Hi all,
I have a SPV3000 from my work and I lost it for a while so I mentionned it to my manager who is going to state it to Orange to get it blacklisted.
The thing is, after a couple of weeks, I have just found my phone again!
I am not feeling I should mention it again to my boss as it sounds really ridiculous and he was kind enough not to argue on the loss. But well, now I have a phone fully working which IMEI code will soon be blacklisted by the 3 main operators in France running a common database on the subject (in case of phones stolen). I may send my phone to a friend abroad who will certainly be able to use it there but is there any tricky solution to be able to use it in France?
What is this IMEI code exactly and how does it work?
BE SURE I AGREE WITH THE IDEA OF BLACK LISTS TO AVOID SO COMMON AGGRESSIONS JUST FOR PHONES...
You may send me private posts in case you are reluctant to have this kind of information largely communicated.
Hi marcel06!
IMEI is kind of like a serial number which your cell company sees.
If you haven't noticed, there is a wiki link under the word for details.
There are no tricks when it comes to IMEI. There are ways of changing it, but that is illegal in most countries.
Because IMEI identifies your phone, thieves could change their phone IMEI to match yours so you would pay for calls made from other phone.
If you really want to use the phone again, you should report that it was found so they won't blacklist you.
levenum said:
Because IMEI identifies your phone, thieves could change their phone IMEI to match yours so you would pay for calls made from other phone.
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Oh.. no. I'm not sure about those pre-SIM period phone. But I'm definately sure that now, for phones that are using SIM cards, you are not able to charge to others account using IMEI. The controlling mech is the SIM card, the billing information is in the card, not the phone. But the operator will have the power (as I've heard) to disable/track phone by IMEI.
hi, I got a bad esn tp2 from ebay. has anybody success in scan for the ESN or MEID in the sprint tp2 with CDMA workshop? I used memory scan and it only return 1 section of readable memory, and i scan that section but nothing found. please help. thankyou
click tools at the very top left and then click security calculator. Enter one of the numbers and it should give you at least one of the other numbers. When I entered the meid Hex it gave me all of them. Look on the barcode on the phone under the battery. You can also report it to ebay and file a complaint with paypal, but good luck with that, lots of horror stories on the net.
no, thats not what i need, i need scan for the esn/meid in the memory so i can change it.
satuday said:
no, thats not what i need, i need scan for the esn/meid in the memory so i can change it.
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ESN changing is not something you do lightly. First of all you have to at the very least -And I am not even sure this will work to begin with- Change to an ESN from a completely brand new never activated phone to be able to use it on another network. The reason you have to do this is because the ESN's are uploaded into a database and a lot of times there is no other way to get one added to certain networks like sprint (but you can with some networks will add an esn and "flash" to their service like cricket or metropcs) so the reason you have to use a COMPLETELY BRAND NEW or never activated phone is because all modems/phones transmit signals called RF or radio frequencies that have a kind of electronic fingerprint that the network can detect and if they detect that you are using an "electronic fingerprint" from another phone then they will get your ass! What they will do to you I have no idea but I certainly would not want to find out and I would be sure to cover your ass really well dude! Also, is this the paid version you are using? Because it won't work with the free version and all many/most of those supposed "free versions" or "cracked versions" are actually backdoor trojans that turn your computer into a zombie... so yea. wouldn't try it if I were you unless you wanna do a hell of a lot more reading up on it first so you can cover all your bases.
But otherwise it should not be considered illegal in certain regards but is illegal in other regards. Such as: you cannot use two phones on the same ESN. What you can do is what I said however and that is perfectly legal as long as you only use one of the phones: buy a phone for the ESN number then use the *Never activated* esn on the phone to be transferred to the phone you want to use. Like I said though, this is not by any means an easy thing to do.
Anyone know how to find cell phone stolen, please!
HTC HD7
IMEI:
Nº DE SERIE: HT0BGRG01671
With Live is not possible because the thief has changed the sim card.
