What does it mean if a phone is IMEI blocked ???

Question

What does it mean if a phone is IMEI blocked and what exactly hapens to the phone....

Answer 1

Its means that your phone has been blocked from all networks cos if it is saying IMEI locked then whoever had it last could of got the phone stolen, lost, and the network provider has gone and locked it on all networks so if you try to use a sim card then it will come up as IMEI Locked.

Also the phone is US

Answer 2

IMEI stands for International Mobile Equipment Identity. So it's basically your unique phone code. I think if it was IMEI blocked it means that the phone has been blocked from the phone network, not just the SIM card. So I assume this means that the phone cannot be used with any SIM card on that network.

I suggest you contact the support of the network to find out more.

Answer 3

IMEI is a specific number of each individual phone. It can be accessed by pressing star hash 1 0 hash. If it is blocked, it means the phone network has blocked use of that phone. It can be opened by giving it to a mobile repair centre. It stops working.

Answer 4

If a phone is blocked by it's unique IMEI number there is a strong possibility that it has been stolen or lost.

Answer 5

*#06# gets you the Imei and if it is different from the label then you have a dodgy phone