Barred iphone from spain
I have a barred iphone from spain, cut the story short i bought it from ebay and now i noticed that the phone is not only from spain but it is also imei blocked. I can't get a refund for the record.
i have heard rumours that if you have a blocked iphone it will not work in that country. In this case its spain. How do i go about of getting this phone to unlock in the uk?
iphone 4
baseband: 04.12.01
Vodafone spain
If it has been barred in one EU country, it is barred in all of them.
they share the list, expressly to prevent thefts (i.e. This phone is stolen property)
from one country going to another.
Choices:
- let ebay help track the theif
- let the police help work with ebay to track the theif
in any case as it is clearly stolen prpoperty, and therefore an illegal transaction.
I think that paypal/ebay need to return the money - as part of their buyers guarentee.
Even bank transfer as an illegal transaction should in principle be reversable with police help.
but yes, if it was cash in an envelope, it kinda should have been a warning I guess.
Oh, and editing/changing the IMEI (even if possible) is an offence also.
It might work outside Europe?
not sure how wide apple themselves block the phones, or just the networks/
Possession ("handling") of stolen property is in itself an offence,
not that networks are that bothered (in the past) but in theory could track it.
Yep, not good
but maybe the authorities are the best solution.
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