can anyone tell me if its poss to check if a second hand iphone is still on contract , am a little put off in buying one just incase its still on contract and the orginal person who brought the phone stops paying the contract and the network block the phone

 

Just jailbreak it mate

 

thought if you jailbreak it , it causes problem with itunes and updating it ???

 

dont matter if its jailbroke if it gets blocked far as i know its game over jailbreaking is good if ya want some free apps but its a pain when it comes to using apps store on the fone as it says it needs an update and u cant cus u dont own the app. also u cant jailbreak 4.2os as of yet that i know off....iphone is a nice but pain in the bum fone imo i love and hate mine at the same time

 

It's the SIM that would be blocked by the service provider.

 

thought they blocked phones , i.e lost ones and stolen ones by the aemi? number

dont really want one thats jailbroke , just want to see if there is anyway of checking that its not still on a contract

 

they could block the imei, but isnt that if its stolen usually? then blacklisted on uk networks etc

also jail breaking is fine to use the app store afaik
but if theres a new update and your on an older ver jail break yer get told new update etc
ive not got an iPhone though, as i refuse to buy some apple crap but thats another Story

bloke at work has one and jail broken etc w/o any issues

jail breaking wont help if the phones imei number is barred

 

http://www.unlockme.co.uk/blacklist.html

You can always call a network provider and tell them the IMEI number so they can check if it's reported stolen/lost.

 

http://www.checkmend.com/uk/

 

Technically, yes the phone can be blocked, but the SP wouldn't normally do this for someone not paying their bill. They would disconnect the SIM.

There isn't any way of knowing if the phone is still on a contract.

 

so does that mean that the seller at any point phone up and say his phone is stolen and get it blacklisted ???

or can i get it regisitered in my name to stop this

 

if theres an app update on an app u installed with cydia lets say u cant do it thru the app store as it will ask u to purchise the app...but u can get updates throught a jailbroke app called installus or somthing like that.
mines not jailbroke now as i went to 4.2os which is the most usless update ever wish i never done it crash's more now than b4.
if a phone is jailbroke dont be put off buying it as u can soon just install the os again and it will once again be original but most unlocked iphones are only unlocked thru a jailbroke app called Redsnow i think it is...but as for the network thing think ur a bit stuck on that.

 

ok maybe someone else can help

also seen that some are locked to o2 but say that o2 will unlock them for about a tenner is this right ???

 

Yes O2 can unlock it if its locked to O2, 10 quid rings a bell but there may be a little more due to the vat increase

Tony

 

if the provider service blocks it then it is blocked simple as ive got iphone thats jail broke and ive never had any problems with i tunes at all if the service provider blocks it then even if you have it unlocked it will still not work...........

 

I deal with iphone repairs and I can confirm that if a phone is barred ( reported stolen ) then it will not make or recive calls, some networks will allow data usage or txt but that's about all.

Most iPhone can be unlock ie, orange, o2, vodaphone, t-mobile. I can provide this service but not cheap I'm afraid but it's done direct from apple so it's a life time unlock.

 

Sorry to hijack the thread

my phones locked to 3 network how do i get it unlocked
thanks

 

sorry buddy, 3 network is not supported for direct unlock at the moment, you would need to jail break it with cydia but it does depend on the software version you are running

im sure this link will help everyone :-)

http://www.iclarified.com/tutorials/iphone/index.php