IMEI blacklists

zornie wrote:

One of our iPhones has been stolen recently. We reported theft to our carier (Rogers in Canada), and the phone has been placed on the blacklist in Canada. When I check the database of blacklisted devices on http://checkesnfree.com/ , it appears as blacklisted in Canada, but as not blacklisted in the US. It also has a "clean" record in NCIC.

I wonder if there is a way to put it on US blacklists too.

That would be up to Rogers and if there is some type of reciprical agreement between the carriers.

zornie wrote:

Another question: The phone is locked to Rogers. If anyone (may be in the US) tries to unlock it, do they have to do it through Rogers (our carier)? Will a blacklisted IMEI prevent them from unlocking it?

Yes they would have to go through Rogers, as only the carrier can authorize an unlock of the device.

zornie wrote:

And one more: If the person who stole the phone (or bought it from the thief) brings it to an Apple or Rogers store, is there a chance that employees will confiscate the phone and return it to us?

No, Apple will not confiscate devices, and I doubt Rogers would either.

Did the device have iOS 7 on it? If so, and you had Find My iPhone active on it, the thief would not be able to restore the phone anyway, no matter where he tried to activate it at.

Sorry for your loss. I hope you had a passcode lock on it. If not, then change all of the passwords on accounts you had on the phone.

Well, that will help keep prying eyes out of your data for a while, but they will still be able to restore the device and it could be used outside of Canada.

It could be hacked. That is up to the person that took it. It wouldn't be blacklisted outside of Canada, and there are ways to hack the phone to unlock it. If they try to legitimately unlock it, then no, they would not be able to use it.

Well, you can check blacklist almost network and big private database at: ******

I was purchase a checkmend report, it cost me 2 bucks but I found this site give free check.

Supported:

+ Private database (more than 1 million imei)

+ USA: AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Cricket, Metro PCS

+ Canada: Telus

+ Sweden: Telenor

+ Japan: Softbank, AU KDDI

It should help.

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