Well.. first of all I've looked around and under the circumstances haven't found anything of my interest..
First of all. I'm not sure if its illegal or not... Its is under certain circumstances and some places it says otherwise. Well I haven't found anything that says it is....
Also. My vivid is not imei locked or blacklisted or anything. It works. But I have sprint and am thinking of using it as a Go Phone. Well. I was thinking of buying a cheap go phone and use that imei to have cheaper internet.
It shouldn't. Be illegal. I'm using an imei I own. And att is too expensive.. but I really like the phone.
How can this be done?
Not looking to get banned over this. Been here a while. Don't give me trouble. I just want some info.
Thanks.
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Well.. first of all I've looked around and under the circumstances haven't found anything of my interest..
First of all. I'm not sure if its illegal or not... Its is under certain circumstances and some places it says otherwise. Well I haven't found anything that says it is....
Also. My vivid is not imei locked or blacklisted or anything. It works. But I have sprint and am thinking of using it as a Go Phone. Well. I was thinking of buying a cheap go phone and use that imei to have cheaper internet.
It shouldn't. Be illegal. I'm using an imei I own. And att is too expensive.. but I really like the phone.
How can this be done?
Not looking to get banned over this. Been here a while. Don't give me trouble. I just want some info.
Thanks.
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It Can't be done with Verzion or Sprint because they are both CDMA and Not GSM. You could do T-Mobile, AT&T and Maybe Simple Mobile not 100% certain but to do any of those I believe you need to get an Unlock code for the phone for it to function.
no, what I meant for sprint is that it is my primary service. thats it..
Id like to activate this one seperately using Go Phone pay as you go. its just that internet there is pathetic and expensive. $25 fo 500MB... but if its not a smartphone... hence why I want to change IMEI, too fool network thinking its a nokia dunbphone. its only $10 for unlimited. I think here we have a $50 for everything unlimited, for dumbphones.
really know its possible, but want some info. I could keep tethering from my sprint phone but, honestly ATT is way faster here. even if I stay on regular 3G.
with an unlock code I can change the IMEI number?
Oh I see what you mean. As far as I know there is no way to change an IMEI on a phone. And if that is correct it would mean your plan would eventually change because they can see the IMEI although I am not 100% on that because it would be a go phone plan as opposed to an actual standard plan.
Thread closed. Discussion of imei changing is prohibited. As it is illegal in most places. Thanks.
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So I need to unlock my One for a trip to Europe next month. I called Sprint, we started the process and they told me that the One is already unlocked and that only the iPhone is locked. Is this true? From what I have read this doesn't seem to be the case. I have a GiffGaf SIM I tried to put in my phone and it says SIMLock enabled and doesn't allow me to do anything with the SIM. Thank you.
EDIT: 8/2/13 Here is the step by step guide to disable SIMLock. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44143251#post44143251
Thanks guys!
Page 33 of the Get Started guide for the HTC One is what you are looking for.
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Page 33 of the Get Started guide for the HTC One is what you are looking for.
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That is the number I called and talked to a representative and then a supervisor.
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So I need to unlock my One for a trip to Europe next month. I called Sprint, we started the process and they told me that the One is already unlocked and that only the iPhone is locked. Is this true? From what I have read this doesn't seem to be the case. I have a GiffGaf SIM I tried to put in my phone and it says SIMLock enabled and doesn't allow me to do anything with the SIM. Thank you.
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Don't bother trying the sim is unlocked but the phones work out of a frequency that none of the carriers will pick up. If you're so interested in having an unlocked phone why you even with Sprint?
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Because one vacation two week vacation isn't a valid reason to switch carriers. I have my old TP2, its not a big deal. I just figured it would be nice to use my new phone while on vacation... So you are saying the only frequency that the One supports is the frequency for LTE and not that of any GSM carriers?
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So I need to unlock my One for a trip to Europe next month. I called Sprint, we started the process and they told me that the One is already unlocked and that only the iPhone is locked. Is this true? From what I have read this doesn't seem to be the case. I have a GiffGaf SIM I tried to put in my phone and it says SIMLock enabled and doesn't allow me to do anything with the SIM. Thank you.
