My iPhone Serial Number (IMEI) has been blocked?
I bought an iPhone off someone and the serial number (IMEI) has been blocked. It is on T - Mobile network. What can I do to get it un blocked? Can I get it unlocked to all networks if i pay for it as i have a Vodafone contract and would like to use it in the iPhone
I'm sorry but this is not possible. When a phone is blocked like this, it is IMEI blacklisted across all networks. Whoever sold it to you is a thief or an insurance fraudster. Either they stole the phone from someone (or found it somewhere), and the original owner has had it blocked; or they are the owner and they have contacted their insurance company and their network to report the phone stolen. By doing this, their insurance will give them a replacement phone, leaving them with your cash and a new phone, and leaving you out of pocket and with no working handset. Assuming you know who sold you this phone, you need to speak to them and demand your money back. If you bought it from a car boot sale, or a "man in the pub" type of scenario, then you will be out of pocket, as the phone will never work. You can report it to the police, but there's no guarantee that you will get your money back, and the police will confiscate the phone from you, as you don't own it.
To unblock it, you can jailbreak it i think!
So it is a Stolen one!
That is why it has been blacklisted
Your best bet is to report it (and the person who sold it to you) to the Police and the t-mobile.
it is a common fraud
- take out a contract and get a expensive phone
- sell the phone (working)
then one of
- cancel the contract Or
- if they used someone elses credit card, wait for them to find out
- report it stolen
and the poor person who bought it, now has a useless phone.
and no, it will be blocked in all networks in Europe and many other countries
They share the lists, to prevent more fraud/benefit from this fraud.
go chase the people down,
the least you can do for the money you lost - you may even get some back (but yes, not a lot of chance)
And no, it is illegal to change the IMEI even if you can do it
plus any network that sees the same number in two places, will block both.
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