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Purchasing a phone with a "Bad IMEI"
I am interested in purchasing an iPhone 12 mini from eBay, but it's labeled as "Bad IMEI". Is TMobile able to rectify it at all if I buy it? Will this be a problem?
syaoran wrote:
I wouldn't recommend buying any device listed as having a bad IMEI.
like syaoran said
I wouldn't recommend buying any device listed as having a bad IMEI.
If you have the imei number you can run it through Tmobile’s or Swappa’s imei checker.
Is there an easy way to find out why a phone was blacklisted before I buy it?
probably would depend on why. reported as lost/stolen? doubtful. if it was never paid off you might be able to pay it fully off but its all going to depend on what has it blacklisted.
