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Kareem

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Re: New Phone Jomrok / Customs duty in Lebanon

Another update.... I got a Note10+ N9750D/S ( SD855 version) from Latin America.... Inserted SIM card, waited all day and no customs SMS received.

Curious to find out what's the deal, I sent an SMS to 1014 and surprisingly it still shows the IMEI of my Xperia 1 with the same 31 day left message.

So either the system is down or they dropped the whole idea.

I got an S10e from USA (Exynos version) and I inserted the sim card 3 days ago and got the SMS saying I have 90 days. Since the phone is dual sim, I will swap the sim to the other sim card slot when the 90 days expire.

Do you guys know if the custom fees will drop with time as the phone depreciates or it is based on the original price of the phone that they put in their database?

Off topic, the US version is SD855 not Exynos. Not sure if you got it from Amazon but I had a note10+ with Exynos and it totally sucks. The SD855 is much smoother in every aspect.

jsaade

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Re: New Phone Jomrok / Customs duty in Lebanon

Just a question. I got 2 iPhone 11 Pro from the US.
Inserted SIM in both and working fine. Did not get any customs message yet. They should send it when I put the sim right?

Last edited by jsaade (November 7 2019)

Xsever

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Re: New Phone Jomrok / Customs duty in Lebanon

Off topic, the US version is SD855 not Exynos. Not sure if you got it from Amazon but I had a note10+ with Exynos and it totally sucks. The SD855 is much smoother in every aspect.

I got it from ebay and I wanted the unlocked exynos version G970F/DS. It's very fast compared to my previous S7. Can't compare it with the SD version.

ironman

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Re: New Phone Jomrok / Customs duty in Lebanon

Hey guys, is there any way to check whether the esim IMEI is whitelisted or blacklisted?
I tried calling alfa on 111 but they have a strike those days...
Any alternative method?

Thanks

xazbrat

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Re: New Phone Jomrok / Customs duty in Lebanon

Hey guys, is there any way to check whether the esim IMEI is whitelisted or blacklisted?
I tried calling alfa on 111 but they have a strike those days...
Any alternative method?

Thanks

I saw this earlier---send a blank sms to 1014.

jsaade

Member

Re: New Phone Jomrok / Customs duty in Lebanon

Hey guys, is there any way to check whether the esim IMEI is whitelisted or blacklisted?
I tried calling alfa on 111 but they have a strike those days...
Any alternative method?

Thanks

I saw this earlier---send a blank sms to 1014.

A friend of mine bought an iPhone X from Lebanon. No IMEI blacklist, customs paid etc.
When she travelled to the US, it turns out the IMEI is blacklisted in the US and would not work (it was stolen).

So our IMEI database is just local I guess.

xazbrat

Member

Re: New Phone Jomrok / Customs duty in Lebanon

Hey guys, is there any way to check whether the esim IMEI is whitelisted or blacklisted?
I tried calling alfa on 111 but they have a strike those days...
Any alternative method?

Thanks

I saw this earlier---send a blank sms to 1014.

A friend of mine bought an iPhone X from Lebanon. No IMEI blacklist, customs paid etc.
When she travelled to the US, it turns out the IMEI is blacklisted in the US and would not work (it was stolen).

So our IMEI database is just local I guess.

Yeah--that's a different issue.  I guess if you buy a phone here and go to the states, you can use https://stolenphonechecker.org/spc/index.jsp, and I am sure that the EU probably has its own too site too   The market here isn't very regulated so black/grey market goods have a way of making it here.

TheIlluminative

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Re: New Phone Jomrok / Customs duty in Lebanon

I want to buy One Plus 6T as I am in Dubai and they have it for $320 which is a great price.

How much do I need to pay for it here?

nosense

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Re: New Phone Jomrok / Customs duty in Lebanon

I want to buy One Plus 6T as I am in Dubai and they have it for $320 which is a great price.

How much do I need to pay for it here?

currently oneplus devices are not in the system so no fees apply to it

TheIlluminative

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Re: New Phone Jomrok / Customs duty in Lebanon

Wow perfect. Thanks a lot

bobo619

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Re: New Phone Jomrok / Customs duty in Lebanon

I want to buy One Plus 6T as I am in Dubai and they have it for $320 which is a great price.

