hello internets um its koku again okay
so I made this video before but I feel
like I've gotten so many emails and
inboxes about it that I need to simplify
things a little bit more so and
especially with this new channel we're
just gonna make a new video anyway there
are two different things here one is
called IMEI blocking and one is phone
unlocking when you have an unlocked
phone basically the phone will take a
SIM card you can pop a SIM card in from
any you know any GSM carrier so whether
you're traveling internationally or in
the States if you're using AT&T or
t-mobile you can just pop that SIM card
in which is your phone number
and use that phone there's something
else now called IMEI blocking so I am
the eye blocking every phone has its own
unique address so there is a address on
this particular phone that is unique to
this phone that no other phone has it's
it's that it's almost like a fingerprint
let's say but then it's not you know
it's like almost but not but you get me
as phones have gotten more and more
expensive
there have been measures put in place
now to deter people from theft of others
and also just basically getting over on
the network so for instance my cellular
phone let's say I lose it somewhere
right if I lose the phone and I contact
my carrier and tell them that the phone
is lost they will have the IMEI blocked
that means that that phone can no longer
be used on my carrier for certain and
now this registry is nationwide so it
can't be used on AT&T either it's
basically just a brick this is not so
much of a problem if you have a note -
like I do I guess you could probably
just use it as a tablet and you probably
can make do but if you have like an
iPhone 4 or 5 and someone breaks your
phone I mean you're gonna be salting
because there's nothing you could do
with that no-one's going to carry around
something so small just to use it for
like Wi-Fi that's ridiculous
if you purchase a phone from someone a
third party make sure that you know if
the IMEI is blocked and know that
there's a difference between an
unblocked IMEI a block IMEI and unlocked
phone and a lock phone unlocked phones
that's not a big deal you know you can
get a phone unlocked you know you can
pay somebody to do it you can do it
yourself whatever the case may be it can
be done as far as blocked IMEI the only
way that IMEI can be unblocked is the
original owner of that
oan has to contact the network and tell
them that that phone has been found but
if that person has made an insurance
claim on that phone because they lost it
and gave it to their homie then they're
going to block themselves from equipment
protection so it's like you know you
just got it in this case there's no
winning anymore there's no more of this
let me use your insurance claim -
they're gonna block the phones anyway
now so you're gonna have no phone at all
well if you walk into a carrier they're
not going to compensate the phone and
you know arrest you or anything like
that you're basically in possession of
stolen property so you know take that
how you want to and you know I don't
know you and I don't judge you but I'm
just saying it's money gave me a stolen
phone and I'll be salty I really really
hope that you didn't find this video
because somebody screws you over and if
you did I'm really really sorry that's
horrible I feel bad about it but you
learn something new every day and you
know that was a phone it could have been
something even more so look at the
bright side