"pete" <pete@cat5org.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "ioan davies" <ioan_davies@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> Hello All
>> A friend of mine has just had his phone stolen.He has reported it to
>> three and they have disabled the sim.What he wants to know is,would the
>> phone still work if someone put a new three sim card in it,as all three
>> said they had done was disabled the sim card as it was on a contract.
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> Yes it will still work, so tell him not to go selling it on ebay! Phone
> companies often allow phones to be used, it's a loss of revenue if they
> don't. There is nothing to stop your friend taking it to a shop and
> having the IMEI changed for a tenner first.
> People often think of phone insurance as a cheap way to upgrade.
> Unless you're extremely careless you shouldn't need it.
>
>
Rubbish, the phones IMEI will be added to the CEIR Blacklist
database in Dublin, which is used now by all European networks.

The problem is it could still be used in countries outside that,
like Africa, Asia, etc. which don't use it

Assuming that the phone has been Network unlocked first,
many can be with software and unlocking equipment.

Steve Terry