can tmobile block my friends new galaxy s3 imei

[theprodigy001]

hello,

my friend has tmobile and he wants to root his phone and change rom and overclock it.he was talking to a tmobile rep at the store and telling them he wants to cancel his insurance because of the stuff he wants to do to his phone.and they said it was against policy to do that stuff to the phone and they will block his imei so he can use it.

is that possible for them to do that and is that even legal for them to do even though his phone is paid in full.

is there anyway for him to stop that or change his imei to his phone?

 

[lunatic59]

There are several reasons why a carrier will block an IMEI/ESN. If the account is in arrears, they will suspend the phone if it is still under contract. If the phone is reported lost or stolen it will be blacklisted. I have never heard of a phone being denied network access for being rooted or having custom firmware, especially if the phone is no longer under contract.

What is illegal is changing or altering the IMEI on a phone or tablet.

 

[Turkey]

I have rooted all my phone and have never heard of this happening.don't even think they can tell unless he started tethering without paying for it and used a lot of data. He can also keep his insurance. If anything happens to the phone just tell them you lost it and they will send you a new one, at least that's what they do with Sprint insurance

 

[lunatic59]

He can also keep his insurance. If anything happens to the phone just tell them you lost it and they will send you a new one, at least that's what they do with Sprint insurance

Committing insurance fraud is never sound advice. Most insurance plans will cover physically damaged phones regardless of OS customizations, but you need to check with the underwriter to be certain.

 

[theprodigy001]

he was telling one of the tmo employees the plans he has for the phone and the guy says if the phone software is altered in anyway your imei will be blocked.... and he didnt know how that could be even though he purchased phone outrite.

 

[xliderider]

Your friend should have just declined the insurance and left it at that, no reason given. He shouldn't have told them about plans to root and rom the device.

 

[theprodigy001]

yeah i know but the kid asked what can you do with these phones and got into a convo and just started telling him what he wanted to do..if he does root his phone is there anyway they will know he is rooted,romd and overclocked if he doesn,t tell them?

 

[Turkey]

Committing insurance fraud is never sound advice. Most insurance plans will cover physically damaged phones regardless of OS customizations, but you need to check with the underwriter to be certain.

I'm not saying if he bricks his phone rooting he should file a claim, but if his insurance covers lost or stolen phones he can still keep it in cases of physical damage or it gets lost or stolen.

 

[chillibean]

I'm not saying if he bricks his phone rooting he should file a claim, but if his insurance covers lost or stolen phones he can still keep it in cases of physical damage or it gets lost or stolen.

I think you missed the point that was made about making a false claim on insurance. If you break your phone and say you lost it to get a new one, then you are lying to the insurance company. That is fraud, which ever way you look at it.

My advise is to not use t-mobile insurance but do get some insurance to cover it.

I have never heard if a network blocking a rooted phone.

They could in theory block a phone from their network for any reason but they won't.

Maybe the guy at t-mobile got confused about blocking the hand set and invalidating the warranty of the handset