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Help with 2nd hand iphone

vickyj
vickyj Posts: 489 Forumite
Been offered a 3gs for sale as guy is skint. He has been cut off due to non bill payment. If i were to buy phone and put in new sim would it work ok
VIcky
:D The glass is always half full, no exceptions !!:D

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  • cbrpaul
    cbrpaul Posts: 756 Forumite
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    You need to find out if the phone is "locked" by apple , the netwrok operator can request that the phone be locked especially if he owes money on the contract !!!

    Only other way that may open it ??? would be to "jailbreak" the phone , and i would not recomend this myself !!
  • vickyj
    vickyj Posts: 489 Forumite
    Thank you very welcomed advice
    :D The glass is always half full, no exceptions !!:D
  • grumbler
    grumbler Posts: 58,629 Forumite
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    vickyj wrote: »
    Been offered a 3gs for sale as guy is skint. He has been cut off due to non bill payment. If i were to buy phone and put in new sim would it work ok
    VIcky
    "Cut off due to non bill payment" refers to the sim card, not to the phone. Only the phones reported stolen get blocked by the networks.

    The phone is likely to be locked to the network. In this case it works only with this network sim-cards. To work on other networks it has to be unlocked: Mobile Unlocking
  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite
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    edited 12 September 2011 at 1:43PM
    If the seller is known to you, maybe. If not, If wouldn't touch it with a bargepole.
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
  • vickyj
    vickyj Posts: 489 Forumite
    thanx guys all help always welcome
    :D The glass is always half full, no exceptions !!:D
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