Yes, Apple would be glad to sell you another but I'm sure a large proportion of the locked iPhones are NOT stolen and Apple making them completely inoperable is quite wasteful and closes the market to people who could repair them and put them to use when they might not be able to buy a new one.
I know I have an iPhone 4s with a bad wifi chip and currently off of cell service. I would like to reset it and at least sell it for someone else to use but I can't unless I find a cooperative Verizon tech to turn off my current phone, turn on the 4s for a minute to reset it, then turn my current phone back on. A ridiculously complicated process that last time I went through (with another 4s) took HOURS on the phone. Of course I could just replace the wifi chip... Russell Courtenay Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 16, 2016, at 4:32 PM, Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> > wrote: > >> On Jun 16, 2016, at 2:50 PM, Russell Courtenay <unknownid...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> There should be something that could be done, it seems there are THOUSANDS >> of locked iPhones out there... >> >> Russell Courtenay > > The problem is that anything that “could be done” will essentially allow > people to take over stolen iPhones as well. It’s a hard call. > > Of course from Apple’s POV it’s not hard at all; they’ll cheerfully sell you > a new one! ;-) > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group > for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com > To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iMac Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
