Phone lost - How on earth do i get the IMEI blocked?

ashrobbo · 4 Dec 2011 at 12:58

Three and Orange arent being helpful so i thought id ask the OcUK massive!!

Managed to lose my phone on a night out on Friday (iPhone)
Cancelled the SIM card with my current provider (Three)
managed to do a remote lock and wipe of my data (but had location services off so couldn't see where it was)
How do i go about blocking the phone so no scrote can use it?

The phone was originally an orange phone, out of contract so i got it unlocked and on a sim only now with three,

Three are saying because the phone wasn't theirs originally they can't do anything and to speak to orange, orange don't want to know because i'm not a current customer,

ocuk what do i do?

icedbullet · 4 Dec 2011 at 13:00

Perhaps Apple could help?

LeonT · 4 Dec 2011 at 13:03

Have you got the box for the iPhone? It'll be on there.

I'd ring Orange back up and be firm mate

Thebug · 4 Dec 2011 at 13:10

http://www.whatphone.co.uk/stolen-phone.htm

iamtheoneneo · 4 Dec 2011 at 13:14

was the phone on orange yours? thats quite an important question because if it wasnt Orange will do nothing.

ashrobbo · 4 Dec 2011 at 13:37

icedbullet said:
Perhaps Apple could help?

Tried apple first, couldnt help

LeonT said:
Have you got the box for the iPhone? It'll be on there.

I'd ring Orange back up and be firm mate

I've got the phones IMEI and Serial, Ill try orange again, talking to people in India gets tiring. Especially after spending 5 minutes telling them im no longer an orange customer.

iamtheoneneo said:
was the phone on orange yours? thats quite an important question because if it wasnt Orange will do nothing.

Was mine yes.

Ive registered it on the database link that was given and reported as lost, will this block the IMEI automatically or do I Still need to persue this?

LeonT · 4 Dec 2011 at 13:43

http://www.immobilise.com/view.php

Try that mate.

ashrobbo · 4 Dec 2011 at 13:45

LeonT said:
http://www.immobilise.com/view.php

Try that mate.

Cheers, but i've already registered on there, but will they block my phone's IMEI?

Efour · 4 Dec 2011 at 14:10

Why you giving yourself such hastle over something that is completely irrelevance to you other than vengeance ?

How do you not know that someone decent may have found/find it and just call you up and say "i have it"

Not sure id bother. Be more careful in the future??

Killerkebab · 4 Dec 2011 at 14:17

Efour2 said:
Why you giving yourself such hastle over something that is completely irrelevance to you other than vengeance ?

Not making sure the phone is blocked means the theft (if indeed it was one) was worth it for the thief, who now has a working phone. What's the point in setting up a partnership between networks to block stolen phones if the victims don't bother reporting thefts?

Efour2 said:
How do you not know that someone decent may have found/find it and just call you up and say "i have it"

Not sure id bother. Be more careful in the future??

If they have your phone... how would they call you up?

Jonny ///M · 4 Dec 2011 at 14:21

I know with my windows phone I can log on to a site and lock the phone that way, can leave a message on the home screen offering moneys aswell.

Think it shows the last known GPS location aswell.

No such thing on the iPhone?

Efour · 4 Dec 2011 at 14:36

Killerkebab said:
If they have your phone... how would they call you up?

LOl yeah hmm i know what i meant eheheh, phone "mum" or "home"

ashrobbo · 4 Dec 2011 at 14:52

Efour2 said:
Why you giving yourself such hastle over something that is completely irrelevance to you other than vengeance ?

How do you not know that someone decent may have found/find it and just call you up and say "i have it"

Not sure id bother. Be more careful in the future??

Because I don't want some scumbag to have successfully stolen my phone, if I block it, its harder for them to make use of it?

So if somebody nicks your car, do you bother to report it?

Jonny ///M said:
I know with my windows phone I can log on to a site and lock the phone that way, can leave a message on the home screen offering moneys aswell.

Think it shows the last known GPS location aswell.

No such thing on the iPhone?

I used the find my iphone app on a friends ipod touch, managed to lock with a passcode, and wipe (but it hasnt connected to the net yet).

I'll give orange another go later on so i can phonetically spell my name 12 times.

Efour · 4 Dec 2011 at 14:55

If you had said someone had stolen my phone then i wouldn't have wrote what i did.

ashrobbo · 4 Dec 2011 at 14:59

Efour2 said:
If you had said someone had stolen my phone then i wouldn't have wrote what i did.

There is that possibility that its been lost in a taxi and its still there, chances are somebody is going to find it at some point and try and use it. I want to make it more difficult for anybody, chances are im never going to see it again.

Annoyed at myself for losing it, never ever lost a phone before. Didnt realise how much i relied on it until its gone

Barks · 4 Dec 2011 at 15:21

I'd be interested to know the answer to this.

My O2 contract iPhone 4S was stolen a week ago and obviously they could block it. My replacement ordered direct from Apple arrives tomorrow and I want to register the phone with O2 so if it gets stolen I can have it IMEI blocked.

Energize · 4 Dec 2011 at 17:14

No point going through the hassle really. It will have been sold on and then another potentially innocent person will have a useless phone, or the IMEI number will be changed.

Craig1981 · 4 Dec 2011 at 17:18

I cant speak for all networks, but I do work for a mobile phones customer service department. With us, you would apply a stolen bar to the sim account, which then transfers the bar onto the handset its inside. If the sim is not inside the phone then the phone will remain unabarred and theres not much we can do about it.

Dunno if all networks have the same setup though.

Barks · 4 Dec 2011 at 18:02

Craig1981 said:
I cant speak for all networks, but I do work for a mobile phones customer service department. With us, you would apply a stolen bar to the sim account, which then transfers the bar onto the handset its inside. If the sim is not inside the phone then the phone will remain unabarred and theres not much we can do about it.

Dunno if all networks have the same setup though.

I thought the IMEI number was placed on a shared blacklist amongst all the operators in Europe which means the phone would be screwed regardless of whether the SIM was in and the time.

panyan · 4 Dec 2011 at 18:03

Energize said:
No point going through the hassle really. It will have been sold on and then another potentially innocent person will have a useless phone, or the IMEI number will be changed.

+1