MOBILE PHONES THAT HAVE NO SIGNAL/BLOCKED!

I have had quite a few questions regarding this topic on the forum via PM where people are asking whether mobile phones (including iPhones) can ever be used again once they have been blocked by the network provider or there is no signal etc etc...

Well to clear this up in a thread which is available to all rather than me have to keep replying to PM's, here's my answer to you guys:

The UK has now adopted a new Black-List for all mobile devices reported lost or stolen.
The IMEI and SIM numbers are stored onto a UK Wide DataBase List accessable by ALL UK based mobile network providers.
When any Phone that has been reported lost or stolen is Turned on - A signal is sent from the device to the Black List database - which very rapidly checks to see if that particular phone is added to that list. If it is, no network signal is allowed to be relayed to that device, therefore, rendering it useless. (as a Phone anyway!)

This however is a system only limited to/working in the UK at present - and is not expected to be introduced in the EEC for a few years to come.

I would also like to point out that as a few of you guys already know, I do repair iPhone/iPod screens, digitisers, LCD's etc etc from drops/cracks/water damage (not always guaranteed to fix from liquid damage) so if you have any devices in such a state I would be willing to offer you a small fee so that I can have them to strip down for parts!

Cheers Guys, Craig.

I have had quite a few questions regarding this topic on the forum via PM where people are asking whether mobile phones (including iPhones) can ever be used again once they have been blocked by the network provider or there is no signal etc etc...

Well to clear this up in a thread which is available to all rather than me have to keep replying to PM's, here's my answer to you guys:

The UK has now adopted a new Black-List for all mobile devices reported lost or stolen.
The IMEI and SIM numbers are stored onto a UK Wide DataBase List accessable by ALL UK based mobile network providers.
When any Phone that has been reported lost or stolen is Turned on - A signal is sent from the device to the Black List database - which very rapidly checks to see if that particular phone is added to that list. If it is, no network signal is allowed to be relayed to that device, therefore, rendering it useless. (as a Phone anyway!)

This however is a system only limited to/working in the UK at present - and is not expected to be introduced in the EEC for a few years to come.

I would also like to point out that as a few of you guys already know, I do repair iPhone/iPod screens, digitisers, LCD's etc etc from drops/cracks/water damage (not always guaranteed to fix from liquid damage) so if you have any devices in such a state I would be willing to offer you a small fee so that I can have them to strip down for parts!

Cheers Guys, Craig.

Craig there is software out there to change the IMEI number which will unblock the phone but it also carries a 5 year stretch in her majesty's custody if caught

I have had quite a few questions regarding this topic on the forum via PM where people are asking whether mobile phones (including iPhones) can ever be used again once they have been blocked by the network provider or there is no signal etc etc...

Well to clear this up in a thread which is available to all rather than me have to keep replying to PM's, here's my answer to you guys:

The UK has now adopted a new Black-List for all mobile devices reported lost or stolen.
The IMEI and SIM numbers are stored onto a UK Wide DataBase List accessable by ALL UK based mobile network providers.
When any Phone that has been reported lost or stolen is Turned on - A signal is sent from the device to the Black List database - which very rapidly checks to see if that particular phone is added to that list. If it is, no network signal is allowed to be relayed to that device, therefore, rendering it useless. (as a Phone anyway!)

This however is a system only limited to/working in the UK at present - and is not expected to be introduced in the EEC for a few years to come.

I would also like to point out that as a few of you guys already know, I do repair iPhone/iPod screens, digitisers, LCD's etc etc from drops/cracks/water damage (not always guaranteed to fix from liquid damage) so if you have any devices in such a state I would be willing to offer you a small fee so that I can have them to strip down for parts!

Cheers Guys, Craig.

Craig there is software out there to change the IMEI number which will unblock the phone but it also carries a 5 year stretch in her majesty's custody if caught

So, that's where you are!

I have had quite a few questions regarding this topic on the forum via PM where people are asking whether mobile phones (including iPhones) can ever be used again once they have been blocked by the network provider or there is no signal etc etc...

Well to clear this up in a thread which is available to all rather than me have to keep replying to PM's, here's my answer to you guys:

The UK has now adopted a new Black-List for all mobile devices reported lost or stolen.
The IMEI and SIM numbers are stored onto a UK Wide DataBase List accessable by ALL UK based mobile network providers.
When any Phone that has been reported lost or stolen is Turned on - A signal is sent from the device to the Black List database - which very rapidly checks to see if that particular phone is added to that list. If it is, no network signal is allowed to be relayed to that device, therefore, rendering it useless. (as a Phone anyway!)

This however is a system only limited to/working in the UK at present - and is not expected to be introduced in the EEC for a few years to come.

I would also like to point out that as a few of you guys already know, I do repair iPhone/iPod screens, digitisers, LCD's etc etc from drops/cracks/water damage (not always guaranteed to fix from liquid damage) so if you have any devices in such a state I would be willing to offer you a small fee so that I can have them to strip down for parts!

Cheers Guys, Craig.

Craig there is software out there to change the IMEI number which will unblock the phone but it also carries a 5 year stretch in her majesty's custody if caught

Regards from Wormwood Scrubs

Glad this is the case Lads. Our Kids would be mugged for there phones left right and centre otherwise. So yeah and anyone taking such phones to get a signal back for profit deserves a fooking horrible disease in my opinion.

I have had quite a few questions regarding this topic on the forum via PM where people are asking whether mobile phones (including iPhones) can ever be used again once they have been blocked by the network provider or there is no signal etc etc...

Well to clear this up in a thread which is available to all rather than me have to keep replying to PM's, here's my answer to you guys:

The UK has now adopted a new Black-List for all mobile devices reported lost or stolen.
The IMEI and SIM numbers are stored onto a UK Wide DataBase List accessable by ALL UK based mobile network providers.
When any Phone that has been reported lost or stolen is Turned on - A signal is sent from the device to the Black List database - which very rapidly checks to see if that particular phone is added to that list. If it is, no network signal is allowed to be relayed to that device, therefore, rendering it useless. (as a Phone anyway!)

This however is a system only limited to/working in the UK at present - and is not expected to be introduced in the EEC for a few years to come.

I would also like to point out that as a few of you guys already know, I do repair iPhone/iPod screens, digitisers, LCD's etc etc from drops/cracks/water damage (not always guaranteed to fix from liquid damage) so if you have any devices in such a state I would be willing to offer you a small fee so that I can have them to strip down for parts!

Cheers Guys, Craig.

Craig there is software out there to change the IMEI number which will unblock the phone but it also carries a 5 year stretch in her majesty's custody if caught

Information that I wasn't putting out Carl! I was trying to defer that issue - but actually if you try and tamper with an iPhones imei number you'll probably eventually get caught out anyway as the stealth id signals sent out to the provider are linked to the device and it's issued imei - although I dare you to carry on if you're brave enough...

SPLOTT MARKET!!! Nuff said.