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Thieves rob DC Uber Eats driver, reject stolen android phone for not being iPhone (wjla.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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She said the robbers were bold taking her husband’s phone, but then giving it back because it wasn’t to their liking.

“They basically looked at that phone and was like ‘Oh, that’s an Android? We don’t want this. I thought it was an iPhone,’” she said.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I thought iPhones where basically a brick if stollen.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I’ve seen cases where the thieves demand you to unlock your phone at gunpoint before leaving, so they can do whatever before you get a chance to remotely brick it.

[+] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How? They are all locked to that specific device. Installing a screen or battery from another iPhone will disable features on the iPhone it's installed in. I'm surprised there's still a market for that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Parts are paired to devices, but some parts will still worked unpaired but with reduced functionality. On the iPhone 15 Pro for example, a transplanted screen will not have True Tone and auto-brightness.

There are plenty of unscrupulous phone repairers who will harvest parts from stolen phones and pass them off to unknowing customers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I did not think of that.