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What does it mean if a phone is not blocked?
I checked the imei with tmobile for my phone and it says its not blocked. Does that mean that its unlocked and can be used with any carrier? I'm confused because I still have tmobile messages and...
Blocked is blacklisted which is what happens when a phone is reported stolen, lost, etc. A phone on an installment plan that is not paid off and customer not paying anymore will also get blacklisted.
SIM (Carrier) unlocked is completely different and that won't show on that website. If you haven't unlocked it the fastest way is find a friend on a different carrier and pop their SIM in, it will be obvious pretty quick if it isn't unlocked.
oh there is..however they still must try and figure out why it ended up blocked in the first place..they wont just up and unblock it until they fully make sure it was an error on their side and not that it was reported stolen and youre pretending to be the owner.
if you have another phone laying around you can try tossing his sim card into it and see if it starts working..if it works then at least he’s back up and able to use a phone until they get the other one figured out.
