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I turned on my Huawei hot spot the other day and got an SMS about this. I never used it here but had it in my drawer from about a year ago, I use it when I'm traveling. Turned it on here just to update the firmware.

Very strange and ridiculous. How are they going to value an old used device? There is a libanpost near me, just haven't taken the device there. I thought they would put the IMEI and the value would come up. Better not be ridiculous, it's really dumb and more money grabbing.
@beezer I have an old LG G2 that I used in Lebanon for over 2 years before switching phones. Had to use it as a spare phone a few months ago and I got the customs message.


@dsoftware.king That's bs! That really agitates me, especially that you probably already paid taxes on those phones or have already been using them.

Did you have to pay those amounts already? Does this mean that the law is in effect?
Yes, the law is in effect.
I,ve never used them in Lebanon
Does anyone know how do we check if our mobile device is whitelisted or not ? all i got from our beloved mpt website is this link https://imeiinfo.mobileimei.com which does not indicate if whitelisted or not.
Put a sim inside of it and you will know from the sms.
I hope the next minister of telecom will delete this law but before 3 months, I just got my 6T lol
This law is such bullshit. I completely understand if someone is bringing in brand new phones and selling them here but to charge customs to consumers on their used devices? This country is a joke.
When I bought the oneplus 6t the ministry of telecom sent an sms saying that my model was not recognized or else I would have 90 days to pay the customs, so in other words as long as the 6T is not recognized by Libanpost the 90 days are not triggered?
infiniteloop wroteWhen I bought the oneplus 6t the ministry of telecom sent an sms saying that my model was not recognized or else I would have 90 days to pay the customs, so in other words as long as the 6T is not recognized by Libanpost the 90 days are not triggered?
Bro your 90 days are triggered.
If this law is indeed in effect, you cannot use your sim on the phone after 90 days.
AVOlio wrote
infiniteloop wroteWhen I bought the oneplus 6t the ministry of telecom sent an sms saying that my model was not recognized or else I would have 90 days to pay the customs, so in other words as long as the 6T is not recognized by Libanpost the 90 days are not triggered?
Bro your 90 days are triggered.
If this law is indeed in effect, you cannot use your sim on the phone after 90 days.
How can I pay if they don't have it in the database?
You need to go pay In order for them to put your imei in the database of customs paid.
Has anyone with a rooted Android tried to change their IMEI to see if the network can be tricked?
AVOlio wroteYou need to go pay In order for them to put your imei in the database of customs paid.
The sms said they didn't recognized the model even though they said it's a Oneplus 6T and what is my IMEI
Can I pay in 2 months and half my customs due while it's not listed?
And anyway to know how many days left?
infiniteloop wrote
AVOlio wroteYou need to go pay In order for them to put your imei in the database of customs paid.
The sms said they didn't recognized the model even though they said it's a Oneplus 6T and what is my IMEI
Can I pay in 2 months and half my customs due while it's not listed?
And anyway to know how many days left?
Bro share a picture or write what exactly the sms said both in Arabic and English.
infiniteloop wrote
AVOlio wroteYou need to go pay In order for them to put your imei in the database of customs paid.
The sms said they didn't recognized the model even though they said it's a Oneplus 6T and what is my IMEI
Can I pay in 2 months and half my customs due while it's not listed?
And anyway to know how many days left?
I think you may have to go pay somewhere else than Libanpost. The actual customs. Its near or in the airport. I know very little about this so maybe someone else can share detailed info
AVOlio wrote
infiniteloop wrote
AVOlio wroteYou need to go pay In order for them to put your imei in the database of customs paid.
The sms said they didn't recognized the model even though they said it's a Oneplus 6T and what is my IMEI
Can I pay in 2 months and half my customs due while it's not listed?
And anyway to know how many days left?
Bro share a picture or write what exactly the sms said both in Arabic and English.
Here you go
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1PjNrcR0bpPKN-kN3xuUpp6tGcjq_47wN
As I suspected.
Customs are not paid for yiur device. You need to pay it, otherwise you won't be able to use your sim on it after 90 days.

I don't know if liban post has any information about this, last time I called them about the same issue with my op5t, they said they still do not have any info about the thing so they cannot accept payments yet.
Theres a thread here which explains how to pay the customs by visiting the airport and the mot in downtown, check that out.

Also, if the seller told you that customs have been paid for your phone, I suggest you contact him and tell him about this.
So, I've been living outside Lebanon, Paid for my phone with Taxes in USA. now, by relocating to Lebanon, I have to re-pay for the tax? it's a used 2 years old phone.