How to Activate iPhone IMEI Blacklisted and Blocked Many mobile phone repair stores offer phone buyback programs to their customers and end up buying back a phone that they’re unable to activate due to a bad IMEI phone number that’s been blacklisted by the carrier. __________________________ UPDATED 2017: Where to have your IMEI/ESN cleared off blacklist by carrier. Read article below for alternative methods that might also work out for you. Bad IMEI/ESN Cleaning Services • ( True IMEI/ESN Remote Cleaning) • ( Swap Bad IMEI/ESN Phone for Clean One + Remote Cleaning Options) • ( True IMEI/ESN Remote Cleaning) • ( True IMEI/ESN Remote Cleaning) __________________________. This can often happen when the initial check at the time of the buyback resulted in a clean IMEI number. This can be very frustrating knowing that the value of a blacklisted IMEI phone is often significantly lower than non-blocked IMEI phones. Fortunately, you still have some options and, in most cases, you might not end up losing any money.
Of course, the best precaution to buying back a blacklisted IMEI phone is to check before you buy it. There are plenty of IMEI and ESN check websites on the internet that are free and instant. You must be careful as some of them work better for certain carriers and while they’re pretty reliable, they can never be 100% correct. • Identify Hybrid CDMA/GSM Phones.
If the phone is unable to activate on a CDMA carrier such as Sprint or Verizon, the blacklisted IMEI could still have the ability to be used on a GSM network. Many of the phones manufactured lately come with a GSM standard, micro or nano SIM card slot and have GSM radios allowing for use on a GSM network. Likewise, many of them come factory unlocked, even if one of the major providers sold the phone. Such an example is the iPhone 5 from Verizon. If you happen to have a bad ESN iPhone 5, you really don’t have a problem – it comes factory unlocked! You won’t be able to use it on Verizon again, but you should have no trouble using it on another GSM pre-paid carrier in the USA or Internationally.
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In fact, a phone sold as unlocked has a 15-20% better value than if you sold it on Verizon. One of the first models of this type was the Blackberry Storm several years ago. I remember customers wanting cash would offer extremely an low price knowing it had a blocked ESN number with Verizon – but not knowing that the phone came factory unlocked and was good for AT&T or T-Mobile. All that was needed was a setting change to deactivate the CDMA radio and activate its use on a GSM network. Lastly, make sure that the bad IMEI phone that has a GSM SIM card slot actually has a radio and the correct cellular bands to allow service.
Some phones, such as the original Nexus, had a micro SIM card slot, but the radio connected to it was only connected to the 4G network, not the GSM quad band network. Paid ESN/IMEI Cleaning Services There are companies who have back door access to clear your IMEI/ESN issues, for a price. You have two options. Pay a flat fee to one of these providers or you can pay to have your device swapped for a clean IMEI/ESN unit.
Not every time will these be successful but in the event that their not the seller will refund you in full and only takes a few hours or days at worst. Bad IMEI/ESN Cleaning Services • ( True IMEI/ESN Remote Cleaning) • ( Swap Bad IMEI/ESN Phone for Clean One + Remote Cleaning Options) • ( True IMEI/ESN Remote Cleaning) • ( True IMEI/ESN Remote Cleaning). • Just because a phone is blacklisted, on a lost or stolen list, or has a blocked IMEI, this doesn’t mean that the phone was stolen or that it’s illegal to buy it back from someone. • It is a crime to knowingly buy back stolen product. Ask your customer how they got the phone in a polite way if you find it on a blocked IMEI list before buying it back. • Never buy back a known bad IMEI phone.
• Make sure to ask your unlock supplier if their service covers blocked IMEI devices. If so, make sure it’s covered for various originating carriers and if any additional charges or unlock commitment times are different.
I seem to be facing a major challenge, i have no idea whether you can be able to help me with my issue! I bought a phone from a guy on the street simply because it’s the cheapest place for me to buy it but not taking into an account the phone i had just purchase is blacklisted and the network has been blocked. The are [0] trial to unlock the network meaning i can’t even unlock it using the codes. When i try looking the guy who sold me that phone, he is no where to be found, and i am there sitting with a phone which doesn’t work and i have paid money for that phone, throwing it away is no longer an option. Will you be able to help me solve the problem, i really have no idea on what to do because i really want to use that phone, despite the fact the it’s been blacklisted. My phone model is Sony Xperia C2305 i am from South Africa •. Wow.I can not believe that everyone thinks that blacklisted or lost or stolen phones cant be activated!
