View Full Version : Unblock stolen iphone?
awelsh
22-06-2008, 05:38 PM
Can you unblock an iphone that has been reported stolen.
My cousin has one and its been reported as stolen and now he cant dial out from it or anything.
Anyway to get it back functioning or is that the end of it?
Recursion
22-06-2008, 05:40 PM
Return it to the owner ;)
Yes, why would he have a stolen iphone anyway?
GommeInc
22-06-2008, 05:49 PM
If it's stolen, then no-one will say :P If it isn't, tell whoever blocks them that it isn't.
Leetzgirl
22-06-2008, 05:50 PM
Give it back to the owner >_>
xxMATTGxx
22-06-2008, 05:53 PM
Just give it back to the owner.
DarrenToogood
22-06-2008, 08:39 PM
I once found a £10 phone on the fields - no one round so I thought I would pick it up, instead of leaving it there to get damaged by weather.
An iPhone on the other hand is a different matter. It is worth a lot of money, and for it to be stolen, you must have found it in a pretty busy place...
Agnostic Bear
22-06-2008, 08:41 PM
I once found a £10 phone on the fields - no one round so I thought I would pick it up, instead of leaving it there to get damaged by weather.
An iPhone on the other hand is a different matter. It is worth a lot of money, and for it to be stolen, you must have found it in a pretty busy place...
Thankyou for repeating the entire thread.
Leetzgirl
22-06-2008, 08:42 PM
Lol at darren first setence :p
Jxames
22-06-2008, 09:03 PM
I once found a £10 phone on the fields - no one round so I thought I would pick it up, instead of leaving it there to get damaged by weather.
An iPhone on the other hand is a different matter. It is worth a lot of money, and for it to be stolen, you must have found it in a pretty busy place...
In someone's back pocket.
Fugato
22-06-2008, 09:17 PM
Return it and say "o hi der dis is ur ifone i fund it at [insert place here]... can i hav £20 for ma trayn fare home plz?"
Then when they give you the money do one thing. Run.
Return it to the owner ;)
Yes, why would he have a stolen iphone anyway?
Give it back to the owner >_>
Just give it back to the owner.
Return it and say "o hi der dis is ur ifone i fund it at [insert place here]... can i hav £20 for ma trayn fare home plz?"
Then when they give you the money do one thing. Run.
lol, he asked if he could unblock it not whether he should ******* return it or not.
Also, I'd google it and check out some of the links. I just did and there seems to be a couple that might come in handy?
You can unblock an iphone for around $19.95
xxMATTGxx
23-06-2008, 05:55 AM
lol, he asked if he could unblock it not whether he should ******* return it or not.
Also, I'd google it and check out some of the links. I just did and there seems to be a couple that might come in handy?
Well if your had the right kind of mind and heart you would return the expensive phone back to its owner <_<.
Naruto!
23-06-2008, 05:59 AM
cor, where'd you get it?
awelsh
23-06-2008, 09:02 PM
To everyone who said to take it back well thats up to him if he wants to, he got given it from his uncle who must have stole it somewhere.
Hes trying to jailbreak it now, and one of the aplications has some activate iphone thing on there, don't know if itll work but its up to him lol.
Recursion
23-06-2008, 09:03 PM
It won't work. The IMEI number will be blocked in what ever country it was reported in.
awelsh
23-06-2008, 09:06 PM
yeah thats what I was thinking, dunno what hes done with it so far. All he can do is use wifi and everything else apart from the network stuff like sms
DaveTaylor
23-06-2008, 09:06 PM
It won't work. The IMEI number will be blocked in what ever country it was reported in.
ZiPhone and Pwnage tool let you change the IMEI number on the phone so ye...
Recursion
23-06-2008, 09:08 PM
Even more ilegality, and can easily be traced as soon as it is connected to the network within a few hundred yards.
Apparently, in the UK it can be upto 5 years in prison or a £10k fine.
awelsh
23-06-2008, 09:08 PM
ZiPhone and Pwnage tool let you change the IMEI number on the phone so ye...
yeah thats what I thought it did, thing hes got the ZiPhone thing too. It had something on there like change authentication key, then you had to de-activeate it and then re-active it for it to work.
DaveTaylor
23-06-2008, 09:11 PM
Even more ilegality, and can easily be traced as soon as it is connected to the network within a few hundred yards.
Once the IMEI is changed and is used on a different network Apple can't trace you due to them not signing a deal with other network companies, so yes it is more morally wrong but still.... as if you watch WWDC Steve Jobs knows all about the jailbreaking etc and he was laughing about it, the fact of that matter is I can't see apple/o2 tracing down one phone, however I could be wrong, but still I would return it as that is morally wrong if I had a spare iPhone i would probably mess around with it by changing the IMEI etc.
Recursion
24-06-2008, 06:30 AM
No, the network can trace it, not Apple.
bigdavecox90
24-06-2008, 08:35 AM
Can you unblock an iphone that has been reported stolen.
My cousin has one and its been reported as stolen and now he cant dial out from it or anything.
Anyway to get it back functioning or is that the end of it?
In other words your cousin stole it from someone and is now wondering why it won't work!?
You won't be able to unblacklist a stolen handset!
awelsh
24-06-2008, 03:22 PM
In other words your cousin stole it from someone and is now wondering why it won't work!?
You won't be able to unblacklist a stolen handset!
No, my cousin got it from his uncle, he did not steal it he had it given to him. Hi uncle must have stole it or whoever gave it to him.
If the IMEI number can be changed then it will no longer be blacklisted.
bigdavecox90
24-06-2008, 04:54 PM
No, my cousin got it from his uncle, he did not steal it he had it given to him. Hi uncle must have stole it or whoever gave it to him.
If the IMEI number can be changed then it will no longer be blacklisted.
You can't change the IMEI of a phone.
Not legally anyway.
Recursion
24-06-2008, 05:38 PM
I established that eariler in the thread with sentance and fine information ;)
Jamieb
25-06-2008, 01:49 PM
You wait one day mate... some one will steel something from you that costs alot, then you will know what it feels like..
Take it police corrent me if im wrong can you not get it back after x amout of days of no one comes for it?
xxMATTGxx
25-06-2008, 03:57 PM
You wait one day mate... some one will steel something from you that costs alot, then you will know what it feels like..
Take it police corrent me if im wrong can you not get it back after x amout of days of no one comes for it?
Yeah its something like that. I heard of that as well :P
mike475
25-06-2008, 04:58 PM
Yeah its something like that. I heard of that as well :P
Karma.
awelsh
04-07-2008, 05:41 PM
Well he has changed the IMEI on it now and it works fine for him.
He didnt steal it, neither did I. I have no choice whether he gives it back or not its not my decision is it.
redtom
05-07-2008, 10:59 AM
You wait one day mate... some one will steel something from you that costs alot, then you will know what it feels like..
Take it police corrent me if im wrong can you not get it back after x amout of days of no one comes for it?
Would the person it was stolen from get a new one for free as there on contract?
I once found a £10 phone on the fields - no one round so I thought I would pick it up, instead of leaving it there to get damaged by weather.
An iPhone on the other hand is a different matter. It is worth a lot of money, and for it to be stolen, you must have found it in a pretty busy place...
Why would it have to be a busy place? Could of fallen out of someones pocket on a field just as easy as a £10 phone would of.
Digital
11-07-2008, 03:21 PM
Why are people crying and telling him to hand it in? If someone said heres an iphone I wouldn't be asking questions....
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