Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
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A friend of mine was offered an iPhone today - 3G 16Gb, her friend in work bought it for £150 and it doesn't work on Vodafone, so she's trying to flog it for £100 to re-coop some money.
I told her to bring it round and I tried an o2 sim card in it, and it works fine, I didn't let on at the time, she asked If I could unblock it, if not, would I buy it off her. I offered her £50... could be useful as an iPod for the car, anyway i've now got it here, as I said I'd try unblock it for her. She said she'll think about it, as its a bit of money to lose....
How can I tell if its not just locked to o2? How can I tell if the IMEI number is blocked? If it's not nicked, surely it's worth a bit more if its not blocked via IMEI?
I always thought it was blocked on all networks when they get reported, so I have a little hope of it being genuine, just locked to a network 
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Brett
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 From one scam to another. You're a right one, mate haha
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Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
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You're from Manchester mate, how can I tell whether it's blocked or not?
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noshua
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You can change the IMEI number, iirc it's illegal but it's easy to do, needs jailbreaking first though.
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jamied
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If gets barred on one network it takes a little time but gets barred on the others eventually. never used it but seen this recommended before
http://www.checkmend.com/geo/index.php
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Whittie
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Ever blocked US CheckMEND has no record of this item being blocked by any US network.
Ever blocked UK CheckMEND has no record of this item being blocked by any UK network.
Ever blocked Rest Of World CheckMEND has no record of this item being blocked by any Rest Of World network.
IMEI Currently blocked This item is not currently reported to CheckMEND as blocked.
Stolen Not reported stolen to CheckMEND.
Lost Not reported lost to CheckMEND.
Insurance claims No insurance claim reported to CheckMEND.
Possible counterfeit No counterfeit usage reported to CheckMEND.
Possible clone No clone usage reported to CheckMEND.
Owners No ownership details recorded on Immobilise.com for this item.
Recycled There is no record that this item has been previously recycled.
Contract status There is no record of this handset's contract status.
Warranty No information currently available.
Just done it Jamie, says its all good? 
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Jambo
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Changing imei's is very, very bad.
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Whittie
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Report says its not stolen. Happy days, it's just genrally locked to o2
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Ben D
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Sorry to go off Topic but how easy is it to change the Imei number on a phone once it is blocked?
Just curious of course
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Whittie
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Before I did that report, I had a google and it looks very easy to do!
Also read that it is very illegal and you will be fined a hell of a lot of money and may even go to prison. So probably not worth doing
Just done a report on my old one which was lost/stolen, and it came back stolen. It must work then, result! Cheers Jamie.
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A2H GO
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Do you have to pay for Checkmend? You can put the IMEI number in on one of the mobile phone trade in sites and they checkmend it for you and tell you whether its stolen/lost/blocked for free.
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jamied
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Registered: 27th Oct 03
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No probs mate, glad it helped.
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Whittie
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quote:
Originally posted by A2H GO
Do you have to pay for Checkmend? You can put the IMEI number in on one of the mobile phone trade in sites and they checkmend it for you and tell you whether its stolen/lost/blocked for free.
Ah right, where? (Can be handy for any future reference).
Paid £1.99, twice.
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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iPhone's can be reported stolen and not blocked
Mobile trade sites don't normally tell you, they wait until you send it in, then tell you and don't give it back.
[Edited on 05-03-2011 by John]
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Root
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I read the post first then looked at the poster, expecting to see doyle lol
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Rob E
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Its imposible to change an iphone 3g IMEI. My mrs' sister lost hers and then found it months later and it had been blocked. She rang the insurance company to tell them but because she changed her phone and insurer they were unable to unblock it for her. I spent hours looking into it on the net but I didnt find anything  There was a piece of software that you could use on an iphone 2g with the very first couple of firmwares on but apple soon learnt about it and blocked it. BUT if you have found something sucessfull then I wouldnt mind a U2U about it mate 
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Munchie
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Let me know if its blocked and she wants to sell
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jamied
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Registered: 27th Oct 03
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quote:
Originally posted by Munchie
Let me know if its blocked and she wants to sell
ditto
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