iPhone 4s Stolen-Can Thief Use it?

Papillon! · 19-10-2012 10:23am #1

My iPhone 4s was stolen out of my hand last week (I had no insurance because I'm an idiot

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I got the police and o2 to block the phone/shut it down etc. The IMEI was used to do this.

Is there anyway the thief can get the phone working again? Do they have a way they can unlock it?

19-10-2012 10:51am

They will restore it and sell it to someone outside ROI. Heck it will even work in NI.

IMEI blacklist is currently not shared between the EU.

Papillon! · 19-10-2012 11:03am

scumbags
they were only young aswell, probably about 17/18

Sad cases

19-10-2012 11:08am

More than likely they will probably just sell it to someone on the cheap so. The snatch and grab is all too common nowadays. :mad:

Papillon! · 19-10-2012 11:10am

Right outside my apartment and all. So scary. Its actually happening everywhere now, especially on the luas line on the northside.

Happened to me in smithfield so be careful everyone.:(

gozunda · 19-10-2012 11:13am

Do you have the Find IPhone app enabled?

It has a wipe & lock facility etc

Papillon! · 19-10-2012 11:24am

I had it installed but turned it off a few days before it was stolen.

IT'LL NEVER HAPPEN TO ME logic.:rolleyes:

NetNinja · 19-10-2012 3:40pm

It's getting to the stage where you can't use your phone in public

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Papillon! · 19-10-2012 3:51pm

it is ..its a joke.

dont even feel safe anymore.

ArklowHoop · 20-10-2012 5:07pm

Such a sad state of affairs....sometimes I'm even afraid to listen to music on the Luas incase some scumbag realises I have an iPhone and tries to steal it!

iPhone 4s Stolen-Can Thief Use it?

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