Thanks
Did not know it used the sim card to find the phone?
you could try this?
http://www.traceamobile.co.uk/how.php
note this is about the same as windows live in other words it will get you down to the street...
o0MattE0o said:
Did not know it used the sim card to find the phone?
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Doesn't it use text messages to pinpoint the phone's location if using live? I read that somewhere...
(sorry if this doesn't help op... hope you find it!)
Call your provider and police. Don't spend money for "find-it-yourself" services... (btw, if you be able to locate your phone with couple of blocks accuracy what you will do? )
Maniakmp said:
Anyone know how to find cell phone stolen, please!
HTC HD7
IMEI:
Nº DE SERIE: HT0BGRG01671
With Live is not possible because the thief has changed the sim card.
Thanks
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why don't you just call your provider and report is stolen? You shouldn't post your IMEI on public forums
No, it uses the internet connection of the device. It is unrelated to the SIM card.
If you check on the site regularly you may see an update to the location which would have happened if the phone had internet access (through WiFi or something).
Have you tried remotely locking your phone?
I do believe Windows Live can find your phone even the thief has changed the simcard.
I hope you have already registered it with Windows Live Service and have something like this:
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I do believe Windows Live can find your phone even the thief has changed the simcard.
I hope you have already registered it with Windows Live Service and have something like this:
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Any of these services work by sending an SMS to the device. This will of course only work if you know the correct number. Which won't be the case if the thiev replaced the SIM card.
The only legitimate answer is to go to the authorities, but there's a 99% chance they will tell you there is nothing they can do. Do you know how many cell phones are lost/stolen every day?
Go to your operator and lock that IMEI... if you can't use it, neither will they.
Avandor said:
Go to your operator and lock that IMEI... if you can't use it, neither will they.
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Unfortunately blocking the IMEI is not implemented in all country's most stolen phones probably end up in a non blocked country.
Its a shame the phone could not be wiped using the IMEI number as well.
I knew straight away I was not getting my phone back as the scumbag that took mine switched it off when I called, The phone number was never live again.
agp64 said:
Unfortunately blocking the IMEI is not implemented in all country's most stolen phones probably end up in a non blocked country.
Its a shame the phone could not be wiped using the IMEI number as well.
I knew straight away I was not getting my phone back as the scumbag that took mine switched it off when I called, The phone number was never live again.
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so what cool phone r u getting next ?
In Europe you may be able to get the IMEI locked. If they sell it on ebay to someone in the USA or elsewhere, they'd just be able to put a SIM Card in the phone and use it.
Part of what sucks about GSM is that if you get a phone stolen, it isn't your phone anymore - it seriously isn't, becasue everythign is tied to the SIM card.
Becasue of the way Live Services work on WP7, it basically forces whoever stole the phone to factory reset it.
And no one who steals a phone will keep the old SIM in it unless they're retarded.
The only place the phone should ever be, that is not your hand, is in your pocket. It's pretty simple.
Sorry for your loss, but no one here can help you adn the authorities won't waste time on a smartphone. The best you can hope for is to get the IMEI blocked in Europe, but that won't matter if the phone is sold to someone this side of the pond.
And anyways, WP7 devices make nice Zune HDs so it's a big win for the theif whether or not it can be used as a phone, IMO...
Also, posting the IMEI on a public forum is beyond dumb... A mod or something shoult remove that from the OP and quotes, or just delete the thread since it serves no purpose...
Hope you had insurance on your phone, though... Lots of people think it's a waste of money until they lose a phone, drop it, or have it stolen...
N8ter said:
In Europe you may be able to get the IMEI locked. If they sell it on ebay to someone in the USA or elsewhere, they'd just be able to put a SIM Card in the phone and use it.
Part of what sucks about GSM is that if you get a phone stolen, it isn't your phone anymore - it seriously isn't, becasue everythign is tied to the SIM card.
Becasue of the way Live Services work on WP7, it basically forces whoever stole the phone to factory reset it.
And no one who steals a phone will keep the old SIM in it unless they're retarded.
The only place the phone should ever be, that is not your hand, is in your pocket. It's pretty simple.
