Can I do anything with a still active iPhone 5?
So my mom has a bit of a problem. She bought an iPhone 5s off of Craigalist today. Well she tries to activate it and it's still on the guy's account. So she didn't have his number because he was using the phone he sold her and Sprint couldnt so anything so she got a number out of the phone she bought and called someone who was apparently his sister. He finally called her back, freaking out, she tols him what was up and he said he wasn't gonna help her. Then he told her he called Sprint and it will be ddeactivated in a few days. Well it got turned off a few hours ago because of an unpaid bill. Sprint won't talk to her, I'm not sure if the police will do anything, he won't answer her anymore. Is there anything we can do? She spent $320 on this phone and it seems like it might end up being a paperweight. Would unlocking it do anything?
In the united states, sales on CraigsList are considered "as-is" by law. Also, the phone now has a bad imei. A bad imei can never be reversed, no matter what you do or who you talk to. This is why Sprint won't talk to your mom anymore. In short, you're screwed.
You can sell the phone on ebay, but mention that it has a bad imei.
You can make it a Wi-Fi-only device, maybe give it to a kid to play with.
You can donate it to the rainforest Connection, where your phone will be modified to run on solar power and set up as a camera. The efort is to stop illegal logging in rainforests. Here's a link. https://rfcx.org/
You could also turn it into a dedicated e-reader, an alarm clock, or an mp3 player for your car. The possibilities are endless, and I don't mean that in a sarcastic way.
Unfortunately, this is a common scam on Craigslist. A quick Google search will reveal hundreds of people with horror stories from buying a phone off craigslist. Amazon or Ebay are much better marketplaces for cheap phones.
I'm sorry that this happened, but the past is the past. Do something fun with the phone, or sell it, and look to the future. Learn from your mistakes, and don't get scammed again.
I don't think there's anythhing you can do. Buy a phone thats not on somebodys acound next time.
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