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From: -= debully =- on 17 Jun 2005 18:09 Got an SF65 about 4 months ago off the net. They were supposed to send an Orange phone and an Orange sim, but instead sent a Voda sim. Tried register with orange and they couldn't do it as it was a voda number. Tried to contact retailer c/s constantly for 2 weeks and ended up being left on hold all the time at 50p / minuite so got peed' off and whacked a PAYG orange sim in it. Also tried emailing...typical no response. I presume they have now blocked the handset as all I get is IMSI Failed upon turning it on. Anyway to unblock this handset or is it a paperweight? Many Thanks. debully
From: Jon on 18 Jun 2005 02:33 nothanks(a)not.today.com declared for all the world to hear... > I presume they have now blocked the handset as all I get is IMSI Failed upon > turning it on. Either the handset has been blacklisted or the SIM has been cut off from the network. -- Regards Jon
From: a8359 on 18 Jun 2005 06:11 Jon wrote: > nothanks(a)not.today.com declared for all the world to hear... > >>I presume they have now blocked the handset as all I get is IMSI Failed upon >>turning it on. > > > Either the handset has been blacklisted or the SIM has been cut off from > the network. imsi failed is generally reported stolen and blocked from ALL NETWORKS.
From: DMac on 18 Jun 2005 08:05 >>>I presume they have now blocked the handset as all I get is IMSI Failed >>>upon >>>turning it on. Looks like you've been scammed I'm afraid - Sell phone - Wait - Report phone lost - get new phone on insurance - old phone gets blocked you could try reporting the seller to the police for possible insurance fraud. Moral of story: Never buy secondhand or new phones off the web except from reputable dealers
From: Soruk on 18 Jun 2005 08:43
On Sat, 18 Jun 2005 12:05:35 GMT, DMac <a77w(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >>>>I presume they have now blocked the handset as all I get is IMSI Failed >>>>upon >>>>turning it on. > >Looks like you've been scammed I'm afraid > >- Sell phone >- Wait >- Report phone lost >- get new phone on insurance >- old phone gets blocked > >you could try reporting the seller to the police for possible insurance >fraud. > >Moral of story: Never buy secondhand or new phones off the web except from >reputable dealers I'll second that one, having been there myself.... :-/ -- -- Michael "Soruk" McConnell Eridani Star System MailStripper - "The easy spam filter." http://mailstripper.eridani.co.uk/ |