Stolen iPhone - can it be found?

Lux23 · 18-07-2012 12:11pm

smash wrote: »

I'd wait before blocking it. If you have a password on it then I'd give it a day or so in case it connects to open wifi.

Actually, it should still connect I think.

Well when I reported it stolen to 3 Ireland, they told me to block it straight away. Not a lot I can do about that now.

PcAngel · 18-07-2012 12:21pm

Mine was picked last week. I was devastated as everything was on it. The iPhone search brought up nothing / it was obviously turned off. I blocked it via the web site. I rang vodafone and they locked it totally. I rang the guards and no one had handed it in. It was the fourth one that was picked that week-a small town.
It was insured so another one landed yesterday. I did A restore via iTunes so I've most items back bar photos.
I'm glad I paid the extra for insurance- I was going to give it up to save a few euro.

Lux23 · 18-07-2012 12:42pm

My insurance just ran out, it was literally three working days since it ran out. So I am fecked.

Lux23 · 19-07-2012 10:15am

My insurance may still cover me which is a relief!

I have been using Find My iPhone and it still hasn't popped up, wonder what that means.

guil · 19-07-2012 10:31am

Find my iPhone won't work now because you have blocked the sim card. Chances are the phone was restored aswell which will also block find my iPhone

Lux23 · 19-07-2012 10:40am

guil wrote: »

Find my iPhone won't work now because you have blocked the sim card. Chances are the phone was restored aswell which will also block find my iPhone

Well you have to do all that for insurance purposes. It's really a useless feature unless you have just misplaced your phone.

Lux23 · 27-07-2012 11:15am

I just had my claim approved even though my insurance had run out so I will get a new/refurb iPhone next week so stick that you smelly scanger.*

*aimed at the yoke that robbed me!

G-Money · 27-07-2012 2:46pm

So let me get this straight. If you are unfortunate enough to get your phone stolen, if you give the IMEI to your carrier, they can get the phone blocked?

If I was unlucky enough to get mine stolen, seeing I can't make it blow up in the scumbag's face, the next best thing would be to brick/block the phone so it can't ever be used on any network worldwide. Is that possible?

Lux23 · 27-07-2012 3:16pm

As far as I know it using the IMEI number to block the phone only works in Ireland, I would imagine if these guys have any sense at all they are robbing them to sell them to people who are exporting them. They are basically worthless then.

guil · 27-07-2012 4:31pm

yeah it will only be blocked in ireland, sometimes though it doesn't get blocked on all networks

Stolen iPhone - can it be found?

Comments