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Re: Whatsapp Banned My Account On My Recently Bought Fairly Used Device by D00msDay(m): 4:40pm On Oct 29, 2025
Ur fone IP don cast. Must have been used previously by a Yahoo boy
Re: Whatsapp Banned My Account On My Recently Bought Fairly Used Device by Joeboypondeck(m): 4:40pm On Oct 29, 2025
chiwex:
Whatsapp ban is temporary. after 7 hours, it will be active.
liar smiley
Re: Whatsapp Banned My Account On My Recently Bought Fairly Used Device by Joeboypondeck(m): 4:40pm On Oct 29, 2025
D00msDay:
Ur fone IP don cast. Must have been used previously by a Yahoo boy
all those aboki scrap phone 📱
Re: Whatsapp Banned My Account On My Recently Bought Fairly Used Device by gabicon: 4:42pm On Oct 29, 2025
You need to flash the phone with global rom. The phone is using a Chinese rom. I will advice that you stop using your WhatsApp on the phone so you don't get ban permanently.
Re: Whatsapp Banned My Account On My Recently Bought Fairly Used Device by D00msDay(m): 4:43pm On Oct 29, 2025
Joeboypondeck:
all those aboki scrap phone 📱
HahahahahHaha. grin grin
Re: Whatsapp Banned My Account On My Recently Bought Fairly Used Device by Joeboypondeck(m): 4:44pm On Oct 29, 2025
gabicon:
You need to flash the phone with global rom. The phone is using a Chinese rom. I will advice that you stop using your WhatsApp on the phone so you don't get ban permanently.
it'll get it back after 3 months

Mine get ban on iPhone 16
Re: Whatsapp Banned My Account On My Recently Bought Fairly Used Device by Joeboypondeck(m): 4:45pm On Oct 29, 2025
cool
D00msDay:
HahahahahHaha. grin grin
Re: Whatsapp Banned My Account On My Recently Bought Fairly Used Device by HeatSeeker(m): 4:45pm On Oct 29, 2025
chiwex:
Whatsapp ban is temporary. after 7 hours, it will be active.
It's not what you think
Re: Whatsapp Banned My Account On My Recently Bought Fairly Used Device by HawkTuahGirl: 4:46pm On Oct 29, 2025
josielewa:
ITS NOT ABOUT VIVO OR OPPO, ITS THE CHINESE VERSION OF THE PHONES THAT HAVE SUCH ISSUES...EVEN SAMSUNG USUALLY HAVE THIS ISSUE, ONCE THAT PHONE IS MADE FOR THE CHINESE MARKET ONLY, YOU MIGHT FACE SUCH ISSUE 70% OF THE TIME...ITS AN IMEI AND I.P ISSUE..BEFORE BUYING JUST MAKE SURE THE PHONE IS NOT ROOTED
How can one know before buying. Anything we can quickly check to find out.
Re: Whatsapp Banned My Account On My Recently Bought Fairly Used Device by chiwex(m): 4:54pm On Oct 29, 2025
Joeboypondeck:
liar smiley
it was my own expericence before i discovered the problem. my whatsapp was banned for more than 10 times. the phone that i bought was UK used phone
Re: Whatsapp Banned My Account On My Recently Bought Fairly Used Device by josielewa(m): 4:57pm On Oct 29, 2025
YES, YOU CAN CHECK BY USING ANDROID APP CALLED ROOT CHECKER, OR GO TO SETTINGS, ABOUT PHONE, THEN STATUS, IF IT SAYS OFFICIAL ITS NOT ROOTED, ANYTHING ELSE ITS ROOTED
HawkTuahGirl:
How can one know before buying. Anything we can quickly check to find out.
Re: Whatsapp Banned My Account On My Recently Bought Fairly Used Device by Babaflenjor: 5:04pm On Oct 29, 2025
what is your phone android version
Re: Whatsapp Banned My Account On My Recently Bought Fairly Used Device by HawkTuahGirl: 5:06pm On Oct 29, 2025
josielewa:
YES, YOU CAN CHECK BY USING ANDROID APP CALLED ROOT CHECKER, OR GO TO SETTINGS, ABOUT PHONE, THEN STATUS, IF IT SAYS OFFICIAL ITS NOT ROOTED, ANYTHING ELSE ITS ROOTED
Never heard about the app before, I will be using anytime I m buying phones now. Thanks

I just installed it on the oppo f7, said root not installed.

