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Stolen Phone

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  • 12-05-2011 1:53am
    #1
    QwertyFinger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 47 ✭


    Hey, not sure if its the right section but my HTC Desire was stolen last night, I rang up Meteor to lock the phone so the scumbag who stole it would have no use of it, they said under the data protection act they couldn't (I bought the phone on adverts) so currently some scumbag has my phone which is unlocked for themselves and no good comes from it, how can I stop this?


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    #2
    jimmycrackcorm
    Registered Users Posts: 14,339 ✭✭✭✭jimmycrackcorm


    Did you have wavesecure, prey or another remote secure app installed?
    Probably not in which case you may as well forget it.

    BTW it might help other people if you can tell us how it got stolen so the same does not happen to others.


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    QwertyFinger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 47 ✭QwertyFinger


    jimmycrackcorm wrote: »
    Did you have wavesecure, prey or another remote secure app installed?
    Probably not in which case you may as well forget it.

    Hindsights a great thing haha.
    jimmycrackcorm wrote: »
    BTW it might help other people if you can tell us how it got stolen so the same does not happen to others.

    Pickpocketed from my jacket pocket, basically, keep your phone in your trousers.


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    jimmycrackcorm
    Registered Users Posts: 14,339 ✭✭✭✭jimmycrackcorm


    QwertyFinger wrote: »
    Hindsights a great thing haha.

    Not really - it was one of the first things I installed on my phone - I also bought sim-free...

    Pickpocketed from my jacket pocket, basically, keep your phone in your trousers.
    :D You might get some temporary pleasure in return if you got pick-pocketed in that case.

    It's a bummer but at least you are drawing awareness now to pick-pocketing.
    btw - sometimes you can buy back your phone from the scum.... you did try ringing it?


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    QwertyFinger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 47 ✭QwertyFinger


    Tried, as soon as I realised it was gone I rang it, off, no chance... I've been roaming adverts and gumtree for a 2nd hand HTC desire with no box for sale, I know its a long shot but I've just been asking for the IMEI number to see if its unlockable due to me doing it in spare time *cough load of bollox* due to having the box.

    All in all I know I'm not going to get the phone back, but it infuriates me that there are people like this, stealing your stuff, I didn't think it'd ever happen to me due to being 6'6 and a mountain of a person.

    Lessons can be learnt from it though, obviously. I'd be more annoyed about it if there was anything I could do, guess not, back to using a lovely Nokia 3310. :rolleyes:


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    rayh
    Registered Users Posts: 153 ✭✭rayh


    QwertyFinger wrote: »
    Hey, not sure if its the right section but my HTC Desire was stolen last night, I rang up Meteor to lock the phone so the scumbag who stole it would have no use of it, they said under the data protection act they couldn't (I bought the phone on adverts) so currently some scumbag has my phone which is unlocked for themselves and no good comes from it, how can I stop this?

    Do I assume you do not have the IMEI number and on what basis have Meteor decided to advance the Data Protection Act?


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    QwertyFinger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 47 ✭QwertyFinger


    I have the IMEI number, I bought the phone on adverts, its unlocked, I'm unsure of which network it was on originally, they've said they can't lock a phone on that for some ridiculous reason.


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    rayh
    Registered Users Posts: 153 ✭✭rayh


    QwertyFinger wrote: »
    I have the IMEI number, I bought the phone on adverts, its unlocked, I'm unsure of which network it was on originally, they've said they can't lock a phone on that for some ridiculous reason.

    Have you tried going face to face in the Meteor store as I understand that they have access to a Central Equipment Identity Register as I suspect there maybe an issue about identity across other communication media.

    We must have some recourse to this type of behaviour


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    #9
    QwertyFinger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 47 ✭QwertyFinger


    I think I'll do it tomorrow.


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    Max Power 2010
    Registered Users Posts: 422 ✭✭Max Power 2010


    Normally if you have been making calls with an IMEI they should be able block it through your account, however if the IMEI is registered to another customer's account they may require that custoemr to contact them.


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    madmoe
    Registered Users Posts: 4,366 ✭✭✭madmoe


    jimmycrackcorm wrote: »
    Did you have wavesecure, prey or another remote secure app installed?
    Probably not in which case you may as well forget it.

    BTW it might help other people if you can tell us how it got stolen so the same does not happen to others.

    My HTC Sensation fell out of my pocket in a taxi Saturday night and no luck getting it back since :-( I had Wavesecure installed and was able to lock it from my computer. Put a contact number to call to return it on the lock message but nothing so far!

    Called Vodafone this morning and now it's blocked via IMEI so no use to anyone on an Irish network at least. I had hoped Wavesecure would work a bit better and won't be relying on it in the future.

    Cheers,
    M


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