I phone icloud locked

[Poundshop Dave]

I know someone who bought an iphone off of Facebook and it something called icloud locked. Does anyone know anything about this? it is a 5se model which he will sell to me cheap, but does anyone know how to get this to function?

I don't want to spend £25 and then be stuck with a brick, apparently the bloke he bought it off had forgot his Apple log on password. Sold it to a guy I know at the electrical wholesalers and now he wants shot of it.

So icloud locked phone £25 buy or not buy?
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[Ste]

No you shouldn't buy a stolen iPhone for £25.

[Poundshop Dave]

With respect STE I wouldn't buy anything stolen, I am not a crook. I've known big Barry down the wholesalers for years, straight as a dye. He's no mug, he wouldn't buy anything dodgy. I doubt it's stolen, Barry went to his house to collect the phone after seeing the Fbook advert.

I think it's a genuine issue not a crook selling a dodgy phone.
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[andy_uk]

According to some bloke's blog, these guys seem okay : https://iphoneimei.net/unlock-iphone/remove-icloud-account-from-iphone

To check it's not dodgy first though, try these :
https://swappa.com/esn
https://checkmend.com
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[Ste]

A £25 phone bought off facebook where the "owner" has "forgotten" their password is almost a text book example of dodgy.

[Poundshop Dave]

Maybe. I am not going to buy, once again, thanks all. It's not the one for me though, the £40 fee on the link Andy_uk posted killed it.

Thanks again all.
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[Ste]

There's no maybe about it, the person who sold it on facebook was not the rightful owner. Passwords can be recovered or reset but only by the actual owner. If the seller had done that and it's a 16GB model then they could get £50 from mazumamobile.

[Poundshop Dave]

OK, well that's handy to know. Sometimes STE people get bargains off Facebook, assumed it was one of them.
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[CaNsA]

At least once a week someone will come to me with an iphone they bought from gumtree/facebook/ebay.

They say it was bought from someone who got it free with their contract renewal/upgrade and dont want it.

within a couple of weeks of them getting this phone it stops working, they cant make calls, send texts etc.

Every time it's the same thing.

The seller gets free phone, sells phone, reports phone as stolen, gets replacement phone for nowt.

The buyer is left x amount of ponds out of pocket with a phone that cannot be used due to it being on the imei blacklist.

[Poundshop Dave]

Thing is Barry went to the guy's house, surely if there was any shenanigans he wouldn't do it from his house? for the obvious repercussions. I do take on board what you have said as well as STE's comment and the helpful link from Andy_uk. I won't be buying, that would have been my first iPhone, £25 seemed a bargain, obviously not.

Cheers all. Thank you.
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[MarJay]

[Poundshop Dave]

[Ste]

Repercussions?

Barry says he bought the phone of the guy who lives there and the guy who lives there says he's never seen Barry before.

I'd be surprised if the police have the time or inclination to go around trying to find who sold the dodgy handset on facebook. But they would be able to take the dodgy phone from Barry.

There's huge amounts of questionable stuff sold on local Facebook groups so be careful.

The fact it's a locked handset that was bought cheaply on facebook is proof that it's not 100% legit.

[Poundshop Dave]

STE, appreciate what your saying, I mentioned him as big Barry for a reason. Barry isn't the sort of guy that would go to the Police. He's the sort of guy that would weld a small crowbar onto a steel chain and shove it through your letterbox at 3am in the morning before attaching the other end to his 4wd towbar and pulling your front door off. Then the problems start.

If you met him you'd quickly realise that this isn't someone to mess with. I am the total opposite, skinny and 5'9", he's 6'3 and built like the proverbial.
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[Ste]

Big Barry is due a refund from the guy he bought it from.

[Poundshop Dave]

Probably. He will get a refund BUT I honestly think it will go amicably, Barry said he was a nice guy, so who knows.
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