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Hello house. I bought a used phone on amazon. When it arrived here in Nigeria and I put in my sim it did not work. I checked online and the imei has been blacklisted by t-mobile.

Please is there any solution for this problem? Can I unlock it or have the imei changed? I can't return the phone because the cost of shipping it back is very high.

Please house I need urgent help so this phone doesn't turn to a waste. Thanks.

mt7511:
Hello house. I bought a used phone on amazon. When it arrived here in Nigeria and I put in my sim it did not work. I checked online and the imei has been blacklisted by t-mobile.

Please is there any solution for this problem? Can I unlock it or have the imei changed? I can't return the phone because the cost of shipping it back is very high.

Please house I need urgent help so this phone doesn't turn to a waste. Thanks.

The phone no get name and model ?

The phone is an lg g3

mt7511:
Hello house. I bought a used phone on amazon. When it arrived here in Nigeria and I put in my sim it did not work. I checked online and the imei has been blacklisted by t-mobile.

Please is there any solution for this problem? Can I unlock it or have the imei changed? I can't return the phone because the cost of shipping it back is very high.

Please house I need urgent help so this phone doesn't turn to a waste. Thanks.

Is the phone unlocked?

@Lexusgs430 yes, it's supposed to be an unlocked phone. I did a google search and it seems the last owner didn't complete his payment plan. I think changing the imei is the way to go but I don't know how or who can do it.

I can do it buh payment is 2k pm me and send your number

mt7511:
@Lexusgs430 yes, it's supposed to be an unlocked phone. I did a google search and it seems the last owner didn't complete his payment plan. I think changing the imei is the way to go but I don't know how or who can do it.

Some American phones are band specific, have you tried all network providers sim cards?

mt7511:
@Lexusgs430 yes, it's supposed to be an unlocked phone. I did a google search and it seems the last owner didn't complete his payment plan. I think changing the imei is the way to go but I don't know how or who can do it.

are you saying blacklisted or locked? they are 2 different things

im afraid,if its the former,the phone is actually a stolen phone and has been reported to the carrier so the imei has been blocked and sorry to tell you this,if its not returned to the carrier,thats the end of the phone...is it stuck on select language mode?

if its not unlocked,thats better,you can take it to computer village,with 2k,an engineer will do that for you

http://www.ebay.com/gds/Locked-Blocked-Black-Listed-Cell-Phones-/10000000004234351/g.html

wildchild1:
are you saying blacklisted or locked? they are 2 different things

im afraid,if its the former,the phone is actually a stolen phone and has been reported to the carrier so the imei has been blocked and sorry to tell you this,if its not returned to the carrier,thats the end of the phone...is it stuck on select language mode?

if its not unlocked,thats better,you can take it to computer village,with 2k,an engineer will do that for you

http://www.ebay.com/gds/Locked-Blocked-Black-Listed-Cell-Phones-/10000000004234351/g.html

Hence my questions to ascertain true state of device.

I can do a blacklisted unlock for your phone. Contact me on whatsapp if you're interested.

@wildchild1 the phone imei is BLACKLISTED. I did a check online. It's not stuck on select language mode. I can do everything with the phone including browsing with wifi. I just can't use the telephony functions like SMS and phone calls. Do you have the contact of any reliable person I can contact in computer village?

@Lexusgs430 I have not tried all Nigeria network providers on the phone yet, just my Etisalat SIM card.

@dazekid I can't contact you on whatsapp, my phone is blocked remember . I'll give you a call before the end of the day. Are you based in Lagos?

mt7511:
@wildchild1 the phone imei is BLACKLISTED. I did a check online. It's not stuck on select language mode. I can do everything with the phone including browsing with wifi. I just can't use the telephony functions like SMS and phone calls. Do you have the contact of any reliable person I can contact in computer village?

@Lexusgs430 I have not tried all Nigeria network providers on the phone yet, just my Etisalat SIM card.

@dazekid I can't contact you on whatsapp, my phone is blocked remember . I'll give you a call before the end of the day. Are you based in Lagos?

I would suggest you try other networks, before contemplating changing phones framework(assuming phone is already unlocked).

mt7511:
@wildchild1 the phone imei is BLACKLISTED. I did a check online. It's not stuck on select language mode. I can do everything with the phone including browsing with wifi. I just can't use the telephony functions like SMS and phone calls. Do you have the contact of any reliable person I can contact in computer village?

@Lexusgs430 I have not tried all Nigeria network providers on the phone yet, just my Etisalat SIM card.

@dazekid I can't contact you on whatsapp, my phone is blocked remember . I'll give you a call before the end of the day. Are you based in Lagos?

The seller probably sold you a locked phone as unlocked. Contact the seller and request for a refund enough for unlocking the phone. Blacklisted phones work very well in naija

@idokojerry thanks. I haven't tried unlocking yet. When I saw blacklisted imei online I was very panicked.

@Lexusgs430 will try to do that. Thanks

idokojerry:
The seller probably sold you a locked phone as unlocked. Contact the seller and request for a refund enough for unlocking the phone. Blacklisted phones work very well in naija

My thought exactly... don't blacklisted phones work in naija anymore?

Unless you are planning to use it abroad, IMEI blacklisting is not yet active in Nigeria. Look for other problem with the phone, not blacklisting. I have had a phone that worked perfectly in Nigeria only to find out that it was blacklisted in the UK.

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