D500 help please

Clangerette · 12-05-2006, 16:37

Hi
Have D500 on Vodafone but have had it unlocked and unbarred but if I try a different sim card in it the message 'Limited Service' comes up. Please help

Thanx

Crashed · 12-05-2006, 17:03

Someone done a bad flash/unlock on your phone ?

Clangerette · 12-05-2006, 18:25

Well I did have to call the police out to get phone back off a man who claimed to have unlocked it but hadn't!! Do you think this is what it is? Thanx

Crashed · 12-05-2006, 22:59

Your phone has been badly flashed and/or it has been reported
stolen and the service provider has blocked it, have you phoned
up vodafone to inform them you have it back ?

Clangerette · 13-05-2006, 07:06

Yes and they said it was now unblocked.

13-05-2006, 10:24

Anyone who unblocks (as opposed to unlocks) a phone, or even just posseses the necessary equipment with the intent to do so, is liable to upto 5 years in clink, hence why your phone is still blocked.

Do the right thing and hand in your lost or stolen phone to the local police station and go and buy yourself a new one

Clangerette · 15-05-2006, 11:14

The full story is that its my friend's phone that her boyfriend got on contract for her but when they split up he spitefully reported it stolen. Then he regretted it and asked Vodafone to unblock it which they said they have done but as I said, it comes up 'Limited Service'.

ram33 · 15-05-2006, 11:59

you mean it works on voda but not other n/works?
if so either the sim is unregistered/blocked or the phone has still not been unblocked by the other networks

15-05-2006, 15:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clangerette

The full story is that its my friend's phone that her boyfriend got on contract for her but when they split up he spitefully reported it stolen. Then he regretted it and asked Vodafone to unblock it which they said they have done but as I said, it comes up 'Limited Service'.

So who's name is the phone now in and who's paying the monthly rental?

Why did you take it to someone with the intention of unblocking it?

Clangerette · 16-05-2006, 08:44

He's still paying the line rental and has taken the sim card off her which is why she wanted to use an o2 sim card in it. He agreed to her keeping the phone as it had been a birthday present. We took it to be unlocked as he told us it had been unblocked

16-05-2006, 09:56

Check the good advice given by ram33 above.

Whatever the outcome, you'll need to get your friend to speak with her (ex-)boyfriend to call Vodafone and explain that the phone is still blocked. He, together with Vodafone, are the only people who can help. There is no other legal remedy.

12-05-2006, 16:37	#1
Clangerette Forum Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 829	D500 help please Hi Have D500 on Vodafone but have had it unlocked and unbarred but if I try a different sim card in it the message 'Limited Service' comes up. Please help Thanx

12-05-2006, 17:03	#2
Crashed Banned User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Plimuff Posts: 1,344	Someone done a bad flash/unlock on your phone ? Last edited by Crashed : 12-05-2006 at 17:23.

12-05-2006, 18:25	#3
Clangerette Forum Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 829	Well I did have to call the police out to get phone back off a man who claimed to have unlocked it but hadn't!! Do you think this is what it is? Thanx

12-05-2006, 22:59	#4
Crashed Banned User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Plimuff Posts: 1,344	Your phone has been badly flashed and/or it has been reported stolen and the service provider has blocked it, have you phoned up vodafone to inform them you have it back ?

13-05-2006, 07:06	#5
Clangerette Forum Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 829	Yes and they said it was now unblocked.

13-05-2006, 10:24	#6
dawson Posts: n/a	Anyone who unblocks (as opposed to unlocks) a phone, or even just posseses the necessary equipment with the intent to do so, is liable to upto 5 years in clink, hence why your phone is still blocked. Do the right thing and hand in your lost or stolen phone to the local police station and go and buy yourself a new one

15-05-2006, 11:14	#7
Clangerette Forum Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 829	The full story is that its my friend's phone that her boyfriend got on contract for her but when they split up he spitefully reported it stolen. Then he regretted it and asked Vodafone to unblock it which they said they have done but as I said, it comes up 'Limited Service'.

15-05-2006, 11:59	#8
ram33 Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 577	you mean it works on voda but not other n/works? if so either the sim is unregistered/blocked or the phone has still not been unblocked by the other networks

15-05-2006, 15:25	#9
dawson Posts: n/a	Quote: Originally Posted by Clangerette The full story is that its my friend's phone that her boyfriend got on contract for her but when they split up he spitefully reported it stolen. Then he regretted it and asked Vodafone to unblock it which they said they have done but as I said, it comes up 'Limited Service'. So who's name is the phone now in and who's paying the monthly rental? Why did you take it to someone with the intention of unblocking it?

16-05-2006, 08:44	#10
Clangerette Forum Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 829	He's still paying the line rental and has taken the sim card off her which is why she wanted to use an o2 sim card in it. He agreed to her keeping the phone as it had been a birthday present. We took it to be unlocked as he told us it had been unblocked

16-05-2006, 09:56	#11
dawson Posts: n/a	Check the good advice given by ram33 above. Whatever the outcome, you'll need to get your friend to speak with her (ex-)boyfriend to call Vodafone and explain that the phone is still blocked. He, together with Vodafone, are the only people who can help. There is no other legal remedy.

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