I have a tmobile iPad mini that is blacklisted. I bought it on ebay last year, and the 4g stopped working soon after that. A few months later I find out that it is blacklisted. Will it still work on AT&T?
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Carrier T-Mobile iPad blacklisted... Will it still work on AT&T?
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For iPads I'm not sure. I do have a friend who bought a Sprint iPad that was blacklisted by Sprint and still works on T-Mobile if that's anything to go by.
Either reported lost/stolen or blocked from the network due to nonpayment of monthly service contract.
Blacklisted means the device is blocked from connecting to a particular network due to one of the above conditions.
They said they had a sprint iPad and got tmobile. I heard that tmobile and AT&T use the same blacklist database, but I son't know if that is true.
Or, stop paying for cell access like we did. Between wifi, and tethering from my iphone, we save lots of money.
Selling a blacklisted iPad might not be easy. You might be forced to sell less than 100 buck for that. Good luck. 
Selling a blacklisted iPad might not be easy. You might be forced to sell less than 100 buck for that. Good luck.
100 bucks... LOL
If the iPad was being financed and is blacklisted on T-Mobile due to non-payment, it will still work on AT&T. However, if it was reported lost or stolen, it wont be usable on any carrier.
You can determine which situation you are in by going to t-mobile.com/verifyIMEI.aspx
You can determine which situation you are in by going to t-mobile.com/verifyIMEI.aspx
It says that it is blocked and will not work on T-mobile's network. So that means it will work on AT&T, right?
Correct. The message you received indicates the original buyer did not finish paying for the device. If it were reported lost/stolen, T-Mobiles system would have explicitly stated that. Currently, AT&T will only block another carriers device when it has been flagged as lost/stolen. So the iPad should be usable on AT&T. Its worth noting that these policies are subject to change so its possible it may no longer be usable on AT&T at some point in the future.
Why the LOL? He's right. Who in the world would buy a blacklisted iPad unless they were getting a price that represented the loss of feature?
Assuming that you're going to be honest when you sell it.
Why don't you sign up for a data plan and try it?