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/
