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Is it Possible to change the imei number on a o2 xda trion ? if so is it software based thing or is it Hardware as in do i need to buy a clip.......
any advice on this i would be very grateful.......
I no its illegal here in the UK but what i also no is i brought the phone direct from O2 for £350 so i dont care what "David im a prick Blunkett" says ....
i also have two wizards which were on contract with O2 which i'v sorted using various tools off this site...... Now when i say were on contract thats ment as in i'v now left them ......... & for those who really want to no why its because there are WANK after two years with them there just toss ........ now on making this point yes i understand everyone as got there own opinion & this is just mine..... So what O2 did after "my im going leave you wankers" phone call is barred all three phones........ now i brought my trion direct from them not on contract or nothing just wanted the phone & they wont lift the bar this is why i just want to no Is it Possible to change the imei number on a o2 xda trion ? if so is it software based thing or is it Hardware as in do i need to buy a clip.......
any advice on this i would be very grateful.......
NO, no and NOOO
Now funny you should say that coz i said the same when the f**kers turned them off .............
This just to say a Very Big thankyou to a certain Member here for all his help, not to sure if i should name names so i wont, but he knows who he is......
"Nice one your a f**king star Thankyou very much"
BowFinger said:
This just to say a Very Big thankyou to a certain Member here for all his help, not to sure if i should name names so i wont, but he knows who he is......
"Nice one your a f**king star Thankyou very much"
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BowFinger,
I am not sure if you expect any further replies to your questions because of your answers do not really motivate anybody ... !
However,
You should not attempt to change the IMEI number in your device because especially in the UK this is a very important thing (at least on O2 and Orange).
Whenever you make a phone call your IMEI will be checked to see if the phone was reported lost or stolen. If you insert an invalid IMEI number it will have just the same effect! The IMEI contains special information and is sorted in blocks. If you go ahead and change some values then you soon will figure out that network providers just can't identify your handset and do not allow you to call on their network.
You have 2 (legal) choices:
Work out things with O2
Change your network provider (as example switch to T-Mobile UK)
Cheers!
How would change network provider solve the imei problem,o2 have blocked it so t-mobile wont be able to unblock it. As far as i remember t-mobile lease mobile lines from o2 anyway?
The IMEI is only blocked (black listed) on the O2 network but not on others, meaning: you can't use the O2 network any longer but any other! As nice as it would be even for anti-theft protection - unfortunately network providers do not work together!
Junner2003 said:
The IMEI is only blocked (black listed) on the O2 network but not on others, meaning: you can't use the O2 network any longer but any other! As nice as it would be even for anti-theft protection - unfortunately network providers do not work together!
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It might work like that in the US but in the uk,once the imei is blacklisted it is blacklisted on ALL networks. So the only place you can use the phone is abroad. Why do you think he wants to change the imei,so he can go back on O2 he has already stated what he thinks of them. He wants to change it so he can use it on another network.
So i am sorry to say it ,but you are wrong
Junner2003 said:
BowFinger,
I am not sure if you expect any further replies to your questions because of your answers do not really motivate anybody ... !
However,
You should not attempt to change the IMEI number in your device because especially in the UK this is a very important thing (at least on O2 and Orange).
Whenever you make a phone call your IMEI will be checked to see if the phone was reported lost or stolen. If you insert an invalid IMEI number it will have just the same effect! The IMEI contains special information and is sorted in blocks. If you go ahead and change some values then you soon will figure out that network providers just can't identify your handset and do not allow you to call on their network.
You have 2 (legal) choices:
Work out things with O2
Change your network provider (as example switch to T-Mobile UK)
Cheers!
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No im expecting nothing more it was a "Thankyou Post" ok, looks like I'll have to bargain with O2 then
scousemartin said:
It might work like that in the US but in the uk,once the imei is blacklisted it is blacklisted on ALL networks. So the only place you can use the phone is abroad. Why do you think he wants to change the imei,so he can go back on O2 he has already stated what he thinks of them. He wants to change it so he can use it on another network.
So i am sorry to say it ,but you are wrong
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Congratulations! I am glad to hear that providers work together in the UK!
Well, they must have 'joined-ventured' pretty fast because of I used to live in the UK until a couple of months ago!
Do they still SIM lock devices by default in the UK? This is one of the most things I hate here in the US ... Germany was better, they only locked PREPAY ...
Now with the supposed AT&T media net plan sweep a IMEI changer might actually be useful. I mean I'd love to upgrade to the AT&T Tilt (Kaiser) but am afraid they will transfer to the much more expensive data plan. I'd love to stick in am old IMEI number off of the many old phones I got lying around to avoid this. This is really a stupid rule it should be based on data useage not device type.
http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1256881
Junner2003 said:
Congratulations! I am glad to hear that providers work together in the UK!
