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My phone was stolen last night

So as my friend, his ex, and I were leaving the club last night, we got jumped. Is there any way to track my phone? Multiple friends have tried calling my phone but the thugs who jumped us already turned off the phone. I have to locate it with the t-mobile security feature but it can't get a lock on the phone because it is off. Is it pretty safe to say that i'm without a phone now?

EPgoat said:
So as my friend, his ex, and I were leaving the club last night, we got jumped. Is there any way to track my phone? Multiple friends have tried calling my phone but the thugs who jumped us already turned off the phone. I have to locate it with the t-mobile security feature but it can't get a lock on the phone because it is off. Is it pretty safe to say that i'm without a phone now?
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Did you create a HTC Sense account by any chance? If you did, once it is on you can go on www.htcsense.com and get its current location. Unless it is on I don't think there is any other way to track it.

major bummer, have you asked your service provider, they are able to triangulate the location of the phone if in use...or report it stolen and get the police to do it for you

or do the HTC sense thing

here try this
http://blog.mylookout.com/2011/02/planb/

destructionb said:
here try this
http://blog.mylookout.com/2011/02/planb/
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This is a great tool

Forget it. Get a new one from Asurion.
Just report it to the police so the serial number can be entered in as stolen. Best you can do.

Call T-Mobile and get them to stop the aim and block the imei. That will make the phone not able to work as a phone
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get a chl
and start packing.

htcsense.com ftw

Than you for your responses. I already tried htcsense.com, and through t-mobile and no luck. I have filed a police report already and they will be looking for the suspects.

Bummer! Hope they get caught.

Unfortunately, it has been my experience that T-Mobile will not blacklist an imei. They will block the sim, thus preventing unauthorized use and charges to your account. But, they claim that they cannot block an imei which is bull. The truth is that they won't block an imei. In Europe they have multinational blacklists that would prevent the phone from being activated on any carrier in many countries. So, it's bull that they claim that they "can't" do it. They're banking on the fact that you'll use the insurance that they push so heavily and that whoever "finds" your phone will become their customer too.
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BlackListed????

Well I found out that the phone that was purchased from craigslist and given to me as a gift was blacklisted on the t-mobile network so it will not work...
My question is will I be able to use it on the AT&T network??? because it does not function on the Simple Mobile network nor the Tmobile network...
Any help would be really appreciated... I don't want to end up with an expensive paper weight.

You can flash it over to the frawg plan. I have my 2 G2xs on the frawg plan getting 3G access without any problems.
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Get an unlock code from eBay. It should work on any Gsm carrier that doesn't piggyback T-Mobile. U may be stuck on edge though
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REM152 said:
Well I found out that the phone that was purchased from craigslist and given to me as a gift was blacklisted on the t-mobile network so it will not work...
My question is will I be able to use it on the AT&T network??? because it does not function on the Simple Mobile network nor the Tmobile network...
Any help would be really appreciated... I don't want to end up with an expensive paper weight.
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Just so you know, you probably just bought a stolen phone. Depending on how the blacklist is organized (internally or combined throughout all the providers), it may not work on a US carrier.

REM152 said:
Well I found out that the phone that was purchased from craigslist and given to me as a gift was blacklisted on the t-mobile network so it will not work... .
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Is it just me or does this ops post fishy. in another thread he said he "purchased it".
Now he claims he got it as a gift. Hes fairly new member since 1/7/2012.
We really should be careful helping people on this board....
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Yes it was given to me as a gift by my father... I came on here trying to get help not have someone judge my credibility... Granted I'm new to this board because I joined when all the issues I began having arose. I'd appreciate it if your not going to contribute with something that will aid in helping to fix my problem, not posting at all because you feel a need to play a detective.

The double posts are odd. I agree. No offence OP. After all, it is the internet. People that read this forum on a daily basis are going to have questions.

You can most likely use it on AT&T but you won't get 3G data. If you like slow Edge data then good luck.

Will you get 4g speeds or whatever they call it?

