Sim card required to block imei?

[AC Question]

Hii... I would like to know.. Does a sim card is required to be in a phone, if want to block the phones imei code?? My phone got stolen.. And obviously my sim will never be in it.. So yeah I need to know if it's possible to block the phone without the sim card.

 

[belodion]

No. Also, once the IMEI has been blocked by the carrier, the phone will be unusable, either with the original SIM, or with any other.

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[dpham00]

Contact your carrier. They can blacklist the imei so that it can't be used by other carriers participating in the blacklist program.

 

[Almeuit]

Contact your carrier. They can blacklist the imei so that it can't be used by other carriers participating in the blacklist program.

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