which is exactly my concern...it happened to me once and i was lucky enough to get my money back..
Is there a way of registering the imei no a person? On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Kris Douglas <krisdoug...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 9 February 2012 10:28, javadayaz <javada...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > First of all i would like to apologise for the non Ubuntuness of this > > thread. > > > > I would just like to pick your brains on something. > > > > I am thinking of buying a preowned phone from websites like gumtree. My > > concern is after i have bought the phone, the seller rings up his > insurance > > reports it stolen and my phone gets blacklisted i.e blocked imei. > > > > I was under the assumption that a network provider registers a phone to > > their network but this doesnt seem to be the case. I have already asked a > > network provider (orange) if they would register me as having new > ownership > > of a phone bought but they refused saying this cannot be done. > > > > What are your thoughts on this? > > I work for a mobile phone company, there are ways to find out if the > IMEI (unique identifier) has been reported, but there is no safe way > to take a mobile from someone that may subsequently be blacklisted. > > It's hit and miss. > > -- > Regards, Kris Douglas. > www.krisd.eu > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- Regards Javad
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