I do it for people all of the time that were in the same position.buying a phone that they didn’t know was blacklisted for one reason or another. The only thing you have to worry about when buying an I phone is an Icloud apple lock on the phone.
No way to beat that. But if it is not icloud locked you are good.
Buy the way.the phone does not have to be unlocked by the carrier. It doesn’t matter at all if you do it the way I tell you to. You can not used a T-mobile phone on straight talk with the AT&T straight talk sim. You could use the straight talk T-mobile sim. But in my area the T-mobile towers suck.
Plus if you unlock a T-mobile phone and use it with ether Cricket wireless or straight talk on AT&T the data comes unlocked that you can share it to other devices like your laptop or other wifi devices. The price for Cricket wireless is cheaper then Straight talk. You can get 5 lines of unlimited service with the data for 100 a month. So that works out to 20 dollars a line. I know I’m posting this on an incorrect place but it will not let me start a discussion and I’ve never done this. Here’s my issue: someone left an att phone at a friends house and they’ve never been able to track down the owner.
They gave it to me since I’m having major trouble with my phone. It has a clear imei (I checked) and I have a new active SIM card I JUST put back in am old phone but it is giving me trouble too Calls voicemail, on messenger etc but won’t connect direct calls. Can’t even get thru to 611! So I want to use this saying they have me but it’s telling me I have to enter the acct info for a google acct the phone was previously synced to and that’s impossible since the owner cannot be found. What can I do, please???
I am missing calls left and right (this is my business phone #too) and can’t use the phone! Please help!! But you can use blocked (bad financed) phones on other networks within the usa, but not blacklisted(lost or stollen). Like you can use a t-mobile or metro pcs phone on att or cricket wireless, att prepaid, (straight talks att sim) and other GSM networks within the usa after being unlocked if they are blocked or have a bad finance on the original carriers network. T-mobile is making it harder to do that these days as now they have an unlock app on the android phones.
You can still find companies that will unlock them but it cost more to unlock them and you just run the app and it will let you unlock them. You can also use At&t blocked network phones on T-moblie, (straight talk t-mobile sim) and metro pcs as long as they are just blocked and not blacklisted. I have been using blocked (bad financed) T-mobile phones for years on AT&T’s network without issue. I just can’t use them on T-mobile. It may work for a short time, but cell phone companies share their black listed list and will block a lost or stolen phone on all networks, some times it can take a year but in time they will get blocked.
And again it depends on why it’s showing up as black listed. Some web sites will show blacklisted when in fact they are not blacklisted but are bad financed, If it’s just a bad financed then just need to pay for an unlock code (unless it’s Verizon as most come factory unlocked) and use them on another network. I know what I am talking about and guess what my name is. Jason Miller. Not spelled the same as your first name, but still kind of funny.
Hello, I recently purchased a Samsung Galaxy S2 tablet through a reputable seller on ebay. It’s a GSM tablet from t-mobile. I put in my t-mobile sim card. The device worked on mobile data for a day, then stopped working. I spoke with a rep from t-mobile – she advised that the IMEI was block because the original owner has an outstanding balance on the device. They would not tell me what the balance was, nor would they even allow me to pay off the balance.
I contacted the ebay seller, but haven’t heard back yet. I really like the device, but it’s useless to me without being able to use it on the t-mobile network. Is there any way to unblock the IMEI #? Bought from who? The drug dealer down at the park.
These things don’t just happen. Quit buying stolen property. It comes with bad karma attached to it. Do you know what people have to go through to replace a stolen phone? It’s expensive and a hassle and they are out a phone and they have lives.
And you go buy from a loser piece of sh_t drug dealer who next week will steal your mothers phone and eventually the one they sold you and these guys never live well they always broke and their dope number one in their life. You get no watranty on these phones,, you can’t insure them. By buying the stolen property you keep the cycle going. Have you looked up the charges for receiving stolen property? There’s sting operations too where losers who buy stolen property go to jail. Cuz you know you ain’t buying it legit. You’re well aware it’s stolen.
