Difference between clean and blocked IMEI?

Difference between clean and blocked IMEI?

IMEI is a unique 15 digit number for each smart phone that is manufactured by different companies around the world. In the old days, if a phone was lost, stolen or had unpaid bills against it, you could simply take that phone to a different network and start using it there. With the advent of smart phones, things have changed. Manufacturers can now block and IMEI in their database which means that it can't be used on any network. The hope was that this would stop thieves from stealing phones as well as ensure that subscribers would pay their bills on time for fear of being blocked by the network if they were habitually late in making their payments.

Is my phone's IMEI blocked or clean?

Usually your phones network carrier will advise you if your phone has been blocked and give you a reason for it. For non iPhone users it's not quite simple to check blocked status of your phone. You can submit and order to unlock your phone here and if your phone is blocked, we can advise you. Also if we can't unlock your phone, we will simply refund your whole purchase amount, no questions asked.
Checking the status of your iPhone is a little bit easier but it depends on which network your iPhone is locked to. You can click here and enter your IMEI and check current status of your IMEI. So you can buy proper unlocking service based on status of your phones IMEI.

Unlocking a clean IMEI

A clean IMEI can be easily unlocked but even in this case it depends whether your phone is "in contract" or "out of contract". In most countries when customers buy a smart phone, they agree to pay a small up front fees but in return have to use the network that they initially sign up with. This period could be anywhere from 1 to 3 years and is called the "In Contract" period. During this time most networks will not allow you to unlock your phone. However we have unlocking services that you can buy to unlock your smart phone during the "In Contract" period for most networks.

Unlocking a clean IMEI for a phone that is "out of contract" is easier and quicker. After you have gone through your original "in contract" period, you are free to unlock your phone and use it on any other network in the world. Most people unlock their phones after the initial "lock in" period because they want to sell it. You will generally get a higher price if your phone is unlocked. Your first step would be to buy the unlock service from us, unlock your phone and then sell it on eBay or any other online marketplace.

Unlocking a blocked IMEI

Unlocking a blocked IMEI is a bit more tricky process. And there are networks for which we can't unlock a blocked IMEI. Unlocking a blocked IMEI can take more time, be more costly, success rate can be low and sometimes not possible. For example, we introduced an unlocking service for blocked verizon iphone. The process was to first clean the IMEI and then unlock the phone. This whole process took more than 30 days and success rate was only 40%. For AT&T, the service is cheaper and success rate is much higher. As of this writing, we have success rate of more than 80% for blocked IMEI for iPhones and other makes and models as well.

Apple iCloud Service:

Unique to Apples iPhone is the iCloud identification process. This is the username and password to your iCloud if the customer reports it lost or stolen. The iCloud will keep prompting you for username and password until you enter the proper authentication information. Upon entering wrong login credentials for certain number of attempts that iPhone becomes locked. There's an iCloud service that will unlock your phone, but it is generally more expensive(usually above $200)

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Sammy Deguzman