At&t officially starting to BLACKLIST lost & stolen phones

[zoso28]

This is straight from the top. Basically if you put your SIM in a phone that is blacklisted, it will automatically suspend your line until you get another phone. I will try to get a copy of the memo up here at some point today, but the system is active immediately, so be careful.

MEMO:

 

[Gutsyslap1]

Vzw is doing the same thing as well and sprint and tmo from my understanding.

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[MissingSpartan]

The rollout of blocklisting has been pushed back for undisclosed reasons. It's still happening, but more time-sensitive resources are showing that the rollout has been temporarily paused.


Also, as stated in the memo, this will actually only apply to stolen devices unless the customer requests otherwise. In the case of lost, suspension is still the recommended action.

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[MrObvious]

CDMA carriers have done this for a long time.

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[Gutsyslap1]

CDMA carriers have done this for a long time.

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They are making a cross carrier list now from what I read somewhere.

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[MissingSpartan]

Yep, CDMA carriers have done this with ESNs for ages. The big difference now is that by October the list will be compiled and shared by all carriers, and it'll work for GSM.

Also, as of today it looks like blocklisting is active at ATT.

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[zoso28]

We had our first example of this earlier this week. Someone came in with a phone they had just "been given" and a few mins after putting their SIM card in, their account was suspended.
He called in while in the store and was told he couldn't get it reactivated for 30 days. The only thing that I'm not sure of is whether the phone was blacklisted by the person who lost it or by at&t automatically when reported.. Still trying to figure that part out.

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