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Stolen/barred phone

My phone was stolen and person was stupid enough to call back to my wife and we got his number an he was forced to give it back. I called my network and they barred a phone. Now when I got it back I called my network and they ordered "unbarring". They said it can take up to 2 days.
I still waiting (24h)and when I start my phone now it says "SIM card changed" and I have phone pad and "Emergency phone calls be made" and thats it. It never comes to Touch Flo an I can't navigate to something other.
My question is it right or something is done to my phone while it was gone. I couldn't reflash it because it doesn't have access to internal storage. It says G but no networks bars...
Is it supposed to look like this when phone is barred?
I thought that when phone is barred via IMEI nr that you can't use phone for calls and sms (because it's baned on any network) but still TouchFlo should be accessible. I didn't realize that phone itself can be locked...

You can flash a new rom from bootloader, using a custom ruu

mancsoulja said:
You can flash a new rom from bootloader, using a custom ruu
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Tnx for your answer but my question was: is this supposed to look like this when phone is barred?

mofolino said:
I couldn't reflash it because it doesn't have access to internal storage.
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i was answering that part of your question lol yes thats how it should look when your imei is barred, if you look in the development and hacking section there is software there to change ur imei number wich will unbar it, you will almost certainly be braking the law doing it tho so i suggest you try other methods first,

mancsoulja said:
i was answering that part of your question lol yes thats how it should look when your imei is barred, if you look in the development and hacking section there is software there to change ur imei number wich will unbar it, you will almost certainly be braking the law doing it tho so i suggest you try other methods first,
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"yes thats how it should look when your imei is barred"
Tnx for your answer. No, I don't want to change IMEI nr. Why should I do that now when I know that is "only" barred? That is my phone and I will wait for network to fix this.

mofolino said:
My phone was stolen and person was stupid enough to call back to my wife and we got his number an he was forced to give it back. I called my network and they barred a phone. Now when I got it back I called my network and they ordered "unbarring". They said it can take up to 2 days.
I still waiting (24h)and when I start my phone now it says "SIM card changed" and I have phone pad and "Emergency phone calls be made" and thats it. It never comes to Touch Flo an I can't navigate to something other.
My question is it right or something is done to my phone while it was gone. I couldn't reflash it because it doesn't have access to internal storage. It says G but no networks bars...
Is it supposed to look like this when phone is barred?
I thought that when phone is barred via IMEI nr that you can't use phone for calls and sms (because it's baned on any network) but still TouchFlo should be accessible. I didn't realize that phone itself can be locked...
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I think a 3rd party software had been installed in your phone. To give you an idea, I'm using this great FREE software so I can control my phone just in case if it's stolen:
http://remotetracker.sourceforge.net/

HELP!!!
This morning (after 3 days) my phone has been "unbarred", yeaaaa!
But...
I had my SIM card X (may old private number) in phone when it's start working and I replaced with SIM card Y (my job number) which I was using with my phone over a year before it was stolen/barred. And guess what? Now when I put in SIM card Y (job) it doesn't work!!! Of course I tried card Y in another telephone and it is working!
My Y (job)network says that the still can see that my phone is barred and they hope that it will be unbarred for their network with delay because it was not "home network" for telephone . Phone was not locked to none of networks.
Any clue on this?

Stolen phone, what i can do?

hello, a bad luck today... someone stole my phone. what can i do?
i have no myphone service installed,
i have locked my SIM card
i told that to the police, they will look for it through IMEI.
is it possible to change IMEI (i hope no)? i have flashed my phone with energy rom. is the IMEI the same?
thanks for every answer, lets fight against thieves!

In the UK service provides (i.e. Orange, T Mobile) will block/blacklist your IMEI once reported stolen, so unless they are experienced they probably won't know how to change the IMEI, it can be done but its highly illegal.

Had my phone stolen a few months ago, it's a pain but you do learn from the experience & backup data/PIM more regulary & review security issues more vigantly.
Your IMEI will be unchanged as flashing a ROM will not change this.
If you had email accounts setup you should change passwords so they can not access your accounts via the phone.
You have done all you can do really, chances are slim on recovery.
Good luck & I hope you have a backup PIM data ect or a full image backup making it easy to setup a new device & move on from this event.

i have my phone backed up. that is the good thing. the good thing is also that IMEI is hard to change. in the moment when the thief will insert the SIM, the police will be informed. the bad thing is, that the thief is looking for charger probably...

misko903 said:
i have my phone backed up. that is the good thing. the good thing is also that IMEI is hard to change. in the moment when the thief will insert the SIM, the police will be informed. the bad thing is, that the thief is looking for charger probably...
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I suggest on your next phone installing either 'Where Is My Phone', or 'Don't Steal My Phone', as these programs will initiate a hard reset on your device with a simple SMS code and will also send you the GPS coordinates through SMS.

