Is it barred/blocked?

bluetimone97

My son bought a w800i from ebay about 5 months ago with his birthday money, today it is playing up and no sim will work in it, keeps making 3 beeps when you call and things (his words), is it possible the seller has blocked it?

Can't find them in my history anymore to ask them so is he gong to be £100 down at 14 years old?

gaming_guy

if you have a tmobile sim in it it will only send texts or if it has an orange it will say invalid sim then it is blocked

gaming_guy

found some more info
How to Check If Your Phone is Blacklisted!!
Different networks blacklist handsets in different ways:

Orange & O2:
If you place an active orange or
O2 sim into a blacklisted handset you
phone will not show any signal strength
at all! If the handset is a Nokia then a
"SIM card registration failed" message
will also be displayed. If your handset is an
Ericsson then an "Invalid Mobile" message
will be displayed. For most other manufacturers
the handset will simply show no signal!

Vodafone & T-Mobile
If you place an active Vodafone or T-Mobile sim into a blacklisted handset, the phone will appear to function perfectly UNTIL you try to make an outgoing call. When you try to call out from the handset you will hear a sequence of beeps and then the call will be dropped!!

bluetimone97

Looks like it is then, shame, but hey that's life I guess, if anyone has any good suggestions please feel free to add them.

gaming_guy

bluetimone97 wrote:

Looks like it is then, shame, but hey that's life I guess

and the k750i/w800i are good phones as well

you could always get a k750i and get someone to convert it to a w800 for you

bluetimone97

Thanks for the help, maybe I should just sell it as spare parts and he can put the money towards a new one.

thanku1

Well that is why in the other thread I said better not buy phone on ebay they are usually overprice or knackered phone being bid upon by kids.

Nostromo

You could resell it back on ebay but only to non uk bidders as the phone will still work ok on foreign networks.Bit risky selling to non uk bidders but a simple check of any winners feedback should tell if they are genuine or not.

drahcir_2

i would contact the buyer and tell him you will be reporting him to ebay and the police for selling stolen goods unless you are refunded
may work?

jazelwood

is there anyway of doing anything to get a 6280 working again that's blocked????

jazelwood

bought a phone and now it's black listed any idea how i can get around it and get it working again please. It's an O2 phone and i have an orange payg sim card.

thanks