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I went through about 6 different reps before I got a supervisor who knows anything you have to talk to international tech and then then submit a claim for you which is then reviewed by another department who then contacts you with a yes or no. It will automatically be a no if your phone hasn't been active for 90 days. They gave me that BS even with me being a rep and getting my phone given to me by HTC free of cost. So its not like I paid a subsidized price or anything but yes long process
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I went through about 6 different reps before I got a supervisor who knows anything you have to talk to international tech and then then submit a claim for you which is then reviewed by another department who then contacts you with a yes or no. It will automatically be a no if your phone hasn't been active for 90 days. They gave me that BS even with me being a rep and getting my phone given to me by HTC free of cost. So its not like I paid a subsidized price or anything but yes long process
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Thank you for your response. So did you ultimately get it approved, or am I wasting my time until it has been 90 days? Which by the way is the stupid rule I have ever heard. I have been a long time Sprint customer why should it matter how long I have owned my phone?
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Thank you for your response. So did you ultimately get it approved, or am I wasting my time until it has been 90 days? Which by the way is the stupid rule I have ever heard. I have been a long time Sprint customer why should it matter how long I have owned my phone?
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Haven't gotten a response
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Good luck to both of you on getting your CDMA radios to pick up anything internationally.
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Good luck to both of you on getting your CDMA radios to pick up anything internationally.
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It is a CDMA/GSM phone it will work internationally, that is not the issue. The question at hand is if the SIM can be unlocked so I can use another carrier and not pay Sprints outrageous international fees. Dual CDMA/GSM phones are nothing new. I have my old Touch Pro2 from years ago if this doesn't work, which is also a CDMA phone. Unless you have something helpful to add feel free to overlook my thread.
WTF? Is Sprint now locking all GSM phones? That policy used to apply only to iPhones. In the past, all other Sprint GSM-capable equipment was shipped unlocked.
I actually think it it would be reasonable for them to ship everything locked as long as they let established subscribers in good standing remove the lock upon request. Having to wait 90 days from the phone being activated does seem ridiculous. I don't see what they gain by doing this besides aggravating their customers.
In a semi related matter... Note that I believe the Sprint HTC One only supports one UMTS frequency (2100). That could be a problem in some countries as far as data service is concerned.
The 90 day rule is only for new customers, not a new phone. If you are a long time customer, it will be no problem. Just call the international department and they can take care of it.
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The 90 day rule is only for new customers, not a new phone. If you are a long time customer, it will be no problem. Just call the international department and they can take care of it.
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Thanks for the reply. I hope what you say is true. That would be a reasonable policy to follow.
Props as I already got mine unlocked with this info on day one. Sprint basically said they are not requiring an international roaming plan with this phone and that the 90 day thing for new people is to prevent them from buying their phones and selling for profit internationally.
Sprint is the only non carrier branded hardware version of the hardware available in the US as well.
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Don't bother trying the sim is unlocked but the phones work out of a frequency that none of the carriers will pick up. If you're so interested in having an unlocked phone why you even with Sprint?
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Because it should work in Europe. They he different frequency that the US.
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Props as I already got mine unlocked with this info on day one. Sprint basically said they are not requiring an international roaming plan with this phone and that the 90 day thing for new people is to prevent them from buying their phones and selling for profit internationally.
Sprint is the only non carrier branded hardware version of the hardware available in the US as well.
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Well, in that case, two thumbs up for Sprint for: quickly providing the unlock code :good: and for not branding the device :good:.
BTW, which department at Sprint gave you the unlock code?
I am on a sero plan, so my concierge. I am sure just about any other knowledgable rep can do this. So there's the rub...find that person. Lol.
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Sign into your sprint account online,mime it's showing my pin and punk unlock code. Don't know if that will be enough but maybe
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I finally got through the process enough that I am now pending approval since my device isn't 90 days old. Non of the reps I talked to knew anything, they said the iPhone was the only phone that needed to be unlocked, that my phone was already unlocked, that it wasn't possible to use an international SIM. Be persistent insist that you are correct and that your phone does indeed require an unlock. Now hopefully it comes back with no problems from the approval process, I will be raising hell if they deny my device since it is new. That is the most absurd thing I have ever heard in my life. Good luck!
