Stolen T610

Got burgled this morning - While in the bath, for crissake.. (Then, this is
Southeast London..) and they took my T610 and little else. I immediately
phoned up (T-Mobile) and had it blacklisted, barred etc. I had no insurance,
so this is a major bummer.

The thing I'd like to know, is just how effective IS the blacklisting? I
read that they can be used abroad - which with a little organization isn't
going to be hard for them to sell overseas - and the IMEI number changed
quite easily. Now, I know I'm never going to see it again, but it'd be nice
to think that the handset is now useless.. Is it? How good is the T610 at
staying unusable?

Thanks for any info

Neil

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"Neil" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Got burgled this morning - While in the bath, for crissake.. (Then, this
is
> Southeast London..) and they took my T610 and little else.

Maybe they saw it through the window and decided it would be easy to just
get the phone?! You're lucky as I've known of burglaries where they have
trashed everything they couldn't take.

> The thing I'd like to know, is just how effective IS the blacklisting? I
> read that they can be used abroad - which with a little organization isn't
> going to be hard for them to sell overseas - and the IMEI number changed
> quite easily.

Don't know about the T610 but it's easy to change the IMEI of certain nokias
such as 3210, 3310, 3330...

It's true about the selling overseas thing. The UK networks just pulled
together over it so hopefully someday it will be worldwide.

May be worth spending a few minutes checking your house insurance if
applicable, as many include items such as mobiles. Its often forgotten that
just because you don't have additional insurance from an operator that it
may be covered by a policy you already have.

Just a thought.

Rols.

"Neil" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Got burgled this morning - While in the bath, for crissake.. (Then, this
is
> Southeast London..) and they took my T610 and little else. I immediately
> phoned up (T-Mobile) and had it blacklisted, barred etc. I had no
insurance,
> so this is a major bummer.
>
> The thing I'd like to know, is just how effective IS the blacklisting? I
> read that they can be used abroad - which with a little organization isn't
> going to be hard for them to sell overseas - and the IMEI number changed
> quite easily. Now, I know I'm never going to see it again, but it'd be
nice
> to think that the handset is now useless.. Is it? How good is the T610 at
> staying unusable?
>
> Thanks for any info
>
> Neil
>
>
>

Neil reckoned that:
> The thing I'd like to know, is just how effective IS the blacklisting?

On a t610 it will be 100% effective, as long as the phone remains in the
UK.
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"Evertjan." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Webmaster wrote on 26 sep 2003 in alt.cellular.ericsson:
>
> > Neil reckoned that:
> >> The thing I'd like to know, is just how effective IS the blacklisting?
> >
> > On a t610 it will be 100% effective, as long as the phone remains in the
> > UK.
>
> A very ineffective insular notion !
>
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I don't that the system of all UK networks blocking stolen phones is insular
at all. I am fully aware that it would be easy to export these phones but
does not make the idea pointless. The next step is clearly to persuade other
governments of the benefits of the scheme and extend it.

John Mason wrote on 27 sep 2003 in alt.cellular.ericsson:
> "Evertjan." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> Webmaster wrote on 26 sep 2003 in alt.cellular.ericsson:
>>
>> > Neil reckoned that:
>> >> The thing I'd like to know, is just how effective IS the
>> >> blacklisting?
>> >
>> > On a t610 it will be 100% effective, as long as the phone remains
>> > in the UK.
>>
>> A very ineffective insular notion !
>
> I don't that the system of all UK networks blocking stolen phones is
> insular at all. I am fully aware that it would be easy to export these
> phones but does not make the idea pointless. The next step is clearly
> to persuade other governments of the benefits of the scheme and extend
> it.

You could certainly think my idea of ineffectiveness is wrong, John,
but the insularity still stands.

;-}

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"Webmaster" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Neil reckoned that:
> > The thing I'd like to know, is just how effective IS the blacklisting?
>
> On a t610 it will be 100% effective, as long as the phone remains in the
> UK.

Someone will probably just change the IMEI, making it work again!

Sorry to make you realise that Neil!

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"John Mason" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Evertjan." <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Webmaster wrote on 26 sep 2003 in alt.cellular.ericsson:
> >
> > > Neil reckoned that:
> > >> The thing I'd like to know, is just how effective IS the blacklisting?
> > >
> > > On a t610 it will be 100% effective, as long as the phone remains in the
> > > UK.
> >
> > A very ineffective insular notion !
> > Evertjan.
> > The Netherlands.
> > (Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)
>
> I don't that the system of all UK networks blocking stolen phones is insular
> at all. I am fully aware that it would be easy to export these phones but
> does not make the idea pointless. The next step is clearly to persuade other
> governments of the benefits of the scheme and extend it.
>
All i'm seeing at the auctions is a newly developed market for our Asian friends
who no doubt will be simply exporting them for use outside the CEIR.

I don't see how legitimate new phone dealers in Asia and Africa will soon be
able
to compete against imported "used" European CEIR region phones ?

Steve Terry