Dude! Did you actually read what J-Boxer said? He told what you would get. If.you don't know what he is talking about, Google it.
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REM152 said:
Well I recently purchased a G2x and I wanted to use the phone on the Simple Mobile Network, but when I put the sim card in and power on the phone it states "Invalid Sim Card" now when I contacted LG about this their tech support stated that I need a new sim card, but that makes no sense because the sim card works on other phones so as you can see I'm at a loss as what to do or what could be wrong. I've included what it shows as far as the system information that I see. Also I should mention that the phone starts up fine, but it never requests an unlock code??
Android Version-2.3.3
Baseband Version- M660A-SCAUTNZ-2.09720T 1 [JUL 15 2011 10:00:00] MP:TRULGE_08.09.02R_MDM
Kernel Version- 2.6.32.9
Build Number-GRI40
Software Version-LG-P999-V21e
Any help in any way would be greatly appreciated... Thanks in advance
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This is your other post you clearly stated you bought it and you are trying to use it on another network.
I'm not trying to "play detective". As a person who has gotten $h1t stolen before, I've seen a couple newbies posting on xda asking to circumvent lockscreen, etc, etc and I just got suspicious. Don't take it personal, wasn't tryn to start trouble, just was suspicious...
And since its the internet, I can reply to as many posts I wish, just like you created all those threads to try and get your phone working since you bought it.. Err was.given to you.
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Tidewaterns??
How would I go about flashing my phone over to frawgs wireless?

anyone have a dead Sensation IMEI they could give up

Trying to activate a a simiar on Tmobile for prepaid for my kid. Have activation kit but it asks for my IMEI number. If anyone has a completly dead bricked Sensation sitting around, If you could PM me the IMEI number I would thank you.

Why not use the imefrom theSentation you're trying to activate? It's located under the battery on the sticker.
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Rhiannon224 said:
Why not use the imefrom theSentation you're trying to activate? It's located under the battery on the sticker.
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First thing I did, Tried mine and my wifes. Says call customer service. Thinking its due to our IMEI in use now on our contract account. I searched online and this is a known issue. Need a dead or not used (and not stolen) IMEI to activate with same features.
Figured someone in the Sensation forum must have one in parts that they would not care about sharing the number. I dont think it matters what country it is from. Just need it to activate his.

Use
111111111111111
I'm a dealer and do it all the time
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iceshark said:
First thing I did, Tried mine and my wifes. Says call customer service. Thinking its due to our IMEI in use now on our contract account. I searched online and this is a known issue. Need a dead or not used (and not stolen) IMEI to activate with same features.
Figured someone in the Sensation forum must have one in parts that they would not care about sharing the number. I dont think it matters what country it is from. Just need it to activate his.
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i suspect that there are details that are being left out. It makes zero sense that you can't use the imei from HIS sensation, the one trying to activate. No one in there right mind is going to give you their imei number. there is too much info a smart person can gain from it, if it's from a device that was activated.

iceshark said:
Trying to activate a a simiar on Tmobile for prepaid for my kid. Have activation kit but it asks for my IMEI number. If anyone has a completly dead bricked Sensation sitting around, If you could PM me the IMEI number I would thank you.
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doesn't make any sense, man. have you called t-mobile? what are they saying?

You could also put an imei from any old tmobile or ATT phone and it'll go through..
On prepaid there isn't any "features" that will be different if you use a sensation imei as opposed to any other random one.
Besides, the system updates later on with the imei of the handset in use.
Unless you're trying to game the insurance policy and reported one lost. Then you'd have a "lost" sensation whose imei you don't want on your prepaid line.
If that's your worry then I can tell you you shouldn't worry.... Put a different or no name and address.
Unless it was reported stolen..
All speculation of course..
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sharing of IMEI #'s on XDA is illegal. Thread closed

[Q] Galaxy Nexus stolen, SIM card changed, able to trace back?