Well, they must have 'joined-ventured' pretty fast because of I used to live in the UK until a couple of months ago!
Do they still SIM lock devices by default in the UK? This is one of the most things I hate here in the US ... Germany was better, they only locked PREPAY ...
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It has been like this since 1998 ,because of the dramatic rise in muggings for mobile phones, the idea being, it stops people stealing phones as they become worthless, but now you find they just unlock them, then sell them abroad
As for sim locking all the networks lock phones over here, unless you buy them from the carphone warehouse where they sell them on payg sim unlocked. But all contract phones are locked for 12-18 months depending on contract length, but they will unlock them for free after the contract ends.
Hi Guys,
I have searched the forums but couldn't find the answer.
Unfortunately, my phone got stolen last weekend. Fortunately, i backed up the efs file and did a full TitaniumBackup. But since my phone have been stolen I would like to report that to the Police, but in order to so I need the phone's IMEI number.
I can see that the efs contains a folder called 'imei' and folder contains 3 files, but i cannot read my imei number anyway. Maybe i am doing something wrong? Do i need a specific program or do you guys know an easier way of finding the imei number from backup files?
Also, I do have a screenshot of the phone's BB version, kernel & build number (not that I think it matters), so I do have a lot of information about the phone. But can seam to find the imei number anyway.
Also, would it be even remotely possible to track my phone somehow? It has been wiped and factory reset by the thief.
Thanks guys, this is an awesome place!
Btw, i am on a Mac, maybe that's why i can't read the IMEI number??
The IMEI is also on the sticker on the original box.. if you have it.
If you created a Samsung account when you first purchased the phone and enabled the "Remote controls" feature in Security settings, I think you could try tracking it. Below is a screen shot of what I'm talking about.
I haven't tried it yet. Will report back in a bit if it actually works.
All the best!
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No chance of finding the IMEI from those details.
Simple solution, call your carrier. They'll have the IMEI. Ask them to block it so whomever has your phone can't use it, and if necessary you can give the po-lice the IMEI. Tho there's no way they're going to be able to find a stolen phone purely by having an IMEI. About 1 in 10,000 stolen phones are recovered by police. And unless you installed tracking software on the phone before it was stolen (or enabled remote tracking on a Samsung account, again before it was stolen), you can forget about going down that path (remote wiping it/tracking it).
The SGS2 isn't an iPhone.
Best you can do in this situation is have the IMEI blocked so the phone is useless to whomever has it. Unless it ends up in a country where the IMEI block isn't recognised (some less civilised countries don't recognise IMEI blocks from other more civilised countries) Tho this will soon be a thing of the past, in the next 12-18 mths the ITU will be putting in place global IMEI blocking, which means an IMEI blocked phone will be pretty much useless anywhere.
Hey guys! Thanks for all the info.
It turns out that the imei number was on the box
Actually, I had some tracking software on it before it got stolen, and I actually was able the find the phone number, name and adresse of the guy using my phone now, well girl actually. I have given all the info to the police and now I simply have to wait. I hope they can get it back, I think they should be able to with all that info
Thanks for your replies!
Hello guys,
new to this forum and feel awkward asking for help straightaway. Recently my friend bought a SGS3 from someone, the phone was security locked (using pin security) so searched the net and found that hard resetting the phone would do the job and unlock the phone. Now the problem comes with simlock but i cant figure out how to disable it, its not like i didn't try but this problem is unusual.
I read the guides on this forum for removing simlocks and tried the *#7465625# which returns with "Not registered on network" i tried insertig a sim and it wouldn't accept the sim but it wouldn't ask for any sim code either. I found this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2023709 and after i reach the [6] Network Lock option it says menu doesnt exist. Also read this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1683348 but to no avail. I used esexplorer the first time to go through the files after rooting and dont know if it wasnt rooted correctly or what but it showed efs folder empty. So i reset the phone again and this time used another app and now i can see the files in efs folder.
model: gt-i9300
android version: 4.1.2
baseband: I9300XXELLA
kernel version:3.0.31-742798, [email protected] #1, SMP PREEMPT Sat Dec 22 17:04:04 KST 2012
Build number: JZO54K
please help me.
Was the phone bought subsidized by a carrier? If so, they would need to release it, or unlock it.
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bodh said:
Was the phone bought subsidized by a carrier? If so, they would need to release it, or unlock it.
