From Friday, September 26, all the Companies κινητής τηλεφωνίας θα υποχρεούνται να μπλοκάρουν μόνιμα τα κινητά που έχουν δηλωθεί ως κλεμμένα, αρκεί ο κάτοχος να έχει δηλώσει στην εταιρεία του τον μοναδικό αριθμό IMEI device.
The measure was imposed by the National Telecommunications and Post Commission in order to prevent thefts and sell them on the black market.
The process: IMEI, theft statement, network request
A necessary condition for a cell phone to be included in the "black list" is its disclosure code IME of the device from the subscriber to his provider. The only one codeς IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) includes information about the manufacturer and model of the device.
Since the mobile is blacklisted with the prohibited IMEI numbers, its use is theoretically impossible even with the use of a SIM card by another mobile operator
Every subscriber can find the code IMEI:
- In the package of the device
- Pressing * # 06 # on the device
- With the specific application of the device
To block the device, subscribers must initiallya report the theft to police and then va written request for the device to be switched off, attaching tthe proof of the theft statement.
Any company that disables stolen Appliances των συνδρομητών της αναλαμβάνει ταυτόχρονα την ευθύνη να ενημερώνει και τις υπόλοιπες Companies κινητής τηλεφωνίας, οι οποίες οφείλουν να προχωρήσουν στην απενεργοποίηση των κλεμμένων συσκευών και στα δικά τους δίκτυα.
Note that the deactivation request is declined if the requested IMEI code is invalid in accordance with the relevant international specifications or has not been assigned by the manufacturer to the device to uniquely identify it.
Please, change my IMEI?
In practice, the IMEI number can be illegally changed (instructions can be found easily on the Internet), so the device can be re-operated.
For this reason, IMEI-based deactivation was deemed ineffective in the US.
From 2015, a different practice will be applied in the US, as most major manufacturers (Apple, Google, HTC, Huawei, Motorola, Microsoft / Nokia and Samsung)mechanism of dismantling " of stolen devices. Activation or not of this mechanism will be a decision of the user and therefore it is estimated that the effectiveness of this measure will be judged in practice. In fact, the fear has already been expressed that if there is a possibility that some thefts will prove useless, but not all, then the thefts will increase.
Indicatively, the solution that Google adopts on Android is that from the next version of the most widespread smartphone operating system, there will be a protection mechanism against unauthorized resetting the phone to factory settings.