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Blacklisted phone.

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  • 07-11-2015 3:00pm
    #1
    Duff
    Registered Users Posts: 5,538 ✭✭✭


    Hey guys,

    Long story short, I lost my phone (S6 Edge unlocked) and got it blacklisted, it was found and returned to me however but I had already had it blacklisted by Three, making it useless for any sim in Ireland. If I was to sell it on eBay to someone in the UK/Northern Ireland would it work with their sim? I.E will it work with any sim as long as it's not an Irish one or is the blacklist worldwide?

    Cheers.


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    coldfire1x
    Registered Users Posts: 3,353 ✭✭✭coldfire1x


    Not sure about UK/Northern Ireland as some of the operators are same. It should work fine in far away countries. There's no worldwide blacklist.

    Can you not ask Three to unblock the phone?


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    John mac
    Registered Users Posts: 5,108 ✭✭✭John mac


    coldfire1x wrote: »

    Can you not ask Three to unblock the phone?

    That would be my first port of call. surely if you bring it in to a shop with id , they can unblock it


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    Duff
    Registered Users Posts: 5,538 ✭✭✭Duff


    I doubt they would as I got the phone replaced though their insurance and I'd say they would think I was trying to scam a new phone to sell on or something.


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    coldfire1x
    Registered Users Posts: 3,353 ✭✭✭coldfire1x


    If you have already taken a replacement through insurance then they wont unblock it.


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    scudzilla
    Registered Users Posts: 11,911 ✭✭✭✭scudzilla


    I had a handset that was blacklisted over here, gave it to my daughter who is in Wales and it worked great on UK networks.

    I wouldn't have sold it on ebay though as that's opening a whole new can of worms, hence why i just gave it away


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    Banjo String
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    Duff, I know from experience that they will work perfectly in the UK or up north.

    Be mindful to inform anyone purchasing the new phone that they might experience problems with it in the republic though.


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    eoz
    Registered Users Posts: 180 ✭✭eoz


    Would the insurance company not own the phone now??


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    Banjo String
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    eoz wrote: »
    Would the insurance company not own the phone now??

    Not sure about that, but at the end of the day the phones technically "lost" so how they can own something that in theory doesn't exists or can't be found could be a tricky one.


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