HTC ONE is a World Phone
the HTC ONE supports all GSM frequencies making it a world phone capable of using local SIM in other countries. Thanks.
I'm on t-mobile and I recently traded my iPhone 5 for an HTC ONE. Everything was good for a couple weeks but I suddenly wasn't getting any cell phone signal. I went to the tmobile store where I was informed that the person I traded phones with had called and stopped paying on his account then Tmo blocked the phone. So now I have a perfect HTC one that can't get signal. Is there anything I can do? or am I just FUBAR
Absolutely nothing besides find him...beg or demand phone back what he did was trade you and then prolly did a insurance claim paid a small deductible got a new htc and sold it.. This is why its nowadays never good to trade people are actually very heaitant anymore...
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Absolutely nothing besides find him...beg or demand phone back what he did was trade you and then prolly did a insurance claim paid a small deductible got a new htc and sold it.. This is why its nowadays never good to trade people are actually very heaitant anymore...
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When I went to the Tmobile store the guy that I talked to said that "you may wanna go on the internet there may be somebody on the internet that has figured out a way to get around this". Granted he didn't sound like he knew too much cause he wa spike "some people do that jawbreaking or jailbraeaking or whatever so I figure somebody is smart enough to figure this out"....I thought that changing the IMEI via software mods was illegal?
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I thought that changing the IMEI via software mods was illegal?
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It is and can't be discussed here.
Best bet is to track the guy down and hope he's decent about it. Other than that, you can put it up on eBay for parts. You'll make a few bucks back at least.
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Apparently it is not illegal, in the US, to swap IMEI numbers with a phone that you legally own. Therefore, you could possibly buy a cheap TMobile phone and cannabalize its IMEI number.
It could be possible to write this IMEI number to your phone, if you are s-off.
fastboot oem writeimei
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Report the iPhone you traded as stolen, that will get his attention when the carrier blacklists it.
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Report the iPhone you traded as stolen, that will get his attention when the carrier blacklists it.
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What he said. :good:
Why did they shut off and block a phone that was on your account when he stopped paying on his account? What am I missing?
Just unlock the phone and sell for use with any other gsm network. They can only block a phone on there network so still good for any carriers with SIM cards.
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Just unlock the phone and sell for use with any other gsm network. They can only block a phone on there network so still good for any carriers with SIM cards.
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A lot of networks share the block lists... I'm not sure that will work
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Just unlock the phone and sell for use with any other gsm network. They can only block a phone on there network so still good for any carriers with SIM cards.
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No, there's a national blacklist that all the north american carriers share.
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No, there's a national blacklist that all the north american carriers share.
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Not in Canada.
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Not in Canada.
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Canada too. Started October 1.
http://www.iphoneincanada.ca/carriers/canadian-carriers-national-blacklist-program-cellphones/
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Canada too. Started October 1.
http://www.iphoneincanada.ca/carriers/canadian-carriers-national-blacklist-program-cellphones/
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I guess if his HTC one is blacklisted he can check here if shows blacklisted then only good for parts
http://www.protectyourdata.ca/check-the-status-of-your-device-in-canada/
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Why did they shut off and block a phone that was on your account when he stopped paying on his account? What am I missing?
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I'm not real sure but the explanation I was given was that because Tmobile moved to the new model of not subsidizing phones that even if I traded my phone to someone else that other person is still responsible for continuing the payments on the phone that he traded to me.
So this dude stopped paying on his account and when he did he essentially stopped paying on his phone...I thought that when his phone got associated to my account (because we actually went into a tmobile store to trade) that I was essentially taking over the payments on his phone and he would be taking over the payments on my iPhone...But alas I was wrong
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Why did they shut off and block a phone that was on your account when he stopped paying on his account? What am I missing?
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Because the HTC One belonged to the original owner and he was making payments to T-Mobile.
Even though the IMEI was on another account being used it still belonged to the original owner and when he stopped making payments T-Mobile black listed the device.
