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marcel06
11th June 2006, 09:20 AM
Hi all,

I have a SPV3000 from my work and I lost it for a while so I mentionned it to my manager who is going to state it to Orange to get it blacklisted.

The thing is, after a couple of weeks, I have just found my phone again!

I am not feeling I should mention it again to my boss as it sounds really ridiculous and he was kind enough not to argue on the loss. But well, now I have a phone fully working which IMEI code will soon be blacklisted by the 3 main operators in France running a common database on the subject (in case of phones stolen). I may send my phone to a friend abroad who will certainly be able to use it there but is there any tricky solution to be able to use it in France?

What is this IMEI code exactly and how does it work?

BE SURE I AGREE WITH THE IDEA OF BLACK LISTS TO AVOID SO COMMON AGGRESSIONS JUST FOR PHONES...

You may send me private posts in case you are reluctant to have this kind of information largely communicated.
levenum
11th June 2006, 09:51 AM
Hi marcel06!

IMEI is kind of like a serial number which your cell company sees.
If you haven't noticed, there is a wiki link under the word for details.

There are no tricks when it comes to IMEI. There are ways of changing it, but that is illegal in most countries.

Because IMEI identifies your phone, thieves could change their phone IMEI to match yours so you would pay for calls made from other phone.

If you really want to use the phone again, you should report that it was found so they won't blacklist you.
hanmin
11th June 2006, 10:09 AM
Because IMEI identifies your phone, thieves could change their phone IMEI to match yours so you would pay for calls made from other phone.


Oh.. no. I'm not sure about those pre-SIM period phone. But I'm definately sure that now, for phones that are using SIM cards, you are not able to charge to others account using IMEI. The controlling mech is the SIM card, the billing information is in the card, not the phone. But the operator will have the power (as I've heard) to disable/track phone by IMEI.