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The phone was bought used. I am not sure if it was subsidized or not as i cannot see any marking on the body of the phone nor their is any operator logo at the startup but i think that would be because i performed the hard reset.
Im not that familiar with simlocks, but perhaps a bump would help to find others that might be. I would think that it would have some kind of carrier info at boot, but then again i guess im only used to US devices... In about phone, the imei is listed, which matches the sticker inside the battery cover? And it is not a generic imei?
bodh said:
Im not that familiar with simlocks, but perhaps a bump would help to find others that might be. I would think that it would have some kind of carrier info at boot, but then again i guess im only used to US devices... In about phone, the imei is listed, which matches the sticker inside the battery cover? And it is not a generic imei?
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the IMEi obtained from *#06# is same as the sticker behind the battery apart from one last (or two) digits which i think are the IMEI SV. I am assuming its not a generic IMEI. Also the sticker is unbranded, i dont know if service provider mark the stickers or not.
Stepping back and looking at the first couple posts of each thread, as well as yours, "tried the *#7465625# which returns with 'Not registered on network'" looks like the phone is NOT simlocked... What do you mean by "the phone wouldn't accept a sim"? It would not read it? Have you tried to send sms or a call? Or is it just data that does not work?
Hi dude I had the same problem and I downloaded the play store app Galaxysim unlock. It's from chain fire I think, and it's free. But in order to unlock all the features and what not, then one has to pay. Hope this helps.
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bodh said:
Stepping back and looking at the first couple posts of each thread, as well as yours, "tried the *#7465625# which returns with 'Not registered on network'" looks like the phone is NOT simlocked... What do you mean by "the phone wouldn't accept a sim"? It would not read it? Have you tried to send sms or a call? Or is it just data that does not work?
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The "phone not registered on network" also gave me the impression that it was not simlocked nor does it have any operator branding. But when i inserted the sim it would not connect to the operator and dialing *#7465625# would return the same message, i have tried both 3 and orange sims. This is what is confusing me. I also saw a thread on XDA checking your phones IMEI against blocked or stolen IMEIs and no red flags their either so i am assuming its not stolen phone which my friend bought.
If not simlock what could it be.
Have you checked apn settings, to see if they show up when you insert the sim? Honestly, I dont know how much help I could really offer, since this is uncharted territory for me, but again, maybe a bump and somebody will see this.. Have you tried to PM Odia? He was in the first thread you linked, offering help for people with sim lock problems, even though this doesn't seem to be that. He seems to know alot more than me, that's for sure!
Bought phone that was pin locked .
Surely the seller would have the Pin or unlock it before sale .
Sim / network locked problems .
This has all the appearance of a stolen phone ..
Hard reset will not remove operator logo it is more like the a previous user has flashed a stock rom on it .
jje
So you bought a phone used that had a passcode protecting it that you removed by wiping the phone and can't get it to register on the network. Why would anyone buy a phone that is pass code protected and the seller didn't know the pass code? It would seem you have a stolen or lost phone that has been imei barred by the networks to prevent criminals profiting on crime. Take it to your local police station, they can tell you if it is stolen property
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Guess i was overlooking the main evidence: buying a phone that is still code locked. But it brings up another point: Can a phone actually be 'turned off' or barred from the networks?
bodh said:
Guess i was overlooking the main evidence: buying a phone that is still code locked. But it brings up another point: Can a phone actually be 'turned off' or barred from the networks?
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In the UK it can yes, once the imei is blacklisted it can never connect to any UK network. Unfortunately though it can still be used outside the UK but I think there is some progress being made on countries sharing blacklist databases
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I started to look this up for US circumstances. It seems that our carriers cannot lock it down, nor can they track it. I actually read that they expect the consumer to be in charge of evidence gathering, such as setting up a tracking app, acquiring carrier records for usage after the device is missing, and taking this info to your local police, who probably know much less and can do much less. Guess they figure its finders keepers, idk.
bodh said:
Guess they figure its finders keepers, idk.
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http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theft_by_finding
I don't think so
Mods, I think it may be prudent to close this thread
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JJEgan said:
Bought phone that was pin locked .
Surely the seller would have the Pin or unlock it before sale .
Sim / network locked problems .
This has all the appearance of a stolen phone ..
Hard reset will not remove operator logo it is more like the a previous user has flashed a stock rom on it .
jje
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jmpmjmpm said:
So you bought a phone used that had a passcode protecting it that you removed by wiping the phone and can't get it to register on the network. Why would anyone buy a phone that is pass code protected and the seller didn't know the pass code? It would seem you have a stolen or lost phone that has been imei barred by the networks to prevent criminals profiting on crime. Take it to your local police station, they can tell you if it is stolen property
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Like i mentioned in my first post, its not my phone, though i am not expert in android but this doesnt mean i would be stupid enough to buy a phone that is locked and shows signs of a stolen phone.
