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| Alex de la Cuesta 2005-06-29, 10:55 pm |
| My nokia phone was stolen in Brooklyn, NY.
I asked a customer rep from T-mobile to have my IMEI be blocked so it will
not be usable anymore (at least for T-Mobile).
The customer rep refused saying that I had requested to unlock (SIM) the
phone previously. The unit I am talking about is Nokia 3650.
Is IMEI blocking supported?
TIA
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| Joseph 2005-06-29, 10:55 pm |
| On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 18:14:02 -0400, "Alex de la Cuesta"
< adelacuesta2972@nosp
am.yahoo.com> wrote:
quote:
>My nokia phone was stolen in Brooklyn, NY.
>I asked a customer rep from T-mobile to have my IMEI be blocked so it will
>not be usable anymore (at least for T-Mobile).
>The customer rep refused saying that I had requested to unlock (SIM) the
>phone previously. The unit I am talking about is Nokia 3650.
>
>Is IMEI blocking supported?
Requesting SIM unlock has nothing to do with them not blocking the
IMEI. They don't have a blacklist like some European operators do.
However, once you report that your phone was stolen you should not be
responsible to any charges on your account until you get a new SIM.
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| SirJaymes@gmail.com 2005-06-30, 9:55 am |
| NO Carrier in USA supports blacklisting. To the best of my knowledge,
only the UK and Australia do.
If someone "finds" it, nothing can stop them from using a new TMobile
SIM on a vlaid prepaid or monthly account with the device
Once you change your SIM they cant touch your account... But the device
is fair game...
You stated "refused"... Tmobile cannot... so CCR was not "Refusing", is
not able in any form or fashion to do this...
Check your information and be sure before you slam anyone for
"refusing"....
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| SirJaymes@gmail.com 2005-06-30, 9:55 am |
| You are only "not responsible" if you suspend your account as lost or
stolen, or you replace the SIM
Simply calling does not do anything... You have to take and request
specific action...
If you "Must" have open to forward calls to another number until get
new handset, get a new sim card right away form store, apply to
account, and the original SIM goes dead, and then Techincal Care can
set yoru forwarding, or you can put SIM in another handset (even a
store test handset) and set it yourself until you get replacement
handset
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| Victor 2005-07-01, 4:55 pm |
| Joseph <JoeOfSeattle@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:j4a6c1tvr8hk95u
bh25ioupjs9hmega5up@
4ax.com:
quote:
> On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 18:14:02 -0400, "Alex de la Cuesta"
> < adelacuesta2972@nosp
am.yahoo.com> wrote:
>
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> Requesting SIM unlock has nothing to do with them not blocking the
> IMEI. They don't have a blacklist like some European operators do.
> However, once you report that your phone was stolen you should not be
> responsible to any charges on your account until you get a new SIM.
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>
>
They probably won't do it because I'm sure some people have had their
phones unlocked, sold them (on Ebay) then tried to SIM block.
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| Joseph 2005-07-01, 10:55 pm |
| On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 13:39:32 GMT, Victor <not@home.com> wrote:
quote:
>Joseph <JoeOfSeattle@yahoo.com> wrote in
> news:j4a6c1tvr8hk95u
bh25ioupjs9hmega5up@
4ax.com:
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>They probably won't do it because I'm sure some people have had their
>phones unlocked, sold them (on Ebay) then tried to SIM block.
Do you even have any idea what you're saying? SIM block has nothing
to do with whether a handset's IMEI can be blocked or blacklisted.
North American operators have not chosen to use a blacklist like
European operators. Whether a handset is locked or unlocked doesn't
have a thing to do with blocking an IMEI from a network.
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<SirJaymes@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1120127343.288601.52290@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
quote:
> NO Carrier in USA supports blacklisting. To the best of my knowledge,
> only the UK and Australia do.
>
I'm not sure that that is a true statement. Verizon, Sprint and Nextel all
have negative lists that block reported stolen phones from reuse.
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| John S. 2005-07-03, 9:55 am |
| IMEI blocking is a function of the switching system and does not matter if
the phone is locked or unlocked or otherwise.
Keep in mind that the SIM card should really be what is blocked, taking the
SIM from your phone (IMEI #) and putting it in a different phone eliminates
the IMEI number as a problem for the thief..
"Alex de la Cuesta" < adelacuesta2972@nosp
am.yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:L2Fwe.12270$UG3.3893@fe11.lga...
quote:
> My nokia phone was stolen in Brooklyn, NY.
> I asked a customer rep from T-mobile to have my IMEI be blocked so it will
> not be usable anymore (at least for T-Mobile).
> The customer rep refused saying that I had requested to unlock (SIM) the
> phone previously. The unit I am talking about is Nokia 3650.
>
> Is IMEI blocking supported?
>
> TIA
>
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| Kentish 2005-07-04, 9:55 am |
| Correct me if I am wrong.
During the camp on process, Subscriber (SIM) and HW (IMEI) information is
being sent to the network for authentication. SIM can be blocked and
interchageable with other phones. IMEI is unique to a phone and cannot be
changed since it is HW encoded, similar to MAC address of an ethernet card,
this is how I understand it.
"John S." <john@mocha-n-micro-chips.com> wrote in message
news:7AQxe.2908$aY6.247@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net...
quote:
> IMEI blocking is a function of the switching system and does not matter if
> the phone is locked or unlocked or otherwise.
>
> Keep in mind that the SIM card should really be what is blocked, taking
> the SIM from your phone (IMEI #) and putting it in a different phone
> eliminates the IMEI number as a problem for the thief..
>
> "Alex de la Cuesta" < adelacuesta2972@nosp
am.yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:L2Fwe.12270$UG3.3893@fe11.lga...
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