Mobile phones

[Bishbash]

Does anyone know about these wonderful contraptions? Cos mine is pissing me off.

I am on O2 on a U900 Samsung, it's about 4 months old, yesterday it all of a sudden stops working, it states there is network coverage by 02 and there is reception etc, I try to call out and it says 'Emergency calls only', I cant text nor call. I cant even request for my balance, just says 'Rejected by network'.

My SIM works in other phones and I have turned it off and on to no success as advised off a Google search

One thing that does spring up, but am unsure if it is possible. I got the phone off my GF as she did not like it so stuck to her old one. She lost her old one and claimed for a new one, now can phone companies lock a phone even if the SIM is different?
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[Tarmacsurfer]

Yes, they can. I'd say the phone has been barred.

**edit Google for IMEI barred for more info.
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[Bishbash]

That sounds about right then, looks like it's been blocked. Down the market with me to see some dodgy git to get it unlocked.

Thanks dude!
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Trackday videos - https://www.youtube.com/user/bishbash13

[truslack]

As far as I am aware, the IMEI cannot be unblocked. With some phones you could spoof a different number however.
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[Bishbash]

Yeah, just been reading this on Google searches, it looks like it's a lost cause.

Time to buy a new phone then.

Thanks guys!
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[andyscooter]

dunno if its any good to you but just got nokia 5800 for 15 quid a month with 100 minutes and 300 texts

[GhostRider]

Sometimes the imei can be flashed, but on the newer phones the imei is stored in a one-time programmable memory fashion, which is obviously set at the factory, so by and large all hope is lost At that point, I do believe there is even a way around this, but the pie e of kit you need costs arou d £90, and you have to be pretty tasty with mobile phone programming, and with no gurantees it's really not worth spending the money to attempt. This is the reason I have a 3 week old Sony cybershot collecting dust on a shelf.

GhostRider
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[Tarmacsurfer]

I'm no expert but I'd presume it's an EPROM of some description.
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[Moonie]

Carphone warehouse, £4.95 for a Samsung E1100 on talk mobile, plus a compulsary tenner for credit, it makes calls and doesn't break.
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