Tips to avoid buying a stolen iPhone

Despite all the methods of recovering a stolen iPhone that exist today, the friends of others seem to be modernizing more and more to try to bypass all the security measures that Apple makes available to users. Therefore, when buying a second-hand iPhone, many precautions must be taken to avoid making the mistake of acquiring a stolen mobile. And, precisely, this time we are going to explain one by one all the tips to avoid buying a stolen iPhone that must be taken into account when consulting the second-hand mobile phone market.

Let us remember that a person who buys a stolen iPhone can also face legal problems, since in the first place they must demonstrate that they have actually acquired that mobile without being aware that it belonged to another person. In addition, in the event that the buyer of an iPhone of dubious origin was able to demonstrate that there was no bad faith on their part during the purchase, they would likewise be forced to return the mobile to its original owner (without receiving their money back).

Tips to avoid buying a stolen iPhone

Tip number 1. Check the lock screen.

The first step to take when buying an iPhone (and even any other smartphone) is to check that the mobile is turned on correctly and that the seller has no problem showing us the lock screen. We must pay attention to the lock screen, since if we see any message such as " Please return this mobile to " or " I have lost this mobile, call me at " it means that we are dealing with a stolen mobile and therefore not We must believe any of the excuses that the seller will try to offer us.

Tip number 2. Request that the seller completely reboot the mobile.

In the event that the iPhone we want to buy complies with the first advice, the next thing we must do is ask the seller to completely restart their device. At the end of the day, if you are interested in selling your mobile, you should have no problem performing a terminal restart. The steps to follow to restart an iPhone are these:

1. We enter the Settings application.
2. Click on the " General " section.
3. Click on the " Reset " option.
4. And finally, click on the option " Delete content and settings ".

To carry out this procedure, it is necessary to enter the details of the Apple ID account associated with the iPhone in question, so the fact that the seller makes any excuse for not performing these steps already reveals that there is something wrong. In the event that the seller has any reason to do not perform this procedure (see why he does not want to lose the photos stored on the mobile, for example) we can also request that he perform another simpler procedure that also requires the access data of the Apple ID associated with the mobile. This simpler procedure is as follows:

1. We enter the Settings application.
2. Click on the " iCloud " section.
3. We look for an option with the name of " Find my iPhone " and click on the button that appears next to the option. To activate or deactivate it, it will be necessary for the owner of the mobile phone to enter the password for their Apple ID account, and the fact that they know that password is already a good sign that there is a good chance that they are the true owner of the mobile.

Tip number 3. Perform initial setup after restarting iPhone.

In the event that we get the seller of the iPhone in which we are interested to completely restart the terminal, the next thing we should do is request that the mobile phone be turned on again. When you turn it on, a configuration screen will appear in which we must select some options (language, preferences, etc.), so we will complete the initial form until we reach the section in which the mobile will ask us for the information of the Apple ID account..

This section will reveal the definitive proof of whether or not the iPhone is stolen: in the event that a conventional screen appears asking us to enter the information of the Apple ID account, it means that the mobile has probably not been stolen; On the other hand, in the event that a screen appears with a message such as " This mobile has been lost, please contact ", this means that we are actually dealing with a stolen iPhone in which the seller had managed to hide the message from the original owner.

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