Okay I bought a blacklisted Samsung Galaxy s5 T-Mobile phone. From eBay there told me it has a clean imei. Come to it an phone has been reported lost or stolen. So I bought a new imei an now when I got try an register the phone to MetroPCS service. They said that the I me I is already registered. So I got another imei an they said the same thing.
Can anyone help please!!!!
SquidMane said:
Okay I bought a blacklisted Samsung Galaxy s5 T-Mobile phone. From eBay there told me it has a clean imei. Come to it an phone has been reported lost or stolen. So I bought a new imei an now when I got try an register the phone to MetroPCS service. They said that the I me I is already registered. So I got another imei an they said the same thing.
Can anyone help please!!!!
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That means your imei is cloned.... which means you're in possession of a federal felony.
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hey guys! i am looking to buy galaxy s2
The guy i wanna buy from apparently was attempting to use custom rom and has "altered" his IMEI to a generic one "It contains the IMEI so now its stuck to a generic IMEI of 004999010640000. "
According to him the phone is still fully functional, but I was wondering if I should be worried about this phone If i were to buy it
Not sure an imei number can be changed legally.
I think I would give a wide berth to a phone with a false imei number. It could mean that the phone has been stolen. You would not want your phone stolen and resold under a new imei number by some scumbag would you?
Its nicked my son, and so could you be
jojomojustin said:
hey guys! i am looking to buy galaxy s2
The guy i wanna buy from apparently was attempting to use custom rom and has "altered" his IMEI to a generic one "It contains the IMEI so now its stuck to a generic IMEI of 004999010640000. "
According to him the phone is still fully functional, but I was wondering if I should be worried about this phone If i were to buy it
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You should be.Changing the IMEI of a device is illegal.It's also not allowed to speak of such matters on the forums.Not that I have a problem with what you're asking or something,as I had similar questions once,but a mod will probably close the thread.Which is right,XDA is a place for legal stuff only.Fortunately.
Anyway,dangers(if I can call it so) are that if the carrier or Samsung realise that the IMEI's been tampered with they can deny giving you phone service,so you end up with an expensive iPod-like device that can make no calls.Or you could be tracked and pay a fine or something.It also depends on the country where you live.
I'd say you don't buy it.I wouldn't for one.
Definitely stolen. Don't buy it.
jojomojustin said:
hey guys! i am looking to buy galaxy s2
The guy i wanna buy from apparently was attempting to use custom rom and has "altered" his IMEI to a generic one "It contains the IMEI so now its stuck to a generic IMEI of 004999010640000. "
According to him the phone is still fully functional, but I was wondering if I should be worried about this phone If i were to buy it
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Up to 5 years in prison in the UK
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i have the same issue with a samsung Galaxy S2 ,
the problem is that network will disappear when try to make a call ..
its IMEI has changed somehow ...
now its something like 004999010640000 (board IMEI is enterly different ,35xxxxx)
i approached the samsung service centre but they rejected ..
unfortunately the phone bought from UK ,
Is there any legal way to restore the orginal IMEI back ??
thanks & regards
Due to legal implications thread closed.
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Hi, I saw someone is selling a galaxy s2 on ebay but he mentioned that the phone was unlocked but doesn't read sim card.
what do you guys think? easy fix? or hardware problem?
thanks
Try to perform a factory reset, if not bring it to the service center. My friend also has the same issue but it ended up as a repair , something went wrong with the contact points as per service center.
I'd be wary... Could it be because the phone has been reported as lost or stolen and blacklisted by the network? If that's the case and you buy it, there's no way you're going to get it to read your sim. Given that it's a recent phone, all the legit units are in warranty so I find it a bit strange that the seller wouldn't bother to have it fixed.
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Isadora said:
I'd be wary... Could it be because the phone has been reported as lost or stolen and blacklisted by the network? If that's the case and you buy it, there's no way you're going to get it to read your sim. Given that it's a recent phone, all the legit units are in warranty so I find it a bit strange that the seller wouldn't bother to have it fixed.
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Could be, but he said he has receipt, I asked why did not bring to bell to get it fixed, he said he doesn't want to wait 3 months to get it fixed (3 months is what bell told him)...
Bell Galaxy S2 doesnt read sim card
When i put a bell sim card in it works if i put a rogers one it says no service and there is no prompt that comes to put the network control key id ont know whats wrong.
what version is it?
