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shriek
Joined: Sep 08, 2003
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Can anyone explain how can a phone be blocked to make and receive calls but not sms?
I bought a second hand K800i recently, in portugal. I knew it was unlocked (it worked on all 3 networks in portugal) and that it was imported from some other country (unknown).
2 days afterwards I flew to London where I tried to use it in roaming. I could receive and send sms (through Vodafone UK, since I have a Vodafone PT SIM) but later on noticed that I could make any calls... when I dialled the number I would hear 2 bips and the call wouldn't even make through.
I tried the same SIM on another phone and everything worked fine. My network operator (Vodafone PT) told me they didnt' detected any anomally in the phone so it must be some problem related to the phone itself.
I also tried a UK T-mobile SIM and it wouldn't even register the SIM.
Does anybody know what must be wrong here?
Using the >*<<*<* code I could see that all locks are "unlocked" so could it be just another lock? or just some hardware problem of the phone? Back in Portugal everything just works fine... the porblem is that in a couple of months I will be moving to UK and I don't need a none working phone there...
thanks for any help
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Marly
Joined: Jun 04, 2006
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Your phone is probably blocked, because it's reported stolen (for real or as part of an insurance fraud) in the UK.
I'm afraid you cant't solve this yourself, can't you contact the seller ?
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shriek
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I can, in fact I did contact him already and he told me he was not aware of this problem and that he would return my money if I want to. I'm just trying to know more about this issue. wouldn't a blocked (black-listed) device be blocked in several countries?
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Marly
Joined: Jun 04, 2006
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@shriek:
Unfortunately not, a blocked phone works fine in another country.
When you'd like to know more about this, search for it here in the forums, there has been written a lot about blocked phones lately.
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aatuif
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Does that mean, most probably, that the phone was stolen in the uk and sold elsewhere as a bonafide one....
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Marly
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Possible, but not for sure, could be insurance fraud also and, as we've seen here lately, there are some other reasons, why a phone can get blocked.
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Posted: 2007-03-31 19:20
