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.

Kareem wroteAnother 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?

Xsever wrote

Kareem wroteAnother 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.

Kareem wrote 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.

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

ironman wroteHey 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.

xazbrat wrote

ironman wroteHey 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.

jsaade wrote

xazbrat wrote

ironman wroteHey 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.

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?

Wow perfect. Thanks a lot

TheIlluminative wroteI 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

bobo619 wrote

TheIlluminative wroteI 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.

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

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?

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

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?