Mmm sms to trigger reset is bloody useless as in most cases they will turn device off & throw sim away faster than you can borrow a phone and send the message. sending GPS data could be useful.

Mister B said:
Mmm sms to trigger reset is bloody useless as in most cases they will turn device off & throw sim away faster than you can borrow a phone and send the message. sending GPS data could be useful.
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Not in my case.
Remember, thieves aren't that smart.

they are quite smart here in Bangkok, my phone was off in less than 10 minutes after taken, My network monitored number & it was never connected/used & IMEI has not been picked up on any networks yet.
Here they all get resold via phone shops who give them a makeover cosmetically & digitally, IMEI mods are easily done here too.
They are smarter than you think, best defence is making sure you have password function active & any personal data encrypted plus software as mentioned in thread #5
Personally I would favour a battery modded with semtex & a det triggered via sms :-D

Yes, yours is a different culture.
I still say thieves are stupid by default... but its a pointless conversation

Backuping Phone data is good custom for everyone, especially the business men who have many customers.

Lost my phone. Any ideal way to track it?

Hi,
I accidently lost my phone yesterday, and I'm wondering if there is any way to track the phone? Is there any like main security function installed chip or something which is always enabled and a way to track it?
I didn't even bother install any application incased I lost my phone before, but it's to late to regret that now.
Hope someone could please help me out!
Thanks!

Only if you'd first set up built in tracking security in settings and checked box to turn on. Otherwise someone has just scored a nice phone sorry
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IF nobody found your phone YET, and your gps in on and IF you have a friend in latitude, and you gave him permisions to see your location, then you could use his phone to track yours.
But those are ALOT of IFs

Ah ****... I never turn on the GPS, because it does use data traffic, and used to ruin my battery life on the phone. So in this case, the guy who found my phone got a scored, huh?
****....

Ciex said:
Hi,
I accidently lost my phone yesterday, and I'm wondering if there is any way to track the phone? Is there any like main security function installed chip or something which is always enabled and a way to track it?
I didn't even bother install any application incased I lost my phone before, but it's to late to regret that now.
Hope someone could please help me out!
Thanks!
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i don't think so...

I think that u need to call Ur network, & report it to them. basically they can track ur imei via towers, so lets hope that the adviser would be a helpful person. All the best
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How am I supposed to give them the IMEI number? If I remember correctly, the IMEI number are actually located on the phone itself.

Ciex said:
How am I supposed to give them the IMEI number? If I remember correctly, the IMEI number are actually located on the phone itself.
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Your network will have it.
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If you have access to your phone via market.android.com you could install to your phone an app which recieves silently sms-es and sends you needed data in return. Assuming of course that the sim is not changed. Can't remember the name of the app though :/

Trying to googling for the app now. This sounds very good stuff. Hopefully the guy didn't take of my sim card.
If there is any other solutions. I'm more happy to and willing to hear your help!

IMEI number is on the box if you still have it...

Never tried this but maybe it will work for you:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb&feature=search_result

Tried to using the Plan B, but I haven't recieved any mails regarding where my phone is lost.
I still got my Phone box! I will check it out later!

Ciex said:
Tried to using the Plan B, but I haven't recieved any mails regarding where my phone is lost.
I still got my Phone box! I will check it out later!
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Cool concept.... I just tried it out for the hell of it... and it didn't work for me either....Even after sending a text message 'locate' it didn't work.

the IMEI number is always written in the contract papers from your provider.
With this number the provider will be able to find the phone. the IMEI will be marked as stolen and if the "finder" tries to sell it or whatsoever, the phone will be returned. i hope you have an insurance buddy!

Might come in a bit late but might help others:
- learn from this and install something to track before you lose it. If you want something more thief-proof I recommend Theft Aware. They even have a 70% off promo currently running.
If it's just about tracking, any app should be okay (but personally I prefer one I can control by SMS).
- as far as I can tell and have read, GPS does not consume any bandwidth/data/energy if you simply turn on the option alone. I always have my GPS turned on but it's not used until I start some app that makes use of GPS. It doesn't seem to drain any additional energy if idle.