Secondly, i had the same suspicion that this phone was either lost or stolen, the guy who bought it told me that the seller told him this phone was a taken from original owner instead of money owed so the original owner must have got this one blocked.
I checked on multiple websites and none of them flagged the IMEI as reported stolen or blocked. Are these websites unreliable or update after a long time.
Due to the new revelations of how this phone was acquired, i will no longer offer any assistance. In my mind, this phone qualifies as stolen.
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Due to the new revelations of "how this phone was acquired", i will no longer offer any assistance. In my mind, this phone qualifies as stolen.
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To me it seems like you are implying that i was the one who stole it. Read my previous post and if you can answer that question i would appreciate that. Thanks.
AbdulW87 said:
Secondly, i had the same suspicion that this phone was either lost or stolen, the guy who bought it told me that the seller told him this phone was a taken from original owner instead of money owed so the original owner must have got this one blocked.
I checked on multiple websites and none of them flagged the IMEI as reported stolen or blocked. Are these websites unreliable or update after a long time.
The only sure way is to contact the network that blocked the phone .
Simlocked the network that the phone is locked to will unlock .Test is by putting the original network sim in the phone .
I would pass this information on to the owner and then stay clear of this phone .
jje
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Dear xda-community,
some months ago I dared myself to root my Samsung SHW-M250S (Korean Version of Galaxy S2) and lost my IMEI on that phone. I couldn't find it and forgot to make a backup of my efs partition because of stupidity and not really reading the manuals properly (I used to have a HTC Desire S which didn't have the efs partition so it's a bad habit thing). Today I found out that I luckily registered my phone with the original IMEI in my google Settings and the developer IMEI on my current Galaxy S2.
My question is: Is there any possibility to insert my old IMEI into my rooted Galaxy S2?
IMEI is device specific.....by law.
Sorry mate, but nobody here is going to help you break the law......
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Take it to a local mobile repair shop, some have the same equipment as Samsung service centres that can write the IMEI back to the device. Normally isn't very expensive (much cheaper than replacing a motherboard for example).
You could buy this equipment yourself, but it would cost twice as much (or more) as paying someone who knows what they're doing to fix it properly, you'd probably never use it again, and if you mess it up, your phone is probably a bin job.
keithross39 said:
IMEI is device specific.....by law.
Sorry mate, but nobody here is going to help you break the law......
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Well... Since I didn't backup my EFS and got the develeoper one, does it mean I am owning an illegal phone?
MistahBungle said:
Take it to a local mobile repair shop, some have the same equipment as Samsung service centres that can write the IMEI back to the device. Normally isn't very expensive (much cheaper than replacing a motherboard for example).
You could buy this equipment yourself, but it would cost twice as much (or more) as paying someone who knows what they're doing to fix it properly, you'd probably never use it again, and if you mess it up, your phone is probably a bin job.
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Gonna try that in the next weeks, see if it works
No, the device having the generic IMEI is not illegal, it's just in many countries these phones are essentially useless & have no connectivity (they will work in some countries with providers who use outdated telco equipment, though).
Most good phone repairs shops should be able to fix this for you, if not, service centre definitely will.
Edit to add - However, writing a different IMEI into a device is very much illegal in most countries (the EU in particular) and will result in both your device & the device the IMEI came from being blacklisted (rendered permanently useless). The only way you can legitimately get a different IMEI & use the phone OK is if you swap the motherboard with a 2nd hand board from a 'donor' device. When Samsung service centres replace motherboards to fix a whole host of things, in most countries they write the existing IMEI to the new board.
MistahBungle said:
No, the device having the generic IMEI is not illegal, it's just in many countries these phones are essentially useless & have no connectivity (they will work in some countries with providers who use outdated telco equipment, though).
Most good phone repairs shops should be able to fix this for you, if not, service centre definitely will.
Edit to add - However, writing a different IMEI into a device is very much illegal in most countries (the EU in particular) and will result in both your device & the device the IMEI came from being blacklisted (rendered permanently useless). The only way you can legitimately get a different IMEI & use the phone OK is if you swap the motherboard with a 2nd hand board from a 'donor' device. When Samsung service centres replace motherboards to fix a whole host of things, in most countries they write the existing IMEI to the new board.
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But what if I can prove that the IMEI I wanted to recover is stored e.g. in my google account? Is it still illegal then?
You didn't comprehend what I said to you.
