Although Apple applies improvements to demotivate its authors, iPhone thefts are unfortunately still on the agenda. Thieves can take advantage of a distraction you have in a public place, or they can directly loot stores in order to loot warehouses. This is something that I myself have seen live.
There are several ways for thieves to profit from these stolen iPhones: they can sell their components separately on the black market or in other countries where the laws are more relaxed, or they can try to resell them in unofficial stores or by buying used and selling services like Wallapop. To buy one of these terminals is to have bad luck: We will explain why.
You can react in different ways, but you won’t be able to use this iPhone
Detecting that an iPhone has been stolen is relatively simple. If you turn it on and the terminal immediately prompts you for an unlock code or password
If this happens to you, the first thing you have to assume is that you will surely not be able to recover the money invested in this iPhone. If you bought it from someone through apps like Wallapop, they might have suddenly deleted their profile so you can’t find them again or ignore any complaints.
If you bought this iPhone from a store, you can try to get your money back
If what they steal are the sealed iPhones that are in the store – normally it’s very risky for thieves but it does happen – the store usually reports the theft and blocks all terminals that have been hacked by their own systems. That’s how they’re brand new iPhones, but what the hell they cannot be activated once removed from the box.
If you bought this iPhone from an unofficial store, you can try claim a return to this store
About the iPhone itself, you can’t use it. You will need to contact the original owner of the terminal and obtain their passwords, which may be an impossible task. The original owner may have left their contact details on screen using the Find app lock, in which case the appropriate thing to do is return the iPhone to them or at the very least drop it off. in a police station.
To avoid this, nothing could be simpler: ignore offers that may seem too good to be true if they come from unofficial stores or distributors. If you want a used iPhone, you can always use refurbished ones from Apple, or any occasional discounts there are at more reliable places like Amazon. Remember that at Applesfera we usually inform you about iPhone offers and other products in Applesfera Selección articles.
How to Lock a Stolen iPhone
If the iPhone was stolen from you, remember that you have the search app to be able to remotely block the iPhone and thus deactivate it and know its location as long as the device has an Internet connection.
If you open the Find My app on another of your devices or through iCloud web, you’ll see a list of your devices and their locations on a map. You will be able to select the iPhone that was stolen and put it in ‘lost mode‘:
This way you will lock the iPhone with an additional code that you are going to generate at this precise moment. From there, you’ll have the option to display a message on the screen giving instructions so someone can return it to you.
