Ryan L
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Registered: 4th Mar 03
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Say your phone get stolen, and you phone up the operator to block the phone and its locked. Is there anyway for the people who stole it to get it unlocked?
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MikeE
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Registered: 7th Mar 03
Location: Milton Keynes
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others words u have a stolen phone and u want to know how u can un bar it 
[Edited on 16-10-2004 by MikeE]
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Ryan L
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no i want to know if the people who stole my phone will be able to make any use of it
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damocorsa
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Claire
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They blacklist the phones serial number rather than blocking the phonen itself. So basically the networks just wont let it connect - I think 
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by Claire G
They blacklist the phones serial number rather than blocking the phonen itself. So basically the networks just wont let it connect - I think
yup, they block the IMEI number (well, arnt starting too anyways)...so it will be pretty much useless on all UK networks. However, you can re-programme phones to give them a new IMEI, but its illegal and i doubt you will find much info on it, but i can be done.
Other thing they will do is send them abroad, as they wont be blocked on foreign networks.
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Je11ybubb1es
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Registered: 11th Jun 02
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quote:
Originally posted by VisibleMan
quote:
Originally posted by Claire G
They blacklist the phones serial number rather than blocking the phonen itself. So basically the networks just wont let it connect - I think
yup, they block the IMEI number (well, arnt starting too anyways)...so it will be pretty much useless on all UK networks. However, you can re-programme phones to give them a new IMEI, but its illegal and i doubt you will find much info on it, but i can be done.
Other thing they will do is send them abroad, as they wont be blocked on foreign networks.
theres a place in mk city centre that unblock imei numbers and reset them for about £10, but when they do it they check to see if its stolen and they wont do it if it is. the main reason they are used is for if you've got a phone that will only accept vodafone sims and you want to use o2 etc.
dan's sister got given a new nokia by her friend from uni, and she gave it to her mum to get it unblocked so she could use orange, when her mum went to get it done they told her it was stolen. how embarrissing was that for her mum!!
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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Thats not unblocking the imei number. Thats unlocking the phone from a network.
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Lee 16v
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^^  lol
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burnout
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Registered: 20th Aug 04
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i used to unblock them by re programming the fone but now they only last about 2 month then they get re blocked then there no good unless like u say send it abroad.
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