I got burned on a GS3 last summer.
I had the phone on my account for 4 months and one day nothing.
For the OP he said the guy stopped paying T-Mobile the monthly installments. So this is not an insurance scam.
But in my case it was.
I found out you have 30 days to report a phone lost/stolen when its been on your account.
Then you have another 120 days to follow thru and pay the deductible. Once all the paperwork has been done and you paid the deductible the phone will get blacklisted.
So my GS3 which worked for 4 months is a good parts phone. Ill re-coup about 60% of my money selling it for parts. But i learned a lesson as well.
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Why did they shut off and block a phone that was on your account when he stopped paying on his account? What am I missing?
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Wrong wrong once blocked even unlocked is useless across any gsm carrier
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So after some research ( I figured out the date I added the phone and filtered throughout phone #'s of people I texted that day) I got the guys phone# and on one of his posts he put a first name (IDK if it's actually his or not). Here are his posts on CL just under the phone section ( I tried to add a screenshot). will the police actually try to help with this if I take them this info?
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So after some research ( I figured out the date I added the phone and filtered throughout phone #'s of people I texted that day) I got the guys phone# and on one of his posts he put a first name (IDK if it's actually his or not). Here are his posts on CL just under the phone section ( I tried to add a screenshot). will the police actually try to help with this if I take them this info?
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Try phoning him first and let him know that you're willing to go to the police unless you get your money back etc.
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Try phoning him first and let him know that you're willing to go to the police unless you get your money back etc.
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Is there a way to text him email him using his # (assuming it is still active) from my computer? I literally don't have a phone since my cell has been deactivated as of right now.
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Is there a way to text him email him using his # (assuming it is still active) from my computer? I literally don't have a phone since my cell has been deactivated as of right now.
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I would definitely go with a voice call over text/email. Call from work or borrow a phone. Emails are too easily ignored.
Hello, I am looking for some advice please.
I purchased a Motox Sprint from someone who claimed it had a clean ESN, but when I tried unlocking it through Motorolas website it denied it.
Is there a way to remedy this to where it can be used on no contract prepaid (iePagePlus), or should I just sell it and let it be someone else headache?
Do the unlock codes you purchase online really work, and if so are there any associated to this forum or recommended?
I really like the phones build and got it at what seemed like a good deal at the time,but it dont feel so good now.
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Hello, I am looking for some advice please.
I purchased a Motox Sprint from someone who claimed it had a clean ESN, but when I tried unlocking it through Motorolas website it denied it.
Is there a way to remedy this to where it can be used on no contract prepaid (iePagePlus), or should I just sell it and let it be someone else headache?
Do the unlock codes you purchase online really work, and if so are there any associated to this forum or recommended?
I really like the phones build and got it at what seemed like a good deal at the time,but it dont feel so good now.
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A bad esn has nothing to do with unlocking the bootloader. If it has a bad esn, it was stolen. Do NOT sell it and make someone else suffer. You made the wrong decision... don't make it someone else's problem.
Online unlocking sites do work, but it isn't going to help you. All the US carriers have a shared backlist database.
Also in future you can go. Online, call or go in store and make sure ESN is clean. Try and stick to swapa as well.
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Thanks I intend to do that. The phone still has service under his account ,so I'm thinking he either walked on the account or will report it as lost or stolen collect a new phone and now he has money.
I've debated calling Sprint , as he basically stole the phone from them and sold it to me which is theft by deception from what I've read in some other forums.
I just don't think they will do anything about it though.
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Or he simply hasn't activated another phone on that line. It won't be released until he does.
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So I have a note 3 Att branded. And they are a bunch of A$$holes and willnot unlock the device because i am the second owner.
yes it has a clean Imei. So I have been debating on the option of Unlocking my device through a web site.
I currently use it with straight talk with the BYOP program so i use a ATT sim. But I have been having issues with MMS messages,
from what i have been reading this is mainly a ATT issue. so I thought if I use a Tmobile sim card it may correct the issue.
what do you think?