Dear forum,
let me just go straight to the point:
My Galaxy Nexus was stolen at work last friday. I tried to use some tracking software like Plan B but without succes, the SIM card had been changed allready.
Now here comes the part that gave me some hope.
When I went to My (Gmail) Account at the Android Market today (using my desktop), I noticed 2 things:
- First thing is that the record from the column "Carrier" has been changed from "Vodafone" to "KPN', so I think I can assume here that someone put another SIM card in it.
- Also at the column "Last Used" I see "February 13, 2012", which is yesterday (monday).
I was really wondering if there is a workaround or something to get more information (like the phone number of that SIM card?) than just the carrier of that SIM card and when it was last used?
Thanks in advance~
Anthony Elbers

During the night push a remote lock app to the device, if they haven't changed the google user login by then. Then just lock the device. If the app shows it set a screen message offering reward for return. Better still make it scream while at work tomorrow.
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ForgetfulGuru said:
During the night push a remote lock app to the device, if they haven't changed the google user login by then. Then just lock the device. If the app shows it set a screen message offering reward for return. Better still make it scream while at work tomorrow.
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The thing is, I only work at fridays and saturdays. I also think that the person is smart enought to not bring the phone to work when I'm around.
I thought maybe if I could get some more information with a workaround, I could catch the thief myself instead of waiting for him/ her to give it back (which probably isn't going to happen).

I hope you informed your managers.
You could have a look through the available apps in the market see if there is anything you can use to lock the phone remotely and or push some really nasty messages to it. If you ain't using why should they get the use of it think there may be some way of remotely wiping the phone aswell. Then at least it would be of no use to the thief anyway. Sorry I can't be of more help. I allways make sure I activate any built in phone finder and instal lookout, so never really had to deal with the issue
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Prey worked for me before.
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Android_Monsters said:
Prey worked for me before.
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Note that the phone is stolen and SIM card has been changed allready. As far as I know you need to configure Prey on the phone itself, so not really remote like Plan B.
I'm still curious if there is a workaround to get more information about the SIM card than just the "Carrier" and "Last Used"?
Like.. are those the only two things that get stored or is there more information about the SIM card that I could get without having the phone itself?

If you have the IMEI you can contact your network and ask they put a block on the phone, a lot of the time it also blocks it off other networks as well.

i think the info about the sim like its number is by far more important than map location because if you got the thief's number then you can report that number to the police and mobile network .

MrLadoodle said:
If you have the IMEI you can contact your network and ask they put a block on the phone, a lot of the time it also blocks it off other networks as well.
the_metal said:
i think the info about the sim like its number is by far more important than map location because if you got the thief's number then you can report that number to the police and mobile network .
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This is pretty much what I'm aiming for since I allready have contacted the police and gave them the IMEI of the phone. They said like something like "We'll see what we can do", but I thought there would be some workaround (yeah I'm using this word alot) to get more information of that SIM card.
I think I can assume that the column "Carrier" which is shown on the screen, is read of the SIM card?
Question is, if anything else is shown somewhere in my Gmail (since it's linked to my Galaxy Nexus) or at the Android Market or something that might be of help?

do you know that mobile carriers can identify everything to a handset with just an IMEI
i don't know what is the procedures in your country but i think you should call that carrier and ask for directions especially if you have a proof of purchase or something similar
i wish you could luck friend

the_metal said:
do you know that mobile carriers can identify everything to a handset with just an IMEI
i don't know what is the procedures in your country but i think you should call that carrier and ask for directions especially if you have a proof of purchase or something similar
i wish you could luck friend
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My question is, did you inform your carrier? Here, when that happened to my friend who wasn't too tech saavy, I called his carrier, had the phone blocked right away, and told them what network it was on via the same information that you received via email. The actually contact the manufacturer and the police and were able to track it down on their network, find the phone and press charges. That IMEI number is huge as it tells the carrier what exact tower the phone is connected to. In densely populated areas, that's 1-2km max. Cross reference the people at work that live in that area and boom. Done like dinner.

Did you try Samsung Dive website??
www.samsungdive.com

the_metal said:
do you know that mobile carriers can identify everything to a handset with just an IMEI
i don't know what is the procedures in your country but i think you should call that carrier and ask for directions especially if you have a proof of purchase or something similar
i wish you could luck friend
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onlymojo said:
My question is, did you inform your carrier? Here, when that happened to my friend who wasn't too tech saavy, I called his carrier, had the phone blocked right away, and told them what network it was on via the same information that you received via email. The actually contact the manufacturer and the police and were able to track it down on their network, find the phone and press charges. That IMEI number is huge as it tells the carrier what exact tower the phone is connected to. In densely populated areas, that's 1-2km max. Cross reference the people at work that live in that area and boom. Done like dinner.
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Yeah I know that, but I called both the police and my carrier and gave them my IMEI and asked if they could do such thing.. and both said that they can't do such a thing, ONLY if the phone has the original SIM card... I think they just don't want to help me at all.
amritpal2489 said:
Did you try Samsung Dive website??
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Tried that one. But I need to set it up on my phone first. Keep in mind that the phone is allready stolen and the SIM card has been changed.