[Q] Cannot send SMS and use a mobile internet... Can anyone help, please..?

Hello Streak masters,
please, I´ve got a question. I am at Maldives at the moment, for next year and something. I bought DS7 for very good price, everything is working great, it´s exactly what I wanted. But... DS was locked to T-Mobile (probably USA), but I asked Dell for sending me the unlock code, no problem, I´ve unlocked it.
And now is the problem. I cannot use the mobile internet & SMS with local SIM. Have installed 514 ROM, firstly for EU 3G, but there was a problem with modem installation, so then I realized I probably have the US 4G version (didn´t knew which one I have). It was OK, modem was installed, I am sucesfully logged into the local provider´s network, so the "cell unit" is working for sure. But I cannot send or receive SMS and what´s worse for me, cannot use the mobile internet, even if APN and all that stuff is well inputed and saved...
Does, please, anyone has any idea how to fix it? If it is even fixable at all...? Have to say that I am not newb in Android, but this is something I cannot solve by myself.. I would be really glad if anyone helps..
Thanks guys.

My first suggestion would be to flash back to Froyo and get it working and then upgrade from there

Hello,
thanks for your reply. I have tried to flash back to Froyo as recommended, but it´s still the same problem.. I am logged into the local network, GSM is working (to be accurate - only the loging into the network, SMS is still the same..), but mobile data not.. Even if I had everything turned on, the APN and all like this is OK (including screenshots), no... No way, it´s not working... Are there some any other ideas, please....?
Thanks a lot!

Guys....
Kill me, kill me right now, please... For four days I am solving this, reinstalling everything like an idiot and now I realized.... The damn Maldivians pre-paid cards has to be activated by making some call!! The SIM was not active all the time I was flashing, downloading, googling and all these things and it was simply not active... Because now I thought it´s very, very weird so I tried to put the SIM into my phone and it was not working either... Tried to make some call and it told me "this is your first call in our network.. your SIM has to be activated by calling to number bla bla bla..".. I made it... Everything´s working great now!!
The only thing I am really missing is the troll face on the SIM...
Anyway thanks a lot for interest, I am going to flash to the Honeycomb again.. For the last time!!
And apologize to moderators for pointless topic...

How to change your imei number?

I was reading this
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It says you can possibly change your imei number. Say you have an old phone, and want to use a new one, but the new one is the asus rog2. Now if we change the asus imei to lets say a samsung att imei that you have, then att will see your device as a samsung , but in fact you will be using the new asus phone. This would work to get voLTE or wi fi calling , just like they do in asia.
Is this possible? They make it seem simple, and not sure if this would work.

I tried to change the IMEI on a samsung a few years back but was not successful.
But I am not sure if it has to do with the IMEI or the network recognizing the phone...
I had a sony phone that tmobile told me was an unknown device but it had wifi calling and VoLTE working on it.
But its DEFINITELY WORTH A SHOT! and I don't think its illegal if you let them know what you're doing and not defrauding anyone and own both devices! not sure though

To change IMEI number is pure OUTLAW.
Suppose a dude steal a phone from a man. The man calls his operator, and asks for the IMEI block, so the thief can't use the phone to make/receive calls, send/receive sms', use its band to surf the web, because a blocked IMEI cannot access to the mobile network.
If the thief can change it's IMEI, the thief can use the stolen phone just like he bought it, or to sell it by his own. Gottcha?

Yeah but im not concerned with the negative use of something that is everyones right to have. If you own a phone and want to transfer your imei to your new phone because phone companies force you to because volte or wi fi calling restrictions , and its not illegal, why not. My aunt always says , in a work environment they like to play games with you, you have to learn to play games back...best advise i ever got, and it holds up well here.
Anyways whats wrong with being an outlaw , Robin Hood was pretty cool hahaha.

Ravippe said:
I was reading this
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It says you can possibly change your imei number. Say you have an old phone, and want to use a new one, but the new one is the asus rog2. Now if we change the asus imei to lets say a samsung att imei that you have, then att will see your device as a samsung , but in fact you will be using the new asus phone. This would work to get voLTE or wi fi calling , just like they do in asia.
Is this possible? They make it seem simple, and not sure if this would work.
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THREAD CLOSED and slightly cleaned.
XDA does not allow any discussions or providing of tools regarding the change or the edit of IMEI's, only about restoring of original IMEI/EFS!