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richardduran
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Exclamation Samsung galaxy s2 problems for tmobile

hey guys im probably another victim of these thieves i bought a galaxy s2 from craiglist for almost 400 us dollars and i used the phone for like 1 month and a week ago the phone is showing like a blocked symbol instead of the signal bars i called tmobile and they told me that my phone was blacklisted.....and they cannot do nothing for me.... i dont have any info of the guy who sold the phone to me...theres any hack or flashing i can do to fix this problem?they blocked the imei # of the phone i cannot get signal nowhere now........any help is appreciated.....i hope u guys understand my situation and help me out with this
 
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you lost $400

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report it to the police

you lost $400

at least you got a nice mini android tablet wth WiFi
That sucks
 
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hey guys im probably another victim of these thieves i bought a galaxy s2 from craiglist for almost 400 us dollars and i used the phone for like 1 month and a week ago the phone is showing like a blocked symbol instead of the signal bars i called tmobile and they told me that my phone was blacklisted.....and they cannot do nothing for me.... i dont have any info of the guy who sold the phone to me...theres any hack or flashing i can do to fix this problem?they blocked the imei # of the phone i cannot get signal nowhere now........any help is appreciated.....i hope u guys understand my situation and help me out with this
you could find a way to get the unlock code and then try using one of the MVNO operators.
1 Simple mobile = tmobile
2 H20 wireless = ATT

i would try the second route, the sim starter kit is avail at best buy..............