Samsung Note 20 flash, imei etc
- By Hadron
- Smartphones
- 4 Replies
That depends on where you are. In some jurisdictions it is illegal, e.g. in the UK the Mobile Telephones (Re-programming) Act of 2002 makes changing such an identifier, arranging a change for someone else, or providing the means to do this to someone who you believe has that intent, a criminal offense. The exceptions are if you are the manufacturer or have the manufacturer's written permission; so it's OK for a licensed service center to do this, but probably nobody else.There is no law that makes changing a mobile device's IMEI a criminal offense.
But one thing that seems to be true in any jurisdiction is that once blacklisted it's very difficult to get anything done about that, especially if you aren't the registered owner. The service providers regard blacklisting as their protection against theft (i.e. buying a subsisided handset and then breaking the contract, which I'm guessing is what happened here), and tend to be a bit inflexible when it comes to lifting it. You can see the sense in that: if all it took to lift the blacklist was a phone call and a sob story it wouldn't be any protection for them at all. But that doesn't make it any easier for someone who finds themselves in your position.

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