Camera wise and other game stuff, the phone dey try. But WhatsApp and telegram no free work.

That telegram is everyday logout, WhatsApp is straight ban.
Re: Whatsapp Banned My Account On My Recently Bought Fairly Used Device by Paut(m): 5:10pm On Oct 29, 2025
[quote author=saint22 post=137283586]Good day good people of nairaland, I recently bought a fairly used oppo phone. And less than a week of my using the phone my WhatsApp account was banned with no remedy of restoring it. I tried opening the business WhatsApp it still refuses to work on the phone.
I later introduced my second sim card to the phone and Whatsapp business was successfully installed and started working. but less than a week the account was disabled or banned.
Right now I can't use WhatsApp or Whatsapp business on the phone and the message I got is that I can't use WhatsApp on the device.

Please what could be the issue


It could be outdated
Re: Whatsapp Banned My Account On My Recently Bought Fairly Used Device by josielewa(m): 5:21pm On Oct 29, 2025
THEN, THATS THE IMEI PROBLEM...THE ROM IS NOT GLOBAL
HawkTuahGirl:
Never heard about the app before, I will be using anytime I m buying phones now. Thanks

I just installed it on the oppo f7, said root not installed.

Camera wise and other game stuff, the phone dey try. But WhatsApp and telegram no free work.

That telegram is everyday logout, WhatsApp is straight ban.
Re: Whatsapp Banned My Account On My Recently Bought Fairly Used Device by Joeboypondeck(m): 5:23pm On Oct 29, 2025
josielewa:
THEN, THATS THE IMEI PROBLEM...THE ROM IS NOT GLOBAL
my iPhone 16 first do that

Same issues on my infinix smart 3 plus
Re: Whatsapp Banned My Account On My Recently Bought Fairly Used Device by femi4: 5:24pm On Oct 29, 2025
saint22:
Good day good people of nairaland, I recently bought a fairly used oppo phone. And less than a week of my using the phone my WhatsApp account was banned with no remedy of restoring it. I tried opening the business WhatsApp it still refuses to work on the phone.
I later introduced my second sim card to the phone and Whatsapp business was successfully installed and started working. but less than a week the account was disabled or banned.
Right now I can't use WhatsApp or Whatsapp business on the phone and the message I got is that I can't use WhatsApp on the device.

Please what could be the issue
contact WhatsApp. Seems you bought a stolen phone
Re: Whatsapp Banned My Account On My Recently Bought Fairly Used Device by HawkTuahGirl: 5:35pm On Oct 29, 2025
josielewa:
THEN, THATS THE IMEI PROBLEM...THE ROM IS NOT GLOBAL
Next time I will check very. Thank you
Re: Whatsapp Banned My Account On My Recently Bought Fairly Used Device by MartinCorridon: 6:09pm On Oct 29, 2025
You dey share nudiess ni ?
Re: Whatsapp Banned My Account On My Recently Bought Fairly Used Device by emeraldlife: 6:10pm On Oct 29, 2025
My own na X, formerly Twitter. Dem suspend my account for no reason. This is an account I have used for more than 10yrs. Created another, after posting a couple of web3 and airdrop stuffs (as man suppose hustle for money), dem suspend that one too. What should I do? I have sent them several messages explaining why the suspension should be lifted but no response. What should I do?
Re: Whatsapp Banned My Account On My Recently Bought Fairly Used Device by okeke6969: 6:10pm On Oct 29, 2025
engrjosefz:
Maybe boys dey use the phone work before them pass it on to you. Or the phone model is banned from using WhatsApp in the country of its origin
My brother, one phone dey man hand o, I opened another Facebook like 3 times, after like a week, na so them disable all the account.
Anytime I try to use another sim and different name, facebook nor dey gree o.
Boys don use the phone bomb before.
What do you think I can do to the phone?
Re: Whatsapp Banned My Account On My Recently Bought Fairly Used Device by okeke6969: 6:20pm On Oct 29, 2025
D00msDay:
Ur fone IP don cast. Must have been used previously by a Yahoo boy
I have similar experience, a guy gave me a Samsung phone, I opened alternative Facebook on it, after a week, the account Was restricted. I appealed. 3days after, it was permanently deactivated. That it went against their rules and whatever.
Since then, I tried another number, yet they still disabled it.
Do you know what I can do to this phone.
I suspected that the phone was formerly used for bombing.
Re: Whatsapp Banned My Account On My Recently Bought Fairly Used Device by saint22(op): 6:34pm On Oct 29, 2025
Babaflenjor:
what is your phone android version
It's version 8.1
Re: Whatsapp Banned My Account On My Recently Bought Fairly Used Device by tgmservice: 6:34pm On Oct 29, 2025
Cmanforall:
It has nothing to do with your used phone
Then what
Re: Whatsapp Banned My Account On My Recently Bought Fairly Used Device by aylipple: 6:58pm On Oct 29, 2025
chiwex:
I had the same experience with my Vivo Y17. Both my WhatsApp and Telegram accounts were banned because the operating system was compromised. You’ll need to reload the OS — I noticed that whenever I went online, someone else was using my accounts to send spam messages.

