Bad Imei Nexus 4

[theghazi]

I bought a phone from craigalist. The seller mentioned that it was Tmobile nexus 4 but now bad imei. I bought it knowing it was bad on tmobile. But it doesn't even work with att sim as well. Are they now sharing black listed phone among each other. Anyway I bought it for international use but just wondering if something else might not be wrong besides being bad imei on network. Thanks

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[simms22]

is it bad imei, or no imei?

 

[theghazi]

I was told bad because I can see the imei. In system setting

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[simms22]

I was told bad because I can see the imei. In system setting

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have you tried it in tmo? and, did you manually input the right apn for att into the phone(it needs the att apn, its not included in the default setup. tmos apn is included). and yea, they sometimes share blacklisted imei.

 

[theghazi]

have you tried it in tmo? and, did you manually input the right apn for att into the phone(it needs the att apn, its not included in the default setup. tmos apn is included). and yea, they sometimes share blacklisted imei.

If I put Tmobile sim. It comes as Tmobile APN automatically. And when I put att sim. It comes as att automatically. But I though APN was just for data. I have no bars and not connected to network. I don't want to send phone international and that thing is got something else wrong.

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[kzoodroid]

If the phone is blacklisted by TMo it won't work on any network in the US as they started sharing blacklisted IMEI's to a central database in 2012.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1591672
http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/09/us-carriers-agree-to-build-stolen-phone-database-and-blacklist/

 

[snapper.fishes]

You know, it sounds like you bought stolen goods. Are you sure that is a good idea to keep using it?

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[theghazi]

You know, it sounds like you bought stolen goods. Are you sure that is a good idea to keep using it?

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Stolen goods ? How did you come to that conclusion. ? I asked the seller and he said he broke the contract with t-mobile plus it seems like it can't be used in USA

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[simms22]

Stolen goods ? How did you come to that conclusion. ? I asked the seller and he said he broke the contract with t-mobile plus it seems like it can't be used in USA

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breaking the contract with tmobile wont get your imei banned.

 

[monte666]

Stolen goods ? How did you come to that conclusion. ? I asked the seller and he said he broke the contract with t-mobile plus it seems like it can't be used in USA

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Only way to get a blocked imei is not paying T-Mobile for the phone or it was reported stolen. So technically it's a stolen phone ethics 101

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[ismethajametovic]

So what if it's stolen. What's he going to do? Return it? Bahaha, yeah right.

Did you buy the phone hoping you can use it in another network? If so, that was a bad decision on your part. :good:

 

[snapper.fishes]

So what if it's stolen. What's he going to do? Return it? Bahaha, yeah right.

Did you buy the phone hoping you can use it in another network? If so, that was a bad decision on your part. :good:

I don't know what the laws are in the US, but in most countries if you try to sell a stolen object knowing that it was stolen from its rightful owner, it's a criminal offence even if you paid for it. So OP will never be able to sell his phone. Secondly, if the police ever do show up, OP will have to hand the phone over without receiving any sort of compensation.

Since the description didn't mention the phone being stolen, can't OP request a refund for the phone from his credit card company (or whatever payment method he used)?

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[kzoodroid]

I don't know what the laws are in the US, but in most countries if you try to sell a stolen object knowing that it was stolen from its rightful owner, it's a criminal offence even if you paid for it. So OP will never be able to sell his phone. Secondly, if the police ever do show up, OP will have to hand the phone over without receiving any sort of compensation.

Since the description didn't mention the phone being stolen, can't OP request a refund for the phone from his credit card company (or whatever payment method he used)?

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I've never met anyone on Craigslist who took credit cards. The phone could have been reported lost or stolen to TMo which would then put it on the blacklist. But also I could see where that if you stopped paying your TMo bill before the end of your contract, which the handset is a part of as its subsidized, TMo would blacklist it as in effect it is now a stolen phone.