Integrity people!!!!!!! Don’t know what that is?
Oh yeah that’s why you’re on here. Great, so the a hole who stole my new phone at Christmas time and caused me a lot of hardship replacing that phone can make that phone work and use it? I mean if a phones reported stolen and blocked it should never be able to be used. I wish the phone would blow up in their hands. I really hate criminals so much.
I pay full retail while they just steal it and none of the blocks to use it again work really for me and I lose while they gain always. Does anyone ever go to jail for stealing and selling to unsuspecting buyers another persons property? Here’s my question I own two galaxy’s, s6 and note 3.
Also a iphone c5. They are all locked because of an ongoing dispute with t mobile. Totally lied about the monthly bill, didn’t pay my Sprint bill as promised it went on my credit and wouldn’t talk to me at all about the issues. Two months later our phone numbers were given away. I was devastated I had my number for 14 years.
I traded in a a iphone 5c and a galaxy s5 that were just a few months old that I paid cash for. Now I have these phones I cant use. Is it possible to unlock these and use them with sprint, cricket or At &t? Can I unlock them with unlockscope and a new sim card?
Check IMEI on t-mobile’s web site. Do a google search for T-mobile IMEI. If they come up as blocked or bad financed you can unlock them to use with cricket wireless or at&t. You can find companies on ebay selling unlock services for the phone. T-mobile has an unlock app and it cost more to unlock the newer phones.
You should be able to do a search by the model of your phone on ebay and unlock service and see them come up. You can also find other web pages as well. I have a LG V10 and it took like 2 days for them to get my unlock ready to use the unlock app on a blocked t-mobile phone. Been using it with cricket. They offer 5 lines for 100 a month including all the taxes and fees. Yes it is unlocked but that doesn’t mean it’s not on the lost/stolen ESN list. This will bar it from being used on most domestic carriers including prepaid ones.
StraightTalk is basically AT&T just rebranded and the carriers are sharing the information across carriers now for the lost or stolen list. That doesn’t mean it can’t be used or sold in a way to get the most value out if it. You have 2 options: 1) Pay to remove the bad ESN status.
You can try eBay or some other unlock providers but will probably cost $50-$100. 2) Sell the phone on eBay but specifically state that the ESN is bad. Make sure to select that you will let eBay fulfill the order to international countries. In other countries, the carriers won’t sync with the domestic ones so even if it has a bad ESN it will be able to be used on the international carrier with no issues (As long as it’s not Rogers in Canada) •. Who do you call and get it working again? My Aunt bought a Samsung Galaxy S7 off of someone and I work for TCC Verizon. I told her I was 100% sure the phone was stolen.
She can’t get ahold of the person who sold her this and she is older and didn’t know to check the IMEI number and see if it was stolen and now she is out of $250. How can she use this on straighttalk service and get it out the lost and stolen? I’m a little confused lol. It’s a Verizon phone but she bought it with the help intention on using it on straighttalk.
Any help will help! Who would she contact to pay to get it unlocked or whatever and how much does that normally cost? I recently just bought a brand new Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge from local classified KIJIJI and it was working great.
However, a month later the carrier added the phone to the blacklist saying that the original owner are behind on her payments. I called the carrier and they said unless the original owner are up to date with her payments they will not remove it from the blacklist. Unfortunately I don’t have the number of the person that I bought the phone from so I can’t reach her. The annoying thing was I did my checks at the time I bought it to make sure the IMEI numbers is not listed on the black list, also did some test on the phone to make sure it’s real. Who knew that a month later the girl don’t pay her bills can affect me. Apparently the carrier REP told me that lots of people apparently also sell their phone then report it as stolen afterward as well. I find that is BS because what the original owner do shouldn’t have any impact on me as a third party consumer.
The carrier should go after that person through other means like collections to get it back not add the phone to blacklist. I might have to sell this device overseas like you suggested (I’m in Canada). Is there a list of countries that this phone would still work in? Some people on another forum that I read said that it may have been international blacklist now, not national like it used to be. I bought phone off eBay store 8 months ago. Worked perfectly till yesterday when it was blocked by my T-Mobile carrier.
