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Topic # 57265 8-Feb-2010 00:04
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Friend was looking at some fake designer phones in china, and some are advertised as having a unique IEMI - others are not.

Now, assuming that the others share the same IEMI, what would the result be if trying to use several at the same time on the same network?




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  Reply # 297187 8-Feb-2010 20:48
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My guess is that, because another phone with the same IMEI code (not IEMI :-)) is on the network you probably wouldn't be able to connect the phone up. However, hopefully someone more educated in this area will have a more certain answer.




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  Reply # 297188 8-Feb-2010 20:54
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Alarm bells would ring

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  Reply # 297208 8-Feb-2010 21:27
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johnr: Alarm bells would ring


wouldnt this most likely result in that IMEI being banned from the network?

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