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Buying used inspire

What do I look for? Its rooted already the guy said he's had it like 40 days and only reason for getting rid of it is because it don't support his work email? Anything I should know to look for? Or if its stolen how do I find out?

Be very carefull Will Robinson... With data plan they're only $99 new.

vdubguy83 said:
What do I look for? Its rooted already the guy said he's had it like 40 days and only reason for getting rid of it is because it don't support his work email? Anything I should know to look for? Or if its stolen how do I find out?
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You could always call into att customer service and see if the imei has been reported stolen before you buy it. I'm sure he wouldn't mind if you did that before giving him the cash. I've had people ask me if they could call in to make sure it was legit before they bought off me. Also, make sure its not water damaged in any way.
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wOoT_WoOt said:
You could always call into att customer service and see if the imei has been reported stolen before you buy it. I'm sure he wouldn't mind if you did that before giving him the cash. I've had people ask me if they could call in to make sure it was legit before they bought off me. Also, make sure its not water damaged in any way.
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Yeah I had just email him and asked for that. Was getting back on here to say I asked for the imei number lol beat me too it. Is there only the two spots on the inspire for water damage? Under battery door and under sim cover piece?

IMEI checked out. So probably picking it up tomorrow if everything else checks out

Let us know how you like everything. Planning on flashing any ROMs?!

rotchcrocket04 said:
Let us know how you like everything. Planning on flashing any ROMs?!
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Will do. Yeah, once I figure it all out.

Bootloader

Hello, I found a MT4G but its locked with a patern and when I tried to enter bootloader I notice that the fastboot its turned on... What I can do? Thanks!

vibrantuser said:
Hello, I found a MT4G but its locked with a patern and when I tried to enter bootloader I notice that the fastboot its turned on... What I can do? Thanks!
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leave a note at the places around where you found the phone with your number so that you can give them the phone back if they are looking for it!!!! it is against the rules for us to tell you how to unlock a phone that is not yours, aka lost and found, or stolen!!

Not mine, Its from a friend... But thanks!

deleting...wasnt aware of the rule irrelephant mentioned. mods can delete this post.

Easiest way to return a lost phone is to take it into the nearest store for that carrier. I found an AT&T iPhone 4 on the Muni once that someone had lost, so I just walked it into an AT&T store on Market St. and they took it and contacted the owner.

synaesthetic said:
Easiest way to return a lost phone is to take it into the nearest store for that carrier. I found an AT&T iPhone 4 on the Muni once that someone had lost, so I just walked it into an AT&T store on Market St. and they took it and contacted the owner.
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Damn you're a kind soul.
I'm also in the Bay. I'm like, "hey, I know where that is."
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I'd feel pretty bad if I lost my $450 smartphone on the bus, too... anyway, if they reported it lost, it wouldn't be very useful to me.

Do everything you possibly can to return the phone to its rightful owner.
Anything else makes you a scumbag...
Closed.

Buying unlocked Nexus 5 thru craigslist?

If I buy an unlocked Nexus 5 from someone on craigslist. (The person bought it directly from google. Im gonna use this phone on Tmobile.) Is there anyway he can later report it lost or stolen and I get stuck with a blacklisted imei phone that i cannot use?
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Absolutely is. It happens all the time.
Edit, if you go thru with the purchase I'd meet at the t-mobile store and have them transfer the emei to you and your account. If the seller is not willing to do that then you'll know what his or her intentions are.

Take a photo of him handing you the phone.

its unopened... if that makes a diference
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kanyewest said:
its unopened... if that makes a diference
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Doesn't make any difference

so I went ahead and bought it...took a pic of his license ..

And?? What do u think u can do with that pic?

kanyewest said:
so I went ahead and bought it...took a pic of his license ..
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I strongly suggest that next time, just buy it off the carrier or an official store like BestBuy. You may not be scammed now but you never know what will happen the next time.
Also Nexus 5 is already unlocked...

I bought my N5 off someone from Craigslist without any issues, I have also bought many phones off Craigslist. Just meet at a cell store of your choice and before you purchase make sure it can be activated on your account.

Raistlin1 said:
I bought my N5 off someone from Craigslist without any issues, I have also bought many phones off Craigslist. Just meet at a cell store of your choice and before you purchase make sure it can be activated on your account.
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I believe even if u meet at a store to check if it can be activate it without any issues, they can report it lost at a later time and get it blacklisted anyways.
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moldovanos said:
And?? What do u think u can do with that pic?
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What you can do with it is file a claim for fraud with local authorities. With email traffic, and a picture of the person's government issued identification, it is a cut and dry case. Just the fear of a case will keep most people honest to their deal.

kanyewest said:
I believe even if u meet at a store to check if it can be activate it without any issues, they can report it lost at a later time and get it blacklisted anyways.
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If you immediately activate that phone on your account then that phone is now yours (pretty sure that is the case), I do not think anything after that point can affect your phone. This has been my experience on Sprint, I am not sure on other carriers.

