Lost my less than 20 hours old Xperia z1

Nikhilmendu · Nov 15, 2013

Hey guys i have never used xperia devices before . Coming from gnote 2 .
I am from india i have ordered my xperia z1 and got delivered yesterday at 11pm yesterday.
Today i have been to a mall lost that somewhere iam sure someone stole that. As the mall staff said that mine is 12th phone lost in just a week.
And i have activated android device manager and just in 20min after losing that my z1 is unavaliable via android device manager.
I have contacted sny customer care they said they can't trace the device via imei and iam sure the imei is 100% correct.
My question is could some change the imei number please help :'(

ImAnurag · Nov 15, 2013

Nikhilmendu said:
Hey guys i have never used xperia devices before . Coming from gnote 2 .
I am from india i have ordered my xperia z1 and got delivered yesterday at 11pm yesterday.
Today i have been to a mall lost that somewhere iam sure someone stole that. As the mall staff said that mine is 12th phone lost in just a week.
And i have activated android device manager and just in 20min after losing that my z1 is unavaliable via android device manager.
I have contacted sny customer care they said they can't trace the device via imei and iam sure the imei is 100% correct.
My question is could some change the imei number please help :'(

that can only be changed if motherboard is replaced.

PRAKASHPANDEY193 · Nov 15, 2013

Nikhilmendu said:
Hey guys i have never used xperia devices before . Coming from gnote 2 .
I am from india i have ordered my xperia z1 and got delivered yesterday at 11pm yesterday.
Today i have been to a mall lost that somewhere iam sure someone stole that. As the mall staff said that mine is 12th phone lost in just a week.
And i have activated android device manager and just in 20min after losing that my z1 is unavaliable via android device manager.
I have contacted sny customer care they said they can't trace the device via imei and iam sure the imei is 100% correct.
My question is could some change the imei number please help :'(

Sorry to say bt yes now its pretty easy to change imei no... I dont know about sony phone bt my frnd using a stolen samsung phone and change its imei no with jelp of some samsung service centre member in just 600 rs....

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Nikhilmendu · Nov 15, 2013

ImAnurag said:
that can only be changed if motherboard is replaced.

I have lost my imei while tweaking my note 2 . But this is my first sony device :'(
And my friend has also lost/ changed his imei number in sony xperia L

ImAnurag · Nov 15, 2013

Nikhilmendu said:
I have lost my imei while tweaking my note 2 . But this is my first sony device :'(
And my friend has also lost/ changed his imei number in sony xperia L

well i don't know about that...why would anyone want to change imei intentionally

file a FIR in police that's best you can do...or track if that SIM is used again

Nikhilmendu · Nov 15, 2013

ImAnurag said:
well i don't know about that...why would anyone want to change imei intentionally

file a FIR in police that's best you can do...or track if that SIM is used again

Filed an fir already and i have asked sony customer care and they said they can't track the phone via imei :crying:

TheCraig · Nov 15, 2013

I would keep trying Android Device Manager. it's location may pop up when they switch it on or something.

noryn · Nov 15, 2013

sorry for you - but 20 hours of pleasure.

Nikhilmendu · Nov 16, 2013

TheCraig said:
I would keep trying Android Device Manager. it's location may pop up when they switch it on or something.

been trying but no luck theguy have factory resetted or flashed a new rom :crying:

TheCraig · Nov 16, 2013

Nikhilmendu said:
been trying but no luck theguy have factory resetted or flashed a new rom :crying:

Ahh, I hope you find it, I hate it when you think you lose your phone then you can't feel it in your pocket and then your heart sinks but then you realize its in the other one lol, just losing a phone scares me

Nikhilmendu · Nov 16, 2013

TheCraig said:
Ahh, I hope you find it, I hate it when you think you lose your phone then you can't feel it in your pocket and then your heart sinks but then you realize its in the other one lol, just losing a phone scares me

But that's not in my case some cunning professional theives are around in the mall
WTF mine is 12th phone lost in the same mall in less than a week.
Lost all hopes nothing left now :crying:

One Twelve · Nov 16, 2013

Sorry for your loss, maybe you can help others to be more careful.

Nikhilmendu said:
Today i have been to a mall lost that somewhere iam sure someone stole that. As the mall staff said that mine is 12th phone lost in just a week.

Describe how you were carrying your phone, pants pocket (front or back?) or top shirt pocket ?

Did you take it out and place it on a table somewhere and found it disappeared or did it disappear by pick pocket.

Try to think hard about this, if the same gang operates there, go back and hang out at that mall, chances are the same characters will be there again. Were you in a crowd at any time, with people close to you. waiting in a line with people really close. These are the places these guys can strike.

Had read how somebody lost his phone, picked out of his top shirt pocket, whilst waiting for a food order to arrive. So there is a crowd of people with hands going up and over your shoulder, gentle pushing & shoving. This is a great way to pull a phone out especially if you happen to be under 5 foot 10. It just takes a tap on the opposite shoulder to distract and the crook has lifted your phone already

For this to work it matters where you are facing, if you are looking away from your top shirt or pant pocket then its easy otherwise it won't work. These guys know this and pick their marks carefully.

LordManhattan · Nov 16, 2013

Nikhilmendu said:
Filed an fir already and i have asked sony customer care and they said they can't track the phone via imei :crying:

They won't track it using the IMEI, but they can easily block the IMEI so it'll be a useless brick, and the thieves won't be able to use it on an Indian network (and possibly other foreign networks)

Nikhilmendu · Nov 16, 2013

LordManhattan said:
They won't track it using the IMEI, but they can easily block the IMEI so it'll be a useless brick, and the thieves won't be able to use it on an Indian network (and possibly other foreign networks)

Yeah i do know but the thing is even they are having trouble blocking imei too i have been at service center for more than 3 hours simply useless they tried a lot but useless

Riyal · Nov 19, 2013

Meh! I miss the good old nokia days... Where whatever you do(flash new firmware, factory reset, reformat) the security code just persists and won't let you use the phone until you key it in.

charliechocolate · Nov 19, 2013

One Twelve said:
Sorry for your loss, maybe you can help others to be more careful.

Describe how you were carrying your phone, pants pocket (front or back?) or top shirt pocket ?

Did you take it out and place it on a table somewhere and found it disappeared or did it disappear by pick pocket.

Try to think hard about this, if the same gang operates there, go back and hang out at that mall, chances are the same characters will be there again. Were you in a crowd at any time, with people close to you. waiting in a line with people really close. These are the places these guys can strike.

Had read how somebody lost his phone, picked out of his top shirt pocket, whilst waiting for a food order to arrive. So there is a crowd of people with hands going up and over your shoulder, gentle pushing & shoving. This is a great way to pull a phone out especially if you happen to be under 5 foot 10. It just takes a tap on the opposite shoulder to distract and the crook has lifted your phone already

For this to work it matters where you are facing, if you are looking away from your top shirt or pant pocket then its easy otherwise it won't work. These guys know this and pick their marks carefully.

good questions, why is op ignoring this post...

CustomDroided · Aug 26, 2014

plz help me

+Nikhilmendu how did your friend change his imei on his xperia L because I lost my imei on my Xperia l.Plz help nikhil

hasn4179 · Aug 27, 2014

These apps, like android device manager etc are almost useless (useful only if the thief is a rookie) coz they will be desynced as soon as the email id is removed from mobile (via flash or any other way)

Regarding imei, try contacting all the network providers, i dont know if it will be easy task to do considering there are many providers plus you may need a strong source or reference to convince them, but when any mobile is connected to a network(and things like sms or call are sent from that mobile), its imei is sent to the database of the network to keep record...

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