you know, as long as its not stolen, you could call the carrier and ask them how much they want to remove the iPhone from the black list, if it such a good deal, perhaps they only want $350?
oh yeah?, i thought so
do you have any interest in having someone say this phone was stolen, and the police showing up on your doorstep?
with so many clean iPhones on swappa being sold for $155 to $350 and that new se going for $399 to $499 i don't understand why anyone would buy an iPhone with a $900 unpaid sprint bill attached to it just to save a few bucks
if you want an iPhone and use it as an iPod. how about buying an iphone 5s 64 gb from swappa for 235 ? that 5s blows away a brand new iPod 6th generation
I never I never heard of a carrier removing blacklisted phones for a fee for random people.
That's not how it works.
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Hello all, new to the forum. I have some questions about the iPhone when it's carrier locked, or its IMEI is black listed.
The purpose I am asking the question is that I'd like to use the iPhone strictly for apps/games, so i have literally zero use for its cellular functions.
1. If i buy a carrier locked iPhone, can I still access Wi-Fi and access iTune store? Can I just insert any SIM so the phone will let me get to the home screen?
2. If i buy an IMEI black listed iPhone, can I still access Wi-Fi and access the iTune store?
Sorry for the weird question. And thanks for any help.
If its just IMEI blacklistead then it will not get any carrier cellular service.
If its not activated and doesn't let you inside the homescreen then you will need a sim card from the carrier its locked to in order to get by the activation screen.
If you dont know what carrier its locked to there's services that charge a small fee to figure out what companies sim you will need.
It will activate with the correct sim but it will display no service.
Then you can use it as an ipod touch if you like.
If its icloud locked it will never let you in unless you put the original owners apple id and password.
So dont confuse those 2 things, imei blacklisted and icloud locked are 2 different things.