The original IMEI can definitely be written back to the phone by a Samsung service centre & likely many mobile repair shops; this is OK.
You cannot write a different IMEI to a device, this is illegal.
The end.
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You didn't comprehend what I said to you.
The original IMEI can definitely be written back to the phone by a Samsung service centre & likely many mobile repair shops; this is OK.
You cannot write a different IMEI to a device, this is illegal.
The end.
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Ok, that's what I wanted to know. Gonna search for a repair center in around me then... Thanks!
this is straight from a pageplus chat
nothing special just standard procedure for activating an "unknown device" that...well read below.
4G LTE devices (with MEIDs starting with 256 or 99000) are not compatible with our system.
They are able to be activated by dropping the last digit of the IMEI (99000)
they are not able to be programmed with OTA (*22890 or *228) and unable to be manually programmed.
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i might have chopped it i cant remember but i always keep the good parts
so are you saying a verizon network is breaking the law because it is their policy that dictates pageplus and straight talk in this procedure heck even verizon prepaid
dropping the last digit like they are telling me to do is what?
i dont think its illegal like you say.
no way they would tell 1000's of people to do it
i just tried to ota *22890 my note 3 after they gave me those directions along with my mdn/min/sid and "normally" i get voice/text/mms and data at this point
i just tried without successsfully changing mine and it wont OTA
the step in the directions above is REQUIRED i believe
Changing imei talk is not done on xda. :thumbdown: We all know what can be done with this but we can't talk about it here. Illegal or not info is out there, software is out there. but like I said on xda we don't talk about changing imei or modding it.
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Changing imei talk is not done on xda. :thumbdown: We all know what can be done with this but we can't talk about it here. Illegal or not info is out there, software is out there. but like I said on xda we don't talk about changing imei or modding it.
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agreed
BTW at op. Don't go to a service Centre mate. If I go to a local shop they would only charge me £20 in the UK. Have a look as its much cheaper than ss.
So a friend of mine found a S5 laying in the grass, the phone was in spanish and we were unable to find the owner. So he offered to sell it to me for a reallly cheap price.
Now i have questions abou this, If I reset the phone to factory I can just put the sim card in and it should be good togo, however I am assuming since they lost the phone and most likely its on a payment plan that tmobile will block the imei.
Now my questions are, Can i take an IMEI from a Galaxy S2 (no longer in use) and use the software to put that imei on this so tmobile wont block the phone? That would be ideal
If that wont work, would i be able to use the IMEI from my current galaxy S5 (that I currently use). Since it is the same phone? (well not exactly the same, mine is black the one that we found was white).
Would that screw up my current Galaxy S5 if i put the same imei on the new phone? And both being used under the same family plan?
If I use the phone as it is with the same IMEI that it has, and they wind up blocking it, would i still be able to change the IMEI after it is blocked? (I rather just change it right away to avoid it being blocked in the first place.)
So what do u guys think? Could I use the IMEI from a S2, if not could i use the IMEI from an S5 that i currently use? (IDK if they could tell if 2 IMEI is on the same network at the same time and it will block both which would really suck because I am still paying my S5 off.
Thanks
piffdaddy420 said:
So a friend of mine found a S5 laying in the grass, the phone was in spanish and we were unable to find the owner. So he offered to sell it to me for a reallly cheap price.
Now i have questions abou this, If I reset the phone to factory I can just put the sim card in and it should be good togo, however I am assuming since they lost the phone and most likely its on a payment plan that tmobile will block the imei.
Now my questions are, Can i take an IMEI from a Galaxy S2 (no longer in use) and use the software to put that imei on this so tmobile wont block the phone? That would be ideal
If that wont work, would i be able to use the IMEI from my current galaxy S5 (that I currently use). Since it is the same phone? (well not exactly the same, mine is black the one that we found was white).
Would that screw up my current Galaxy S5 if i put the same imei on the new phone? And both being used under the same family plan?
If I use the phone as it is with the same IMEI that it has, and they wind up blocking it, would i still be able to change the IMEI after it is blocked? (I rather just change it right away to avoid it being blocked in the first place.)
So what do u guys think? Could I use the IMEI from a S2, if not could i use the IMEI from an S5 that i currently use? (IDK if they could tell if 2 IMEI is on the same network at the same time and it will block both which would really suck because I am still paying my S5 off.
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I was further researching and i am hearing that changing the imei is illegal, and if this is the case i do not want to do it. i am not trying to break the law for a phone lmao. it is not worth it.
i looked up the number and it is infact blocked, so i guess he has nothing but a useless paperweight. I wish we were able to find the damn owner, at the very least could score some karma points.