Iphone 4 blocked IMEI

[bullies180]

Hi everyone, i need some help. My sister found an iphone 4 at her work a few months back. She handed it in to lost property. Her work phoned the home number on the mobile, left messages to say that they had found the phone but the owner never bothered doing anything about it. After two months my sisters work as per policy gave the phone to her to keep as she handed it in. So this is not a stolen phone, just want to make that clear. Now i've managed to wipe and reset it but the IMEI has been blocked, changing the IMEI is illegal, what are my options for getting this phone to work properly again?

[RB26DETT]

bullies180 said:

Hi everyone, i need some help. My sister found an iphone 4 at her work a few months back. She handed it in to lost property. Her work phoned the home number on the mobile, left messages to say that they had found the phone but the owner never bothered doing anything about it. After two months my sisters work as per policy gave the phone to her to keep as she handed it in. So this is not a stolen phone, just want to make that clear. Now i've managed to wipe and reset it but the IMEI has been blocked, changing the IMEI is illegal, what are my options for getting this phone to work properly again?

Just change the IMEI or maybe a Jailbreak might work ?

Give ya £20 quid for it ?

[Jakg]

Jailbreak wont work.

The network can un-bar it, but only with the original owners consent.

It can be used as an iPod Touch, and will work fine as an iPhone outside of the UK.

[bullies180]

RB26DETT said:

bullies180 said:

Hi everyone, i need some help. My sister found an iphone 4 at her work a few months back. She handed it in to lost property. Her work phoned the home number on the mobile, left messages to say that they had found the phone but the owner never bothered doing anything about it. After two months my sisters work as per policy gave the phone to her to keep as she handed it in. So this is not a stolen phone, just want to make that clear. Now i've managed to wipe and reset it but the IMEI has been blocked, changing the IMEI is illegal, what are my options for getting this phone to work properly again?

Just change the IMEI or maybe a Jailbreak might work ?

Give ya £20 quid for it ?

£200? ah maybe....

[RB26DETT]

So if it works outside UK, I will buy it off you if you can't get it to work ? Im in Ireland by the way

[bullies180]

Jakg said:

Jailbreak wont work.

The network can un-bar it, but only with the original owners consent.

It can be used as an iPod Touch, and will work fine as an iPhone outside of the UK.

At the moment my sister is using it as an ipod, but me being the big headed idiot proudly proclaimed that i'd sort it out! whoops!

[Mr E]

Pretty much none that are legal.

It's now an iPod touch.

[jas xjr]

There are companies that can change the imei number out there

[bullies180]

i wonder how traceable the illegal way of doing things is?

[bullies180]

RB26DETT said:

So if it works outside UK, I will buy it off you if you can't get it to work ? Im in Ireland by the way

Sorry fella, i think she is more than happy to keep it as an ipod touch if nothing else

[Mattt]

jas xjr said:

There are companies that can change the imei number out there

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2002/ukpga_2002003...

OP - check out ZiPhone possibly.

[RB26DETT]

bullies180 said:

RB26DETT said:

So if it works outside UK, I will buy it off you if you can't get it to work ? Im in Ireland by the way

Sorry fella, i think she is more than happy to keep it as an ipod touch if nothing else

Mmm if all else fails and you can't get it to work iv got a mint 7 month old iPhone 3GS 16GB that id swap ?

That is if it will work in Ireland due to the blocked IMEI.

[randlemarcus]

bullies180 said:

Hi everyone, i need some help. My sister found an iphone 4 at her work a few months back. She handed it in to lost property. Her work phoned the home number on the mobile, left messages to say that they had found the phone but the owner never bothered doing anything about it. After two months my sisters work as per policy gave the phone to her to keep as she handed it in. So this is not a stolen phone, just want to make that clear. Now i've managed to wipe and reset it but the IMEI has been blocked, changing the IMEI is illegal, what are my options for getting this phone to work properly again?

Unless she works for the police, actually, it sort of is. Theft by finding. As far as I know, simply sitting in a hotel lost property office doesn't count as handing it in.

She could take it to the police station, hand it in as lost property, and when she gets it back (if they dont simply give it to O2 or whoever) talk to the network, and see if they'll unblock it.