the Orange SIMlock could be removed. It does seem to be something of a multi-step process and other network SIMlocks may be a lot easier but I got the clear impression that it could be done fairly easily for a few quid.
I suppose any used phone that comes up for sale could potentially be stolen, eBay goods being no exception. I'll be quite surprised if it is though.
Is there a database of stolen phone serial # that can be checked?
Regards,
Mike
The only way I know of to check if its in be black listed is to either contact the police or the carrier, but obviously if it has been blacklisted then they will know you have stolen goods and will take them away from you.
Fortunately, I'm such a friendly and innocent looking chap, I'll probably get time off for goog behaviour.
Regards,
Mike
MickyLuv said:
Fortunately, I'm such a friendly and innocent looking chap, I'll probably get time off for goog behaviour.
Regards,
Mike
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the innocent ones are the ones to be wary of
Question for you guys. I have a chance to buy this phone (SGS2 ATT) for $370. Like new and comes with everything, the seller has had it for a month and said he just didn't like it. I've done research between both the Amaze and this phone and I like both. I'm currently on Simple mobile and will need to unlock it but I know I will only get EDGE. Is it worth getting this phone and trying it out, and if I don't like it just sell it? What do you guys think?
You can definitely try it out and if you don't like it, you can probably sell it for that price or higher is my guess.. You can unlock it by rooting the phone or buying the unlock code from eBay or something...
Yeah, this is a great phone and you should (or at least I would) give it a try. There's already a thread about unlocking the phone, its just an app you download then run something once.
you dont have to buy any code to unlock it..if you've been an AT&T customer for more than 90 days and are in good standing all you have to do is call customer service and tell them you're traveling over seas and you need the unlock code..they'll give it to you for free...you just need a sim card from another provider to be able to punch in the code..once the codes punched in..its good forever..put ur AT&T sim back in
i did this
^I thought that your phone have to be registered to AT&T for more than 90 days.. which this phone only been out for about 73 days.
Either way guys, I don't have AT&T. I'm on Simple Mobile (T-mobiles Brother network )
Sorry if this is in the wrong place, first time poster here.
In December I purchased a nexus5 off of some guy that was selling one in my local area. He seemed like a good guy, the phone was in the original box and I was pumped at getting one for a bit cheaper than they are on the play store. Although this last week it randomly could not connect to the network, so I called Telus (my Canadian provider) and after a half hour of troubleshooting they told me that the IMEI is blacklisted as a lost or stolen device? I feel pretty ripped off and disappointed. I found the guys email that I brought it from and tried to contact him but he wont answer his phone, texts, or email. So I don't know what to do? Am I just screwed and forced to buy a new phone? is there anyway I can change the IMIE address? Or anything that anyone can recommend I should attempt to do? Thanks in advance for any help that can be supplied!
Always check before buying. If it is stolen (instead of lost) then you should turn it in to the police. But there is no way to tell and the provider will never tell you which.
It also isn't unheard of for a telco to incorrectly block a phone. I'd try arguing your case since you used it for a month before they shut you down.
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Always check before buying. If it is stolen (instead of lost) then you should turn it in to the police. But there is no way to tell and the provider will never tell you which.
It also isn't unheard of for a telco to incorrectly block a phone. I'd try arguing your case since you used it for a month before they shut you down.
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Thanks for the input. Who would I contact about arguing it? I talked to someone at Telus for a good half an hour, and they just told me that they have no control blacklisting the IMEI. They would if say i was under contract and I didnt pay my bill. But I am off contract and just put their SIM in my unlocked device. The person told me that say for example if the phone was stolen from BestBuy in novemeber, it could have worked this entire time because it took bestbuy this long for them to put the numbers in there system, and it finally just caught up with me. And also, my SIM works in my friends nexus4, so it doesnt have anything to do with Telus, its an issue with the phone not getting access to the towers. And if it is blacklisted on the national list for being lost or stolen it wont work on any of the carriers in the country... So i dont know what to do
Before, with att GO! sim cards, you could activate through the online form (att go! website) and just quit the process right before you pay. After you log in all your info, it activates the sim, and then asks you to pay. You had about 2 weeks to pay or the sim card was deactivated, but it WOULD allow you to take updates on your G5 on cricket.
Now, with ATT Prepaid, this is no longer the case. The only way to activate the card seems to be actually paying for a month of service. For a phone that is worth a mere $100, it doesnt make sense to pay $30 for every update.
So I guess the G5 is done then? No reason to keep it? :/ Sad, because mine is still working like new because everytime something goes wrong with it I just fix it. Parts are so easy to swap out.... would be criminal to be forced to retire this phone because ATT simply blocked any means to update without money. This sort of **** is why unlocked bootloaders and custom roms matter... this G5 could have had a few more years of service!