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Bucksatserver
Posts: 2
Phone Model:
V500
Service Provider:
Vodaphone & t-mobile |
 
Mon Sep 13, 2004 5:40 pm |
I have just been given a Motorola V500 from someone that lost their phone, claimed on their insurance and then found the old phone down the side of their cooker.
The phone is locked atm, is it possible to get this unlocked in any way without it affexting his replacement phone etc.
Many thanks in advance, a neeeewwwbeeee 
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cosb6
Posts: 5 |
Wed Sep 15, 2004 10:20 am |
I believe the phone is property of the Insurance Company now.... so is BARRED from all networks. It's not legally possible to get it back onto the Network... this is something for the Insurance Company as they own the phone...
They (i believe) barr the IMEI Number...
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technics
Posts: 2
Phone Model:
gu87, v600
Service Provider:
at&t |
Sun Sep 19, 2004 5:48 pm |
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does that mean that if you put in a working sim card in the phone it still wont work?
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indianenvasion
Posts: 71
Phone Model:
Moto V80 Unlocked, Samsung E105, Nokia 8890 Unlocked
Service Provider:
T-Mobile |
Mon Sep 20, 2004 12:09 pm |
Correct. The phone is "Banned" think of it like playing an online game and cheating - well u get caught and most servers will not allow you to play again beacuse u cheated.
As for your buds phone being banned - you can check out other companies and see if they use the same data base as original company the phone was from if they do your stuck if not get the phone unlocked and use it with another company.
example :
i lost my phone - got a new one - gave the old one to a friend - tmobile who i have only shares a database with cingular - my friend has at&t - he got the phone unlocked and put his sim in - bling bling he got a new phone.
example 2 :
lost my phone - got a new one - gave the old one to a friend - tmobile who i have only shares a database with cingular - my bud has cingular - puts his sim in - DOH! the data base says NO ur phone is STOLEN and BANNED ( it dosent really say that im just saying it ) and no go!
good luck finding out who has whos data base a few years ago i think a US bill passed stating that all major companies need to share a data base. so if your in the US and that act went green your SOL.
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Bucksatserver
Posts: 2
Phone Model:
V500
Service Provider:
Vodaphone & t-mobile |
Sat Oct 02, 2004 5:50 pm |
Unlocked
Will only work with t-mobile sim, but all working and me is as happy as larry
btw who is larry?
Tnx for ya help guys..... even if it was slightly off course 
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nukem3000
Posts: 30 |
Sat Oct 02, 2004 7:42 pm |
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Hey tell me how you unlocked it. And how did you get it to work if it's banned? Was the phone originally from tmobile? And did you change the IMEI?
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flyingipis
Posts: 14
Phone Model:
Nokia 7610
Service Provider:
T-Mobile |
Sat Oct 02, 2004 8:04 pm |
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LOL the insurance company knows the phone is stolen but not that carriers....
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Jemo
Posts: 373
Phone Model:
SE w880i (Silver
Service Provider:
O2 |
Sun Oct 03, 2004 9:46 am |
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once the insurance companies an network providers update their lists it will b blocked, so enjoy it while it lasts
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nukem3000
Posts: 30 |
Sun Oct 03, 2004 9:54 am |
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Once I found a T720 from Roggers and I didnt have a roggers sim card. So I put a sim card from my friends phone and turned it on. I only kept it on for like 3 mins and gave the sim card back to him. After like 15 mins, roggers called him and asked him why was his sim being used in a stolen phone. So I had to return the T720.
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