I just bought it obviously didn’t check the info because it was new a sealed I thought I bought an unlocked phone. What can I do now
Question I bought a blacklisted s23 ultra what now?
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Your only options are recycle it, try to return it or get a refund if you used PayPal or Facebook or a credit card. And since the phone is over $1k usd you could probably file a police report but in some jurisdictions it's illegal to possess stolen property.
Other than that xda can't and won't help you.
Other than that xda can't and won't help you.
Blacklisted phones won't let you activate any sim cards at all and some of the phones will lock you out of the device completely whenever it's powered on
What's a blacklisted one? Is it like when apple locks you out of an iphone reported lost/stolen? Samsung can do the same?
EtherealRemnant
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XDA never allowed talk about changing the IMEI and never allowed tools for doing so, at least as far back as I can remember and I've been here since 2007.
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I think because nowadays, most devices don't need heavy modifying. You are still going to get a percentage of people that love to tinker and modify, but a majority of people love how far android has come. Also devices used to not be unlockable, but now after a certain amount of time are all unlockable directly through your carrier or can be directly bought unlocked. These things made sense back in the day when you couldn't do it at all and it wasn't fair to be locked to a specific carrier but nowadays, as long as you have paid your device, you can unlock it and move to a different carrier after 60 days.
I think because nowadays, most devices don't need heavy modifying. You are still going to get a percentage of people that love to tinker and modify, but a majority of people love how far android has come. Also devices used to not be unlockable, but now after a certain amount of time are all unlockable directly through your carrier or can be directly bought unlocked. These things made sense back in the day when you couldn't do it at all and it wasn't fair to be locked to a specific carrier but nowadays, as long as you have paid your device, you can unlock it and move to a different carrier after 60 days.
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Talderon
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I'm with you on this. Been here since 2008 and we NEVER allowed SIM Unlocking Talk and IMEI Swapping.
dottat
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faria
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Sure... some examples here of the top of my head
Sprint HTC A9 Sim Unlock
Hello I have a Sprint HTC A9 that has been successful unlocked for domestic use, but I have voice with no data. I have S-Off, boot loader unlocked, running stock os. Has anyone else ran into this problem? Can someone please advise?
forum.xda-developers.com
lokiwiz - HTC Wizard Unlocker UPDATE Version 0.2b
Hello to all. First: I will NOT be held responsible for any problems caused by this tool. I'm releasing the 0.1 version of the Wizard Unlocker. It's similar to the imei-check.co.uk unlocker (it patches the same bit), however it doesn't cost you...
forum.xda-developers.com
[UNLOCK] SIM Unlocker for HTC Windows Mobile phones (multi-device)
--- Noctua Tech team presents software unlock code reader which allows you to easily SIM unlock HTC Windows Mobile devices: Get the phone unlock code in just 3 simple steps: Connect the phone to your computer using the USB sync cable Launch...
forum.xda-developers.com
in those days.
EtherealRemnant
Senior Member
Yeah SIM lock but not IMEI swapping.Sure... some examples here of the top of my head
Sprint HTC A9 Sim Unlock
Hello I have a Sprint HTC A9 that has been successful unlocked for domestic use, but I have voice with no data. I have S-Off, boot loader unlocked, running stock os. Has anyone else ran into this problem? Can someone please advise?lokiwiz - HTC Wizard Unlocker UPDATE Version 0.2b
Hello to all. First: I will NOT be held responsible for any problems caused by this tool. I'm releasing the 0.1 version of the Wizard Unlocker. It's similar to the imei-check.co.uk unlocker (it patches the same bit), however it doesn't cost you...We thrived on it![UNLOCK] SIM Unlocker for HTC Windows Mobile phones (multi-device)
--- Noctua Tech team presents software unlock code reader which allows you to easily SIM unlock HTC Windows Mobile devices: Get the phone unlock code in just 3 simple steps: Connect the phone to your computer using the USB sync cable Launch...
And ahhh, the good old days of HTC.
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Hi guys - just cleaned the thread a little. As the others have already pointed out, discussions regarding IMEI change/swap are not permitted on XDA as it is illegal in quite a few of countries. As per Rule 9 of the the Forum Rules:
Thank you all for your cooperation!
Regards,
shadowstep
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Hi guys - just cleaned the thread a little. As the others have already pointed out, discussions regarding IMEI change/swap are not permitted on XDA as it is illegal in quite a few of countries. As per Rule 9 of the the Forum Rules:
Thank you all for your cooperation!
Regards,
shadowstep
Senior Moderator
Unfortunately, all foreign SIM cards have been blacklisted on US S23 devices after having limited support for almost 10 years. However, International Data Roaming will continue to work. For example, an S23 bought from AT&T and then unlocked CAN work with T-Mobile, but not with Rogers in terms of SIM cards.
This is the message you receive when you insert a blacklisted SIM card in your device. Even buying a new US variant won't do you any good.
This is the message you receive when you insert a blacklisted SIM card in your device. Even buying a new US variant won't do you any good.
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4THREAD CLEANED
Hi guys - just cleaned the thread a little. As the others have already pointed out, discussions regarding IMEI change/swap are not permitted on XDA as it is illegal in quite a few of countries. As per Rule 9 of the the Forum Rules:
Thank you all for your cooperation!
Regards,
shadowstep
Senior Moderator3Your only options are recycle it, try to return it or get a refund if you used PayPal or Facebook or a credit card. And since the phone is over $1k usd you could probably file a police report but in some jurisdictions it's illegal to possess stolen property.
Other than that xda can't and won't help you.3
I'm with you on this. Been here since 2008 and we NEVER allowed SIM Unlocking Talk and IMEI Swapping.2
