unblocking the spv

[Guest timzx9r]

:wink: i have just purchased an spv on e-bay cheap because the previous owner lost the phone reported it and then found it obviously it is now blocked i want to put it onto vodaphone i hope it is possible with the spv being blocked can any one help please dont say i have dropped a clanger in buying it

[Guest]

If the handset has been reported as lost or stolen it's doubtful that there is anything (legal) that you can do. :cry:

AFAIK the only way it would be possible is to change the phone's IMEI number (serial number), which is

a) Illegal

:) Very hard if not imposible

and

c) Illegal

Sorry about that!

You could try talking to the original owner to see if he can get it re-registered, but I doubt if the network would allow that.

P.S. - I think that you posted this twice :oops:

[Guest Will]

unblocking is not possible.

The guy who sold it should not have done, I would request a refund, as the phone is the property of the insurer, who provided the replacement.

Sorry

Will

[Guest Chris b.a.r.f.]

The previous owner can contact the cops and ask them to get the IMEI removed from the banned list - it's *only* the Police that can do this, and they will do so provided they have adequate proof. They will then contact Orange and Orange will remove it from their "banned" list.

A word of advice to all (with apologies if I'm stating the obvious): Use your heads here people; when buying a 2nd hand mobile especially off ebay or any other online auction-thingy, make sure the sender can provide you with an original receipt - he ain't going to need it any more and, let's face it, one of the most dodgy things you can buy is a mobile without receipt/box/manual; there's a reasonable chance it's been nicked. Then, no matter whether you bought it in good faith or not, you're hanging on a receiving stolen goods rap...not pleasant.

[Guest timzx9r]

thanks for the advice have got a refund which was good of him and better for me .......

regards tim..