I reported my iphone stolen to O2 when i thought i had lost it. Turns out my little boy had hidden it. Anyway when I rang O2 back to tell them that I had found it they will not reactivate it because I was not in an iphone contract and now i have been reading some forums who give different advice. does anyone know if i change the imei number with ziphone will this work or is it purely the software it changes it on or does anyone know another way of getting it unblocked. I would like a piece of software that you just click go for it to work as i am not very good with this sort of thing. thanks in advance.
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I was trying to think of the dumbest possible comment anyone could have posted, you are indeed the diamond in the rough.
Anyway, you may be able to change the IMEI of the phone, BUT, it is more than likely illegal, and you have to make sure that it not only looks legit, but isnt taken by another phone, since all phones have a unique IMEI.
It might be possible to just activate it with pwnagetool and then stick your sim card and use it like that. I don't have any guarantees though.
Just for the record MIKE666 and Benjic we are not all thieves. please see attached pics of receipt with imei number and phone with the same imei number. Maybe you geeks should think next time before making such drastic comments about others, we are not all common criminals.
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maybe YOU should think next time before posting information like that on the interwebz
Push O2 customer services harder. You never had to agree to take a contract in order to buy the phone so their stance is not reasonable.
It is illegal to fake an IMEI in the UK, however, maybe if you have an old phone you never use any more you could take the risk of transferring that IMEI to your iPhone.
It is illegal to fake an IMEI in the UK, however, maybe if you have an old phone you never use any more you could take the risk of transferring that IMEI to your iPhone.
It is highly illegal in the UK to change the IMEI number on any phone and the maximum penalty is 5 years in jail! The fact that you bought the phone originally doesn't actually matter - it's still illegal to change the IMEI on it.
The only way you can get it legally unblocked is through O2 - if they don't want to play ball, then your SOL I'm afraid.
Woohoo!
Gee.....THANKS!
I was searching all over the interwebz for a new IMEI number for my stolen iPhone! Thanks!
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Gee.....THANKS!
I was searching all over the interwebz for a new IMEI number for my stolen iPhone! Thanks!
</sarcasm>
I bet it was really hard to find a picture of an iphone receipt on the internet.
Try Ofcom and trading standards.
It seems somewhat unlikely that O2 would refuse to unblock your iphone if you are the legitimate owner. Also, you normally have to have some sort of account (payg or otherwise) with O2 for them to agree to block a phone in the first place. On the other hand, O2 don't require you to have an iphone contract for a V1 iphone just a payg sim.
It seems somewhat unlikely that O2 would refuse to unblock your iphone if you are the legitimate owner. Also, you normally have to have some sort of account (payg or otherwise) with O2 for them to agree to block a phone in the first place. On the other hand, O2 don't require you to have an iphone contract for a V1 iphone just a payg sim.
Just to be clear, I wasn't accusing you of stealing the phone, I was telling you that its a federal crime in many places to change an IMEI number, so you've proved you aren't a criminal, just that you're really really stupid.
Have you tried take the phone + the receipt to an O2 shop and explain to them what happened? Im pretty sure they'll unlock it if you prove that the phone is legit etc
Just out of curiousity how would the police/O2/anyone else know that you have changed your IMEI number without actually going through the settings on the phone?
Just out of curiousity how would the police/O2/anyone else know that you have changed your IMEI number without actually going through the settings on the phone?
Just out of curiousity how would the police/O2/anyone else know that you have changed your IMEI number without actually going through the settings on the phone?
The IMEI number is presented to the network when you log on but as long as its a valid number then it wouldn't be obvious.. AIUI when you use Ziphone to spoof the IMEI number it doesn't actually change the number (as it is "burnt" onto a OTP chip), the software "intercepts" the number and swops it for the one you typed in and that number is the one presented to the network.
Completely illegal as already pointed out.
The last option would be to buy an iphone with a smashed screen and make one good one from the two.
Of course there is another option...
Return it to Apple and tell them it has a fault.
Pick something random that they can't test like the screen doesn't work all the time. Tell them you have restored it more than once and it still doesn't work.
They will (assuming your still under warranty) replace it for another iPhone with another IMEI number.
Of course you may have issues if its not activated with o2 and if it says the IMEI is blocked on your screen but if its just a normal phone they will more than likely just swap it out for a replacement solving your problem.
Return it to Apple and tell them it has a fault.
Pick something random that they can't test like the screen doesn't work all the time. Tell them you have restored it more than once and it still doesn't work.
They will (assuming your still under warranty) replace it for another iPhone with another IMEI number.
Of course you may have issues if its not activated with o2 and if it says the IMEI is blocked on your screen but if its just a normal phone they will more than likely just swap it out for a replacement solving your problem.
thanks for the advice. I did not realise the legal complications involved with changing imei numbers. I presumed that if Ziphone allows you to do that it was the norm.
Seeing as the 3g Iphone is so cheap now and i have no contract i might as well buy a new one.
As for you MIKE666 I presume you are a single loner who still lives with his parents and only friend is his mac with whom gets off with trawling forums putting in your two pence worth. Any way each to there own.
Adios dudes
Seeing as the 3g Iphone is so cheap now and i have no contract i might as well buy a new one.
As for you MIKE666 I presume you are a single loner who still lives with his parents and only friend is his mac with whom gets off with trawling forums putting in your two pence worth. Any way each to there own.
Adios dudes
Gee.....THANKS!
I was searching all over the interwebz for a new IMEI number for my stolen iPhone! Thanks!
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What the hell is the interwebz?