How much do I need to pay for it here?

I have a oneplus 7 pro and i can confirm that you do receive the 90 days sms but when i send an empty sms to 1014 the countdown stopped at 31 days left for 2 weeks now

Xsever

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Re: New Phone Jomrok / Customs duty in Lebanon

The customs fees for a Samsung Galaxy S10e 128GB are 167,000 LBP

Last edited by Xsever (December 6 2019)

mohammadk97

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Re: New Phone Jomrok / Customs duty in Lebanon

I want to buy One Plus 6T as I am in Dubai and they have it for $320 which is a great price.

How much do I need to pay for it here?

I have a oneplus 7 pro and i can confirm that you do receive the 90 days sms but when i send an empty sms to 1014 the countdown stopped at 31 days left for 2 weeks now

I have had the Mi 9t for a while now, and I can confirm too that also happened to me. This is one of the perks of Lebanese being clueless in the world on smartphones.

infiniteloop

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Re: New Phone Jomrok / Customs duty in Lebanon

This ''law'' is forgotten by the revolution, it's one of the new aberration tax the corrupted have put

Salloum

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Re: New Phone Jomrok / Customs duty in Lebanon

Is this law still in effect? I've heard from people who have iPhones and Samsungs and other mainstream devices that after the 90 days their phones still worked just fine. Has anyone actually experienced their phones being barred from the network after the 90 days?

bobo619

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Re: New Phone Jomrok / Customs duty in Lebanon

Is this law still in effect? I've heard from people who have iPhones and Samsungs and other mainstream devices that after the 90 days their phones still worked just fine. Has anyone actually experienced their phones being barred from the network after the 90 days?

I have an iphone 11 pro max with only 25 days left on the counter will report back once it is over.

Last edited by bobo619 (December 24 2019)

bobo619

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Re: New Phone Jomrok / Customs duty in Lebanon

My brother s iphone stopped at 31 days for a while now

Xsever

Member

Re: New Phone Jomrok / Customs duty in Lebanon

Does the 90-day limitation reset every year? I got my phone from abroad and started using it late October. The 90 days are supposed to expire in late January 2020. Will I get new 90 days starting 1 Jan 2020?

bobo619

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Re: New Phone Jomrok / Customs duty in Lebanon

The sms states it is 90 days per year and not sure if it is since the day of activation or if it resets Jan 1.

Kazouza

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Re: New Phone Jomrok / Customs duty in Lebanon

So, any idea if the Jomrok thing still being applied to new phones bought outside of Lebanon? I'm considering buying a new phone for a family member from France.

bobo619

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Re: New Phone Jomrok / Customs duty in Lebanon

So, any idea if the Jomrok thing still being applied to new phones bought outside of Lebanon? I'm considering buying a new phone for a family member from France.

They are stopping at 31 days left

infiniteloop

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Re: New Phone Jomrok / Customs duty in Lebanon

what about buying a smartphone from aliexpress? Are they still stopping them at the airport?

Sasuke

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Re: New Phone Jomrok / Customs duty in Lebanon

So, any idea if the Jomrok thing still being applied to new phones bought outside of Lebanon? I'm considering buying a new phone for a family member from France.

They are stopping at 31 days left

Are they sopping the service or the days count down?

bobo619

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Re: New Phone Jomrok / Customs duty in Lebanon

So, any idea if the Jomrok thing still being applied to new phones bought outside of Lebanon? I'm considering buying a new phone for a family member from France.

They are stopping at 31 days left

Are they sopping the service or the days count down?

What i learned is that seeing the situation now they have stopped the countdown at 31 days(i contacted an alfa representative). I have no idea if they will reinstate it after the dust have settled.

Salloum

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Re: New Phone Jomrok / Customs duty in Lebanon

Any further updates on this? I’m flying in next week and my mother needs a new phone. Considering buying it from abroad but don’t want it to cause her headaches later on.