My boss bought a phone some time last year and about 2 months ago it stopped working. Turns out Optus blocked the IMEI number and refused to tell my boss why. He bought this phone 2nd hand of a guy some time last year and it was working for a few months.

The IMEI of your Samsung Galaxy S6 represents a serial number with which the phone can be precisely identified. It is important that you write down the IMEI of your Samsung Galaxy S6 after the purchase, because you can prove with that number that it is your device. The codes for SAMSUNG Galaxy S6 models are taken from SAMSUNG database. There are many SAMSUNG databases: North America, South America, Europe, Canada, South America and Australia Asia Pacific. Unlocking codes are assigned to each SAMSUNG Galaxy S6 phone on manufacturing time so each code is specific for each IMEI.

And sadly my boss bought it with cash so he has no proof of perches. As far as i read there is no way to get them to unblock the IMEI, which is really really dumb. And changing the IMEI/ESN is highly illegal. I don't wanna go to jail but i still want to help my boss recover some of his losses. Because Optus refused to mention why it was blocked i am going out on a limb here and hoping that if it was a stolen phone they would request it be sent to them so it could be returned to the rightful owner.

Now that that's out of the way i read it was still legal to sell a IMEI blocked phone provided it is stated it's IMEI blocked. Flash player ocx control 90 is not installed windows 10. The phone is in good working condition with no cracks on the screen either. What parts could i sell? Should i just sell it whole?

Same thing happened to my step mum, my dad got it for her brand new in the box still sealed through gumtree, someone had offered my dad the phone for swaps for what he had listed i look at everything if the phone was legit etc and was! 9-10 months later her phone has no service and she thought her phone was effed, to then call vodafone to be told optus had blocked her imei (the phone was with optus tho unlocked) the guy we got it off had reported it (insurance thing) said it never arrived when his wife ordered them. Well youd think you wouldnt wait 9-10 months to ask why you hadnt recieved your phone yet right?

Optus wont unlock it and she was devasted considering befor the s7 edge she was using a s2!! Shes a genuine honest person whos always helping people, putting others first etc and sucks it happened to her and wish there was something i could do to fix it?