Comments on: IMEI Blacklist

By: Gogy

Gogy — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 13:47:33 +0000

Hi, not all operators use this CEIR. That means that phone can be normaly used in some countries with some operators. One of the options after reporting to police, operators etc... is to submit your lost or stolen phone to IMEI database. That will help others that checks the database before buying a phone. You can also check your phones model and manufacturer from IMEI and see if it is the same or fake.

By: ved

ved — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:35:50 +0000

please tell me is my imei no.
135790246811220 is vaild

By: bman

bman — Wed, 28 May 2008 01:59:49 +0000

WTF, tmobile doens’t participate in this.. T-mobile is GAY AS HELL!!!

By: zuni

zuni — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:25:48 +0000

Guess what T-Mobile doesn’t have a service to help find the lost mobile using IMEI. I lost my backberry pearl and that sucks.. that they don’t have the sevice.

By: Sahil

Sahil — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:26:20 +0000

Ok i left my 800$ nokia 8800 in a cab.
Called t-mobile explained CSR that i want to ban the IMEI.
First she didnt seem to understand. Then she was like we dont do it.
I told them that legally you are responsible to do it. She wasnt ready to agree.
I talked to her manager. He didnt agree too. I literally threatened them to cancel my t-mobile account and goto cingular and get a free phone and plan (and pay $200 cancellation instead of paying $200 for a phone). He seemed undettered.

I hope some lawyer takes this up sometime. I dont feel sad about the phone as much , as I hate t-mobile.

PS: My average phone bill is ~200$ (Minutes+Web+LongDistance+Messaging)
So I gave up. Just called the cops and reported a lost phone and gave them the IMEI number. Well Well Well. I think this was my best way out.

By: Krunk

Krunk — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 04:21:28 +0000

Unfortunately I haven’t had a chance to do the experiment.

By: Mathew

Mathew — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 03:53:11 +0000

Did you ever try your experiment?

I also wonder if, as stolen phones could provide substantial revenue to operators, that even after blacklisting, maybe the blocking is unofficially temporary (a few months or something like that?)

I just bought a second-hand phone and the seller insisted the phone was a gift. Whilst it appears to be working fine, it occured to me that it could still be stolen from and blacklisted, overseas. Hopefully when comes the day of international cooperation on imei blacklisting, my expensive phone won’t suddenly stop working. I hope not…

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 01 May 2006 04:40:43 +0000

If you are talking bout T-Mobile in the US, neither they, nor any of the other US GSM carriers, participate in any blacklist. They do nothing to prevent the use of stolen phones.

By: GSM

GSM — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 08:22:51 +0000

you only need to buy new phone from the provider if you use CDMA. Since you and me are currently dealing with T-mobile, so if we lose our phone, just simply call them you need a new SIM card since you lost that one, and buy an unlocked GSM phone, which is much better than the POS phones they’re selling in America (from provider) then swap the SIM card in. THere we go 🙂