My iphone was recently blacklisted by its previous owner, the matter is sorted now. How do i register the iphone to my name to stop this happening again?
iPhone 4, iOS 5.0.1
Blacklisted with whom? What do you mean by saying that it is blacklisted? What does being "blacklisted" cause to happen with your iPhone?
stolen phone
IMEI is blacklisted by the carrier ,not all Countries have the facility or the interest in doing it
the question was "he matter is sorted now. How do i register the iphone to my name to stop this happening again?"
Depends where you are and the process in place in your country and your carrier policy
Common in Europe, carriers will "Blacklist" stolen/lost phones, thus preventing their use on any carrier's network in the country the phone was blacklisted in. Not common in North America, no US carriers will blacklist phones, I believe same is true for Canada, don't know about Mexico.
I spoke with my carrier T-mobile UK, they said if the device was purchased second hand then it can't be registered to me. I might just return it to the person i purchased if from.
I purchased it from a person i knew in my town so that i can hold him accountable if anything
went wrong. last week i could not make/receive calls and text messages, but data is working and i get reception (apparently i'm told that if its blacklisted then it would say on signal/service).
I rang my carrier they said it was blacklisted, told me to get in touch with the original purchaser, i told the person i purchased it from, her said he got it from another friend that got it from someone from a website! so he can't find the original purchaser. I spoke with Apple they said it was blacklisted by Vodafone UK and i need the original purchaser.
The person i purchased if from is talking to Vodafone and is sorting it out and it should be working tomorrow he claims. But this can happed again? So IF this gets sorted, i'm going to tell the person that if this happens again then i want a full refund, right?
...only by new devices or devices with proof of purchase!
A salutory lesson about buying secondhand ....it is a minefield so many
stolen and insurance scams especially from ebay in UK
Personally I would take this as the point to get a refund
T-Mobile are by far the most unhelpful /uncooperative carrier in the
UK certainly with iPhones
Good luck..next time buy new and enjoy
Second hand? It is forth hand! And now I would not be surprised if there was also a 5 finger discount involved!!
i told the person i purchased it from, her said he got it from another friend that got it from someone from a website!
useless reply!!!
You are certainly allowed to hold that opinion. At this point you may be the only one who does. 😎
Jeremy Clarkson ;D
Naughty,naughty Iman .......lol
You've made my day by taking my 'naughtyness' with good a cheer. My comment was a low punch, please except my apologies.
I have a question, If you transfer an IMEI from one carrier to another and pay the carrier who owns it first... they need the permission of the current owner to transfer the name of the IMEI over??? once you do this and you pay $50 to transfer the carrier and UNLOCK it to the new carrier, then following that you use the phone for 5 months, from there you decide to upgrade your phone... at which point the sim card deactivates but the IMEI still belongs to that carrier right? If so, and if not... How does the previous carrier have the right the original carrier who gave permission to the new carrier with the permission from the previous owner have the right to collect and insurance claim on the phone, and BLACK LIST the phones IMEI...???
I am stumped...
blacklisted iphone by previous owner
