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K800i Blocked, Turns out it's nicked...anyone know this seller? need advice please!! |
leeboy13
Joined: Sep 28, 2005
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From: Brissle - dodgy accients
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i dont know thsi guy but it could have been a 'found' phone which was assumed un-blocked... judging by his responses and feedback id send it back  especially if you get an address etc..
And you can change the IMEI number on phones but its illegal.... and i dont know how to do it before i get a PM
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Tetsugaku-San
Joined: Jan 07, 2004
Posts: 137
From: Brighton
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Thanks for all your help everyone 
Yep I am going to send back this one, and just cross my fingers I suppose . . .. Thing is I was so angry the day I found out that I bought another one off ebay that should be arriving in a mo....
... just arrived as I typed - the silly postman left it on the doorstep with no signiture!!!! bloody fool
Anyway I'll keep you guys informed when (if) I get the other phone back, if I end up with a spare, my mum is getting a better christmas present than I planned . . . . .
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jack77777
Joined: Apr 11, 2006
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From: uk/england.
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did you try flashing the k800i with the latest firmware ? sounds stupid but just wondered lol
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Sammy_boy
Joined: Mar 31, 2004
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From: Staffordshire, United Kingdom
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Firmware flashing sadly doesn't fix a blocked phone!
"All it takes for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing" - Edmund Burke
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jack77777
Joined: Apr 11, 2006
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From: uk/england.
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oh well |
snoop69
Joined: Aug 24, 2005
Posts: 71
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If you send it back you have no evidence!
If he sends you a replacement & that dies in 6 weeks time what will
you do?
You cant report him for the 1st phone because that will be gone & he will
play innocent on the 2nd one!
If the phone is still under contract or the original owner has reported it
stolen then you are handling stolen goods.
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Tetsugaku-San
Joined: Jan 07, 2004
Posts: 137
From: Brighton
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Well it looks like my replacement actually arrived! I have to get home and check the thing actually works first, but I've been told a box arrived via special delivery of the right shape so I should be ok . . . I wonder if it's the same one that's been reprogrammed?
Anyway I don't care if it is TBH, or if it is nicked. The one that first arrived was mint, new in box so if it was nicked it was nicked off a pallette not some poor bugger in the street.
Shall jump up and down for joy should it all be ok
Shame I already bought a vodafone branded replacement - god the Vodafone one is rubbish - all the buttons are screwed up! takes twice as many presses to make a call now  Shall give it to my mum for christmas if I can keep them both, little more than I planned to spend but she needs a good camera 
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haris_el
Joined: Dec 16, 2002
Posts: 378
From: Cyprus - Limassol
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Such phones that are blocked in the uk can they be used abroad? you can send it here in cyprus if you want !
Basically i dont understand why police block the phones, before they get the thiefs. Just track the numbers that are dialled and then block the phone. When police block a phone, then you may say...bye bye phone. Or is it not legal yet to do such a thing?
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Marly
Joined: Jun 04, 2006
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From: Netherlands
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@haris_el :
The police doesn't block phones, the phone company does, after the owner has reported it has been stolen.
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haris_el
Joined: Dec 16, 2002
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From: Cyprus - Limassol
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A ok, in my country Cyprus, you have to report it to the police that your phone is stolen , and then with their indication the phone is blocked. It is obvious that the phone company blocks the SIM card.
BY the way did they start looking for thiefs that are using phones stolen in the UK abroad? I remember a couple of people in the UK when i was studying ; were " losing " their phone in order to get a new one from their insurance company, and then they took their "lost" one back to their countries...
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Posted: 2006-10-27 10:55