Sorry for your loss, but no one here can help you adn the authorities won't waste time on a smartphone. The best you can hope for is to get the IMEI blocked in Europe, but that won't matter if the phone is sold to someone this side of the pond.
And anyways, WP7 devices make nice Zune HDs so it's a big win for the theif whether or not it can be used as a phone, IMO...
Also, posting the IMEI on a public forum is beyond dumb... A mod or something shoult remove that from the OP and quotes, or just delete the thread since it serves no purpose...
Hope you had insurance on your phone, though... Lots of people think it's a waste of money until they lose a phone, drop it, or have it stolen...
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you are talking nonsense bro
The blacklist is published in the europe official
Whosoever person that can look
you can not find the phone if SIM changed, I know
I put in all forums I know because the phone is not my more
is stolen man!
forums offered for sale, no?
in this way I can warn people, you or another buyer checks the IMEI
is clear, if the phone is my I will not publish IMEI
stolen is stolen man
I posted in many forums but only in this have removed IMEI
publish IMEI official is a protection for buyers man
the phone is locked in my country, now I'm trying to publish in the European blacklist
and this list is official helping people to not buy a stolen cell phone
Thanks to everyone for the tips
if the admin see this post not considered it gets deleted please
Maniakmp said:
you are talking nonsense bro
The blacklist is published in the europe official
Whosoever person that can look
you can not find the phone if SIM changed, I know
I put in all forums I know because the phone is not my more
is stolen man!
forums offered for sale, no?
in this way I can warn people, you or another buyer checks the IMEI
is clear, if the phone is my I will not publish IMEI
stolen is stolen man
I posted in many forums but only in this have removed IMEI
publish IMEI official is a protection for buyers man
the phone is locked in my country, now I'm trying to publish in the European blacklist
and this list is official helping people to not buy a stolen cell phone
Thanks to everyone for the tips
if the admin see this post not considered it gets deleted please
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If you don't know why that's a bad idea, then I dunno what to say.
And you say I'm talking nonsense because you disagree with one statement in my rather comprehensive post.
In the end, it doesn't matter. The OP isn't getting the phone back, and no one who buys this phone on eBay or any other site will be dumb enough to throw their money down the drain and send it back to him.
I sure wouldn't.
Posting the ESN of a CDMA phone makes sense (if you report it stolen, the phone is blocked and cannot be used, anyways). Posting the IMEI can be dangerous. People can use it to commit insurance fraud, among other things... HTC checks your warranty (date of manufacture, etc.) by asking for your IMEI number (I had to get an HD2 repaired, so I know). They don't pair it up with a name (i.e. if you registered on their site) because phones can be sold easily and often multiple times...
@N8ter
Maybe you're right...
But I'm the one who has lost this phone
And I'm pretty pissed...
I need time to forget, especially the pictures of my daughter don´t synchronized with PC
THX
Hey mate, keep trying with windowsphone.live.
It almost definitely doesn't work with JUST text messages. I was messing around with mapping/locking the other day and got the error message "We are having a problem sending Push Notifications to your windows phone, we will attempt to map the phone by sending a text message instead".
So it uses Push Notifications over data first, Text messages if that doesn't work.
The reason why it probably isn't working is because the phone is off or not connected to any 3G/Wifi. I would recommend you keep trying just incase the phone is sold and someone else starts using the phone and/or the thief turns it on himself with his own sim card.
brummiesteven said:
Hey mate, keep trying with windowsphone.live.
It almost definitely doesn't work with JUST text messages. I was messing around with mapping/locking the other day and got the error message "We are having a problem sending Push Notifications to your windows phone, we will attempt to map the phone by sending a text message instead".
So it uses Push Notifications over data first, Text messages if that doesn't work.
The reason why it probably isn't working is because the phone is off or not connected to any 3G/Wifi. I would recommend you keep trying just incase the phone is sold and someone else starts using the phone and/or the thief turns it on himself with his own sim card.
