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[Networking] killgorian:
I didn't see a thread on this so I thought I'd warn anyone who doesn't know.

AT&T now blacklisting stolen phones.

AT&T is now blacklisting all reported stolen phones, or devices they say were "Improperly scanned" out of inventory and major retailers such as Best Buy or Wal-Mart. What this means is that sometime after inserting your SIM card into one of these phones, AT&T will lock your SIM card and you will either get a message stating the device is blocked from the network, or the phone will only call AT&T's security division. Even if you put it back in another phone.

This lock is supposed to occur within minutes according to AT&T, however we have seen it take up to weeks for the lock to occur. This also applies to any pre-paid service such as Straight Talk and Red Pocket who use AT&T phones. If you are on one of these plans, you must call your carrier, not AT&T and request the account be unlocked.

Sounds like a good plan right? The only problem with this is, at this time, unlike Verizon, Sprint, and other carriers, there is no way to call in and check the IMEI before you purchase a used or refurb phone. Thus, if you buy a phone from Craigslist, Ebay, or a local used phone store, its imposable to check the esn like you would a CDMA phone to determine if it has been reported lost or stolen.

The best you can do is put your SIM in the phone and try it out before you buy it and, more importantly, make sure there is a return policy at the store you buy it from. At this time there seems to be no sure fire way to determine if a phone you buy from an individual or online has been reported lost or stolen, and AT&T will not unblock any phone reported stolen except by the person who reported it.

The only exception is if you have purchased a phone from a major retailer. In that case AT&T security division reports that if you take the phone back with the receipt, they will unblock it.
[Networking] alpha-niner64:
Just reading this reminds me about insurance scams where someone would sell their old phone on some site and then call in the phone as stolen. To me: this is just another risk for buying used phones now. Then again: I recall reading a very recent article about a iphone theft ring in San Francisco. Maybe it's better off this way.
[Networking] Raegx:
Puts ATT in hard spot. They can either let the thieves sell the units and then the end customer's are unknowingly screwed or let the units work. I suppose their rationale is that if the unit stops working they can report who sold them the phone?
[Networking] killgorian:
I think they very well should blacklist phones reported as stolen. They've been doing it in Europe for years. My problem is, unlike every other major carrier, you cannot verify if a phone is stolen or not before you buy it. This doesn't punish the thieves so much as the person who unknowingly buys it.
[Networking] mook_:
If it's reported stolen that's one thing - but what about the phones that somebody hasn't paid their bill to on the major carriers - the money owed goes on that person's SS# anyways for life until they settle up - I see bad esn's being sold on ebay all the time. I don't feel bad flashing a phone to cricket with a bad esn since it's tied to somebody's social. If it's stolen by thieves of course - lock em down. I'm just sayin'
[Networking] sitizenx:
No. 7 years max.

Yes. This service should have been offered FIRST and then a couple of years later they should have introduced the banning practice. As it is I can see a lot of people making honest mistakes.
[Networking] randong:
You can call into att and have them check the numbers on the phone ...I just did this a week ago with my one x after getting.burnt on one
[Networking] sbiricuda:
Some online stores have a very efficient and reliable pre-purchase customer care.

I bought my AT&T phone from europe from negrielectronics.com and I clearly asked to know the IMEI of the device before placing the ordere since we have some specific IMEI issues here n Europe.

They could immediately email me the code.

So just ask if you want to purchase on the internet; maybe you'll be lucky.
[Networking] deathnotice01:
We can actually deactivate stolen / lost phones,

I`m not sure about blacklisting, savedesk knows that,

After we make reports on lost/stolen phones we just send them to savedesk

It has always been a long before practise to ask the customer to rescan again to where you have bought the phone in cases of phones tagged as warehouse are not deactivated

this post is approved by the national potato safety regulation
[Networking] piotrus22:
hey guys - so i just got taken. bought a phone on CL and turns out it's blacklisted. do you know if there's anyway for ATT to check who this phone belonged to based on IMEI? my long shot is maybe contacting original owner (i know ATT doesn't give out information) but could THEY possibly contact original owner and tell him someone found his device?

i figure this is better than me tossing the device?? any thoughts?
[Networking] papabear:
If you have any of the seller's info you can report it to authorities.
[Networking] piotrus22:
The only info i have is a cell phone number. Which was a pay as you go number. So i dont think they can do anything if sim card has been tossed right?

