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2010-04-12
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Originally Posted by Texrat
here comes trouble :P ...
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2010-04-12
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Originally Posted by UNderworld
Would you like any discussion about finding a way to burn your house? Or you could check the intention of that discussion first? I mean - moral ground.
LOL at Abill_uk... who is talking about stealing your/anyone's phone??
The thread is about imei changing.. Which, in the uk at least, is Illegal to DO, but I guess its not illegal to talk about the subject..
If your phone was stolen/lost, do you think those who stole it are genius people who know how to change imei??? they probably dont even know what imei is.... If I want to sell a stolen phone, I'll sell it to another country, thats simpler than changing imei or whatsoever...
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2010-04-12
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Heard that something (I don't know even if its a HW or SW, think of it as both) Advance Box just did the trick for N900. I'm not sure if it is possible yet to change IMEI on N900, but.. here it is:
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f609/
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f609/
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2010-04-13
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Originally Posted by egoshin
If you buy a car which goes 200mph, does any authorities question you whether you will be speeding or not?? NO
Would you like any discussion about finding a way to burn your house? Or you could check the intention of that discussion first? I mean - moral ground.
But if you speed, you get caught, your problem..
Its illegal to go over 70mph on a motorway in uk, but its not illegal to de-limit a car which already does 150mph....
Originally Posted by egoshin
mobile phone thieves are "opportunists".... They see a phone, want it? grab it/nick it quietly. then walk/run away...
Or, it simple - use google and find it. But that guys are smart enough to target only phones which are commercially profitable to sell, they don't stole anything which has no market. If there is no known way to change IMEI then that market doesn't exist for N900 ... or at least it is restricted by some 3rd world countries without IMEI locking.
Do you think some thief will see your N900, and think "oh nice looking phone, but let me google first whether there is a good black market for this"....??
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2010-04-13
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Originally Posted by Aranel
found this from that site
Heard that something (I don't know even if its a HW or SW, think of it as both) Advance Box just did the trick for N900. I'm not sure if it is possible yet to change IMEI on N900, but.. here it is:
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f609/
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f609...lashed-975230/
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2010-04-27
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Originally Posted by abill_uk
Maybe he wants to install N900-Pptest-Pack 1.0.0-2010042416?
WHY and for what reason would you want to change imei on your N900 ?
http://translate.google.com/translat...sl=zh-CN&tl=en
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2010-05-04
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Originally Posted by cheungs
I don't think so. AFAICT the package is only to test the packaging system. The reason is this package, which provides chinese input method through mscim: http://maemo.org/packages/package_in....0-2010042905/
Maybe he wants to install N900-Pptest-Pack 1.0.0-2010042416?
http://translate.google.com/translat...sl=zh-CN&tl=en
However, it seems to only be available for devices sold in Hong Kong, which is ensured by checking the device IMEI. It does not provide means to change the IMEI.
Thats how I found this thread.... I want that input method... Can you tell me how to change IMEI now?
(j/k)
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2010-05-04
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Originally Posted by UNderworld
Which is exactly why making it unprofitable to steal any mobile phone at all is a good thing.
mobile phone thieves are "opportunists".... They see a phone, want it? grab it/nick it quietly. then walk/run away...
Do you think some thief will see your N900, and think "oh nice looking phone, but let me google first whether there is a good black market for this"....??
I'll say again, if the phone market in your country is bad enough that you don't know whether you're buying blocked/stolen goods, then insist on trying before you buy. It's your responsibility to make sure you are not part of the problem.
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2010-07-08
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Firstly i'm sorry that i join your discussion wiht my poor English skill.
I have read your discussion completely about how to IMEI changing. I can give you an example why a person really needs to do it.
I work in SSSR. Last year i have been to Turkey. At that moment i stayed to use my gsm (N97) and there is no way to use without registration your gsm, because of laws even you bring it with you. I have registered at that moment once.
So, it was last year happen.
And now Nokia published the new version of Nokia which is N900 named. I bought n900 this year and i came to Turkey again for spend my holiday with my parents.
It seems everything is ok but no. So, I bought this gsm in SSSR and i payed TAX for use it in SSSR. But there is a law here in Turkey which you couldn't register again a new mobile even you bring with you in two years.
What should i do if i need to use it here in Turkey?
I'm not thief as you described.
Even I payed completely for it to use in SSSR. But there is no way to use it here in Turkey without registration and there is no way to register in two years 2 gsm(s) to your passport.
I think that could be a reason to change IMEI and to use it or am i wrong?
I have read your discussion completely about how to IMEI changing. I can give you an example why a person really needs to do it.
I work in SSSR. Last year i have been to Turkey. At that moment i stayed to use my gsm (N97) and there is no way to use without registration your gsm, because of laws even you bring it with you. I have registered at that moment once.
So, it was last year happen.
And now Nokia published the new version of Nokia which is N900 named. I bought n900 this year and i came to Turkey again for spend my holiday with my parents.
It seems everything is ok but no. So, I bought this gsm in SSSR and i payed TAX for use it in SSSR. But there is a law here in Turkey which you couldn't register again a new mobile even you bring with you in two years.
What should i do if i need to use it here in Turkey?
I'm not thief as you described.
Even I payed completely for it to use in SSSR. But there is no way to use it here in Turkey without registration and there is no way to register in two years 2 gsm(s) to your passport.
I think that could be a reason to change IMEI and to use it or am i wrong?
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2010-08-09
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#120
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There's rumours of T-Mobile beginning to block all non-Hiptop IMEIs from their Hiptop PAYG plan (which is the only PAYG plan with data). I'd be interested in learning how to spoof a Hiptop IMEI in case this ever affects me...