Why and how does it take 8 months to get reported as lost/stolen or nonpayment per original contract. Who waits 8 months to report it stolen and in a day and age that everything is electronically managed how do multiple companies with an agreement as Verizon sprint and T-Mobile do, not see instantly that this is contracted to another person on another network that is not free to sell it.
They cant tell me why after 8 months exactly the reason, stolen or nonpayment, because its not my account. After 8 months I feel like its more a scam by major cell phone carriers than by the eBay seller with 4000 transaction history. Did they tell you what carrier it had? Take it to that carrier and talk with them.
Explain to them what happened, that you bought it from craigslist. More than likely, you’re screwed but you might get someone that knows how to work the system (highly unlikely). As the OP said, try another carrier on a different network.
Most pay by month services take bad imei’s. I had an LG G4 phone from Sprint that I took to another network and it had a bad imei. I didn’t finish paying it off because Sprint service is total crap and they wouldn’t help me. My kid uses it now and is very happy.
Hello admin, pls. Answer me this I bought a brand new t mobile note 3 in dec., 2014. Came with case, charger & all. The seller actually imported some units to sell in my country. I later noticed the phone was rooted, but apart from that has been working superbly over past 18 months. The problem now is that 18 months later, i want to upgrade to lollipop but i discover that the imei on dialling *#06# is not thesame as the one behind the battery. I check the imei on t mobile site and it says its blocked.
Now im afraid to upgrade bcos i dont know if lollipop ugrade will reset the imei & all, and then i end up with a useless phone. Hello My name is Eugene. I live in Moscow. 03/03/14 I bought the phone on Ebay. As the goods delivered in Russia, I arrange delivery to my friend in USA. He sent me a phone in Russia.
Today I received a phone, but it was blocked. I can not get it back, as has already been a long time after purchase and the seller no longer registered on the site. What can I do to unlock this phone?
I am ready to pay for unlocking. After a call to the operator t-mobile, I learned that the phone is stolen and blacklisted. He boxed as new. Hi, I bought a note 2 a month ago and just last thursday i cannot use the phone anymore. I checked with the third party repair man and told me that the phone is reported stolen. How can it be stolen if the phone is with the box and everything sealed like brand new when I got it. The same IMEI on the box.
Found out that bell mobility here canada offers insurance to customers. So that seller will get another note 2 and sell it again I guess. The phone is in the National Blacklist of Canada. Do you think it will stil be fixed? Can I use it on another country like the philippines when I am going to go on a vacation? The phone is unlocked to work on all the carriers here in canada and abroad.
I hope to get a response. – What model iPhone is it? – If you just extended your contract for a discounted or subsidized phone, you can try to call tmobile and tell them you’re going overseas and would like to unlock you device. They usually want the specific phone your trying to unlock to have fulfilled it’s 2 year contract obligation but I’ve heard of many customers where these requirements were not meet and we’re able to get the phone unlocked.
You might have to try calling into tmobile a few times if they say no initially until you get rep who will make an exception to their standard policy. If you’ve been a tmobile customer for a while (at least 10 month), you’re chances should be significantly higher. The policy is in place to prevent those who will leave and not fulfill their contract obligation from being able to easily sell their phone (since they still “owe” tmobile). Unfortunately, having such a policy crosses over to those long term good value clients that pay their bull on time and actually have a legitimate use case for unlocking the phone for personal use and after returning, will still be a paying tmobile customer. The above suggestion is for current tmobile clients and free if you can get them to make an exception. – If you you bought the phone from somewhere else like ebay, craigslist or from someone else you can try to ask someone who is a t-mobile customer to call in for you and request the phone to be unlocked. Provided the phone you purchased is not on a lost or stolen list and the IMEI is clean, you could get a friend or colleague to submit for you under their account for free.
Usually the carrier (T-Mobile and AT&T) will allow 5 unlocks per account per year, regardless if the phone trying to be unlocked was one associated with a purchase to one of the account holders users. Lastly, if you don’t have someone who might be able to submit and get the unlock for free, you could try searching eBay for a seller that provides • Pingback: () •.