Just putting this out there in case it's remotely helpful for you, I went through that insanity with a preowned iPhone 4 from ATT that I wanted to use with T-Mobile and I solved it by going in the opposite direction. I went to T-Mobile. Might be the neighborhood but the nice people there pointed me to a nearby electronics store who also did cellphone unlocking and for a fee that I can't remember off the top of my head they used some internal system and got my phone factory unlocked within 24 hours, after ATT had told me that they wouldn't do it.
If you happen to live in New York I can tell you where I went, otherwise I can say go look for a local electronics store and see if they'll submit the request for you... Or ask at your local T-Mobile store whether they know a store who does unlocks. I don't understand enough about this stuff to explain but I can at least relay that it worked out well enough for me. The iPhone 4 worked fine with T-Mobile afterwards.
I have always used ebay or an "unlocking" site. I have used both methods quite a bit because I sell phones on ebay and I used to work for a friend that owns a couple prepaid phone/service stores. I also worked at a small tech repair store and did unlocks there as well. Anyway my point is that the government and the phone companies have made it a lot harder and more expensive to unlock newer phones. Also I would do your research on tmobile in your area before spending too much money on unlocking. It may be different for you but in my area tmobile and sprint suck as far as coverage. Plus tmobile doesn't have lte.
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I really don't want to unlock unless I have to but I can't get mms messages and I didn't know if it was a att issue
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dyson77 said:
I really don't want to unlock unless I have to but I can't get mms messages and I didn't know if it was a att issue
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How will unlocking help you get your messages?
Never mind I am stupid..
Wanted to take a moment and tell everyone. I ordered a new sim card. My network went from saying home in the upper left to att and everything is fixed I can get mms
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and come to find out that it has been blocked by T Mobile, may it be it was lost or it was stolen i'm not sure. I don't know how many times this phone has been sold and bought, when it ended up being me as the lucky soul to have gotten it last.
you guys have always been awesome at giving good opinions, and i would like to have yours on this one. would i be able to salvage this phone and use it like a champ? via unlocking bootloader, rooting...etc etc...
i dont know say goodbye to this phone lol
plz your opinions are welcome
I would say keep it for parts, or sell it for parts, I don't know how IMEI blacklisting works, so it may be blocked on other carriers(ESN may be blocked too) and buy yourself another one(swappa has them usually from 250+)
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and come to find out that it has been blocked by T Mobile, may it be it was lost or it was stolen i'm not sure. I don't know how many times this phone has been sold and bought, when it ended up being me as the lucky soul to have gotten it last.
you guys have always been awesome at giving good opinions, and i would like to have yours on this one. would i be able to salvage this phone and use it like a champ? via unlocking bootloader, rooting...etc etc...
i dont know say goodbye to this phone lol
plz your opinions are welcome
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if tmobile blocked it, then it was stolen. if tmobile blocked it, then its most likely blocked by all US carriers. how do you use it like a champ then? you use it as a wifi device only.
If the block is a result of the original purchaser not paying their bill, the device may be usable on one of the other carriers. If the block is because the device was lost or stolen, it won't work on any carrier.
I simply wouldn't take the risk and would just sell the thing for parts.
I have used a block want on straight talk but with limited speed no 4g /lte
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Use it on at&t or. Cricket
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I have another idea. run the imei through swappa's imei check, see if it's blacklisted on other carriers.
All the IMEI check will tell anyone is whether or not the IMEI is blocked. It won't say by whom. The OP would have to call each carrier and have them run the IMEI.
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and come to find out that it has been blocked by T Mobile, may it be it was lost or it was stolen i'm not sure. I don't know how many times this phone has been sold and bought, when it ended up being me as the lucky soul to have gotten it last.
you guys have always been awesome at giving good opinions, and i would like to have yours on this one. would i be able to salvage this phone and use it like a champ? via unlocking bootloader, rooting...etc etc...
i dont know say goodbye to this phone lol
plz your opinions are welcome
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No bootloader unlocking or rooting could save you from an IMEI-blocked device. You are currently potentially in possession of stolen goods; knowingly or not, this could be a crime in certain jurisdictions. Right now, you can still use it as a wifi only smartphone with all the apps and stuff but you can't put a sim in and join any network.