Amazon (or the third party seller) has the IMEI number which can be changed that is a root hack and in some places possibly illegal. You could have at least included this piece of information with your advice. The carrier has the IMEI number as well, because it is transmitted with your phone's attempt to get on a network to counter phone theft. Amazon makes some efforts not to be a conduit for stolen goods so they participate in IMEI verification.
But to give credit where the credit is due, yes, you should ALSO pay cash for the SIM card.
The IMEI gets linked to whatever SIM card you are using but does not change with the SIM card.
I called a friend who had lost his phone.
His new replacement phone didn't have his previous contacts info.
When I called him, his caller ID showed "my handle TER".
This is really worrisome. So much so that I'm using an alias to post this.
Don't want a burner phone, by the way.
Any idea how to remove what is linking my cell number to my TER handle?
B4Slim
I called a friend who had lost his phone.
His new replacement phone didn't have his previous contacts info.
When I called him, his caller ID showed "my handle TER".
This is really worrisome. So much so that I'm using an alias to post this.
Don't want a burner phone, by the way.
Any idea how to remove what is linking my cell number to my TER handle?
B4Slim
Being hacked by the Russians. Call Hillary or the White House and ask what to do.
It's like the roach motel or receiving mail at an address. One your name checks into a database it doesn't check out.
You were using your actual phone number to hobby? Because yeah, that's a terrible idea.
Best thing to do in this case is to get a new number. Your phone carrier can likely facilitate this, just say that you're getting a ton of marketing calls after signing up for stuff online. Piece of cake.
Then, after that's done, get a burner phone, or at minimum a burner app on your phone.
It's the cloud. I still have people randomly show up in my phone from years ago and I even have a totally different number. lol!
-- Modified on 5/1/2017 5:17:27 PM
It's the cloud. I still have people randomly show up in my phone from years ago and I even have a totally different number. lol!
-- Modified on 5/1/2017 5:17:27 PM
I called a friend who had lost his phone.
His new replacement phone didn't have his previous contacts info.
When I called him, his caller ID showed "my handle TER".
This is really worrisome. So much so that I'm using an alias to post this.
Don't want a burner phone, by the way.
Any idea how to remove what is linking my cell number to my TER handle?
B4Slim