What will they authorities do? Dont they have more important things? Ill they confiscate the phone? I just realized i could sell it for use in Europe potentially?
[Networking] deathnotice01:
it's IMEI programmed.

so no matter what SIM you'll use it will still be blacklisted,

as long as a stolen phone can receive a signal and passes through AT&T's database it will automatically send out a code to lock out the phone,

it is n "as-is" basis though,

depends entirely on the phone
[Networking] Lil Chris:
Hi, my first post here.

I have a customer (I do computer repair, not cell phones) who unknowingly bought a "blacklisted" att phone an HTC one x from craigslist. Is there anything he can do? I told him I would look into it to try and help him out. But I know nothing of cell phones. The guy's like 60 trying to make a few bucks while in retirement buying and selling cell phones.

He used it for a day or so then it just stopped working. when his att sim was deactivated he went to att as he knows the folks who work in the local store. They cleared his sim card, but not the phone. They weren't interested in taking the phone from him either. They said it could be blacklisted for several reasons from non-payment, to stolen or some other reason, but they couldn't tell him the reason. Some advice or a point in the right direction would be greatly appreciated. Would unlocking the phone make any difference (to use on another carrier) or is he just basically screwed with this one?

Thanks,

Chris
[Networking] MrObvious:
SIM unlock it and have it on T-Mobile.
[Networking] deathnotice01:
AT&T is very strict with matters pertaining to blacklisted phones,

reactivation of a valid sim card is possible but not the phone,

i never had actual experience with AT&T phones since i'm not in the US and we only had experience navigating them during our training at AT&T tech support,

but you can try flashing the stock generic firmware from a AT&T HTC one X and using a T-mo sim instead of a AT&T sim to prevent execution and authentication of IMEI protocols which are nessesarry to deactivate the blacklisted phone,
[Networking] cell128:
Welcome to the bad ESN world
[Networking] deathnotice01:
And corporate controlled america

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By staring at this post you have waived your right to privacy

Complaints will be trolled accordingly
[Networking] themow:
Im a bit confused. Maybe someone could shed some light. Can a at&t iphone that is not in good standing with at&t be used on straight talk. If so must it be a ST Tmobile sim?

Im buying my mom an at&t iphone 4s off CL and want to make sure it can be activated. Thanks!!
[Networking] killgorian:
As long as it is not reported lost or stolen it can. If it has been blacklisted, no it cannot.
[Networking] CaliCal:
can anyone verify that ^
[Networking] DXP2:
This is good.
[Networking] lemonz23:
So if I'm trying to sell my iPhone to someone from craigslist and they ask for the IMEI, is it safe to give it to them? I'm kind of worried about giving it to them since they might just steal the IMEI and somehow use it for themselves.
[Networking] hyelton:
Not possible to use it for themselfs...
[Networking] MrObvious:
Just like using an ESN.
[Networking] Boujii:
AT&T to T-Mobile

So what I have here is 2 AT&T Iphone 4s. I can't afford the $240 a month fee they want anymore. So looking to use the T-Mobile "bring your own device" plan. I understand that since they are under contract still that I guess it's still possible that AT&T could blacklist them for non-payment. I don't know if they do that or not, but wouldn't surprise me any.

I guess the big question here is, if I get two valid sim cards from T-mobile, will I be ok? I'd hate to go through the process and pay $80 to T-Mobile and then get the shaft with the phones. I seen a comment earlier about flashing the phone and using T-Mobile, but thinking that's on the case if it is already blacklisted. Since the phones' service just got cut today was hoping to get ahead of the game and get them going with T-Mobile before AT&T does/if decide to blacklist them.