[T-mobile USA] No service issue

I have had the phone for 2 months and it has been rooted and I was using it with TrickDroid V4.3 for about a month now. All of a sudden this morning, the phone stopped connecting to any tmobile towers and has been displaying no service all day. I tried the usual fixes (re-seat SIM, hard reset, restore to stock) and nothing has fixed it. All the other features of the phone work, just cannot get cell service. I have tried a different sim card in the phone and it doesnt work, and my sim card works in another phone so that narrows it down to my hardware.
Relevant Info:
Android Version : 4.0.3
HTC Sense: .0
Software Number : 1.53.531.16 710RD
Kernal : 3.0.8-01053-g207e942
Baseband : 0.16.31501S.02_10.18.31501S.08L
Build : 1.53.531.16_R2 CL47441 release-keys
Thanks!

Connect to a wifi network and search for an update. One was released a few days ago with a new radio an firmware. Maybe thatll help. If not, have you dropped it recently? You may have damaged an antenna if so

perhac89 said:
Connect to a wifi network and search for an update. One was released a few days ago with a new radio an firmware. Maybe thatll help. If not, have you dropped it recently? You may have damaged an antenna if so
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It says there are no updates. Have not dropped it, that I know of.

Indoexile said:
It says there are no updates. Have not dropped it, that I know of.
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My apologies i forgot you said you are running a rom. Follow this thread to install the latest radio.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1684477
The mirror for the radio DL is on page 3. Be sure to follow it word for word

It's posdible your One S has been blacklisted. Chat with T-Mobile online support or call them and have them check.
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Mr.Mischief said:
It's posdible your One S has been blacklisted. Chat with T-Mobile online support or call them and have them check.
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Yeah, looks like it was blocked because the person i bought it from on craigslist never paid the installments for the phone. It seems like a very stupid system that t-mobile would block the IMEI instead of just going after the person defaulting on the payments.
Given that I will not be able to unblock it using conventional methods, is there really anything else I can do? Would it be useful to somebody in a different part of the world? Can I use Att on it? Will Straight Talk work on it, or does that eventually get routed to tmobile also?
Thanks!

Indoexile said:
Yeah, looks like it was blocked because the person i bought it from on craigslist never paid the installments for the phone. It seems like a very stupid system that t-mobile would block the IMEI instead of just going after the person defaulting on the payments.
Given that I will not be able to unblock it using conventional methods, is there really anything else I can do? Would it be useful to somebody in a different part of the world? Can I use Att on it? Will Straight Talk work on it, or does that eventually get routed to tmobile also?
Thanks!
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You can purchase an unlock code for $4. It supports AT&T's 3G/4G bands.
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Mr.Mischief said:
You can purchase an unlock code for $4. It supports AT&T's 3G/4G bands.
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You don't need to party for an unlock code. There's a tutorial in the dev section to tell you how to get it.
That's why you really have to be careful buying on Craigslist.

baseballfanz said:
You don't need to party for an unlock code. There's a tutorial in the dev section to tell you how to get it.
That's why you really have to be careful buying on Craigslist.
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Yeah, I know about that way to get the unlock. Kinda a pain in my opinion, I'd rather pay $4.
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OP,
Beware that some carriers share their blacklists between each other in an effort to "help" each other avoid bad customers.
Just food for thought.
Also, just thinking about this. You say it was working just fine then suddenly quit working. The story behind the phone's failed installment payments doesn't sound logical to me given the fact that you say it was working until just the other day.

Same thing was happening to me... I was confused.
But must have just been tower issues for me.
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nickmv said:
Also, just thinking about this. You say it was working just fine then suddenly quit working. The story behind the phone's failed installment payments doesn't sound logical to me given the fact that you say it was working until just the other day.
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Sometimes it does take a while for the blacklist to kick in. Think about it, if the guy is not making his monthly install payment it might 30 days+ before they bl the phone.