Unknowingly bought a blacklisted iphone 4

macbook.dan

Tinkerbell4484 wrote: »

Have tried to contact seller but having no joy,its locked to 3,so they have said to contact gardai and they will make it useable,gardai didnt really want to know.
Anything else i can do or any suggestions?? The sellers phone is turned off

If you put a any sim in and it's still in warranty bring to an Apple Store and they will just swap it out for a new unlocked one, otherwise they will give you the option of paying €200 plus the locked iPhone for a new one, obviously if you don't tell them the real story.

whiterebel

macbook.dan wrote: »

If you put a any sim in and it's still in warranty bring to an Apple Store and they will just swap it out for a new unlocked one, otherwise they will give you the option of paying €200 plus the locked iPhone for a new one, obviously if you don't tell them the real story.

They won't swap it for a new unlocked one. If it was locked to a network, they'll give you back a locked one.

macbook.dan

whiterebel wrote: »

macbook.dan wrote: »

If you put a any sim in and it's still in warranty bring to an Apple Store and they will just swap it out for a new unlocked one, otherwise they will give you the option of paying €200 plus the locked iPhone for a new one, obviously if you don't tell them the real story.

They won't swap it for a new unlocked one. If it was locked to a network, they'll give you back a locked one.

Nope man, got an unlocked back the other day from an Apple Store, mine was locked to 3

guil

macbook.dan wrote: »

Nope man, got an unlocked back the other day from an Apple Store, mine was locked to 3

generally they send ya back one thats locked and i'm sure apple have some way of checking if a phone is blacklisted before replacing it

macbook.dan

guil wrote: »

macbook.dan wrote: »

Nope man, got an unlocked back the other day from an Apple Store, mine was locked to 3

generally they send ya back one thats locked and i'm sure apple have some way of checking if a phone is blacklisted before replacing it

Not if you go to an Apple Store directly they replace it with in five minutes, it's an known flaw that they have no info on blacklisted iPhones or for example if you put a Vodafone sim in an locked o2 iPhone.

Tinkerbell4484

Just to keep ye all updated,rang mill st garda station today and they have asked for a report from my local garda so my husband is gone to do it now, have tryed to contact him where he is still selling but he hasnt been online since 16/1,have also contacted the moderater there
have also found him on facebook and mailed him just asking can he contact us
thanks for all the advice

barryd09

macbook.dan wrote: »

Not if you go to an Apple Store directly they replace it with in five minutes, it's an known flaw that they have no info on blacklisted iPhones or for example if you put a Vodafone sim in an locked o2 iPhone.

Are you sure about this? What exactly do you say? That the phone has just locked itself to no service?

wush06

Tinkerbell4484 wrote: »

Just to keep ye all updated,rang mill st garda station today and they have asked for a report from my local garda so my husband is gone to do it now, have tryed to contact him where he is still selling but he hasnt been online since 16/1,have also contacted the moderater there
have also found him on facebook and mailed him just asking can he contact us
thanks for all the advice

Tinkerbell4484 I think that's the right way of going about it. Just make sure you tell the guard that you have his name and address. Hope it all works out for you keep us all updated if you can.

culabula

macbook.dan wrote: »

Not if you go to an Apple Store directly they replace it with in five minutes, it's an known flaw that they have no info on blacklisted iPhones or for example if you put a Vodafone sim in an locked o2 iPhone.

That's a new one on me: their systems reveal all to them once connected to their diagnostic software.

macbook.dan

culabula wrote: »

macbook.dan wrote: »

Not if you go to an Apple Store directly they replace it with in five minutes, it's an known flaw that they have no info on blacklisted iPhones or for example if you put a Vodafone sim in an locked o2 iPhone.

That's a new one on me: their systems reveal all to them once connected to their diagnostic software.

When I went in to the store she just checked the imei was in warranty and ejected the sim card put it back in and then handed me a new 4.

whiterebel

macbook.dan wrote: »

When I went in to the store she just checked the imei was in warranty and ejected the sim card put it back in and then handed me a new 4.

I'd say that's a one off. I can't imagine the carriers being happy with it being that easy to circumvent the lock, especially as Apple themselves replace like with like

macbook.dan

whiterebel wrote: »

macbook.dan wrote: »

When I went in to the store she just checked the imei was in warranty and ejected the sim card put it back in and then handed me a new 4.

I'd say that's a one off. I can't imagine the carriers being happy with it being that easy to circumvent the lock, especially as Apple themselves replace like with like

The only reason I knew was Cult of Mac did a thing on it before because people who had there iPhones stolen were going to Apple and there were being told the iPhones had been replaced

dev100

macbook.dan wrote: »

When I went in to the store she just checked the imei was in warranty and ejected the sim card put it back in and then handed me a new 4.

Wheres the apple store? Didnt think Apple had stores in Ireland?

macbook.dan

dev100 wrote: »

macbook.dan wrote: »

When I went in to the store she just checked the imei was in warranty and ejected the sim card put it back in and then handed me a new 4.

Wheres the apple store? Didnt think Apple had stores in Ireland?

I went to the Norwich store, only one in Ireland is Belfast

culabula

macbook.dan wrote: »

When I went in to the store she just checked the imei was in warranty and ejected the sim card put it back in and then handed me a new 4.

I think it only remains in that state until it is connected once more to iTunes. In the same way that can trigger an update (or apply the correct carrier file) it also locks it once more if that is the situation vis-vis the carrier.

macbook.dan

culabula wrote: »

macbook.dan wrote: »

When I went in to the store she just checked the imei was in warranty and ejected the sim card put it back in and then handed me a new 4.

I think it only remains in that state until it is connected once more to iTunes. In the same way that can trigger an update (or apply the correct carrier file) it also locks it once more if that is the situation vis-vis the carrier.

I not sure I understand but I have been swapping an Irish and English sims since I got it and no hassle as of yet.

culabula

culabula wrote: »

That's a new one on me: their systems reveal all to them once connected to their diagnostic software.

Do Apple have access to the networks' blacklists? I wouldn't think so. They'd know it's SIM locked but not necessarily blacklisted.

dasm2003

Hi I am new to this unsure if i should post here?

But i recently bought an Iphone 4 which I have been told is now blacklisted by 3, but as I am not the registered owner they refuse to give me any help? does anybody know if this would just be blocked in Ireland or worldwide? tks

dasm2003

dasm2003 wrote: »

Hi I am new to this unsure if i should post here?

But i recently bought an Iphone 4 which I have been told is now blacklisted by 3, but as I am not the registered owner they refuse to give me any help? does anybody know if this would just be blocked in Ireland or worldwide? tks

It will be blacklisted on any Irish network but probably not abroad. There have been plans for a number of years to increase the scope of this but it hasn't happened yet. So even if it works now it may not in future.

dasm2003

There are some old threads about sending the phone back to apple and them replacing it, does this work?