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thanks for the advice
but this does not work if the thief changes the SIM card
there is no possibility of finding by IMEI or serial number
all messages coming to a duplicate of this card that I have in my new phone
a possibility to find any phone by a serial number would be wonderful
but this should never happen
things of privacy rights in the world
I know perfectly well that the mobile network providers if they need
can find my phone by IMEI, but no one will do
if the phone is not a evidence of a crime nobody will do anything
as one user said above
Daily thousands of phones is stolen in the world
for now I'll stick with my iPhone and Android Cell
I think the admin can close this post because they do not bring anything
Thanks for All and monitor your phone because thieves never sleep…
Maniakmp said:
thanks for the advice
but this does not work if the thief changes the SIM card
there is no possibility of finding by IMEI or serial number
all messages coming to a duplicate of this card that I have in my new phone
a possibility to find any phone by a serial number would be wonderful
but this should never happen
things of privacy rights in the world
I know perfectly well that the mobile network providers if they need
can find my phone by IMEI, but no one will do
if the phone is not a evidence of a crime nobody will do anything
as one user said above
Daily thousands of phones is stolen in the world
for now I'll stick with my iPhone and Android Cell
I think the admin can close this post because they do not bring anything
Thanks for All and monitor your phone because thieves never sleep…
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i have tried with and without SIM card to find my phone and for me work pretty good just lock it and push in code without Sim card work perfect it wil send one email to your live account..
People need to stop blurting out BS like "you can't do anything once the SIM's been replaced". Whoever came up with this crap is lucky that the people he told this to are ridiculously gullible.
It's the most retarded statement I've heard in a long time. What use would phone mapping services like the Live services be if they didn't work once you did something as simple as replace the SIM? There's various other ID's that are unique to each phone (IMEI for eg) that these types of services use instead of a bloody phone number!
Hello,
I have a situation like this - My girlfriends sister got her cell phone stolen while traveling on the bus a month ago. She gave the IMEI number to the Police, but they still didn't find it. Almost a month later me and my girlfriend received weird calls almost at the same time, i didn't picked it up, she did. The person said he called to the random numbers because he wanted to joke. But we with my girlfriend started to suspect that he wasn't calling to the random numbers, because the calls to me and her was almost at the same time (we don't know if both calls was from him, because it showed that number is unknown to both of us, either way, we're sure it was the same person, because we receive unknown calls very rarely). How can he randomly call to me and my girlfriend almost at the same time?. We started to suspect he has my girlfriends sisters phone. My girlfriend started to chat with him and she provoked him to tell the model of the phone he is using and it was indeed just the same model (Samsung Galaxy Ace) of the phone that was stolen from her sister. We don't think he stole that phone, he just bought it, but the phone wasn't cleared, he found numbers in the address book and that's how he called us both almost at the same time. We want to make sure that we are right and want to get his IMEI number somehow to compare it to the stolen phones and then we would go to the Police if they would match. Is there any way to provoke to install some kind of .apk that would send us his IMEI number without him knowing that? He isn't very smart as much as we got to know him, because he revealed many information without any suspicion.
Thank you.
Need some advice. My VZ note 3 was stolen. I was fortunate enough that they thief turned it on I guess to show the shady phone shop that it works. My eset software was able to get pictures GPS location etc. I have some friends on the local PD and they were able to make an arrest and get my phone back but this took about a week. Just got my phone back to day and was told that they ZAPPED it and probably would no longer work with VZ. So before I monkey around with VZ I did see the phones IMEI is not what matches the stickers and paperwork.
So my question is 2 parts. Since the phone was obviously reflashed with a different IMEI if this would work on VZ is there any issue with spyware etc.
2. I called VZ and Samsung and they are dumb as a box of rocks and said changing the IMEI was impossible and their was no way to change it back. Can it be flashed back. Thanks
Is it against the rule to discuss changing imei in xda? Sad to ear and really hope you find a way.
Bought a phone that the imei was changed, when I tried to install cerberus, cerberus told me the phone was lock to another account. So that might be an issue, Google the imei, you might not like what result it gets you.
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