Short answer is yes for an AT&T iPhone. Simple restore and back in action.Pardon my ignorance - but are you saying if someone restores the phone it can be used?
I'm with Verizon (USA) and always thought if the phone is stolen - you call the phone company and they kill it (at least in the states)...
Can a stolen/lost iphone be "reflashed" and reused even if Verizon has marked it as lost/stolen?
Or is this a SIM/GSM issue?
Dont feel bad I lost my 4S yesterday too.
Sucks, but its life. The person that took mine turned it off for a while then on and started messing around with my apps. He started turning off and on my car with the remote viper app, locking and unlocking the doors and other crap. I had to do a remote wipe cause it was pretty much a lost cause. They wouldnt answer any calls and had no intention of returning it.
If they turned it off or restored it there isnt much you can do.
No password on your phone and you have it controlling your car???? Wow!![]()
No.
And to the dude who has the viper app on his phone and no passcode lock, seriously, WTF?!
Any device that leaves the house with that much personal information has a ****ing password.
That sucks.
Remote wipe should be more of a self destruct. How many confirm dialogs you thing apple would make you go through for that? You sure? Really sure? OK. Seriously you don't want to think about it for a while? Draw a picture to confirm.
In my dept (police) we caught someone who stole an iphone thanks to the find my iphone app. the victim got his girlfriends iphone to track his, and brought it to us. we put him in a car, drove to the spot, the victim pointed him out, and in his shirt pocket was the phone. victim got his phone back, and perp got a felony arrest.![]()
In my dept (police) we caught someone who stole an iphone thanks to the find my iphone app. the victim got his girlfriends iphone to track his, and brought it to us. we put him in a car, drove to the spot, the victim pointed him out, and in his shirt pocket was the phone. victim got his phone back, and perp got a felony arrest.![]()
You never explained how you lost it.
Did you drop it/ slipped out of your pocket?
Did you leave it somewhere accidentally?
Did someone grab it from your hands?
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I love these success stories.did you cuff the perp in the most uncomfortable way?
Don't quote me, I have read from previous thread on here that you can go to apple store and get a replacement at the subsidize price.
Wrong. They won't replace a lost phone for subsidize price.
I think they should have a feature on FindMyiphone where if the device is off, you can turn it on and track it.
It would be great if most PD's would do something like that for people.
In my area they would tell you should have got insurance and that they are way too busy with real crimes than chasing a lost cellphone.
Yeah, my local PD said the same thing when my iPhone 3GS was stolen. I even had the phone tracked to the house of the thief, or at least some house where he was crashing while he connected to a computer to wipe and restore it. Which would likely mean that if he didn't live there, the people who do either know who he is, or would certainly like to know their house had been broke into.![]()
But even with the Find My iPhone track, the cops said they were just "too busy to go off chasing after people's cell phones every time one goes missing."
This isn't to say every police department will ignore you, but the larger the city you're in, and the more cash-strapped the police force, the less likely they are to even bother to help, unfortunately. Some departments aren't even responding to traffic accidents anymore.
Now if it's an armed robbery, like the article that was linked to on this thread, then it's a different story. They're way more likely to help, since thieves pointing guns directly at people tend to get the cops' attention a bit more.
How do you guys lose a $650+ phone that you've had for less than 3 months?
I saw a status on my FB 2 days ago that said and I quote "iv lost my 8th iphone.......why".
I wanna feel sorry for you guys cause accidents happen, but I'm not. My mother taught me to take care of my things.
Short answer is yes for an AT&T iPhone. Simple restore and back in action.
Agreed... the only way my iPhone leaves my person in public is pryed from my cold dead hands... and even then I'll probably find an app that makes it a dead man's switch.
I think they should have a feature on FindMyiphone where if the device is off, you can turn it on and track it.
Don't quote me, I have read from previous thread on here that you can go to apple store and get a replacement at the subsidize price.
This isn't to say every police department will ignore you, but the larger the city you're in, and the more cash-strapped the police force, the less likely they are to even bother to help, unfortunately. Some departments aren't even responding to traffic accidents anymore.
There are only 2 places my iPhone is ever in. One is my right side pants pocket. The other is my night table. If it's anywhere else other than those 2 places then it's lost.
There are only 2 places my iPhone is ever in. One is my right side pants pocket. The other is my night table. If it's anywhere else other than those 2 places then it's lost.