Any ideas or help is greatly appreciated :)

I did use T-Mobiles' "Verify that your phone is not lost or stolen" tool that checks the IMIE number and returns clean currently.
[Networking] MrObvious:
Just see if they will let you get two flip phones used that you already have and downgrade your plan. Some of their newer plans seem a lot cheaper though and you could just get the basic 1GB plan they have and if you want more data, a $30 SIM card 5GB plan from T-Mobile would be a good way to go and you would get as fast as your radio allows 3g. A good chunk of the nation is covered now in PCS 3g and if you're in a native T-Mobile market you should not be stuck on edge.

Also there are sites that let you take over plans. If you have good enough credit, you could probably get an iPhone 5 on T-Mobile and pay a little over 100 a month for two iPhones.
[Networking] eyesofice:
i bought a phone off embay and with every iemi checker i use it tells me its clear:

IMEIData Database: Clean

AT&T (USA): Clean

Verizon (USA): Clean (GSM or Activated by other User)

T-Mobile (USA):

Sprint (USA):

Cricket (USA): Clean

Metro PCS (USA): Clean

Telus (Canada): Clean

Telenor (Sweden): Clean

Softbank (Japan): IMEI is not recognized in Softbank

AU KDDI (Japan): IMEI is not recognized in KDD

Ive tried to go to ATT as well as an unlocking service I have had no luck:

This is what I got from ATT:

Unfortunately, your unlock request was denied because:

Your device is currently active on another AT&T customer’s account.

how is it possible that im able to use it then?? is it because its on a straight talk sim, because according to ST you can use any ATT phone
[Galaxy S III Accessories] OreoBoyVa:
I must say I just got this case in the mail and I absolutely love it it provides more then sufficient protection while not adding as much bolk as the commuter or trident cases. I give this case a 4 out of 5.
[Galaxy S III Accessories] mikesdot:
pictures please...
[HTC Sensation] mattpone:
I've got a Sensation (I think its a Phillipenes issue) which was upgraded to ICS 4.0.3.

Basically I've managed to complete HTC Dev Unlock, then a few days later I lost Wi-Fi connection, so have been trying to continue with installing a Custom (or even the original) ROM in an attempt to fix it.

I've now done Junoptobear to get true S-OFF

Got root access

But cant get Clockwork Mod to install in Recovery...

I've installed ROMmanager Premium and used it to install the latest Clockwork Mod - it states its downloaded and completed but when I go to the bootloader and select Recovery it flashes the white HTC screen for a brief second then back to the bootloader.

I've tried to manually download the Clockwork Mod file and install to Recovery but I get the same issue.

Does anyone have any ideas?? Many thanks!
[HTC Sensation] realsis:
Hi there you can install 4ext recovery you can get the file here in xda or even from the play store. Many of us use 4ext because it has many options and is very easy to use.personally I prefer 4ext. All I did was download from the play store and opened the app follow directions choose version of recovery and it will flash from the application. I was already rooted and soff when I did it but it's very easy to do. I really think you will like 4 ext recovery. You already have s OFF and root so it should not be a problem. Best of luck to you. I hope this helps! As I mentioned most of us use 4 ext recovery and I doubt you will be disappointed. Good luck.
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Get the recovery from Cwm PG58IMG.zip and copy the img file to adb/fastboot folder and try these commands

fastboot erase recovery

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
[HTC Sensation] T-Macgnolia:
I may be wrong but this sorta sonuds like a problem abother member was having the other day. I think they may not have a eng Hboot installed. Question why not just let them flash the recovery using the PG58IMG.zip via bootloader?
[HTC Sensation] ganeshp:
Yeah.. I want to see the output of the command.. Also he can do it via PG58IMG.zip way which I think he already did it (he said he did it manually too... . So)
[HTC Sensation] mattpone:
Awesome! That fixed it!

