Update (Dec 14, 2006): Visit the NTC website’s “Text 682 (Text NTC) Anti-Phone Theft Service” for more information on how to prevent mobile phone theft.
I had a story on Technobiography (while it was still in Blogger) about NTC’s cellphone blocking service. NTC offers to block the cellphone handset upon request of the owner. This comes in handy when your cellphone is snatched or lost. Blocking the cellphone makes the handset useless to the snatcher (or to the buyer of the snatched cellphone).
Added June 28 2008:
Below, Michael shares his experience with NTC’s service. I will not edit syntax, but I have cut a few parts for brevity. Read on…
na-try ko na ipa-block yung sap smartphone ko noon thru text NTC. hindi naman nanakaw yung sap ko, nasa akin pa rin, gusto ko lng itest yung block through text ntc kung gumagana. hindi naman real-time, parang 2 weeks bago nag-eeffect.
after 2 weeks, wala na signal, then ni-try ko magpasok ng ibang sim ng smart, wala signal, ni-try ko globe, wala din signal. it really works, rest assured, ntc and telcos really do their job.
ang procedure ng ntc para ipa-block yung cellphone is gagawa sila ng order letter na iblock yung imei, then ifoforward nila yung letter sa lahat ng telcos.
mahirap nga lang pag ipapa-unblock sabi ng taga-ntc, mas madali yung block request. di ko n lang na-verify kung ni-forward ng ntc yung unblocking request sa mga telcos. kasi nung hindi ko na mahintay kung ni-actionan ba ng ntc and telcos yung unblocking.
ibinalik ko sa smart rom yung sap ko para pwede ko patingnan sa smart wireless center kung bakit wala signal yung sap koheheh
pero nung ibinalik na sa akin sap ko, pinaltan daw ng brightpoint yung board nung sap, sira daw yung keypad and volume controller. bale iba na imei nung sap pagkabalik s akin (board ba naman palitan)
nabiktima ako ng ipit gang last monday of last week. nadukutan ako ng cellphone, nokia 6670. this day pinablock ko yung imei nung cellphone ko sa ntc, pumunta na ako mismo ng ntc, di ko kasi nairegister yung imei ng 6670 ko through text ntc.
nga lang sabi sa akin nung barkada ko (hindi taga-ntc), wala rin daw kwenta ipa-block sa ntc, madali lng daw palitan yung imei ng nokia series 60 na phone, software base lng daw pag-change ng imei.
Here’s a parting shot from Michael which I’ll share to readers. You might have some information that will be useful to Michael:
share me some info regarding software base imei flashing kung posible nga ba sa series 60. di ko naman balak gawin career pag-modify ng imei. kasi kung posible nga, hindi na ako magpupunta ng ntc. ipapa-insure ko n lng susunod n bili ko ng cellphone
Hope you found Michael’s testimony useful. I did. I plan to register with NTC, especially after reading about the loss of friend Randy’s O2 XPhone.
Keep that cellphone safe and sound. Keep your life that way too.
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