This is a neat little trick that should work with most phones and phone service provider. You simply enter a code in your mobile phone that reveals the unique serial number of it. If your phone gets stolen you report the theft and the serial number to your provider and they have the means to make the phone useless. That means no one will be able to use it, at least not for phoning.
The code is * # 0 6 #
The fifteen-digit code is the unique serial number of your mobile phone. Write it down, it´s your IMEI Code. When someone steals your mobile you report the theft and your IMEI Code to your service provider. Most providers will ban that serial number making the phone useless.
via: snopes.com
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LOL… erm… Actually it can be used…
how im not sure… for example here (Venezuela) they change it from one provider to another so it works again… im not sure on how it works.. i just know half my friends own previously stolen phones… also since phones are insured here by the provider at a cost, most ppl when tired of their phones report them stolen, sell em as stolen with a new line and use the money plus the insurance to get a new better phone…
I think it´s possible to use the phone with a new provider . It´s unlikely that a single service provider is able to make the phone useless for all other providers.
Think that might be the reason, not sure though :)
THis is crap my phone was stolen and the cell phone company can’t do crap about it. so much for this stupid blog
With the most of the phones being sim chip based, most providers don’t care what phone is used. They only care about the SIM chip itself.
Your best bet is to get a Police report on the phone with the serial #. Chances are that you will never get the phone back. But you never know..
The code you get by entering *06# is called an IMEI code. It’s also on the box the phone came in an on a tag on the phone, usually behind the battery.
Some countries don’t use IMEI lockout, but in Finland, and most of Europe, a locked IMEI won’t work. I even got my phone back once when the thief was dumb enough to take the phone to be fixed when it stopped working due to IMEI lockout.
Rogers in Canada (GSM) only nukes the SIM card…the phone’s IMEI is not “blacklisted”…so the stolen phone can be re-activated on another account…just gotta get the SIM card…40 bucks…
My Nokia 5130-Blue colour mob lost from my room at 23.06.09. i m giving here with the details of my mob. pls do the needful for getting mobile return to me.
Model : Nokia-5130 Blue
IMEI No. : 354223034680223
Battery : 06704004175350154k21802025
Charger : 3943499136230407242i0625605
Lost date : 23.06.09