I recently received this from a good techie friend.
It seems that once you have lost your cell phone, either through carelessness or thievery, it is seldom, if ever found and returned.
In order to stymie the use of the apparatus, I was told that the various cell phone service provider can access a special code called the IMEI code and permanently disable the apparatus. Dealers do not have it registered, it is not listed on anything visible on the chip or equipment.
YOU can access the IMEI code number by pressing *#06# . Do not press send. The number pops up on the screen, just make a note of it for future use, JIC (Just In Case).
If someone swipes your phone off of a curbside table while having a beer, just provide the company with the IMEI code and bingo! No service, permanently locked and nobody can unlock it!! At least that is what I was told.
So try this, it might be useful to a few of us...who knows?
HB
It seems that once you have lost your cell phone, either through carelessness or thievery, it is seldom, if ever found and returned.
In order to stymie the use of the apparatus, I was told that the various cell phone service provider can access a special code called the IMEI code and permanently disable the apparatus. Dealers do not have it registered, it is not listed on anything visible on the chip or equipment.
YOU can access the IMEI code number by pressing *#06# . Do not press send. The number pops up on the screen, just make a note of it for future use, JIC (Just In Case).
If someone swipes your phone off of a curbside table while having a beer, just provide the company with the IMEI code and bingo! No service, permanently locked and nobody can unlock it!! At least that is what I was told.
So try this, it might be useful to a few of us...who knows?
HB