Raistlin1 said:
If you immediately activate that phone on your account then that phone is now yours (pretty sure that is the case), I do not think anything after that point can affect your phone. This has been my experience on Sprint, I am not sure on other carriers.
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Sprint CDMA is different. On sprint all I had to do was make sure that phone wasn't tide to an account and like u said activate on ura and ur good to go. But gsm is different since all u do is put in the sim
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What you can do with it is file a claim for fraud with local authorities. With email traffic, and a picture of the person's government issued identification, it is a cut and dry case. Just the fear of a case will keep most people honest to their deal.
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No. This is why I suggested a picture of him handing the phone over. That is more security. A picture of the licence plate proves nothing except identity (if that) and certainly does not prove the op didn't steal the phone
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No. This is why I suggested a picture of him handing the phone over. That is more security. A picture of the licence plate proves nothing except identity (if that) and certainly does not prove the op didn't steal the phone
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Hmm..maybe a little bit of misunderstanding due to the geographical differences. When you say license in the USA, you are talking about a drivers license. He took a picture of his identification with his name and address on it. Having a name, address, email traffic discussing the transaction, and the phone in question would be more than enough evidence to charge someone with fraud.

Ok, then what? Dont be naive. If Sprint or Tmobile does not believe you that you bought that phone, you gonna hire a lawyer and pay thousands of dollars to prove that you have bought it? You really are in mercy of the phone representative you get on the phone. I've bought tons of phones on Craigslist and resold them on Ebay. If Craigslist seller wants to screw you, nothing will help you out, because its a cash transaction.. Even if you have clear evidence on your hands police wont do ****, simply because its not worth wasting their resources for one phone.
But yes, if he let you make the picture of his license, then most likely he wont try to report it lost/stolen. But then again, if he got it from Tmobile for $50 and did not pay the bill, Tmobile will block the phone, like Sprint and Verizon always have done and you still can be screwed even if the phone is not stolen.

bad imei

i recently got a 64gb s6 from a friend. i popped my sim card in and its working great. however, the phone was reported lost and the imei now says blacklisted on Verizon. Im pretty sure that once i take my sim out of the phone, it will never work on the Verizon netork again. my question is, i usually at night reboot my phone. if i turn this phone off, will it stop working??

mcnu said:
i recently got a 64gb s6 from a friend. i popped my sim card in and its working great. however, the phone was reported lost and the imei now says blacklisted on Verizon. Im pretty sure that once i take my sim out of the phone, it will never work on the Verizon netork again. my question is, i usually at night reboot my phone. if i turn this phone off, will it stop working??
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I don't believe so since you already have an active sim. Yet I've never used a black listed device so I'm not positive
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mcnu said:
i recently got a 64gb s6 from a friend. i popped my sim card in and its working great. however, the phone was reported lost and the imei now says blacklisted on Verizon. Im pretty sure that once i take my sim out of the phone, it will never work on the Verizon netork again. my question is, i usually at night reboot my phone. if i turn this phone off, will it stop working??
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Did you buy this phone from your friend? If so, did you give him a swift kick to the nut sack?

i rebooted the phone and its still good.

mcnu said:
i rebooted the phone and its still good.
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Awesome your stolen phone is still working for you...WE SO HAPPY!!!

It's not stolen, it was reported lost by the owner that I received it from. I don't know why he did this, but that's what happened

mcnu said:
i recently got a 64gb s6 from a friend.
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mcnu said:
It's not stolen, it was reported lost by the owner that I received it from. I don't know why he did this, but that's what happened
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So he committed Fraud, reported it stolen and you got it... which makes it a STOLEN phone.
Why don't you get him to take it back and get a legit phone?

mcnu said:
It's not stolen, it was reported lost by the owner that I received it from. I don't know why he did this, but that's what happened
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So it was stolen from the carrier then. So much better. I hope a mod bans you. People like you drive the costs up for everyone else.

mcnu said:
i recently got a 64gb s6 from a friend. i popped my sim card in and its working great. however, the phone was reported lost and the imei now says blacklisted on Verizon. Im pretty sure that once i take my sim out of the phone, it will never work on the Verizon netork again. my question is, i usually at night reboot my phone. if i turn this phone off, will it stop working??
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The phone itself will continue to work but will NEVER again, EVER work on ANY providers network... It's garbage. IMEI blacklist is worldwide, cannot be removed from the list once it's added but the phone could still be used as a WiFi PDA. It's rare for a phone to be IMEI blacklisted by a provider unless it's specifically requested because if you find the phone, even if you own it and reported it stolen, it cannot be un-blacklisted.
P.S. Your buddy screwed you! Go kick his ass, if it's been stolen from the provider and you use the WiFi, the provider will find it, and the popo will come to get it, and you...possession is 9/10's of the law remember
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One more thing, your buddy probably reported it lost for insurance, and the insurer always blacklists a lost phone before they issue a new phone under the policy.
The lesson here: buy your phone from a provider or manufacturer legit, or risk losing your money and possibly your freedom for a bit cuz you saved a couple hundred bucks buying from a booster.
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XDA Home of the off topic smart a** remarks site! This guy has a legitimate question an only @hopeserquiem has the repect to reply without giving useless remarks!! @twiz0r @brholt6 an @krelvinaz being senior members XDA an members expect better from you.. Now if the Mods should ban anything it should be you all for making XDA a place where people hate to ask for help!!
So let me apologize @mcnu on the behalf of XDA an say we welcome your question an we're glad your using XDA as a source of knowledge.. I know your not the only one that has bought a phone only to find that it has been blacklist an I do know you can have the phone removed from the blacklist but it is not something that can be done over night and you will need the person that had it blacklisted to request it to me lifted.. Now if for some reason he had it blacklisted to file a insurance claim, I'm afraid you will be out of the money you paid for the device.. So my advice is to contact the person that reported lost and ask him if he filed a claim an if he didn't ask if he wouldn't mind to request it to be lifted on the grounds of the phone has been found....
I hope this help and good luck.