Send it back to Ebay .
jje
It was originally rooted to cyangonmod 7. I didnt want cyanogenmod anymore so i got android 2.3.5 for the galaxy s2. Im running 2.3.5
I fix that by install android. Ice cream sandwich in me phone.. now its work
brisk5181 said:
Could be, but he said he has receipt, I asked why did not bring to bell to get it fixed, he said he doesn't want to wait 3 months to get it fixed (3 months is what bell told him)...
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3 months is just unreal if its that much of a issue they simple replace handset even if its a refurbished handset and if prove of recipt is there is it a possiblethere is some form of paperwork with serial numbers which matchs whats stated on the underside of battery checking my paperwork which come with phone i have it provides serials and also imei number and im sure any network can tell you if the imei number is reported lost or stolen if questioned??
hello i have problem whit my LG g3 vs9850 from verizon wireless! it;s unlock and i used this one on T-mobile network.
But i Buy this phone in Craigslist! but today the phone not work. I check the imei and this it;s STOLEN...Can I repair the imei???
can We Fix the imei??
thanks!
jefry_valdez said:
hello i have problem whit my LG g3 vs9850 from verizon wireless! it;s unlock and i used this one on T-mobile network.
But i Buy this phone in Craigslist! but today the phone not work. I check the imei and this it;s STOLEN...Can I repair the imei???
can We Fix the imei??
thanks!
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Nope, you got screwed. Chances are it hadn't been reported lost/stolen, by the rightful owner, before you bought it, or the person who sold it to you, reported lost/stolen, and filed an insurance claim, after they sold it to you.
Changing IMEIs is illegal, btw.
jefry_valdez said:
hello i have problem whit my LG g3 vs9850 from verizon wireless! it;s unlock and i used this one on T-mobile network.
But i Buy this phone in Craigslist! but today the phone not work. I check the imei and this it;s STOLEN...Can I repair the imei???
can We Fix the imei??
thanks!
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U B Screwed........
You can't repair the IMEID.
jefry_valdez said:
hello i have problem whit my LG g3 vs9850 from verizon wireless! it;s unlock and i used this one on T-mobile network.
But i Buy this phone in Craigslist! but today the phone not work. I check the imei and this it;s STOLEN...Can I repair the imei???
can We Fix the imei??
thanks!
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You are the proud owner of a small WiFi tablet
Should work great as a small WiFi tablet, though.
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If possible.... That phone could go to one of our devs... Don't think they have a Verizon one.
Although I'm sure you're more than pissed off about it and that's the last thing on your mind right now.
Sorry you got hosed
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Sorry OP got burned.
As a side note.
DON"T BUY PHONES ON CRAIG'S LIST!!!!!!
Unless you meet at a Verizon store, don't even think about it.
If you say meet at a Verizon store, a thief will pass.
Personally, I say use -> http://swappa.com/
I have bought 4 phones there and sold 3 and never had an issue.
They check the IMEID and also check to see if the phone is tied to an account.
Swappa is definitely the way to go .
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Hello everyone, its been a while since I've been on XDA.
Anyways, I recently purchased an unlocked Galaxy Note 4 (T-Mobile). I purchased it from a craigslist seller, and figured everything was okay after I put my SIM card in it and everything was working fine. After a few days of service with MetroPCS, it suddenly stopped working. I called Metro and they couldn't figure out the problem after 3 days. I then called T-Mobile since thats where the phone originally came from and they proceeded to tell me that the phone has been blacklisted due to nonpayment from the previous owner.
So I'm basically screwed now. I have a $600 phone that's nothing but a paperweight.
I've been in this community for years now but I have no idea what I'm about to do.
So basically my question is, if I root my phone and change my imei number to a valid one, would I be okay? Would I be able to register it under the network?
Any help is much appreciated. Thank you!
P.S. I have also posted this under Galaxy Note 4 Q&A
i just check my imei and its showing blacklisted thats after i gave samsung my imei for the return and waiting on shipping box. as of Tuesday. be careful guys think sprint or Samsung are blocking imei now
cisco150 said:
i just check my imei and its showing blacklisted thats after i gave samsung my imei for the return and waiting on shipping box. as of Tuesday. be careful guys think sprint or Samsung are blocking imei now
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Im using the sprint version unlocked on att as of now till i get the return box its show up on sprint as imei blacklist but still running on att
Att is not blacklisting the imei numbers.