bought a blackberry today it has signal etc and tells me its o2 network but doesnt ring or text out or internet..

how can i test if its blocked or not :)and any way you can unblock them

thanks

All Blackberry services are down today, it's nationwide apparently

ive seen that but should be able to text and call on it..

yeah my bb is having probs with internet but can ring out and text etc

My daughters can't even call or text this evening so I think it is effecting people in different ways.

It's not just BBM problems as there have been in previous days.

mine has network coverage and signal but will not ring or text out i have been told its blocked do you know if theres anything i can do thanks

If it's blocked, you're stuffed, the phone is useless in the UK.

If you can send me the IMEI (pm) I'll check for you tomorrow and see if it is blocked, but it may just be Steve Jobs having one last laugh on BlackBerry

sell it quick and buy an iphone ;-)

As Sallybear says, it's nationwide. It was on the lunchtime news on the TV today. A "Core Switch" somewhere has failed. A lot of folk are fizzing. After Blackberry went tits up last time they said "It won't happen again". Oh really ??

Whatever gave you the idea of buying a blackberry anyway?

Some people never learn, honestly

You can check the status of the phone here using the IMEI number.

Surely that won't work for UK mobiles? If a mobile is blocked in the UK it will still be useable abroad.

True, I've just used a UK checking service and that's given me an IMEI as being blocked, tried that one (which is Australian) and it says that it is fine, so it's no use for UK users, although does give you am idea where blocked phones might be sent to.

Yep.

It was a big thing once the network operators started blacklisting the IMEI and made it very illegal to change it.

Phones were stolen and sold on foreign eBay sites or marked as for sale abroad only.

Mine had the same problem for the last 3 days,should be ok now tho?

It'll only ever just be 'OK' hehe.

Lol

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