NOTE: formatting will your phone will not fix it.
Had similar experience. My WhatsApp (my own number) was being used by another; my profile photo was changed to that of an Asian-looking chic.

Almost got me in trouble with my wife.

From the varied responses, it looks like I may never be able to use WhatsApp on my phone again.
Re: Whatsapp Banned My Account On My Recently Bought Fairly Used Device by aylipple: 7:01pm On Oct 29, 2025
femi4:
contact WhatsApp. Seems you bought a stolen phone
It won't help, I mean contacting WhatsApp. In my own case, the account was restored in less than 24hrs, after it was active again for two days, they took it down again and since then, I've not been able to use WhatsApp on the device.
Re: Whatsapp Banned My Account On My Recently Bought Fairly Used Device by princerichards(m): 7:09pm On Oct 29, 2025
meobizy:
Poor security on the device. What is the reason Whatsapp gives? Buy a brand new device next time.
I had to buy a new device ooooo when I experienced this. Even after several plea with Whatsapp i kept getting banned. In fact later my number was banned totally I have to switch the number to a new number so I won't lose my msgs
Re: Whatsapp Banned My Account On My Recently Bought Fairly Used Device by Daviestunech(m): 7:19pm On Oct 29, 2025
Joeboypondeck:
it'll get it back after 3 months

Mine get ban on iPhone 16
I am having the same issue with my honor magic 5 pro..
My main number is showing to download official WhatsApp despite downloading the WhatsApp from playstore.

I use root checker on the device the device wasn't rooted.

I used another number it works fine no issues but anytime I want to use that my number I get the error I have to download official WhatsApp to login.


So I wanna ask did you later have access to WhatsApp?


Though I checked my playstore protect certifications, it snows device is not certified.
Re: Whatsapp Banned My Account On My Recently Bought Fairly Used Device by Fireboy02: 7:40pm On Oct 29, 2025
OSUNADC:
Same happened to my cousin. She can't use whatsapp . Same Oppo
If u are close, I cam do it for u
Re: Whatsapp Banned My Account On My Recently Bought Fairly Used Device by OSUNADC: 7:43pm On Oct 29, 2025
I am in Osogbo. She is here too

Fireboy02:
If u are close, I cam do it for u
Re: Whatsapp Banned My Account On My Recently Bought Fairly Used Device by Ameboperoo(m): 8:01pm On Oct 29, 2025
Daviestunech:
I am having the same issue with my honor magic 5 pro..
My main number is showing to download official WhatsApp despite downloading the WhatsApp from playstore.

I use root checker on the device the device wasn't rooted.

I used another number it works fine no issues but anytime I want to use that my number I get the error I have to download official WhatsApp to login.


So I wanna ask did you later have access to WhatsApp?


Though I checked my playstore protect certifications, it snows device is not certified.
Your phone is not certified by play protest and the bootloader is most likely unlocked
Re: Whatsapp Banned My Account On My Recently Bought Fairly Used Device by Demola10: 8:32pm On Oct 29, 2025
Joeboypondeck:
it'll get it back after 3 months

Mine get ban on iPhone 16
Mine has been banned going to a month now with no solution, please what's the solution
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