donbenie:
This advice doesn't sound very mature,

The difference in price between a new IPhone and a used one is night and day..

Instead of castigating people on why they buy used phones,

Buying used items are part and parcel of every day life..

Like the OP said,

Advise them to make extra effort to ensure that it's not a stolen device..

Kennyolowo:
How do I check if the fmi is off using imei

donbenie:
We've heard you,

Hope you also advise people not to buy used cars since it might just be a stolen vehicle,

They should just wait till they can buy a brand new Vehicle before daring to own one..

Hypocrisy is when you advise people not to buy used phones and wait till they can afford a new one and tomorrow you will go and pick up a brand new TOKUNBO car which might just have been stolen from the owner..

bendike:

It seens as if you do not know or understand the problems involved.
This is Nigeria and even it is proven that you are an innocent buyer, you will go through serious stress. Years back i knew of someone that his family had spent over 3m and the problem was still there.
Its is not worth it.

donbenie:
The second hand market value for used iPhone is one of the most attractive point for owning a new iPhone,

The fact that it has good second hand value and that owners of new ones can dispose of it after years of using it and still recover a substantial percentage of their original investments,due to its low price depreciation is a known reason for people owning one all over the world..

And buying a used iPhone is not a Nigerian only Phenomenon,

Even in America and Europe there's a substantial market for used IPhones.

Like I said,

Simply telling people not to buy a used iPhone is not being realistic..

Rather educate them to beware of potentially stolen and locked ones and the implications should be a more appropriate and realistic measure..

The fact that there are stolen vehicles being sold in the market and that one runs the risk of buying such is not enough reason to tell people not to buy Tokunbo vehicles either..

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SAMSUNG: THE KING OF PHONES!!

edebemba:

Supposing your stolen iPhone has been sold to an innocent person who never knew it was stolen, how will you deal with that? You don't need to be hard or you complicate issues. If you find such a person, just use your IQ to find out how your phone got to him or who sold it to him before taking further action. It is an error of judgment to walk up to somebody and start hitting him because you see your phone on his hand. You may be charged for assault .

centboy123456:



bro forget it u can't do anything just let's it go

princemillla:



Lol. There was a communication, belive me. The phone software engineers Don grab my point sir

princemillla:
Hello my fellow iPhone lovers,

I know how much you so want to lay your hands on the second hand iPhone since the brand new one is not pocket friendly in this economic brouhaha.

It will be disheartening to buy ur used iPhone and upon factory reset, you discover you can't login ur details to the icloud to complete set up.

These is what some guys are doing.

They will bypass activation lock whilst the device is still lock to previous users account. If you mistakenly format, or flashed such phone. It get locked to the previous account. In this case your icloud details will not open such phone cuz the previous owner was still registered on the iolcloud server and not yours.


So what you need to do befor buying your second hand iphone

1. Get the imei and run a check on either paid or free server to confirm FIND MY IPHONE (FMI) is off.

If FMI is On and on the phone there no icloud details in it. Buy such device at your own risk

If FMI is off, that's a good deal.

This warning also goes to my fellow software engineer. Befor you flash that iPhone, confirm the status of the FMI. Otherwise client may twist issues



Goodluck