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My Vario 2 was stolen, reassurance needed

My Vario 2 was stolen on Sunday and I'm still very upset about it. Midday on Monday the phone was blacklisted and the SIM card was blocked. To blacklist my phone ( ) I got the IMEI code off the box the phone came in. The only thing I'm concerned about is when I had an Orange E200 smartphone the IMEI on the box was different to the IMEI on the phone, confirmed when I tried to unlock the phone on www.imei-check.co.uk. Is there any chance the IMEI on this phones box was wrong like on my E200's? It said on the website:
IMEI-Check said:
DO NOT USE the IMEI from the BOX as it may be different from that of the phone.
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Is the difference in IMEI numbers quite common, or was it only a problem with early smartphones? I dread to think that they've stolen my phone and can still use it (if the dumb chavs can figure it out) . Thanks for any advice, I've now just got to find a way to get the PDA/Phone replaced

Anybody? No? DUST.
Would T-Mobile have on record the IMEI of the phone the sim was used with? I just want to be 100% sure the phone is blocked.

TheOracle said:
Anybody? No? DUST.
Would T-Mobile have on record the IMEI of the phone the sim was used with? I just want to be 100% sure the phone is blocked.
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t-mobile will be able to see every phone's IMEI that SIM has been in, so they should be ble to get teh right one barred

Well, its not really reassurance. Its the same way about locking down laptops with a bios passwords. When a thief steals something, they'll do one of two things with it, 1)keep it for themselves, 2)sell it quickly. If you lock down your phone to the point that its unusable, they will go with option 2 and scam someone on Ebay or some other way. They get paid and bail, the buyer gets a phone that won't work and no way to track the thief who probably used a fake/stolen paypal account.

Can anyone confirm HardSPL Version 7 (2.10.olipro) is the latest version of hardSPL? . I need to find a download link.

[CLOSED][Q] IMEI blacklisted on prepaid phone. Donor replacement phone legal parts exchange?

I bought a Samsung Galaxy light (SGH-T399N) from MetroPCS for $29 on the prepaid plan last November and never made another payment on the account as I unlocked the phone and placed my T-Mobile prepaid sim card in it and have been using it fine up until a couple of days ago.
Even though I did not sign any contract, MetroPCS has decided that they did not like me only paying them for one months service and have blacklisted the IMEI number of the phone with T-Mobile!
I want to keep using this phone on T-Mobile network and want to *LEGALLY* change enough of the phone with a donor phone's IMEI that is not blocked on the Tmobile network and I do not want to do anything illegal, so I just bought a working SGH-T399 T-Mobile phone that is beat up with a cracked screen, yet is working.
How much of the donor phone do I need to transfer to the blacklisted phone to make it legal?
A. Take the sticker with the IMEI barcode label and transfer that along with the complete EFS directory?
B. Remove the main PCB with the modem chip from the donor phone to the blacklisted phone (It has the IMEI label on the PCB) and transfer it to the new phone that has everything else new?
I'd like to do option A as I have it unlocked already and the modem is different than the Tmobile modem and MetroPCS came with 4.4.2 on it and I have it already tweaked as I want it.
Can I avoid using the old PCB from T-Mobile and just use it as a donor IMEI device and then put it in my parts drawer with no IMEI label?
I'd rather keep the main PCB from the new phone rather than swap to an unknown condition older PCB.

scanman0 said:
I bought a Samsung Galaxy light (SGH-T399N) from MetroPCS for $29 on the prepaid plan last November and never made another payment on the account as I unlocked the phone and placed my T-Mobile prepaid sim card in it and have been using it fine up until a couple of days ago.
Even though I did not sign any contract, MetroPCS has decided that they did not like me only paying them for one months service and have blacklisted the IMEI number of the phone with T-Mobile!
I want to keep using this phone on T-Mobile network and want to *LEGALLY* change enough of the phone with a donor phone's IMEI that is not blocked on the Tmobile network and I do not want to do anything illegal, so I just bought a working SGH-T399 T-Mobile phone that is beat up with a cracked screen, yet is working.
How much of the donor phone do I need to transfer to the blacklisted phone to make it legal?
A. Take the sticker with the IMEI barcode label and transfer that along with the complete EFS directory?
B. Remove the main PCB with the modem chip from the donor phone to the blacklisted phone (It has the IMEI label on the PCB) and transfer it to the new phone that has everything else new?
I'd like to do option A as I have it unlocked already and the modem is different than the Tmobile modem and MetroPCS came with 4.4.2 on it and I have it already tweaked as I want it.
Can I avoid using the old PCB from T-Mobile and just use it as a donor IMEI device and then put it in my parts drawer with no IMEI label?
I'd rather keep the main PCB from the new phone rather than swap to an unknown condition older PCB.
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Why doing soo much efforts just simply pay the amount and enjoy till the works :good:

IMEI tampering in any way is illegal in most areas.....and NOT discussed on XDA. Take the previous posters advice, or look to another site for help.
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Bad IMEI question

If you have an att phone with a bad imei, would if work on lets say tmobile if its unlocked?
i see imei repair services but nothing for s6 active
my phone is fine for now but im running into money problems and i dont want it to be black listed and not work... thanks

1nsomnium said:
If you have an att phone with a bad imei, would if work on lets say tmobile if its unlocked?
i see imei repair services but nothing for s6 active
my phone is fine for now but im running into money problems and i dont want it to be black listed and not work... thanks
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Did you purchase the phone brand new or second hand? Is the imei there or just missing? If it's missing it doesn't matter if it's sim unlocked or not it won't work on any GSM carrier if your imei is missing or has been black listed (reported stolen or for none payment)

purchased brand new but subsidized through ATT Next
I have 3 months to get it back on
I screwed up but found another job so ill be back on track
But yeah I was thinking of doing the imei repair method
its a service where it spoofs your phone with another imei to unblacklist it

1nsomnium said:
purchased brand new but subsidized through ATT Next
I have 3 months to get it back on
I screwed up but found another job so ill be back on track
But yeah I was thinking of doing the imei repair method
its a service where it spoofs your phone with another imei to unblacklist it
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Before changing your imei which is illegal I would contact AT&T and see if there is an arrangement you guys can come to. I suggest exhausting all legitimate means before paying someone to change your imei

[Completed] Accidentally bought a stolen phone, and really need somebody's help.

So a couple months ago I bought a phone that at the time I didnt know was stolen. After finding out a little more about it here is what I found:
-not blacklisted
-previous owner still owes 500+ dollars on it
-its the g930p version (sprint)
-There is no lock pin or anything so I have access to it, just cant use it for data, sms, mms, or anything of the sort.
-sprint says its still under contract/financial responsibility so they wont unlock it for me
So, I dont have the money to pay it off, and have no way of contacting the owner, so what I'm wondering, is if there is a way that I could perhaps change the imei or meid number (to seem new to different carriers) or any other way of making it so i can actually use the phone.

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So a couple months ago I bought a phone that at the time I didnt know was stolen. After finding out a little more about it here is what I found:
-not blacklisted
-previous owner still owes 500+ dollars on it
-its the g930p version (sprint)
-There is no lock pin or anything so I have access to it, just cant use it for data, sms, mms, or anything of the sort.
-sprint says its still under contract/financial responsibility so they wont unlock it for me
So, I dont have the money to pay it off, and have no way of contacting the owner, so what I'm wondering, is if there is a way that I could perhaps change the imei or meid number (to seem new to different carriers) or any other way of making it so i can actually use the phone.
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Greetings and welcome to assist. You have my sympathies that you bought a stolen phone and I really hope you get your money back but changing IMEI numbers is illegal and not something we can discuss on xda
Thanks for understanding
Sawdoctor

How Do You Change Oneplus 6 IMEI

Yes I know it's illegal in some countries and might damage my phone so thanks if you're about to tell me that.
My Sim is blocked in my country, I have been using my oneplus 6 for 5 months and the Sim was working normally after 3 months it got locked in my country which is a normal thing if you buy a phone abroad and ship it to the country I tried to register it but the price to register it is way to high and I don't have that kind of money. I traveled out of the country this summer and when I put an international Sim card in my phone it works perfectly but when I got back into the country and I put my Sim back into my phone or any other Sim at that it said "Sim card not allowed" so I figured I can keep changing my IMEI and I'd be getting 3 months to use the imei before it gets locked and I'd repeat the process. The problem now is I don't know how to change my imei on this oneplus 6 it's a completely different process from the MTK phone I used before if I use an app to change it with root it doesn't seem to work it would say my imei has been changed but when I restart my phone it's still the same thing. Please help me out how do I change my imei on my oneplus 6?

Please take a read of XDA forum rules, particularly part 9. Next ask yourself "is what I'm asking going against this rule in any way, shape, or form?" Finally, don't expect an answer.

No IMEI change discussion allowed on XDA.