Looks so simple now I see it - but many thanks, that's the final step complete now!

ClockWork Mod now installed in Recovery! :D
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] yuvarajkarthick3:
Here is the Xperia S keyboard working Fine on neo V....

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1684077
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] yuvarajkarthick3:
Quick Panel and New Battery Icon from Xperia ARC thread working fine on Neo V

Here is the link.......

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1698728
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] yuvarajkarthick3:
[Outstanding] Colored SystemUI + Quickpanelsettings for ICS/GB + Cool Lockscreen

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1686586
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] kormatoes:
Mate its the same phone with only minor differences is cam sensors screen size anything from arc will work on neo /v

Sent from my old neo on xda premium
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] yuvarajkarthick3:
Ohh i dont know that.. I just shared that because i applied that thread...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] PikkonX:
Anyone on stock downloaded to see what has changed?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] noodles2224:
Wouldnt this be 4.0.4?? Im at work so i cant check..

DMolina
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mojorisin7178:
Is there a new modem in it?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] xb12mel:
I can confirm that it is the 4.0.4 update.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] camineroga:
Any screenshot
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Rod3:
Which baseband does it come with?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Teo032:
it is 4.0.4. it's on sammobile http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=8&view=6283

i would assume the baseband... would be you guessed it uvlh1 lol

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just noticed it has been on sammobile since the 13th... we really need to step it up on finding these lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] playya:
Stock rooted 4.0.4 has been in development thread since 8/23
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Rod3:
True, but that is from the Canadian carrier Koodo.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Teo032:
yes it is, but i was referring to the radio that comes with it and the 4.0.4 in the dev thread was the koodo base no? shouldn't this be the tmobile one? they're not all the same. but ehh.... tmobile base usually sucks anyways.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mojorisin7178:
Yes you are right the baseband is new as well and it is UVLH1 the kernel version is 3.0.8 I guess I will give this a try for a week completly stock then back to good old AOKP. I just like trying the stock stuff. I gotta say I was very impresed with the first version of ICS that we got. I didnt even root it or anything till AOKP was official for the t989. I got super good battery life and everything was stable so lets see if this update holds up. Good job samsung.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] blackangst:
Blech. Kies fail.

"Failed to run firmware upgrade. Unknown error occurred"

On stock rooted GB.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] manekineko:
I'm on CM so can't update easily to this, but here's the changelog:

http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-3029

Is Isis finally here? Can we finally start paying for things with our phones' NFC?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Sengchheang:
Hi all,

I found this firmware at sammobile.

Please find it by the link below.

http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&model=SGH-T989&pcode=TMB&os=1&type=1#firmware

I am not sure if I posted at the right place.

Just tell me if I posted wrong and I will remove it.

Enjoy...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jovy23:
I already got the uvlh1 system folder with the apps, libs, build prop, and etc and also the .tar. I took the radio and made a flashable zip of it its in the dev section. I tryed to upload it on dropbox but it said the file is too large. Which is the best file sharing site so i can upload the large files so i can post it here ? But i guess the devs already has it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] nightfox11:
Could someone extract the ISIS app so I can try it out on my T-Mobile S3 ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] gordonzhao:
I second that.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy SIII
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] everythingsablur:
Looks like the real deal.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] fenrirx4:
just updated from stock rooted and i've noticed that the notification bar's clock is slightly larger, the wifi calling icon has changed, the power bar in the notification bar have also changed and seem faster at starting bluetoot, wifi settings. and i can confirm that the change is 4.0.4
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] chrisgto4:
I couldn't find a change log on the site anywhere. Anyone else?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] rymanh:
That's good news.. It seems that there are definitely performance enhancements and it gives the devs something fun to work with!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] thederekjay:
They don't post change logs. Sam mobile just post the kies firmware updates.. just an easy way to get the latest firmware without having to do all that kies nonsense..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ddrewd:
Darkside RFE

TDJ: Sorry, but I don't have rights to post in the dev forum for t-989. My request would be play/pause and skip buttons on the password, pin, or pattern lockscreen. I know you can get them on some music players, but I was hoping for one that controls the system player. I don't know if it's feasible, but it would be an awesome convenience.