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XDA Home of the off topic smart a** remarks site! This guy has a legitimate question an only @hopeserquiem has the repect to reply without giving useless remarks!! @twiz0r @brholt6 an @krelvinaz being senior members XDA an members expect better from you.. Now if the Mods should ban anything it should be you all for making XDA a place where people hate to ask for help!!
So let me apologize @mcnu on the behalf of XDA an say we welcome your question an we're glad your using XDA as a source of knowledge.. I know your not the only one that has bought a phone only to find that it has been blacklist an I do know you can have the phone removed from the blacklist but it is not something that can be done over night and you will need the person that had it blacklisted to request it to me lifted.. Now if for some reason he had it blacklisted to file a insurance claim, I'm afraid you will be out of the money you paid for the device.. So my advice is to contact the person that reported lost and ask him if he filed a claim an if he didn't ask if he wouldn't mind to request it to be lifted on the grounds of the phone has been found....
I hope this help and good luck.
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Speaking of useless posts, you're only 9 months late. Surely he's found a solution by now. Anyways, if my friend sold me a blacklisted phone, I'd sure punch him in the nuts. You've heard of a joke, right? That's all my post was. Get off your soapbox and move on.

Seriously, you are picking up a post from JUNE of LAST YEAR where I posted the following:
So he committed Fraud, reported it stolen and you got it... which makes it a STOLEN phone.
Why don't you get him to take it back and get a legit phone?
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I absolutely stand by that statement.
The poster said as such...
mcnu said:
It's not stolen, it was reported lost by the owner that I received it from. I don't know why he did this, but that's what happened
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If the seller reported it as lost/stolen then he did commit FRAUD. There is NO other way to state it.
Why don't you concentrate on a current topic and help someone rather than trolling in old threads where the conversation was to the point and accurate based on the OP's posting's.

I'm supper annoyed.

A friend of mine keeps asking whether he should buy a new note5, and then after a week return it but with a different note 5 still in new condition in the box. I keep telling him that he can't beat the system, and T-Mobile will smack his tushi the moment it realizes what he did. But he won't listen, so now I made this thread to see what you guys say. I personally never see employees check the imei on returns, but that's just me.

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helikido said:
A friend of mine keeps asking whether he should buy a new note5, and then after a week return it but with a different note 5 still in new condition in the box. I keep telling him that he can't beat the system, and T-Mobile will smack his tushi the moment it realizes what he did. But he won't listen, so now I made this thread to see what you guys say. I personally never see employees check the imei on returns, but that's just me.
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Haven't you guys heard about IMEI numbers yet? LOL
That's the first thing Tmoble checks to make sure its
the same as the original purchased phone's IMEI...
They do that not only to prevent fraud but but it's the
law regarding refunds, exchanges and repair.
Good luck,
Have a great day!

Needs to get insurance
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I'd say go about your business, and don't think about it anymore. You did what you could, and he's a grown man. If he wants to play around with karma, stand back and let him.

helikido said:
A friend of mine keeps asking whether he should buy a new note5, and then after a week return it but with a different note 5 still in new condition in the box. I keep telling him that he can't beat the system, and T-Mobile will smack his tushi the moment it realizes what he did. But he won't listen, so now I made this thread to see what you guys say. I personally never see employees check the imei on returns, but that's just me.
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I'm just going to weigh in my two cents first of all when a phone is purchased the imei is scanned and allows it to be used on the network once a return happens that same imei is scanned maybe it's not physically scanned it may just be auto filled from the receipt but the new phone will stop working and won't be activated because it was "returned" tell your friend to no try and scam companies like that they're not stupid and returns are done a certain way for this very reason and if he is caught he could face trouble with the law just be honest and tell him to buy a new phone and stick with it.

helikido said:
A friend of mine keeps asking whether he should buy a new note5, and then after a week return it but with a different note 5 still in new condition in the box. I keep telling him that he can't beat the system, and T-Mobile will smack his tushi the moment it realizes what he did. But he won't listen, so now I made this thread to see what you guys say. I personally never see employees check the imei on returns, but that's just me.
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I hope this isn't one of those scenarios where the friend is really you. First off, why buy a new one when he already has a like new one? If it's a T-Mobile note 5, unless it's blocked for non payment or something the phones still under manufacturer warranty and T-Mobile will exchange it. The whole story sounds a bit fishy to me tbh.