Great move - Block stolen phones

[Deleted member 9785]

CEIR

CEIR is an initiative by the Department of Telecommunications to curtail the counterfeit mobile phone market and discourage mobile phone theft, thereby protecting consumer interest and facilitating law enforcement authorities for lawful interception.

www.ceir.gov.in

Lost your phone? A step-by-step guide on how to use India’s new CEIR to recover or block your device

Thanks the Indian DoT’s CEIR system, people whose phones have been lost or stolen can get it recovered. The process of getting your lost device’s IMEI number blocked and your device has been made extremely streamlined.

www.firstpost.com

 

[VGisHere]

Curious question,

the blocking here means only the Sim won’t work, or it blocking at device level? Where one can’t even access the device?

 

[4uziaul]

Curious question,

the blocking here means only the Sim won’t work, or it blocking at device level? Where one can’t even access the device?

Device level new Sim won't work.

 

[CardTox]

Great move, hopefully we will be able to find out the culpret.

 

[AritraSaha]

Mainly they are salvaging phone-parts in the market.
But surely a great move.👍

 

[n00b]

Now imagine 13000 people having same IMEI and someone registers a complaint 🤣 pure chaos. https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/mobile-tabs/vivo-phones-same-imei-13500-6444369/

 

[jack333]

Imei number could be easily changed on older android phones. Don't know about new ones. Ed was after vivo for this reason only. There were reports of tax fraud by using same imei on multiple devices

After Xiaomi, ED raids another Chinese mobile manufacturer, Vivo

Sources said the raids were going on at various premises in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and a few southern states.

indianexpress.com

 

[luciferlucifer is verified member.]

FYI: You need a police complaint to be able to block the IMEI

 

[prabanomics]

CEIR

CEIR is an initiative by the Department of Telecommunications to curtail the counterfeit mobile phone market and discourage mobile phone theft, thereby protecting consumer interest and facilitating law enforcement authorities for lawful interception.

www.ceir.gov.in

Lost your phone? A step-by-step guide on how to use India’s new CEIR to recover or block your device

Thanks the Indian DoT’s CEIR system, people whose phones have been lost or stolen can get it recovered. The process of getting your lost device’s IMEI number blocked and your device has been made extremely streamlined.

www.firstpost.com

I have used it effectively and recovered a lost phone and sold it ! There are flaws in the system .. but works..
Few pointers for reference based on my experience.

1) Note both the IMEI number of phone while buying. Not as a note in the same phone 😉
2) Enable find my phone option if android (Doesn't help much if stolen but useful if lost in hands of good souls ! ). Once phone is lost try this option to find the location of phone. You can use it to remotely erase data too.
3) Block the sim once the phone is lost immediately. Can get back a duplicate sim using Aadhar.
4) Also log out from all devices all apps/accounts/gmail using a PC or another mobile ! This prevents misuse.
5) Always preserve a copy of invoice. At least a scanned copy with your name/online invoice. Again not the same device !
6) Register a police complaint online. ID proof may be required. Police complaint number is required to block phone on CEIR website.
7) Go to CEIR website and register a complaint. Police complaint number, ID proof and purchase proof required. My case it registered only one IMEI number instead of two and it helped 🙂
8) Block the phone and wait for your luck 😆

In my case though they blocked one IMEI other one was active. Thief activated my phone after 6 months and used a sim and got caught ! Police recovered the phone from him ! Finally wiped all data.. sold it and bought a new phone !

Tagging you for better reach of message to more people so that it may help someone @TechnoFino @RewardsAlert @Wealth is my birth right!

 

[jack333]

I have used it effectively and recovered a lost phone and sold it ! There are flaws in the system .. but works..
Few pointers for reference based on my experience.

1) Note both the IMEI number of phone while buying. Not as a note in the same phone 😉
2) Enable find my phone option if android (Doesn't help much if stolen but useful if lost in hands of good souls ! ). Once phone is lost try this option to find the location of phone. You can use it to remotely erase data too.
3) Block the sim once the phone is lost immediately. Can get back a duplicate sim using Aadhar.
4) Also log out from all devices all apps/accounts/gmail using a PC or another mobile ! This prevents misuse.
5) Always preserve a copy of invoice. At least a scanned copy with your name/online invoice. Again not the same device !
6) Register a police complaint online. ID proof may be required. Police complaint number is required to block phone on CEIR website.
7) Go to CEIR website and register a complaint. Police complaint number, ID proof and purchase proof required. My case it registered only one IMEI number instead of two and it helped 🙂
8) Block the phone and wait for your luck 😆

In my case though they blocked one IMEI other one was active. Thief activated my phone after 6 months and used a sim and got caught ! Police recovered the phone from him ! Finally wiped all data.. sold it and bought a new phone !

Tagging you for better reach of message to more people so that it may help someone @TechnoFino @RewardsAlert @Wealth is my birth right!

If they had blocked both the imei's then the thief would have never got caught and also rendered the phone useless. Can we reactivate one imei after we get the phone back?

 

[AritraSaha]

If they had blocked both the imei's then the thief would have never got caught and also rendered the phone useless. Can we reactivate one imei after we get the phone back?

Yeah.

 

[prabanomics]

If they had blocked both the imei's then the thief would have never got caught and also rendered the phone useless. Can we reactivate one imei after we get the phone back?

Yes.. unblocking is immediate basis OTP.. once you have possession of your phone and verify the IMEI you can unblock

 

[Pankhuri]

Curious question,

the blocking here means only the Sim won’t work, or it blocking at device level? Where one can’t even access the device?

They just blacklist the imei number of the stolen device. So no other sim could work.