Thanks for all your work on Darkside and Venom. It runs like a dream on my handset!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] blackangst:
Got the tar file off of sammobile and flashed successfully. 4.04 with new radio, unrooted me of course. Will play with it stock for a bit and see how it goes.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] VoiD_Dweller:
Prerequisites

Android version 4.0.3/ Software version T989UVLE1 update

If you are doing it thru Kies that is..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AllGamer:
wrong section, not dev work, moved
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] blackangst:
Yah...I just downloaded the tar file from sammobile and flashed through Odin successfully.

Just rooted also. flashed CWM 5.0.2.7 via Odin, then flashed superuser in recovery. Easy peasy.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] whammy2008:
Damn.. it unroots the phone :(... I'll have to root again ..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] blackangst:
Odin CWM recovery and flash superuser. Easy.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] playya:
I believe there is a radio thread for that...it has been pulled as well.

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You really did not think you would keep root did you? Really?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Doctor Nick:
Can anyone confirm that this update does indeed install ISIS on their phone? If so, anyone try to use it yet? Was it successful?

And if it does in fact install the app, can someone please extract the app and post it on here? I'd be ever so grateful.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] gypsy214:
Witch tar are you talking about? the new one or the old one? im waiting for a tar file of the new update to flash via odin, and by the way people that have updated to the new one, does flashing the recovery via odin and su via recovery will root the phone?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Rod3:
Yes, you can still root the phone using the same process.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Pee Wee Herman:
Worth going through the process all again?

Already on Erickwill's 8/27 Build for CM10 JB.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ptmr3:
edit
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tdizzle404:
Yes Pee Wee!

Lol jk

I'm sure there will be a flashable zip soon
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] blackangst:
The one contained in the zip you download from here. I dont know what you mean about the old one. This thread is about the 4.0.4 update.

Yes you root the same way as before. Flash CWM recovery via Odin afterwards, then flash SU from recovery.

So far everything seems quick, and no lag like I experienced with the stock 4.0.3 update. Gonna try stock rooted for awhile and see how it goes.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Pee Wee Herman:
Not going to wish me a late happy birthday bro? :/

Lol just noticed Erickwill released a ROM on my birthday xD
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] gypsy214:
I know that but seems like on your old post you were answering somebody talking about the first ics update, so i got kinda confuse there.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] noodles2224:
There is no ISIS app installed..

DMolina
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kjmonopoly7311:
Do you need to download and install ISIS or Google Wallet and try them? I'm guessing the update just enabled NFC, then we go download the apps and try them.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] gypsy214:
I did the odin flash from the tar of sammobile and it updated my baseband and kernel didnt lose root though...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Doctor Nick:
Yes, can someone take a look in the Google Play store on their T-mo GS2 to see if Isis is available?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] blackangst:
Not coming up for me...something called IsisIT though but it doesnt look like thats it...Google Wallet is available though.

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Now Im confused lol my old post? From a couple hours ago?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] noodles2224:
Wallet has been available for a long time but doesnt work for our phone. I just installed it and says is not compatible..

DMolina
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] gypsy214:
Lol didnt meant to get you confused. its on post #27

by the way i've seen that people are saying that the tar from sammobile its not rooted. just did mine from odin and the only thing that changed was radio and kernel i assume more than that, all my apps were still there and I still have root. so not sure why. Am I the only one like this? or do i need to redo odin again
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] digikid:
Isis isn't showing up in the play store either, and it wasn't installed with the update. Upon installing google wallet and running it, it says my device is not supported. Perhaps it was to enable isis with a driver for when the software does launch?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] gypsy214:
Same here, I just cant understand why they will come up with an update like this and doesnt have the app preinstalled or a way to get it, as ISIS is only available in Austin and Salt Lake City