SO BUYER of maxis iphone must beware?

your iphone have no resell value

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Added on April 21, 2009, 7:09 pmSO BUYER of maxis iphone must beware?

your iphone have no resell value

something david told me
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What is an IMEI?

The IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) is a unique 17 or 15 digit code used to identify an individual mobile station to a GSM or UMTS network. The IMEI number provides an important function; it uniquely identifies a specific mobile phone being used on a mobile network. The IMEI is a useful tool to prevent a stolen handset from accessing a network and being used to place calls. Mobile phone owners who have their phones stolen can contact their mobile network provider and ask them disable a phone using its IMEI number. With an IMEI number, the phone can be blocked from the network quickly and easily.

It is important to note that swapping a SIM card will not stop a phone from being banned. IMEI numbers are stored in the phones themselves, not on the SIM cards.

An IMEI is only used to identify the device and does not relate to a specific individual or organization. Other numbers such as the ESN (Electronic Serial Numbers) and MEID (Mobile Equipment Identifiers) can link an individual to a phone. Usually, an IMSI number stored on a SIM card can identify the subscriber on a network.

There are several ways in which you can locate your mobile phone's IMEI number. The IMEI can usually be found on the handset, beneath the battery, sometimes printed on a small white label. Another way to easily locate your IMEI phone is to dial the following sequence of numbers into the handset: *#06#. If you have a Sony Ericsson mobile phone, you can retrieve the IMEI by pressing the following key sequence: right,*, left, left,*, left, *, left.

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the customer service personnel even have problem passing the information on the 3G setting

well i think normally telco will suspend SIM.but does this apply to Telco selling hand set at discounted price?

still does no explain why the 3 maxis iphone cannot lock on to net work (using DIGI or Celcom)

the weekend after the grand launch at KLCC

there were many sales thread in LWYT forum for Maxis iPhone.

these phones could be purchased by counter boys and later resale to end customer

so reason why these sets came for service is likely because Maxis do not entertain iPhone owners if they are not the contractual party

about Maxis warranty set, I checked with Maxis upon purchase. The iPhone warranty coverage of 12 months is VALID if:

1) you do not Jailbreak the iPhone
2) the iValue account is still active within 12 month

So yr a 'after market' buyer of Maxis set, make sure the owner who register for the fone has the account kept active, if not, the warranty will void, even below 12 months.

Answer is NOPE. I think this has been replied a few postings away, do read again. Maxis will only bar the SIM CARD and not fone.

In fact, I am using DiGi with my Maxis iPhone now, if my Maxis line is barred, let's say if they bar my iPhone IMEI number too, the barring will be valid in Maxis network only. So if I use the DiGi line under DiGi network, the barring can't take effect, logical?

@PeeEl,
The Maxis units are fully unlocked units hence Maxis shouldn't be able to barr the use of the iPhones

Stop giving claims. The phone itself is from Singapore (notice the same model number and such , so its from singapore)

I believe in Malaysia , there is no enforcement of blocked IMEI numbers *yet*. So Maxis can't just simply bar the iPhone

Do read up our local telecommunication law. We don't do phone locking , there is no way on earth maxis could just simply lock it. So stop with your false claims and such. Maxis has no control of the iPhone , they just control the SIM services

They'll just block the SIM. AFAIK , you could even use stolen phones here. I've a friend who lost his phone , called up Celcom care and reported. They just did block the SIM card only and not the phone. He even gave them the IMEI number , but  the customer care service said that it wasn't possible. The most that our local carriers/mobile service providers can do is just block your SIM - that's about it

http://www.skmm.gov.my/the_law/legislation.asp

I do hope that MCMC or someone comes up with the whole IMEI blocking thingy , whereby there is a central authority. Suppose if a phone is stolen , we can report and its blocked. It prevents people from selling the phone as it would render it useless

PeeEl,

Okay, you're saying Maxis can 'trigger' a lock thru it's network to disable the iPhone thru recognizing it's IMEI number, right? Hmm... I've not heard of such thing before. ANyhow, there could something like this.

If I am using the iPhone over other telco (like me now, in DiGi), if my Maxis line got barred, they're not able to enable the trigger, cos it's not running on their network, hence the fone can't be barred.

If so, u might wanna remove the Maxis simcard before ur line got barred from the iPhone then.

those who are interested to know how is it like for an iPhone to be blocked via the IMEI method, you can read it from here

The version I heard from Maxis is, they will not block the iphone, but every iphone purchased from Maxis is uniquely tied to the original owner, so is the warranty. Meaning, buying a Maxis iphone from others will be as good as buying an iphone without warranty. With the warranty card, one can still send in for repair, but it will be chargeable.

but maxis iphone cant use DiGi and Celcom line right? or im wrong?. I dont know if other maxis user can use other sim card on it (without hailbreak or unlock).