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Default I've found a blackberry... - 07-06-2008, 07:45 PM

and a friend of mine told me that, even if i unlock it, after 1 or 2 months it will no longer receive signal from any network..

is it true?

cuz if it is i'm not gonna bother buying a charger and unlocking it..
   
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Default 07-06-2008, 07:54 PM

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and a friend of mine told me that, even if i unlock it, after 1 or 2 months it will no longer receive signal from any network..

is it true?

cuz if it is i'm not gonna bother buying a charger and unlocking it..
Um, you might make an effort to return it first.
   
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Default 07-06-2008, 07:55 PM

Oh boy another I found this BB Thread.

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Default 07-06-2008, 07:56 PM

this will be interesting.
   
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Default 07-06-2008, 08:00 PM

I couldn't make any effort to return it.

The thing is.. NOBODY called to ask for the phone.

I kept it for 4 days and NO ONE CALLED.

So...
   
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Default 07-06-2008, 08:02 PM

after 1-2 months it will self destruct.
   
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Default 07-06-2008, 08:03 PM

Call someone on the the phone book if it has no pass code. Other then that i have no clue on how you would return it. I have a return number and will give reward on my screen lock screen.
   
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Default 07-06-2008, 08:05 PM

there was a pass.. i couldn't access the numbers

it wasn't on the screen..

nobody called...



anyways..
   
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Default 07-06-2008, 08:06 PM

You could call the carrier... and give them the pin number or the serial number...


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Default 07-06-2008, 08:10 PM

hi zerog..

yeah i could do that

but having in mind that i'm NOT GOING TO DO SO.. can u answer if what i asked is true?
   
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Default 07-06-2008, 08:13 PM

to answer your question its not true. as long as its a GSM phone you can slide a new Sim card in it and it will work as a phone. Now as a blackberry it might not. Sometimes the address and Pin of the pass customer is still in RIM's system and it wont allow you to choose a new email or join under a new account.
   
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Default 07-06-2008, 08:14 PM

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hi zerog..

yeah i could do that

but having in mind that i'm NOT GOING TO DO SO.. can u answer if what i asked is true?
Nice. Geez.

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to answer your question its not true. as long as its a GSM phone you can slide a new Sim card in it and it will work as a phone. Now as a blackberry it might not. Sometimes the address and Pin of the pass customer is still in RIM's system and it wont allow you to choose a new email or join under a new account.
I wouldn't have given him any help.


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Default 07-06-2008, 08:22 PM

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hi zerog..

yeah i could do that

but having in mind that i'm NOT GOING TO DO SO.. can u answer if what i asked is true?
well with this attitude your outta luck here you wont get much help.


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Default 07-06-2008, 08:23 PM

thank you.
   
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Default 07-06-2008, 08:23 PM

try returning it. make an honest effort.

your moral character is definitely flawed

if you have no intention of even attempting to return it then....

AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED YOU ARE UNWELCOME HERE.


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Default 07-06-2008, 08:24 PM

Hopefully the PIN will get disabled somehow.


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Default 07-06-2008, 08:27 PM

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hi zerog..

yeah i could do that

but having in mind that i'm NOT GOING TO DO SO.. can u answer if what i asked is true?
Wow. No words. I hope it gets reported as lost/stolen by the owner and ends up bricked.

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Default 07-06-2008, 08:27 PM

It's never too late to return it... Good luck!
   
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Default 07-06-2008, 08:28 PM

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try returning it. make an honest effort.

your moral character is definitely flawed

if you have no intention of even attempting to return it then....

AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED YOU ARE UNWELCOME HERE.

Agree he probably stole it anyway


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Default 07-06-2008, 08:29 PM

Man I hope karma comes around to people like you. How would you feel if you lost a $400 object, and someone found it, in tact, and had the means to find out how to get it back to you, but instead said "Finders keepers bud, your SOL."

So what are you going to do if the person who owns it has GPS tracking software installed and comes to collect and asks you why you didn't call the phone company to get it back to him?

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Default 07-06-2008, 08:38 PM

Wizardiego-

I found a Blackberry one time, and this worked for me:

1- Fully charge the Berry (or, at least over half-way)
2- Power it on....let it cycle through its boot-up session
3- Turn power off
3- Place device face-down in a pan with 1/4" of water
4- After 30-45 seconds (NOT 1 MINUTE+) Pull it out
5- Immediately Power it on again

If it doesn't work the first time, repeat steps 3-5

-simpson

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Default 07-06-2008, 08:39 PM

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thank you.
Because you are clearly, at the very least, incapable of sho