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My Sidekick LX Stolen Question?
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Posted by: Grave

i recently found out that my sidekick lx was stolen from me after two days of searching for it....my question is : is there anyway for the person who stole my LX to use it, imma call tmobile to try to deactivate it, but i'm afraid they gonna say its too late...is this true??

Posted by: esharifi

They can use it, but once you deactivate your SIM they can't. But they can use the phone after if they have their own SIM. T-Mobile doesn't track stolen phones.

Posted by: Grave

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Originally Posted by esharifi

They can use it, but once you deactivate your SIM they can't. But they can use the phone after if they have their own SIM. T-Mobile doesn't track stolen phones.

but how would they take my username and password off thats registered to the sidekick lx...and use their own with the sim card? wouldn't they have to call t-mobile??

Posted by: reas0n555

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Originally Posted by Grave

but how would they take my username and password off thats registered to the sidekick lx...and use their own with the sim card? wouldn't they have to call t-mobile??

Nope,it can be done in the system by pressing menu/shift/r and then menu/shift/

Then pressing menu/shift/x

Posted by: negronese

sucks to be you

Posted by: Grave

so calling t-mobile and giving my sidekick's serial and imei # to them wouldn't help them to deactivate it even if they changed the sim card?

so am i screwed?

Posted by: esharifi

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Originally Posted by Grave

so calling t-mobile and giving my sidekick's serial and imei # to them wouldn't help them to deactivate it even if they changed the sim card?

so am i screwed?

Yes, you're pretty much screwed. Like I said, T-Mobile doesn't track stolen phones.

Posted by: rockbox

You're not as screwed as you think. Sign into the desktop interface on T-Mo's website and see if the nasty so and so used the camera. If you're lucky, you'll have a picture of the prep. This may sound stupid, but this is how I got my old Sidekick 2 back a week ago after it was stolen from my Mother. I was able to confront the thief at his place of work and got the phone back (and the jerk fired). T-Mo will help you to some extent, but not much. Your greatest weapon right now is the fact that everything is backed up on Danger's servers.

Good luck getting your phone back.

Posted by: Grave

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Originally Posted by rockbox

You're not as screwed as you think. Sign into the desktop interface on T-Mo's website and see if the nasty so and so used the camera. If you're lucky, you'll have a picture of the prep. This may sound stupid, but this is how I got my old Sidekick 2 back a week ago after it was stolen from my Mother. I was able to confront the thief at his place of work and got the phone back (and the jerk fired). T-Mo will help you to some extent, but not much. Your greatest weapon right now is the fact that everything is backed up on Danger's servers.

Good luck getting your phone back.

thanks...but i don't think the pics are backed on danger's servers if taken on the memory card on the lx?

Posted by: photojoe83

Actually, yes. ANY data that you have on your handheld is carbon copied on the web interface. Also, try calling your own number, see if anyone picks up on the other end...that is if the thief hasn't swapped the SIM or sold the phone yet.

I've lost my RAZR in the past. I called my own number, thankfully the person who had my phone was a good samaritan, and actually mailed the phone back to me! So there may be a chance that your phone wasn't necessarily stolen, but rather you misplaced/dropped it somewhere, and whoever picked it up is just waiting for you to call.

Posted by: Ender1490

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Originally Posted by photojoe83

Actually, yes. ANY data that you have on your handheld is carbon copied on the web interface. Also, try calling your own number, see if anyone picks up on the other end...that is if the thief hasn't swapped the SIM or sold the phone yet.

WRONG. If the camera is set to save pics to the memory card, then it will not backup the pics to Danger's server. Texts are not backed up either (and I'm guessing picture messages aren't saved either).

Posted by: Grave

so if the person calls t-mobile to try to activate it for a prepaid or regular they can't track him???

Posted by: reas0n555

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Originally Posted by Grave

so if the person calls t-mobile to try to activate it for a prepaid or regular they can't track him???

No there's no tracking like gps or anything,if the phone is blacklisted that means that it will show up as if it was robbed. The dude will probably just activate the sim
In the store and pop it in the phone right outside.

Posted by: esharifi

So how'd it get stolen?

Posted by: mark_vasques1

yea tmobiles terrible with stolen phones..sucks that your lx got stolen my sidekick3 got stolen when i had tmobile thats the worse feeling good luck