why would thieves care about activation lock?

[TheRewardisCheese]

IMO its conceivable that Apple could easily implement coding that their servers use to communicate with the iDevice to verify firmware restores (even DFU mode ones) that would prevent a successful restore if Activation Block is live on an iDevice, thus rendering it basically useless, except for parts.

 

[Chris Kerrigan]

I recently sold an iPhone 4 that I had sitting in the house on Craigslist. To my surprise, the guy actually requested I call Verizon to verify the ESN was clean when we met up. Of course I had no problem with that, but it was sort of a pleasant surprise that he knew to check and make sure the device was clean before any money exchanged hands. Scary how many people don't realize they could be getting ripped off.

 

[BreakingKayfabe]

Death penalty for stealing an iPhone, sounds a bit harsh.

Death penalty for anyone that steals from ME

 

[scorpiodsu]

People need to be knowledgeable about what they are buying. They need to thoroughly check the device out and make sure they can use all features. Anyone who's buying a iOS7 device from a random person should know about the security features before dealing with such people. If not, then they will continue to be victims but there's only so much apple can do.

 

[Peligro911]

I recently sold an iPhone 4 that I had sitting in the house on Craigslist. To my surprise, the guy actually requested I call Verizon to verify the ESN was clean when we met up. Of course I had no problem with that, but it was sort of a pleasant surprise that he knew to check and make sure the device was clean before any money exchanged hands. Scary how many people don't realize they could be getting ripped off.

This is pretty common if I buy anything I make them meet me at the service provider .. I don't trust anybody lol


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[Peligro911]

I was wondering this also .. I mean I'm all for the feature but I can also see some people upgrading phones putting a old
iPhone in a drawer pull it out months later wiping it them bam need a password and they don't remember it.

It would be interesting to see if a dfu restore bypasses it because not everyone knows about dfu mode although it is easy to find out about


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So who is gonna try this ? Lol


Sent from my iPhone 5 from a galaxy far far away (in the USA ) using Tapatalk !

 

[BreakingKayfabe]

So who is gonna try this ? Lol


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I've already put my phone in DFU mode and it asks for the Apple ID and password.
I usually put the phone in DFU when I'm changing the OS. I did this when I downgraded
back to 6.1.4 a couple of times. That thing asks for a password, man. lol

 

[unreal_unreal]

here's an interesting ad for you....hmmmm is this stolen...lol

- IF YOU ARE READING THIS IT IS AVAILABLE
- White iPhone 5 16GB
- Mint Condition
- Does not come with any accessories
- Locked to Fido
- Locked with an activation login (you need to go to Pacific Mall)
- $250 or BEST OFFER

link
White iPhone 5 16GB - City of Toronto Electronics For Sale - Kijiji City of Toronto Canada.

 

[GibMcFragger]

here's an interesting ad for you....hmmmm is this stolen...lol

- IF YOU ARE READING THIS IT IS AVAILABLE
- White iPhone 5 16GB
- Mint Condition
- Does not come with any accessories
- Locked to Fido
- Locked with an activation login (you need to go to Pacific Mall)
- $250 or BEST OFFER

link
White iPhone 5 16GB - City of Toronto Electronics For Sale - Kijiji City of Toronto Canada.

LMAO. Going to "Pacific Mall" isn't going to help you.....