Help need help reseting my htc hero

[joshnosh]

basicly i lost my phone ages and clamed on insurance
then i found it at collage a few weeks later
so the phone is imei blocked but still a great peice off kit.
i know i should probably give it back to the insurance company but my insuracne company is the scum off the earth so they can go screw themselves
so i loaded some songs on it and used it as and ipod for a while but then for some reson whitch i cant remeber now, i did a factory reset on it and when i turn it on it screws at my to put a sim card in to "place calls" but if i do it says blocked or something similar due to the IMEI block.
any way i can get round this? i dont mind trying to root or somthing like that if it will help

 

[momoceio]

No...

 

[landovr]

if the insurance company got you a new phone then why do you need to make calls with the old one

 

[Martimus]

If the phone is blacklisted by the insurance/wireless carrier then it's pretty well a done deal! Short of doing something illegal, there aren't many options available to you to get around this. Sorry!

 

[joshnosh]

so i loaded some songs on it and used it as and ipod for a while

i just want to use the phone i dont want to make calls. i know its illigal to fiddle with the IMEI ect i just want to use it as an ipod or gps ect

 

[Slug]

i lost my phone ages and clamed on insurance
[...]
my insuracne company is the scum off the earth

Really? They replaced your phone, didn't they?

As the IEMI is blacklisted across all networks to prevent fraud/misuse there's no way round it. It's just something you'll have to put up with, I'm afraid.

 

[joshnosh]

i cant be assed to go into details about my insurance company. i just want help using my phone like i used to!