Buying phone from marketplaces on internet...

[Charevian]

Hey all,

i think i have an good question...
i was thinking to buy an secondhand HTC Touch HD/Pro or Diamond..
now my question, if the phone i will buy has been reported as stolen,
then the police will send sms floods to bring it back (working on imei)..
can it be true that when i flash the rom of the phone will change and will disable the sms flod of the police...

this is not that i want to buy an stolen phone, but because i dont want my own phone on sms flood, or when i lose my phone, it get reflashed and never get back.

greets,
mark

p.s. my english isnt good, sorry for it, i hope you want u understand me.

[egzthunder1]

Well, to be honest with you... a new rom might disable the SMS (if the feature is not included in the rom), but if the messages are coming into your phone because of the IMEI, I don't think flashing your phone will do you any good. The flash will not change and/or remove the IMEI. In fact, changing this number is illegal in most countries.
Hope this answers your question.

[Charevian]

okee,
i though it would change my imei, because i have an imei Number whats different with the one on my box.
when i try *#06# ..

this is on an qtek S200...

can it be that the imei is flashed with another thing/program?

and is it normally, that an htc touch diamond will be sold for 80 euros in the netherlands, secondhand ..?